[log] social skills 101 [closed]

[powersouls]

Characters: Zach, Tifa, Royce, Cloud, Sora
Location Building 100
Date: 116, after lockdown
Summary: A bunch of nerds get locked in a house together.
Warnings: None!

YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO

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[bywolves]

I don't. [ He shrugs. ] People-eating houses is a ridiculous idea.

[seekthelight]

[And that, that right there? It gets you an annoyed huff from the young man as he promptly crosses his arms.]

So you're just being mean.

[bywolves]

No, I'm testing whether you're as stupid as you look or not. [ He's actually grinning, the ass. ] You passed.

[seekthelight]

Hey! I don't look stupid! [Rude. Rude!] Aren't we suppose to all be helping one another?

[bywolves]

[ Oh, he's one of those. Royce rolls his eyes. ] No. You can help whoever you want, but you're just going to get angry when people take advantage of it.

[seekthelight]

[Yeah, he's one of those. Deal with it!] If people need my help, I'm going to help them! Nothing is going to make me hesitate!

[bywolves]

[ Royce cannot, it's too much optimism and Good. It burrrrnnnnsss... ] Great. You're worse than Tifa. [ Sigh. ] Go on. Help people until it kills you, then.

[seekthelight]

[Good to know optimism is your one true weakness, Royce. He's going to remember that.]

It's not going to kill me! Helping people and saving worlds is what I do and I'm not going to stop just because I'm here!

[bywolves]

[ It's the only way to wear him down, it's true. ] So tell me, if someone - hypothetically, like me - took another person - hypothetically, like Cloud, or Tifa - and threatened to slit their throats, would you jump in to stop it?

[seekthelight]

[Sora can't help but tense, fists clenching at his sides.]

Of course I would!

[bywolves]

[ Royce is in a testing sort of mood. He stands up, moving closer to Sora - it might not be incredibly intimidating since Sora might actually be taller than Royce's 5'3 self, but...

Royce is threatening, in the way he stands, near silently. His eyes are only just barely visible under the hood, and his voice is low and soft when he speaks. ] I wonder how dedicated to that you really are.

[seekthelight]

[Royce is threatening. He's very threatening despite his height and Sora's hands clench just a little bit tighter.

But he's faced off against a lot of threatening individuals over the years so he doesn't back down, even going as far as to take a step closer to the other man.]

Try me! I wouldn't let you hurt any of my friends! I wouldn't let you hurt anyone just because you felt the need to!

[bywolves]

[ Alright, Royce is at least a little impressed.

He grins, and it's an ugly expression. Predatory and sharp, almost Cheshire-like, it doesn't look like it belongs on his face. Most smiles don't. He stares up at Sora, and doesn't answer for a good couple of moments.

And then he folds his arms. ]

You wouldn't be able to stop me, but it doesn't matter. I don't kill people for the fun of it.

[seekthelight]

[That grin...it's a mockery of the smile he'd seen on a feline face once upon a time and Sora doesn't like it. At all.

The young man huffs lightly, tension seeping out of his stance just a bit.]

People have said that before and I've stopped all of them.

[Almost all of them. Sure it may have taken a few times but he'd managed it and it was all thanks to his friends.]

[bywolves]

With what? Willpower? [ ... Sort of... ]

[seekthelight]

My fighting abilities! I've taken on people that are probably a lot more skilled than you!

[bywolves]

Really, why do people keep assuming that they've fought people much more skilled than me like that matters? [ Royce sounds baffled. ] You don't have a weapon, and neither do I.

How well do you do with fistfights and hand-to-hand combat?

[seekthelight]

I don't need a weapon to be able to hold my own in a fight! [He had enough skill from both Ventus and Roxas combined with his own to be able to handle pretty much anything.

Not to say that he was good, necessarily, but he would be able to at least get by.]

[bywolves]

I grew up fighting people for food. You get a certain affinity for fighting dirty, in that context - someone like you wouldn't win.

Don't pick fights with people you can't possibly hope to win against. [ This isn't a threat, it's actually... advice. Royce thinks he's helping. ]

[seekthelight]

How do you know? [He takes offense to that, sir. Because if you have enough drive you can win any fight you get into!] There's always a chance you can win if you fight hard enough and smart enough.

[bywolves]

If you fight fairly, sure. [ Sniff. ] I don't.

[seekthelight]

Neither did any of the others that I fought!

[bywolves]

Then go ahead. Let's see if you can stop me from killing someone tonight. [ He's absolutely not even planning to do so, but he's kind of having fun, here. ] I won't tell you which one or how, but if you don't keep an eye on all of them, you'll wake up tomorrow with a dead body.

[seekthelight]

No!

[Sora can't help but move forward to invade Royce's personal space then, hands flexing to grip a weapon that isn't there--that won't appear--but it doesn't matter.

Because you just hit the wrong buttons.]

I won't let you hurt them! You even look at them the wrong way and I'll take you down! [The words come out in a growl, his temper flaring--thanks Roxas.] You don't scare me! You're just all talk--trying to freak me out! Plus, Cloud and Tifa are stronger than you could ever hope to me so even if I can't stop you, I know without a doubt that they can!

[bywolves]

[ Hello, Sora. Royce doesn't move, just stares up at Sora with a little smirk. ]

I haven't touched them, calm down. [ Sniff. ] Do you always react like this? People are going to use that against you.