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Post by |0+u$ f@ɳԍ on Mar 28, 2016 12:30:14 GMT -5
"Aleenya almost killed him?" Cate asked, not entirely surprised.
(...I forgot about that...)
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Mar 28, 2016 12:36:51 GMT -5
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Post by Paroxysm on Mar 28, 2016 12:36:51 GMT -5
Haymich nodded. "'S how we met," he explained. "hella У೦o○೦o○o of a trip that was."
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Mar 28, 2016 12:38:48 GMT -5
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Post by |0+u$ f@ɳԍ on Mar 28, 2016 12:38:48 GMT -5
Cate raised her eyebrows. "Story?" she asked, sounding vaguely like a little kid who wants to be read to.
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Mar 28, 2016 12:45:56 GMT -5
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Post by Paroxysm on Mar 28, 2016 12:45:56 GMT -5
Haymich gave a dramatic sigh. "I thought I said enough about me!" He held out the broom, though, and continued with, "If I'm tellin' a story, then you're doin' the cleanin'."
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Post by |0+u$ f@ɳԍ on Mar 28, 2016 12:49:36 GMT -5
"Fine," Cate said loftily, and started to sweep.
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Mar 28, 2016 12:55:00 GMT -5
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Post by Paroxysm on Mar 28, 2016 12:55:00 GMT -5
Haymich cheered in response, and went back to the bar. He sat on top of the counter, and found the whiskey he had left behind before starting emphatically, "We met during the reign of the infamous, cold hearted Commissioner Jaide. Her tyranny swept the streets of low-born fools like us, around every corner there was another assassin, just waiting to switch off our lights, permanently!"
Ash hid a snicker as she checked outside for Anne's return.
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Mar 28, 2016 13:04:39 GMT -5
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Post by |0+u$ f@ɳԍ on Mar 28, 2016 13:04:39 GMT -5
As though Ash had magically summoned her, Anne came through the door, pulling an enormous wagon full of cleaning and painting supplies. There was also about twenty colors of wall paint.
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Mar 28, 2016 13:19:31 GMT -5
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Post by Paroxysm on Mar 28, 2016 13:19:31 GMT -5
Ash gaped at the load, and managed to emit, "Anne, you are now my favorite person."
"Hey, story time here!" Haymich called out, crossing his arms. "I was sayin' assassins on every corner, and all the bars around here bein' shut down for just a little bit of harmless crime! People 'round here were scared outta their minds!"
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Post by |0+u$ f@ɳԍ on Mar 28, 2016 13:34:41 GMT -5
Cate wandered over to examine Anne's loot as she listened to Haymich.
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Post by Paroxysm on Mar 28, 2016 14:15:38 GMT -5
"So there I was, mindin' my own business down at Reidy's, ready to drink 'til I passed out. An' suddenly the music cut out." Haymich lowered his voice for dramatic effect, hardly noticing that the others were only half-listening. "It got silent real fast in there, an' this lady Serena suddenly shouted. She was pointing at the TV screen, see. We all looked, an' saw that Calculator had flashed a big warning that said 'She's coming'."
Ash looked far too happy at the sight of cleaning supplies, and wondered if they could get the water running enough to wash the place down.
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Mar 28, 2016 18:04:58 GMT -5
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Post by |0+u$ f@ɳԍ on Mar 28, 2016 18:04:58 GMT -5
Anne pulled out some mops and an array of rags and spray bottles, and Cate grabbed one of the mops.
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Post by Paroxysm on Mar 28, 2016 18:29:06 GMT -5
Haymich continued rambling, clearly too invested in the story to help out. "An' the others, see the others just started laughin', cause none of us knew who Calculator was yet, but not me. I had already been through two of Jaide's raids before! So I hightailed it outta there the second I knew what was goin' on. An' it was barely seconds after I left that I heard the place bein' attacked! So I was leavin' and before I could even get a couple blocks, this lady trips me, an' then before I can even apologize, she kicked me!"
And though Ash wouldn't straight up admit it, she didn't leave to get the others because she had not heard the tale of how Aleenya had met Haymich. She was curious about how Aleenya had dealt with a guy like him.
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Mar 29, 2016 14:17:46 GMT -5
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Post by |0+u$ f@ɳԍ on Mar 29, 2016 14:17:46 GMT -5
Anne looked over at Haymich curiously.
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Post by Paroxysm on Mar 29, 2016 14:31:20 GMT -5
"I was just about to give her a piece of my mind when I recognized her. I thought I was twice a dead man, but still I fought back! I pulled out my trusty blade," Haymich pulled his knife out of his pocket to demonstrate, waving it around valiantly, "and went ta battle! 'Course, I knew I was gonna lose, but Aleenya was out ta have some fun, so I did my best ta help out."
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Post by |0+u$ f@ɳԍ on Mar 29, 2016 14:43:15 GMT -5
"How are you still alive?" Cate asked curiously. Haymich was impressive in his own way, but he didn't seem like the type to beat Aleenya in a fight while drunk. "And like... not... scarred?"
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