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Post by Narcissa King on Sept 22, 2020 13:36:53 GMT -4
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Hmm, it was a funny thing that he told her and she could not help but snicker a little bit. Albeit Narcissa did her utmost best to just hide it and not make it a loud sound that in case Giovanni wasn't paying attention to her, he would be able to miss it. Which idiot would throw their training student, their gym buddy, their whatever you wanted to call it, into the pit and run in front of bulls. "I have heard of it and I do not envy you. I am also against bullfighting, you think Antonio would hate me if I say so?" It was a casual question that she could ask the Italian but not the Spaniard, if it would ever come up and this answer was positive, she would find her way around it and just pretend it wasn't asked and so on. It were important questions after all. She wasn't sure if she wanted to know more about Antonio and if she should use Giovanni for her own goal to actually figure that one out. It was better to not struggle but it was better to stay far away from the topic, it still felt so recent, which was why before she thought to ask Giovanni if Antonio had behaved differently then normal, god she wanted to know what she had done. She had not seen him in a while and it was difficult to grasp from just such a shitty small chat conversation and she felt so ridiculously guilty that every time he logged in, she upped and left. She was a coward after all.
She finished the warming up prequel and decided to push him to do sit-ups. "It's this or push-ups." She looked at him and just tried to get him to focus, strongest power was being able to channel your stamina and energy from your stomach, so that's how she tried to instruct him, focus on his breathing and how to do that and so on. She tried to ask more focused question, however that dropped away and she asked how business was and she leaned on his knee now, still pushing him down that way but more looking at him, instead of their faces closely meeting. "And the lady friend? Still doing fine and oblivious?" Dangerous way to ask questions but Narcissa needed to know, she wasn't going to sell the information to anyone else, after all, he promised to protect her right or was that simply Antonio?
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Post by Giovanni Trapani on Sept 22, 2020 14:06:15 GMT -4
Narcissa said that she has heard of it. And of course like any sane person she doesnt envy him for that experience. But she also added that she is against bullfighting and thus asked Giovanni does he think Antonio will hate her for it. Giovanni answered "I guess you should not tell him that. He is into that. He even has a pet bull. Guillermo. He is trying to find a way to try and smuggle his pet to Japan. It was one of his wishes he was tempting to ask Ishtar. But he didnt. He seems very picky what to do with that. Very careful." Giovanni said that to Narcissa. Though he didnt tell Narcissa what he advised Antonio to do. He had a perfect wish to chip Ishtars coin purse a bit and give him more control. But all in due time. Because now he focused on his training or well warming up. Which soon they finished and were able to focus on the real training at hand now
Sit ups. Gooood he hated those. He pouted when Narcissa said its either that or push ups. But he didnt say a word and well he tried his best to perform. Just focus and think of the muscle increase. Maybe he should imagine its Nimue thats holding him and not Narcissa. That would motivate him. Actually the thought of that made him smile a bit. A very faint smile. And right on cue Nim- erm Narcissa asks him about Nimue... his lady friend "Fine...." he struggles a push up "Obvlivious" he does another one before once again falling down on his back, tired and gasping for air. He was so tired he was pretty sure he fumbled the word Oblivious. He struggled to speak so much he just avoided to say the word 'and' in 'fine and oblivious'.
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Post by Narcissa King on Sept 22, 2020 14:14:55 GMT -4
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That answer confused her. When Narcissa asked Giovanni if she would be hated by Antonio if she told him about her opinion against bullfighting, "It's not that I am against bulls but... it seems so cruel how they fight. If Antonio has a pet bull, why, why is the bullfighting especially with spears something fine to do?" She really was not sure how to continue her questions, maybe she should stop because she shouldn't show her urgent interest in the other man. "He got a wish from Ishtar?" What, how did he get that? She wasn't sure if she trusts the wishes and she felt a bit jealous that she had not something she could provide for him, maybe he could ask her to bring his precious pet bull here but she wasn't sure. She would just try to not ask too much, she would just ask a little more and she would just wait and see what he did. Obviously it was necessary for the trainer to pay attention to her trainee. She would see, at the moment he was doing fine.
She kind of observed him very well and noticed the smile on his face. Someone must be on his mind and that was surely not her and that was kinda cute. She was surprised they were still dating considering the fact she was a pro-hero and he knew. What a danger you brought your life in and she was a previous pro-hero and yet she did not want to do that to Antonio. This was strange and she wasn't sure what to say or how to feel. She just watched as he said fine and obviously, she gave a short smile and let him be, letting go of his ankles or well knees in this time and she would just wait and see. "We could continue doing another exercise, you must have a very accurate aim with a gun but what about just moderate hand to hand combat? We should make sure you keep up. If you can outrun bulls, you can continue this training for now too." Because he would have the stamina to continue, just not the sit-ups, she would maybe finish up with the other stuff he could do, more energy was what he needed, more focused energy at that. Where to start and how to begin, it was difficult, she did not want to think about his quirk so this was what she was going to do now; get the boxing ball.
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Post by Giovanni Trapani on Sept 22, 2020 14:54:22 GMT -4
He didnt understand how Narcissa didnt see it. He thought that someone as perceptive as her would see it. "How? Why? Its simple... Because he is a sadist and likes to control things and people. He likes when things are submissive to him, under his thumb. He trains people and animals harshly, by inflicting pain on them. He is fine with beating things into his submission to control them. After they submit, thats when he is gentle. And besides.. you got it backwards. He enjoys watching bulls gore people in bullfights. And he likes seeing both sides struggle. You forget, he is a villain. He likes pain and hurting. There was one thing he would say 'When you're miserable, you need to make someone even more miserable than yourself.' Thats the kind of guy he is" Giovanni told her and then continued his warm up As they were rounding the end of the warm up, he heard Narcissa ask him about him and Ishtar "Si. He delivered Redhorn to Ishtar. And he got a wish in turn. He has a few things in mind. But he is very careful with those wishes. He wants to save them. Maybe." he replied. There was more he wanted to say, but he stopped. Besides the warm up ended and they moved on the harder part. The dreaded sit ups. Which he did as soon as Narcissa positioned herself. He slowly did them, but as time went on or as each sit up went on, Giovanni got weaker and weaker. Eventually he could do no more and Narcissa let go of his ankles so he can rest and breathe. He looked at Narcissa who said they could continue doing another exercise. And she asked what about moderate hand to hand combat. "O.... k" he said as he gasped for air. "Just.... so you... know... just because.... my feet.... work. Doesnt mean.... the rest... of..... me does" Giovanni said as he gasped for air still. Running and sit ups were different things. And most certainly different then whatever Narcissa had planned.
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Post by Narcissa King on Sept 22, 2020 15:07:45 GMT -4
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She wished she rather had not asked. That answer scared her, how could he... it made no sense if he... but she really did not get it. If he was that way with people and animals, women were people? Had she not seen it? His cruelty? Was she afraid of that? Probably, she had been a pro-hero because she thought she could do good, but the world had showed her no mercy and she had fallen and now she was here. Surely she had a kill-hit on her list now but that did not mean that she had enjoyed it. Though she had to admit she had enjoyed that moment of power where the minister of Defense, Chinen, could not beat her and that she had him killed but her hands were clean of his blood, in the literal sense of the word. After all, she had only given the command to kill the man, nothing else.
She nodded when they talked about Ishtar, "I think you both need to be very careful when around her." She could not explain the feeling, it wasn't like Ishtar had done something wrong to her... it was just a feeling when she had seen her in the aeroplane and at her party, something was amiss but she couldn't describe it. Maybe it was her jealousy, it could be something like that, easily. She did not want to talk about it and thus pushed the Italian man to continue do his other training parts before actually going away from that as well. "Maybe you need a break." But then their warming up was for nothing, so she would give him a few seconds to grab a bit of water and she would walk to the boxing ball. It wasn't to show off but she needed to get rid of her own frustrations, moving her hands in fist and simply giving a few jabs to that thing. Why was she such a coward!? Why was she worth nothing in the end. She knew that, and she was sure everyone soon enough will know that. She needed a new plan, new power, new everything. But it wasn't all that easy. God forbid. She was surrounded by the people that she could not understand and she wanted to ask so many questions but she couldn't and she just held her breath for a second and stared at the boxing ball when she finished her punches. One day, someone would slaughter her like that.
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Post by Giovanni Trapani on Sept 22, 2020 15:38:42 GMT -4
As they talked about Ishtar, Narcissa said that she thinks they both need to be careful around her. Giovanni nodded "Si. I agree." he knew they had to be careful. Sure Ishtar did no wrong to them and they had no reason to act hostile to her, but still... precaution was needed with someone who offers wishes. She is the type to lul you into some safety and then snipe you down. No no. He knew the type Ishtar was. He doesnt trust Russians. Then since that conversation ended, they trained more. Or rather Giovanni trained more.
Narcissa spoke once he finished, saying he might need a break. He nodded and then went to get water and drank it. As he drank water, he watched her perform a few jabs on that boxing target thing. He rested a bit, but once he regained his breath, he spoke "Impressive. If I wasnt taken, I would definitelly make you a candidate. I can see why he has a thing for you" he can only imagine whats she like in bed. But of course he wont ask. He wont deny that Narcissa is attractive. She looks nice. But he prefers Nimue by a huge margin
Though he imagined Narcissa has a thing for Antonio. He wondered should he hook them up. Granted he knew Antonio wasnt the type to 'hook up' with anyone. Relationship wasnt his thing. It was just about making love. Temporary pleasure that was like a fix to him. Like a drug. Giovanni knew Antonio feared the passage of time and growing too close to people. That is why he didnt really want to help hook them up. For all he knew, he would just set Narcissa up for heart break. Granted thats him saying it and not knowing the vice versa happened. He doesnt know Narcissa would be the one to reject
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Post by Narcissa King on Sept 22, 2020 15:55:43 GMT -4
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At least she had something useful to say and at least she wasn't the only one who thought Sonya might be dangerous. She was glad she wasn't that paranoid or anything. Actually she did not even mind in general, she did enjoy her life but it was just a lot of things at the same time that kept crashing at her doorstep and she did not know how to deal with it. But fine they agreed, they finished their warming up, they finished the sit-ups for Giovanni during which she tried to make conversation with him. She always been good at small talk with people but how much small talk was okay before it started to become deadly? Villains were like an entirely different species for her that she had not figured out yet and yet... it played with her life. She was curious to why he picked to love and care for a pro-hero, he walked a fine line when Ishtar put her on the list and yet she wanted to know. What was love and why did he care about someone that would probably not care for him once his real identity was revealed, it was too intriguing.
Everything was to be honest and yet everything was frustrating, she gave him a break and managed to try and stay focus to know some hits on that stupid boxing ball. "I would make the joke that you can try me out for a night, no one else has to know but we both know that's a lie." She shrugged, did not look at him, but she wasn't sure if Antonio really had a thing for her or if she was just easy. Probably the latter, she always had been, always would be probably, ugh it was so frustrating! "You really think he has a thing for me?" It was out before she knew it, didn't trust herself but he knew Antonio, so why not ask if he said so himself. It was like don't look a gifted horse in the mouth. If Giovanni wanted to talk, she would ask the right questions. It would actually help her practice to make questions that did not push people's buttons. She wasn't sure if she dared to give in, give up her own insecurity and let it wash over her, but she didn't trust Antonio enough. She did not want a villain like that, one day he would leave her and she be the one miserable.
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Post by Giovanni Trapani on Sept 22, 2020 16:18:17 GMT -4
"If I was a single man I would take you up on that nonexistant offer. But since I am a taken man and a holy man at that. I have to say no. But I am glad you are on the same page as me. Maybe in another life, si. But in this one I like the way things are" Giovanni replied to Narcissa as she shrugged and did her thing.
As she let loose some steam, he would regain his energy to try some other training. But he did make note that he should do the dreaded sit ups more. What soon interrupted his thoughts was Narcissa. She asked if he really thinks Antonio has a thing for her. Giovanni smirked and said "Si, I am positive. I know him in and out. Even if he doesnt speak to me about it. I can see the way he is. Like that one time when he wanted to escort you home. He never does that." he told her. But soon stopped himself because well, he didnt want to shut her down and ruin her hopes. Again, this is him not knowing that SHE said to no to HIM.
Once she was done with the punching back and boxing, he would be ready for her to give him a new training task.
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Post by Narcissa King on Sept 22, 2020 16:49:12 GMT -4
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Huh, some still had honour? Would that mean for Antonio too? She did not dare give in to anyone. She cancelled the engagement she was in before, she was banished, everything was so strange and yet, she wanted to know more about this man that seemed to be still a mystery to her. "Who knows, has God been kind to you?" She had not know but it made a lot of sense that Giovanni was religious. She did not know if she should ask these things but it was like that man knew how to push her buttons because these were exactly her questions and her issues and he just mentioned them so casually. God had not been kind to her and she did not know how to continue her own religion when she felt betrayed. Did they not always say God would show the path and care for his children well.... she felt not cared for! She felt everything but, she felt left behind and betrayed by each and every individual. There was no need for that to be said out loud though and she shrugged, at least she was pretty enough for this man as well, and she continued to push the punching bag until she felt done. Finishing up to let go of the steam she had and turning her attention to Giovanni. "You are next."
She put her hands on her hips and looked at him, before looking at the floor. But what did it mean if Antonio was in to her? Was she just one of the girls or whatever... she couldn't finish her own sentence mentally, the fact he had yelled at her about the pretty woman he saw and that he shouldn't love because she would leave the earth before he did... before he did for long and her promise to talk to Parasyte's friend, it wasn't so easy. Nothing was easy, sometimes she wished the neon letters would form a clear sign but alas, the world wasn't fair. "Let me instruct you how to push and make good punches." She looked at Giovanni shortly, helpless as she wasn't sure how to ask anymore of him, so she did this, gave instructions and let him punch the boxing ball or the punching bag, whatever you want to call it by himself, while she stood aside, twirling a piece of hair around her finger. She needed to think about this and yet she knew there would be no answer any time soon.
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Post by Giovanni Trapani on Sept 23, 2020 10:15:11 GMT -4
Giovanni raised his eyebrow as she asked has God been kind to him. "Has God been kind to me?" he questioned before soon answering "No. No he hasnt. I had my own hardships. But that is God, eh? He always gives trials to His children and temptations. I got my hand and I played my cards and this is where I ended up. It could be better, but certainly it could always be worse." Giovanni said with a mild shrug. Indeed, it could ALWAYS be worse. Giovanni was glad to just have his wealth and to have found Nimue. Of course he wishes she was a villain like Narcissa is. But again as he said before, it could be worse. He was fine with things now.
Once Narcissa finished off the punching bag, she said he's next "Oh?" he said with a mildly interested tone as he walked over to the punching bag. Before he actually punched away, he asked "So, do you have any technique to teach me. How to approach this and punch this? Surely theres a catch?" because when he watched on TV, its usually noobs punch the punching bag and get hit in the face. Giovanni wasnt sure was that real or just a comedic effect of a movie or television.
Narcissa put her hands on her hips and looked at him, he looked at her... she was silent for a moment before finally speaking up. He smiled faintly as she finally stared to instruct him how to make good punches. Giovanni listened closely and watched her carefully. Once she showed him, told him and demonstrated it. He did it. He punched and punched and he was actually decently good at that. Granted it was just a punching bag and not a person, but he felt sadisfaction he was doing something good at least
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Post by Narcissa King on Sept 25, 2020 17:19:32 GMT -4
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It was a stupid question she knew that, but it was also one that she really wanted to be answered. She would not dare to ask Antonio because she wasn't sure if she could deal with the answer. Giovanni was a little further away from her personal feelings, it was a man she respected, a good-looking guy but nothing more for her than a partnership in their weird endeavour in this world. She wasn't sure if she believed that for her it could be worse. But she knew there were always hardships and trials, but there should be a path that should be shown to her, she would overcome it all if she knew what the solutions were and how to do her best. She felt like she felt in the pit of sinners and couldn't get out anymore. How could you cling to a God if there was nothing good in you left anymore? But of course, he had a lover... she had something, she did not even know what to call it and she had pushed that away so technically she had nothing. People that appreciated her would never be her friends and so on. It was silly and she wanted it all gone and just drown in the nothing. Maybe she should work harder so she could drown it all out. "Right." Was what she said, but it wasn't really an answer, she shouldn't have brought it up. Stupid.
She finished her pushing routine and said it was his turn, which meant that she would have to explain it. She did not want that, it tore open wounds and stitches she had glued shut. But alas, she had to, and she also had to pretend nothing was wrong with it. She could not glue her jaw shut, she could not shut down. She would show him and explain. "There isn't a catch, you need to know how to defend yourself and have more confidence that you can be able to do it. Right now it's a punching bag, next training that is if you want to continue, you fight me." She shrugged and put her hands on her hips to explain after a moment of silent. How to hold his hands, how to prepare his body and not break his thumb or whatever and just make sure how to make good punches. When she let him go, she raised her eyebrow at his first punches, "Come on, the boxing ball ain't your girlfriend. It's your fucking enemy. Punch!" Which seemed to have helped a bit and she could not hide her smile, it was nice to do something like this. Something that gave her a purpose without directly performing a sin... or was teaching a mafia boss how to throw punches a sin as well? Heh, wouldn't be surprising.
She would show a few more moves here and there and he would be able to copy before she threw him a towel, that was enough for today. He could call her again when he needed help, she would be available in the evening. She left to go to the changing rooms and make sure she was ready to go home soon, "Don't forget that membership, I can't bring you in for free all the time." Also people would wonder how they knew each other and she did not want those questions at all. The reason why she went to the Gym in Musutafu was to be far away from Tokyo and potential colleagues, it would be silly if that reason was broken like this anyway. She sighed, well today had been productive for someone, that helped.
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Post by sporky on Sept 27, 2020 7:53:14 GMT -4
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