IC CONTACT ⟶ duplicity.

[runnerupper]

❝ Ｌｅａｖｅ ａ ｍｅｓｓａｇｅ ｆｏｒ ｔｈｅ Ａ－ＴＲＡＩＮ， ｂａｂｙ！𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝚒𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚗 𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚢
𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝟿-𝟷-𝟷; 𝙸'𝚖 𝚌𝚞𝚛𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚜𝚘 𝙸'𝚟𝚎 𝚐𝚘𝚝𝚝𝚊 𝚜𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚖𝚢 𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚜 𝚋𝚢 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍. ❞ ( ♪ )

Comments

[runnerupper]

good cuz that makes 2 of us

[ It also just seems safer that way... the way they have it now, keeping a distance, because Jess definitely lowkey gives off Billy Butcher "will fuck up your life over next to nothing" vibes. ]

[grunge]

[ And yet, it occurs to her to ask ]

Are you just living off Lance?

[runnerupper]

fuck no
I keep her happy as hell, ask her yourself
shit's been fine

[grunge]

Just making sure that raise she wanted was a matter of respect and not necessity.

[runnerupper]

oh yeah THAT shit's got nothing to do with me
seems like a fucked up situation tho

[grunge]

Seems like.
Good luck with that.

[runnerupper]

yeah I'm not trynna fucking get involved

[grunge]

If Sionis comes after her you better fucking get involved.

[runnerupper]

[ He could respond with "who the fuck is that," except 1) he can pretty much guess by now, just from context, and 2) he doesn't really want Jess unloading whatever dirty details she knows on him, so: ]

is that her creepy ass boss
sounded to me like she had that shit handled

[grunge]

Creepy ass boss with the creepy ass club.

[ which it sounds like he might never have been to and, if so, hello, first thing about A-Train she's ever respected, she didn't see you there ]

Its more his boyfriend that's worth worrying about.
Just bump up your security or stay in housing.

[runnerupper]

yeah that one. don't even wanna know what kind of fucked up customer base any joint called "insecurity" is bound to have

[ Not that he hasn't been tempted to visit a time or two just to watch Dinah perform, but... fuck that. He isn't setting foot in a place called "Insecurity" unless he has to. ]

well that's vague as hell
I mean you know what I can do right? it's not we're fucking helpless here

[ He's not really supposed to be running but you know, whatever. ]

[grunge]

[ it's a shame this isn't a less serious conversation or she'd have some jab to make about his obvious inferiority complex. let it never be said that she plays nice with her Dom out of actual self-preservation. ]

Yeah you don't exactly keep it a secret.
SIN guns, tranq darts, magic shit. There's always something.

[runnerupper]

I'm talkin about against di's creepy boss's creepy boyfriend
does he have any of that shit.

[grunge]

I do.
If I can get it, so can he.

[runnerupper]

why the fuck do you have that

[grunge]

Not the conversation.

[runnerupper]

yeah well neither was fucking dinah

[grunge]

It's for putting a dent into assholes with superpowers. It predates you so you can relax.
At least where I'm concerned.

[runnerupper]

[ GOD, NOT THIS SHIT AGAIN... ]

ok but then what the fuck do YOU got against supes
someone accidentally run thru your boyfriend once or some shit

[grunge]

Where the hell did that example come from?

[runnerupper]

jesus it's just a fucking joke

[grunge]

[ uuuh huuuh. goodbye, shred of respect. it was nice meeting you. ]

Stick to running.
The point is, anyone who knows what you can do can find a way around it.

[runnerupper]

kinda doubt that.
and I've never even met those guys anyway

[grunge]

You're providing for the woman they consider their property.
Hell, maybe all that happiness you keep her in is what gave her the confidence boost to fight back.

Without you in the picture, who's gonna take care of her?

[ disclaimer that Jess doesn't think Dinah needs a man to take care of her but spitfuck Sionis probably gets those results on the occasion his two braincells rub up on each other. ]