[It makes him jump. If Baren had been a half an inch to the left, he'd have gotten a very startled elbow to the face. As it is, Mista turns on his heel with half-formed fists up before realizing . . . oh.]
It's just you. Jesus Christ, Baren.
[In a second here, he's gonna notice something's off. For now his eyes are just narrowed, suspicious and a little annoyed. He's used to Baren starting shit, so for the moment he's simply waiting for it.]
[Well - he can't help it. The fists make him grin even as he's already automatically taking a step two paces back. You don't start as much shit as Baren and still manage to keep your model job without knowing a thing or two about holding your own when it counts.
So his laugh is easy even as he lets his hands fall into his pockets.]
'sup, sell out.
[baren he didn't actually say he was gonna give you up, stop it]
[It's like. Almost affectionate? It's some weird middle ground, because he doesn't actually want to punch Baren but also he sort of does, look it's complicated.]
You look like you're having a good day pissing people off. [Day ending in y, but.]
[wanting to punch Baren is a feeling everyone experiences at least once in their life
and in this case Baren's snickering - yes. he's coping with that and the hallucination that maybe no matter what life he's got, he'll be pissing some people off but
his poker face is a remarkable and worrying thing]
What else is new? Z especially is a hothead - he was practically asking for it.
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It's just you. Jesus Christ, Baren.
[In a second here, he's gonna notice something's off. For now his eyes are just narrowed, suspicious and a little annoyed. He's used to Baren starting shit, so for the moment he's simply waiting for it.]
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So his laugh is easy even as he lets his hands fall into his pockets.]
'sup, sell out.
[baren he didn't actually say he was gonna give you up, stop it]
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[It's like. Almost affectionate? It's some weird middle ground, because he doesn't actually want to punch Baren but also he sort of does, look it's complicated.]
You look like you're having a good day pissing people off. [Day ending in y, but.]
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and in this case Baren's snickering - yes. he's coping with that and the hallucination that maybe no matter what life he's got, he'll be pissing some people off but
his poker face is a remarkable and worrying thing]
What else is new? Z especially is a hothead - he was practically asking for it.
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[Does it matter . . . it doesn't matter. But Mista is a gossip secretly (not so secretly), and anyway--]
If he'd been more confident he could've pulled it off.
[HE STANDS BY THIS, HE WILL STAND BY IT 'TIL HE DIES]
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I'm doing him a huge favor - a salon quality job like that would've cost him hundreds!
[which is why he smirks] So whaddya say, Mista? Let me have a hand at your head next?