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Cobra/Johnny Rayflo (hemogobbled) wrote in sabra_la_tau,
@ 2010-11-09 18:43:00

Entry tags:

!days 180-189, adachi emiri, albert de morcerf, howard link, johnny rayflo, kanda yuu, rolo lamperouge, wanijima akito, {shin seijuurou}, {x-23}, {{{mikaila}}}, {{{van}}}

Who: Cobra and Lepus
Where: Lepus!
When: Day 189 afternoon
What: Blood donation!

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	Re: [LATER] assumedposition 2010-11-12 01:12 pm UTC (link)
	... I-I'm fine. [Going around to the side and hoisting himself up over the gap] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [LATER] thesoundofwings 2010-11-12 01:15 pm UTC (link)
	Got it. [Watches as he goes up, and takes the shorter way to the roof after.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [LATER] assumedposition 2010-11-12 01:17 pm UTC (link)
	[Staring a little :O] ... (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [LATER] thesoundofwings 2010-11-12 01:30 pm UTC (link)
	[They are really, really big for something that seems to come from virtually nowhere. Barely two beats later, he's landing on the roof, wingtips barely above brushing the ground when he stands.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [LATER] assumedposition 2010-11-12 01:31 pm UTC (link)
	That's amazing! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [LATER] thesoundofwings 2010-11-12 01:36 pm UTC (link)
	Wouldn't have offered if I couldn't. [Sits, back to the ledge, wings settled and hanging. The feathers are so white they seem to almost glow in the torchlight. They're also shedding, small ones drifting through the air in the wake of his backdraft.] Sit. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [LATER] assumedposition 2010-11-12 01:37 pm UTC (link)
	Ah... right. [Nods and sits down next to him, close enough to not seem cold or awkward, though far enough away so as to remain polite.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [LATER] thesoundofwings 2010-11-12 02:07 pm UTC (link)
	I'm sorry. What happened before never should have involved them. Or you. It should have ended with Mikaila and me. And now it's become our legacy. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [LATER] assumedposition 2010-11-12 02:17 pm UTC (link)
	... You want to talk about this too, huh? I just tried to talk about this with Arsine as well, but he tore me up for it. In any case, you haven't done me any ill, so you don't need to apologise. But if you're hoping that I can have some influence on Scowl, then I should let you down quickly and tell you that I have absolutely none whatsoever. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [LATER] thesoundofwings 2010-11-12 02:31 pm UTC (link)
	Didn't think you could. All of us are like that; we'll listen, but everyone still does what they want to. Anything more than that's not given. It's earned. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [LATER] assumedposition 2010-11-12 02:37 pm UTC (link)
	So then, what's all this about, then? You know I wouldn't hold anything against you. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [LATER] thesoundofwings 2010-11-12 02:43 pm UTC (link)
	We're leaving. [Pulls out a scroll of parchment, unrolling it and holding it out.] Mikaila too. Soon. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [LATER] assumedposition 2010-11-12 02:45 pm UTC (link)
	Really? That's wonderful, though! You'll get your wish. I'm happy for you. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [LATER] thesoundofwings 2010-11-12 02:54 pm UTC (link)
	Good for my people. And for Mikaila. But it's going to be hard for Arsine. All of us who were here when he woke up will be gone. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [LATER] assumedposition 2010-11-12 02:55 pm UTC (link)
	... Mm. I can't even ... we've only lost one teammate since I arrived here before him, and that was hard enough. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [LATER] thesoundofwings 2010-11-12 03:06 pm UTC (link)
	He doesn't have much. And what he has, he holds onto as if it's all he's got. I won't be here to balance that any more. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [LATER] assumedposition 2010-11-12 03:07 pm UTC (link)
	So... what are you saying? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [LATER] thesoundofwings 2010-11-12 03:21 pm UTC (link)
	That guy—Scowl? Said he picked Mikaila so no one else would be involved. Anyone else would have been better. Arsine loves her. I do too. But we're used to this, and her waking up okay is good enough for me. I stopped what I could. But if it goes farther than this, the easiest way for Arsine to hurt Scowl the way he was hurt is through you. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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assumedposition
2010-11-12 03:35 pm UTC (link)

[Shakes his head again]

I can do my best to make sure that Hydra doesn't target or antagonize Lepus in the future, but to be honest ... my best may not be enough. When it comes to negotiating, my opinion counts for the least within Hydra. In the last game we nearly came to blows over the decision whether to hurt someone or not, and in the end Sparta just knocked me out. Not only that, but ... Scowl's nature makes it intensely difficult for myself-- or for anyone, really-- to defend any team that he considers an enemy, because he takes that personally. He sees it as an affront, or that I must like that person he hates more than I like him, even though ... that's not the case at all.

So ... I don't know what I can do. I appreciate the ... warning? But it seems like Arsine's already made up his mind to hurt us anyway.

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	Re: [LATER] thesoundofwings 2010-11-12 03:48 pm UTC (link)
	It's not even us he hates. We're just a target for his rage and grief. [shakes his head, and . . . after a pause, ruffles Albert's hair.] That's why it's an apology. Enough of you are decent people to deserve better than this. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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assumedposition
2010-11-12 03:59 pm UTC (link)

... It's not your fault.

But ... thank you. Honestly, I'm more worried about the fall-out it'll cause more than anything else. I think we'd almost ... gotten to a point where our older members were content to just leave Lepus alone. But if it escalates again-- and it will, I think-- it'll be worse than before. Because it'll become so personal this time, it'll turn into some ... stupid, messed-up never-ending cycle of revenge against one another. I'm worried that other teams and other people will choose sides and become caught up in it. People who originally had nothing to do with the whole situation, who don't even remember how it started, may get hurt ... that's what I'm most worried about. Because how do you control that sort of thing? You can't.

I don't want ... Lepus to be hurt by this, any more than I want Hydra to be hurt either.

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	Re: [LATER] thesoundofwings 2010-11-12 04:16 pm UTC (link)
	It's not going to end this time. Before last night, we thought it was over. It's not our grudge that's kept this alive — we never had one. Is this even what your partner wants? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [LATER] assumedposition 2010-11-12 04:23 pm UTC (link)
	[Headshake again] I'm sure it's not. But he's-- more like the odd one out, on Vulpecula, like I am on Hydra ... But-- even if Hydra were to call it quits right this second, I don't think Lepus will. I feel so powerless ... (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [LATER] thesoundofwings 2010-11-12 04:29 pm UTC (link)
	Not Lepus. Arsine. We're not just one person. Our team isn't like yours; none of us rule the others. Force us to choose, and we'll follow the person who feels strongest about it, because it's their feelings at stake. But that person isn't always the same. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)