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Re: Nobody's Side

Postby Samantha McManus » Sun Sep 04, 2011 5:23 pm

"You're safe," she murmurs.
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Re: Nobody's Side

Postby Atropha » Sun Sep 04, 2011 5:29 pm

"Too familiar..." she mumbles, sinking back down.
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Re: Nobody's Side

Postby Samantha McManus » Sun Sep 04, 2011 5:31 pm

"I know."
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Re: Nobody's Side

Postby Atropha » Sun Sep 04, 2011 5:38 pm

"Sorry. Didn't mean to..." she says, just kind of trailing off mid-sentence.
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Re: Nobody's Side

Postby Samantha McManus » Sun Sep 04, 2011 5:38 pm

"You don't need to apologize."
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Re: Nobody's Side

Postby Atropha » Sun Sep 04, 2011 5:43 pm

"So that's how it's gonna be? You pretending nothing changed?" she asks, but she doesn't actually sound accusatory. Or maybe she's just too exhausted to.
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Re: Nobody's Side

Postby Samantha McManus » Sun Sep 04, 2011 6:01 pm

"And what good will it do for me to have it out with you when you wake up in a start?"
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Re: Nobody's Side

Postby Atropha » Mon Sep 05, 2011 1:57 am

She lets out something between a groan and a sigh and rolls over on her side. "You get used to it..."
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Re: Nobody's Side

Postby Samantha McManus » Mon Sep 05, 2011 1:58 am

"I'm just... too tired to fight you."
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Re: Nobody's Side

Postby Atropha » Mon Sep 05, 2011 2:03 am

"When you do this... Treating me like everything's fine... it hurts." she mumbles, back still turned towards Sam.
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Re: Nobody's Side

Postby Samantha McManus » Mon Sep 05, 2011 2:06 am

"I know it's not... I'm just... trying to anchor myself..."

"...which isn't fair to you."
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Re: Nobody's Side

Postby Atropha » Mon Sep 05, 2011 2:10 am

"Hardly the worst thing that happened to me lately..."
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Re: Nobody's Side

Postby Samantha McManus » Mon Sep 05, 2011 2:12 am

"I know."

"She's... hard to silence, here."
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Re: Nobody's Side

Postby Atropha » Mon Sep 05, 2011 2:14 am

"That's why you... we... need to get out of here."
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Re: Nobody's Side

Postby Samantha McManus » Mon Sep 05, 2011 2:15 am

"Yes. both of us."
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Re: Nobody's Side

Postby Atropha » Mon Sep 05, 2011 2:20 am

"Not looking forward to going back there."

"The hotel, I mean." she adds after a moment.
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Re: Nobody's Side

Postby Samantha McManus » Mon Sep 05, 2011 2:26 am

"I wouldn't blame you for finding the rest of it awkward either."
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Re: Nobody's Side

Postby Atropha » Mon Sep 05, 2011 2:29 am

"Right... Trying not to think about that right now. More 'trying to go back to how things were'..."
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Re: Nobody's Side

Postby Samantha McManus » Mon Sep 05, 2011 2:30 am

"...which I shouldn't force you into."
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Re: Nobody's Side

Postby Atropha » Mon Sep 05, 2011 3:16 am

"What else am I going to do..."
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Re: Nobody's Side

Postby Samantha McManus » Mon Sep 05, 2011 3:29 am

"I don't have a lot of answers right now," she sighed.
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Re: Nobody's Side

Postby Atropha » Mon Sep 05, 2011 3:31 am

"Could teach an excellent class on sacrificing morals for survival."
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Re: Nobody's Side

Postby Samantha McManus » Mon Sep 05, 2011 3:33 am

"...would go over well with the Acolytes, if nothing else."
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Re: Nobody's Side

Postby Atropha » Mon Sep 05, 2011 3:35 am

"And I'm sure you'd be thrilled about that."
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Re: Nobody's Side

Postby Samantha McManus » Mon Sep 05, 2011 3:38 am

"I was amongst those that invited them into the campus, recall."
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Re: Nobody's Side

Postby Atropha » Mon Sep 05, 2011 3:39 am

"I'm not talking about the Acolytes."
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Re: Nobody's Side

Postby Samantha McManus » Mon Sep 05, 2011 3:41 am

"I'm not supposed to seriously debate that class suggestion with you, am I?"
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Re: Nobody's Side

Postby Atropha » Mon Sep 05, 2011 3:47 am

She sighs. "No, of course not."
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Re: Nobody's Side

Postby Samantha McManus » Mon Sep 05, 2011 3:48 am

"Or is the point more that you're still trying to convince me you're not worth the trouble?"
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Re: Nobody's Side

Postby Atropha » Mon Sep 05, 2011 3:53 am

"No. Maybe. I don't know... It's also the thought of going back to a 'normal' life somehow."
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Re: Nobody's Side

Postby Samantha McManus » Mon Sep 05, 2011 3:55 am

"You don't belong here."
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Re: Nobody's Side

Postby Atropha » Mon Sep 05, 2011 3:56 am

"I'm not sure where I belong anymore."
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Re: Nobody's Side

Postby Samantha McManus » Mon Sep 05, 2011 3:57 am

"The only answers that come to mind are... selfish." She sighed.
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Re: Nobody's Side

Postby Atropha » Mon Sep 05, 2011 4:06 am

"I know where you want me to belong... And I wish I could deal with that somehow."
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Re: Nobody's Side

Postby Samantha McManus » Mon Sep 05, 2011 4:08 am

"It's not... rational of me, I know."
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Re: Nobody's Side

Postby Atropha » Mon Sep 05, 2011 4:12 am

"Maybe we just need to start over... And hope that you won't be disappointed."

Who the hell are you trying to kid here?
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Re: Nobody's Side

Postby Samantha McManus » Mon Sep 05, 2011 4:15 am

"The trouble is, you're looking for it."
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Re: Nobody's Side

Postby Atropha » Mon Sep 05, 2011 4:19 am

"How couldn't I? I've been hurt too much to be able to face that."
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Re: Nobody's Side

Postby Samantha McManus » Mon Sep 05, 2011 4:20 am

"You saw a very ugly side of me..."
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Re: Nobody's Side

Postby Atropha » Mon Sep 05, 2011 4:23 am

"And I was the one who drew it out of you. We're all ugly, it's just a question of how well we can hide it."
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