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Post by Calamari-San on Apr 11, 2009 1:45:36 GMT -5
"Aww," Tabitha said, thoroughly disappointed. She caught Brick looking at her, and smiled at him. "Well, I still think you're wonderful," she told the crocadog. "Even if you'd bite me." There was silence again for a few more minutes, but Tabitha was never comfortable with silence.
"My name is Tabitha," she said, breaking the quiet. She smiled at him expectantly.
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Post by Xazz on Apr 11, 2009 2:00:43 GMT -5
"Nik," Nik said shortly.
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Post by Calamari-San on Apr 11, 2009 2:03:41 GMT -5
"You're not much for conversation, are you?" Tabitha said, frowning.
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Post by Xazz on Apr 11, 2009 2:10:15 GMT -5
"No, now shut up," Nik said and popped another pill.
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Post by Calamari-San on Apr 11, 2009 2:26:09 GMT -5
"Hmph," Tabitha said, but she was batting away tears. She managed to fend them off for another five minutes, but the stress of being lost yet again was getting to her. She burst into tears.
"Why is everyone is this city so m-meeean!?" she sobbed miserably. "Sergio is always yelling at me and I keep g-getting lost so the customers are always angry cause I'm so l-late! And s-someone stole my zoomer right when I was on it, and I had all my m-money in there, and now I'm b-broke and I'm stuck walking everywhere and I just want to go hooome! And not that stupid apartment, I want to go back to S-Spargus!" After a minute her sobs subsided into sniffles, and she gave Nik an embarrassed look.
"Sorry," she said, rubbing her eyes. "I got carried away."
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Post by Xazz on Apr 11, 2009 2:40:23 GMT -5
"Kid," Nik said gruffly. "I know you think you have it bad, trust me. You don't. Now suck it up before something really bad happens to you," he growled angrily feeling the creeping of darkness slide across his eyes. "And trust me, there are plenty of things that could happen that are worse then everything you're blubbering about," his eyes narrowed and he forced away the reflex to grab her throat and popped another pill instead.
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Post by Calamari-San on Apr 11, 2009 2:46:27 GMT -5
Tabitha's eyes widened for a moment. Then she gasped.
"Oh, I'm so sorry! I can't believe I was being so selfish!" she cried, completely and utterly sincere. "I apologize, I did not take the time to consider the situations of others as I should have! I hope you'll forgive me," she said, and bowed in apology.
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Post by Xazz on Apr 11, 2009 23:20:54 GMT -5
"Weirdo," Nik grunted. "Enough talking. Your voice is irritating me," he growled and started walking again.
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Post by Calamari-San on Apr 11, 2009 23:28:11 GMT -5
"Sorr-" Tabitha began, then slapped her hands to her mouth. She didn't want to bother Nik. So, she gave him an apologetic look, which he didn't seem to notice, and followed after him. It was a hard thing to do, not talking. She was perfectly capable of it sometimes, of course, when she was alone. But when there was someone else nearby who, in her mind at least, seemed very much in need of a friend, it was far harder. After ten minutes it was all she could do to stop herself from bursting out into conversation.
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Post by Xazz on Apr 11, 2009 23:29:46 GMT -5
"Here we are," Nik said. "Bowen Avenue," he motioned to the sign burned into the side building.
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Post by Calamari-San on Apr 11, 2009 23:31:15 GMT -5
"Thank you!" Tabitha said, maybe a little louder than she normally would have. As was mentioned, she didn't like keeping quiet for so long. She gave him an apologetic smile. "Ah, so how am I going to repay you?" she asked.
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Post by Xazz on Apr 11, 2009 23:34:21 GMT -5
Nik pulled a scrap of paper from a small notebook he carried on his person and wrote in neat letters the address of his shop. "Come to this place tomorrow at two p.m.," he told her. "Its my mechanic shop. I'm sure you won't have a problem finding it, just as people in the neighborhood for its name," he said. On the piece of paper was the name of his shop and its address, he handed it to Tabitha.
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Post by Calamari-San on Apr 11, 2009 23:37:20 GMT -5
"Thank you! I won't be late, I promise!" Tabitha said, nodding vigorously, and tucked the paper into her pocket. She bowed to him. "Thank you so much, I really appreciate all of this!" she said, heading off towards the delivery point.
"Good bye, Nik, I'll see you tomorrow!" she called after her. "And good-bye Brick!" And then she turned the corner, and was out of sight.
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Post by Xazz on Apr 11, 2009 23:43:38 GMT -5
Once she was gone Brick let out a whine. "What?" he demanded. Brick gave a weak bark. "I'm not going to do anything to her. She said she was good at organizing things. I'm going to see if she can clean my office. You know its a mess," he said as if the dog could understand him. The dog gave his master a look and cocked his head to the side. "Nothing bad's ganna happen. I don't know why you get these stupid feelings, everything will work out fine."
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Nik picked up a small philips head screwdriver and tightened a piece of metal on the zoomer. Since the metal head attack on the city he'd stopped doing so much work. It wasn't enjoyable anymore really. He did enough jobs to pay his bills every month, but that was about it. He didn't do anything for fun anymore. He looked at his watch after a moment, five minutes to two. He glanced at the open garage doors expecting Tabitha to show up any second.
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Post by Calamari-San on Apr 11, 2009 23:54:04 GMT -5
Tabitha was sprinting full force down the street, one eye on her watch and the other making sure she didn't run into anymore walls. She had one minute left when she turned the corner onto the street with Nik's shop on it.
"Almost there!" She threw every ounce of strength she had until she was no more than a small blond blurr running past. She caught sight of the garage doors and let out a triumphant yell. Then the momentum carried her straight into the garage wall.
"ohhhow...." she moaned, rubbing her head. She found that she was sprawled on the floor, and glanced at her watch. It was exactly 2 pm.
"HURR YEAH I'M ON TIME!" she yelled triumphantly, then immediately regretted it. She had a monstrous headache.
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