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somewhat related
had a girl over this morning

[ wait for it. ]

and by girl i mean vampire
and by had over i mean she used her powers to find out where i lived and invited herself over
but we're having a chat about boundaries

her name's diva
very lovely and friendly
all under control and totally fine
just giving you a heads up

[akron]

"we're having a chat about boundaries" and "totally fine" don't usually go together in the same message
especially when there's vampires involved

( and seriously. vampires? )

are you sure it's under control?

( maybe, just maybe, she's worried. )

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[ he's... at least 60% sure... ]

she's really fine
very charming
just a bit keen

[ and she hasn't really had the chance to be around average people, but that's not his story to tell. ]

and i didn't want her to surprise you

[akron]

i'll admit
i'm glad i went for that morning walk now

( but at the same time, she feels like she should have been there. eggsy is kinder than she is and that is both his greatest strength and weakness. roxy shot the dog, eggsy couldn't pull the trigger. )

what does she look like? for future reference

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[ he's too soft. always will be. ]

long black hair
like to her waist
blue eyes
petite
gotta be younger than us. maybe a teenager?

she does have fangs so just prepare yourself for that

[akron]

( too soft or just soft enough? roxy doesn't quite know the answer to that. she knows herself, but that doesn't answer every question. )

the hair will be a dead giveaway
how old is she really?

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[ A LONG PAUSE. ]

uh
dunno
she doesn't seem like she's a thousand years old or nothing

[ he hadn't... actually thought about that... she seems childlike, but he doesn't know much about vampires. ]

[akron]

( she's a vampire. she's charming. she might look young, but that could just be an act. it's not that roxy's automatically assuming the worst, it's that she's inclined to prepare for every possibility, including the worst. )

if she's a vampire, i'd assume her apparent age means nothing

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that is
a clever assumption
she's also a vampire queen
so maybe she is older

[ his only frame of reference for queens is... the queen. ]

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did you really befriend a vampire queen and this is the first i'm hearing about it

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[ DON'T CALL HIM OUT LIKE THIS ]

in my defense, a lot of weird shit happens here
i burned my hand wrangling dragons in the fall! i fought a sea monster in a bloody rowboat in the winter!
my mate percy's the son of poseidon

meeting a vampire queen isn't really a big deal

[ right?? incidentally, he hasn't told her about any of this... until now... ]

[akron]

( what is she here for if not to call him out like this? and to remind him that just because he's good and kind doesn't mean everyone else is, too. )

of course not
just another day at the office, is it?

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yeah here at hogwarts

[ life is so much these days. ]

you been adjusting alright?

[ as much as whinges, he's nearly used to it. ]

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i'm adaptable

( she's had to be — in the army, in kingsman, here. it doesn't mean that it isn't tiring and it doesn't mean that she doesn't go to bed and wakes up wishing the storm hadn't happened, that she wasn't missing part of her memory. it doesn't mean that, but she won't linger on those things. )

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[ she is. ]

course you are
but our big date to the new village might be a bit magical
like
literally magical
it gets a bit hocus pocus outside of olympia

[akron]

what's the most magical thing you've seen here?

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james used to do magic tricks
proper ones
he made these sparks in the shape of a dragon once
and sent it roaring round the room

[ god, he misses james most of all. perhaps he always will. ]

but i guess the MOST magic thing is this ceremony they do over in wyver
it's got shamans and dragon teeth necklaces and spells up this great big climb
they'll do a magic pact for you and someone else
makes you both stronger, when you're together

[akron]

run that by me again
a magic pact?

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ok so you do some vows in this weird ceremony
and then the shaman uses magic to seal it
boom
you've got a bit of each other's abilities
even more when you're working together
i could speak russian for a while there when i was in a pact with harry
and it was like i'd been training for way longer than before, y'know?
and he got a bit of my reflexes and balance

[ bendy noodle man eggsy unwin could've been an olympic gymnast, after all. ]

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( it sounds intriguing, but she also doesn't understand any of it. )

are there any side effects? ( and what's the status now that harry is back in stasis? )

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[ preaching to the choir. ]

don't think so

[ he'd felt hollow when harry left, but that wasn't down to any spell. ]

it doesn't work anymore, without him
that's all

[ he'd started to type with him gone but couldn't go through with it. ]

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does it depend on proximity or consciousness?

( or neither of those? )

i'm sorry, eggsy

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don't think it depends on it but it helps
it was better when we were on good terms, too

[ he wasted his time fighting harry more often than eggsy would like. and they'd only just found a rhythm when he —]

it's alright
i got more time than i thought i would, yeah?

[ it's more forthright than he'd be with anyone else, even his closest companions here, and more clear than he ever could've been, back when he and roxy were in training together. still, roxy knows everything worth knowing about eggsy, even if some smaller details about the gap in time between them have yet to be shared.

he doesn't think harry will wake up. most people don't, and hoping that changes each month only makes it harder. eggsy has grown since he arrived on el nysa. investing in his relationships with those awake, instead of pining for those who sleep, is the only way forward. ]

[akron]

( roxy wouldn't blame him for mourning harry, for pining for someone who sleeps. harry has been an important figure in eggsy's life, even if he hasn't always been part of eggsy's life. but she thinks if anyone can manage that sentence and mean it, it's eggsy. )

i can't pretend to understand how that works

( of course she could pretend. but she won't. )

yeah
i won't ask what you fought about

have many concluded pacts like that here, do you know?

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mostly stupid shit
or me doing stupid shit

[ she doesn't have to ask. it's information he'll give to her freely. ]

don't know anyone else who's done it
reckon people keep it quiet
it's sort of intimate, isn't it?

[ even without the physical aspect of it. ]

and i couldn't exactly go around telling everyone my tailoring mentor and i went up a mountain to get magically hitched
it's scandalous

[ he definitely would've imitated harry for that final line, if this were a call. ]