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Post by Tayla Smith on Aug 14, 2020 4:01:05 GMT
Damnit. He'd caught her slip of the tongue. She sighed and took another bite of pasta. "The explanation is going to be kinda weird." She twirled her fork awkwardly in the pasta. It was uncomfortable, but she felt two things. One, she could trust him. Two, he deserved an explanation. "So, you... you know I'm not from this universe. Honestly, the universe I was born in was pretty nice. Kinda similar to this one. There were some differences. I still can't get used to the fact that his name is "Mickey" Mouse, it was "Micheal" over there. Anyway, that's not important. Aegis there was... okay. I didn't pay it much attention. But then I left, and... it wasn't a great place I ended up in. The entire world was ruled by some crazy dictator, always wore a full face mask. I got caught by his patrol people. A group that called itself Aegis." She set down her fork and held up her hand, covered in her haptic suit. "They did this to me. Among other things. I spent four years in that world, two of them in captivity, being tortured. It sucks. Only person I'd wish that on is the bastard who did it to me." She grabbed her water and chugged it down. It helped with the lump in her throat. "S-sorry. It... wasn't pleasant. But that's why. I spent four years in a world where Aegis were the bad guys, the soldiers that enforced the will of a lunatic that apparently thought he was keeping everyone safe." She picked up her fork again, avoiding Miguel's eyes. "I'm sorry. I... it's made me... not really trust Aegis. Really they've done nothing wrong here. I just... it's hard." She fiddled with her food, not eating it, just shoving it around on her plate. "I get it if you don't believe me. Or if you want to leave now. That's... that's fine." It didn't feel fine though. Miguel Espinosa
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Post by Miguel Espinosa on Sept 4, 2020 9:21:33 GMT
[newclass=.miguelespinosa-contain]--miguelespinosa-accent:#f57e4d; --miguelespinosa-img:url("https://i.imgur.com/NnYA9Ac.png");[/newclass] [nospaces][googlefont=Roboto:400,700|Old+Standard+TT:400,400i,700] [attr="class","miguelespinosa-contain"] [attr="class","miguelespinosa-head"] [attr="class","miguelespinosa-ly-1"]give me the music of
[attr="class","miguelespinosa-ly-2"]forever [attr="class","miguelespinosa-body"] [attr="class","miguelespinosa-text"] [attr="class","miguelespinosa-quote"] Miguel listened carefully to Tayla's explanation, the details of her universe. And then what happened to her. He had listened quietly to the whole thing. And he realized afterwards that maybe his silence had made her feel awkward. [break][break] "I understand that you don't really trust Aegis. Hell, with that kind of reasoning behind it it's a miracle you can work towards seeing it differently. I'm not going to judge you on that. I would be crazy to. You've just been open with me about things that have really hurt you. I'd be a real asshole if I responded with anything else but kindness. Besides...the fact you're still here functioning well and not wanting to kill everyone you meet...well it speaks to how strong of a person you are. And I'm not an asshole, but also I'm not crazy enough to let go of a chance to know a woman who's strong enough and brave enough to go through that shit and come out of the other side." He honestly wasn't trying to smoothtalk, even if it seemed that way. They were just his genuine thoughts on the matter. [break][break] "I haven't been through much. I've...kind of had most things served on a silver platter for me. But I have a good enough imagination, and I've studied enough history to imagine it. The Aegis you saw...isn't present in this universe. I've been among them, and they genuinely want to do good. They aren't enforcers for corruption here. Well...not any more corrupt than the average government I guess. And I know knowing that won't make it any easier to change your outlook on us but...I ask you to keep it in mind okay?" He smiled gently and took a bite of the food. 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Post by Tayla Smith on Sept 7, 2020 23:28:51 GMT
"I... f***..." Tears slipped down her face, and she hung her head and let her hair hang to hide it. After everything she told him, all the craziness that was her life, he was still willing to stay here and listen to her, spend time with her. She'd never had anyone treat her like that besides her parents. Even the resistance, back in the Tyrant's dimension, was mainly interested in her for the principle of freedom and the fact that she could fight. She shoved a forkful of pasta into her mouth. She didn't know what to say to all that. That, and she was desperately trying not to sob. After he swallowed, she was a bit more composed. "That's... damn. That's the sweetest thing I think anyone's ever said to me besides my parents." She wiped her eyes and looked up at him. "I believe you when you say Aegis isn't what I'm familiar with... yet. Part of why I'm here is to make sure that it doesn't happen. I feel like it still could, here. All it would take would be just the wrong thing to happen..." She sighed. "This is the worst first date ever. I'm sorry. My freaky shit screws with everything." She felt like she was cursed. Like everything she did got tied up in her weird life and history and got all twisted and tangled into something weird. Miguel Espinosa
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Post by Miguel Espinosa on Nov 18, 2020 8:32:45 GMT
[newclass=.miguelespinosa-contain]--miguelespinosa-accent:#f57e4d; --miguelespinosa-img:url("https://i.imgur.com/NnYA9Ac.png");[/newclass] [nospaces][googlefont=Roboto:400,700|Old+Standard+TT:400,400i,700] [attr="class","miguelespinosa-contain"] [attr="class","miguelespinosa-head"] [attr="class","miguelespinosa-ly-1"]give me the music of
[attr="class","miguelespinosa-ly-2"]forever [attr="class","miguelespinosa-body"] [attr="class","miguelespinosa-text"] [attr="class","miguelespinosa-quote"] Miguel watched as she tried not to break down. He felt sort of honoured that he was getting to see her vulnerability already. It was fucking hard to be vulnerable in front of another person, and his mother had taught him that when someone was willing to show it, they either wanted something, or they wanted nothing at all and to hang onto them. He could tell it was the latter with the woman before him. She said it was a sweet thing to say and he simply shrugged. It was just the truth. He hadn't been trying to be sweet. Then she apologized for it being a bad first date and Miguel just laughed. [break][break] "My...mother taught me to tell the truth so I did. She also taught me that dates are for getting to know the other person you're going to be spending time with. I feel like in that context, this was a resounding success for a first date. Besides, it could be worse. It could have been boring!" He grinned. [break][break] "And considering we had a fucking EMT, that it sure wasn't!" He took another bite of his pasta. Mmm not bad if he did say so himself. 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Post by Tayla Smith on Nov 19, 2020 1:24:43 GMT
Was this some kind of trap? Was it some trick to get her to spill all her plans to stop the tyrant before he rose to power so he could eliminate her first? All those thoughts rushed through Tayla's mind. She would be stupid if they didn't, not after what she'd been through. But something about him, the genuine way he just said everything and seemed to actually care... She had a feeling. She really didn't know what to make of the feeling, but she knew it wasn't a bad one. "Sometimes boring is better than interesting, though. I'd take a boring day relaxing with someone with like a movie, or hell just watching the clouds or something than having an EMT visit." She wiped her eyes quickly, and took another bite of the really damn good pasta. "Sometimes 'interesting' is just another way life likes to sneak more pain into an experience." She'd understandably become a little cynical after her experiences. They all definitely would qualify as "interesting," but she never wanted to go through anything like that ever again. However. He didn't deny that it was a date. This was her first date. Holy shit, this was her first date. She silently panicked a bit as that fact truly sunk in. She didn't know how to have a date. She wasn't dressed right. She'd already had the EMTs come. Hell when he arrived she was trying to get Grace off of her and get her to stop pulling her hair. Hell. She wanted to look pretty for him. She'd never had any reason to want to look pretty. She just really didn't care. Now she did. She didn't know how to look pretty. She took a deep breath to calm herself down, then several large bites of pasta. "What," she started with her mouth full, then swallowed, "What is it like working for Aegis? Do you have like a patrol or something? Am I keeping you from work? Shit I'm keeping you from work aren't I?" Miguel Espinosa
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Post by Miguel Espinosa on Feb 8, 2021 1:56:31 GMT
[newclass=.miguelespinosa-contain]--miguelespinosa-accent:#f57e4d; --miguelespinosa-img:url("https://i.imgur.com/NnYA9Ac.png");[/newclass] [nospaces][googlefont=Roboto:400,700|Old+Standard+TT:400,400i,700] [attr="class","miguelespinosa-contain"] [attr="class","miguelespinosa-head"] [attr="class","miguelespinosa-ly-1"]give me the music of
[attr="class","miguelespinosa-ly-2"]forever [attr="class","miguelespinosa-body"] [attr="class","miguelespinosa-text"] [attr="class","miguelespinosa-quote"] "Well it probably would work better without an EMT, but if it happens big deal right?" Miguel grinned. He saw her wipe her eyes and eat the pasta, and then the words about sometimes interesting being a way to sneak more pain into an experience and he let out a small sigh. [break][break] "Life does seem to sneak pain into things. And I won't say the bullshit of 'it'll make you stronger'. Because pain sucks. But I will say that without a bit of pain, the good things in life wouldn't seem nearly as good as they do. That doesn't excuse anyone who causes you pain of course. They deserve to have hell dished to them on the very worst china." Then she started seeming to panic and Miguel let out a small laugh, his deep voice making it escape from him in what was a cross between a rattle and a melody. [break][break] "I'm a newbie so yes I go on patrol. But I'm not on patrol today. I was sent to check up on a few people of interest to Aegis, to make sure they were okay after whatever they went through involved with us. And you were my last stop. I'm not even on the clock anymore. If I was cheating them out of my worktime I wouldn't have stayed and cooked you supper. Although I very much doubt anyone at Aegis would have cared if I had." He smiled warmly at her. [break][break] "I'm sort of part-time anyway because of the band. What about you? Whereabouts do you work?" He took another bite of the pasta and was happy with how it turned out. Making a good meal was always a good impression to leave on someone. 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Post by Tayla Smith on Feb 8, 2021 4:45:51 GMT
It was official. She was going to get diabetes from how sweet this guy was. Her pancreas wasn't going to be able to keep up. She was already trying not to cry in front of him again. And that laugh... One thing she couldn't resist was a muttered comment to herself under her breath. "I may be a paper plate compared to the very best china but God knows I will dish out Hell on him when I find him..." She visibly relaxed in relief when he explained that he was technically off duty now and she wasn't keeping him from anything. "Good, good. I would have hated to get someone else on Aegis' bad side. As for where I'm working, now, it's actually a funny story." She smiled remembering when she first met Felicity and she was so generous and kind to her. "I was just taking what I needed and making do. It worked for a while, but I didn't realize there was a cop behind me in line who saw me, and so I was booking it. I had a nerf gun I'd swiped, so I shoved it in a hoodie pocket and got a moving truck driver to drive me. It... didn't take long for the ruse to break down, but instead of turning me in, she promised to help me. I had to give most of the stuff back and pay for the stuff that I couldn't, and the store owner didn't press charges, but Felicity helped me with that and let me stay here with her and got me a job at her dad's moving company. So I do that. It works out, I like the work." And in my free time I beat the shit out of lowlifes that I think could give me information on an asshole that is going to turn into a violent dictator so I can kill him.She wasn't about to tell him all that. Not yet. Not on the first date. "I'm looking for some hobbies too. Trying to... refocus. I haven't figured out what I like to do yet. I spent so long just... running." Miguel Espinosa
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Post by Miguel Espinosa on Feb 9, 2021 3:22:05 GMT
[newclass=.miguelespinosa-contain]--miguelespinosa-accent:#f57e4d; --miguelespinosa-img:url("https://i.imgur.com/NnYA9Ac.png");[/newclass] [nospaces][googlefont=Roboto:400,700|Old+Standard+TT:400,400i,700] [attr="class","miguelespinosa-contain"] [attr="class","miguelespinosa-head"] [attr="class","miguelespinosa-ly-1"]give me the music of
[attr="class","miguelespinosa-ly-2"]forever [attr="class","miguelespinosa-body"] [attr="class","miguelespinosa-text"] [attr="class","miguelespinosa-quote"] Miguel heard the muttered comment about paper plates and china and he met her eyes solidly, narrowing his own. [break][break] "Nope. You aren't a paper plate. Try again." His mum had been firm in her teachings of self-worth, and he made sure to follow them or get the chancla the next time he visited her. [break][break] "Who are you trying to find to dish out revenge? I will warn you that revenge doesn't make you feel any better, but you seem very set on it so I'll just ask who it is, if you're comfortable with sharing it." He smiled warmly, and then heard her story about how she got to work at the mover's company with her roommate. [break][break] "Sounds like a good person to have as a friend. Someone who doesn't judge a person on the deeds they do in the face of desperation. No-one should be judged on those actions. Instead, helping them out of the hole they're in is a much better way of doing things. Not everyone's in a position to do it though. That's honestly part of why I'm with Aegis. It's a way to help people have hope." Hobbies huh. And having trouble because she spent so much time running. [break][break] "Well I'm not sure if it helps but I have a few hobbies myself. Not just music either. I used to wrestle, and I can fence too. Sometimes with a friend of mine, and when I can I fence with my mother. She taught me, and she's really good at it. Teaches it in fact. But it really depends on what kind of hobby you're looking for. Are you looking for a hobby that's the exact opposite of all the running you did? Or are you looking for something that's sort of parallel to it, something fight oriented, or running oriented? So basically a relaxing hobby or a sporty one?" He also idly thought that her looking for a hobby might make a good way for him to ask her on a date that didn't involve an EMT. 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Post by Tayla Smith on Feb 11, 2021 4:23:47 GMT
Oh shit. He heard that. Man, he had good ears. She guessed it came with being a musician. It kind of took her by surprise, and she almost choked on her food. "Oh, it's-- I mean-- He's--" She stuttered and stammered for a good bit, trying to come up with an excuse, an explanation, some way to explain that comment she made without directly saying "I want to kill the alternate version of the man who did this to me before he can become a vicious tyrant." In the end, she remembered that Aegis had a file on her and while she hadn't directly stated her intentions, the fact that He was someone she would want to take revenge against was probably pretty easy to guess. She sighed and hung her head, deciding to just confess. Sort of. "The man who did this to me. I don't know his name, hell, I don't even know what he looks like. But he put me through the worst two years of my life. Every moment, excruciating agony. Didn't even tell me what he wanted from me. And then..." She looked at her covered hand. She focused on it, squinting her eyes, holding her breath, straining to reach that proverbial muscle she had been cut off from. She got a single spark of static electricity before she couldn't strain anymore. She growled under her breath in frustration. "I want him to feel just a fraction of what he did to me. And then I want to make sure he can never do it to anyone else." She was almost scared to look up at him now. He was so sweet and nice and helpful and just wanted to bring hope, and here was was talking about how she was tortured and wanted to do the same to the person that had tortured her. She would much rather focus on hobbies. "I don't know what I want for a hobby. I don't want the skills I developed to fade. But at the same time, I'm tired of running and hiding and fighting. A little while back, I just sat in the park and looked at the clouds. It was nice. I got stung by a bee and discovered that not only are bees not extinct here but I'm also terribly allergic to them. That was fun. Really, I..." She paused mid sentence, realization washing over her. The past half-decade or so aside, had she had any hobbies? She thought back, running her mind through how she spent her time. When she wasn't studying, she was working. When she wasn't working, she was studying. Even when she got her powers, her time had been split three ways; working on the transdimensional tunneling device, studying quantum physics to make the quantum tunneling device, and working as a superhero to relieve stress and as a sort of penance. She couldn't remember a time when she just... did something for fun. For the hell of it. "...I don't know what I want. What I like. I've just always been... running. From one thing to another." She brushed some hair out of her face and tucked it behind her ear, looking up at Miguel with a hopeful, sad smile. She hoped her little tirade hadn't scared him off. "I'd be willing to try just about anything if you have some recommendations. O-or you'd be willing to show me something." Miguel Espinosa
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Post by Miguel Espinosa on Mar 26, 2021 4:45:54 GMT
[newclass=.miguelespinosa-contain]--miguelespinosa-accent:#f57e4d; --miguelespinosa-img:url("https://i.imgur.com/NnYA9Ac.png");[/newclass] [nospaces][googlefont=Roboto:400,700|Old+Standard+TT:400,400i,700] [attr="class","miguelespinosa-contain"] [attr="class","miguelespinosa-head"] [attr="class","miguelespinosa-ly-1"]give me the music of
[attr="class","miguelespinosa-ly-2"]forever [attr="class","miguelespinosa-body"] [attr="class","miguelespinosa-text"] [attr="class","miguelespinosa-quote"] Miguel saw her stumble and he made a face. That had been awkward of him. [break][break] "Sorry, if that's too deep you didn't have to answer. Seriously. I just don't really think. You said you were running, so I kind of assumed you'd want revenge. Most people probably would." It was uncomfortable that he'd said something that made her stutter and stammer, he didn't like to put people on the spot like that. But she shared about the man and Miguel's eyes narrowed. [break][break] "Someone actually did that to you? Ay dios mios people can be such monsters." Then he heard her say she wanted to stop it from happening to someone else and his look of horror turned to a smile. [break][break] "That's why I'm with Aegis. Nothing horrific happened to me, but...I've seen what people can do to other people, and I want to help stop that if I can. Aegis...well to be a shield for those who need it. That's basically what my power's good for. I mostly use it to give myself armour. I...guess I could use it for more if I practiced, but being a shield suits me fine for now too. I'm durable. Others might not be." He smiled warmly at her. Then he heard her talk about hobbies and he had a thoughtful look on his face, trying to think of hobbies that would keep her skills. [break][break] "Well uh...I'm not sure if you're aware but running IS a sport here." It was a sort of teasing, sort of serious tone. He grinned. [break][break] "Or if you ever shot a gun, there's paintball. I do that sometimes. I play a couple instruments. I kind of have a lot of hobbies for one person. Of course, my personal favourite is fencing. If you ever want to learn that, I can definitely show you. Or...hell...my mother teaches it and she would probably be willing to teach you some the next time she visits. She reeeeaallly enjoys teaching it. Much better at it than me." Then Miguel's face took on a look of embarrassed horror. Fortunately, darker skin hid a blush easier but he was pretty sure it was still visible. [break][break] "I...I swear I'm just offering good lessons. I didn't mean to bring up my mother, I'm just awkward as hell." He felt like crawling into a hole. First date and he was pulling this shit. Gooood he was mortified. 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