forum The Hero shows up at the Villain's doorstep one night // One on One // CLOSED

Started September 13, 2019 by @ElderGod-Icefire

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”Oooh. A man of mystery.” Jade purred teasingly. ”Good. I love finding answers on my own intellect.” she held back a chuckle.

Killian laughed. "Mm. I see how it is." He replied, laughing.

Jade laughed and sat back up. ”Oh, you do?” she smirked. ”Please share your insights with me.” She had to hold back a laugh since she was enjoying this more than she probably should.

Killian smirked. "Nah. I thought you wanted to work things out on your own with that big brain of yours." He replied teasingly.

Jade almost lost her composure and laughed but barely held back. ”Perhaps I do, but that doesn't mean I don't enjoy hearing other people's thoughts and opinions.” she retorted with a playful smirk.

"Meh." He replied with a laugh. "No thanks." He smirked a little, stretching.

Jade didn't stop the chuckle this time. She always loved the quick banter that seemed to come with the masks. ”Fine. I’ll still figure it out. Someone had to have caught everything on their phone. All I have to do is enhance the audio.”

"You do that, lovely." Killian replied. "We'll see how far you get." He smirked.

Jade raised a brow at the new nickname but smirked at the challenge he was clearly laying before her. ”Don’t doubt my skills, Magic Man. Or I’ll start to doubt yours.”

"Magic man?? Magic man??" He demanded. "Nuh uh. Not my name."

Jade burst out laughing at his tone, she had to take the phone away from her face so it wouldn't be too loud on his end. ”I… I know that.” she giggled almost breathlessly once she was a bit calmer. ”For a guy who loves to give nicknames, you sure don't seem to take receiving them well.”

"Magic man has no dignity, excuse you!" Killian replied, laughing. "All of the nicknames I give have dignity, thank you very much!"

”Maybe it's not supposed to. It's more of a fun and relaxed name.” Jade chuckled. Oh, I am so keeping that nickname for him. ”Would you rather I call you Dumbledore?”

(lol)

"No. I haven't read or watched Harry Potter, so no." Killian replied, sighing softly.

”Oh, come on. Pretty much everybody has at least seen one of the movies.” Jade said, fairly certain. ”But if you're ever interested, I have all seven of the books.”

"Nope. I haven't." Killian replied. "And…nah. I'm too busy. I'll stick with Tolkien, thanks." he chuckled softly.

”Oh, because Tolkien is a quicker, easier read?” Jade smirked. ”You do realize though that you just opened yourself up to being called Gandalf, right?”

"Hm." Killian shrugged. "So? I like Gandalf." he replied with a smile.

Jade chuckled. ”Hard not to like him, but I like Galadriel better. She's actually more of a badass then people think.” she explained. ”Though that’s covered more in Tolkien's fourth book which is no easy read.”

"Mm, that's true." Killian replied. "Although Gandalf is…like a literal god that was sent to Middle Earth, so.."

”Well, he wasn't the only one sent to Middle-earth but I’ll agree that he was the most powerful of the good ones.” she conceded.

"Well yeah. There was him, and Saruman, and Radagast, and the two blue ones who never got names." Killian replied.

”But Saruman betrayed everyone and Radagast went all ”old man of the woods”, leaving Gandalf to do everything since the two Blues just disappeared.” Jade pointed out.

"Well yeah, I'm just saying. And I believe that the two blues were like…either way east or way North. I'm not sure which." Killian argued.

Jade hummed in thought for a moment. ”I think it's more likely that they were far north, given those options.” she smirked deviously. ”Someone had to scare Smaug to make him head to the Lonely Mountain.”

Killian laughed. "Hmm, you might be right." He replied, shaking his head in amusement.

”It’s just an idea.” Jade shrugged with a light laugh. She sighed briefly as she wondered again how the man she was talking to, so casually, was locally one of the most well-known villains. He was funny, well-read, charming and attractive. … Not that Jade was willing to admit those last two just yet, and certainly not out loud.

Killian chuckled. "Yeah, but it's probably correct." he replied, shrugging and leaning back in his chair. He wondered at this twist of fate. That he was casually speaking with someone who had been his enemy for so long.

Jade hummed at what she was going to take as a compliment. ”Thanks.” she smiled before sighing. ”Why couldn't we have known each other like this first and kept the masks a secret?” she almost whispered. She knew, with her intellect, she would have eventually figured out his identity either way but… The idea of knowing him as a friend rather than her enemy… It sounded nice.