« 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: If Life Ain't Just a Joke [Open] (Read 711 times) Leif Adamson Agent In the Land of Gods and Monsters. [send pm] Joined: January 2016 Gender: Posts: 925 If Life Ain't Just a Joke [Open] « Feb 19, 2016 11:33:20 GMT -6 via mobile » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top She had retreated to the roof, somewhere she thought she might be alone. A bottle sat beside her, untouched. In her fingers, she twirled a metal dog tag. Leif was still shaking and completely silent, lost in her thoughts. Back to Top   Biography ;; Gasoline Nathaniel Crane Student Intelligence Are you sure it's real? [send pm] Joined: February 2016 Gender: Posts: 157 If Life Ain't Just a Joke [Open] « Feb 19, 2016 14:52:16 GMT -6 via mobile » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Nate limped up to the roof, looking for a bit of awe when he spotted Leif. "Hey." He called in a subdued tone, from his normal happy. Back to Top   Leif Adamson Agent In the Land of Gods and Monsters. [send pm] Joined: January 2016 Gender: Posts: 925 If Life Ain't Just a Joke [Open] « Feb 19, 2016 15:46:41 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top She glanced up as he spoke, having not noticed him coming out onto the roof in the first place. She continued to wiggle the dog tag in her fingers. With her free hand, she gave him a little finger waggle. "Hey, newb. Enjoyin' yourself?" Back to Top   Biography ;; Gasoline Nathaniel Crane Student Intelligence Are you sure it's real? [send pm] Joined: February 2016 Gender: Posts: 157 If Life Ain't Just a Joke [Open] « Feb 19, 2016 17:34:38 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "Not really..." Nate limped over toward her, stopping just next to her. "This seat taken..?" He asked somberly. He was tired, and it was obvious by the way he spoke, and the almost complete lack of enthusiasm. That warm look however remained in his eyes. "How you doin..?" He asked almost impulsively. Back to Top   Leif Adamson Agent In the Land of Gods and Monsters. [send pm] Joined: January 2016 Gender: Posts: 925 If Life Ain't Just a Joke [Open] « Feb 19, 2016 17:52:21 GMT -6 via mobile » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top She motioned for him to sit next to her, then turned her attention outward again. "Oh, you know. I died today." Back to Top   Biography ;; Gasoline Nathaniel Crane Student Intelligence Are you sure it's real? [send pm] Joined: February 2016 Gender: Posts: 157 If Life Ain't Just a Joke [Open] « Feb 19, 2016 18:11:34 GMT -6 via mobile » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Nate grinned at that for a moment, then his face fell when he realized how serious she was. "That. Sucks." He said rather sadly. "Anything I can do?" He asked plopping down another lilac popping up in her lap. Back to Top   Leif Adamson Agent In the Land of Gods and Monsters. [send pm] Joined: January 2016 Gender: Posts: 925 If Life Ain't Just a Joke [Open] « Feb 19, 2016 18:21:21 GMT -6 via mobile » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top She looked down at it but didn't bother to touch it. She pressed the dog tag into her lips and then shrugged. "It's whatever." She didn't even know if it actually HAPPENED. Back to Top   Biography ;; Gasoline Nathaniel Crane Student Intelligence Are you sure it's real? [send pm] Joined: February 2016 Gender: Posts: 157 If Life Ain't Just a Joke [Open] « Feb 19, 2016 18:25:54 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Nate smiled a bit tilting his head toward her. "Your brothers, right?" He asked, indicating the dog tags with his eyes.  « Last Edit: Feb 19, 2016 18:26:23 GMT -6 by Nathaniel Crane » Back to Top   Leif Adamson Agent In the Land of Gods and Monsters. [send pm] Joined: January 2016 Gender: Posts: 925 If Life Ain't Just a Joke [Open] « Feb 19, 2016 18:27:31 GMT -6 via mobile » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "Yeah..." She sighed heavily and held it tight in her fist. "Wondering how he felt, you know? I was so... angry. So livid. I wanted to kill everything. And then right before I... died... it was just fear." Back to Top   Biography ;; Gasoline Nathaniel Crane Student Intelligence Are you sure it's real? [send pm] Joined: February 2016 Gender: Posts: 157 If Life Ain't Just a Joke [Open] « Feb 19, 2016 18:48:57 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Nate nodded, he really didn't know, but he could almost empathize. He placed a hand gently on her shoulder. "We all get mad, we all do dumb things..." He just shook his head a bit. "I don't think he'd want you to know, at least I wouldn't want you to know." Leaning his head back, he released his concentration on the lilac, letting it twist and morph without reason in her lap before it just shattered into nothingness. Back to Top   Leif Adamson Agent In the Land of Gods and Monsters. [send pm] Joined: January 2016 Gender: Posts: 925 If Life Ain't Just a Joke [Open] « Feb 19, 2016 19:04:48 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top The moment his hand touched her, she leaned into him and moved to rest her head on his shoulder. She didn't know him well and it wasn't supposed to be a romantic gesture... she just wanted comfort. "I never wanted to know, either..." She shuddered and pulled her knees up to her chest. Back to Top   Biography ;; Gasoline Nathaniel Crane Student Intelligence Are you sure it's real? [send pm] Joined: February 2016 Gender: Posts: 157 If Life Ain't Just a Joke [Open] « Feb 19, 2016 19:13:11 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Nate knew knights and wizards, good and evil, but absolutely nothing of romance or love. When her knees came up, he'd do his best to just hug her, to comfort her. "It's gonna be alright, we've got this Squaw. We're safe." Somehow he felt his last words were a lie. Back to Top   Leif Adamson Agent In the Land of Gods and Monsters. [send pm] Joined: January 2016 Gender: Posts: 925 If Life Ain't Just a Joke [Open] « Feb 19, 2016 19:16:55 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "I'm planning on going to Europe," she said, quietly. She knew he was trying to comfort her, but she seemed distant, lost in her own thoughts. "I'm planning on going to war. War killed my brother... and it might... kill me." If she could die. She wasn't sure after what she just went through. Back to Top   Biography ;; Gasoline Nathaniel Crane Student Intelligence Are you sure it's real? [send pm] Joined: February 2016 Gender: Posts: 157 If Life Ain't Just a Joke [Open] « Feb 19, 2016 19:26:59 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Nate nodded slowly. "I'm going too." He spoke quietly. "War kills, indiscriminately. But someone has to be the good guy. I'm going to make sure it doesn't kill you." He hugged her a bit tighter. Back to Top   Leif Adamson Agent In the Land of Gods and Monsters. [send pm] Joined: January 2016 Gender: Posts: 925 If Life Ain't Just a Joke [Open] « Feb 19, 2016 19:28:49 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "Can the great Merlin do that?" she asked with a chuckle, wrapping her free arm around his waist and clinging to him. Back to Top   Biography ;; Gasoline Nathaniel Crane Student Intelligence Are you sure it's real? [send pm] Joined: February 2016 Gender: Posts: 157 If Life Ain't Just a Joke [Open] « Feb 19, 2016 19:32:43 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Nate grinned then, the first time since he'd had to deal with Amtrum the second time. "Absolutely, Merlin can do anything." He said with the same confidence he'd had when he'd fought and lost to Amtrum. "And Arthur needs Merlin, so I've got you." Back to Top   Leif Adamson Agent In the Land of Gods and Monsters. [send pm] Joined: January 2016 Gender: Posts: 925 If Life Ain't Just a Joke [Open] « Feb 19, 2016 19:45:28 GMT -6 via mobile » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "You saying I'm Arthur?" That struck her as funny. She chuckled, but it was a dark sort of chuckle. Back to Top   Biography ;; Gasoline Nathaniel Crane Student Intelligence Are you sure it's real? [send pm] Joined: February 2016 Gender: Posts: 157 If Life Ain't Just a Joke [Open] « Feb 19, 2016 19:49:18 GMT -6 via mobile » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "Of course." He said absolutely sure. "Who else would help Merlin get his hands on the magic of a Chicago Deep Dish Pizza?" He asked with a grin rubbing her shoulder comfortingly. Back to Top   Leif Adamson Agent In the Land of Gods and Monsters. [send pm] Joined: January 2016 Gender: Posts: 925 If Life Ain't Just a Joke [Open] « Feb 19, 2016 19:52:15 GMT -6 via mobile » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top That made her laugh. There was a touch of hysteria to her voice, but she didn't lean away from Nate. Instead, her arm tightened around him. "I'M the hero? Wow, we're really fucked, aren't we?" Back to Top   Biography ;; Gasoline Nathaniel Crane Student Intelligence Are you sure it's real? [send pm] Joined: February 2016 Gender: Posts: 157 If Life Ain't Just a Joke [Open] « Feb 19, 2016 20:07:29 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "Nah, you're the hero. We're fucked because I'm Merlin!" He held her in that same warm hug, laughing with her. Back to Top   Leif Adamson Agent In the Land of Gods and Monsters. [send pm] Joined: January 2016 Gender: Posts: 925 If Life Ain't Just a Joke [Open] « Feb 20, 2016 11:44:46 GMT -6 via mobile » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top For a little while, the two laughed, but it wasn't the best laughter. It took a little while for Leif to regain control of herself. "You should really get some training in with your illusions before you go off to war, you know." Back to Top   Biography ;; Gasoline Nathaniel Crane Student Intelligence Are you sure it's real? [send pm] Joined: February 2016 Gender: Posts: 157 If Life Ain't Just a Joke [Open] « Feb 20, 2016 13:48:49 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Nate nodded a bit. "Yeah, but I don't even know where to begin." He commented. "I can help others far better than straight brawl Leif." He shrugged a bit. He'd been in one real fight so far and he'd left that unconscious. Back to Top   Leif Adamson Agent In the Land of Gods and Monsters. [send pm] Joined: January 2016 Gender: Posts: 925 If Life Ain't Just a Joke [Open] « Feb 20, 2016 14:33:28 GMT -6 via mobile » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "Start with the basics. I can help you with that." She shrugged. Back to Top   Biography ;; Gasoline Nathaniel Crane Student Intelligence Are you sure it's real? [send pm] Joined: February 2016 Gender: Posts: 157 If Life Ain't Just a Joke [Open] « Feb 20, 2016 15:55:29 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Nate nodded and took a deep breath. "Give my leg a day or so and I'll bother you." He plopped his head down on her shoulder relaxing. Back to Top   Leif Adamson Agent In the Land of Gods and Monsters. [send pm] Joined: January 2016 Gender: Posts: 925 If Life Ain't Just a Joke [Open] « Feb 20, 2016 19:42:27 GMT -6 via mobile » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "Sounds like a plan," she said with a nod. Back to Top   Biography ;; Gasoline Reply Share Thread Facebook Twitter Tumblr LinkedIn MySpace Email Go to Previous Thread Next Thread Please make a selection first