[ 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.
[ her cheeks puff up before she blows out the breath. what was liana hallik charged with? she had many arrest warrant across many aliases and liana's were all lies so she isn't sure she actually remembers correctly. there wasn't exactly a trial. ]
Counterfeiting, I think. Aggravated assault against Imperial military personnel. [ there's a pause before she smiles like she is reminiscing. she's resisted arrest a lot. usually violently. ]
It was a set-up. I mean I did it, I did all of it, but I only got caught because it was a set up.
[ jyn shrugs, an expansive gesture. she was an excellent little thief, the perfect size for sneaking, and none of her warrants or records counted anything she did with the partisans.
her record would be a lot longer if that were the case. ]
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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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[ she still drinks nutritive milk because old habits and all that. but she feels catra on a deep, emotional level. ]
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Oh yeah? What'd you get put in the slammer for?
[ Manners and social cues, what are they. We sure don't know. ]
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Counterfeiting, I think. Aggravated assault against Imperial military personnel. [ there's a pause before she smiles like she is reminiscing. she's resisted arrest a lot. usually violently. ]
It was a set-up. I mean I did it, I did all of it, but I only got caught because it was a set up.
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Quite the criminal!
[ She elbows Jyn, and says that like it's a good thing. ]
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her record would be a lot longer if that were the case. ]
I got around.