Editing AlphaOmega/Conversations (section)

==Life, Love and Fairy Tales==
Liz: *on the way to LA, already driving long enough to be bored* "Hey Cassidy?" 

Cassidy: "Hm?"

Liz: "Back in Vegas I noticed you managed to get those cages open with just a hairpin - you do that a lot?" 

Liz: "I mean, like a hobby? Surely you can't sing all day ..." 

Cassidy: *grins*  "No, not really.  I learned how to do something simple like that since there were a bunch of old locks used around the house when I was a kid."

Cassidy: "It's easy to jimmy that sort of thing.  I can't do it to anything fancy."

Liz: "Ah. I'm not even sure I could do it with just a hairpin, I've kinda gotten used to the tools." 

Liz: "Must haven been useful as a kid, though. No one to lock away the cookies." 

Cassidy: "I'm not *good* at it.  And I didn't use it for that, it was more of so I could go outside and all."

Liz: "Still useful. Arguable the best use for it there is." 

Liz: "And it's how I learned this lock picking stuff. Well, actually not just to go outside but to go most anywhere that's locked for no good reason." 

Liz: "There's all kinds of interesting places in a city, if you know where to look and get the right doors open. Some of those are pretty nice for running too, if sometimes dangerous." 

Cassidy: "I didn't really spend a lot of time in a city before I moved here...  Oh geez, it was weird the first few months."

Liz: "Heh. I grew up a city kid, I'd probably be weirded out by living out in the country." 

Cassidy: "Back where I grew up, it was a small town and all, and my little brother would romp around while I made sure he kept out of trouble... And kicked his ass if he tried to fight it."

Cassidy: "It can be weird, but it's... slower there."

Liz: "I'm not much for slow. I get bored way to quickly." 

Cassidy: "That's what the back 40 is for.  :P"

Cassidy: "My brother used to dare me to try eating stuff we found.  Ate a slug once when I was 13."

Liz: "Eurgh." 

Liz: *thoughtful look* "How'd it taste?" 

Cassidy: "Sort of like salty leaves?  Gooey too.  I more of put it in my mouth and then spat it at him."

Liz: "Heh. So, not recommending it?" 

Cassidy: "If I was hungry enough, I'd eat it."

Cassidy: "But I'd eat anything, including my own awful cooking."

Liz: "Anyway, I had this one friend, a little on the strange side - all into conspiracies and UFOs - who did this thing called 'urban exploration'. Apparently while there aren't many corners of the earth still unexplored by humankind, our cities have become so complex so stacked up on older structures and buildings, that nobody really knows all of it anymore. So these people go and explore all kinds 

Liz: of old buildings, tunnels, abandoned subway connections, old war bunkers. It's actually pretty exciting as long as you don't do it all day." 

Liz: "Of course many of those places you aren't supposed to go and so they're locked up. So for the really interesting parts you need to pick a few locks as well. Good think there's all sorts of clubs and magazines for that. Anyway, that's where I learned this kind of stuff myself." 

Cassidy: "I just got sent to my room enough that I started to jimmy stuff and sneak in and out."

Liz: "It's the same principle - break out of the arbitrary limits set upon you and free yourself. That's why I actually sat down long enough to learn it. It's not just a skill, it's activism, a social statement and character building." 

Cassidy: "The closest thing I did like that is tell people off in a very public way."

Liz: "Why should other people tell me where I can and cannot go as long as I'm not hurting anyone?" 

Cassidy: "Because people want their secrets?  Because some dumbasses think that sacred ground is only for those who hold it sacred?"

Cassidy: "It's not really important, with the whole 'I'm walking sacred ground' thing.

Liz: "Well, I wouldn't go into someone's house, that just wouldn't be right. But everything else? Fair game I say." 

Liz: "And some secrets need to be lifted. Like this whole Masquerade thing Rosa talked about." 

Cassidy: "I think we are sort of ripping that off a bit hard."

Liz: "Sacred ground? I'm not sure what you're getting at there ..." 

Cassidy: "I apparently am holy?  Well, several people said that, including Johnny."

Cassidy: "And the whole freaking out the guy who nailed me with a cross after I swore I'd only serve the Sun."

Liz: *shrugs* "Huh. I don't really know what to do or think about that. Sacred things, religion and such hasn't been a big thing in my life." 

Liz: "I guess since there's a god somewhere who chose us ... but then, I haven't talked to him, so what do I know?" 

Cassidy: "He...  We are sort of a memory, from what I got told."

Cassidy: "We are pieces of his power from really long ago."

Liz: "Powerful memory then, if it results in powers like ours." 

Cassidy: "Well, he WAS the original Sun."

Liz: "And that's the point where it gets confusing, actually like most of the time where gods and religion come into play. If he was the sun, then who or what is the sun now? And how does that work with physics and astronomy and stuff like that?" 

Liz: "And what happened to him?" 

Cassidy: "I know the new sun is a fake, according to someone who explained it, but... Don't know what fully happened, other than falling."

Liz: "Mmh, that sounds like one of those aztec myths where some monster thing eats the sun. Or was that some other myth? I don't know." 

Liz: "So we are relics of some other time, a different age ... that actually fits with one pretty crazy dream I had before everything went apocalyptic in Vegas." 

Cassidy: "... You had a dream?"

Liz: "Yeah, or a nightmare since it was pretty scary. And the weird thing is, usually I forget my dreams pretty quickly, but this one's here to stay." 

Liz: "I'm not sure how to describe it, it was like ... memories. Memories in fast-forward, from a golden age to decadence, to death and becoming an even worse monster, then half an eternity later back into the world, only it was ours then and finally to Las Vegas ..." 

Liz: "It's like I touched someone's memories, Her memories, and then She looked back at me." *she shudders* "That sounds pretty crazy, doesn't it?" 

Cassidy: "... No, it doesn't."

Cassidy: "R-rob had a dream too, involving a monster..."

Liz: "Oh?" 

Cassidy: "I don't remember much about what he mentioned.  I ended up waking up in a panic and hitting a wall, and then he came in and talked to me."

Liz: "Still, good to know I'm not alone with the weird dreams." 

Cassidy: "Nope, you aren't the only one."

Cassidy: "We have such a long ass road ahead..."

Liz: "Of course, the less likely it is that I'm crazy the scarier it gets. I don't much care for someone like Her in my mind." 

Cassidy: "Her?"

Liz: "Well, you know." 

Liz: *vague gesture* "Ms. Reign of Terror, Queen of the Damned, Goddess of Vampires, et cetera, et cetera." 

Cassidy: "... Oh.  The bitch."

Liz: "Yeah. Giving her funny names is harder when I remember that dream. So I try not to." 

Liz: "And I can go pretty far on not thinking at all, which is a good thing there." 

Cassidy: "It's pretty easy when I'm pissed."

Cassidy: "She... somehow, she made Robert go nuts and try to kill me."

Liz: "So that's what that was about? That must have been terrifying." 

Cassidy: *grimaces*  "Never going to wear fur, ever."

Cassidy: "I guess there is one part that I look back and laugh?"

Cassidy: "I brought him out of it by kicking him."

Cassidy: "In the groin."

Liz: "For both of you, actually. Someone else making you do things, that's pretty much my worst nightmare. Even just this one vampire with the sword trying to make me afraid of him, that was awful, but something like that? I'd go crazy." 

Liz: "Hence my not being happy about that dream of mine." 

Liz: "And ouch. But I guess, if it worked it was a good thing." 

Cassidy: "Try... try thinking you could trust someone completely, but then finding out that someone could use that against you."

Cassidy: "I fucking kicked him in the balls, screaming at him.  I'm still amazed I didn't feel gross afterwards."

Liz: "That's horrible as well." 

Liz: "But why gross?" 

Cassidy: *turns red*  "Um, I kicked a guy there?"

Liz: *puzzled look* "I'd get empathic pain, but it's not like you, um, ..." 

Cassidy: "I'm a prude, okay?"  >_<  "I used to go run to wash my hands after punching guys who bullied my brother.

Liz: "Ah." 

Cassidy: "For pete's sake, it's weird enough that I'm comfortable with him, even if I get worried now..."

Liz: "That on the other hand I get, even if not being in the same situation I can't understand completely. This whole previous-life-marriage alone is a lot to deal with." 

Liz: "And then this - I'm not sure how I'd deal with that." 

Liz: "Or if I could." 

Cassidy: "I'm going to work on trusting him again.  It's not fair that he got used."

Cassidy: "I'm working on it."

Liz: "It's not fair to either of you, but it's good if you're working on it." 

Cassidy: "Granted, I have an idea for a bit of a prank that may piss him off, but it will be worth it.  XD"

Liz: "Trust can be hard, though." 

Cassidy: "I know... But I think the past life thing may help."

Liz: "How does it feel, having known him before? Do you have memories from that other life? I can't really imagine what it would be like to meet someone for the first time but have - somehow - known him, have been married to him for years and years." 

Cassidy: "I don't remember anything, I just... feel safer around him.  Like I know he'll come if I ask.  I know that the first thing, once I sort of came to myself in the Umbra, I thought about was wondering where he was."

Cassidy: "It's fucking weird when you figured you would die an old spinster, with a lot of cats and kids that you babysit."

Liz: "It would be nice, I suppose, to meet someone and just know that it has worked between you before, that you are meant to be together." 

Liz: "But I wouldn't be entirely sure about this reincarnation business. What if the weirdness comes between me and him? And I wouldn't want to just slavishly reenact some previous life, either." 

Liz: *grins* "On the other hand in that situation I might not worry about that at all. Who knows." 

Cassidy: "Either way, I'm still going to mess with him.  XD  It's almost Halloween and I ended up picking up something before we left Vegas."

Liz: "He's in the other car, so do tell!" :) 

Cassidy: "I got a costume.  Here's a clue.  Red."

Liz: *laughs* "Oooooohh, red riding hood? That's twisted. I like it!" 

Cassidy: "Yes, and I couldn't resist when I went to that shop to get clothes.  XD"

Liz: "Oh, I do want to see his face when you put it to use." 

Cassidy: "So, do you think he'll choke?"

Liz: *grins* "That would depend on how revealing the costume is, I'd guess." 

Liz: "And once he makes the connection it's probably fifty-fifty." 

Cassidy: "Did you see what I was wearing at the Star the first night?  Short skirt, long sleeves?"

Cassidy: "Remove the sleeves, give me gloves and a cape."

Liz: "Mmh, I'll go with 'yes' then." 

Cassidy: "I even have a basket.  :D"

Liz: "With pie and wine?" 

Liz: "Good for a picnic, too." 

Cassidy: "Well, I was thinking more of bread, an apple, and a comb..."

Cassidy: "I need some sort of offense."

Cassidy: "And I don't drink... wine."

Cassidy: *sticks out her tongue and makes fangy sounds*

Liz: "Just going with the classics there. Although there are probably lots of different versions of that tale." 

Cassidy: "I don't know the original."

Liz: "Possibly even one where Red Riding Hood and the Wolf leave grandma alone and go to save the world." 

Cassidy: "Well, we could dress Gabe in drag and have him come along as grandma."

Liz: *laughs* "And Darius could be the huntsman." 

Liz: "And we others could chose different fairy tale characters and join in as a cross-over." 

Cassidy: "Hah."

Cassidy: "So...  We'd need something for John, you, Johnny, and Sui Mae."

Liz: "Yeah. It's been a long time since my father read us fairy tales, though ..." 

Cassidy: "Mine considered them... well, they read from the bible more."

Liz: "Awww, but that's no fun to listen to before going to sleep." 

Cassidy: "Mine weren't fun."

Liz: "Mmhh, seems we'll need help from the others to decide on fitting fairy tale characters then."