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[skaikru]

( hey, guess what point she gets stuck on. )

Hm.

Is there any chance — a snowflakes chance in hell, rabbit in a den of wolf odds — that I could talk you into staying behind this time?

[neverleave]

Could I talk YOU into staying behind?

[skaikru]

I mean, you could try, but...

Point taken. ( worth a shot, she had to try. please don't let this backfire horrifically and scar them. )

[neverleave]

We'll do our best to not play.

[skaikru]

Of course.

But. I don't want to die like that again. At least not that early on. I shouldn't have ever let La Pluma get that close to me last time, that was a mistake.

[neverleave]

La Pluma's not around anymore. Heard from Mizuki.
Others will still be a threat though. But if we stay together I can usually tell when someone approaches.

[skaikru]

Sounds like a good plan but

( suppose your own life isn't much of a cause. i'll keep that in mind for the next one. he gets the implication if they stick together on this one right? he has to. )

We should talk about the downsides of teaming up.

[neverleave]

[Yeah, he gets it, but he doesn't know what to DO with it.]

Would it help if I told you I don't really care what happens to me?

[skaikru]

( no that doesn't fucking help, I CARE, YOU GIANT BABY. )

Cool. Me neither, then.

[neverleave]

[As tempting as it is to go down the "it's MY turn to die this time" line, it probably won't help.]

So we go our separate ways and hope for the best? The camp had random groups. For we all know the next one can be a deadlier version.

[skaikru]

Nothing forced us to stay in our assigned cabins at the camp, and nothing forced us to group up on the island. There's wiggle room, and if we want to make our own teams, I doubt the Captain would swoop in to course correct.

( but a more important point: )

Splitting up is an option but that's not what I meant.

[neverleave]

Good. I don't want to split up.

[And 30 seconds later:]

You better not say you'll take the bullet
metaphorically or not

[skaikru]

That's basically what you just said, right?

( blah blah i don't care what happens to me blah blah she already knows how you feel about death natsuno, clocked your self sacrificial tendencies, and also just like...

he's important to me. she's said it more than once. the captain already expressed his overwhelming knowledge of the interpersonal going on's of the ship (redirecting watson's bullet to almost hit cesar at the victory dinner, etc), and if he has any inclination to use his overarching control of their reality to make them hurt...

this one'd be easy. )

I'm just saying me too, and no hard feelings if that's the choice it comes down to.

[neverleave]

[There's a delay before he finally texts back.]

I'll try. [He can't promise more.] And same.

[skaikru]

( good talk, they're both on the same page of giving the other a pass if it comes down to a highlander situation — there can only be one. that's not... sad or anything. )

My only other plan is endurance training, in case I need to outpace an attacker or cover a lot of ground without stopping. Can shiki build muscle mass?

[neverleave]

[That's not sad, that's pragmatic coping mechanisms. They're both great at this.]

I think, if they're alive me, but my endurance is naturally better than humans'. My problem is that I don't know how to fight. I'm strong, but that may not be enough if someone experienced corners me.

[skaikru]

Strength, agility, resilience and endurance can make up for a lot of inexperience. If you can keep your distance and aim, a bullet makes up for it even more. If you're talking more up close and personal, like a knife fight, Darcy might be able to help you with that.

( she has nothing concrete to offer him in way of skills to impart. despite a future hard won victory, clarke's no expert in this. not a boxer, no sense of mixed martial arts, not even all that strong. but feisty and aware enough of her surroundings that she's managed come out on top a few times.

underhanded too, not that there's really such thing as a cheap shot or dick move when fighting for your life. )

And if it comes down to it... You've really never been in a fist fight before?

[neverleave]

I'd rather keep my distance, but some people here have super speed, like Jinx. If I get into a close fight I'd want to end it quickly. I can bite, but don't want to rely just on that.

I've been in one fist fight and got my ass kicked. And I wasn't trying to win, just needed to get his distracted and push him into a pit.

[skaikru]

Most fights are getting your ass kicked until you find the right moment to strike back, so you've got that part right.

Everything, and it really isn't much, I learned about fighting I learned in the middle of a brawl or by watching, but if you want to learn more I'll show you. At least how to get out of a chokehold, and which parts people who don't regenerate tend to guard versus which weak spots they don't even consider and leave open.

[neverleave]

Using super strength on wide open weak spots sounds like a plan.
It's faster when you fight dirty.

[skaikru]

It's effective, for sure. Super speed won't get you very far when your Achilles' tendons have been severed.

[neverleave]

Kitchen knife or box cutter?

[skaikru]

Dealer's choice. A serrated edge would do more damage, but a surgically sharp blade would cut easier.

[neverleave]

[Surgically, she says...]

I forgot about the infirmary.
I should take scalpels.

[skaikru]

( buddy, you ain't already looted the infirmary? slacking. )

Also effective. You can absolutely cut a persons throat with them, even if the blade is tiny.

( yay hard won experience and a sliver of personal trauma finally proving useful. )