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 Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 4:49 pm
A guard comes over to Josiah, who is now completely under the table....
"Um, sir are you..." says the guard.
FINE! Just uh....dropped a contact.... says Josiah.
"Uh-huh....do you need any help?" asks the guard.
NO! I mean...no man, I got it, it's....uh...it's all good says Josiah, the guard leaves and Josiah remains under the table, his whole torso now basically aflame.
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Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 5:03 pm
A sigh escaped Elke's lips while she glimpsed the door of the restaurant. She'd been here once before, shortly. That was awhile ago. She let her hand hover over the knob, before opening it and peering around. She stepped in, her footsteps light on the floor as she searched for a seat. Her eyes dropped to a man under the table. Is he on fire? Her eyes widened as she crept closer. "A-are you okay, sir?" Elke stumbled, squatting down to look under the table. Normally she would've grabbed a fire extinguisher but you never knew in this city.
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Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 5:04 pm
Fine! I'm fine! says Josiah, sticking his head out from under the table slightly, he looks just like Danny, but without scars.
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Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 5:08 pm
Bloody hell, not this whole people looking like dead people again. Not this again. Elke nodded weakly, swallowing. He did look like Danny. So much like Danny. Her eyes looked over to the bar, trying to keep a hold of herself. But in this city, he could actually be Danny, too. "Well, well. You didn't seem too fine there, mister." Elke stammered, looking back at the man.
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Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 5:13 pm
Josiah tries to calm himself down, the fire starts to dissipate...he comes out from under the table and Brimstone comes out with him.
Um....hello...I'm Josiah....Josiah Dumile....and you are? asks Josiah, awkwardly.
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Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 5:20 pm
Elke stands up, looking him up and down. He can't be Danny. He can look like him, but it just can't be. Whoever he was, he had a problem with fires. Her green eyes rolled over to the dog. She stared at him for a moment, wondering if she was afraid or not. It's a dog, girl. It won't hurt you. Elke looked back up at Josiah, replying. "I'm Elke. Nice to meet you." She said cooly, trying to keep her composure before becoming a nervous wreck.
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Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 5:22 pm
I'm actually here in New York looking for my father...but I founsd out he died recently... says Josiah, he didn't have much else to talk about, given he'd spent the past 5 years looking for his father...he had been on the verge of nervous breakdown for about 5 hours now...
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Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 5:25 pm
So Danny has a son? How shocking. I hate this bloody city. Elke let out a heavy sigh. "Ah. Danny. Makes sense." She'd actually been telling herself he wasn't dead, but it was hard when even this guy said it. She wanted to believe he'd come back, that he wouldn't leave her. She wouldn't face the truth, not now. It was no time for her heart to break.
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Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 5:30 pm
You knew him? Tell me everything you knew about him! says Josiah, a hint of desperation in his voice.
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Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 5:38 pm
"I don't know how to start. Maybe when I met him, I guess. I found him unconscious, he'd gotten in some kind of trouble. And when I woke him up, he choked me." Elke frowned, trying to remember other things, and trying to decide if he really wanted to know everything. "He was always around his parent's graves, it seemed. Soon afterwards, we became pretty close. He asked me out, I said no." She bit her lip, it was more awkward than she thought it would be. "He was always trying to protect me. Anything he could do, he'd do. He was always trying to push money on me, and I hated it, but I took it so it would ease his mind. Don't know what I'll do without him." Elke stopped short, she wasn't sure if she should give him every little detail. She wasn't sure of anything.
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Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 5:39 pm
Um....why did you say no? What was wrong with him? asks Josiah.
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Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 5:45 pm
"Nothing was wrong with him." Scept he'd go loco sometimes. Elke gritted her teeth. She suddenly felt very old, talking to Danny's son. "It was me. It still is me. I couldn't let him into my insane world. He had his own problems." She lowered her green eyes to the floor. She should have taken Danny when she still could've. What was she waiting for? Danny was perfect. Toldja you were an idiot.
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Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 5:49 pm
You seem fine....I never got to meet him....I spent five years looking for him...now all I have of him are his boots and his dog... says Josiah, looking down at the oxblood wrestling boots he found at his fathers old apartment in New Orleans.
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Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 5:54 pm
Hah. Fine. He'll see you're crazy soon enough. Her eyes followed his to the boots. "Ah. New Orleans?" She asked, not expecting an answer as she looked over to the dog. Maybe she should have stayed in that cavern of Jericho's. Maybe she should have stayed in the empty room at the Coven. Hunger hit her stomach like a wallop with a bat. Maybe she should have fed. "I guarantee you that I'm not fine."
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Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 5:56 pm
Don't worry, neither am I.... says Josiah, an involuntary fireball now forming in his hand...
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