FROM: hinata.shouyou@cdc.org Good try! But my rations bar with a side of alien spam has been a hit every time so far, I don't think I need the practice
[after a long (ten minute) stretch of silence no matter what she replied with,]
FROM: hinata.shouyou@cdc.org Did you ever play any sports??
[ If only he could hear her cackling right now because pulling Hinata's leg is too much fun. Not that there's no grain of truth in her previous text. ]
[that's the worst of it... as far as he can tell, she hasn't lied to him yet. a dozen other people were fantastic killers, but--- he still wasn't used to people being so blase about it. when had that become okay?]
[when joining a planet-destroying company, probably.]
[in any case - cool as that answer is - cue: immediately assuming she's pulling his leg.]
[ Amber has no qualms against lying to someone's face, even those closest to her, but keeping track of deception is often too much trouble than it's worth. So she does so rather sparingly and not due to any moral considerations. ]
FROM: amber@cdc.org
Yes. Deciding when it moves forward or backward or doesn't move at all.
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FROM: amber@cdc.org
Later then. Pick the place.
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[it takes a few minutes before this reply comes:]
FROM: hinata.shouyou@cdc.org
Training room
I have training tomorrow at 10 but before that!!
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OK
FROM: amber@cdc.org
What are you training for?
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[enough that he didn't feel up to giving her a real answer, and so stuck with a tried and true(ly juvenile):]
FROM: hinata.shouyou@cdc.org
To get better
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At what? Killing?
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THATS the first thing that comes to ur mind????
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FROM: amber@cdc.org
Hm... cooking?
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Why would I need to get better at cooking???
Do you need to get better at cooking????
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Everyone needs to get better at cooking?
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Good try! But my rations bar with a side of alien spam has been a hit every time so far, I don't think I need the practice
[after a long (ten minute) stretch of silence no matter what she replied with,]
FROM: hinata.shouyou@cdc.org
Did you ever play any sports??
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I want to try!
[ And after those 10 minutes... ]
FROM: amber@cdc.org
I've done a bit of hiking.
[ For a few months through the Amazon, you know, while fighting a multinational war against superpowered sociopaths. ]
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FROM: hinata.shouyou@cdc.org
Hmmm
FROM: hinata.shouyou@cdc.org
Want to try volleyball?
FROM: hinata.shouyou@cdc.org
In a bit!
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Won't we need more than two to play volleyball?
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Not when you're just starting! Consider it a warm up to when there will be more then two people
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Let's form a squad. A volleyball squad. You and me to start with.
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FROM: hinata.shouyou@cdc.org
Already got it in the works for when the crisis blows over!
So you've got the right idea. You could be my co-captain if you get good enough
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Only co-captain? You're so sure that you're better than me?
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Yes!! Of course!!! If there's one thing I do well, it's volleyball!!
I wouldn't say I was better then you at your one thing!
FROM: hinata.shouyou@cdc.org
... What is your one thing? Like the thing you'd be best at
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FROM: amber@cdc.org
Hm. Killing!
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[after a pause---]
FROM: hinata.shouyou@cdc.org
anything else
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FROM: amber@cdc.org
Timekeeping.
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[when joining a planet-destroying company, probably.]
[in any case - cool as that answer is - cue: immediately assuming she's pulling his leg.]
FROM: hinata.shouyou@cdc.org
Timekeeping?
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FROM: amber@cdc.org
Yes. Deciding when it moves forward or backward or doesn't move at all.
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