Hunt 01 ➳ BBS & Action

[eyeofthetigress]

{BBS}

I don't know who you are, or what you think you're pulling. This letter you gave me? Bullshit.

I want some real answers and I want them now. Start talking or I'll start bashing heads.

{Action}

_{[Stomping around the lobby is a woman who looks extremely pissed off. The letter everyone receives when they arrive is crumpled up in her fist, a fist that is being waved in the faces of various strangers as she threatens them. Feel free to approach her and get yelled at.]}

Comments

It's the two combined that make it all that I think

[crockshot]

I've heard about you. Not exactly my idea of someone I want to share a name with.

[Ooooh. She's shaking in her boots. Other Artemis wants to throttle her oh noes.]

[Could be. Artemis would rather think of it as a side effect of villainy though.]

[eyeofthetigress]

I'm so flattered my name gets around.

<sub>[Well, young Artemis, this Artemis has seven more years of experience and muscle. Getting punched could probably really hurt. Speaking of which -

She's just going to sock you in the jaw. She may or may not have shown up to her court mandated anger management classes.]</sub>

Don't even try to fuck with me.

[crockshot]

I'm sure you are.

[Tsk, tsk other Artemis. She might be older and more muscular, but that doesn't mean anything if her punch doesn't connect. Of course this one does, mostly, because she doesn't have enough time to react fully. She at least moves with the blow, lessening it's impact slightly. She might not be as skilled, but she hasn't been training all this time for nothing.]

[After chewing out Tom for confusing the two of them, she'll have to thank him for the training help.]

You would have said the same thing. Bet my being a hero bugs you just as much as you being a villain bugs me.

[She takes a few steps backwards cautiously, eyes on the Tigress warily.]

[eyeofthetigress]

I prefer the term "opportunist."

_{[She cracks her knuckles. Punching things always helps relieve stress.]}

"Heroes" are just pretentious assholes who think that they're better than everyone. Sad that you've bought into their game.

Daddy and Mother must be so proud.

[crockshot]

How about murderer.

[She'd rub her jaw, but letting her guard down right now's probably not the best idea.]

Like villains are any better? They think they can do whatever they want, take whatever they want, and hurt whoever they want.

Mom is proud and I really don't care what he thinks.

[eyeofthetigress]

It's not my problem who dies and who doesn't. I just do what I'm paid to.

Unless it's personal.

_{[She stops though, and stares at that.]}

Mother, being proud of something?

I don't believe that.

_{[Growing up, the only opinion that ever mattered was Crusher's. Paula was a stupid bitch as far as Artemis was concerned. She loves her mother. She just doesn't like her.]}

[crockshot]

Murder is still murder. Doesn't matter if it's something you got paid to do or not.

[Further ways in which their lives are the exact opposite.]

That's right. She knows what I'm doing and she's proud of me for doing the right thing.

[And even dad's more amused that his little girl thinks she can walk the straight and narrow more than anything else.]

[eyeofthetigress]

You're talking about it as if I actually care. Everyone has to make a living. Diapers and formula don't pay for themselves, you know.

<sub>[Not including all the other medical expenses that go into making sure that both she and Isabelle can stay alive, but that's no one else's business as far as Artemis is concerned.

Obviously, something is wrong with young Artemis' Paula. Paula couldn't play fair if her life ever depended on it. Yet, it does remind her of something...]</sub>

Mother tried that once. She wanted to set Grandmother's wrongs right or some shit. Then she learned what the real world is like.

[crockshot]

So it's okay if... wait diapers and formula?

[Okay now she's sidetracked, because why would... baby stuff?]

[They can talk about Paula later, because this diaper and formula comment needs to get explained.]

[eyeofthetigress]

Yes. Diapers and formula.

Babies go through a lot more of that shit than I would have expected.