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Post by Eri-chan on Aug 31, 2008 20:02:37 GMT -6
Aleray stared at him for a moment and frowned. "He's not my real father...." She said softly. "My father sold me to this man to take me in..." She said frowning.
"So...in a way I have no family...well a real one anyway." She said softly looking out at the sea of rocks in front of her.
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Post by Cujo - Jaydn - Kurt on Aug 31, 2008 20:11:01 GMT -6
[Cujo:]
My head snapped up as she spoke. "You're own father sold you? Like you were some slave?" Impossible; who on this planet would be cruel enough to do that to their own child? Honestly, what was wrong with people?! (This is exactly why I chose to live out of civilization. People did things that were just plain stupid [and illegal].)
I studied the girl's face, trying to descipher the emotion on her features. Was she upset? Angry? I really needed to spend more time with people; I could hardly tell how they reacted. Pathetic, really.
To my immense embarassment, my stomach chose that moment to growl. When had I eaten last? I couldn't even remember.
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Post by Eri-chan on Aug 31, 2008 20:15:43 GMT -6
Aleray nodded slightly. "I don't know all of the details, but...I do know that my father sold me because no one would take me..." She said softly. "I was too wild for them to control."
She continued to stare at the rocks, but when she heard the boys stomach growl she looked over at him and giggled a little. "Heh..." She covered her small with the back of her hand. "Um...are you hungry?" She asked softly.
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Post by Cujo - Jaydn - Kurt on Aug 31, 2008 20:21:51 GMT -6
[Cujo:]
I glared at her. Was everyone that stupid? Of course I was hungry. My stomach wouldn't have growled if I hadn't been. "No, I'm not," I said, rolling my eyes. I crossed my arms over my chest, clenching my jaw.
I guess I needed practice on how to act when I'm around people; oh well, it's not like I really care what this girl thinks of me. Seriously.
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Post by Eri-chan on Aug 31, 2008 20:27:28 GMT -6
Aleray frowned slightly. "I was just asking." She said softly pulling out a small leather pouch. "I just thought you might like something to eat." She said pulling out some kind of jerky. She bit down on a piece and tore it off.
"But..." She said with her mouth full. "If you don't want any..." She swallowed. "I understand." She set the bag down in between them continuing to chew on her strip of jerky she had.
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Post by Cujo - Jaydn - Kurt on Aug 31, 2008 20:35:25 GMT -6
[Cujo:]
Oh for the. . . WHY was she doing this? Stupid, stupid, stupid girl. I turned my head away from her (and the stupid bag), clenching my jaw. I locked my arms in place, forcing myself not to reach out and grab the bag that was less than a foot from me . . .
No! 'I don't want her food, I don't want her food,' I chanted mentally, wishing I could live without food. I could just shift later and eat a mouse or something (yuck...they're all furry...and gross...).
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Post by Eri-chan on Aug 31, 2008 20:47:08 GMT -6
Aleray smirked when she looked over at the boy. Why is he trying so hard? She asked herself. She finished off her jerky piece and grabbed the bag and held it out in front of the boy. "Come take some, I don't have a diseases or anything." She said with a small smirk.
She held the bag closer to him. "Your hungry so just take a peice...it will make me feel better." Aleray took another piece of jerky out of the bag and popped in into her mouth.
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Post by Cujo - Jaydn - Kurt on Aug 31, 2008 20:50:31 GMT -6
[Cujo:]
As she stuck the bag practically under my nose I had to hold my breath; I was not going to take anything from her. Even as I thought this, I could feel my resistence weakening; my body wanted food. "I don't want it." I made myself say the words; I almost had to spit them out. I didn't care if it would make her feel better; why would she care about me, anyway?
"Why do you care if I'm hungry or not?"
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Post by Eri-chan on Aug 31, 2008 21:02:50 GMT -6
Aleray frowned and pulled the bag away. "Well...I just wanted to be nice..." She said softly. She closed up the bag and tied it back onto her belt. "No one has ever been nice to me...so I thought I would try and be nice to someone else..." She finished chewing the jerky and swallowed it.
"I guess people don't like having others be nice to them." She said softly. She leaned back on her hands and looked up at the clear sky.
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Post by Cujo - Jaydn - Kurt on Aug 31, 2008 21:16:51 GMT -6
[Cujo:]
'Well I'm not exactly what you would call civilized,' I thought. I wanted to say that, but I'd probably just sound like an idiot. "Most people do," I grumbled quietly, drawing my knees up to my chest and resting my chin on them.
I watched the waves crash against the rocks, not looking at the strange girl that was beside me (or the bag she had her food in...). My earlier pleasure in the sunlight had vanished; I was wishing it was dark, so I could get away from here.
I hated going across open stretches of land during the day (which is why I was by the Sunning Rocks in the first place); I always felt too . . . exposed. It was much, much to easy for someone to see me.
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Post by Eri-chan on Aug 31, 2008 22:25:29 GMT -6
Aleray looked over at the boy with soft eyes. "Then why do you refuse it?" She asked in a stern tone. "People in my city would kill for a piece of food." She said looking back behind her.
"All of the rich folks take almost all of the food in the stores to fill their own greedy belly's. Even the king...he hasn't seen his people...and whole they suffer." She looked down at her skirt and picked at it for a moment. "My 'father' is one of them." She said with a small growl.
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Post by Cujo - Jaydn - Kurt on Sept 2, 2008 15:06:32 GMT -6
[Cujo:]
I rolled my eyes. "Most people outside of the high-class districts have killed for food," I said. "I've done it a lot, actually. I can fend for myself. I don't need some goody-goody rich girl feeling sorry for me and giving me food out of pity."
I looked away from the girl, back toward the ocean. The water was calm, the waves making hardly any sound as they hit the Sunning Rocks. I thought about diving into the water, but I'd figured that'd be rude (not that I actually cared).
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Post by Eri-chan on Sept 2, 2008 15:25:39 GMT -6
Aleray frowned. "I wasn't pitying you!" She snapped. Her anger was starting to rise again. "I just thought I would be nice and give you something that you might have wanted!"
Suddenly a small ember jumped from her right hand.
"I'm not a Goody goody rich girl!" She almost roared. Small flames licked up from the palms of her hands even though they were face down at the rocks. "You think I like being forced into working for a money hungry idiot, and not even getting a coin for my work!"
One thing that was bad about Aleray was her temper, when she got pushed enough she would make her your worse nightmare.
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Post by Cujo - Jaydn - Kurt on Sept 2, 2008 15:41:56 GMT -6
[Cujo:]
Whoa. Of all the reactions I'd expected, that wasn't one of them. I'd slid towards the edge of the rock; I was about halfway to the edge. I moved closer to the edge as she screamed at me, praying the water below me wasn't very shallow. If it was, I'd either break my neck or she would follow me and kill me. Either way, I was dead.
"Well, it's been . . . Uh, interesting talking to ya. Bye." I took a deep breath and threw myself backwards off the rock. Midair I managed to get my arms above my head so it was more of a dive than just a blind jump. I hit the water and let myself sink; I didn't hit the bottom, so I figured that was a good thing. I turned and swam back towards the surface, pressing myself into a small break in the rock incase the girl had tried to see where I went.
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Post by Eri-chan on Sept 2, 2008 16:30:09 GMT -6
Aleray stood up and the flames in her hands went out. "Ya thats right you better get out of her you little rat!" She yelled, almost screamed.
Suddenly someone grabbed her from behind. Aleray gave a loud scream and tried to get out of the grasp of the large arms that were wrapped around her arms and waist. “Well now lookie what I found.” Chuckled a deep voice from behind her.
It was Qual, he was a very large man who was very muscular. He had no hair, but he had black tattoo’s coming from up his back up to his head. He didn’t look like the brightest person you would ever see, but he was good for jobs like this. He wore a pair of baggie brown linen pants with a red tunic.
Aleray started to kick her feet wildly. “Qual you slimy clot headed, pea brained-“ She was cut off by one of Qual’s large hands. “I wont be taking any of that from you sweet heart.” He said with a low growl. Aleray bit down on his hand as hard as she could and Qual pulled his hand away and shook it out. “Ow…” He said softly still having a tight grip around her waist.
“Let me go!” She yelled. She started to kick even more. Qual frowned and tossed Aleray over his right shoulder and started to climb back up the rocks. “Put me down right now you numb beef lump faced pig! If you even dare bring me back to Jovor and that horrible place I will pound you into oblivion!” She screamed, her face was starting to turn bright red from her yelling. She started pounding on Qual’s back to try and get him to drop her, but this thick skinned giant didn’t even feel her fists pounding against his back. Finally Qual reached the top of the rocks and he started to disappear behind them once again with Aleray screaming on his shoulder.
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