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 Posted: Tue May 24, 2005 3:22 pm
"What do you mean, not officially?" He walked over to get the canteen and then walked out the door.
"Give me a second."
He wanted to get rid of the horrible taste in his mouth first, but he wasn't exactly sure how ot do that without using up water.
So, despite how much his diaphram complained, he forced himself to cough up some mucus, wash his mouth with that, and spit it out, leaning back inside to take a gulp of water... Savoring it and then capping it, handing it back to Isiah.
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Posted: Tue May 24, 2005 3:31 pm
He watched Tsurai go, then come back. "Well.. he was just testing me, I guess. You don't just jump into something like that whenever you want. There has to be a challenge and it has to be mutual. But generally, if someone of a higher rank refuses it, it's seen as shameful.. I thought I had a chance, and he knew I didn't, so he had to show me. But if it were official, my rank would have suffered for it." He didn't want Tsurai to become enamored with this. Isiah had struggled so long to get out.. he didn't.. The pain he had recieved.. the ..
He reached up to put his hand on the back of his head, tracing the shame mark that had been etched into him- hair had grown over it, thankfully, but even if it hadn't.. nobody would understand it's meaning. "You wouldn't have survived, Tsurai. You're too emotional. You would have challenged the wrong person and they'd have broken you in half, injured you permenantly. It would have been a hard life."
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Posted: Tue May 24, 2005 3:37 pm
Tsurai laughed.
"I'm only emotional because I can be. If I was living in a place like that, I wouldn't be." He got serious.
"You learn to get over things when drugs are being shoved at you, and people are forcing you to get high." Because of that thought, he instinctively looked for the needle Cyrus had used. It was on the floor in a corner of the room. Tsurai walked over to it looked it over with a hmph.
"You're probably right, I guess. They would've broken me in half eventually. But the sad reality is, I don't know when to stop. So if I was in the middle of something.. And he literally broke my back.. If it was low enough, I'd probably still crawl and bite the ******** snorted and let his hand with the needle slip to his side, wearily.
"Especially if I was high." He growled at that recalled onslaught of memories.
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Posted: Tue May 24, 2005 3:38 pm
He snorted. "Drugs are a big no no, anyway. Impurity of the body. Steroids, too." He frowned, storing away to keep drugs away from Tsurai and not to mention them further as they may be a taboo subject.
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Posted: Tue May 24, 2005 3:43 pm
"If there's one thing you should be proud of about Denziens, Isiah... It's that." Tsurai tossed the needle out the door.
"I can't stand drugs. That's why I don't smoke. But that and... " He rolled his eyes, remembering. "Snorting, puffing, shooting, and... God knows what else I can't remember right now... Came with the job. Being emotional. And being broken in half... Being with Denziens that actually care... Even if only to go up in rank... Seems really good compared to being a DuPloy."
Ahh... Last names. They were so nice. Especially when they were in the papers about paying off governors for drug smuggling and abusal. Tsurai would be surprized if Isiah didn't know what a DuPloy was.
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Posted: Tue May 24, 2005 3:45 pm
Isiah didn't. He had led a sheltered suburban life right up until the crash and his oust with Denziens.
He blinked once or twice. "You should try to get some sleep, kiddo."
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Posted: Tue May 24, 2005 3:49 pm
He sat down on the cot with a sigh.
"You know I can't..."
Looking up, he then said, "Do you think any real denziens are still around...?"
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Posted: Tue May 24, 2005 3:50 pm
"Not by blood, no. But bloodlines lost their importance a long time ago. There are a lot who still follow the path." He snorted. "My old tribe is still around, I'm sure."
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Posted: Tue May 24, 2005 3:51 pm
His face seemed to light up. "Really?"
He stood up again. "Where do you think they'd be?"
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Posted: Tue May 24, 2005 3:53 pm
He wagged his head back and forth. "No, Tsurai. Trust me, it's not a life you want. It seems glamorous and masculine on the outside but there's so much more to it than just.." He sighed. "No."
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Posted: Tue May 24, 2005 3:55 pm
He hmphed, looking away. "I'm not a kid, Isiah. I'm sure I could figure it out on my own once we got there."
With a frown, Tsurai sat back on the cot, thinking.
"If you took me to your old people, I'd take you to some of mine, but.. Aside from Alex... They're probably all dead, and I don't think they'd be worth meeting, anyway."
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Posted: Tue May 24, 2005 3:57 pm
Isiah laughed a little. "If I met some of your 'old people', I might have to kill them, kid. And if MY people saw me, they'd kill me on the spot. So no." He patted his pockets for cigarettes but stopped halfway through. No more, he thought. It's becoming ridiculous how much you smoke.
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Posted: Tue May 24, 2005 4:02 pm
"No... They're really too pathetic to kill. But thanks, anyway."
He sighed, a little depressed he couldn't see a mes sof burly tattooed men.
Then he realized what a ridiculous thought that was.
That wasn't good at all.
"I, Uh..." Tsurai coughed into his fist. He couldn't throw up again. He had nothing left TO throw up.
Tsurai ahemed and swallowed it back. "Well. It would've been nice to watch you.. Imeanthem... Fight." He coughed again.
Oh, god... He shuddered.
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Posted: Tue May 24, 2005 4:05 pm
He shrugged. "It takes on a different meaning when you're part of it. Part of the clan, I mean." He was very, very sorry he had mentioned it. "Not so glamorous."
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Posted: Tue May 24, 2005 4:06 pm
"Well of course it would... Being all proud of what you fight for and stuff. Why'd you leave, anyway? And why would they kill you? That doesn't make a whole lot of sense..."
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