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...I know just 'ow this is going to go. You're going to lie there giving off belly rub vibes, and then the minute any bugger tries, you'll take their face off.

Tell me I'm wrong.

[His eyes haven't opened yet, but there's a rumbling chuckle and a ghost of an unkind smirk.]

Don't know what you're talking about. I'm just lying here.

'Course you are. Wouldn't 'urt a fly, would you, pet?

[She's just going to be over here in the shade, sipping her drink. And watching.]

Thought I told you to lay off with the "pet" shit.

[A slight increase in hostility, the smirk widening to put teeth on display, but he stays where he is for now.]

I'm a few legs short of a spider anyway, buttercup.

Several times now, lovey, but I told you it weren't liable to stick. Fancy a drink, at all?

[She has a jug of Pimms', complete with floating mint leaves, orange and cucumber slices. Never say Iris can't do civilised.]

...good, I 'ate spiders. 'Ave done ever since that Metebelis Three business. Ooh, that were a right dog's breakfast.

I'm not your friend. It'd be in your best interest for you to remember it once in a while.

[He stretches then, not unlike a cat in the same situation, moving as if determined to take up every inch of the spot he can.]

It smells like a tree.

[It's not a no, exactly.]

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It tastes sort of medicinal, but in the good way, if you know what I mean.

[She eyes him, enjoying the dynamics of his movement. Iris is very well aware that a sensible person might be scared, that there's very little she could do if he decided to start violence. She just refuses to be afraid on principle.]

Aye, well, I did tell you I 'ad memory problems sometimes, lovey. Didn't I? I'm almost sure I did.

[A person-shaped shadow blocks his sun.] You're trespassing.

[ Out of nowhere, a volleyball comes hurtling at his face.]

Heads up!

I don't. Haven't needed it in a long time, and even when I did it wasn't ever a good thing.

[The fact that she seems determined to remain unafraid is a little frustrating, but ultimately probably for the best; it keeps him from lashing out immediately to try to get a response.]

[Ughhhh why. He opens his eyes enough to eye her with a mix of curiosity and predatory irritation.]

You say that like I'm supposed to give a shit.

[Reflex kicks in and he opens his eyes, throwing an arm up to bat at it before rolling to his feet in one smooth movement, glancing around for the source. Finding it, he gives the girl a dangerous smirk.]

You should watch where you throw things.

I do appear to 'ave two glasses 'ere, coincidentally. Come refresh your memory, pet.

[Well, who would bring him iced drinks with mint in them if he killed her?]

[Tess frowns down at him.]

It would be to your benefit if you did.

She says, as if it wasn't intentional. Why don't you come over here if you're that set on sharing?

[Iris would rather stay in the shade, and she eyes him for a long moment before deciding that refusing to walk the twelve or so feet between them isn't worth the effort. She fills the second glass, and rises to her feet with a theatrical sigh.]

What'd your last servant die of? No, don't answer that, lovey, I'm fairly sure I don't need to know. 'Ere you go.

Might be to yours if you didn't push the issue. I'm not hurtin' anybody. [...yet.] Am I?

[A lazy stretch, reminiscent of a cat's, and he crosses his arms behind his head as he continues to watch her, looking her up and down, gaze too sharp, bordering on outright dangerous.]

Never had one. Just curious to see if you would.

[He waits until she gets within reach then sits up all at once, one fluid movement, looming over her as he reaches for the glass.]

[Danger draws Tess like a flame does a moth. She crouches down, studying him in kind.]

And what are you going to do if I push the issue?

[He is a beautiful mover. Iris doesn't feel attracted to him specifically, but he'll never not be a pleasure to watch; she does so openly, as one would watch any beautiful animal.]

Well, why wouldn't I, love? Cheers!

[This is the shortest of Iris' incarnations at five foot nothing, but it's also been the longest-lived so far, and she's well used to being loomed over. She tilts her head up at him, grinning, and lifts her own glass.]

Because most are smart enough not to.

[He knocks it back without expression, as easily as if it were water; much like the other folks with healing factors, Creed actually needs to work to get drunk. He leaves the glass on the ground nearby, then settles in to watching their surroundings.]

You don't startle easy.

[There's a hint of surprise in there, but mostly it's just curiosity.]

[And by startle, he means intimidate; it interests Iris that he's chosen to use what might almost be a euphemism.

She chuckles.]

No, I s'pose I don't, lovey. Life I live, if I started jumpin' at everything that 'appened I'd never touch the ground. 'Alf the time there's no reason and the other 'alf there's no point.

Why don't you try it and you'll find out?

[If he were a cat, this would be the point where his tail would swish back and forth across the ground, a warning before he attacks. But he's not a cat, only a beast in a human suit, who's currently watching her like she's his prey. But the smirk he grants her with shows elongated canines, and if she can see his hands where they're behind his head his nails are a little too long, and sharpened, more like claws than nails.]

[She smiles back at him.]

You'd like that, wouldn't you? Though something tells me you're not the kind of man who needs an excuse to do what he wants.

[She scoops up the ball, tucking it under an arm.]

If Ah'd intended ta throw it at ya, Ah wouldn't have said anythin'.