"Next time I'm going to put some war paint on Riley's face."

[allhart]

Maya Penelope Hart

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[thehirohewanted]

[Yeah,, that was the thing. He's not much on offense, but he's damn hard to grab once you've let him go.]

A picture. Plus...Kyriakos....weirdness, that someone will get into.

But she showed off a picture for a while, so hard to make the mistake..

[allhart]

*Maya's hand rests on the locket she found around her neck. It held a picture of her and a woman, probably an aunt or a mother or someone family. So not the same person this guy was talking about.*

So... what am I like? According to my friend I don't know.

[thehirohewanted]

She has one setting for friends, and it is gush.

[allhart]

...Nope. Can't see it. Doesn't seem like the sort of person I'd be friends with. ...Not that I can really be sure.

[thehirohewanted]

She has that way about her.

[Though now he looks concerned.] Just...don't write her off. You're important to her.

[allhart]

I'm not exactly sure who I am, so you won't be surprised if I don't believe you. I mean, I know my own name but that's all I got. That and stealing a good kid.

[thehirohewanted]

You don't have to believe me. Just don't be harsh with her.

You're Maya. She'll be the girl who shrieks it excitedly upon seeing you. With or without a mild panic attack before hand. Maybe ask you what she should do if that happens.

But happy shrieking will happen at some point.

How do you steal a good kid?

[allhart]

Well, at least this confirms I know my own name. So I have a loud shrieky gushy friend. Who probably knows more about me than I do right now. And I don't remember her at all... What I know about me makes it clear I'm not a good kid. A net.

[thehirohewanted]

And someone knows you.

Basically. Takshaka has a good win rate.

....eeeeh, I wouldn't call that so fast. I used to hustle criminals. Regularly. For fun.

Then I rescued a kid.

So one memory can be pretty misleading.

[allhart]

So you didn't hustle criminals? That wasn't you it was a wacky adventure out of context? *She knows she doesn't have the full picture, but... something about her and the others in warpaint suggested she was not exactly miss rule follower.* And what if the memory is exactly who I am?

[thehirohewanted]

Oh no, I totally did it, but I'm kind of a delinquent.

But you CAN be a delinquent and a good kid. Good friends help with that.

[allhart]

Really, you? *It isn't that she doesn't believe you, she just is that unimpressed by how completely terrified you were of her saying hello.* I guess I'll find out..? But given how much I could intimidate Hopalong, I think I'm pretty good at being bad.

[thehirohewanted]

Skills and a good escape plan can make all the differences in the world. Especially when you can pull off the clueless, defenseless kid act at will.

[Was he pretending to be scared? Who can say! (He was totally scared, he has bully trauma.)]

So? Intimidation is good for either side. I know a girl whose more intimidating than you and she goes and does....volunteer work, I guess is the best way to put it. Helps a lot of people.