#not gonna bother tagging tango bc he has exactly one line

[ao2fics]

Etho: I’m going to kill you vs. Gem: And how do you plan on doing that?

“I’m going to kill you.”

“Oh?” Gem doesn’t even look up at him, just continues lovingly trimming the leaves of her starter base. She makes a point to come visit every now and then, keep her old base happy and healthy. “And how do you plan to do that?”

Etho studies her from his perch on the roof just below where she’s stand, leaning back in a forced casual pose. He’s fidgeting, subtly tapping his fingers on the shingles.

“You’ll find out.”

Gem grins at him and says, clearly amused, “You don’t know yet, do you?”

“Wha—no—I have a plan.” Yeah. Definitely. He just… needs to do some fine tuning on the whole how part of it. “You’ll see.”

“Looking forward to it!”

+ bonus scene for @bookworm-2692

“Here’s how you threaten somebody.”

Gem sets down her gardening shears and wipes her hands on her overalls. In a blink, she has her diamond sword up against his neck, smiling.

“I’m going to kill you.”

Etho swallows, eye flickering between Gem and the blade.

“That’s… fine, I guess.”

“Really?” Gem smiles like the sun. “Great, I needed a new head for my murder dungeon wall!”

[Etho was slain by GeminiTay] <Tango>: heck yeah go geminislay!! =D