[ These Prison Worlds sure like pitting them against each other, don't they? Rose isn't surprised, actually, when they cross paths. After being on opposite sides in that alternate New York, it comes to feel like it was almost an inevitability that they'd meet here too in a similar fashion.
It only takes a moment's glance to tell that they're both different types of beasts in this environment.
For as unassuming as the woman often tries to be, she's every bit the demon that she claims to be here. She stands tall and taut, posture defensive and alert. There's no warm smile for her old friend; her eyes are colder than even he's likely ever seen. It's the same defense mechanism as decades ago in a dusty, confining fighting ring. Show no vulnerability. No signs of weakness are allowed. The moment her guard slips might be the moment she's as good as dead. While Rafa is someone familiar, someone she doesn't actually want to hurt- She also can't take the chance that he might not feel the same way here. Rose hopes he doesn't want to truly fight but she also wants to live more. ]
Well, [ she starts, far more casually than she has any right to, ] should we get this show started?
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It only takes a moment's glance to tell that they're both different types of beasts in this environment.
For as unassuming as the woman often tries to be, she's every bit the demon that she claims to be here. She stands tall and taut, posture defensive and alert. There's no warm smile for her old friend; her eyes are colder than even he's likely ever seen. It's the same defense mechanism as decades ago in a dusty, confining fighting ring. Show no vulnerability. No signs of weakness are allowed. The moment her guard slips might be the moment she's as good as dead. While Rafa is someone familiar, someone she doesn't actually want to hurt- She also can't take the chance that he might not feel the same way here. Rose hopes he doesn't want to truly fight but she also wants to live more. ]
Well, [ she starts, far more casually than she has any right to, ] should we get this show started?