[WAMH] All Messed Up With No Place to Go

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Re: [WAMH] All Messed Up With No Place to Go

Postby Red » Mon Apr 18, 2016 11:54 pm

"That's easy to say for someone who just met me."
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Postby Narrator » Tue Apr 19, 2016 12:00 am

"You've jumped into help someone you didn't know without asking for payment, both here and earlier. You didn't get all up in arms when you met me. And we haven't heard of you running amok prior, so you must have been keeping it under control."
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Re: [WAMH] All Messed Up With No Place to Go

Postby Red » Tue Apr 19, 2016 12:03 am

"Not eating people is a fairly low bar for 'admirably,' isn't it?"

"I mean, don't get me wrong and all. I get that there's a 'worse than this' out there, but I don't think I deserve a bloody medal or anything."
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Postby Narrator » Tue Apr 19, 2016 12:11 am

"Fair enough," Allison said, "I'm not going to heap rewards on the head of someone who doesn't want them." She smirked, "So you don't want the welcome party either?"
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Re: [WAMH] All Messed Up With No Place to Go

Postby Red » Tue Apr 19, 2016 12:13 am

"Is it bad to say that it sounds a little daunting? Even with all the reassurances that I'll be fine."

"I mean I guess I've noticed how easy it is to get... well, chummy and all, but it's still a bunch of strangers, aye?"
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Postby Narrator » Tue Apr 19, 2016 12:18 am

"Yes, and not everyone will be as friendly as we are, but there's a reason we put the friendly types close to the newbie."
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Re: [WAMH] All Messed Up With No Place to Go

Postby Red » Tue Apr 19, 2016 12:20 am

"And there's those little niggling worries. Like how cultish this all would sound if it wasn't for the fact that... well, I'd have to be an idiot to not twig to what I've been all these years."

"So I keep second guessing how much I just want to... not feel crazy for being this."
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Postby Narrator » Tue Apr 19, 2016 12:37 am

"Feel as not crazy as you want. We'll be here whether you're feeling crazy or not."
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Re: [WAMH] All Messed Up With No Place to Go

Postby Red » Tue Apr 19, 2016 12:44 am

"Kind of goes back to the family thing, aye? You don't stop caring about them, but that doesn't change the fact that you can't be with them anymore."

"And you don't stop wanting what you can't have, like a family, even if the new family's.... hairy."
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Re: [WAMH] All Messed Up With No Place to Go

Postby Narrator » Tue Apr 19, 2016 12:52 am

"True. It's not the same family you grew up with. I won't argue I'm that I'm not lucky in that regard," Allison said, turning to look at her. "But a lot of the people in the pack have had to make the best of a bad situation, and we do that by being each other's family."
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Re: [WAMH] All Messed Up With No Place to Go

Postby Red » Tue Apr 19, 2016 1:01 am

"And that's all that I mean by the second guessing. You start to wonder how much of it is just... being desperate?"
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Postby Narrator » Tue Apr 19, 2016 1:13 am

"What do your instincts tell you?"
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Re: [WAMH] All Messed Up With No Place to Go

Postby Red » Tue Apr 19, 2016 1:22 am

"That I might... well, actually like having a pack. That it's something I'm wired for, I guess."

"I mean I get it. I get that the wolf doesn't want to be alone, and all."
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Re: [WAMH] All Messed Up With No Place to Go

Postby Narrator » Tue Apr 19, 2016 1:41 am

"But the human isn't sure she wants to be with anyone?"
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Re: [WAMH] All Messed Up With No Place to Go

Postby Red » Tue Apr 19, 2016 1:42 am

"The human's done a fine job of messing up on her own for a few years, aye?"
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Re: [WAMH] All Messed Up With No Place to Go

Postby Narrator » Tue Apr 19, 2016 1:52 am

"There is something to be said for comfort," Allison said, returning to her pruning.
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Re: [WAMH] All Messed Up With No Place to Go

Postby Red » Tue Apr 19, 2016 1:54 am

"...not arguing with that," she sighs.

"Takes a human to really complicate things, I guess."
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Re: [WAMH] All Messed Up With No Place to Go

Postby Narrator » Tue Apr 19, 2016 1:56 am

"No one's saying you can't look for that balance. Just don't go dooming yourself with might-have-beens."
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Re: [WAMH] All Messed Up With No Place to Go

Postby Red » Tue Apr 19, 2016 1:59 am

"Been spinning my wheels on it for a bit. Not the most healthy thing, I'll admit. Just... easier to pick at those loose ends when I'm not in the room with the woman who really wants me to stay on."
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Re: [WAMH] All Messed Up With No Place to Go

Postby Narrator » Tue Apr 19, 2016 2:11 am

"You're assuming she's the only one who will want you to stay."
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Re: [WAMH] All Messed Up With No Place to Go

Postby Red » Tue Apr 19, 2016 2:16 am

"Limited sample size. All I've got is her, someone who walks through walls and really reinforces the shaggy side of me, and now a rather well-preserved horticulturist."

"...and I suppose the random supermodel who was born a wolf, but even factoring her in it rather seems biased towards... trusting the wolf."
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Re: [WAMH] All Messed Up With No Place to Go

Postby Narrator » Tue Apr 19, 2016 2:38 am

"Sister mentioned her. I'm not sure what to make of her."
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Re: [WAMH] All Messed Up With No Place to Go

Postby Red » Tue Apr 19, 2016 2:41 am

"You'd be even less sure if you met her," she shrugs.

"Not the point though, and I've probably kvetched enough."
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Re: [WAMH] All Messed Up With No Place to Go

Postby Narrator » Tue Apr 19, 2016 2:51 am

"I guess what I want to say is trust the wolf, but don't abandon the human. I make it sound easy, I know, but it's really the only way forward."
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Re: [WAMH] All Messed Up With No Place to Go

Postby Red » Tue Apr 19, 2016 2:54 am

"Well I've obviously got too much of a conscious investment in riding leathers to completely abandon trousers."
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Re: [WAMH] All Messed Up With No Place to Go

Postby Narrator » Tue Apr 19, 2016 2:58 am

"A wise place to start," Allison said with a laugh.

Sister wandered back into the shop, "Feeling better?"
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Re: [WAMH] All Messed Up With No Place to Go

Postby Red » Tue Apr 19, 2016 3:00 am

"My urge to punch holes in things is at manageable levels. The rest will come."
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Re: [WAMH] All Messed Up With No Place to Go

Postby Narrator » Tue Apr 19, 2016 2:21 pm

"Good. Tereza has opted to delay the hunt for the alchemist a bit to do some more research and find more of the pack for the hunt. She's also talking about talking to the vampires, but she wouldn't tell me why."

"I don't get what she sees in the things, personally," Allison commented.
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Re: [WAMH] All Messed Up With No Place to Go

Postby Red » Tue Apr 19, 2016 3:29 pm

"Suppose the least I could do is be civil around them," she shrugs, standing up and offering the shears back to Allison.

"I'll... be around, aye?"
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Re: [WAMH] All Messed Up With No Place to Go

Postby Narrator » Tue Apr 19, 2016 3:50 pm

"Come back whenever you like," Allison said with a smile.
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Re: [WAMH] All Messed Up With No Place to Go

Postby Red » Tue Apr 19, 2016 3:53 pm

Sam gives a faint smile of her own, and follows Sister back to the flat by a route that respects solid objects a bit more.
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