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[personal profile] madskilled 2022-11-10 05:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, me and parents - actually, Buffy's mom kinda took me in like her own. ( Until she went homicidal. ) So, what, she wanted him to leave with her? Hunt down some baddies, die a hero?
blackstarred: (m10)

[personal profile] blackstarred 2022-11-12 04:39 am (UTC)(link)
[She shrugs.]

I'm not really sure what she wanted. I was just surprised since apparently her other son died in London.

[And Faith remembers how bad London was.]

You would think that would send her in the opposite direction.
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[personal profile] madskilled 2022-11-12 05:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Hunter's wig out when they can't hunt. It's like it's in their blood. I get it. Sometimes nothing scratches the itch enough.

( It's an itch Faith remembers, but it's lessened the older she gets. When she was younger, unpredictable and dangerous? She itched. )

Comes with slaying. That crawl up the back of your spine. You been patrolling since you been home?
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[personal profile] blackstarred 2022-11-13 04:27 am (UTC)(link)
I literally just got here today, so no.

[And she hasn't really thought about it, though she knows Faith's right. There is certainly an itch. But she wouldn't really know where to start looking for vampires in Star City.]

But if you're looking to go punch something in the face, that could be arranged.
madskilled: (and it's good to be here)

[personal profile] madskilled 2022-11-13 05:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Night's young!

( She finishes her drink, sets it nearby for some sap to find and clean up before grabbing Mia and drawing her upstairs to the less populated bar (so I don't confuse us and meld scenes again), but also because that's the view she likes, from above. )

How's things at the family compound?
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[personal profile] blackstarred 2022-11-15 04:01 am (UTC)(link)
Not bad. Dad's giving me less "I'm sad but I'm also mad" faces. And Laurel is good, but that tends to be the status quo when it comes to Laurel.

[Not that there isn't a deep sadness here and there, from the woman who's whole world was wiped off the face of the map, but she's always managed to find her way to bounce back and today she was in rare fun.]

She keeps my dad on his toes. It's good for him.
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[personal profile] crappyshirt 2022-11-16 06:52 am (UTC)(link)
( "Laurel's the step," Faith asks, trying to remember Mia's family tree. )

Laurel's a long story. ( He smirks. ) The Lance sisters ( plural, every version of them ) keep us on our toes, that's for sure. Hey, Squirt.

( He spotted her a few minutes ago when she joined her friend. He wouldn't be uncle Tommy if he didn't insert himself into her conversation. )
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[personal profile] blackstarred 2022-11-17 04:28 am (UTC)(link)
Hey, Uncle Tommy.

[She gives him a smile in return, before waving a hand to the woman next to her.]

Faith, Tommy Merlyn, Tommy, Faith.

[Not the friend she had with her when she gave the Prague location all that nice free press, but a new friend all the same.]
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[personal profile] crappyshirt 2022-11-17 03:55 pm (UTC)(link)
( "Sup," she says. "This your joint?" )

I don't think I've ever been asked that so... succinctly. It's mine. And it's one of many. What do you think?

( "Good music. Good crowd. I fuck with it," Faith responds. )

I don't think your father or me are ever going to get used to 'I'd fuck with it,' as a compliment. You two stay as long as you like. ( He signals one of the passing waitresses, points to his niece and her friend and nods. ) I got your next round. Flag down Nadine when you're ready. That is if you're not too busy riling up the paparazzi.
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[personal profile] blackstarred 2022-11-18 03:25 am (UTC)(link)
[She rolls her eyes.]

I promise I will not punch one of them this time.

[Especially because she punches a lot harder than she used to, but she really doesn't want to get into a fight with the press today.]

Did it at least up the foot traffic in Prague?
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[personal profile] madskilled 2022-11-20 04:04 pm (UTC)(link)
( "Maximum occupancy rate for two weeks. Line out of the door," he confirms. )

Our little runaway celeb. TMZ eat your heart-out.

( "You get it out of your system this time?" Tommy asks, familiar with all of the Queen's wanton wanderlust. And their violent streak. )
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[personal profile] blackstarred 2022-11-21 04:06 am (UTC)(link)
[Mia shrugs.]

I'm in town for now. My job kind of requires me to travel a bit, but I promised Dad I would be more communicative when I did leave again.

[But as she said, Star City will always be home. No matter what, she'll always come back.]
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[personal profile] madskilled 2022-11-26 05:42 pm (UTC)(link)
( "Well that's all he can ask. Don't let him get on your case, the guy went missing for five years himself."

Not of his own volition, Tommy doesn't say, but kick a rock and you'll hit an article or local who knows all about the origin of the Hood (the Arrow) and the Green Arrow.
)

Didn't his ship sink?
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[personal profile] blackstarred 2022-11-27 06:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, but he wasn't stranded on a desert island for the whole time. It was a thing.

[Which, she loves her father but only he could get stranded on a desert island only to somehow stumble into working for ARGUS instead of, you know, coming home. Not that she blames him because clearly the apple did not fall far from the compound bow wielding tree.]

My dad's a complicated guy.
madskilled: (so you think it's this way then)

[personal profile] madskilled 2022-11-27 08:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Ain't we all.

( Faith went on her own journey. She has become the best version of herself. Some days it feels like a lifetime ago when she first set foot in Sunnydale. She did some bad. But she also did some time. She earned back everyone's trust. Buffy's. It meant something to her, like the job did. She saw something of Mia in her, something wayward, something that could've gone in a worse direction.

Now she's all up in her family drama. Little girl no longer lost.

Tommy dismisses himself from the conversation to let the girls carry on and that's when he sees a familiar face, someone that was almost like family to all of them. He turns back.

"Mia," he starts, Faith looking back, too.
)

Real easy on the eyes. You know that guy?
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[personal profile] blackstarred 2022-11-28 03:24 am (UTC)(link)
[She turns to follow Faith's gaze and swallows hard. Connor is not a face she was expecting to see tonight, and immediately she's left with a rush of complicated feelings - the almosts and the what-ifs she hadn't told William about at the time.

But she swallows them down and tries to smile when he starts coming in her direction.]


Connor. Hey.
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[personal profile] infiltratingly 2022-11-28 06:51 pm (UTC)(link)
( Connor's feelings are complicated because Mia left his brother high and dry in Europe celebrating their supposed happy engagement. He has had his troubles with substance abuse and not being his father's golden child (being adopted took its' toll), but he is coming around. When something so sudden rocks the world of someone you love, it reverberates into your own.

"Hello, Connor," Faith says.

Tommy holds back, knowing the baggage between Mia and Connor (or thinking he does, anyway.)
)

You're in Star City.

( 'Does J.J. know?' dances on the tip of his tongue, but he doesn't ask. He knows the answer. His brother would have said something. )

You just missed him.

( "Him?" Faith asks, putting the pieces together as she looks back at Mia. No doubt the guy she up and left when her world shattered into two literally. )
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[personal profile] blackstarred 2022-11-30 03:50 am (UTC)(link)
I just got back this afternoon.

[Maybe she shouldn't have gone out tonight. Does this make her look like an asshole, coming back to town and daring to be in public when they hadn't settled whatever happened between them in Europe. Maybe.

But it's too late to take it back now.]


I was going to go see him.

[She feels like she needs to put that out there, just in case. But before that can be dwelled on too much.]

Oh, Faith, Connor, Connor, Faith. William is back too, but it looks like he and his boyfriend bailed.
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[personal profile] infiltratingly 2022-12-01 06:07 pm (UTC)(link)
William's got himself a brand new boyfriend. How long will this one last?

( It's easier to banter about her brother's boys than to doubt that Mia was going to see J.J. He doesn't blame her for taking her time. He doesn't blame her for bailing, too. Deep down, the pressure he lives being Connor Hawke, being J.J.'s brother, living up to his father's legacy... He can see why she bailed. Now is not the time to identify with her. Hot, mixed company and all. )

Hey Faith. Uncle Tommy.

( "Are we expecting the Squirtilla, tonight?" Tommy asks, referring to all the squirts together. He missed William and J.J. was here, but he has to get his childish dig in. He loves these kids like his own.

Faith just smirks, shaking her head. "Adorable, all of you. You got a kistch life, Mia." People love her. People miss her. People forgive her for up and skipping town. She's not saying Mia should remember that. Faith just remembers feeling these familial... pangs back with Joyce. It's giving her that itch she doesn't like, but that she's worked through. Tonight, she's not going out in a destructive ball of fire. "Who's up for shots."

Just yet.
)
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[personal profile] blackstarred 2022-12-02 03:25 am (UTC)(link)
He seems to really like this one so maybe they'll stick it out.

[Her brother has never not been the relationship kind of guy. He just keeps picking the wrong relationships. Though it probably says something that Mia likes him, as she hasn't liked the rest.

She nods at the mention of shots.]


I'll catch up with you.

[She waits until Faith heads to the bar before turning back to Connor.]

You look good.

[She wonders if that doesn't feel like a this Mia thing to say. She knows she used to give him so much shit. In a lot of ways, she has a lot she needs to make up for.]
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[personal profile] infiltratingly 2022-12-02 05:58 pm (UTC)(link)
( (18) Something definitely seems off with Mia, but because what's off is far beyond his purview, he expects things to be weird after everything. Not quite to this level of compliment weird, but, weird. )

I look like I got here at 2 in the afternoon. Late lunch turned into blowing off some steam.

( Connor lasted. J.J. liked a party as much as the next guy, but he was always able to reel himself back in. )

Don't worry. Strictly club soda.

( He should have said no to shots, but Mia can have two for him. )

So. Where did William find you?
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[personal profile] blackstarred 2022-12-03 03:32 am (UTC)(link)
London. I got this job in Scotland, and it's really been helping even me out.

[Granted, freaking out from getting this job is what put her in this situation in the first place, but that's not really important at the moment.]

We wound up at the same job site, oddly enough. I'm glad he did, though, I was ... doing a lot of hiding.
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[personal profile] infiltratingly 2022-12-03 06:56 pm (UTC)(link)
We've all been there. You needed time, you didn't need some photog in your face.

( Speaking of, he lets that linger. Because, she was definitely featured on TMZ with Hope and that definitely went national. )
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[personal profile] blackstarred 2022-12-04 03:42 am (UTC)(link)
[She nods, because dragging poor Hope into the shenanigans was not her best move. But at least Hope is far away and doesn't have to be exploited further. Faith can handle it.

Or Faith will punch a paprazzi. The end result remains to be seen.]


How's he doing? I know I probably shouldn't ask, but ... is he doing okay?
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[personal profile] infiltratingly 2022-12-05 08:52 pm (UTC)(link)
( Smiling through it. Their dad misses the signs, but Connor knows it's eaten away at him. He knows bad habits have taken over. He's along for the ride and there if J.J. hits a wall. )

He's J.J. He thinks we can't see he's going through it.

( Since she bailed, J.J. deals on his own. He put his trust and heart into Mia's hands and she -- crushed it. But, he doesn't say those words. Those words aren't fair. )

He'll be okay.

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