A True Hunt? [Universe 4] (Open to Universe 4)

Man it was good to laugh.

Her sides were hurting and there was a bit of pain, sure, but just when was the last time anyone had been this funny? Only the small sips from the mug she held in hand, had kept her from continuing for a moment or two, while one of the others near her side, had asked her to keep going, smiles all around her.

None of their faces she could really put a name to at the moment, though it wouldn’t have been a surprise if she didn’t know any at all. So many people just tended to introduce themselves later than at the start. Like, just what was up with that anyway? She was always the first to go introduce herself period.

Was everyone just shy or something? That had to be it, right? She knew she didn’t smell or anything. Liquor right now, maybe. But hell, weren’t they all buzzed right now? There were a couple of lightweights around too, but it’s like better than being puked on and stuff, right? Then it would really smell in here.

”Ok ok, chill. So let’s see here...”

Her lips were already stretched into a smile, and even while being rushed, it didn’t leave as she placed the mug down to continue, shifting her body on the stool a little. Man, just how long had she already even been here? Things were already getting cramped down here. It so didn’t feel good.

"After I like cut him up a little with Severance, liiike right at the skin here. Yeah, like that. I also pointed Waver at him. The guy’s already shaking, which is weird you know? Cause he was the one who asked for a fight. I told him to stop, since he was just making himself bleed out more."

While she talked, her words slurring throughout it all, she had also gestured towards both her forearm and about a couple of inches away from her chin. Some memories of the alien she was thinking about, came to her mind, which didn’t make her laugh as much as the guy sitting to the side of her.

The faces he was making, was just so much like the guy she was thinking of. Maybe they knew each other or something. Brothers? Would he feel the same way about her patting him down? Her throat was a bit too parched from laughing, to really go and even try. Instead, she took more sips from her mug.

”That’s awful. What happened to him?”

She held her free finger up to signal for him to wait as she drank, the contents of her mug already nearly empty, reminding her for the moment, at the other empty ones on their table already. Man, she was going to have to really piss later. Though it was at least a new record. She thought so, anyway.

Setting the mug back down again, and looking at the guy, she couldn’t help but go back to wondering why he cared so much anyway. This was supposed to be a fun place here, and they were all supposed to relax and stuff. It was silly he kept asking her so many questions like it was important to him.

”The guy didn’t really listen. They never really listen. I’m always saying they should listen, but since he didn’t, of course he ended up passing out. So I put Severance and Waver away, and start shaking him like this. Yeah, like that. But he just wouldn’t wake up, so I left. Don’t know what happened to the guy after.”

Deciding to actually place her hands on the alien, she demonstrated what she had meant, watching him make even more funny faces, and her sides continued to hurt as she laughed. Should she have really cared what happened to the guy? Like, they were done fighting and that was that.

Yeah, he was bleeding and all, but they were fighting in the desert or anything. Just like, a little bit outside of the town. Someone must have helped the guy if she hadn’t. And if not, then man, the area might have been worst than she thought, if the locals couldn’t even help someone passed out.

”That’s even worse than I thought. Seriously, why didn’t you help that guy?”

”That’s funny. I was just thinking about that. Was I supposed to help him? I didn’t really feel too good. Had a bit too many to drink when he asked to fight me.”

She shrugged as she answered the guy’s question, though still managed to smile and laugh a little bit more, as he voiced exactly the kind of thing that she had been thinking about. Pretty crazy, right? Even if he kept asking so many questions, he was actually a pretty good guy. Real funny one.

”I think that’s enough for me right now. Gonna go get some air.”

Downing the rest of the contents of her mug, she had gotten up, patting the alien on the shoulder as she did, before heading towards the bathroom. She made sure to stop before she had, not wanting to go to the wrong one or anything, a sigh escaping her when she had finally been able to wash her face.

Some of her fingers had traced over her piercings as she looked in the mirror, fixing up her hair, having seen several strands poked out. How long had it even been like that? Man, and they didn’t even say anything? Or maybe they did and she just didn’t hear. Who even knows? Though it wasn’t that big of a deal.

Walking out of the bathroom and leaving the building with a bit of a stumble in her gait, the outside air just felt so nice. But man, if there was one thing that had been bothering her, it was all the noise that had been going on outside. Like, was no one really taking care of things? It sounded like it stopped.

She thought so anyway. To do all of this stuff at night though too, was pretty crazy. The buildings passed her by as she walked, the signatures in the air she was feeling as she got away from that bar, just really doing so good with helping her sober up. It had been like such a long day, and sleep was calling.

Her eyes looked around for the place she had signed into for the night, having already made a deposit, but just not making out anything that was familiar. If that one guy she knew had been here, he could seriously help her right now. Cause this was just...she didn’t like having to try so hard to look around.

Flashes of metal on the ground which she had to step over, eyes briefly glancing enough to make out that it was one of those metal guys, before she had moved on. The first thing she had seen as she did, was a mass of what looked like fur, who she had immediately gone and waved at for attention.

”Heeey there~ Mind carrying me to my hotel, big fella? I’m a little tipsy, and if you’re nice, maybe something will happen.”

Her words had still slurred here and there, but it was better than it had been earlier.

TWC: 1,251
PL: 290,000

A little bit of water before bed, and she'd be good for the morning.

Man, the last time she was hungover, had probable been that night with the Crocolisks? Or was it when she had visited the Yardrats? Both of them had their ugly sides, but they knew had to work the body. She could feel herself smiling at the hazy memory, as she walked closer to the mass of fur ahead of her.

This guy was really trying hard to put on a light show, wasn't he? All that smoke flashing around like that. Ah, if he had actually been red or something, he would have totally looked like a burning candle right about now. A huge candle by the looks of it. Man, it made her glad she could probably lift about double his weight, if she had really tried. Though that would have been some really lame kind of training, just lifting stuff.

Not to mention, it was like, hard on the back. This guy, probably had to really stand straight with how tall he was. Didn't seem like he was much of a talker either, if he still hadn't really said anything. But that kind of thing could also be the fun part of a night here.

It looked like they were doing a meeting in the middle type of thing, though her long ears picked up the small sounds of a hum that she knew to be familiar, but couldn't place at the moment. Only after the attack had been launched, did her body reflexively react, jumping to the side, as some ki flared around her. In the place of where she had been, a beam of energy had struck the ground, flinging gravel around that she had the sense to block with her arms.

"Someone hasn't gotten laid in awhile..."

Getting hit by one of those things had really hurt. Like, way to really go and kinda ruin the mood. If he didn't want to help out, all he had to do was say no. She could have totally just found her way on her own. There would probably be some trouble, yeah, but anything was better than this.

"Isn't that from like, a game or something?"

Before she could really go and even say her piece about him just attacking her, the guy had brought up the weirdest line, she could have like, totally heard this night. That also sounded familiar, and if not for her rubbing at the bruise forming underneath her sleeves right now, she would have thought about it some more. This was probably going to take a good, like, week to heal. Unless she could string a guy along to buy her a healing capsule or something.

"Oh! Almost forgot to tell ya my name. It's Serabi. I would like, say it's good to see you, but you're totally kinda killing the vibe, you know?"

Finally letting go of her arm, though stretching out both of them near her sides, she wondered if she was going to run into a guy, who was into the whole dominating thing. He would probably be into her arm, if it really was going to take her a week for this bruise to actually go away.

Kinda made it hard to do the fun stuff, when her arm was hurt.

TWC: 1,798
Stamina: 4/4
Used Natural Dodge (35%) of 290k, 115,000 minus 101,500 = 13,500 leftover.