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sparednothing ([personal profile] sparednothing) wrote in [community profile] paradisa2013-06-17 08:17 pm
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Team Tembo: Day one

[By now you should have already woken up to your surroundings. Your camp is in the jungle, surrounded by tents, vehicles and cages full of dinosaurs. Wander around, check out the armoury, wonder why there are a bunch of dinosaurs in cages, or get yourself a tent]

[[ooc: The camp | Pick a tent | The dinosaurs | Roland Tembo | Day One OOC post | Plot Hub]]
ensorceler: (❧ do you think i'm special)

[personal profile] ensorceler 2013-07-07 10:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[ She looks surprised to hear he was part of a crime syndicate. Not so much that he left for a woman. Hadn't she accused him of being affected by a woman shortly after knowing him? ]

A criminal? You.

[ Maybe that's why he hunts them, then, if he knows how to think like them. Now, she thinks...wow, who on earth did she get involved with? ]

...You changed for her? Did your love protect you?
gottaknockhard: (it's wearing thin)

[personal profile] gottaknockhard 2013-07-07 11:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[The worst kinds of criminals are the ones who can pass as someone with a conscience. Even now, his real regrets aren't over the crimes he committed.

Spike shakes his head at her second question before he can even address the first. Speaking plainly like this is something he's imagined doing countless times, but actually saying it is another obstacle altogether, made harder by the things he doesn't remember.]


It didn't protect either of us. She died.
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[personal profile] ensorceler 2013-07-07 11:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[ She's quiet for a time at that, either because she's absorbing or simply giving the faceless woman a moment of silence. ]

And the criminal died with her?
gottaknockhard: (I think it's time we blow this scene)

[personal profile] gottaknockhard 2013-07-07 11:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[This time he nods, hoping that alone will be enough to explain every lie he's told.]

It wasn't long after.
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[personal profile] ensorceler 2013-07-08 12:04 am (UTC)(link)
[ Yeah no. ]

And then what of the bounty hunter?
gottaknockhard: (see it all disappear without a trace)

[personal profile] gottaknockhard 2013-07-08 12:11 am (UTC)(link)
[That gets a small smile.]

He didn't fair much better.
ensorceler: (❧ am i bright enough)

[personal profile] ensorceler 2013-07-08 12:13 am (UTC)(link)
But you lived? A part of you, at least, lived?
gottaknockhard: (silent witness)

[personal profile] gottaknockhard 2013-07-08 12:30 am (UTC)(link)
... When I came here, there must have been something left.
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[personal profile] ensorceler 2013-07-08 12:36 am (UTC)(link)
That is untrue. I have been told of people being brought here after their death. In then, are they anything but an echo?
gottaknockhard: (before the storm)

[personal profile] gottaknockhard 2013-07-08 12:47 am (UTC)(link)
[Maybe that's what she'd like to hear.]

It's probably hard to tell.
ensorceler: (❧ where we're going)

[personal profile] ensorceler 2013-07-08 12:53 am (UTC)(link)
I certainly could not. But, you thought this to be a dream, did you not? Do the dead dream?
gottaknockhard: (tiny grain of truth)

[personal profile] gottaknockhard 2013-07-08 01:02 am (UTC)(link)
[When she says that, he immediately thinks of his most recent experience. The first time he truly felt dead, but he could still feel something...]

Would that be too hard to believe?
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[personal profile] ensorceler 2013-07-08 01:09 am (UTC)(link)
[ Another silence, for different reasons, though it doesn't last long. ]

You should have told me, of being a criminal. Of bringing danger to my own door. To my bed.

[ She carried a danger of her own, but he had known. At least, he should have known. But she had also thought it a dream...if he had not then that will only make it more of a crime to have knowingly endangered her. ]
gottaknockhard: (see what happens)

[personal profile] gottaknockhard 2013-07-08 01:21 am (UTC)(link)
[Maybe it's a flaw in his logic. Not knowing and then dealing with whatever comes has always been the safer route.]

I've never told anyone.
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[personal profile] ensorceler 2013-07-08 01:23 am (UTC)(link)
[ That doesn't make her feel better. He should have told her. She should shoot him in the foot, but she'd probably miss. What does it matter, really, when she's already doomed like she said?

It's the principle of the matter. And her daughter, he could have endangered Elizabeth... For that alone she should beat him senseless. ]


None here know?
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[personal profile] gottaknockhard 2013-07-08 01:32 am (UTC)(link)
[There may have been some subconscious guilt that lead him to giving her a gun and showing her how to use it just before telling her.]

There's someone else here, from the syndicate. He has a partner. [If that's what they're calling him. For the sake of honesty, he goes on--] And someone else I worked with when I was a bounty hunter.
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[personal profile] ensorceler 2013-07-08 01:42 am (UTC)(link)
Two men from your...syndicate? The one that spelled the death for your lady love and yourself?

Were they here before? Have they been here since I have?
gottaknockhard: (in the rain)

[personal profile] gottaknockhard 2013-07-08 01:54 am (UTC)(link)
[He invited that tone, but the way she tosses out 'lady love' hits a sore spot. Still, he's determined not to back away now.]

...Not exactly. He only formed the partnership here. The other one just had ties.

[The last question he hesitates on, which is an answer in itself.]

They've been here.
ensorceler: (❧ i know we've got it good)

[personal profile] ensorceler 2013-07-08 01:58 am (UTC)(link)
[ She continues to stare up at him, unflinching. Maybe a better person would be forgiving; a Christian woman would be kind. She feels like neither anymore, and she barely feels alive. It seems neither is he, so again, what does it matter?

Anne's lips pinch tightly together, paling, and her grip tightens on the rifle in the only warning before she moves to swing and try to slam the butt of the gun against his stomach. ]


I had you follow my daughter everywhere she went! You dared...!
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gottaknockhard: (hurt)

[personal profile] gottaknockhard 2013-07-08 02:37 am (UTC)(link)
[He'd been anticipating a shot, so her using the rifle as a club comes as a surprise. Rather than attempt to intercept, he takes the brunt of the blow, and immediately regrets it. She can swing harder than he expected her too.

He straightens back up though, halfway by necessity.]


I kept her safe.
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[personal profile] ensorceler 2013-07-08 02:41 am (UTC)(link)
You did nothing! She was under no danger until those men's attention might be drawn, and that could have only been a matter of time, and what could you do to protect her, when you couldn't protect your love? Elsewhere you would not stop following me, and only God knows what other fancies.

You have protected nobody! You have only made it worse. Everything! Everything!
gottaknockhard: (like one long season of rain)

[personal profile] gottaknockhard 2013-07-08 11:11 am (UTC)(link)
[The barb about Julia strikes him harder than the rifle did, and that was from only revealing a fraction of that side of his muddled story. As harsh as it sounds, she's right. Spike can't even claim that he would have handled it after how things ended on the spaceship.

He tries to meet her eyes, and any other excuse he had leaves him once he sees her expression. He's always wondered how someone might react if they learned the truth about him. At least this finally settles his curiosity.]


If anyone deserves to lose their head.
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[personal profile] ensorceler 2013-07-09 01:21 am (UTC)(link)
I would shear it from your shoulders myself had I an axe now instead of a gun.

[ But despite the blatant threat, she doesn't move to shoot him as Plan B, instead just swaying on her feet a bit as her leg begins to complain for true. Anne lets the rifle hang by the strap as both hands quickly move to cover her face, but they can't conceal the sound of her sobs, and she can barely get her words out between them. ]

We have...doomed one another plainly...enough.
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gottaknockhard: (I'll wait for you there)

[personal profile] gottaknockhard 2013-07-09 01:49 am (UTC)(link)
[Death threats aside, all it takes is seeing her break down to make him feel like an idiot. Arguably a certifiable one. The wrong time and the wrong place -- one too many concussions affecting his judgment.

Vicious is back there in their camp. Does he point him out to her? It's not as if running off is an option.

He clenches his jaw, as if he has to physically hold himself back from pushing her further than she's able to take. Then he steps forward to hold a hand tentatively above her shoulder, before moving to grip the rifle and alleviate the weight.]


I've made worse mistakes.
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[personal profile] ensorceler 2013-07-09 01:56 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, how lucky I feel...not to be the worst of....your mistakes!

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