2019-02-08 #acdum No Wucking Furries

2019-02-08 No Wucking Furries
Wolf, Sydney

[17:40:25] <Wolf> *It's the next day. Wolf's sitting on the couch, staring into space. In thought.*
[17:42:12] <Sydney> *Sydney's walking on her way from her workspace in the garage to the firing range when she sees Wolf. She stops, alters course.* Hey, Wolf. 'Sup?"
[17:43:41] <Wolf> *He looks up, smiling faintly.* .. Not much. Just.. thinking.
[17:45:05] <Sydney> "About the state of the life, the universe, everything?" *She flops down on the couch opposite.*
[17:45:30] <Wolf> Pretty much.
[17:45:54] <Sydney> Come to any interesting conclusions?
[17:46:17] <Wolf> That I may or may not be a terrible person.
[17:47:16] <Sydney> *She frowns slightly.* I mean, by society's standards, all of us are. Why you in particular?
[17:48:41] <Wolf> *He blinks.* Main reason is that I can count the number of people who don't hate me on one hand.
[17:49:35] <Sydney> *She cocks her head to the side slightly.* And that's a problem?
[17:56:47] <Wolf> .. Suppose it's not. Hurts, sometimes. *He looks up at her.* ... Enough about me, though. How are you?
[18:00:48] <Sydney> Pretty meh, honestly. *She scratches the back of her neck, looks to the side, and sighs.* I...like...never feel regret about shit I do, normally. And make no mistake, Hoxton is the one who fucked this all up, not me. But I dunno. Things would be less complicated if I hadn't shot the guy.
[18:03:23] <Wolf> .. Still feel like I was being too harsh with him. He- He's been through a lot.
[18:08:43] <Sydney> *She leans forward, her elbows on her knees.* ...Yeah, so. About that. You said something to him, in that fight. Something about me being a better person than him. *Beat.* I'm curious what you meant by that.
[18:13:11] <Wolf> *For several moments, Wolf is silent.* ... I've always felt so alone. You're the only one who understands me. It doesn't feel like anybody else has even tried.
[18:15:03] <Sydney> *She nods slightly.* That doesn't make me a good person, though. Because if we're being honest, we both know I'm not.
[18:15:29] <Wolf> .... You're good in my eyes.
[18:22:20] <Sydney> *A long pause.* I actually really don't like that word. 'Good.' Call me wicked, or funny, or crazy, or cruel...those are real compliments to me. But good? Fuck no. I'm not good. I never have been. Never will be.
[18:23:09] <Wolf> *He nods.* ..... you think i should apolgize to hox?
[18:23:30] <Sydney> It'd make working with him easier.
[18:23:37] <Sydney> Just...you know...saying.
[18:24:42] <Wolf> Yeah. That's true. *He's looked off again, thinking about what Hoxton used to be to him. What went wrong?*
[18:26:01] <Sydney> *She sighs.* You guys ever fought like this before?
[18:26:26] <Wolf> Nothing this big.
[18:28:18] <Sydney> *She looks down, rubbing her forehead with both hands.* Fuck. *A pause, then she looks back up.* Much as I appreciate it, you shouldn't defend me next time.
[18:29:31] <Wolf> .. Why not?
[18:30:15] <Sydney> Because I can handle myself, and things just got so much worse.
[18:30:59] <Wolf> Yeah, that's- true. Sorry.
[18:31:36] <Sydney> It's not me you have to apologize to, mate.
[18:32:03] <Wolf> *He nods, looking at the ground.*
[18:40:02] <Sydney> *She looks at him carefully.* I just want to make it perfectly clear. And I think it bears repeating. I don't want or need a white knight riding in to rescue me. I'm not some fucking damsel cunt in distress. All I want is to be one of the gents. Equals, yeah? Like, Hox has been through a helluva lot, but you don't see Dallas wrapping him up in fucking bubble wrap before a heist.
[18:40:56] <Wolf> *Quiet for a moment, he nods.* Yeah, I... I'm sorry. I feel like such a dick.
[18:44:01] <Sydney> *She leans back, firing a finger gun off at him.* No wucking furries. You got, what, thirty years of internalized misogynistic gender roles to work through. *She winks at him.*
[18:44:56] <Wolf> ... Please never say 'Wucking Furries' again.
[18:46:08] <Sydney> Let's make a deal. I won't say it again, you don't treat me like a damsel again, yeah?
[18:46:15] <Wolf> Deal.
[18:46:58] <Sydney> *She extends her hand for a handshake in order to seal the deal.*
[18:47:15] <Wolf> *He grabs her hand, shaking it.*
[18:48:43] <Sydney> *Sydney's the type who crushes fingers, but she quickly releases him.* Well. I got a date with Brenda at the firing range. Catch you later, yeah?
[18:49:27] <Wolf> *He gives a small grin.* Yeah.