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Nobody's Side
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Sat Sep 03, 2011 8:32 pmby Samantha McManus
Samantha hadn't spoken since she'd returned from London Bridge Tower this latest. She hadn't ventured out of her quarters, either.
However, the door wasn't locked.
Re: Nobody's Side
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Sat Sep 03, 2011 8:37 pmby Atropha
Who knows how long Nailah has been standing in front of her door before she knocks and carefully pushes it open.
"Are you okay?"
You idiot. Does she look like she's okay?
Re: Nobody's Side
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Sat Sep 03, 2011 8:39 pmby Samantha McManus
"It... it doesn't matter if I'm okay."
Re: Nobody's Side
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Sat Sep 03, 2011 8:43 pmby Atropha
"It does to me... I'm the one responsible for... this."
Re: Nobody's Side
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Sat Sep 03, 2011 8:46 pmby Samantha McManus
"No, you're not. If I hadn't sent you off alone..."
Re: Nobody's Side
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Sat Sep 03, 2011 8:48 pmby Atropha
"Don't!" she interrupts her, catching herself and going on a bit more softly. "Don't do this. Don't try to find the one thing you could have done differently."
Re: Nobody's Side
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Sat Sep 03, 2011 8:50 pmby Samantha McManus
"How am I not supposed to second-guess myself?"
"And... and... I've been so awful to you..."
Re: Nobody's Side
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Sat Sep 03, 2011 8:57 pmby Atropha
"It's not like I didn't deserve it."
Re: Nobody's Side
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Sat Sep 03, 2011 8:59 pmby Samantha McManus
"I... I don't know that yet."
Re: Nobody's Side
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Sat Sep 03, 2011 9:03 pmby Atropha
"For what I did? I deserve everything that happened..." she says, actually stepping into the room and closing the door behind her, leaning against it with her hands behind her back.
Re: Nobody's Side
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Sat Sep 03, 2011 9:04 pmby Samantha McManus
"I'm... you don't need to tell me, Nailah. Any of it. Not if you don't want to."
Re: Nobody's Side
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Sat Sep 03, 2011 9:08 pmby Atropha
"Do you want to hear it?"
Re: Nobody's Side
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Sat Sep 03, 2011 9:11 pmby Samantha McManus
"...I don't know. There's so much I don't know..."
Re: Nobody's Side
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Sat Sep 03, 2011 9:16 pmby Atropha
"Most of it isn't pretty. But you probably figured that..."
Re: Nobody's Side
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Sat Sep 03, 2011 9:17 pmby Samantha McManus
"...wasn't pretty the last time I failed you, either."
"...or the time before."
Re: Nobody's Side
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Sat Sep 03, 2011 9:23 pmby Atropha
"This is different..."
Re: Nobody's Side
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Sat Sep 03, 2011 9:24 pmby Samantha McManus
"Yes, this time I threatened to murder you, so there's that..."
Re: Nobody's Side
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Sat Sep 03, 2011 9:26 pmby Atropha
"At least you didn't actually kill anyone."
Re: Nobody's Side
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Sat Sep 03, 2011 9:27 pmby Samantha McManus
"Not for lack of trying. When I saw the blade in your hand..."
Re: Nobody's Side
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Sat Sep 03, 2011 9:34 pmby Atropha
"Hers... isn't the only blood on my hands. When I saw Legion and the others make their demands my first thought was that I had to get rid of them because the teams would only arrest them..."
Re: Nobody's Side
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Sat Sep 03, 2011 9:37 pmby Samantha McManus
"And... God help me, right now I don't know if you're wrong for thinking that..."
Re: Nobody's Side
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Sat Sep 03, 2011 9:43 pmby Atropha
"I wish you didn't. I feel like I defiled... something by bringing you here."
Re: Nobody's Side
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Sat Sep 03, 2011 9:47 pmby Samantha McManus
"I made you bring me here. You know that."
Re: Nobody's Side
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Sat Sep 03, 2011 9:53 pmby Atropha
"I should have known better. I did know better."
Re: Nobody's Side
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Sat Sep 03, 2011 10:12 pmby Samantha McManus
"I wasn't going to take 'no' for an answer."
Re: Nobody's Side
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Sun Sep 04, 2011 6:57 amby Atropha
"Don't do this to yourself..." she almost pleads. This all felt much too familiar and she almost wishes Sam would just be angry at her. At least that she could handle.
Re: Nobody's Side
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Sun Sep 04, 2011 1:12 pmby Samantha McManus
"You think it would be easier if I hated you? Maybe it would, but I don't know if I can."
Re: Nobody's Side
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Sun Sep 04, 2011 1:15 pmby Atropha
"I lied to you. I led you on a pointless chase and then tried to convince you to give up only because I couldn't bear telling you the truth. I... slept with Harbinger."
Re: Nobody's Side
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Sun Sep 04, 2011 1:17 pmby Samantha McManus
"I... I don't even know how long you were gone, whether you even knew you would see me again..."
Re: Nobody's Side
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Sun Sep 04, 2011 1:21 pmby Atropha
"Over a year..." she says quietly.
Re: Nobody's Side
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Sun Sep 04, 2011 1:25 pmby Samantha McManus
She stood, turning to face Nailah.
"This... it's selfish of me, but it's more for me than for you..."
She reached out her arms and tried just to hold the sphinx.
Re: Nobody's Side
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Sun Sep 04, 2011 1:29 pmby Atropha
She doesn't resist the embrace but she doesn't reciprocate either. She lets it go on long enough to fight back the tears so Sam won't notice when she eventually frees herself from the hug.
Re: Nobody's Side
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Sun Sep 04, 2011 1:31 pmby Samantha McManus
"...I'm sorry. That... it wasn't fair to you."
Re: Nobody's Side
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Sun Sep 04, 2011 1:35 pmby Atropha
"Not like I was fair to you... I can't expect you to just... get over this and I shouldn't have before."
Re: Nobody's Side
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Sun Sep 04, 2011 1:36 pmby Samantha McManus
"I don't want to let you go. I was willing to see this bloody world burn around me to get you back, and God help me I still am..."
Re: Nobody's Side
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Sun Sep 04, 2011 1:40 pmby Atropha
"It won't change anything..." she says, though she doesn't exactly sound opposed to the idea.
Re: Nobody's Side
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Sun Sep 04, 2011 1:43 pmby Samantha McManus
"I know. I can't erase anything that was done, no matter how much I wish I could."
"But I don't hate you. I hate this world for doing this to you."
Re: Nobody's Side
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Sun Sep 04, 2011 1:46 pmby Atropha
"I... I can't do this." She wants to take a step back but quickly realizes she stopped right in front of the door to start with. "I'm only going to disappoint and hurt you. Again."
Re: Nobody's Side
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Sun Sep 04, 2011 1:49 pmby Samantha McManus
She sighed and turned away again.
"...I don't know which hurts worse."
Re: Nobody's Side
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Sun Sep 04, 2011 1:56 pmby Atropha
"I wish I could. I just want to see you smile again." she says, reaching out for Sam's shoulder before stopping herself. "But you deserve better. Someone who won't be a painful reminder of what you lost..."