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 Posted: Wed May 14, 2014 4:38 pm
Four months had passed without a word from Yaholo, and his family was beginning to cave into the stress. Why did he run away like that? Why couldn't he have stayed and worked it all out with them instead of taking all of his emotions inside? He had left his parents worried, his sister scared, and his sons without a figure to base themselves off of. They were lost, alone, and filled with volatile emotions, espescially when they disagreed, which was often.
"Get off my back, Samoset!" Kennet screeched, slapping his brother with the end of his training spear. "I don't give two tits about what you think! So what if I don't want to work with arrows? I don't have to or want to be your carbon copy!"
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Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2014 11:35 pm
Samoset narrowly dodged the slap from his brother and gave him a stern glare. Kennet never understood the importance of simplicity and harmony, which could only happen if they used the same weapon! Didn't he know that arrows were better anyway?
"I'm not asking you anything difficult!" He replied, knocking the spear end away. "Would you like dad to come home to us bickering like this, or to two happy archers who get along? It's not that complicated!"
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Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2014 11:32 pm
"Actually, you are." Kennet replied, shoving his brother further away. "Dad just wants to see us alive! He'd be just as proud of me with a spear as he would be with you with a bow and arrow set!"
The taller hybrid rushed further down the path and hopped up into a tree, aiming to get as far away from his brother as possible. UGH, if only he hadn't offered to take him hunting! Why couldn't he have restrained himself? Stupid Sam, stupid, stupid, SAM!
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Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2014 11:39 pm
Samoset stumbled backwards as he was shoved and almost flopped straight onto the ground, if it hadn't been for a nearby tree on the path, which he grasped to right himself. He watched as Kennet hopped up into the tree and made a noise, somewhere between a screech and a growl, before pursuing him on foot.
"Please be logical, Ken!" He yelled, racing along as his brother hopped from limb to limb. "We'll never get along if we don't start thinking the same way! Arrows are so much lighter and easier to carry, you'd be so much happier with them! Don't you want to be happy?"
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Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2014 11:42 pm
Kennet paused before his next leap across to glare down at his brother? Illogical? Think the same way? He furrowed his eyebrows. He'd be happier with arrows? He gripped his training staff tightly and pointed it towards Samoset.
"One more word and I swear to Aisha, I will beat the living hell out of you." He growled. "I don't know what possesses you, dear brother of mine, but you'd better see Eshe about it before it completely destroys you."
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Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2014 11:47 pm
Samoset stepped backwards as he was threatened and pinned himself against a neighboring tree. He had left his arrows at home due to a bend in the string of the bow, and didn't have anything to defend himself with if his brother decided to lunge at him. Instead, all he could do was stare into the angry eyes that looked down upon him, and sigh.
"...You're the one who's possessed." He muttered, fiddling with his cloak. "...If dad were here... He'd tell you to get down and apologize..."
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Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2014 11:53 pm
"Yeah, and he'd tell you to stop bothering me." Kennet quipped, sheathing his spear. He gave his brother one final stare, just to make sure he would drop the subject, and sat down on the branch with a heavy sigh. This was getting to be too much for him to handle, the constant arguing, the hateful remarks... It was such a stress. His eyes moved from Samoset, to the ground below, and to Samoset again, before shutting tightly.
"We keep saying that, you know." He sighed. "If dad were here, if dad were here. But, he isn't. He hasn't been here. And neither of us are living like he would want us to. Instead, we're driving each other insane with these stupid what ifs! It's driving me mad!"
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Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2014 12:00 am
Samoset's expression softened as his brother sat upon the branch, before he found himself looking at the ground. Kennet was right, they weren't getting anything done by running in circles and fighting, hell, he even knew that. Dad didn't like them to fight, not even little squabbles, or, what seemed like little squabbles to them. He sighed in time with his brother and flopped against the tree. ...Things were just not going the right way no matter what they tried.
"I know, I know..." He replied, sliding down into a sitting position. "But what else are we supposed to live by while he's not here? He didn't leave us any instructions or anything, really. How do we know if we're growing up the way he wants us to?"
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Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2014 12:05 am
"That's the point." Kennet stated. "We need to make paths for ourselves, Sam."
He hopped down from his position on the branch and plopped himself next to his brother, pulling his knees to his chest. Part of him wanted to get back up and run away, but he knew he would be paying for it later at home, and he really didn't want to deal with any more of this crap later.
"Dad picked a hammer, even when picking an Alkidike weapon would have made it easier for him to move here when he was older." He said, arching an eyebrow towards Sam. "Why do you think he did that?"
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Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2014 12:09 am
Samoset stared at his brother oddly as he spoke and shrugged his shoulders at the question posed to him. He didn't really have a theory as to why his father would pick a weapon that made it harder to be accepted into his chosen home, it really did seem odd to him. However, what he did know what that his father had grown up in Yera, and didn't have enough experience with Alkidikes until he was older. Thus, wasn't that why he chose a hammer?
"Dad grew up in Yera, that's why." He replied, sticking his tongue out. "He didn't have a choice."
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Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2014 12:16 am
Kennet shook his head at Samoset's reply. While that may have been true, Samoset wasn't entirely correct, grandpa had told them more when they had visited Yera. Not everything was as cut and dry as Samoset thought.
"No, Sam, remember what grandpa told us?" He said. "Dad had tried arrows, spears, and dual swords when he was our age, but found that he wasn't comfortable using them. His aiming was bad, he didn't like losing the spear, and he always fell when he tried to use the swords. That's why dad had to look for something else to battle with."
He paused, to allow his brother time to understand what he had said, before pointing to his spear.
"This is why I don't use arrows, because I feel comfortable with a spear. I found arrows difficult." He said. "However, that's different for you. You find spears difficult and arrows easy. We're just the opposite of each other, it's not a bad thing."
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Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2014 10:41 pm
Samoset stared blankly at Kennet for a few minutes after he spoke and eventually allowed his head to sink down into his shoulders. His brother thought that being opposites was okay? How could he think like that? He leaned his head to the side and made a popping noise with his mouth, before gazing towards Kennet again.
"If it's not a bad thing, why do we always fight?" He asked. "If we did the same things, we wouldn't fight so much... Right?"
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Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2014 10:46 pm
Of course, everything he'd said about their father and his life had gone straight over Samoset's head, because he seemed to only focus on what was important to his own ideal. Kennet's frustration began to rise again and he gripped his hands against his knees, as if squeezing them would release the tension in the rest of his body. What could he do to get Samoset to understand, or at least allow their differences to be respected? He pursed his lips in thought as his brother continued to tilt his head, and, another idea came to his mind.
"...Okay, then." He replied, standing. "Try to be exactly like me, if you're so sure of those words."
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Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2014 10:53 pm
Samoset leaned backwards at his brother's proposition and hopped to his feet.
"No way!" He shouted, folding his arms. "If I act like you, I'll have to use a spear, and I don't like using a spear! You know that, remember?"
It was then that he paused, his eyes growing wide. He lowered his arms to his side, blinked a few times, and slumped back to the ground in defeat. Okay, now he understood why his brother was frustrated with him... But still...
"You win, okay?" He sighed, burying his face in his knees. "...You can leave me all alone here in Andile and be a Spearman in Tale... I'm sure dad would be proud."
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Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2014 11:00 pm
Damn right he won, it only took six or so years for that it happen. Kennet allowed himself a brief smile and a short sigh of relief, before his attention snapped down to his brother again, a new bout of drama rearing it's head against his hard won "victory." Leave him alone in Andile? Become a Spearman in Tale? What the hell was he going on about? He knelt beside Samoset and pulled him into a half-hug.
"Who said I was leaving Andile?" He asked, giving the smaller boy a squeeze. "I'm going to be a Blade, just like you, numskull. Why would you think that I'd be leaving? Dad would straight up kill me if I left our Sisters!"
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