Re: I2DT - All This Time I Was Findin' Myself
Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2016 4:16 pm"So things aren't really balanced right now? And I mean in general, obviously they're not right this minute."
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I2DT - All This Time I Was Findin' Myself
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Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2016 4:16 pmRe: I2DT - All This Time I Was Findin' Myself
Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2016 5:08 pm"You don't know how far down she stuck me, likely afraid I'd frighten children. It's a wonder she could even function."
Re: I2DT - All This Time I Was Findin' Myself
Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2016 5:24 pm"She seemed to be functioning pretty well."
Re: I2DT - All This Time I Was Findin' Myself
Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2016 6:20 pm"Worrying about everyone but herself, and never allowing herself to want anything. Aye, that's healthy."
Re: I2DT - All This Time I Was Findin' Myself
Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2016 8:26 pm"I'm sure she wanted things. Everyone wants things. Some people just don't let their wants control them."
Re: I2DT - All This Time I Was Findin' Myself
Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2016 8:37 pm"She denied me so much that it was just in her nature to yield."
Re: I2DT - All This Time I Was Findin' Myself
Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2016 8:43 pm"Yeah... Sam doesn't exactly yield on a whole lot. She's super stubborn, even when she shouldn't be."
Re: I2DT - All This Time I Was Findin' Myself
Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2016 8:46 pm"You can thank me for her spine, you know. She just doesn't know what to do with me."
"Yet."
"Yet."
Re: I2DT - All This Time I Was Findin' Myself
Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2016 9:07 pm"I think she's beginning to figure it out. What with the girlfriend and all."
Re: I2DT - All This Time I Was Findin' Myself
Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2016 9:49 pm"That's only a fringe benefit," she smirks.
Re: I2DT - All This Time I Was Findin' Myself
Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2016 10:41 pm"So what do you want? Aside from everything."
Re: I2DT - All This Time I Was Findin' Myself
Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2016 10:44 pm"More freedom would be nice, aye? Been awfully cooped up."
Re: I2DT - All This Time I Was Findin' Myself
Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2016 11:07 pm"And what are you willing to trade for that extra freedom?"
Re: I2DT - All This Time I Was Findin' Myself
Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2016 11:07 pm"If you're looking for compromise, you're asking the wrong girl."
Re: I2DT - All This Time I Was Findin' Myself
Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2016 12:37 am"Then you shouldn't be overly surprised that people don't give you any of the freedom you want."
Re: I2DT - All This Time I Was Findin' Myself
Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2016 12:41 am"I hear it enough from Macha. You're not the one I have to negotiate with."
Re: I2DT - All This Time I Was Findin' Myself
Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2016 1:19 am"I'm just saying," Tereza said, making mental note of the name.
Re: I2DT - All This Time I Was Findin' Myself
Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2016 1:23 am"One doesn't ask the scorpion why it stings."
Re: I2DT - All This Time I Was Findin' Myself
Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2016 4:14 am"One *can*, but since it's a mute creature, one should not expect an answer. You... on the other hand... are not a scorpion."
Re: I2DT - All This Time I Was Findin' Myself
Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2016 4:17 am"I am on some level a scorpion. And an eel. And a crow and a wolf. I'm most things men see before they die."
Re: I2DT - All This Time I Was Findin' Myself
Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2016 1:28 pm"An eel? Seriously?" Tereza laughed.
Re: I2DT - All This Time I Was Findin' Myself
Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2016 4:30 pm"I've led heroes to their doom with less."
Re: I2DT - All This Time I Was Findin' Myself
Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2016 7:34 pmShe shrugged, "Hero doesn't necessarily include 'smart'."
Re: I2DT - All This Time I Was Findin' Myself
Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2016 7:35 pm"Grand stories demand grand endings, aye? They don't die in their beds."
Re: I2DT - All This Time I Was Findin' Myself
Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2016 7:46 pm"An eel seems like less than a grand ending though."
Re: I2DT - All This Time I Was Findin' Myself
Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2016 7:49 pm"It was a step. As was the wolf that stampeded the cattle across the ford the eel was in, the heifer that led the stampede, and finally when he was bloodied and broken he lashed himself to a stone just to stay standing, to fight his enemies a little longer."
"In the end, I was the crow that perched on his corpse that finally let them believe he was dead."
"In the end, I was the crow that perched on his corpse that finally let them believe he was dead."
Re: I2DT - All This Time I Was Findin' Myself
Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2016 8:16 pm"Seems kind of convoluted."
Re: I2DT - All This Time I Was Findin' Myself
Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2016 8:20 pm"It's a story they still tell in Ireland today. The struggle is important, not just killing him."
Re: I2DT - All This Time I Was Findin' Myself
Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2016 8:25 pm"If you're sadistic, maybe."
Re: I2DT - All This Time I Was Findin' Myself
Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2016 8:31 pm"Sadistic? No. Allowing him an easy death would have been an insult to him. I honored him."
Re: I2DT - All This Time I Was Findin' Myself
Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2016 8:37 pm"By orchestrating his death?"
Re: I2DT - All This Time I Was Findin' Myself
Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2016 8:40 pm"By giving it meaning."
Re: I2DT - All This Time I Was Findin' Myself
Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2016 8:53 pm"Because he couldn't see to that on his own," she said dismissively. She reached across the table for Sam's drink, "I think you've had enough for now."
Re: I2DT - All This Time I Was Findin' Myself
Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2016 9:01 pmSam claps the clawed, furry hand over Tereza's.
"I don't."
"I don't."
Re: I2DT - All This Time I Was Findin' Myself
Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2016 9:12 pmThe hand with the ice gauntlet came up and clamped over Sam's hand, "I think we've established that I don't care what you think."
Re: I2DT - All This Time I Was Findin' Myself
Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2016 9:55 pm"You'd be no fun to fight wounded, but if you insist..."
Re: I2DT - All This Time I Was Findin' Myself
Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2016 10:09 pm"If we must, then let's take it outside. I'd like to be able to come back to the bar," she said, her expression just a bit grim.
Re: I2DT - All This Time I Was Findin' Myself
Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2016 10:31 pm"Just remember, I didn't start this..." she says before closing her eyes tightly, gritting her teeth.
"Oh come on, I wasn't going to hurt her... much..." she mutters, seemingly to no one.
"...fine."
Sam's features relax back towards something more normal for her, the hand shifting back down. Her hair is still a bit wild and her ears have faint points, but the look in her eyes, especially the concern there, is all Sam.
"...oh God I'm so sorry."
"Oh come on, I wasn't going to hurt her... much..." she mutters, seemingly to no one.
"...fine."
Sam's features relax back towards something more normal for her, the hand shifting back down. Her hair is still a bit wild and her ears have faint points, but the look in her eyes, especially the concern there, is all Sam.
"...oh God I'm so sorry."
Re: I2DT - All This Time I Was Findin' Myself
Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2016 11:00 pm"S'alright," Tereza said, relaxing back into her seat with a dismissive wave. Her muscles were still tense though. "If I'd known, I wouldn't have tried to get you drunk."
Re: I2DT - All This Time I Was Findin' Myself
Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2016 11:01 pm"Well I didn't... I didn't intend for that to happen."