[Being in the same brood as Damon is bad enough, what with his anger and his adoration for that girl. Things that Kavinsky can't connect to on the same level, but there they are, swimming into his skull and ricocheting around like bouncy balls spit out of a circus cannon. They bring up memories he's been stamping down, wrapping up in warning tape, pretending aren't even there until they're made to resurface and he has to begin the process all over again.
Whatever. Earth is a long ways away.
The last time he touched his mind this blatantly to Damon's, he'd ended up shoved against a wall and threatened. Pity that they're too far away for a redux.]
( damon has, for the most part, ignored kavinsky's existence. he's not like misato or sam, people whose minds call to damon's and whose company he enjoys, and he's not like ilde, someone damon would go out of his way to antagonize, now. kavinsky just kind of... is. he's there, he exists, he's annoying and juvenile. that's about as much as damon cares to think of this particular broodmate.
that kavinsky calls him things like sal only serves to make damon even more sure of his decision to ignore him.
Sal is absolutely not a thing that's happening.
that's the extent of damon's response, but he doesn't shut kavinsky out, either. whatever his proposition is, damon is willing to hear it, just never ever call him sal ever again. )
[Which is code for until I conveniently forget, but poking the bear when you need it dancing on top of the giant ball sounds like a game where nobody wins. Once he's shown the trick off to an audience, then he can harass the animal in private.]
(What makes you think I would be either interested in or good at whatever the ABA shit is?
nothing about damon screams team player, kavinsky. he knows because he specifically cultivates his image to make people not want to interact with him or dpend on him. )
(Being willing to tear apart someone fucking around in my head and being willing to fight in a televised competition for no reason are two different things.
two different things that damon is not, necessarily, opposed to. but he must at least make kavinsky think he is, because really, this is rather ridiculous, and he doesn't want to make kavinsky think he's just down for shit like this whenever. he's not. but he might be up for this.
(We clear the mission. You look good for your girl. What, do you want something special? What do you think I have for you?)
[Kavinsky can't completely mask the jeer in his mental voice. He wouldn't be himself if he didn't bait, and despite the occasional mixing of his feelings with someone else's, he's still him. Mostly.]
the mockery damon doesn't respond to, brushes over it like it didn't even bother him. it... mostly didn't, really — his feelings for elena were an open secret in mystic falls before he acknowledged them to her, and being called out on them here is uncomfortable but inevitable, considering the links. it's still shitty, but even shittier would be letting kavinsky know that it actually bothers him.
If you can't think of anything better than brownie points, I'm going to have to pass.
[Doing better requires having a foothold and they both know how Damon reacts to Kavinsky poking around inside his head. One jab of an inquisitive thought-finger, and he'd end up cast out and ignored. That doesn't make for a pleasant partnership.
He mulls the words over. Lets his tongue feel over his teeth.
the amusement in damon's voice is clear, his delight sharp and pointed, very clearly at kavinsky and not with him. that he thought a meal would be all damon required to participate in something this ridiculous is the funniest thing he's heard all day.
[The amusement fails to sting the way it might if Kavinsky had a worse temper. He's level-headed enough--in this arena--to know it was a shot in the dark.
"Jojo" is new, childish and overly familiar. He'd have no problem never hearing it again. Being a bully himself, he knows better than to voice the feeling.
A breath. He reaches out through the mental link to hunt for clues. He holds himself back, rifling only through the superficial.
They both lived in Virginia. Go figure. But that tidbit means nothing.]
(Worth a try. Forget it, then. I don't know what you want.)
[And the greatest civility he can muster is to not shove closer so that he will.
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Whatever. Earth is a long ways away.
The last time he touched his mind this blatantly to Damon's, he'd ended up shoved against a wall and threatened. Pity that they're too far away for a redux.]
( Hey, Sal. I've got a proposition for you. )
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that kavinsky calls him things like sal only serves to make damon even more sure of his decision to ignore him.
Sal is absolutely not a thing that's happening.
that's the extent of damon's response, but he doesn't shut kavinsky out, either. whatever his proposition is, damon is willing to hear it, just never ever call him sal ever again. )
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[Which is code for until I conveniently forget, but poking the bear when you need it dancing on top of the giant ball sounds like a game where nobody wins. Once he's shown the trick off to an audience, then he can harass the animal in private.]
( I need a partner. )
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he must really want whatever he his proposition is.
A partner for what? )
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nothing about damon screams team player, kavinsky. he knows because he specifically cultivates his image to make people not want to interact with him or dpend on him. )
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( There's fighting involved and I saw the way you were ready to tear me up over nothing, man. You'll be great. )
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two different things that damon is not, necessarily, opposed to. but he must at least make kavinsky think he is, because really, this is rather ridiculous, and he doesn't want to make kavinsky think he's just down for shit like this whenever. he's not. but he might be up for this.
What's in it for me? )
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[Kavinsky can't completely mask the jeer in his mental voice. He wouldn't be himself if he didn't bait, and despite the occasional mixing of his feelings with someone else's, he's still him. Mostly.]
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the mockery damon doesn't respond to, brushes over it like it didn't even bother him. it... mostly didn't, really — his feelings for elena were an open secret in mystic falls before he acknowledged them to her, and being called out on them here is uncomfortable but inevitable, considering the links. it's still shitty, but even shittier would be letting kavinsky know that it actually bothers him.
If you can't think of anything better than brownie points, I'm going to have to pass.
you can do better than that, kavinsky. )
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He mulls the words over. Lets his tongue feel over his teeth.
There it is.]
( When's the last time you had a fresh meal? )
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Earlier today, actually.
the amusement in damon's voice is clear, his delight sharp and pointed, very clearly at kavinsky and not with him. that he thought a meal would be all damon required to participate in something this ridiculous is the funniest thing he's heard all day.
You can do better than that, Jojo, come on. )
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"Jojo" is new, childish and overly familiar. He'd have no problem never hearing it again. Being a bully himself, he knows better than to voice the feeling.
A breath. He reaches out through the mental link to hunt for clues. He holds himself back, rifling only through the superficial.
They both lived in Virginia. Go figure. But that tidbit means nothing.]
( Worth a try. Forget it, then. I don't know what you want. )
[And the greatest civility he can muster is to not shove closer so that he will.
Damon was his first choice, but not the only.]