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Toshihiko Two rolled 1 10-sided dice:
8
Total: 8 (1-10)
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 Posted: Thu May 23, 2013 9:32 am
Rep never touched down.
Harrison caught him, easy and naturally. He hadn't weighed in, although seeing Rep, it was like watching someone holding onto identity like a lifeline, and drown when it got took.
Harrison was a guy, even with tits and ladyparts. Identity was easy for him - it was what he was, and that's all there was to it.
It wasn't a perfect way to be. It was what made him a lot more prone to magic s**t, psychology-wise. Jordan had been able to bend the Truth ring, so long as he wasn't lying. He'd been able to separate, when crystal shards had filled him up with hate and 1000-year long memory of betrayal. When something else crept it, it was hard for Harrison to tell.
"He would have torn all 7 Kingdoms apart, to find that Rep," Harrison said.
Defending: Rep
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Posted: Thu May 23, 2013 9:50 am
The anger was gone as he was caught by Harrison, though he didn't take his eyes off Jordan, still anxious and worried that he might somehow come to harm from the charge even though he'd felt the shield hold and trusted Ferros to be able to carry Tracey and give him what he needed. When moments passed and Jordan seemed to be allright, his grin contagious, he finally relaxed limply against the other hunter.
"Not hard enough for Sun. Or too hard" he said wistfully, catching his breath as the adrenaline ebbed away.
He looked over his shoulder at Harrison as he finally stood on his own. "Maybe. But that was him. Everything was different there. If I was like him.." he shook his head weakly.
"Tracey feels better."
He didn't.
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Posted: Thu May 23, 2013 10:21 am
Jordan let Ferros desummon, the weapon grumbling wistfully as the charge he'd built bled away with the change in form, but not complaining. They'd done what they'd intended to do. He moved over to where Rep and Harrison stood, reaching out for them almost hesitantly.
He'd done the right thing. He couldn't watch Rep self-destruct.
Ferros rumbled a soothing note as he calmed.
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Posted: Thu May 23, 2013 11:25 am
"I'd do the same." Harrison let Rep down onto the beach, "and more s**t than that if I had to. I like you how you are. So I guess some changes would make me nervous. But not changes like. You being more comfortable, or getting what you want, or enjoying the things you like. I just don't want anybody tampering."
Harrison shifted.
"Even then. If I've got to change to keep up with you, then I will. You're not getting left."
He held out a hand for Jordan to take, and pulled him closer.
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Posted: Thu May 23, 2013 10:08 pm
Rep was still uncertain about what to do or say, resolution seemed out of his grasp still, there was no definite direction to go in. He couldn't go back to the guy he was and he didn't have the balls to become who he wanted to be. So he had limbo. In-between one extreme and the other and wide open to stress and hurt as a consequence.
Still it meant a lot to know the guys were on his side regardless of what happened. There was still a chord of worry in Harrison's comment though, he wasn't entirely sure what he meant by nervous, it felt like uncertainty and only fed into his own. He didn't want to upset people by ******** with the status quo if things were fine how they were.
As Jordan was pulled in, he latched onto them both, still shivering from the sudden fear influx from the charge and feeling rent wide open by the argument-gone-discussion. "I don't want anyone to have to change for me."
He sighed heavily. "I wish I wasn't such a ******** bother."
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Posted: Fri May 24, 2013 4:03 am
Jordan took Harrison's hand and let himself be pulled into the embrace, leaning against both of them; even with as much confidence and trust he had in both of them and in their relationship, there was still a little part of him that was surprised and utterly grateful every time, a faint echo of the first time he'd been pulled close, wanted and needed.
"I just want you not to have to worry about that s**t," he said against Rep's neck. "To be okay enough about stuff that they can't hurt you that way."
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Posted: Fri May 24, 2013 12:18 pm
"I don't want to either." he said, setting his mouth in a grim line. "I..well it won't be easy. But okay. If you guys think it'll be all right I'll just. Try and do what I want and ignore the old hangups and s**t." He looked doubtful. "I'll give it a proper go, and if it doesn't work out, it doesn't work out. I'll just have a bunch of ******** newbies who think I'm some ******** gaylord."
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Posted: Sat May 25, 2013 8:08 am
"We oughta set some groundrules then," Harrison said, giving them both an affirming squeeze and rubbing their arms.
"On whose opinions don't ******** matter." He withdrew enough to hold up a finger. "First, anybody ranked below you," He added another, "second, anybody ranked similarly or above that says incredibly stupid s**t. Tracey, you can help him field this one."
He looked at Jordan in case he had some rules too.
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Posted: Sat May 25, 2013 8:22 am
"I'm happy to help correct anyone who wants to think that gay somehow means feminine or weak," Jordan said with a sharp smile. He stroked a hand soothingly down Rep's back.
The smile quirked and softened at Harrison's instructions. "Anyone who doesn't know you and thus has no damn idea what you're like," he added.
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Posted: Sat May 25, 2013 8:29 am
Rep relaxed all the more the longer he was there, his breath steadily coming back. Rules. Rules were more straightforward, it was mostly a matter of remembering them when it counted.
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He still couldn't help the subtle flinch at the word gay. It still sounded so extreme and definite compared to anything else, though he quickly pushed the reaction away at the reassurance.
"I'll try. But I'm no very ******** good at like, remembering s**t, and Tracey thinks I'm a ******** idiot for caring. As far as the rules.. only thing is the newbies tend to be..more in touch than we are with reality outside."
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Posted: Sat May 25, 2013 8:51 am
"No. There's no bending on rule one. They don't matter, because if they call you weak, they are out of touch with ******** reality. It's like a mouse talking s**t to a tiger," Harrison grumbled.
"Don't let yourself get lead by the nose by the lowest guys on the food chain."
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Posted: Sat May 25, 2013 10:07 am
"There's more to reality than what the outside world knows," Jordan added. Not that it should be any different outside, he thought; but Rep's cultural background was different, steeped much more heavily in a culture of extreme masculinity, and anyway, one battle at a time.
I still don't get why it's bad, Ferros said, sounding bemused. The weapon had had plenty of time to observe the results of the thought process, but the reasoning behind it still baffled him.
Yeah, I know. Jordan shared a brush of affection with his weapon. Just need to keep re-emphasizing.
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Posted: Sat May 25, 2013 10:23 am
"Fine. No bending." It was still going to be tough to remember when all his instincts were wired due keeping a low profile. He made a face, still clearly a bit sceptical about his abilities to do it. He buried his face against Jordan and sighed deeply. "Maybe." Sometimes he just wished he could be invisible at whim. "I want to believe both of you are right." But somewhere in his thoughts, the old him said critically that they had every reason to be biased against the norm.
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