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 Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2017 2:22 pm
Forgiveness
She frowned as he moved away, taking it as anger. She pulled her knees up under her chin and hugged her legs. She was still watching him though. "I'm not trying to council you. I'm just asking you - if that's how you feel? But saying how I feel myself too, I guess. I mean. Maybe I haven't been as open with you as I should have been. But it wasn't for any reason other than fear. Not like. Not that I'm afraid of you. I just. You never know." Her frown pressed straight with uncertainty.
"I'm afraid of people in general. I guess. But everyone had been so welcoming and I just."
At his latest question, she focused on his face. She didn't want any actual things from him. She felt conflicted on how to really answer that truthfully. She didn't want to fight with him anymore. They were friends once upon a time, or at least she thought they were. She just wanted to be able to talk to him again, to feel safe being honest with him like she once was. Was it really safe though? Even if he said he could give her what she wanted, "Forgiveness", the word that finally found her lips and which fit the description best, she felt. Even if he said he could give her that, would she really be safe in believing him?
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Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2017 3:55 pm
Ain't no sunshine He pulled up his glasses onto the top of his head and thought. "Interesting" Well, Lawr had visited, but telling anyone of his phobia was a no go. That and the whole business with Nash. "Not really. Just whoever shows up to talk and working. Learning the layout of Atlantis a bit. Nothing is really online here. It's all reconstruction. Just....quiet."
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Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2017 4:00 pm
ForgivenessHe looked at her, frowning. "Forgive you for what? Having strong morals? Having opinions and strong feelings? For sticking to a sense of standard? Forgiving that would be saying those were wrong. What I find wrong is you being here wanting to make amends. Let's be more clear then. What do YOU want in a friend, because that's what you want, isn't it? You're alone. You wanted to feel like you were in a family. Now you're here in the dark trying to forgive your beliefs in order just to keep someone who wasn't even very close to you? What a way to sell yourself so short? Do you think yourself that worthless?" He asked.
"What do you want IN me? If I forgave you, what do you get from it?"
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Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2017 4:42 pm
Forgiveness
"For being harsh about it and forcing my beliefs on you? Just because I see it that way, doesn't mean everyone else should. I'm not sorry for how I feel, but I am sorry for overreacting to it and using that as an excuse to tear you down." She shook her head slightly. "What do you mean what do I want in you? I just want to try and move on from it. To try again. Nobody is saying we need to be friends again. You can't force that anyway. It'd be nice, but I can't make you like me."
"What do you want me to say?"
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Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2017 7:08 pm
Forgiveness"That you should find your friends your own age. You hand around a lot of older men. You should find some girls to hang out and learn from. Especially the more personal topics. Have you even done that since last time we spoke in the jungle?"
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Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2017 2:25 am
ForgivenessAnd therein lied a good chunk of the confusion. " God no... why would I talk to girls about that?!" Melody actually sounded quite mortified.
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Posted: Sun Nov 05, 2017 5:29 pm
Ain't no sunshine
It wasn't the answer Zeke had been expecting, and he gave Melvin a look; brow arched, incredulous. This from the man that was constant questioning everyone, about everything. It was lacking, and now Life figured there had to be a reason he didn't want to talk about it.
But he wasn't curious enough to push for it.
"Well, I don't think I envy you." He was reaching for his phone again so he could start taking pictures. "I've got a person investment in this place, but I don't think I could do it." He hadn't been the one to find the place, though, and that might have made the difference. Then again, maybe not.
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Posted: Sun Nov 05, 2017 6:19 pm
Forgiveness
He was confused at her resistance. "Because they have a better understanding and perspective of how your body works."
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Posted: Sun Nov 05, 2017 6:21 pm
Ain't no sunshine
He moved to sit down, adjusting the blanket about his shoulders, and looked up at Zeke moved about the cavern to take photos.
"Was there any place you ever wanted to find or know was real? A place you thought was fake or a myth growing up? Anything you hope to see still that you haven't?"
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Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2017 5:18 am
Ain't no sunshine He paused in his picture taking to glance down at Melvin, at his question, and after a thoughtful moment he shrugged. "Here, I guess, but I didn't spend much time dreaming over things that weren't supposed to exist." He'd lived very firmly in the here and now, and that was something that hasn't really changed about him. Not through his teen years, with the shadows, not in college, not on the island. It made it easy for him to take things in stride. Always rolling with the punches, even if there hadn't been many before he'd been attached in that alley, and recruited into Deus. "There aren't many things that I value above myself, and not a single one of them is a place."
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Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2017 6:34 am
Ain't no sunshineMelvin frowned. A lack of imagination and a high priority to themselves. It had the taste of Lawr to it and he pulled the blanket closer around him as he fell silent.
Even Zeke taking pictures weren't for his own interest but someone else's curiousity.
"So does anything hold your interest or wonder?"
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Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2017 8:12 am
Ain't no sunshineHe smiled, but this time he didn't turn around, just continued snapping off pictures. He wanted to get all of it, so it was a slow process. "People do." It was what had drawn him back to Ever time and again. Why Harley had him wrapped around her little finger. Why he gravitated to Cee, and adored Paige. Why he continued to talk to Melvin. "People are very interesting." Some people, anyways. "And there's marine biology." This time he did pause, gesturing with one hand towards the curl of tentacle on the side of his neck. "Research, gaining knowledge."
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Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2017 5:07 am
Ain't no sunshine"What do you find most interesting about people?" He asked.
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Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2017 6:41 am
Ain't no sunshine He glanced over his shoulder to flash Melvin arougish smile. "Their reactions to things, mostly." His shoulders rolled in a shrug, and he resumed taking pictures. "The way they see the world, or themselves."
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Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2017 5:52 pm
Forgiveness"No they... no they don't." Melody was honestly surprised. After everything, Lawrence had kept it secret, even from Melvin. Melody hadn't even asked him to. He just... doctor patient confidentiality, he supposed. Melody breathed in through their nose and exhaled slowly. "Melvin. I'm not a girl," he sounded more annoyed than he'd intended. He was trying to remove any questionable tones from his voice. He didn't want Melvin to think it was some sort of joke when it wasn't. Not to him.
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