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Post by Avatar Korra on Jul 22, 2012 13:54:22 GMT -5
Peyton followed her up the stairs and started his story. "5 years ago, my mother sent me out to pick up some errands, nothing to frightening or special about that. I picked up the things we needed for dinner that night. I was walking back and then I started getting a clenching in my gut, like something bad was about to happen. So I picked up my pace and when I turned the corner that lead to my apartment. My apartment was on fire, I ran over to the firefighters and asked if they got up to the 8th floor yet, they said no, they haven't. I waited and waited for them to bring my mother out. Then they called out that everybody was out of the building, that's when I started calling out for my mother. Other kids were doing the same and meeting up with their own parents that were happy they were still okay. I never saw my mother. Then the building collapsed and in that moment, I felt about 5 tons settle on my shoulders. I started mauling the remains of the building, trying to find my mother. I only found her favorite necklace that I got her for my tenth birthday. I lived on the streets for a long time, a few months at least. I lived with the burns I got from digging through the remains of the building. That's pretty much the whole story..." He said, choking out the parts about the building on fire.
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Post by Poison Ivy on Jul 22, 2012 17:13:47 GMT -5
Darken listened to this story and started crying after it was over. She pushed her head into her hands and dropped her sketchpad on the floor. The feeling and the imagery that his story gave her was painful and brought back too many memories, too many bad memories that she'd worked so hard to forget.
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Post by Avatar Korra on Jul 23, 2012 2:30:42 GMT -5
Peyton sat down on the floor and gently pulled her down with him. He hugged her and held his tears back as well, closing his eyes tightly. "I'm sorry..." he whispered to her.
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Post by Poison Ivy on Jul 23, 2012 18:44:19 GMT -5
Darken fell into his lap and hugged him, tightly. She cried silently, taking short breaths, and closed her eyes as tightly as she could.
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Post by Avatar Korra on Jul 23, 2012 23:18:20 GMT -5
Peyton brushed his fingers through her hair and whispered niceties to her, trying to calm her down and himself at the same time.
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Post by Poison Ivy on Jul 24, 2012 18:41:53 GMT -5
Darken fumbled for her sketchpad and started scribbling. "I'm so sorry... I didn't mean to make you feel so awful. You don't have to stay here if you don't want to." she wrote.
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Post by Avatar Korra on Jul 24, 2012 22:08:51 GMT -5
Peyton shook his head and he looked her in the eye. "I'm going to stay." he said.
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Post by Poison Ivy on Jul 24, 2012 22:12:29 GMT -5
Darken flipped the page of the sketchpad and began scribbling again before holding up the note pad. "Don't push yourself." it read.
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Post by Avatar Korra on Jul 24, 2012 22:31:39 GMT -5
Peyton crumpled the page and smiled, actually. "I'm fine, I feel less of a burden." he said.
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Post by Poison Ivy on Jul 24, 2012 22:38:47 GMT -5
Darken watched him crumple the paper and looked at him, still concerned. She nodded, reluctantly, and got up to put her sketchpad away.
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Post by Avatar Korra on Jul 24, 2012 22:45:03 GMT -5
Peyton got up and dusted his shorts off and rubbed his eyes, feeling suddenly tired.
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Post by Poison Ivy on Jul 25, 2012 8:06:14 GMT -5
Darken stretched a little and walked over to her mirror, checking her reflection only to find there was none.
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Post by Avatar Korra on Jul 25, 2012 13:43:53 GMT -5
Peyton sat on her old bed, dust rising immediately when he sat down.
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Post by Poison Ivy on Jul 25, 2012 18:21:41 GMT -5
Darken saw that in the mirror and looked over her shoulder. She picked her sketchpad up again and scribbled on a new sheet. "Sorry, it's my first time home in... Around 7 years." she wrote.
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Post by Avatar Korra on Jul 26, 2012 13:00:18 GMT -5
Peyton smiled and looked up at her. "You don't need to apologize, it's not 1 more year, because your home, and you can drop those numbers and start new." He said and looked her in the eye.
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