Re: tethys lockdown -- hallway ; stephanie & cat
I think you might want to leave out the dying part. But what do I know? I'm not a performer. [Her grin was joking, because nearly everything about Cat was a performance. Oh, there was someone real beneath all the blank and slink, but that wasn't what she showed the world. And sometimes? Sometimes her act was too good, and that was how she liked it. Being hated? Being hated was so much easier than being loved. Like most kids from her neighborhood, she'd learned that young. It was interesting that now, with all this space between her and home, she could see that so very clearly.] Ringmaster. [She hummed her consideration, and sweat broke out on her brow as they neared the sound ahead, even despite the frigid cold in the hall.] I think you could give Eddie a run for his money. Jay? Jay's no ringmaster, despite the red and black.
[Oh, Cat didn't think Stephanie was being dismissive at all. She figured the other blonde was just being cautious, trying not too hope too much, and that was normal when you'd been hurt one time too many. Still, Cat's smile lingered warm and lush on ample lips.] We do almost make up one person. Between the two of us? We're a force to be reckoned with. [As for that slipped B? Cat just quirked a brow, indicating she'd caught the slip in the near-darkness, but she didn't ask. Time for that later.] Tingly. Tingly's good. I recommend tingly. [Better than pain, and Cat hoped it was only some kind of nerve trauma that wouldn't be long lasting.] If they have to cut it off, you'll become a famously known one-armed deputy. Could be glamorous.
[She was about the grin over at the little blonde at her side, but something banked hard against the door directly beside them. Closed, and Cat assumed it led down. But she hadn't been worried about the door. She'd been worried about the noise they were almost on top of. Whatever was hitting the door? It was making it buckle, and Cat wasted a precious second to look at her blonde companion.] Well, I think we're on, ringmaster.