Insomnia update, BUT unlike most I actually have an outline written for this...terrifying I know, enjoy!

Taylor sighed as she finished speaking with Alec, despite being slight of frame his dress size was not close enough to Dinah's to help, thus she just grabbed one of Brian's t-shirts and a towel while handing them to the still nervous girl.

"Ok, take these and get a shower while I put your clothes in the washer, Lisa is going to find out exactly what happened to your mom while you do that. Once we're all settled and have our ducks in a row we'll figure out where to go from here, ok?"

Dinah stared at her a few moments, then surprised Taylor by wrapping her arms around the taller girls waist while muttering, "Ok…and thank you," before padding off into the bathroom.

Sighing Taylor waited for Dinah to toss her clothes out of the door as steam from the shower wafted out, a few minutes later the washer was running and she soon plopped down next to Lisa who had been perched on the arm of the rooms singular overstuffed chair while talking on the phone.

She then proceeded to snap said phone shut and dropped into Taylor's lap, curling up like a cat while smirking up at her, Taylor did not blush at this, or Alec's following wolf whistle.

Seriously, well…mostly…ugh, whatever, Why was she friends with these people again?

Coughing lightly into her hand Taylor met Lisa's gaze evenly and asked, "Dinah's mom?"

At that Lisa stopped smirking but she did nothing to remove herself from Taylor's lap, damn woman, and let out a tired sigh before replying.

"She's alive, they shot her with those syringe tranquilizer dart things that they were firing at Dinah but they nearly overdosed her with them, she's currently under watch for cardiovascular issues but is expected to make a full recovery."

Taylor blinked at that, "You got all of that from one phone call?"

Her full vulpine smile returned as she winked one bottle green eye, "What can I say; I have a way with words my dear rebellious knight."

"Your power is bullshit," Alec and Taylor stated as one, which of course had both of them breaking out in light laughter while Lisa rolled her eyes.

"Haha, seriously though we need to talk Tay. Those guys who were chasing Dinah? I know who they work for, and…it isn't good?"

She had Taylor's full attention there, and enough of Alec's that he paused his game and turned his head to observe us…that or he just wanted to watch two girls cuddling in a somewhat inappropriate manner…

Eh, it was Alec, so it was probably best to just assume it was both.

After a few moments of silence Lisa continued on, "I…don't like talking about it but I was not…employed by choice. Our boss more or less kidnapped me, put a gun against my head and gave me two options, work for him, or die from lead poisoning."

You could hear a pin drop in the silence that followed that, even sweet insincere sociopathic Alec looked somewhat annoyed at that revelation, Taylor? She was doing her best to suppress Mordred from fully manifesting and if it was not for the simple fact she was empowered by a Heroic Spirit she very likely would have bit through her lip as she attempted to suppress her rage.

Seeing this the Thinker in the room cuddled closer to Taydred while arcs of crimson lightning snapped between the now enraged woman's fingers as Lisa continued on in a slightly stilted manner, "Those guys you killed chasing after Dinah? They were our boss's mercs, they were Coil's men…"

Alec turned around, unpaused his game, then after a few moments drawled out, "So… Why exactly did you not tell this to miss 'I fight Lung for the laughs, who I also totally have the hots for,' until now?"

Lisa blushed.

Lisa blushed.

She began speaking slowly, as if tasting her words before releasing them into the wild, "I…I love being the smartest person in the room, I love being able to tear the strongest brute apart with nothing more than words, it's almost like a high. The downside is my power gives me a massive 'Too Much Information' debuff that more or less ruins any chance of romance with anyone. I mentioned it before, I kiss a boy and I know everything he is thinking, I get groped while making out I find out more.

"It can be awful at the best of times; a guy I thought was nice would be gleefully thinking, 'It's just like making out with my sister!' or 'I wonder if fucking her would be like fucking my mom?' or 'Oh hate fucking and beating her would be like insulting the Empire without having to pay for it!'. So I went the ace route, completely asexual, because it was…safer for my sanity and sense of self-worth to do so."

Taylor was doing her best not to summon Clarent and march off to kill…anyone at the moment but held her tongue as she met Lisa's gaze evenly, the blonde smirked up at her then tilted her head to the side before continuing on.

"Then I met you, a blank slate I couldn't read who constantly surprised me with her genuine honesty, the fact that you could hold a civil, intelligent conversation without any effort, and you just so happened to be so utterly terrifyingly powerful that if I got in your good graces you'd do anything to protect me."

Lisa paused there, then let out a tired sigh, "On that note, you are quite frankly the most paranoid woman I have ever met, with good reason mind, and I knew that if I actually pursued a romantic relationship with you, you'd always be wondering if the only reason I fell for you was because you didn't hit me with instant TMI. So yeah, I'm forced to be working for a narcissistic sociopath that I want dead yesterday and I didn't bring it up to my terrifyingly powerful bestie because I wanted an actual shot at a romantic relationship with her."

There was silence for a few moments, then a young girl's voice cut through the room, "Oh my god is this what it's like when you get old, seriously? This is so stupid, you are all stupid even if you are my heroes. You pretty boy, ask the question I'll take the headache so we can move on."

Both girls and Alec turned to the massively oversized t-shirt clad Dinah as she stared at them incredulously as she tapped a bare foot against the floor while raising a single brow.

Alec, the Gadfly that he was, smirked as he drawled out, "What is the chance that Tattletale is romantically interested in Mordred for more reasons than the fact her power doesn't work on her."

Dinah grinned at that as she met Taylor's gaze, "93.54 percent."

Taylor froze at that as Lisa met her gaze, "Uhh…"

She didn't get any further than that before Lisa kissed her.