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Tweak says, "chicka chicka yeah"

Tom Sully (notaskxawng) wrote in spinningcompass,
@ 2017-04-23 09:18:00

Entry tags:

!closed, ~adele, ~jr sully, ~tom sully

Who: Tom and JR
When: After this
Where: The garden
What: Bad news
Closed/Ongoing

Thomas was nervous. He had managed to water the same plant for the third time now. Then given up in frustration and got the spade out of the shed. This endeavour lasted another five minutes until he figured out that he had forgotten what he wanted to do with the spade.

There had been too many bad news recently. Too many. He had a bad feeling about this too. If Jake was back, he would have known. Had they found traces of him? Was someone else gone? He could check the phone list. It would be so easy. But, really, he couldn't.

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	namedaftergran 2017-04-25 11:57 pm UTC (link)
	Adele hugged him back gingerly. Thinking about what happened to Rhi brought sparks of anger to her mind, and it took an effort not to have sparks flying off her fingers as well. She shook her head. "No." He hadn't caused her any physical harm, though she knew the memories would always be with her. "He ran away." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notaskxawng 2017-04-26 08:17 pm UTC (link)
	Tom watched in silence. JR was gathering information for a man hunt. A man hunt that shouldn't have had to happen. The most horrid of images disturbed his mind. "Uhm, Adele... I'm sorry, I've got to ask. Do you think she suffered?" While his son's mind was set on revenge, Tom pictured his kids - his babies - in pain and alone. It was unbareable. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	jrsully 2017-04-30 03:20 pm UTC (link)
	JR closed his eyes at the question, one he'd had himself but hadn't wanted to ask. It wasn't relevant to hunting down her killer and if the answer was that she had suffered, well, he wasn't sure he could handle that right now. But if his father needed to know he'd hold his tongue. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	namedaftergran 2017-05-01 10:01 pm UTC (link)
	"No." Adele shook her head and looked right at Tom. "Honetly, I don't think she suffered. I think he did some trick with her mind. She wasn't a telepath; she wouldn't have felt it the same way I did. I don't think she even realized what was happening." She hoped that gave him some comfort. She didn't have much else to offer. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notaskxawng 2017-05-02 08:16 pm UTC (link)
	"Yeah, okay, yeah, that's good..." He fell back into the silence. He didn't know what else to say. Izzy. His wife needed to be told. How could he do this? Why wasn't there a checklist to follow? This is what you do in case your child is murdered. He wanted to scream but he could not find a voice. So he just stood there and stared. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	jrsully 2017-05-04 01:29 am UTC (link)
	There was no checklist or procedure to follow when a sibling was murdered. JR had done his duty as a child and informed his father. What he wanted most now was to hunt down the bastard responsible and make sure that both his sister was avenged and nobody else was hurt. At least she hadn't suffered he could take comfort in that. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	namedaftergran 2017-05-04 03:10 am UTC (link)
	"I'm sorry." Adele practically whispered. She didn't know what else to say either and their thoughts and feelings were getting harder to filter out with each second. "I should go. I have to go. I can't be around people now." It wasn't safe. Too much anger and grief and could lead to lightening flying everywhere. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	jrsully 2017-05-05 01:31 am UTC (link)
	"C'mere before you go." JR gathered her back into a hug and kissed the top of her head. "Thanks for everything you did to try and save her, and for trying to get him yourself. I'll take it from here." He squeezed lightly, then let her go and stepped back. "Take care of yourself cousin, we'll still be here when you trust yourself to be around people again." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notaskxawng 2017-05-06 09:52 pm UTC (link)
	Tom nodded. "Thank you, Adele. Take care." He couldn't say more. Wasn't able to. Nothing was right. "I- Izzy," he said as if it was a whole statement. Almost aimlessly he started to walk towards the house. Then stopped and turned back to JR. "Do you- err... maybe I should tell her alone." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	namedaftergran 2017-05-06 11:10 pm UTC (link)
	Adele hugged JR back gently and gave a nod to both of them. Sometime, there were no more words. There was a flash of light and she disappeared, back to a spot where she could hide out from the rest of the island. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	jrsully 2017-05-10 06:09 pm UTC (link)
	JR faced his father after Adele left, uncertain. "Are you sure?" The last thing he really wanted to do was tell his mother one of her children was dead, but he also didn't want to force his father to do it himself. "I can go with if you want. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notaskxawng 2017-05-17 06:24 pm UTC (link)
	"Uhm, no. I'll do it." It was something he had to do. It was his duty. As much as he hated that word, it felt right. "Just find that bastard. Just..." He wanted to help, to offer aid but there was nothing he could do to help, was there? He was useless. He couldn't protect anyone. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

jrsully
2017-05-17 10:24 pm UTC (link)

"I will." JR promised, wishing there was something, anything, he could do to make things easier on his father. What could he say? In this sort of situation Tom Sully didn't know how to set out to take the life of another sentient being. Not many people did, and in JR's opinion it was a good thing. It wasn't something done lightly or for frivolous reasons.

His father was one of the best men he'd ever known, and JR had always felt like he let him down precisely because he'd grown up taking a different path. Because he'd followed his uncle's example instead of his father's. It was another punch to the gut seeing the man broken like this. But what else could he say? It wasn't the time or the place to try and tell him how much he was respected by his eldest son.

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notaskxawng
2017-05-20 10:09 pm UTC (link)

Tom's own thoughts were far from JR's. He gave his son a nod and stepped inside. The lump in his throat restricted his words. The few ones he thought he might manage were reserved for a much more horrific situation.

He almost stumbled over one of the kid's toys - a tiny Na'vi figure - and cursed. Thomas Sully rarely cursed. "Uhm, Izzy?" he asked as loudly as he managed. Then he stopped and listened. Usually the sounds of kids gave her position away.

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	izzyshaw 2017-05-20 11:28 pm UTC (link)
	"In here!" Izzy called out, sitting on the floor with Vi and Lily beside her. The girls were playing with toy horses, squealing and talking, wanting to tell their mother the story they'd come up with for what the horses were doing. It had been a good day so far. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notaskxawng 2017-05-21 10:15 am UTC (link)
	Tom poked his head through the door, watching the content family. There was a part of him that wanted to diverge. That wanted to dive into a conversation about toy horses and baby food. But he couldn't do that to himself. "Uhm, Izzy, can I talk to you for a moment?" (Reply to this) (Parent)

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