Scarlet shrugs and heads to the apartment complex. "<span style="color: #FF0000">I dunno, but... I'll check on Axe... you should check on Nit and hopefully not die in the process.</span>" Scarlet heads up the stairs quickly and heads into the apartment. He has a devious ploy as well. He quickly calls up Nit on the phone, putting the phone in his back pocket so that he can hear every word of his and Axe's conversation. He makes it to the living room before seeing a collapsed Penelope.<br/><br/>He rushes up to her and helps her up. "<span style="color: #FF0000">You know... this is only your own fault, right?</span>"<br/><br/>"<span style="color: #FF00BF">Shut up big bro.</span>" Axe grumbles out as she gets to her feet. She dusts herself off briefly before looking at him. "<span style="color: #FF00BF">He's the most enormous jerk I've ever met. He doesn't care about me at all. I'm just another lowly human for him to pick on and abuse at his leisure. He was half a second away from tearing my throat out just then. All I do is be nice to him. Nice! Of all things! All he does it throw it in my face. I'm just going to be just as much of an *** to him as he is to me from now on. **** that worthless, gaping ***hole.</span>" Axe slowly gets more upset as she makes her way through her sentence. "<span style="color: #FF00BF">You even came over and rolled out the meaty welcome wagon and he was an *** to you too. He calls you 'period stain'. Like, does that sack of crap even have any friends? At all? When he talks to people like that all the time?</span>"<br/><br/>Scar moves to her and hugs her. "<span style="color: #FF0000">You don't really mean that Axe. He's just trying to. He's testing how far he's allowed to go with you and to top it all off, yeah, he really doesn't have any friends. He thinks someone being nice to him is a trick to get his defenses down. Marcial knows that, I know that and you even figured that out yourself. Do you not remember the reason you can barely cast magic right now?</span>"<br/><br/>She sighs deeply and holds him tighter. "<span style="color: #FF00BF">Yeah but... he makes it so difficult. He's going to make me hate him and I don't want to.</span>"<br/><br/>Scarlet pets his little sister's head lovingly. "<span style="color: #FF0000">I know he can be a jerk sweetie, but he'll get over it soon enough and if he doesn't, well... I'll punch his lights out for you. Kay?</span>" He smiles at her and looks down.<br/><br/>Axe sniffles a bit and smiles, wiping her eyes. "<span style="color: #FF00BF">Promise?</span>"<br/><br/>Scarlet nods and takes a knee. "<span style="color: #FF0000">Promise.</span>"