goodytwoshoesbillie:
“It went better than I expected.” Her eyes squinted as if their lids were pushed upwards by a smile. But in reality a small scowl hid behind both her mask and tone. “You don’t sound clingy at all. I’d worry for you if you went away as abruptly as I did. Then again I meant to keep my leave a secret, just didn’t want everyone in the Mojave knowing where I was going so…”
A boot tugged against the dry earth and dug it’s front onto the grainy exterior. It seemed like her whole body paused as she analyzed her choice of words. “Sorry, that sounded like I didn’t trust you enough to say I was heading out. I’m pretty sure you’re good at keeping secrets. It’s just-goodbyes are hard and I didn’t wanna deal with that either.”
The man nodded. “There’s nothing to apologize for, I know what it’s like to have something come up that just can’t be ignored - Had I ever been in a position where I’d need to do some traveling, I’d prefer a quiet departure myself.”
“I’m just happy to see you again.” Sergio hoped that what he just said didn’t send the wrong kind of message. He certainly was fond of Billie and was glad to see her again, but it could be easily misinterpreted as smothering.
goodytwoshoesbillie:
sergiothecyclops:
goodytwoshoesbillie:
sergiothecyclops said: I haven’t heard from you in a long time, but it’s good to see you again.
“It’s good to see you too.” Her brow may have furrowed, but her voice stayed soft and honest. “I’m happy to see you still walking around.”
“Oh I’ve been walking from place to place for nearly 20 years, nothing short of leg removal will change that.” He chuckled. “So where have you been?”
His comment pulled a small laugh from her, somewhat muffled by the layer of fabric over her mouth. “Well lets hope your legs stay intact. I headed back East for a while. Had to take care of some business.”
“Oh yeah? I hope that went well.” The girl’s face mask seemed to imply otherwise but Sergio decided against commenting on it, lest it be something Billie wasn’t happy about - Better off that she get a warm welcome back than have him oogle and ask about a potentially sensitive subject.
“Either way, welcome back. Don’t mean to sound clingy or nothing, but I was kind of worried that you wouldn’t come back.”
goodytwoshoesbillie:
sergiothecyclops said: I haven’t heard from you in a long time, but it’s good to see you again.
“It’s good to see you too.” Her brow may have furrowed, but her voice stayed soft and honest. “I’m happy to see you still walking around.”
“Oh I’ve been walking from place to place for nearly 20 years, nothing short of leg removal will change that.” He chuckled. “So where have you been?”
Without repercussion: You're like a son to me. But you make a lot of enemies in your business, and I'm terrified that one day I'll wake up and find out that you're gone.
…
That day might be sooner than you think.
Repercussions: I'd like you as a role model of sorts, you remind me of my grandfather, loved the old west- I'm having lots of difficulty though with deciding what is right or wrong to emulate.
Emulating the old west is fine. But if you think I’m a good role model, you’ve no idea how wrong you are.
I dislike that I am uncertain of how to properly manipulate your reactions.
That’s..one way to keep me from flirting with you.
I think you're the sort of man my father would've rather I'd been. He never did know what was good for him.
Yeah, I’m not exactly the kind of person that kids should really look up to.
You're kind of not as good of a shot as I'd expected. Hee.
If you could say one thing to my character’s face without any repercussion, what would you say?
the-wrong-courier:
Y-you doo?
[Absently pets the panting yearlings neck as she tries to picture Sergio being nurturing enough to have a pet. It wasn’t working]
Th-thuuu th-thee-ings w-wuh-we do ffffffooor o-our baaa-bab-ies.
Amirite?
[she offers up a nervous grin before pushing herself up to her feet. Bob whined and jumped up to follow her, planting his big paws on her chest as he rudely begged for more pats]
[Sergio nodded.] Yup, it was hard enough taking care of a dog back when I was a kid, and there I had a stable enough home to raise it. Out here, I had to be much more cautious so nothing could grab Matilda.
[He couldn’t help but crack a smile at Bob’s behavoir.] And despite everything we do, our babies never seem to be satisfied hm?
