forum The Villain and the Civilian (Closed!)

Started February 24, 2019 by @Shadow_Knight group

tune

Ava laughed. "N-Not really." She said, smiling.

"Nope, you can't take it back." Aika set the pot on the stove and grabbed a can of sauce, opening it and pouring the contents in the pot.

Ava opened her mouth to say something, but then closed it.

"Okay, I have no clue what to do next. This is your area of expertise, tell me what to do." Aika stiffened, one hand at her side while the other saluted Ava. It was incredibly soldier-like, the way only someone who had been doing it for years would.

Ava laughed. She grabbed the onions she cut up and put them into the sauce. "D-Do you have a-any basil o-or oregano?" Ava asked. She must have a background in the military. She doesn't seem to be the person to serve though.

"Let me check the stuff Nat brought." Aika flounced back over to the pile on the counter, digging around. "Got both."

Ava grabbed the basil and oregano and sprinkled them into the sauce.

"That already smells good." Aika commented, beginning to put away the pots and pans, and a cheese grader that she looked oddly happy to have.

Ava nodded. "Do y-you have a-any garlic?"

"Check the pile. That's those little things that look vaguely like onions, right?"

"K-Kinda? They peel like onions b-but they don't h-have the same shape." Ava said as she looked through the pile.

"Right side of the pile, underneath the bag of shredded cheese, but on top of the salt." Aika said without looking up from the noodles she was stirring.

Ava found it and began to peel it until she got one of the lobes.

Aika hummed softly as she stirred the noodles and the sauce, a haunting melody that didn't seem to follow any set rules, yet sill sounded good.

Ava listened to Akia humming. It was entrancing. "How do you do that?" Ava asked.

Aika looked up, some sort of haze leaving her face. "Do what?"

"The thing w-with your voice." Ava said as she put down the knife she was holding. "I-I've studied almost e-every fight you have e-ever had with Shockwave a-and I still c-can't figure out h-how you do that."

"That's incredibly unspecific." Aika said in Shockwave's voice, raising an eyebrow.

Ava jumped. "Th-That! You c-can manipulate y-your voice t-to sound like o-other people o-or to make people t-talk! H-How do you do th-that?" She asked.

"Inflection. You can study it further, now that you're here. If you want, I mean." She grabbed a strainer and stuck it in the sink, pouring the noodles in.

She can do it to that level? "B-But what about w-what you can d-do to m-make people talk?" She asked. She can't use inflection for that…can she?

"Oh, that's a mix. It's partly using the right inflection, to mimic a voice that makes them calm. Not like, all the way. Not like this." Aika said the last part in Ava's voice. "But more….like this." Her voice took on a soothing and almost magical tone, the kind that would make someone want to spill their deepest secret.

Ava shuddered when Akia used her own voice but the relaxed when she used her soothing one. "I-It's really weird to h-hear someone o-other than yourself use y-your voice." Ava said.

"I bet. I'll try and refrain from using yours around you, don't worry."

"Thanks." Ava mumbled. God her voice is so pretty though.