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Post by Paroxysm on Jul 26, 2015 22:57:16 GMT -5
Crane went back to sorting, still not giving her as much of an equal share of the stuff but he did give her some, so that's something I suppose. "Hide your cheese and other nonsense in the snow outside before it rots."
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Post by |0+u$ f@ɳԍ on Jul 26, 2015 23:08:50 GMT -5
(What the fragdaggle month is it now?)
"Say you're sorry, then, Craneling," Aleenya said. "I'm not letting this go until you apologize to Ash."
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Post by Paroxysm on Jul 26, 2015 23:17:38 GMT -5
(No friggin idea. There could be some melty snow or something)
"Apologize for the truth?" Crane hissed, audibly.
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Post by |0+u$ f@ɳԍ on Jul 26, 2015 23:19:32 GMT -5
"Apologize for being an asshole!" Aleenya yelled. "Apologize for your sorry life so I don't end it!" She didn't know what had come over her, just that all the words problems seemed epitomized in Crane at that moment.
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Post by Paroxysm on Jul 26, 2015 23:28:16 GMT -5
Crane paused for a second, and then began to legitimately laugh. (Again, it was scary.) "Just how are we any different?" he questioned, the dry tone of his voice not fitting with the laugh that still echoed in the room. "Only if you also apologize for being an asshole, Moss. I've already said sorry once before."
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Post by |0+u$ f@ɳԍ on Jul 26, 2015 23:32:22 GMT -5
A part of Aleenya wanted to just laugh. To say, I know I'm an asshole, now go on with it. But she couldn't bring herself to do that. Too much pride, too much of something else she couldn't name.
So she compromised, and said, "You first."
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Post by Paroxysm on Jul 26, 2015 23:42:34 GMT -5
"I apologize," he answered, turning back to his work. "Go do whatever it is you do to relax. We'll be fine for now."
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Post by |0+u$ f@ɳԍ on Jul 26, 2015 23:47:00 GMT -5
Aleenya took one more look at him, and then at Ash, and stormed out the door. Do whatever it is you do to relax... Well, she would. It had been a while, anyway.
She got into the car and drove away far too quickly, searching for the perfect victim.
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Post by Paroxysm on Aug 26, 2015 15:50:33 GMT -5
"Good riddance," Crane muttered after Aleenya left. "At least you actually know when I'm right." There was a long silence as he turned to look at Ash, but she still didn't move. Her face was hidden in her arms, not even looking at anything. Maybe she was asleep. Crane rolled his eyes and set to work again.
"I'm sorry," came her hoarse reply, a genuine apology in the face of the last spat. "I only wanted to help."
"Well, you're not helping now."
He could see her hug her knees tighter. "I wanted to humiliate you at first but.." her pause was much longer than it should have been. "I wanted to help later. I liked having you around."
"What good is that now?" Crane hissed in response. "It's because of your foolish feud with Jaide that we're in this mess to begin with. "You thought you were all-powerful in that fortress, and now look at you. You couldn't help even if you were trying."
He tried to ignore the pathetic sniffling that came minutes later.
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Post by |0+u$ f@ɳԍ on Aug 26, 2015 16:16:05 GMT -5
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Aleenya pulled the door open and then slammed it shut. She was smiling, a bit, and seemed much more cheerful than before.
"We blew up some cop cars!" she announced.
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Post by Paroxysm on Aug 26, 2015 16:20:03 GMT -5
Crane considered being upset at her audacity, right when it was very likely that it could get them all killed, but thought the better of it and simply asked, "..We?"
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Post by |0+u$ f@ɳԍ on Aug 26, 2015 16:25:32 GMT -5
"This person I met on the street," Aleenya said. "He did the actual blowing up, I don't think anyone saw me."
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Post by Paroxysm on Aug 26, 2015 16:30:05 GMT -5
"How did you get him to do that?" Crane actually looked interested. "And not get caught?"
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Post by |0+u$ f@ɳԍ on Aug 26, 2015 16:35:58 GMT -5
Aleenya waved a hand dismissively. "I threatened to kill him, for one thing, but also we have the same sense of fun. He was running from a bar that Jaide and her ninjas or whatever were raiding."
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Post by Paroxysm on Aug 26, 2015 16:40:41 GMT -5
Crane nodded slowly. "..Alright."
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