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Tweak says, "You taught him well..."

The Laughing Mage (laughingmage) wrote in madisonvalley,
@ 2018-04-18 10:27:00

Entry tags:

!closed, !complete, !log, ~2018 april, ~25 points, ~~cassie sandsmark (notwonderwoman), ~~john constantine (laughingmage)

Who: John Constantine and Cassie Sandsmark
When: Wednesday after school
Where: John's apartment
What: Checking in on Magic Dad
Warnings: It's Constantine
Status: Closed/In-Progress

John really hadn't done much since he'd found the First Blade, gone crazy, well crazy-er, and tried to kill Zee. People were avoiding him. He was avoiding people. He'd been beat to shit and deserved it and more so there wasn't much he could do about it other than be pissy as hell about it. Sure, they gave the blade to the magic battery drainer and he couldn't feel it right now but that didn't matter. The mark on his hand burned and itched at his skin and mind so John was drinking a hell of a lot more than he should and he hadn't shaved in days so he was working pretty hard on looking like disreputable.

That meant when someone knocked on his door all he did was yell 'come in' and didn't bother to get up. The door was open if he wanted it to be.

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	notwonderwoman 2018-04-23 12:32 am UTC (link)
	"I'll do it." There was no hesitation in her words. Not even the slightest. "I'll do whatever the something is." It would keep people safe and it would keep John safe. There was no reason why Cassie wouldn't offer. It was what she did and who she was. "What do I have to do? Like, do I wait for some kind of sign? Does it just happen?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

laughingmage
2018-04-23 12:42 am UTC (link)

John finally just tossed the cookie aside and picked up his bottle for a drink. "You're fucking mental Sunshine. Would you stop writing blank checks to the universe without knowing what you're doing?"

She had no idea what the mark was capable of and what the solution usually was. He ended up growling under his breath and running a hand over his face and scruffy start of a beard. "You don't do anything. That's what you do."

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notwonderwoman
2018-04-23 03:42 am UTC (link)

"Hey!" Cassie frowned and, albeit easily, wrestled the bottle away from him. "You want a drink? I'll get you some water." That would mean braving whatever the kitchen would look like. It would also mean seeing if there were any clean glasses and dishes to use.

She could be brave. That was who Cassie was after all. Disappearing for a few minutes, Cassie returned with a glass of room temperature water. The look on her face made it clear that she didn't want to talk about those few minutes spent in John's kitchen.

"And, too bad. I'm going to help. That's what I do. Don't patronize me like everyone else does!"

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laughingmage
2018-04-23 01:58 pm UTC (link)

"Oy!" He didn't want water, he wanted his damn bottle back.

She had to be brave to face his kitchen without coming right back out. He was an indifferent house cleaner at the best of times and this wasn't the best of times.

He took the water and put it aside on the table because he had zero interest in drinking water.

"Fine. You want the non patronizing version? I took the mark to kill someone because no one else would do it. And I did, killed him without a second though even though he's a friend. Problem is now I have to deal with my end of it and I did my damndest to kill someone else that's a fried. Might be the only way to deal with it is to kill me too. So how is it you plan to help?"

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notwonderwoman
2018-04-23 06:24 pm UTC (link)

The idea of killing anyone or anything wasn't really at the top of Cassie's things she enjoyed. She had never taken a life, but she had watched it happen. Death wasn't a new concept to Cassie, but it was a favorite either. She imagined it wasn't really for anyone.

"You killed him because you had to, right?" Cassie's normal cheerful tone was somber and she was surprisingly quiet when she asked her question. She wanted to believe that John, and anyone, would only take a life because they had to. Sometimes it was the only choice someone had. That didn't make it any easier of course.

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laughingmage
2018-04-23 07:57 pm UTC (link)

"Yes, Cassie. Because it had to be done an no one else could be trusted to do it. Sometimes it has to happen. An that's part of my job too, making the hard decisions to keep the universe from imploding. Like I told Diana there's a reason I don't have a lot of friends left." She could take it however she wanted it but he didn't have a lot of friends left because they usually ended up as some sort of sacrifice for what he needed to do.

"Doesn't mean I haven't done horrible things that didn't need to be done exactly."

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notwonderwoman
2018-04-24 02:36 am UTC (link)

It was sad, really, and Cassie could practically feel the sympathy she felt for John weighing on her shoulders. Seeing people she cared about wrestling with such things and not being able to help? Cassie hated that.

Reaching over, Cassie took the marked hand in her own. Leaning in, she just rested her head on John's shoulder. After a moment, she handed him the bottle she had taken from him.

"I'm your friend, okay? Even if you don't like me, I'm here to help and you're just going to have to deal with that."

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laughingmage
2018-04-24 12:41 pm UTC (link)

"You still feel that way if I told you I cut off an angel's wings with a chainsaw because he was a prat?" Well and he'd fucked over Ellie and John and been more than happy to help her put the snob in his place. Of course he'd screwed over Ellie himself later on but she was a succubus and that was kind of their relationship with each other. Stab each other in the back but sort of be friends.

He took the bottle and took another drink before nudging Cassie back off of him. "I smell Sunshine and I'm betting your super parents don't know you're here."

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notwonderwoman
2018-04-24 11:53 pm UTC (link)

A chainsaw? That was probably overkill, but Cassie didn't comment on that. You did what you had to do. That was part of the superhero job, too. Even when you fought as a kid, you had to take care of and see things that no kid should ever see.

"They know I'm out," she said with a shrug. Cassie was still feeling a little frustrated with how everyone had treated her during the fight against the Bargast. "They keep forgetting that I can totally take care of myself. You should have heard them when we went after that monster thing. They were like 'Cassie, pay attention! Cassie, don't do anything until we tell you!' And I know how missions work!"

She let out a huff and nudged an empty bottle with her foot. It wasn't done at full strength, so it just slid across the floor a bit more than someone with normal strength. "But, yeah. I should probably get going anyway. Don't eat all of this in one sitting, okay?" she instructed, holding up the bag of goodies.

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laughingmage
2018-04-25 03:07 pm UTC (link)

"Oh please the Bat is a fucking control freak Sunshine. You'll never get him to not be bossy at every opportunity so you might as well get used to it." He snorted for the idea of Batman going easy on someone or allowing that they might know what they were doing. He'd even try to boss around the mystics when he had no idea what he was doing in a situation, it was just who he was.

"No promises. Go on, do your homework and all that wholesome stuff." He'd need to try to start planning what to do next. He didn't trust Cassie to keep her nose out of it and he wanted to keep her out of it if he could. To do that he needed her to get the hell out.

[ooc wrap? or wrap on Cassie?]

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	notwonderwoman 2018-04-26 12:05 am UTC (link)
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