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Elijah Jacob Voorhies (drifting_embers) wrote in nevermore_logs,
@ 2023-02-25 22:54:00

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elijah voorhies, will scarlet

WHO: Elijah Voorhies, Will Scarlet
WHEN: Friday night
WHERE: Fight ring
WHAT: Getting to know you
WARNINGS: Violency stuff

It had been a few days since Elijah had received a new roommate, and as far as they went, Will wasn’t so bad. There was something about him that Elijah couldn’t quite put his finger on, but he wasn’t going to focus on it too clearly. He had spent the last few days explaining how everything worked - the showers, the exercise equipment, the fact that it was impossible to tell day from night because the time they spent in their cages and in the common room was never really the same.

It was common room time now though, and he had finally been able to catch up with all the new prisoners, showing them the ropes too. All of them seemed relieved to know the fights could be thrown in their favour if they needed it. It looked like every single one of them was in agreement, and that was a relief to Elijah in turn.

He took a seat on one of the benches in the common space, intending to relax for a moment, when he was approached by one of the older prisoners. “Eli,” the man whispered to him, though it was loud enough for Will to hear, considering the other man was quite close by. “Can I talk to you?”

Elijah glanced at Will, and then back to the man. “Of course you can, Robert.”

Robert took a seat on the bench too, and he leaned in close. “They’ve been setting me up with the Gang for every fight. It’s been a week. I’m starving, man, you gotta- Can you do something? Get them to change who I’m up against? I can’t win against them, they’re too strong.” Robert did look awful, bruised and sore.

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drifting_embers
2023-02-25 11:34 am UTC (link)

“I- I honestly forgot protein shakes even existed,” Elijah said, chuckling a little bit, despite himself. Protein shakes. Of all the things. He glanced at Will, his expression inching ever closer to a smile. “I didn’t have anyone in mind,” Elijah explained, “it was more…I was wondering if I needed to ask someone to throw a fight foryou. I have a few more cigarette packs, and there are people I could ask.” If he was fine though…

“I can’t quite work you out, Will,” Elijah finally said, being honest about it because why not?

	drifting_embers 2023-02-25 11:45 am UTC (link)
	Elijah wasn’t sure he bought it, but if Will was going to keep pushing that story, it wasn’t fair to pick at it. “Here is definitely worse than rock bottom,” Elijah nodded. “Sorry you ended up here, man. Sucks. I’ve been here nearly two years now.” (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	drifting_embers 2023-02-26 11:41 am UTC (link)
	Elijah gave a wry laugh, and then he reached out to shake Will’s hand. “Are you kidding? Anything that gets me out of here with the least amount of collateral damage,” he said, nodding. “Five years behind bars, hmm? Rough. Must be difficult. Putting yourself in this situation now. Fucking brave.” (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	rouge_rogue 2023-02-26 11:49 am UTC (link)
	“Brave? Yes, I get that a lot.” Will gave Elijah a firm handshake to seal the deal, with a grin to show he was making fun. “Anything else you want to know? I’m sure you must have a lot buzzing around up there.” He tapped his temple to demonstrate. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	drifting_embers 2023-02-26 11:50 am UTC (link)
	“I-” Elijah sort of made a ‘how do I even begin’ noise. “You say you have friends on the outside. Family. They do this thing with you. Are you- Are you slipping them information somehow? What do we need to do to help them? How do we even begin? People have tried to escape before. They always end up dead.” (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)