[ At first, nothing is amiss. Amos is nodding along at Alice's explanation — it's not really something he cares about, but there's just enough interest in his eyes to avoid looking totally fake. He's known people who would have been all about this congress. It's enough to keep him almost properly engaged — and taking her fiddling with her bag as, indeed, casual. Everything's good here...
Everything is suddenly not good here.
Alice attacksexecutes self-defence attacks, and it's maybe for the best that he and Gavial are both lacking in patience, so at least they're on the same page. Probably wouldn't do them any good if she'd started trying to smooth things over while Amos curses, and then dives for the iron himself.
With Gavial presently occupied, at least that means they don't have to compete for it. She goes for Alice just as Amos' hand wraps around the body of the rod, securing his hold on it as he springs to his feet.
Normally he'd just jab out with it, try to get lucky, but... he doesn't know what might happen if he hits Gavial with it instead, and he doesn't want to find out. Amos is left to stand a couple of paces back, iron at the ready as he looks for an opening. Any opening to Alice's person — doesn't matter where, so long as it gets done.
Because, fuck, it really needs to get done now that they've blown their first chance. ]
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Everything is suddenly not good here.
Alice
attacksexecutes self-defenceattacks, and it's maybe for the best that he and Gavial are both lacking in patience, so at least they're on the same page. Probably wouldn't do them any good if she'd started trying to smooth things over while Amos curses, and then dives for the iron himself.With Gavial presently occupied, at least that means they don't have to compete for it. She goes for Alice just as Amos' hand wraps around the body of the rod, securing his hold on it as he springs to his feet.
Normally he'd just jab out with it, try to get lucky, but... he doesn't know what might happen if he hits Gavial with it instead, and he doesn't want to find out. Amos is left to stand a couple of paces back, iron at the ready as he looks for an opening. Any opening to Alice's person — doesn't matter where, so long as it gets done.
Because, fuck, it really needs to get done now that they've blown their first chance. ]