Second Thoughts: Confrontation
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xp_logsGabriel realizes he's made a huge mistake. [Backdated to Saturday night.]
When the guy left the bar, they were ready, "Hey! You!" Eileen called, her and Thornn moving to corner him. "You have her necklace! We want it back!" Straight, simple and to the point
Gabriel raised an eyebrow, trying to appear nonchalant. Clearly the necklace was worth something if they were being so persistent, but that didn't mean he was going to admit anything. "Excuse me?" He removed the cigarette his mouth, blowing the smoke into the air. "I didn't find it," he said a little tentatively, "if that's what you're trying to say?"
"You have it," Thornn insisted, standing up straight. She was a bit more confident away from the crowds. "I know you do, and I know you took it." Because she sure as hell hadn't lost it. "Just give it back."
"Seriously?" Gabriel looked Thornn in the eye. His confidence was a little rattled, but he was doing his best to channel the more arrogant version of himself. "I've been sitting and drinking all night. And what would I want with a necklace?" He gestured to himself. "Not really a jewelry person," he added before sticking the cigarette back between his lips.
"Because it looks expensive," Eileen countered, "because you have a girl you want to give it to. Because you're a klepto who couldn't resist. I don't care why you took it. Just give it back. Now." She wasn't fooling around now.
"You people are crazy," Gabriel muttered around the cigarette. This was actually getting a little frightening, and he was getting pretty bored with it. The thrill was over, and so he craned his neck, looking for the best way to dart out of here and leave with them little the wiser.
Clearly, they were getting n where and he thought they were as intimidating as kittens. That wouldn't work. Reaching for him, she used her powers, a purple electrical field surrounding her hand. She wanted him in pain with a little paralysis and getting that combination just right was sometimes tricky. "Wrong answer," she replied.
Thornn growled, baring her teeth as she leaned forward, preparing to attack in case Eileen's mutation failed. There was something weird about this guy, and she didn't like it.
Gabriel tried to concentrate, to slow down the world, but whatever the human-like one was doing was making it impossible for him to use his powers. Or move his limbs. And it hurt. This was not good, and not at all what he bargained for, and if he'd been thinking more logically, he would have probably given the necklace back.
But because Gabriel was drunk, and he didn't want to be defeated that easily, he did the only thing he could think to do, which was take a deep breath and spit what remained of his lit cigarette in her direction.
Yelping, Eileen jumped back instinctively, even if the cigarette probably wouldn't hurt her. It also caused her to lose her concentration on her powers as her brain shifted to this new thing without any conscious effort. "What the hell?" she demanded, stomping the thing out.
"Eileen!" Thornn yelped, leaping to her, necklace completely forgotten in favor of Eileen. "Are you okay?"
Gabriel figured she was, but he certainly wasn't waiting around to find out. His heart was pounding, he knew he'd fucked up big time, and he had a hunch that Crazy and the Cat Lady wouldn't give him much more of an opening than this.
The feelings in his legs now back, he started sprinting down the block. As he put distance between his assailants and himself, his super-speed started to kick in, but in bursts. In another situation, that might have concerned Gabriel, but that was something he'd deal with once he felt safe.
"He still has your necklace!" Eileen shouted, even though Thornn was right next to her. "We have to get him!" she wasn't going to stop, she knew how much it meant to her girlfriend.
But Thornn took her hand to keep her from going after the man. "We'll get it back. But we need a better plan." Attacking him head on hadn't worked. They needed to come up with a better way of attacking him.
"Besides, I have his scent now. He can't hide."
When the guy left the bar, they were ready, "Hey! You!" Eileen called, her and Thornn moving to corner him. "You have her necklace! We want it back!" Straight, simple and to the point
Gabriel raised an eyebrow, trying to appear nonchalant. Clearly the necklace was worth something if they were being so persistent, but that didn't mean he was going to admit anything. "Excuse me?" He removed the cigarette his mouth, blowing the smoke into the air. "I didn't find it," he said a little tentatively, "if that's what you're trying to say?"
"You have it," Thornn insisted, standing up straight. She was a bit more confident away from the crowds. "I know you do, and I know you took it." Because she sure as hell hadn't lost it. "Just give it back."
"Seriously?" Gabriel looked Thornn in the eye. His confidence was a little rattled, but he was doing his best to channel the more arrogant version of himself. "I've been sitting and drinking all night. And what would I want with a necklace?" He gestured to himself. "Not really a jewelry person," he added before sticking the cigarette back between his lips.
"Because it looks expensive," Eileen countered, "because you have a girl you want to give it to. Because you're a klepto who couldn't resist. I don't care why you took it. Just give it back. Now." She wasn't fooling around now.
"You people are crazy," Gabriel muttered around the cigarette. This was actually getting a little frightening, and he was getting pretty bored with it. The thrill was over, and so he craned his neck, looking for the best way to dart out of here and leave with them little the wiser.
Clearly, they were getting n where and he thought they were as intimidating as kittens. That wouldn't work. Reaching for him, she used her powers, a purple electrical field surrounding her hand. She wanted him in pain with a little paralysis and getting that combination just right was sometimes tricky. "Wrong answer," she replied.
Thornn growled, baring her teeth as she leaned forward, preparing to attack in case Eileen's mutation failed. There was something weird about this guy, and she didn't like it.
Gabriel tried to concentrate, to slow down the world, but whatever the human-like one was doing was making it impossible for him to use his powers. Or move his limbs. And it hurt. This was not good, and not at all what he bargained for, and if he'd been thinking more logically, he would have probably given the necklace back.
But because Gabriel was drunk, and he didn't want to be defeated that easily, he did the only thing he could think to do, which was take a deep breath and spit what remained of his lit cigarette in her direction.
Yelping, Eileen jumped back instinctively, even if the cigarette probably wouldn't hurt her. It also caused her to lose her concentration on her powers as her brain shifted to this new thing without any conscious effort. "What the hell?" she demanded, stomping the thing out.
"Eileen!" Thornn yelped, leaping to her, necklace completely forgotten in favor of Eileen. "Are you okay?"
Gabriel figured she was, but he certainly wasn't waiting around to find out. His heart was pounding, he knew he'd fucked up big time, and he had a hunch that Crazy and the Cat Lady wouldn't give him much more of an opening than this.
The feelings in his legs now back, he started sprinting down the block. As he put distance between his assailants and himself, his super-speed started to kick in, but in bursts. In another situation, that might have concerned Gabriel, but that was something he'd deal with once he felt safe.
"He still has your necklace!" Eileen shouted, even though Thornn was right next to her. "We have to get him!" she wasn't going to stop, she knew how much it meant to her girlfriend.
But Thornn took her hand to keep her from going after the man. "We'll get it back. But we need a better plan." Attacking him head on hadn't worked. They needed to come up with a better way of attacking him.
"Besides, I have his scent now. He can't hide."
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