[ Catra just blinks, surprised, momentarily taken off-guard. ]
The what?
[ Somehow, despite all the information she was given upon waking, that one never came up. And it's not so surprising she hasn't discovered it on her own-- she's not exactly the touchy feely type. ]
[ that draws jyn up short, straightening up with a bemused expression. she's still tensed to fight but catra not knowing about the empathy bond seems more pressing. jyn had stumbled into it blindly and it was horrifying, even if it had been with cassian. ]
It's-- if you touch someone, you can feel what they're feeling.
... Huh. Is that why everyone here wears gloves? [ She looks down at her own hands, covered in biker gloves, fingers still cut off half-way so she can use her claws. ]
[ jyn's own hands are bare, both because she is inside and because the truncheons daisy made her have grips so she doesn't need gloves anymore for that. jyn absolutely HATES feeling other people's emotions but she simply doesn't touch people and people don't touch her because personal space is a thing. ]
That might be the weather, but the UNA sort of wants to throw us all in prison so there's a general avoidance of touching in public.
[ she gestures at her chest that flares blue again despite nothing visibly happening with her power. ]
We agree on that. The emotional overload might force your power out, if fighting doesn't do it.
[ it's an option at their disposal and jyn is good at it, she learned how to be very quickly. for the best, otherwise prompto might have died from the force of her and clarke's emotions combined. poor woolamander.
[ breathing hard, jyn wriggles the fingers of her right hand, fingers tingling from a hard blow catra had gotten against her bad shoulder. she is definitely the most agile person jyn has ever fought and trying to counter that has been more difficult than anticipated.
kriff, she knows better than to underestimate and yet! jyn played herself. ]
I am! [ her mouth slants into a frown as she rolls her shoulder back, stifling a wince. ] Water. Is it a fear or aversion?
[ alright, maybe there was a third option all along. ]
[ there's no stakes, that is probably what is holding them back.
any calm that jyn briefly felt for having gotten her aggression out in a semi-productive manner fades again and the loss wells up cold in her chest. it didn't produce any results for catra. this is daisy's thing, she knows how to coax powers along. daisy would be better at this, catra would figure it out in five minutes and probably without punching. jyn simply can't live up to her sister. ]
It's either that or the empathy bond. This isn't working.
[ jyn lifts her hands in surrender. her suspicions about the water were absolutely correct and she isn't going to torture catra with it; that is why she didn't make use of her power when they were sparring. ]
[ not the una at least. maybe that actually narrows it down enough, she'd seen 90% of the displaced at the sinterklaas party but loads of people had arrived since then and loads had left, but in all honesty jyn is indifferent to many of the displaced. they're not memorable to her and she is not a social creature.
eventually her pensive thought turns into an apologetic shrug. ]
[ there's a hollowness to the words that jyn can't quite hide. if it is any longer than that daisy likely won't be coming back, but jyn refuses to give up the fragile little hope in her chest that daisy is going to walk back through the door. ]
[ jyn slouches toward the kitchen, assuming catra will follow her, and opens the pantry door. she leaves it open for catra to go in and take something to eat while jyn pours herself a glass of water. the pantry is FULL of food. four orphans, two of whom were homeless, living together means a lot of shelf stable food because, at least for jyn, there is always this lingering feeling that the stability is going to slip through her fingers so she stocks up now while she has the chance.
jars and jars and jars of fruits and veggies, jams and jellies and mango chutney, boxes of pasta and noodles and cereals, bags of rice and beans, tins of fish and milk and spaghetti, a large crate of brown bread in cans. everything in recyclable packaging, of course, and there is a whole bowl of satsumas on the kitchen island where jyn perches. ]
We stole it. It was during a weird, communal dream... thing. Daisy had the idea to take it so I carved our names into the door. When we woke up our names were on the lease.
[ steal from the rich, give to themselves. they are the poor. ]
[ she subsisted on protein milk for her adolescent years and protein cubes in prison so jyn will pretty much eat anything that isn't milk or cubed. or bunn. she may have had enough bunn for a lifetime. ]
[ Catra sniffs it again, cautious, before taking a very small bite. Her eyes widen in surprise. ]
It's... strong??
[ She isn't sure how she feels about it yet. The flavour is so overwhelming and unlike anything else she's ever eaten before. She takes another very small bite, like she's trying to figure out if she likes it or not. ]
[ Catra does not seem bothered by such trivial things as manners, or lack thereof. ]
They're... salty. But not bad salty? I don't know.
All we had in the Fright Zone was ration bars. You could choose the grey kind or the brown kind. So it's a step up, at least. If I never have to eat another ration bar again, it'll be too soon, haha.
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The what?
[ Somehow, despite all the information she was given upon waking, that one never came up. And it's not so surprising she hasn't discovered it on her own-- she's not exactly the touchy feely type. ]
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It's-- if you touch someone, you can feel what they're feeling.
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I thought it was just a fashion statement.
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That might be the weather, but the UNA sort of wants to throw us all in prison so there's a general avoidance of touching in public.
[ she gestures at her chest that flares blue again despite nothing visibly happening with her power. ]
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[ it's an option at their disposal and jyn is good at it, she learned how to be very quickly. for the best, otherwise prompto might have died from the force of her and clarke's emotions combined. poor woolamander.
but they can fight for now. ]
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[ Catra brings her hands up in front of her face though, and they go at it for a bit-- but Catra's chest doesn't glow.
She seems increasingly agitated the longer they go, before eventually she breaks away and backflips away to get some distance. ]
This isn't working! You're not trying hard enough! Are you even taking this seriously?!
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kriff, she knows better than to underestimate and yet! jyn played herself. ]
I am! [ her mouth slants into a frown as she rolls her shoulder back, stifling a wince. ] Water. Is it a fear or aversion?
[ alright, maybe there was a third option all along. ]
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Oh no you don't! Don't you dare!
[ She really is just like a cat. ]
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any calm that jyn briefly felt for having gotten her aggression out in a semi-productive manner fades again and the loss wells up cold in her chest. it didn't produce any results for catra. this is daisy's thing, she knows how to coax powers along. daisy would be better at this, catra would figure it out in five minutes and probably without punching. jyn simply can't live up to her sister. ]
It's either that or the empathy bond. This isn't working.
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[ She looks away and snorts. ]
... Forget it. I'll find another way.
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Who were you fighting the first time?
[ maybe they can recreate the situation. ]
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I don't know. She's-- tall? Pretty? Brunette?
[ Thanks Catra, really narrowed it down. ]
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eventually her pensive thought turns into an apologetic shrug. ]
This is really more Daisy's deal.
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That's the girl who promised she'd help me figure this stuff out! But I haven't been able to find her!
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[ there's a hollowness to the words that jyn can't quite hide. if it is any longer than that daisy likely won't be coming back, but jyn refuses to give up the fragile little hope in her chest that daisy is going to walk back through the door. ]
After that you're stuck with me.
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[ Catra shifts from foot to foot then, awkward and uncertain. Finally-- ]
What's with this place of yours, anyway? It looks plush as all get out.
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jars and jars and jars of fruits and veggies, jams and jellies and mango chutney, boxes of pasta and noodles and cereals, bags of rice and beans, tins of fish and milk and spaghetti, a large crate of brown bread in cans. everything in recyclable packaging, of course, and there is a whole bowl of satsumas on the kitchen island where jyn perches. ]
We stole it. It was during a weird, communal dream... thing. Daisy had the idea to take it so I carved our names into the door. When we woke up our names were on the lease.
[ steal from the rich, give to themselves. they are the poor. ]
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[ Catra peeks her head into the pantry and stares at all the food for a moment. Just... stares at it. ]
... Why is food here so weird? I don't know what like... any of this stuff is.
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[ she subsisted on protein milk for her adolescent years and protein cubes in prison so jyn will pretty much eat anything that isn't milk or cubed. or bunn. she may have had enough bunn for a lifetime. ]
Grab a jar of those weird knobbly green tubes.
[ sounds promising ]
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What is this? Better not be a prank.
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[ does jyn eat pickles whilst telling her roommates that she is eating veg? yes. that technicality is important to her. ]
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It's... strong??
[ She isn't sure how she feels about it yet. The flavour is so overwhelming and unlike anything else she's ever eaten before. She takes another very small bite, like she's trying to figure out if she likes it or not. ]
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Daisy hates them.
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They're... salty. But not bad salty? I don't know.
All we had in the Fright Zone was ration bars. You could choose the grey kind or the brown kind. So it's a step up, at least. If I never have to eat another ration bar again, it'll be too soon, haha.
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