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Mar 10th, 2015, 09:20:56 PM
#41
Byl slowly unwound his hand from James' embrace, leveling his severe expression on her brother.
"You're drunk, Sanis."
A statement of the obvious, but he wasn't about to let the man trample unchecked around James' heart. It was a warning that the next cross words out of the former smuggler's amount wouldn't be chalked up to a mistake.
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Mar 10th, 2015, 09:24:05 PM
#42
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Mar 10th, 2015, 09:33:08 PM
#43
"Mmhm." James eyed Byl's untouched beer and she put down her empty glass. "Nice suit. Shiny." She leaned over the bat and flagged down the bartender. "Do y' serve caf?" Sanis could use a cup or ten.
"Wossat?"
"Never mind." She grabbed Byl's hand again, willing his tense body to relax. Things were stressful enough without considering that he might disappear Sanis for being too rude. "I met Ledo on Dac, actually. It was...strange."
and if you go, furious angels will bring you back to me
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Mar 10th, 2015, 10:22:35 PM
#44
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Hey baby, you've got something on your butt: my eyes.
You're goddamned right I'm drunk. Who's that, anyway? I saw the hand-holding. Must be the beau. Before I could cook off, Cirr had his hand at my shoulder, saying the right thing when I needed it. Wait.
Why did he know my old man? And James had apparently had a family reunion on the side? I let her comment about the suit slide, she wasn't as eager to shake the scum of Nar Shaddaa off her feet as I was.
"Would someone mind telling me exactly what the hell is going on? First off, big guy, how the hell do you even know the ol' sperm donor. Two, sis, what do you mean you met him? Did he pull that little bit together or did you?"
I ran a hand through my hair out of habit, disturbing the calm of it all. From there, I pulled an envelope from inside my jacket.
"I guess I'm not the only one of us that got one of these, then?"
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Mar 10th, 2015, 10:26:15 PM
#45
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Mar 10th, 2015, 10:30:35 PM
#46
James tapped their envelopes with hers. "Cheers." She appropriated the untouched pint on the bar, taking a sip. "I ran inna him, that's all. I have his face printed on m'brain thanks to the holo I have."
She snatched Sanis' letter and peeled it open before he could protest. "What dren is this?! He's gonna give you money?!" She flicked the paper into the air, her eyes rolling. "Guess he knows what buttons to push."
Last edited by James Prent; Mar 10th, 2015 at 10:35:42 PM.
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Mar 10th, 2015, 10:52:57 PM
#47
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Mar 10th, 2015, 11:18:28 PM
#48
"Good luck with that," she muttered, leaving her letter on the bar. "Any idea when the ol' man is gonna show? Wasn't exactly a timetable in my message."
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Mar 10th, 2015, 11:26:10 PM
#49
"Didn't pick up a lookout on my canvas."
Byl finally stole back a sip from his own commandeered brew to keep things sporting between him and James. He knew that he was playing designated paranoiac so he wouldn't be drinking much at all.
"I doubt the old man's that clever, so I'd wager safe it's being fashionably late to his own party."
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Mar 10th, 2015, 11:28:58 PM
#50
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Mar 11th, 2015, 12:03:23 AM
#51
James looked sideways at Byl, but didn't take the drink back. "Yeah, what have you been doin' since I saw you on Cloud City? More gambling? Drag any other half-siblings out of a bonfire and abandon them at a hospital?" She leaned back against the bar on her elbows, and tilted her head to look at Sanis with a bland look on her face.
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Mar 11th, 2015, 12:30:51 AM
#52
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Mar 11th, 2015, 12:43:47 AM
#53
"You actually think that, don't you." James shook her head, eyes closed for a moment. "You've got no idea what I've been thr-" She abruptly closed her mouth on the words, looking up at Byl. She turned back to the bar. "I'm going to need something stronger than beer."
There was a moment of silence, and then she rounded on Sanis, sticking her finger in his chest. "You think that shit was your fault? You've got t'be the most stuck up, self centered, narcissistic ... Gah!" She gave him a good poke with her finger to punctuate her frustration.
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Mar 11th, 2015, 01:12:34 AM
#54
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Mar 11th, 2015, 01:19:41 AM
#55
Just as quickly as her frustration had bubbled up, James retreated. "Nothing." Her hand unconsciously sought out Byl's as she took a step back. "It's jus' ...complicated. But you," she jerked her chin at Sanis, "what happened to me on that planet wasn't on you. Leavin' me with th' Rebellion - I get that, I do. But you never came back.
"Just don't pull that self-righteous martyr shit with me. Not with me."
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Mar 11th, 2015, 01:41:59 AM
#56
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Mar 11th, 2015, 01:53:07 AM
#57
"Yeah, well. Fine." James took a long swig of her new pint. "You can be my brother, I guess. Can you spot me fifty credits, bro?" She turned her head and smiled sweetly at him,
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Mar 11th, 2015, 11:37:13 AM
#58
At that moment, Ledo stepped in from the daylight, his shadow casting long in the doorway.
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Mar 11th, 2015, 12:12:54 PM
#59
Byl noticed the entrance at once, a hand on James' arm.
"James."
He turned to face the man's silhouette. The further into darkness he stepped, the more features became visible. It was him.
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Mar 11th, 2015, 01:02:03 PM
#60
She looked up at Byl's touch, and swallowed a little too hard, beer sliding down her throat painfully. James coughed, eyes watering. "Speak of th' devil."
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