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 Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 4:13 pm
Kara...? Oh, that's her name. It's likely that she is harmless now without that weapon, but perhaps she should be restrainted in any case.
:::Cora slowly put down the box of cereal, and opened a latch in her utlility belt. Out came a relatively thin chord-like mechanism that formed a figure 8.:::
Put her hands behind her back, and slip each wrist through one of these openings. Then clamp down on the middle until it retracts. It will find the right size.
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Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 4:17 pm
*Alex did as instructed, and sighed once Kara was secured*
I can't believe this. This whole thing is all my fault...
*Alex look forlornly at Cora*
Is there anything else I can do to help?
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Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 4:19 pm
:::Cora shook her head and continued to eat cereal:::
Alex... why is it your fault? I don't even know her...
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Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 4:25 pm
I.. I slept with her here. Before you and I got together. I.. guess she was.. I don't know. Jealous? But she was yelling about... something..
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Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 4:30 pm
:::Cora already felt like crap, but she didn't think she could really feel very much worse. And apparently, she had just been proven wrong. She felt something inside start to swell up, it was almost like anger. At first that's what she thought it was, but she wasn't sure:::
Who IS she...? :::Cora was near tears, but she was trying to choke them back:::
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Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 4:35 pm
Her name is Kara. She's royalty in her time period, I know that. She also knew who I was when I first met her. Other than that....
*Alex frowned*
Cora, this all happened before us. I.. I wouldn't have done it if I had been with you.
*This statement caught Alex by surprise when he blurted it out. Not so much that he said it as much as when he did, he realized he was telling the truth. He really wouldn't have*
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Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 4:40 pm
:::Cora understood what he was saying, and she realized that it was supposed to make her feel better about the situation, but somehow, it simply didn't. She resolved to try not to think about it:::
So... she wanted to kill me? I... I don't understand what she was saying. She thought she recognized me.
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Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 4:44 pm
I don't understand what she was saying either. I don't see how she would have recognized you. You would remember if you had seen her before, I'm certain of that. But there was no mistaking her intent. She was meaning to kill you.
*Alex sat down next to Cora*
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Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 4:52 pm
:::Cora suddenly realized that she didn't want to look at him. She didn't want to be near him. She hated the way she felt that very moment, but found that there was nothing she could do to stop herself. But when she thought of leaving, she suddenly felt like she wanted to stay and let him hold on to her for as long as he was there. She hated that feeling too.:::
:::So she just sat still...and tried not to start crying:::
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Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 4:56 pm
*Alex couldn't think of what to say, of what to do... In the blink of an eye, it seemed like everything he had in his life going right had suddenly gone horribly wrong. He reached out for Cora's shoulder, but stopped short*
Cora.......
I.......
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Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 4:58 pm
What made you want to be with her...?
:::She asked, still trying to hold herself back:::
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Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 5:10 pm
*Alex was quiet for a long time*
Honestly? It... doesn't much make sense... but if you really want to know... I'll tell you. I was lonely. I've been so very lonely since I can remember. I needed warmth, contact. I needed to be with someone. I needed to desperately. And so I did. But a one night stand is never a replacement for real love. It warms you a little... But the next day, you feel just as.. just as hollow as before.
*Alex hesitated*
Cora.. I love you. I was willing to die for you, and I'm more than willing to live for you. There hasn't been another woman since before we kissed. And if you love me back, Cora, I swear to you. There never will be again.
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Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 5:14 pm
:::Cora still felt... angry. She wanted to look at him, to let him see the anger, and upset look in her eye. But when she turned to him, she couldn't keep it to herself any more, and she just began to sob into her hand, the other one still lying limply on her knees:::
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Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 5:16 pm
*Alex put his arms around her and held her close in an embrace*
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Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 5:19 pm
:::She felt it particularly useless to resist any longer, and she let herself go. Cora had a good long cry, while Alex held her. She couldn't bring herself to do very much more:::
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