eunoias | Can't Hide From the Truth

Can't Hide From the Truth

Who: Varon and Resa/Esmerelda Vanuatu
What: Varon closed himself off and he needs his shell cracked.
Where: Doma Stronghold
When: After Mission: Greece and when Varon and Resa return from Europe

Varon didn't stay for his debriefing. In fact, once the plane landed and his bike was secured in the garage, he didn't speak much to anyone and had gone straight into his room. Raphael and Amelda didn't receive in so much as a greeting from the Australian.

This form of anti-social behavior was something that the others had gotten used to once they understood that Varon needed time to collect himself from any mission like this. Soul snatching wasn't his idea of fun. He hated it and it was wearing him down.

Once he reached his room, he slammed his door and dove onto his bed. Sleep always made the pain go away even for a little while. At least his dreams didn't hurt him.

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"I don't wanna!" Varon was fighting the torture and was failing. At the same time, he didn't mind the attention. The ticking of his sides and the tight muscle tone he had made her actions hard to resist, as he tosses the pillow at her playfully.

"Well, you better wanna soon or else it's a full body tickle!" She continued on with it, her fingers still focusing on his sides and his neck. Although, the pillow did go to her face as she got an idea.

"Pillow fight!"

Like that, she whapped him in the face with a pillow, laughing while doing so.

"Like hell!" If no one knew any better, they would think that he was a grumpy old man trapped in the tight body of a teenage boy. He grabbed another pillow to deliver the same blow. It was a bit more difficult for him since he was still face down on the bed.

"Guess I should start calling you Old Man Varon and get you your cane if you're gonna start acting like this." She smacked him with her pillow while moving out of the way of the next shot he'd try.

"Pfft, right. Then maybe I'll call ya ol' lady. Oy! You're older than me!" He tried to roll over onto his back. He managed to twist his way out of the hold to cover his face again with the pillow.

"... I am not old, you nincompoop!" One thing you never wanted to do was insult a lady's age as she moved the pillow away to start to tickle him once again.

He laughed harder now that his guard is nearly completely dropped. His leg finally freed from her grip, he tried to put her in a scissor hold to return the favor.

She audibly yelped before flailing. "H-Hey, let go! When did you get so springy?!" Still, she struggled and tried to continue tickling him.

"Eh?" He let go and checked his knees as he sat up. His knees fell flat on the bed with the soles of his feet together.

"Um...I've always been this way, I guess." He poked his knees.

"How'd you do it?" She straightened her long hair out and then shook her head a bit. Then, she sat up and looked at Varon.

With his hands on his feet, he looked to Resa with a slight tilt to his head. "You mean how I got ya in that hold or the other thing? I'm a lot more limber than a look. See, I guess it's from gymnastics." He shrugged.

He's been made fun of about it before, might as well add one more to the list. "Yeah, yeah, it's sissy stuff, right?"

Gymnastics, huh? Resa never would have thought that he'd be in to that, but it was really cool!

"Actually, not really. I find it to be really neat. Guess it's helped to get you out of a few binds, eh?"

"More than that." Varon removed his other boot and tossed it aside. "Keeps me from breakin' bones in a fall. Ever heard of free runnin'?"

The obstacle courses that he often ran during training exercises were not average and could put the military to shame. His team of duelists were specialized infiltrators. One was a hacker, the other was a strategist and then came Varon, the Jack of All Trades in his group and the smallest often meant he did a lot more than his other teammates.

To that, Resa shook her head. "Not really, no. What does that entail?"

Her own group consisted of people that could do their jobs and do them well - one was a bodybuilder who definitely didn't lack in intelligence, the other was a former CIA agent and with her? Due to her split personalities, she had more to bring to the table with her dueling and everything else. For that reason alone, she was a valuable asset to any team.

"I'll show ya sometime." Varon grinned. He liked the thrill seeking part of the job. Soon, his worries about the incident on their mission was pushed aside.

"I can't explain it other than it's a method t' defy gravity an' it feels like I'm flyin'. Roof runnin', jumpin' from one roof to another, jumpin', flippin', dodgin', it's all part of the trainin'."

"Huh." Resa grinned back at that and knew that stuff like that would definitely help Esmerelda out to protect her when she gave up control.

"Say, do you think that it'd be beneficial to Esmerelda? I mean, you've seen her in action loads of times."

"Maybe. It's not somethin' that happens overnight. It takes time an' tons of practice t' get right or you'll break bones or worse. Still, I'll show ya the course. It's set up on the roof. The wind offers resistance. Think she's strong enough t' take it on? Ya know, let's give it a go at the park." Varon got up from the bed to grab his boots once more and sat at the edge to put them on.

"She's gonna need a good warm-up an' I know just the place for it."

Resa nodded as she grinned happily. "Of course she's ready," she said as she held her finger up to show that she was going to give up control to Esmerelda.

Soon enough, her eyes opened once more as Esmerelda looked around. "If she's not in any danger, why did she bring me out here?" she asked Varon, eyes hardened and cold.

"Training." Varon said as he finished putting his boots back on to look over his shoulder. "You're comin' with me t' learn a new trick."

"As if I need training! That good for nothing Mask!" Esmerelda protested before she sighed. "Whatever, let's do this."

"Not what ya think." Varon responded with a grin. He walked toward his bedroom door and opened it to reveal the hallway.

"No worries. You'll either like or hate it. Still, it's good t' know other stuff, right?"

"Whatever," Esmerelda grumpily replied, crossing her arms over her chest before deciding to follow him.

"Make this worth my time or else."

He needed to blow off some steam anyway from their shared trip and what better way than a run through the parkour course.

The set-up was on one of the basement levels to keep other people from watching or other agents, workers or visitors from being tempted to watch. It was on a protected floor just below the parking garage.

Metallic doors opened with the chime of the elevator. Various mats, springboards and bars were scattered throughout the floor that spanned the entire length and width of the building above.

Varon stepped out of the elevator and already two more teams were starting in on their training. Varon grinned at the sight and began his stretching.

Esmerelda followed Varon, keeping an eye out for anyone who might have got funny ideas. Though, not everyone knew about her and that was how she wanted to keep it. She kept note of every action that was going on and nodded a few times.

"Impressive," she said, deciding to stretch a bit herself.

Down in a straddle split, his nose touched the floor with his hands straight out with the palms flat against the floor. "Better get in a good stretch an' warm up 'cause this course is a bit of a killer."

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