forum The Villain and the Civilian (Closed!)

Started February 24, 2019 by @Shadow_Knight group

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"I'm giving you an exclusive." Aika said suddenly, meeting Ava's eyes. "Any question about me, my power, or the universe, and I'll answer. Or at least, try."

Ava stared back at Akia. "Uhh…well…When d-did you first s-start to use your…umm…'talent' t-to break th-the law?" Ava asked, confused with the sudden out of nowhere request.

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Aika thought for a moment. "I think I was sixteen. That was just for the first major thing, though."

"What d-did you do?" Ava asked, hoping it wasn't something like murder or…something else.

"I robbed a bank, nothing too special." Aika said simply, digging around the fridge for something to drink. "You know that one on East 40th?"

Ava nodded. The bank of East 40th had really lax security so it was quite easy to break into. Bates snuck in there once just to show that he could do it.

"Yeah. Wasn't too hard, shit security, and with my…talents, it was super easy." Aika didn't tell Ava why she had robbed the bank, didn't explain that she had been forced to. That wasn't something anyone needed to know.

"Y-Yeah." Ava said rubbing her neck. "The security i-is pretty bad. Literally a-anyone could break in there i-if they wanted to. You c-could rob that place w-with a pen." She pointed out.

"Honestly? Probably." Aika agreed, pulling out a jug of lemonade with an excited smile. "Hey, there's something to try. 'I robbed the second largest bank in France with a ballpoint pen'."

Ava chuckled. "That's f-from 'Ratatouille', right?" She said.

"Aw, look at you, catching references!" Aika said with a smile, searching around for cups. "Yeah, it is. The whole conversation made me think of that one line."

Ava though for a bit. "It does, doesn't it?" She said giggling.

"You literally said pen. I thought you were referencing it yourself." Aika admitted, pulling down two glasses and pouring the lemonade.

"I really wasn't thinking about that." Ava said, thinking how Bates had stabbed the desk lady with a pencil before proceeding to break into there.

"One of your robots, right?" Aika asked, looking over at her. "You get this look on your face whenever you talk about them."

Ava got a guilty look on her face. "Bates broke into that bank, stabbed the desk lady with a pencil and proceeded to only steal one dollar, just to prove to me that anyone could break in there." She explained.

Aika snorted, clutching the edge of the counter as she double over in her musical laughter. "A dollar?"

A smile grew on Ava's face when she heard Akia's laughter, her heart fluttering slightly. "Yeah! He told me that he could break in there and steal how ever much he wanted to. I told him he couldn't, not as a dare but as a 'you shouldn't do that' thing but he took it as a dare and robbed the bank of a dollar." Ava said, her voice clear and free of stutters, even though her voice would waver every now and then.

That just seemed to trigger more of Aika's laughter. "I want to meet him so bad now. That's such a power move, honestly."

Ava laughed. "That's not the craziest thing he's done either." Ava said, wanting to tell Akia more stories. Honestly it was the one thing she could sort of brag about.

"Oh god, you have to tell me more." Aika said, looking excited and hopeful.

"Well he tried to be a puppet master once so he tied strings to Winston and tried to get him to kill Alex, when Alex was trying to fix a light he pulled the chair out from underneath him so Alex was stuck hanging from the light for an hour, he told me in all seriousness that he killed Alex and he could see his ghost, turns out he took Alex apart and Alex was actually haunting him." Ava told Akia.

Aika was still for a moment, before bursting into what this time, sounded a bit more…giggly. "He sounds like the perfect anti-hero, honestly."

Ava laughed. "Bates i-is no anti-hero. He just kinda…does what e-ever he wants." Ava explained. Why does her laugh sounds so cool?

"Chaotic neutral. Same." Aika grinned, grabbing the glasses and bringing them over.