re: marvel movie re-watches

[sunburning]

I suppose Miss Potts and I do have a few similarities. Red hair, unreasonable employers, dangerous situations. On the other hand, my employer actually relishes throwing us both into the most violent environments he can find.

More to the point-- You keep coming back, you know. You leave me be for a few weeks, then return. It's becoming a cycle, don't you suppose? And to think that at first I was an afterthought compared to the others. I think it's time to accept the inevitable and search out a place you you'd like to settle me. Set can do without me for a short time, at least, and it might be enjoyable to have a vacation from his mercurial temper.

No, it's not like that. I'm happy in my job. I can't imagine doing something else, and that's not because I was basically raised to do it. But I am only human, and he is the god of chaos and et cetera, so it's perfectly reasonable for me to need a break now and then.

.. Considering what I'm accustomed to, I think most of these games would be a, what's the phrase.. cake-walk? So lay on, MacDuff.

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[perago]

Unreasonable employers, hm?

[ Where has he heard that one before... oh, wait. ]

[sunburning]

I'm afraid so. I suppose I wouldn't know what to do with myself if he were any less, how shall I say.. exciting, though.

[perago]

Certainly keeps you on your toes, if nothing else.

[sunburning]

Sometimes literally. I hear a hint of familiarity, though. Does my own situation resemble yours?

[perago]

Not at all.

[ Except the little lift to the corner of his mouth says otherwise, but hey, straight answers don't come easy from this guy. ]

[sunburning]

[ well, thankfully, cass is accustomed to worse. or at least similar. he offers an amused little hum of laughter. ]

I see. Simple empathy, then, of course.

[perago]

I wouldn't go quite that far.

[ Ouch. Tough crowd today, Cassidy. ]

[sunburning]

How would you define it, then?

[ bro, you don't even know. ]

[perago]

[ He might have an idea. Might. ]

Making conversation.

[sunburning]

[ he needs to introduce you to his boss sometime. ]

Is that what this is called?

[perago]

[ Because James meeting a pompous god of chaos with an ego as big as the bloody desert he came from can only end well for all parties involved. Definitely. ]

You tell me.

[sunburning]

[ it might be entertaining for cassidy, if nothing else. ]

Well, I think it could stand for an introduction, but otherwise, it's vaguely beginning to resemble conversation.

[perago]

Introductions in my line of work are usually made on the other side of a Beretta, if you'll forgive my bluntness.

[ Only James could manage to make that sound even remotely flirtatious. ]

[sunburning]

Then you'll simply have to choose another name for the moment.

[ not that the notion isn't intriguing. ]

[perago]

It's almost like you value your own life, or something.

[ Haw. Take a wild guess who doesn't. ]

[sunburning]

You say value my life, I say it's too early in our acquaintance to introduce you to my more interesting kinks.

[ well, after all, he does work for set. ]

[perago]

[ Wellthatescalatedquickly.jpg. But he'll just roll with the punches, no sweat off his back. ]

Are you always this straightforward? I'm not sure your employer would be too happy about brushing shoulders with a stranger.

[sunburning]

[ an arch of his brows. ]

Oh, I'm not interested, if that's what you're concerned about. That was rather the point, in a roundabout way.

[perago]

I think I'm beginning to see where the unreasonable bit comes from.

[ Snide remark, barbed sympathy, or playful advance? You decide. Or don't, as he's moving along too quickly to really give it much consideration. ]

It's James.

[sunburning]

Just wait.

[ james. there's no way to tell if it's his real one or not, of course, but it doesn't matter to cassidy. he's accustomed to others using false names, anyway, given what his employer entertains himself with lately. ]

James, then. A pleasure. You can call me Cassidy.

[perago]

Is it really?

[ Now he's just being obnoxious. Pushing buttons. Why not? It still technically qualifies as conversation. ]

You know, I don't put much stake in gods. Think he's the sort to strike me down for blasphemy?

[sunburning]

For the moment, at least.

[ a thoughtful moment, tweaking his sleeves, rolling them neatly halfway up his forearms. ]

Not particularly. Set's not interested in believers, after all. [ a quirk of his lips. ] He prefers entertainment.

[perago]

In the form of what, exactly? Pleasure assumes many faces.

[ Speaking of straightforwardness... ]

[sunburning]

[ an amused glance. ]

He's an immortal, ancient being who thrives on violence and chaos. He finds pleasure in many, many things.

[perago]

Ever consider running away?