« Prev 1 2 Next » Reply Share Thread Facebook Twitter Tumblr LinkedIn MySpace Email Go to Previous Thread Next Thread Please make a selection first Author Topic: Winning Isn't Always Winning (Evie) (Read 358 times) BK Agent Defense I got some power in my corner. [send pm] Joined: November 2015 Posts: 515 Winning Isn't Always Winning (Evie) « Nov 28, 2015 21:23:05 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Ken would walk through the door, having carried the small girl the entire way back without breaking a sweat. He was barefoot, so wiped his feet on the mat as he came in. He would set her down gently before speaking in a rather....soft tone for him. "You....okay chaingang?" His pet name for her, what with the chains and all- that didn't mean to make it sound like she was a prisoner. Just....him trying to make her feel better. Tags: Evelyn Cravens Back to Top   Theme: In the Pines Evelyn Cravens Mentor Intelligence The world forgetting by the world forgot. [send pm] Joined: November 2015 Gender: Posts: 1,705 Winning Isn't Always Winning (Evie) « Nov 28, 2015 21:26:21 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top He set her down, still shivering, and she looked up at him. Her eyes were wide and more green than they were blue... which was not a good sign. Tears lined the edges of her eyes. They were still there, in her mind... The thoughts. The hatred. She could still feel it coursing through her, as if it were her own hatred... an emotion she had never really felt. The murderous rage made her feel sick to her stomach, and just beneath the skin of her back, the chain links felt like they were pulsing. When she closed her eyes, it was worse. "I... just want to take a shower now, please," she said softly. Back to Top   BK Agent Defense I got some power in my corner. [send pm] Joined: November 2015 Posts: 515 Winning Isn't Always Winning (Evie) « Nov 28, 2015 21:27:18 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Ken would nod, but watch her clearly concerned. "Okay....I'll be out here if you want to talk." He would let her go! Back to Top   Theme: In the Pines Evelyn Cravens Mentor Intelligence The world forgetting by the world forgot. [send pm] Joined: November 2015 Gender: Posts: 1,705 Winning Isn't Always Winning (Evie) « Nov 28, 2015 21:49:29 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top She sort of stumbled aimlessly off of the couch and towards the bathroom, in a daze. A few minutes later, he would hear the shower start. She had gotten in, letting the hot water run over her and wash away the blood and the gore. She wasn't sure what she wanted to do, in that moment. In fact, she didn't know what she wanted to do at all. It was nearly an hour before she managed to get out, her head a bit clearer. If she closed her eyes, she could still see the mangled bodies, but she had started wondering about the man she had saved. Was he still alive? Would he be able to go home to his family? Did he have a wife, children? The thought of kids rushing up to greet their daddy, a survivor, helped more than the shower had. Dressed in an oversized shirt and a pair of shorts, she sort of stumbled out of the bathroom, looking around the main room to see if BK had waited for her the entire hour. Back to Top   BK Agent Defense I got some power in my corner. [send pm] Joined: November 2015 Posts: 515 Winning Isn't Always Winning (Evie) « Nov 28, 2015 21:53:26 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top He sat, for an hour, tapping his thumb on the armrest of the chair. His eyes turned from the window back to her, BK leaning forward and clasping his hands in front of him. "Hey. Feeling better?" Back to Top   Theme: In the Pines Evelyn Cravens Mentor Intelligence The world forgetting by the world forgot. [send pm] Joined: November 2015 Gender: Posts: 1,705 Winning Isn't Always Winning (Evie) « Nov 28, 2015 22:02:57 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top She gave a little shrug. She seemed a little bit more in control of herself, but Evie was still shaken up. Rather obviously. She came to sit beside him on the couch, walking slowly, carefully. While she sat next to him, she didn't initiate touch, or even really look at him. Instead, she stared at her hands, clasped in her lap. "Are all missions like that?" she finally asked, voice soft. "So many people died..." Back to Top   BK Agent Defense I got some power in my corner. [send pm] Joined: November 2015 Posts: 515 Winning Isn't Always Winning (Evie) « Nov 28, 2015 22:05:26 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Keen would let her sit where she liked, not wanting to reach out...yet. If she felt uncomfortable, or like she didn't want anyone to push it on her he didn't want to be the one to put her there. He picked at his fingernail on his right hand. "I...suspect so." He continued to dig. "My dad used to show me things. Make me watch while he did horrible stuff to good people. I was maybe nine when it started. Seeing that today didn't even affect me. I'm not sure whether I hate him for that or should be thanking him." He turned to look at her with a little smile. "You did really well, CG. You kept yourself under control despite seeing all that." Back to Top   Theme: In the Pines Evelyn Cravens Mentor Intelligence The world forgetting by the world forgot. [send pm] Joined: November 2015 Gender: Posts: 1,705 Winning Isn't Always Winning (Evie) « Nov 28, 2015 22:08:51 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Normally, what he said would upset her. She had seen bits of his past, she knew what kind of man his father was... but in that moment, she couldn't really picture anything aside from the people from that day, the fallen... the innocent, the people who had done nothing wrong. "Did I?" she asked, softly, and reached a hand up to gingerly touched her nose. It was still sore, but at least it wasn't broken. "People died and I... couldn't stop any of them..." She seemed to be forgetting the man she had literally pulled off, into the air. She had held him there, suspended, and that man he was trying to kill had probably lived. She sighed softly... One saved, so many more lost. "I froze, Ken..." It took a lot of effort in that moment not to call him 'Kenny'. "I just stood there..." Back to Top   BK Agent Defense I got some power in my corner. [send pm] Joined: November 2015 Posts: 515 Winning Isn't Always Winning (Evie) « Nov 28, 2015 22:14:08 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Ken would turn to face her. "You know...in times of trouble, when the shit hits the fan, it's then that we find out who we really are. You can't hide behind a mask anymore because if you try, you'll end up killed. When that man punched you, you could have easily just lay there. When the other one was going to kill that man you could have let him die. Instead, you fought back, and saved someones life. Even I didn't stop all those deaths and I wasn't frozen." He would reach out to put a hand on her shoulder. "If you feel, in some way that you need to do better than do it. After something like this you have two choices- to roll over and let it rule you or to say 'fuck it' and take control. You're stronger than you think, girl. Don't let what happened today make you think otherwise. You can't be in fifty places at once." Ken was being...awful kind. But what could he say? He had a thing for helping the beautiful ladies who thought they might be damaged. At least, that's what he told himself. Back to Top   Theme: In the Pines Evelyn Cravens Mentor Intelligence The world forgetting by the world forgot. [send pm] Joined: November 2015 Gender: Posts: 1,705 Winning Isn't Always Winning (Evie) « Nov 28, 2015 22:17:45 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top When he touched her shoulder, she let herself lean into him, taking comfort from his strength. He was, in that moment, so much stronger than she could ever hope to be... and she took great comfort in that fact. She closed her eyes for just a moment, before they flew open, not wanting to see what was waiting for her. "I touched his soul," she said softly. She gave a shake of her head before turning, ducking it into his shoulder. "I saw it. I saw his memories, I felt his emotions. He was so... hurt." She shuddered. It made her feel almost dirty to think about, but she had. She had successfully managed to touch his soul, to become, for a moment... a part of him. Back to Top   BK Agent Defense I got some power in my corner. [send pm] Joined: November 2015 Posts: 515 Winning Isn't Always Winning (Evie) « Nov 28, 2015 22:22:33 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top He nodded. "I expect so." He didn't mind her leaning into him. He took it as a sign she could use some comfort. He would slide it back over her shoulders and gently pull her into a one armed hug, if she would let him, moving over to sit next to her on the couch. "I don't think anyone could get where he is without a ton of shit eating you up inside." Back to Top   Theme: In the Pines Evelyn Cravens Mentor Intelligence The world forgetting by the world forgot. [send pm] Joined: November 2015 Gender: Posts: 1,705 Winning Isn't Always Winning (Evie) « Nov 28, 2015 22:24:58 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top She let him hold her, and for a moment, there was silence. She couldn't help thinking about what she had witnessed, but more than that... She was beginning to come back to herself, to think about what he had said to her. Looking up at him, head still on his shoulder, she softly asked, "What kept you from becoming like him?" Back to Top   BK Agent Defense I got some power in my corner. [send pm] Joined: November 2015 Posts: 515 Winning Isn't Always Winning (Evie) « Nov 28, 2015 22:30:14 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Ken watched her for a second. "I thought about it. I had moments where I thought his road was the only one that I could take." He smirked. "I made a point to avoid what he did, because it's what he wanted. And I guess I figure the biggest fuck you I can send his way is to do the exact opposite of what he wanted for me." Back to Top   Theme: In the Pines Evelyn Cravens Mentor Intelligence The world forgetting by the world forgot. [send pm] Joined: November 2015 Gender: Posts: 1,705 Winning Isn't Always Winning (Evie) « Nov 28, 2015 22:46:04 GMT -6 via mobile » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top She listened as he spoke in silence, wondering what it must have been like for him. His father... He seemed like such a cruel man. She had trouble coming to fathom the very idea of such evil. As a Paradigm agent, she had always known that evil was out there... but it hadn't ever been relevant to her. It wasn't real. Gently, she stroked her fingers across his hand, almost unconsciously. It was meant to be an act of comfort, something she had seen her father do to her mother. "You're doing well," she told him, her voice barely above a whisper. Back to Top   BK Agent Defense I got some power in my corner. [send pm] Joined: November 2015 Posts: 515 Winning Isn't Always Winning (Evie) « Nov 28, 2015 22:51:03 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top He felt her hand caressing his, and his heart rate picked up a little. He would lean back and face forward, trying not to focus too much on it. It was probably just...her being absent minded. No way someone like her...and he could... "I've never really thought about it. I'm not....as kind hearted as you might think." The next sentence came out a little softer. "I tried to kill that clone today. Break his neck." He was saying that just as he wasn't afraid of death, he wasn't scared to cause it. To kill. Maybe part of his dad still lived on in him after all... Back to Top   Theme: In the Pines Evelyn Cravens Mentor Intelligence The world forgetting by the world forgot. [send pm] Joined: November 2015 Gender: Posts: 1,705 Winning Isn't Always Winning (Evie) « Nov 28, 2015 22:54:08 GMT -6 via mobile » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "I meant a girl in New York," she said softly, smiling at the memory. "She was sweet. Older. She told me about her family. She also told me about people she had killed... Sometimes, she would say, it's unavoidable." She sighed softly, leaning further into him. "I don't know if I believe that... I think there's always a way that doesn't involve death... but you... you were trying to protect me, weren't you?" She looked up at him, then, her eyes more blue than green. A kind blue, a soft blue. An almost affectionate blue. Back to Top   BK Agent Defense I got some power in my corner. [send pm] Joined: November 2015 Posts: 515 Winning Isn't Always Winning (Evie) « Nov 28, 2015 22:57:05 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Ken looked down, and stared at her. Unconsciously, he swallowed being this close to her. He didn't really know how to answer other than the simplest thing he could say. "Yes." He spoke softly and...leaned in a little....before he realized what was going down and blinked. He cleared his throat and leaned back, turning away to look at the bathroom. "Uh...I should probably clean up too. I still....stink of that place." He was an expert at avoiding this shit. Back to Top   Theme: In the Pines Evelyn Cravens Mentor Intelligence The world forgetting by the world forgot. [send pm] Joined: November 2015 Gender: Posts: 1,705 Winning Isn't Always Winning (Evie) « Nov 28, 2015 22:59:07 GMT -6 via mobile » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top When he leaned close to her, she didn't move away. She wasn't so innocent as to be unaware of what was happening, but she also didn't quite know if she wanted it to. She was so inexperienced... He was the first boy to even get THAT close to her. So when he turned away, she let him. He hadn't made a move to get off the couch, nor to take his hand away, so her fingers continued their gentle motion back and forth. "Okay," she said. If he wanted to get up, she would let him. She wasn't going to stop him. Back to Top   BK Agent Defense I got some power in my corner. [send pm] Joined: November 2015 Posts: 515 Winning Isn't Always Winning (Evie) « Nov 28, 2015 23:03:46 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Ken would clear his throat again and slowly shift to push himself to his feet. He ran a hand through his hair and would head into the bathroom, grabbing a towel from the closet before hand. As he stepped inside the bathroom and closed it, he would lean against the door and let out a breath. "Fuck you doing, Kenny..." He would strip and jump in the shower. « Last Edit: Nov 28, 2015 23:04:00 GMT -6 by BK » Back to Top   Theme: In the Pines Evelyn Cravens Mentor Intelligence The world forgetting by the world forgot. [send pm] Joined: November 2015 Gender: Posts: 1,705 Winning Isn't Always Winning (Evie) « Nov 28, 2015 23:11:13 GMT -6 via mobile » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top She turned the TV on. She wanted something to distract herself with. The media had decided it was relevant to show the rally on every channel, and it made her shiver. She quickly changed the channel. It took her a little while to find a movie, something that seemed harmless. She curled up, then, pulling her legs against herself and sitting in a restless little ball. Back to Top   BK Agent Defense I got some power in my corner. [send pm] Joined: November 2015 Posts: 515 Winning Isn't Always Winning (Evie) « Nov 28, 2015 23:13:41 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Ken emerged ten minutes later clean as a whistle. Opening the door, he stepped out with a towel around his waist, walking into his room to grab his beard trimming scissors. He would walk back into the bathroom and begin to snip, turning on the sink to wash the hairs down. "I was...thinking about shaving. What do you think?" He spoke loud enough for her to hear, assuming she was still on the couch. Back to Top   Theme: In the Pines Evelyn Cravens Mentor Intelligence The world forgetting by the world forgot. [send pm] Joined: November 2015 Gender: Posts: 1,705 Winning Isn't Always Winning (Evie) « Nov 28, 2015 23:17:48 GMT -6 via mobile » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top She looked up when he walked out but as quickly as she could, looking away, a blush coloring her pale cheeks. She cleared her throat and tried to focus on the television in front of her. When he called out to her, she cleared her throat. She didn't want to think about what she had almost seen and, instead, just curled into a tighter ball. "I think you'd look good shaved," she admitted, glad for the distraction. Back to Top   BK Agent Defense I got some power in my corner. [send pm] Joined: November 2015 Posts: 515 Winning Isn't Always Winning (Evie) « Nov 28, 2015 23:20:27 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Ken would walk out, trimmed but not shaved yet. He brought his arm up, resting his forearm against the archway into the living room. "What say me and you go out?" Woah, phrasing. "I mean like....out of here. Go grab some food or hit up an arcade or something. I'm...thinking taking our mind off stuff with mindless BS might help." « Last Edit: Nov 28, 2015 23:25:49 GMT -6 by BK » Back to Top   Theme: In the Pines Evelyn Cravens Mentor Intelligence The world forgetting by the world forgot. [send pm] Joined: November 2015 Gender: Posts: 1,705 Winning Isn't Always Winning (Evie) « Nov 28, 2015 23:26:45 GMT -6 via mobile » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top She had learned her lesson. She didn't look up when he came back into the room, keeping her eyes focused on the TV before her. However, she tilted her head, contemplating what he said. He wanted to take her out? Even if it wasn't a date, it was still going out. They had spent a night drinking together, they had watched a movie (well, part of a movie) together... Why shouldn't they go out? "Are you sure?" She asked softly. "The media will be crazy, and if they see us out there..." Back to Top   BK Agent Defense I got some power in my corner. [send pm] Joined: November 2015 Posts: 515 Winning Isn't Always Winning (Evie) « Nov 28, 2015 23:29:30 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Ken would shrug. "Eh, fuck em'. We've got nothing to hide." He would head into his room, closing the door to a crack and pulling off the towel. He would clothe himself in black sweatpants and a hoodie sweater, putting his rings on as well before walking back out and heading over to her. "I've got the PS4 in my room if you'd rather. I could bring it out here and we could rent one- movie or game or something. Order food." He was low on cash since buying Allcott the desk but he could afford one movie. « Last Edit: Nov 28, 2015 23:29:21 GMT -6 by BK » Back to Top   Theme: In the Pines Reply Share Thread Facebook Twitter Tumblr LinkedIn MySpace Email Go to Previous Thread Next Thread Please make a selection first