[Gemini] So, umm... can you tell us anything more about, umm... Steven? Was that his name?
Gemini asks softly.
Methos looks at Gemini and shrugs.
[Methos] There's nothing more to say.
Methos frowns as he remembers something.
[Methos] Hmm... he was in the Ku-Klux-Klan, probably helped to found it if that helps.
[Annie] Oh on top of all he's a racist pig, how nice...
Annie shakes her head in disgust.
[Methos] He only went after ex-slaves for a while, but now he goes after anyone he can get, black or white.
Methos shrugs as he picks up his glass to drink some beer.
[Ally] Yeah, sounds like an addict.
Ally mutters.
[Gemini] Do... do you know how he finds umm...
Gemini hesitates not remembering what term they had used for new Immortals.
[Methos] Finds what? Other Immortals? Isn't that obvious?
Methos asks frowning puzzled.
[Annie] Gemini, he just wanders around until he feels a buzz.
Annie explains since the obvious to Adam might not be the obvious to Gemini.
[Gemini] Umm... new Immortals?
Gemini says trying to specify.
[Methos] Hmm, it's not really hard to tell a newbie from a trained Immortal.
Methos shrugs as he picks up his glass again.
[Methos] They react differently.
Methos says before he takes a sip.
[Gemini] Meaning, we act scared, right?
Gemini states.
Methos nods with a smirk.
[Methos] Right.
Annie smiles coldly.
[Annie] Not really, I took my first head when I was a newbie.
[Methos] Oh really? Care to enlighten us?
Methos asks curiously, maybe that was the reason Kronos took her as a student.
[Gemini] Yeah... still having problems with that.
Gemini says frowning over Annie.
[Gemini] The thought of killing anybody.
Gemini mutters and shudders at the thought.
[Annie] You will, Gemini, once it comes down to living or dying.
Annie tells Gemini with a shrug.
[Annie] You better or I'm not going to waste my time teaching you. You think I'm going to teach you if it's to die at your first fight?
[Gemini] You think I want to die? I assure you I don't. If it comes down to it. I'll do what I have to do, I just don't like the idea of having to kill.
Gemini says firmly, her eyes flashing with an inner fire.
[Annie] I think if we had a choice most of us wouldn't, but since we don't...
Annie shrugs unconcerned.
Ally smiles slightly, liking the fire she sees in Gemini's eyes.
[Ally] She's got spunk. I like it.
Ally says in Italian to Annie.
[Methos] Most of us wouldn't if there was nothing to gain from it, but there is, remember?
Methos points out looking at Annie.
[Annie] Yes, I've noticed, let's see if it lasts once she gets a sword in her hand.
Annie answers back in Italian while she nods at Aldria.
[Methos] Oh, you're going to put a sword in her hand and see how she reacts? It's not what I'd call fair.
Methos frowns at Annie using the same language.
[Methos] She probably only knows how to pick it up because it has a hilt.
Gemini sighs, rolling eyes slightly. She knows enough to recognize Italian when she hears it, but not enough to understand it.
[Annie] And since when is the Game fair? Only some boy scouts bother to follow all the rules anyway.
Annie frowns back at Adam.
[Annie] Besides I'm not going to kill her, I only want to see if she has what it takes so I can teach her.
Ally coughs, half choking as she laughs at that comment from Annie.
[Methos] Fine, but that kid is going to be terrified if she thinks you're going to kill her.
Methos says with a shrug, after all Adam Pierson managed to scare her.
[Annie] For her sake I hope she shows some courage, I'm not about to spend two years with a coward.
Annie shrugs as she picks up her glass to take a sip.
[Methos] I wonder how you'd react if Kronos did that to you.
Methos murmurs in Russian as he looks down to play with his glass.
[Annie] He didn't need to.
Annie answers with a cold smile.
[Methos] Oh, you speak Russian?
Methos is so surprised he comes back to English.
[Methos] I should have used another language, huh?
[Annie] I was married to a Russian. I lived in Russia for over 20 years.
Annie answers with a shrug hoping he didn't ask anything else.
[Methos] I'll keep that in mind next time I want to say something I don't want you to understand.
Methos smirks thinking he should have used a dead language but maybe that would give him away.
[Methos] So how come he didn't need to?
Gemini perks up, curious.
Methos asks puzzled remembering her comment, then he frowns when he puts two and two together.
[Methos] It had something to do with that head you took when you were a newbie?
Annie nods with a smirk.
[Annie] I saved his head, if I knew then what I know now.
Methos stares at her genuinely surprised, he never expected such a thing.
[Methos] You saved his life?
Annie nods with a sigh.
[Annie] I knew I was dead, I didn't know anything about Immortals and the Game, I thought he was the one keeping me alive.
[Methos] You've mistaken him for some demon, understandable.
Methos nods amused.
[Methos] So?
[Annie] So Kronos took a Quickening and then this guy's student shows up, he would have killed him if I didn't pick the dead Immortal's sword and fought him.
Annie explains with a shrug, needless to say she wouldn't do it if she knew Kronos dying wouldn't kill her.
[Methos] So you knew how to fight with a sword all along?
Methos asks puzzled, he didn't know Scottish women at that time had the chance to learn how to fight.
[Annie] No, but I'd watched him fight, he fought all the time.
Annie shrugs unconcerned.
Methos stares at Annie for a moment studying her in silence, that was something he'd never heard before, unless she got really really lucky.
[Methos] Let me get this straight, you fought an Immortal's student without any training and took his head?
[Annie] So? I was used to pain by then, I can assure you.
Annie shrugs before she takes a sip of her drink.
[Annie] Besides it was Kronos who told me to cut off his head, I had no idea that was the way to kill him.
Methos nods with a smile, no Kronos wouldn't volunteer that information.
[Methos] No wonder he chose to teach you.
Methos says absentmindedly after a moment.
[Methos] So would I, so would her.
Methos points at Aldria.
[Ally] Yeah, that's Kronos alright.
Ally says, but nods in confirmation to Methos' comment.
[Ally] Except I don't take students anymore so...
Ally shrugs.
[Methos] Neither do I, but I would have taken her. It shows a real talent there.
Methos tells Aldria with a shrug.
[Annie] Talent? I'm not going to ask.
Annie shakes her head.
[Annie] Since when taking a head is a talent?
[Methos] Annie, most Immortals don't learn how to fight without proper training. You know that.
Methos points out with a frown.
[Annie] It's not like that guy didn't cut me, he did.
Annie shakes her head, she can't see what's the big deal anyway.
[Methos] So? You're the one who ended up cutting his head.
Methos says looking her.
[Methos] It couldn't have been all luck.
[Annie] You think that's why Kronos took me as student, because he sensed my... potential?
Annie asks disbelievingly, she'd always wondered why he did that when he killed most of the Immortals he found, but the fact it was because of that first fight had never crossed her mind.
[Methos] More like watched it beforehand.
Methos smirks as he picks up his glass.
[Gemini] Wow...
Gemini says softly, in response to Annie's story.
Methos empties his glass again and looks at the bar to order another beer, then thinks better and looks at Annie.
[Methos] Why don't you order some drinks, it seems the service is faster when you order.
Methos suggests with a smirk.
[Annie] I can't believe you're out again.
Annie shakes her head but waves at Mike anyway gesturing they wanted another round. Mike nods with a sigh and starts moving.
[Methos] Didn't I tell you this is my day off?
Methos asks with a slight frown side glancing at Annie.
[Annie] Not on beer.
Annie shakes her head smiling amused.
Ally chuckles.
[Ally] Good thing you can't get drunk.
Ally says as she tosses back the last of her beer.
Annie tenses while she watches Mike walking to their table with their drinks, there is an Immortal approaching.
Methos turns to the door slightly, when he feels the buzz of another Immortal, trying not to be too obvious, Adam Pierson is supposed to be mortal and Mike is coming to their table.
Ally yawns and looks towards the door.
Gemini feels the buzz and jumps, then looks quickly at the other three, wondering if she should be worried.
Methos almost curses under his breath when Mike blocks his view of the door when he starts putting their drinks on the table, he can see the door opening but not who's coming inside.
[Ally] Thanks, Mike.
Ally thanks him as he sets their drinks around.
Gemini twists around to see who is coming through the door.