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[selflesslight.livejournal.com]

Valerie Bell is uncharacteristically pensive.

Possibly this is because she just lugged a woman with a bullet wound in her stomach all the way here from God only knows where.

Possibly not.

Either way, she's staring at a plateful of cookies with considerably more rapt attention than a plateful of cookies strictly warrants.

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[just-marley.livejournal.com]

"Hey." Have a Marley! "You okay?"

[selflesslight.livejournal.com]

"Yeah."

Have a subdued grin!

"Kind of weirded out. Not every day a girl gets to yank a bullet out of a stranger's inside bits."

[just-marley.livejournal.com]

"... Ew. That's not so great."

[selflesslight.livejournal.com]

"Yeah. She's okay, though. Some old guy got her set up with some soup and a bath and pyrokinetic field surgery, in reverse order."

[just-marley.livejournal.com]

"Well, that's something, at least."

[selflesslight.livejournal.com]

"Yeah."

Uncomfortable shrug.

"Want a cookie?"

[just-marley.livejournal.com]

"Cookies are always good." Beat. "Will thinks you hate him."

[selflesslight.livejournal.com]

"Fuck. I don't!"

[just-marley.livejournal.com]

"Try being friendlier? For me? He's a nice guy. And very brightly coloured!" This is always a plus.

[selflesslight.livejournal.com]

"I'm bad at friendly," she grumbles. "I come in two flavours: bitchy and ecstatic."

Small smile.

"I'll give it a shot, though. For you."

[just-marley.livejournal.com]

"Try ecstatic with him. As long as it doesn't involve taking him in a manly fashion."

[selflesslight.livejournal.com]

A tentacle sneaks out to ruffle his hair.

"Don't be a cunt. Anyways, the only people around here who get to see me ecstatic are you 'n Steve." Grin! "F'different reasons, 'course."

[just-marley.livejournal.com]

"I should expect so." Laughing.

[will_scarlett]

After the rather exciting morning and sometime after Val and Marley make out a lot, Will enters the kitchen and gives a nod to Val as he works on making a sandwich, trying to be as unobtrusive as possible.

[selflesslight.livejournal.com]

Val nods back, trying to be friendly. How the hell do you try to be friendly? She doesn't know!

[will_scarlett]

Will acknowledges her and finishes making his sandwich and searches for something to drink, decides fighting that spider thing earned him a beer,

"Ye wish for a beer?"

[selflesslight.livejournal.com]

"...yeah, thanks!"

If being friendly involves being happy and surprised that somebody's offering her beer, Val's got it covered.

[will_scarlett]

Will gets another one, opens them both and hands it over to Val though he's not sure whether to stay in the kitchen or sit with her in the living room.

So for now he'll drink his beer while he tries to decide.

[selflesslight.livejournal.com]

"Thanks," she repeats, beaming.

Mmmmmbeer.

[will_scarlett]

"Ye're welcome, tis a new forest outside, should be careful o'it, 'as monsters."

He sounds a bit more confident then usual, fighting the spider reminded Will he does actually know what he's doing.

[selflesslight.livejournal.com]

"What kind of monsters?" she asks, interested.

[will_scarlett]

"Metal spider thing with a sword though was easy 'nough to defeat just na sure what else is out there, 'opefully can find a sword 'fore go in 'gain."

[selflesslight.livejournal.com]

"Could've stolen the spider thing's," offers Val with a slight smile. "Don't know where you'd find one otherwise. I'll let you know if I see one lying around."

[will_scarlett]

"Disappeared with it when it dies or else I would 'ave an all the others round there, couldna budge. Na sure either, but must be someplace, world canna 'ave moved on so much that folks ne'er fight with swords at all."

[selflesslight.livejournal.com]

"Actually, it kind of did," she says apologetically. "Well, mostly. Y'could maybe find one in a museum or something, or get somebody to make one for you."