Tuesday: November/25/08 - AIM: Starbuck/Pearl Starbuck: Explain yourself. Pearl: Explain what? Starbuck: The mark on your face. You were moving too damn fast and clearly ignoring me when I called out for you to stop. Pearl: I have no idea what you're on about, sorry Starbuck. Are you sure it was me? I didn't hear anyone at any point I was out today... Starbuck: I know it was you. Who hit you? Pearl: No-one has hit me. Starbuck: Bullshit. Pearl: I'm fine. You must have been mistaken Starbuck: Don't make me tell Vinnie and Frankie and have them wrestle an answer out of you WITHOUT healing it. Pearl: I don't have a mark on my face! I can come to the infirmary and show you! Starbuck: Then someone already healed it for you, or you're using a glamour to hide it. Pearl: Starbuck, can we drop this? I'm fine. There is nothing to tell Frankie or Vinnie, or anyone else. Starbuck: I'm not an idiot. I know what it looks like when someone's been slapped. Pearl: Then you also know that if I had been slapped, which I wasn't, I wouldn't be likely to tell you anything. Starbuck: Let me heal it at least. Pearl: No. Pearl: Thank you. No thank you Starbuck: [away] Pearl: Snitch! Starbuck: Your fault. Pearl: I'm sorry, for being a bit of a bitch when you were just worried Starbuck: I'm not sorry for ratting you out to Vinnie. Pearl: I didn't think you would be, lol Starbuck: Do I need to worry about this asshole hitting you again? Pearl: I wasn't saying you were right and someone did hit me, I was just apologising for being a bitch about it. Like I just told Vinnie, I was trying to do something and it backfired on me. Starbuck: More like backhanded you. Pearl: Come on, it's embarassing to admit I screwed something up, please don't make this worse. Please? Starbuck: You don't have to admit that I'm right. I don't need confirmation. Someone hit you. Pearl: If it makes you happier. No, Starbuck, you don't need to worry about anyone hitting me, but thank you for the concern Starbuck: Vin says you told him what happened. That's enough for me. Pearl: Really? Starbuck: Yeah. Starbuck: I trust him to take care of anything that needs taking care of. Pearl: He's a good guy. Both of you are. Starbuck: Yep. Pearl: What would you have done if I had told you someone hit me? lol Starbuck: Kick his ass. Pearl: For me? Starbuck: Of course. Pearl: Aaaw! Thank you! Starbuck: You still aren't gonna tell me who needs an ass kicking, are you? Pearl: Nope Starbuck: I'm less likely to kill the guy. Vinnie might burn him alive. Pearl: And this is meant to convince me? Starbuck: Yeah. Pearl: Right. Starbuck: Vinnie says you were gonna tell me what happened. Pearl: I did tell you Starbuck: No you didn't. Pearl: I told you exactly the same thing I told him, you can check if you want Starbuck: All you said is you screwed something up. Pearl: I told you that I tried to do something, and it backfired, which is the truth. Starbuck: Meaning you pissed off someone and he hit you. Pearl: We're going around in circles Starbuck: Because you won't tell the truth. Pearl: I told the truth, you just don't think it's in enough detail Starbuck: Because I'm not blind. Pearl: I'm sorry, because I know you're just trying to help and to do what's right, but I'm not going to give you a name. Starbuck: Fine, don't tell me who. Pearl: Sorry. Did you really have to tell Vinnie you saw a handprint though? How close did you get? Starbuck: I have good eyesight, and I already told you both, I know what it looks like when someone is slapped. I've seen it a lot. Pearl: I'm sorry that you've seen it so much, there is no nice reason for having to see that Starbuck: Will you at least tell me if this is going to happen again? Be honest. Pearl: It won't happen again. Honest Starbuck: You swear? Pearl: I swear. Starbuck: Do you want me to heal it? Pearl: No thank you... I think I need it to remind me of something. Starbuck: Okay. Starbuck: If you ever change your mind about identifying the dude, let me know. I'm more than willing to kick his ass. Pearl: No ass needs kicking, except maybe my own, but thanks. Starbuck: Don't start that. No woman deserves to be hit. Pearl: I didn't say I deserved to be hit, well ok I did when I said my ass might need kicking, but I didn't mean it literally Starbuck: Just don't get in that mindset. That's the sort of shit that leads to battered women. Pearl: Believe me, not in that mindset. Starbuck: Good. Pearl: I should get back to soothing Vinnie's worries, but thanks. Starbuck: Talk to you later. I'm here if you need anything.