I don't know what you're going to do, but I have work to do.

[hit_girl_mindy]

People dealt with things in different ways. In Mindy's case, she had continued severing people in the cafe. The hours were rough, her sleep patterns shifted, and she had told herself to take it easy after the ejecting from the Sensoriums by Overlord Zetta. Much like a bartender though, working in the kitchens meant hearing people's conversations, and that led to the topic most people were talking about: the Daligig, the former crew and the inevitable fight for the ship. This wasn't just gossip: it was legit information, and while she could skim over Howard's really long summary, it was Allenby's that hit home. Sure, she had that dumb phobia about tech that was irritating, but she was truthful.

And that meant training time had to happen. NOW.

She didn't waste any time either. Quick to the Sensoriums, Hit Girl costume on and the simulation began ten minutes after intense push ups, stretching and a little running.

She learned something in the past few weeks: the only way to really train yourself was to push, and that push had to keep going and going and make you better. So now she was back again against the Daleks, testing her ability to dodge and run and make things fall on them. Then came that duel with Aqua, where she got much, MUCH better with a blade. Then she was back to attacking SAINTS and the hark robots, making sure there were twice as many.

But the grand finale? Shadow Zetta, unstoppable, merciless, and constantly coming at her. Even in the aftermath of broken robots and a beaten Aqua, she couldn't come close to landing a hit on shadow Zetta that mattered. Yet here she was, going at it again and again, and somehow, the audience were smug looking members of the Daligig, looking like Ceasars at a lion feeding.

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[hit_girl_mindy]

Hit girl looked, and grinned when she saw it was one of their partners in crime, Hana. Looked like he wanted to play too: seems like it was going to be a pretty damn full day in the Sensoriums!

She flipped over to him, bow in hand, eyes blazing. "Up to you Hana: we can kick some more butt, or we can go one on one."

[moms_temperment]

Hana laughed loud and clear, shaking his head.

“Ha! Fight you? I don’t think I stand a chance ‘till I find Amidamaru.”

He smirked a little and held his sword out infront of him.

“But if you don’t mind backup I could use some practise?”

[hit_girl_mindy]

"Hey, I'm still learning too. I got my ass kicked by an Overlord recently and I'm still kinda pissed about it. So I'm gonna make sure I get stronger."

Well, that and the Daligig rumors were making her uneasy.

"Who's Amidamaru?"

[moms_temperment]

"Overlord?" He titled his head. "You mean that Zetta guy you and Ruff always talk about?"

Hana made of point of overplaying a massive sigh of expiration. "Dude, I've told you before. My spirit partner?"

[hit_girl_mindy]

Hit Girl nodded. "Yeah, Zetta, the talking evil book. Kicked my ass for interrupting...um, something."

She had no idea if Zetta wanted other people knowing he had a girlfriend. Better to ask then get beat up for it later.

"Oh yeah. Sorry man. Too many battles knock my brain cells loose."

[moms_temperment]

Hit Girl had only pocked at Hana's curiosity now. "Something? What thing? Something bad?"

He tugged her arm. "Come oooooooooon, tell me!"

"It's cool, you're still way smarter than Ruff." He chuckled.

[hit_girl_mindy]

"Nah, not bad, at least, it wasn't bad for him, but for us for being there in the first place. The Overlord likes his privacy and shit sometimes, and we came at the wrong time. He was not happy."

She snickered. "That's not saying much, but that's part of her charm."

[moms_temperment]

"Dude, what did you do? Walk in on him on the shower." He pulled an appropriate disgusted face.

Hana giggled like a school boy. "Heh, 'charm'."

[hit_girl_mindy]

"Don't be dumb, he's a fucking book! Even if he's not in the Sensorium, why the hell would he waste time being in the shower. If I walked in on him doing that he's probably say something perverted anyway."

Hit girl laughed, taking off her wig. "Hey, if I say she has it, she does. She has charm even if she can be dumb as a brick sometimes!"

[moms_temperment]

"Oh yeh. I keep forgetting." Hana laughed before pulling a confused look. "Wait.. So, how did a book beat you?"

"I'll tell her you said that." He teased.

[hit_girl_mindy]

"You don't have to stay the same in the Sensoriums," Mindy said. "He turned into his demon form, and he was...I couldn't beat him, I knew that instantly."

She shrugged. "You can. We tease each other all the time."

[moms_temperment]

"Well, that's why you're practising, right? You can always get stronger, adults are stuck where they are. Boring~" He chuckled.

"Oh, like when I tease Cassandra?"

[hit_girl_mindy]

She shrugged. "I'm going to go with that theory. The Overlord is still pretty strong when it comes down to it, so I have my work cut out for me, you know?"

She nodded. "How DO you tease Cassandra?"

[moms_temperment]

"Oh, you know. Call her pretty, use her full name, tell her she's smart." Hana smiled at Mindy. "It makes her go all red. It's cute."

[hit_girl_mindy]

Hit Girl laughed. "Oh, I can get Ruffnut to blush! She did pretty badly when she saw me naked, but that was when that stupid thing on the ship made people share the same bodies."

[moms_temperment]

"Was that before or after I told you she thought about that stuff?" Hana grinned, remembering the strange conversation they'd had over the channel.

[hit_girl_mindy]

"Nah, we knew at that point. It was a pretty bad dream I had, and she saw it all, so I went to the shower or whatever, and it was the first time she saw me naked. It was kind of a shock, but I could feel she liked it too."

Not that she would ever tell Ruff she knew. That would probably embarrass her.

[moms_temperment]

"Man, you're both such perverts." Hana gave her a thump on the shoulder. "You're only the same age as me... I think."

[hit_girl_mindy]

"Shut up dude!" Mindy left, hitting him. "Nah, it was a more complicated situation than that, and I took a shower to calm myself down. She suggested it, actually."

She looked thoughtful. "Wait, how old are you again?"

[moms_temperment]

"Yeh." There was a cheeky grin on his face. "I bet she did."

"Thirteen." But Hana was tall and well built for his age, easily passing as a 15 or 16 year old. "You?" He patted the shorter girl on the head.

[hit_girl_mindy]

"It was a pretty crappy situation, and I wouldn't have done it otherwise," Hit Girl said. "She's my girlfriend, but I'm going to go nude with her right from the get go! I doubt I even have hormones yet!"

That. Was such. A LIE.

"Dude, I will bite your hand off," she said, grinning. "I'm the same age as you! It's 's Ruff who's a bit older. I never really asked though."

[moms_temperment]

"Suuuuure."

"Seriously? But you're so tiny!" Now he deliberately patted her some more, as if pushing her towards the ground.

"You don't know how old your girlfriend is but you let her see you naked?" Hana looked so amused right now.

[hit_girl_mindy]

Ok, now he was definitely getting into "I will hit you so hard" territory, but after that whole thing with him and Ruff from before, she was trying to be understanding.

"I'm getting bigger," she muttered, and didn't seem all too happy about it. "It's the other reason I gotta keep training. Anyway, it wasn't about letting her see me be anything. I had more important things on my mind at the time."

[moms_temperment]

Hana just seemed to find her growing irritation funny. "Shortie~" He teased. "It's funnier because Ruff's so tall."

[hit_girl_mindy]

Hit girl stared. "You know, if you wanna keep going down this road, making you shorter can be done. No one said me and Ruff didn't look funny together. Not that I care what people think."