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 Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 2:11 pm
:::She glances up at him, distraught, and nods:::
I promise... just... just don't leave me here... Promise me you'll come back when you leave. :::She shook her head::: I didn't think you ever wanted to come back. :::It was her turn to be angry with him:::
Don't leave me like that again...
:::I was ready to die... because I thought he was gone. She thought to herself... he had to know that. By now he must have understood:::
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Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 2:26 pm
*Luke frowns and says defensively.* Cora, I didn't have a choice.
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Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 2:33 pm
I know. I know you couldn't have stayed even if you wanted to. But I didn't know... if you ever wanted to come back. If you ever wanted to see me again after...
:::After having to see thousands of seraphim... after watching Hajime die, but she couldn't say it, she didn't want to think it. She buried her face in the nook between his neck and his shoulder:::
Please don't hate it... please don't give up on this... I'm sorry. I'm so sorry you saw.... Please...
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Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 2:39 pm
*Cora buried her face in his neck, and Luke grits his teeth, holding it together. He puts his hand up, and he lets it fall. He pulls her close.*
Look, I'm... *sigh* I'm right here. And I'm not going anywhere, okay?
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Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 2:43 pm
Luke...
:::Her voice crumbles as she cries:::
What am I doing here...? What am I doing..? I thought this was my home...where all the people I love can come and see me, where I could just be away from all the fighting. Why am I still fighting..? Luke..?
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Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 3:27 pm
*Luke decides that now is NOT the best time to say "I told you so".*
We're still fighting, because they're not dead yet.
*But they will be. I swear to GOD every last GODDAMN ******** one of them. Luke's lost in thoughts of revenge and fury, but even he hears the complete absurdity in them. That just angers him more.*
*And Cora will be here. All the time. With no world to go to. She was the one who was NEVER safe. She can't stay here, Luke realizes. I can't -let- her stay here. Alone to...*
*Luke starts to say it, and then stops. She won't be able to hear it. Not now. And he doesn't want to fight with her any more. Instead, he says something that she needs to hear.* We'll do something. We'll figure out a way to fight them. *Luke -would- figure out a way. He would because he had to.* I promise, okay?
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Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 3:53 pm
What's the point..?
:::She sobbed in to his shoulder:::
What for..? Why? Why shouldn't you just go home? Why shouldn't I just give up...?
:::Her neck arched back, and she didn't bother to wipe her tears as she looked straight into his eyes:::
Tell me.
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Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 4:01 pm
*This time Luke can meet her eyes. He had her by the shoulders. Now he can say it, because he means it.*
Because I'm not leaving you here.
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Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 4:14 pm
:::For the first time since he disappeared last, she felt like she wasn't alone. She released a breathe, as though she'd been holding it all that time, it came out through lips that wanted to smile.
Cora was so relieved to hear him say it, she reached her arms around him again and kissed him. It happened so fast that she could have knocked him over. She pulled back just as suddenly and found herself half between laughing, and halfway to crying:::
I'll never find a friend like you ever again, not anywhere else in time, Luke... don't ever let me forget it.
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Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 4:36 pm
Oo-oof! *Luke stumbles back as she ambush-kisses him. When she backs off, he does smile but it's a weak one. He tries to joke, but the words don't come out naturally.* Alright, alright. We'll have none of that. Next time you want to let me know how great I am, just give me a high-five okay?
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Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 4:37 pm
:::She leaned back slowly and rested her forhead at his:::
:::She smirked:::
a what..?
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Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 4:41 pm
*Luke looks down at her endearingly.* Nevermind. *He pulls her in for another hug.* It's not important.
*Luke frowns as he stares past Cora, grateful for the moment to look away. What he doesn't tell her is that he's not staying because he wants to stay. He's staying because... I won't watch it happen again. Not with Cora or anyone else. And the Seraphim would and could kill again, whenever he choose. Luke was certain of that now.*
*Luke holds Cora silently.*
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WhimsicalCow Vice Captain
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Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 4:45 pm
**Enter Maggie**
*Maggie fades in, hair pinned back, in the middle of tying an apron around her waist. She blinks at the transition, looks around to spot Luke and Cora nearby. At first she smiles to greet them, but their position and something in Luke's expression causes her to hesitate. She clears her throat to alert them to her presence* Cora ... Luke ...
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Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 4:48 pm
:::Cora suddenly looks to the side, and releases Luke. She looks at him, amazed for a moment, as though to check that he's seeing what she's seeing...:::
Maggie...!!
:::She runs to greet her with a hug::: I haven't seen you... in... I dont know how long anymore...
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Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 5:02 pm
*Luke watches Cora in complete bewilderment. Did she....? Was she...? Didn't she get that...? But Luke shut downs that thought process as if with an iron hand.*
*No, that wasn't important. What was important was that he was going to have to tell Maggie, maybe even while she was here, and ... And how many others would Luke have to tell? Luke grows overwhelmed just at the thought. He needs to wake up and he needs to think about what he was going to say. What could he say?*
*And that's what he wants, The thought hits without warning. He runs his hands over his face. I was there, so I could come back and tell...*
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