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![OH, PLEASE! You Cant Be Serious. Shes Not Sure Where This Mock Outrage Is Coming From, But It Fits The](https://64.media.tumblr.com/7679d7c2ec7f748c47aa6fcc766bab5d/ac04912df0019a85-1a/s250x400/9655e4ed414ec4d8c09a506dc7dd1b94d57ddc8f.png)
❛ OH, PLEASE! you can’t be serious. ❜ she’s not sure where this mock outrage is coming from, but it fits the general vibe around her and she’s rolling with it. WHO WOULD WIN IN A FIGHT: SLASHER MOVIE VILLAIN EDITION! she’s never been one for debates but this one covers ground she’s got a confidence with, a familiarity. fingers pop open a packet of twizzlers as they watch a young johnny depp get pulled into the depths of the mattress, a geyser of sticky, sanguine blood gushing up moments later. ❛ no disrespect to jason, dude is a slasher legend. but what the fuck is a machete going to do against a literal demon? ❜ cue a manicured hand gesturing wildly at the screen, in an effort to prove her point. ❛ freddy wins, any which way you slice it. ❜
![Thats Bullshit, And You Know It.](https://64.media.tumblr.com/7b66160db724bc30293dd534a9e54ba4/ce67abc2311ea243-cc/s500x750/72c40dc9dd0c6a19584df2662c474d0efaf46175.png)
❛ that’s bullshit, and you know it. ❜
![Thats Bullshit, And You Know It.](https://64.media.tumblr.com/dff92abc811f916edbd57e7b8f650a6b/ce67abc2311ea243-66/s500x750/21e9637e5ce22201f9132e5b82334cf5375a21c6.png)
one - liner starter for @notvictim !
THE LATE SUMMER AIR IS THICK AND NEAR-SUFFOCATING. or maybe it’s the tonal shift that’s happened in the quaint, peaceful community of roseville. welcome to roseville, the most pleasant place in pasco county! something tells her that in the wake of the fourth brutal murder to befall the community, the local government might have to consider replacing it. how many bodies have to drop before ‘ pleasant ’ becomes a farce? surely they’re all well past that point.
and yet, pleasant is what brought her to the richardson family’s home that evening — as pleasant as one can be, bringing a covered dish to a family in mourning. sensitive is the better word. sensitive to the situation, in that she didn’t barge in, didn’t ask any questions, just politely came by with a hot meal so no one would have to trouble themselves with dinner in the midst of planning a funeral while still coming to terms with the fact that their — brother, sister, cousin, aunt, uncle, father, mother, best friend, whoever it may be — would never walk through the door, crack a joke, a smile, laugh with them, cry with them, fight with them, make up with them. she’d never let it be known, but she’s all too familiar with this: death, murder, looming threats. something in her soul told her to make some slow-roasted pernil and bring it over. she hadn’t expected the richardson to ask her to stay for the meal, nor for gazette reporter jed olsen to be there.
which brings her to now — a quarter ‘til ten, sun already fallen behind the horizon as it surrendered to an inky black sky with hardly any stars and a waning moon. the streetlights provide some illumination but not enough to bring a false sense of security. jed walks beside her, because she asked him if he would walk her home and he agreed with the same sincerity he showed the richardsons when interviewing them for a piece honoring their lost loved one. an added bonus she hadn’t asked for: he’s carrying the ( mostly empty ) crockpot, at his insistence. she breaks the stiff silence, gaze turning away from an alleyway they pass back to the path ahead of her.
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❛ I appreciate you doing this — I can’t imagine how busy you are. ❜ is she holding him up from his deadline? shit, now that’s all she can think about. HEADLINE: GROWN WOMAN CAN’T WALK THREE BLOCKS HOME ALONE BECAUSE IT’S DARK OUTSIDE. in her defense, she has a decent excuse. anyone would. eager to fill the silence ( perhaps to quiet her own mind ), she’ll turn her head to look up at him, voice softening despite them being the only two people on the quiet suburban street. ❛ have you... is this the first time you’ve seen something like this? ❜ how do you handle it? she thinks, and then, does it ever get easier?
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a plotted starter for @egotistikill
she’s always the voice of reason. even when no one wants her to be. even when it isn’t asked for. pragmatism came easy once she started piecing herself back together — post-victimhood, post-cobra kai, post-karate war adjacent. everyone else actively engaging in the fight for control of the valley has blinders on, and from her position as an outsider who was once in it, the full picture is a hideous one, painted with harsh strokes and sharp lines that seem to keep being crossed over and over and over — an endless, almost rhythmic repetition. it’s something she’s kept to herself, up to this moment, in this hallway, books clutched loosely to her chest as she extends an olive branch to someone she was so close to a year ago.
the fire is expected; she was in cobra kai long enough to know that no one questions the wisdom and authority of whatever sensei is in charge without facing a certain level of untamed wrath. feet remain firmly planted on tiled floor, eyes locked on his as the first blow is dealt. it stings — and what’s worse, she expected it. ❛ strange — I remember you doing the same. ❜ such a contrast, his voice raised and raging, and hers, soft, serious. if he’s the hurricane, she’s the mountain that refuses to bend; she’s weathered worse storms, she’ll make it through this one mostly unscathed.
❛ I didn’t know silver let you climb through his window in the middle of the night after you got a black eye and a busted lip and let you crash in his room. ❜ it’s her turn to take a step forward, invade the personal space, though her heart beats faster as she does so. ❛ what needs to be done? what, fighting out some fucked up generational trauma between a bunch of grown men? ❜ for someone appearing so sure of herself, there’s an uncertainty creeping in. this closeness, under these circumstances, triggers that voice in the back of her head. he’s going to hurt you. no, no — jordan knows him better than that. knows this is all just a front. knows that he’s looking for an out —
seven words carry not a punch, not a kick, but a stab to the gut. she holds her composure well but she’s certain he sees that flash of fear in her eyes as the weight of everything hits her; he knows too much, and with a certain sensei’s claws sunk deep into him, he knows how to use it against her — cruelly. effectively.
hand at her side balls into a fist, nails digging into the soft flesh of her palm. the sting keeps her grounded in reality, rooted in the moment, pulling her back from striking him hard across the jaw. at this proximity, with the rings on her fingers, she could do some solid damage. but that’s the cobra within her, and she’s quick to kick that urge away, using her words instead.
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❛ don’t you ever speak to me again. ❜ low, even tone, eerily calm for someone who is reeling past the point of keeping composure. she wants to swing, to scream, to hurl a few of her own meticulously crafted threats while following through with the physical ones, but she’s not giving him — not giving that god-forsaken dojo — the satisfaction. ❛ you’re dead to me. ❜
jordan riley , you already are something. you always were. and you still have time to be.
![Jordan Riley , You Already Are Something. You Always Were. And You Still Have Time To Be.](https://64.media.tumblr.com/206f6fd1d97cd054e85f390fc9b31819/ff8f06d2590ecb34-a6/s250x400/33e496d0aebbb3114c1db86b859253dca949027a.png)
‘bullshit! ’ single word reverberates loudly off of the walls, down the hall until it fades, but the anger behind it lingers between them. john bender has never been someone. all of the adults, all of his peers, they’ve taken every opportunity to tell him so. he would never make it anywhere, let alone out of high school. they said he’d be flipping burgers, dealing drugs ; he’d be just like his father ( no one knows that that’s his biggest fear ). fire filled eyes move toward jordan. where once softness lingered, fury burned instead. he knows he’s going to say something he’ll regret, but he can’t close his mouth.
‘ you think you know me so well, just ‘cause i held your hand and let you whine about your problems? ’ his voice is too loud, his tone too intense. a boy who has never porperly learned to contain or control his emotions, ready to explode. ‘ you don’t know shit, shakespeare. you can go ahead and stay in your own fuckin’ fantasy world and pretend like peace is the answer. i’m doin’ what needs to be done, ’ fighting for himself and his team and some kind of honor that he would never get anywhere else. his breathing his shallow, john barely blinking as he stands in front of jordan. ‘ silver’s th’only person who’s ever given a shit about me. so i suggest you stay away from me and cobra kai, ’ and the next words are ones john would come to hate himself for. ‘ or else you’re gonna regret it, ’ @notvictim.