[ Tech almost misses the text. Almost. Because he's currently high as fuck, but even high, he can't ignore the ping of electronics. The curse of his divine domain. He's at least able to piece together who this is through the mention of 'powers being back.' Only two people he knows would talk about that, and one of them doesn't curse....so hello, Ava. ]
sorry, babe. fortunately i'm stocked up to the brim with shit to keep you awake 💊💊 come party
[ He should probably be more sympathetic...but right now he's feeling too good. ]
[ Ava is this close to nodding off when she hears Tech has responded. Her eyes zero in on the "💊💊" part of his text and while she didn't trust anyone giving out drugs at Mercy, she trusts Tech. Tech would never give her anything bad. ]
this is why you're my number 1 god. give me drugs and talk shit to me to keep me awake ❤
[ The "lol" is only there because she's still learning how to accept compliments, so for now she'll laugh it off. ]
no it's ok I don't want to ruin your buzz and I'm probably too tired to talk about it anyway and I'll just stop texting you and actually come see you
[ She's too exhausted to remember her manners because she doesn't even knock first when she's at his door, she just phases through it using the Halo, probably giving him a heart attack when she suddenly appears in his room with light glowing out of her back (he's gonna have to get used to entrances like that from her.) ]
...Mmmbed. [ That... wasn't an actual word, more of a drowsy mumble and a non-conventional way of greeting someone but she honestly feels like she could faceplant into a bed right now. ]
[ Maybe it would have been more of a shock if he wasn't riding the Frenzy high. But as she suddenly appears and the weight of her hits his bed, all he can do is laugh, giving her a light nudge with his foot. ]
Wakey, wakey. You can't sleep now. You especially can't fucking sleep now.
[ He doesn't know what protection is in place at the hospital (though he has his doubts there was any), but here they're on their own fighting this shit off. She looks damn exhausted. That's not gonna be a cocaine fix. She needs something harder.
Tech goes into his drawer and withdraws the collection of pills. ]
This shit is good, but hardcore. Don't know the hardest shit you've done, but this is that magnified by like a million. You'll be wide awake for days on this.
[ He takes out a couple pills and holds them out. ]
Crush them up and snort 'em for a quicker hit. Do not fall asleep on me, Ava.
[ Ava has taken drugs precisely once and it wasn't even hardcore enough to distract her from seeing demons at a nightclub. She has no idea what her limit is, but she isn't afraid to find out. She's far more terrified of her nightmares, willing to do whatever it takes to avoid them.
Sitting up, she takes the pills from Tech's hand and places them on top of his bedside cabinet. For a split second, she doesn't know what to crush the pills with, but then she realizes she doesn't need anything but the super strength within her hand. Her fist goes down against them and she gathers together the powder that's left.
There's a moment of hesitation from Ava, a voice in her head that sounds a lot like one of the Sisters, telling her it's dangerous to be on drugs while she has the Halo inside her...
And then she thinks of the man who saved her at Mercy by dying at the hands of a demon she brought to life, the guilt of his death swallowing her up alongside Lilith's. She really doesn't want to think about the trauma from both those deaths, unable to think about one without thinking of the other, the two so alike, and if the drugs can help her to forget...
Fuck it. She ducks her head, presses down a nostril, snorts up the powder and waits.
Her pupils soon dilate, all her troubles seem to melt away and suddenly she has the energy of ten Golden Retriever puppies combined. ]
You're the fucking best. [ She launches at Tech, cupping his face for a kiss before pulling back with a grin, her mood and energy having done a 180. ] We're not staying here, are we? Come on, let's do something fun.
[ By comparison, Tech's done it all. He's been self-medicating most of his life to a point where his tolerance is just too high. Frenzy is the first drug in a long time that really does it for him, and Ava gets to experience it first hand. He can tell immediately when the rush hits her, and it brings him a surge of pride -- getting to see her energized and happy. Tech returns the kiss -- brief though it is. ]
You just got here and already wanna leave? Geesh, am I that boring?
[ He shakes his head with a laugh and gets up regardless. Tech hasn't really left his room in the week he's been here. Without many people in the hotel, there's really no point in going anywhere. But Ava's here now and the whole place is theirs to do what they want -- to get in as much trouble as they want and make out wherever they want.
Sounds like a damn good time to him! He should have put in more of an effort to spring her free from the hospital, but that thought's only fleeting as Frenzy does not allow him to feel guilt. He can feel nothing but good. ]
So what 'fun thing' you wanna do first? Raid the bar? Go streaking down the hall? Sneak into some demon rooms and snoop around?
I want to leave this boring room, not you. [ Tech has become someone she'd never leave behind, unlike the many people she's turned her back on. She tugs on his hand, remembering she has to use the door to leave with Tech. ] You're never boring.
[ And he proves her point with the brilliant, fun suggestions he comes up with. She likes the sound of all of them and she'd be willing to do the rest later, but she has one destination in mind first. ]
I want to go to the pool with you. I wanted to be in the pool with you the other month but you were too busy dying.
[ Opening the door, she throws a smirk back at him over her shoulder. ]
Without swimming costumes. [ Oh yes, she wants to skinnydip like the cool kids do. ]
[ Before they leave the room, he's sure to grab his vape pen -- and some more frenzy in case they need a bump while they're out. Her suggestion earns a laugh. ]
Well fuck, then. Let's go skinny dipping.
[ Spoken like it's the best idea in the world, and with his high going, it basically is. A high alone can feel good, but with Ava it's a million times better. He steps out the door, closing and locking it behind him before moving up to wrap his arms around her. ]
It would've been preferable to stick with you instead of dying. From now on, that's what I'm doing. That's the plan. That programmer of mine can go fuck off into danger alone. It's you and me, babe.
[ You and me. She's never been part of a you and me before. It's always just been her and her alone. She could get used to this. Used to mattering to someone.
Her arms loop around his neck and under normal circumstances she might shove him for pinching her, but she's a little giddy right now, bouncing on her feet. ]
I'll be your programmer. [ She taps him on the nose at that. ] How hard can it be?
[ Speaking of hard... Ava slips a hand down between them over the crotch of his pants. Does Tech remember her saying she might have a public kink? Well, they're very much in a public hallway right now, not that there are many people around to stumble upon them other than those who escaped back to the hotel. She holds Tech's gaze as she strokes him lightly with her fingers with the intention of working him up a bit...
Only to suddenly pull her hand back, free herself from his hold and flee in the direction of the pool, giggling. Always leave boys wanting more, right? ]
Uh, no offense but it takes an expert engineer with years of experience under their belt to even think about tackling my code. You can't just dive in there and think you can figure out how to make me work--
[ The words get cut off by a sharp inhale as Ava teases a touch over the center of his pants, proving that maybe she might not be an expert engineer but she sure could work him. Frenzy already has his blood running hot, so it doesn't take much to turn him on. Of course, he only has a moment to enjoy it before she's darting away. ]
You fucking tease.
[ He rolls his eyes and follows the sound of her giggles toward the pool. It's actually his first time seeing it because he hasn't bothered coming down this way. He's surprised it's not full of skulls or that they had to swim in blood. Looks like legit water. Also looks like there's no sign of anyone else around -- not even staff. Here by the pool, it's almost as though the chaos isn't happening around them outside.
He shrugs out of his shirt, folding it up. ]
You're on a time out. You're not allowed to touch me for the next fifteen minutes.
[ Sorry Tech, but Ava wasn't listening to a word you were saying about what it means to be your engineer. She doesn't possess the attention span for that right now (which probably means she doesn't have the attention span to be an engineer either).
By the pool, she raises a brow at him laying down the law, but she doesn't argue, accepting his challenge. ]
God has spoken. [ She snorts as she lifts her shirt over her head and drops it on the floor, just as she notices what he's doing with his. ] Are you folding? [ Who folds before skinnydipping? ]
You're a strange one. [ She means that the nicest way possible. ] Do you want mine to fold too?
[ Her bra comes off and she holds it out to him. ]
[ He doesn't even realize he's doing anything abnormal until she's calling him out just as he's setting the shirt on a bench nearby. Tech frowns with mild indignation. ]
Clothes aren't exactly easy to come by now that we're out of Mammon's domain. Maybe you oughta take care of yours.
[ He eyes the puddle of her shirt and follows it back up to her exposed breasts and the bra she's extended toward him. Goddamn. Tech lets out a breath as he takes it from her, dropping it on top of her shirt. ]
On second thought, don't have any fucking complaints if you run out of clothes and have to strut around naked. There's lots of pervs here, though. So you'd be better sticking around me.
[ He grins, easing out of his pants and making a point to fold those too, adding them neatly to the bench with his shirt. Before he removes his boxers though (because he's still trying to give his boner a little time to die down), he looks at her -- keeping eyes above the shoulders for the time being. ]
Hey. Weird question, but...apparently the longer you're in this place, the more it corrupts you. Like, people start changing into fucking demons. Physically. You think the halo would prevent that from happening to you?
[ It would be such a shame if demonic features spoiled the sheer perfection of her body as it is now. Even the rounded scar on her back is something he's become fond of. ]
Then you better be on perv watch for me. [ That's if he isn't too busy staring at her.
She's down to one piece of underwear a lot quicker than he is because of all his folding, almost waiting for him to catch up. She doesn't expect the conversation to take the direction it does, this being the first she's heard of demonic changes. Thankfully the drugs in her system prevent her from taking the news too badly. (She'll worry about it when it happens to her, if it happens.) ]
I don't know. There's so much I don't know about it... [ So many unanswered questions, frustration flashing across her face for a brief moment.
She soon cheers up though, full of too much energy to feel negative for long. ] Would you still like me with a tail? [ With her back facing him, she slides her underwear down, showing him exactly where the demon tail would go if she ever grew one.
Learning her lesson from the last time she jumped in a pool on a whim, she sits down at the edge before slipping into the water. She settles her arms over the side of the pool, rests her chin on top and looks up at him with an easy smile. ]
I probably shouldn't become what I'm meant to kill. [ But that's not going to stop her from having fun with Tech. ]
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sorry, babe. fortunately i'm stocked up to the brim with shit to keep you awake 💊💊 come party
[ He should probably be more sympathetic...but right now he's feeling too good. ]
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this is why you're my number 1 god. give me drugs and talk shit to me to keep me awake ❤
where's the party at???
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party's at my room. none of my roommates are here.
question tho. why didn't you just say no to going to that fucking hospital?
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I didn't know no was an option????
but lesson learnt, I'll say no more
[ Except to drugs. And sex. ]
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they kept insisting it's for the """""best"""""
but ain't nothing fucking the best about going to a hell asylum
so long as you stay awake out here, the mares don't fuck with you
they'd have a hell of a time with me anyway cuz i don't dream
so all my focus can be on keeping you awake, superchick
and i got enough snow to be a fucking winter wonderland 😜❄️❄️👃🥴
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seriously though, nightmares fucking suck. you should be glad you don't have them...
I feel like hell must not want us to hang out because we keep getting separated
[ Absence does seem to make her heart grow fonder, though. ]
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3D version of ava is better than dreamscape
you wanna talk about the nightmares, tho?
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[ The "lol" is only there because she's still learning how to accept compliments, so for now she'll laugh it off. ]
no it's ok I don't want to ruin your buzz and I'm probably too tired to talk about it anyway and I'll just stop texting you and actually come see you
[ She's too exhausted to remember her manners because she doesn't even knock first when she's at his door, she just phases through it using the Halo, probably giving him a heart attack when she suddenly appears in his room with light glowing out of her back (he's gonna have to get used to entrances like that from her.) ]
...Mmmbed. [ That... wasn't an actual word, more of a drowsy mumble and a non-conventional way of greeting someone but she honestly feels like she could faceplant into a bed right now. ]
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Wakey, wakey. You can't sleep now. You especially can't fucking sleep now.
[ He doesn't know what protection is in place at the hospital (though he has his doubts there was any), but here they're on their own fighting this shit off. She looks damn exhausted. That's not gonna be a cocaine fix. She needs something harder.
Tech goes into his drawer and withdraws the collection of pills. ]
This shit is good, but hardcore. Don't know the hardest shit you've done, but this is that magnified by like a million. You'll be wide awake for days on this.
[ He takes out a couple pills and holds them out. ]
Crush them up and snort 'em for a quicker hit. Do not fall asleep on me, Ava.
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Sitting up, she takes the pills from Tech's hand and places them on top of his bedside cabinet. For a split second, she doesn't know what to crush the pills with, but then she realizes she doesn't need anything but the super strength within her hand. Her fist goes down against them and she gathers together the powder that's left.
There's a moment of hesitation from Ava, a voice in her head that sounds a lot like one of the Sisters, telling her it's dangerous to be on drugs while she has the Halo inside her...
And then she thinks of the man who saved her at Mercy by dying at the hands of a demon she brought to life, the guilt of his death swallowing her up alongside Lilith's. She really doesn't want to think about the trauma from both those deaths, unable to think about one without thinking of the other, the two so alike, and if the drugs can help her to forget...
Fuck it. She ducks her head, presses down a nostril, snorts up the powder and waits.
Her pupils soon dilate, all her troubles seem to melt away and suddenly she has the energy of ten Golden Retriever puppies combined. ]
You're the fucking best. [ She launches at Tech, cupping his face for a kiss before pulling back with a grin, her mood and energy having done a 180. ] We're not staying here, are we? Come on, let's do something fun.
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You just got here and already wanna leave? Geesh, am I that boring?
[ He shakes his head with a laugh and gets up regardless. Tech hasn't really left his room in the week he's been here. Without many people in the hotel, there's really no point in going anywhere. But Ava's here now and the whole place is theirs to do what they want -- to get in as much trouble as they want and make out wherever they want.
Sounds like a damn good time to him! He should have put in more of an effort to spring her free from the hospital, but that thought's only fleeting as Frenzy does not allow him to feel guilt. He can feel nothing but good. ]
So what 'fun thing' you wanna do first? Raid the bar? Go streaking down the hall? Sneak into some demon rooms and snoop around?
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[ And he proves her point with the brilliant, fun suggestions he comes up with. She likes the sound of all of them and she'd be willing to do the rest later, but she has one destination in mind first. ]
I want to go to the pool with you. I wanted to be in the pool with you the other month but you were too busy dying.
[ Opening the door, she throws a smirk back at him over her shoulder. ]
Without swimming costumes. [ Oh yes, she wants to skinnydip like the cool kids do. ]
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Well fuck, then. Let's go skinny dipping.
[ Spoken like it's the best idea in the world, and with his high going, it basically is. A high alone can feel good, but with Ava it's a million times better. He steps out the door, closing and locking it behind him before moving up to wrap his arms around her. ]
It would've been preferable to stick with you instead of dying. From now on, that's what I'm doing. That's the plan. That programmer of mine can go fuck off into danger alone. It's you and me, babe.
[ He playfully pinches her cheek. ]
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Her arms loop around his neck and under normal circumstances she might shove him for pinching her, but she's a little giddy right now, bouncing on her feet. ]
I'll be your programmer. [ She taps him on the nose at that. ] How hard can it be?
[ Speaking of hard... Ava slips a hand down between them over the crotch of his pants. Does Tech remember her saying she might have a public kink? Well, they're very much in a public hallway right now, not that there are many people around to stumble upon them other than those who escaped back to the hotel. She holds Tech's gaze as she strokes him lightly with her fingers with the intention of working him up a bit...
Only to suddenly pull her hand back, free herself from his hold and flee in the direction of the pool, giggling. Always leave boys wanting more, right? ]
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[ The words get cut off by a sharp inhale as Ava teases a touch over the center of his pants, proving that maybe she might not be an expert engineer but she sure could work him. Frenzy already has his blood running hot, so it doesn't take much to turn him on. Of course, he only has a moment to enjoy it before she's darting away. ]
You fucking tease.
[ He rolls his eyes and follows the sound of her giggles toward the pool. It's actually his first time seeing it because he hasn't bothered coming down this way. He's surprised it's not full of skulls or that they had to swim in blood. Looks like legit water. Also looks like there's no sign of anyone else around -- not even staff. Here by the pool, it's almost as though the chaos isn't happening around them outside.
He shrugs out of his shirt, folding it up. ]
You're on a time out. You're not allowed to touch me for the next fifteen minutes.
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By the pool, she raises a brow at him laying down the law, but she doesn't argue, accepting his challenge. ]
God has spoken. [ She snorts as she lifts her shirt over her head and drops it on the floor, just as she notices what he's doing with his. ] Are you folding? [ Who folds before skinnydipping? ]
You're a strange one. [ She means that the nicest way possible. ] Do you want mine to fold too?
[ Her bra comes off and she holds it out to him. ]
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Clothes aren't exactly easy to come by now that we're out of Mammon's domain. Maybe you oughta take care of yours.
[ He eyes the puddle of her shirt and follows it back up to her exposed breasts and the bra she's extended toward him. Goddamn. Tech lets out a breath as he takes it from her, dropping it on top of her shirt. ]
On second thought, don't have any fucking complaints if you run out of clothes and have to strut around naked. There's lots of pervs here, though. So you'd be better sticking around me.
[ He grins, easing out of his pants and making a point to fold those too, adding them neatly to the bench with his shirt. Before he removes his boxers though (because he's still trying to give his boner a little time to die down), he looks at her -- keeping eyes above the shoulders for the time being. ]
Hey. Weird question, but...apparently the longer you're in this place, the more it corrupts you. Like, people start changing into fucking demons. Physically. You think the halo would prevent that from happening to you?
[ It would be such a shame if demonic features spoiled the sheer perfection of her body as it is now. Even the rounded scar on her back is something he's become fond of. ]
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She's down to one piece of underwear a lot quicker than he is because of all his folding, almost waiting for him to catch up. She doesn't expect the conversation to take the direction it does, this being the first she's heard of demonic changes. Thankfully the drugs in her system prevent her from taking the news too badly. (She'll worry about it when it happens to her, if it happens.) ]
I don't know. There's so much I don't know about it... [ So many unanswered questions, frustration flashing across her face for a brief moment.
She soon cheers up though, full of too much energy to feel negative for long. ] Would you still like me with a tail? [ With her back facing him, she slides her underwear down, showing him exactly where the demon tail would go if she ever grew one.
Learning her lesson from the last time she jumped in a pool on a whim, she sits down at the edge before slipping into the water. She settles her arms over the side of the pool, rests her chin on top and looks up at him with an easy smile. ]
I probably shouldn't become what I'm meant to kill. [ But that's not going to stop her from having fun with Tech. ]