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Characters: Death the Kid and Clare Edwards
Location: Corpse Bros to Casualty
Rating: Clare's got a dirty mind so PG-13
Time: Febuary 15th, a little after midnight.
Description: Clare's not sold on walking home alone with the effects of Excalibur's gift still in play, so she calls in someone gallant to walk her home.

Clare waited patiently in the shadows of the entrance of the Cinema. There was a street lamp right nearby but she felt that a bit too close to being a spotlight for her taste. She'd be able to spot Kid when he arrived, but is out of sight of anyone with... less than honorable intent.

She stared up at the moon, not much else to stare at right now. It was... still really creepy and unsettling. She thought after enough time it would stop being that, but it was still the most unnerving thing she'd ever considered. The poetry and mystery of it gone here, it was just... cruel looking. Plus she didn't want to consider that far far away every star in the sky looked like the Sun. Really? Who had the bright idea in this Earth to invent a sun that drools blood.

She figured Kid wouldn't leave her waiting long, but it was still long enough for her to get lost in her own thoughts.

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Clare looked at kid few moments, studying his expression and his posture. Of course she spotted something and Kid's being very orderly and predictable came into play. Clare threw her arms up, took a step forward, and made like she was about to hug him. She stopped, stuck her tongue out at him and then skipped a few steps ahead.

"You were worried I was going to hug you, well you're safe. It only happens once per person. At least as far as my day showed me," Clare hadn't been very... joking, since everything happened. It felt nice to not be the mopey serious Clare she's been acting like for the past few weeks. Not as far back s to become Madness Clare, but enough to not make light of things.

Alternatively she was blowing off steam after an impossibly stressful day. To prevent herself from having a psychotic break after everything. The day wasn't all bad, just several things could have gone better.

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Kid did stiffen when he saw those arms go up, bracing himself, but he stood there a little stunned when the "feared hug" did not arrive. He relaxed in some relief before frowning as he walked again to catch up to her.

"You could have told me that from the beginning," he said, his tone a little dry.

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Clare was still smirking when Kid caught up to her, "At first I thought you knew, and you were apprehensive over something else. When I figured it out... it seemed more fun that way, at least I didn't sing to you while you were on the network?"

Her face did soften as her words continued, realizing maybe she shouldn't be poking at Kid too much when he's helping her out. Good thing he wasn't armed and that as an escort mission, it would be foolish to shoot who you're escorting. "I figured given all that was going on you would have cataloged the effects of what Excalibur did."

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Kid only continued to shoot her a look before rolling his eyes.

"I'd rather not record all that useless nonsense, and I doubt it would be of any use since the effects are only temporary. I have more important things to concern myself with."

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"I meant if we were attacked it would be good to know what handicaps we were under," Clare figured Excalibur was a touchy subject given he was a factor outside of Kid's control and defiant against order. "While not as nefarious or planned as the Witches poisoning the water supply, if the Witches caught wind of our current state it couldn't go well. I don't know anything of value, but if any of Shinbusen's trusted members share my condition it would be a problem." To say the least.

"I'm sure once this wears off everyone will want to forget it, except I probably won't and a lot of what I said will haunt me for years," Clare's version of that sentence went in a different direction before the honest kicked in.

LOL NEVERMIND IT ACTUALLY CAME UP IN THE POST JUST NOW XD

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Funny, Tsubaki actually mentioned something like that.

"Then it's only more fortunate that nothing like that did occur," he sighed. "But I'm sure we would have been able to do something. If not I would have sent Excalibur out himself as punishment."

Punishment for Excalibur or the witches—that could be debatable but it was more likely the latter. In fact dropping him in in their base could prove highly effective. Or even hand the witches chocolate. What a fine Valentine's Day gift that would have been.

"But regardless, if you want to reduce any further damage it may be more prudent if we cease the conversation," he said before realizing the negative implications and quickly added, "Not that I mind, of course."

HEE Continuity!

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"They couldn't exactly plan on Excalibur doing this, could they?" They would be in trouble if the Witches realized how detrimental the Holy Sword was to the city. Clare hadn't met Excalibur so she didn't have the full impact of the sword's... nature. But given right now, she did not ever want to meet this person.

Clare saw past the negative aspect of the statement, "Probably best to be quiet for a little while. A lot of what I said today I didn't realize was there till after I said it." Clare let the silence fill the air a moment before getting an idea... and matching her steps to Kid's so she was a mirror of his motions.

Hard to tell if mocking, or being cute. This being Clare, it might actually be both.

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"Highly unlikely. In fact they probably want to have little to do with him." Well that was one way to torture a witch. Stick Excalibur at her. Would that be considered as cruel and unusual punishment?

But idle thoughts aside, he just glanced at her, noting her mimicry. He had to refrain himself from commenting so he just gave her a dry "Really?" sort of look.