[Thirds]
I nod a couple times like a damn fool. "Sure. Um. The nothing you didn't see." The smile stays a little longer this time. I slip hop off the table. Moving easy, less wary. Wait, is she looking at me looking at me?
I want to ask her about…
Hello, I move we spend Coin on Bravos to bump it up one notch. I think we have like 10 and raising it a level is 8? Someone please confirm my understanding.
Due to the vagaries of PBP, I am asking for two more "yea" votes to proceed. One "nay" mean…
[Thirds]
I sit up a little. A thank you for the arrows? Something else? I quick count the arrows she has. Just in case.
"Or if you even found something at all." I say it with a bit of hope, a bit of tempt. "Maybe just two people can share?"
I won…
[Thirds]
Shit. I'm no good at this. Gets me down a little. Probably not obvious exactly, but I look down, away. Shoulders slouch a little. My knees move my feet a little.
"I meant you're a good shot to miss on purpose," I mutter. I know she wants …
[Thirds]
I wiggle the arrows, "G'wan. You missed, right? Figured you wanted 'em back." I wipe some sweat off my head, set the arrows down. Maybe she doesn't want to get close. That, I understand. "Maybe they're special fletched to miss?" A shy smil…
[Thirds]
I don't mind watching a pretty girl come to see me. Wish I had some cold water instead of normal. It's wet, though. Still good.
Hugo motherfucking again. Huh. She on his side now? Or is she watching my ass instead? I feel a little suspici…
[Thirds]
I'm about to go for it. Rue catches my eye. Not like that! Well, maybe a little. But she's got something. And she does something obvious.
I see the pin glint in the daylight. I duck, get my eyes clear.
"Shit. Grenade, Cinch."
[Thirds]
I clap a hand on Cinch's shoulder, glad to get Clarity safe. I look at it like it belongs to someone else. I pull it back. Hang onto the rollbar.
"Um. Not bad for no plan."
[Thirds]
I look to Rue. We can take this deal. I give her a nod, sharp yes. Then jerk a thumb at the mall. Rub my fingertips together, like jingle.
I look to Clarity. I don't like it. We need meds more than ever. I'm worried, Cinch can see the edg…
[Thirds]
Is that Sun? What the hell?
I'll stop at a fucked up McDonalds. One outside table got a big plastic umbrella thing. Take a swig off my canteen, in the shade.
Wait.
[Thirds]
Long couple days walk, south. Following the big river. The heart of the Ruins, a tip from Matilda's crew. Once I rigged a raft to head down. If I find something big like the electric water heater. I'd do it again. Kind of a target in the r…
[Thirds]
A shot again. The Sniper? I look, quick quick. Robinson. Clarity. Rue. Hope they're okay. Not sure I care about Shooter or Nameless here. Cinch does, sure. But Tummy... he's just a kid. Hard world for a kid grow up alone. "Sounds like your…
[Thirds]
I nod at the mall door with my chin. Hands still open. Holding still otherwise. Easy with a gun barrel in your face. "Whaddabout your kid? You can get 'im out all banged out like you are?" I look to Cinch. She can't exactly drive into the …
[Thirds]
I hear the gunplay. Cinch wants to save them, ain't much time. I tuck my tongue in my teeth. Whistle sharp, loud, shrill. Cup my hands. Shout, a voice meant to carry. "Rue! Hold up!" I look at Cinch, grin, tense my weight to run run.
[Thirds]
I look at Cinch a little crazy. "You sure?"
If she is, then I'll look to the gunwoman for signal. Fetch the babydaddy. Back away slowly. Slipslide round the corner. Don't want a bullet in my back.
What's it like on this side? Looking to …
[Thirds]
Ugly business. When flesh meets steel at high velocity. I'm lucky. Woman's not. Cinch is lucky of a kind. How she still manages to stay in good spirits. Nearly killed the woman. She might yet bite it.
I lean to it, push the Dumpster aside…
[Vauri]
A flicker of worry at the shadow across her face, and I watch her pull out her phial. I bite the corner of my lip, a questioning look. I worry she indulges too much, and she knows it. I most certainly do not want to fight about a pill right…
[Thirds]
I walked back with Rue. Not that far, and easier in the light. I slept like crap that night. Barely slept. I wanted to climb in her bunk. Wanted to sleep on the roof. See? We didn't do anything and it's weird. I don't know how she can be.
…
[Vauri]
I could get used to this treatment. Walking the Night Market with Vol as important as the Empress' peacocks.
I trail a finger along the bookshelves, not actively thinking about which might fit into a hidden pocket, or which binding is the …
[Thirds]
Guess it's only fair. She gave me a show. I watch her climb. She knows it.
Yeah. For the best. Keep saying it. May even be true.
Sleep don't come easy. Be easy to climb up there. I almost do it couple times. She can hear me tossing in th…
[Thirds]
Hell, I'm only human.
Rue snuggled up real close. Her tits right fucking there there. She's working her hand on me. Obvious she wants to run it south. Obvious there's something for her to find, too. My hand where it is finds her back. Sli…