So my first bit of honest insomnia in several weeks, a bit annoying but what can you do? So you guys get this, hope you enjoy!

Less silliness and more world building with this one, I wanted to explore Taylor's relationship with Lisa and what merging her personality with Mordred had done for her physically and emotionally. Tay's in a better headspace than in cannon, but she's still a teenager with issues sooooo yeah.

When Taylor had received her powers, or rather her personality merged with an ancient Heroic Spirit on top of gaining powers she hadn't actually anticipated all the cool shit that came along with said upgrade.

Strutting down the boardwalk she stuck her thumbs through her belt while she passed by a group of boys, who as one turned their heads to stare at her skinny jean clad ass as she walked away and she couldn't help smirking to herself over the fact.

The physical changes had been minor really, yet noticeable. She now had an ass and thighs that she could be proud of, and while not stacked she was at least an A cup which was better than a washboard; though her new aquamarine eyes and no longer needing glasses had taken some getting used to.

Regardless, cool shit, she no longer had body issues, and the bit of her that was more Mordred than not was very pleased at how tall she was and that she didn't share the same hair color as her father Arturia so really it was a win win all around.

"Oh Taytay!"

Then there was the downsides.

Approaching the grinning blonde girl waving at her in front of their favorite coffee shop Taylor came to a stop and let out a tired sigh as she was promptly glomped, she returned the hug then quickly released her friend while meeting the girl's bottle green gaze evenly.

"Lisa, care to explain why I got a call waking me up from a sound sleep stating, and I quote, 'Hey Tay could you possibly come and save my shapely ass from your pet rage dragon down by the docks? K thanks bye!' in the middle of the night? Cause seriously explaining away why I picked a fight with Lung at two in the morning to my dad was not remotely fun."

Lisa's grin faltered a bit before she jerked a thumb at the coffee shop behind her, "I'll explain over a drink?"

Taylor rolled her eyes then nodded, "Fine fine," and followed the blonde into the shop while shaking her head slowly.

Her relationship with Lisa was a bit of a weird one, her friend was a cape, a thinker, one who had the ability to basically Sherlock Holmes her way to digging out peoples secrets at a glance which kind of took the mystery out of life. It also had the added caveat that she knew every perverse little kink and past intimate interaction her potential love interests had which, considering the fact people were terrible, kinda meant she had declared herself asexual to avoid making herself nauseous.

That was until she had spotted Taylor on the boardwalk two months ago and was hit with a complete 'No Sale' due to her own powers, and it had instigated her striking up a friendship which…complicated things.

Lisa was interested in her romantically, the problem was Taylor couldn't know if it was because she was actually attracted to her or she was simply the only option the thinker had that wouldn't make her want to throw up from an information overload. It kinda gave a girl a bit of a complex and despite Mordred's personality traits shoring up her confidence she still couldn't help wonder if she was being objectified and it made her rather reticent to actually accept the blondes affections.

Which was patently unfair because Taylor thought her perpetually grinning friend was hot as hell…

Fucking. Hormones.

After placing their orders and taking a seat at a booth table Taylor leaned back into the cheap pleather cushion while crossing her arms and flatly stated, "Alright Lisa, make with the explainy."

Lisa for her part let out a tired sigh, pinched the bridge of her nose, then tossed her hands up in exasperation, "Ok, you know that job I pulled off last week?"

Taylor nodded, "Yeah, some sort of robbery, right?"

"Yeah, it was a casino…a casino ran by the ABB, more specifically…Lung…"

Taylor stared at the now sheepish looking Lisa incredulously for a few moments, blinked rapidly, tried to process this new information, failed, then let out a perplexed "Why!?"

Lisa placed her arms atop the table and promptly dropped her head onto them and let out a muffled groan, Taylor allowed her friend a few moments to go through her melodramatics and eventually Lisa sat back up straight while shaking her head slowly.

"Because my boss told us to, at the time I knew it was an ABB front, not a very tightly kept secret, but I didn't know it was one of Lung's personal hangouts, much less his property. He was out of town on some recruitment gig and wasn't even a factor in the operation so yeah… Anyway he got back into town a couple days ago, found out what we did, took it as a personal affront, and hunted us down with every intention of killing us. We tried to outrun them but well, rage dragon was raging soooo…"

Taylor sighed, raised a hand to rub her eyes and replied, "So you contacted the one person you knew who could go toe to toe with a pissed off dragon and hoped for the best."

"…Yeah," Lisa muttered looking a bit uncomfortable.

"Lisa, seriously I…" Taylor paused a moment, took in a deep breath, let it out and reached across the table to take the blonde's hand, "I seriously have very few friends, could the ones I have please stop doing absolutely suicidal things? I mean what would have happened if I had my phone off? Or if I couldn't get to you in time, or hell couldn't even find you? In a sort of ironic way you got lucky it was Lung you pissed off, it wasn't hard to follow the fires, but what if it was Mush or Hookwolf or something like that?"

Lisa squeezed her hand while glancing away, "I know, honestly I kind of thought my boss was setting me up to die for a minute there…"

"Your boss is an asshole," Taylor stated flatly.

Lisa snorted and shot her a wry smile, "Don't I know it…"

They remained silent for a few minutes, both lost to their own thoughts until their drinks arrived, taking a sip of her coffee Taylor eventually let out a sigh and gestured towards the door, "Take a walk?"

"Yeah," Lisa muttered as they both stood and left the building. They walked in silence for a bit then Lisa spoke up again, "You know if you joined my team you could make sure nothing happens to us, right?"

Taylor scoffed at that, "Lisa do you really want the target Mordred would draw on you guys? The gangs don't know what to make of her, the PRT fucking hates her as much as they want to conscript her, and she is a fairly well established hard Rogue."

Lisa smirked in return, "She also punches dragons for fun, that's badass."

Taylor nodded, "Yes it is, but that's the other factor, when I summon that armor I'm…more her than I am me, and Mordred loves a good fight. You lot are escape artists, you try to avoid a direct confrontation when possible, Mordred escalates for the hell of it because she loves the challenge. Can't believe I'm saying this but I'm glad one of the most dangerous and durable villains in the world lives in this city, not sure what I'd do if I didn't have that outlet for all her pent up aggression…"

They continued on in silence for a time before stopping at a guardrail overlooking the bay, both teens leaning against it as they sipped their drinks while staring out at the sea. After a time Lisa's phone went off causing her to let out an exasperated sigh, pulling it out of her purse she read the text, grimaced, then dropped it back into the bag.

"Well…there goes my day off, you up for lunch tomorrow?"

Taylor smiled and nodded, "Yeah, say what you will about correspondence courses but they certainly give your schedule room to breath."

Lisa stared at her for a moment then asked, "Hey Tay?"

"Yes?"

Lisa leaned forward and kissed her cheek, Taylor blushed at this action as Lisa shot her a vulpine grin, "Thanks for saving my shapely ass, talk to you tomorrow."

She turned and sauntered away while Taylor watched her receding form, eventually she took in a deep breath and muttered, "A cold shower…yes, that is what I need right now…"