Not Expecting Much

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Re: Not Expecting Much

Postby Samantha McManus » Mon Apr 24, 2017 6:20 pm

"Suppose it's not really stalking if you're getting me to come to you," she smirks faintly.
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Re: Not Expecting Much

Postby Will Stanton » Mon Apr 24, 2017 6:55 pm

"Some kind of reverse-high-level-4d-chess stalking, then," she nodded.
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Re: Not Expecting Much

Postby Samantha McManus » Mon Apr 24, 2017 7:10 pm

"Seems I've been using you more as my confessional than the other way around, though."
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Re: Not Expecting Much

Postby Will Stanton » Mon Apr 24, 2017 7:32 pm

"That's just showing respect to your elders, is what that is."
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Re: Not Expecting Much

Postby Samantha McManus » Mon Apr 24, 2017 7:41 pm

"Doesn't mean you got what you wanted, though."

"But if unsolicited advice works, be careful or you'll sound like the old man I beat up to get you back."
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Re: Not Expecting Much

Postby Will Stanton » Mon Apr 24, 2017 7:49 pm

Will winced a little at that. "Yeah, definitely want to keep that lighthearted and not 'I know best'.

And we don't always get what we want, as said by the great philosopher Jagger."
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Re: Not Expecting Much

Postby Samantha McManus » Mon Apr 24, 2017 7:58 pm

"I'll take that as a 'no, I'll wait to talk to Madame Spookypants.'"
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Re: Not Expecting Much

Postby Will Stanton » Mon Apr 24, 2017 8:05 pm

Will paused for a moment and stoked the fire.

"Would you be OK if we tried now?"
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Re: Not Expecting Much

Postby Samantha McManus » Mon Apr 24, 2017 8:24 pm

"...not like I'm ready to go to sleep again just yet, I suppose."
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Re: Not Expecting Much

Postby Will Stanton » Mon Apr 24, 2017 9:22 pm

"Alright, if you're sure..." Will said, looking at her strangely.

"Just...close your eyes, and focus on the fire. Breath in the smoke."
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Re: Not Expecting Much

Postby Samantha McManus » Mon Apr 24, 2017 10:32 pm

Sam quirks a brow at the odd looks Will is giving her, but settles in by the fire, doing as Will asks, slowly breathing in and out.
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Re: Not Expecting Much

Postby Will Stanton » Tue Apr 25, 2017 1:11 am

Will put the other steak on the fire, listening to it crack and crinkle.

"Alright, just...I don't know. Sort of feel the room around you. Smell the offering, wafting up, listen to the crackle of the fire. Be here.


We sit in the darkness, and we call for the three-who-are-one."
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Aspect: Big Ball of Trauma
Aspect: Open-Hearted

Re: Not Expecting Much

Postby Samantha McManus » Tue Apr 25, 2017 9:54 pm

Sam's bearing tightens a bit, her body language tense, ready to move.

"...this is all you could hunt?"
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Re: Not Expecting Much

Postby Will Stanton » Tue Apr 25, 2017 11:48 pm

"Concerned with the quality, or the quantity?" Will asked, carefully watching Sam.
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Re: Not Expecting Much

Postby Samantha McManus » Wed Apr 26, 2017 12:14 am

"Not much daring involved going to the supermarket..."
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Re: Not Expecting Much

Postby Will Stanton » Wed Apr 26, 2017 12:18 am

"You'd prefer hind? Going out in the fields and chasing down a wild herd? Do that nowadays, and you'd be most likely to find a wild herd of tourists, or businessmen."
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Aspect: Open-Hearted

Re: Not Expecting Much

Postby Samantha McManus » Wed Apr 26, 2017 6:43 pm

"What no one ever gets is that it was never quantity or the spilling of blood. It was effort."
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Re: Not Expecting Much

Postby Will Stanton » Wed Apr 26, 2017 8:07 pm

"Granted.

Then again, not just anyone would set up this lovely fire, or get dressed up. Or put part of themselves into the flame," she said, holding her cut hand palm-up.
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Aspect: Big Ball of Trauma
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Re: Not Expecting Much

Postby Samantha McManus » Wed Apr 26, 2017 10:48 pm

"It's good stagecraft, I'll grant."
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Aspect: Not Crazy
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Re: Not Expecting Much

Postby Will Stanton » Wed Apr 26, 2017 11:13 pm

"I'm an actor at heart, though if you want a hunt, I'm sure I could arrange something.

We haven't been formally introduced, here."
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Aspect: Big Ball of Trauma
Aspect: Open-Hearted

Re: Not Expecting Much

Postby Samantha McManus » Wed Apr 26, 2017 11:31 pm

"But you know me, and I know what you are. I know enough to deny that daft old fool what he wanted with you."
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Aspect: Made of Nightmares
Aspect: Not Crazy
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Re: Not Expecting Much

Postby Will Stanton » Wed Apr 26, 2017 11:55 pm

"I know a you. The you who gave my life purpose and meaning.

I appreciate that something about that carries over here. I suppose I'm marked, compact or no compact. Or am I just that good of a friend?"
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Aspect: Unique Worldview
Aspect: Big Ball of Trauma
Aspect: Open-Hearted

Re: Not Expecting Much

Postby Samantha McManus » Thu Apr 27, 2017 5:17 pm

"You are what you are," she says, notably not answering the question.

"You can be changeable but still immutable."
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Aspect: Not Crazy
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Re: Not Expecting Much

Postby Will Stanton » Thu Apr 27, 2017 6:05 pm

"I like that. I should get that printed up on business cards.

It's...good to see you."
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Re: Not Expecting Much

Postby Samantha McManus » Thu Apr 27, 2017 6:24 pm

"We come through, in certain moments. She's closer than ever to understanding."
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Re: Not Expecting Much

Postby Will Stanton » Thu Apr 27, 2017 6:30 pm

Will nodded. "I've seen it. I've felt it. It's...weird, seeing her...seeing you, without each other. Just...not at all what I'm used to. Like everything is slightly out of focus.

If there's anything I can do to help, you know...you should know that I am willing to do it."
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Aspect: Big Ball of Trauma
Aspect: Open-Hearted

Re: Not Expecting Much

Postby Samantha McManus » Thu Apr 27, 2017 6:32 pm

"She needs to accept it on her own, or else we would be... less."

"Sam is just another way our pieces fit together."
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Aspect: Not Crazy
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Re: Not Expecting Much

Postby Will Stanton » Thu Apr 27, 2017 6:38 pm

Will smiled. "Of course. You'll excuse me for being impatient; I'm not as young as I used to be."
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Re: Not Expecting Much

Postby Samantha McManus » Thu Apr 27, 2017 6:52 pm

"Is that why you called us? You wish that she was... more?"
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Aspect: Not Crazy
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Re: Not Expecting Much

Postby Will Stanton » Thu Apr 27, 2017 7:07 pm

"...No. I mean, yes, but that's not why I went through this effort."

She shifted a bit uncomfortably on the ground.

"I killed yesterday. I had the opportunity to pacify an invader, but instead, I held her life in my hands and I snuffed it out.

I've done it before, and I'm sure I'll do it again, but the day that that stops...stops bothering me is the day someone needs to take me down.

Back home, I've talked this over with my Sam. With my Morrigan. It's part of the compact. When it's just, and when it's necessary, and when it's in on the right side of battle, I can live with it. Here though...I'm working without guidance, and it's just..." she trailed off.
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Re: Not Expecting Much

Postby Samantha McManus » Thu Apr 27, 2017 7:09 pm

"You don't trust yourself? Maybe after this much time you're not as sure as you used to be?"
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Aspect: Made of Nightmares
Aspect: Not Crazy
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Re: Not Expecting Much

Postby Will Stanton » Thu Apr 27, 2017 7:18 pm

"I'm a stranger in a strange land. My constants have gone away. You, Sara, Robin...the places I turn to for support and backup are gone. I...

I'm not sure in myself. Who am I, here? What is my place in things? Where do I go and who do I turn to when I'm down? To have everything sucked away from you is..." she trailed off.

"So, no. I suppose I don't trust in me."
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Aspect: Big Ball of Trauma
Aspect: Open-Hearted

Re: Not Expecting Much

Postby Samantha McManus » Thu Apr 27, 2017 9:32 pm

"And you're asking for... direction, aye?"

Sam cocks her head, focusing on Will. It's almost as if she's scrutinizing him, though the fact that her eyes are still closed might mean it loses something.
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Aspect: Not Crazy
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Re: Not Expecting Much

Postby Will Stanton » Thu Apr 27, 2017 9:33 pm

"I've always looked to my Gods for direction. Admittedly, it became easier when they moved in next door."
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Aspect: Big Ball of Trauma
Aspect: Open-Hearted

Re: Not Expecting Much

Postby Samantha McManus » Thu Apr 27, 2017 9:39 pm

"You are... different from most. If the fish-eater had not found you, which is far more possible than he'd like to admit, it is possible I might never have had to take you to the other side."
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Aspect: Made of Nightmares
Aspect: Not Crazy
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Re: Not Expecting Much

Postby Will Stanton » Thu Apr 27, 2017 9:45 pm

"That's a frightening possibility."
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Aspect: Big Ball of Trauma
Aspect: Open-Hearted

Re: Not Expecting Much

Postby Samantha McManus » Thu Apr 27, 2017 9:47 pm

"To know that you will never die of violence? Most find that comforting."
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Aspect: Not Crazy
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Re: Not Expecting Much

Postby Will Stanton » Thu Apr 27, 2017 9:50 pm

"Living forever; seeing friends and loved ones wither and age? Some may find that comforting; some find that a sentence."
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Re: Not Expecting Much

Postby Samantha McManus » Thu Apr 27, 2017 9:55 pm

"Consider who you're saying that to."
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Re: Not Expecting Much

Postby Will Stanton » Thu Apr 27, 2017 9:57 pm

"Yeah, but I'm just a plain simple girl from New York. Clay of the Earth," Will smiled.
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