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Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 9:50 pm
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Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 10:10 pm
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"******** yeah, dude! Break 'is face!" Jesse shouted. He crashed to the floor with Ton'yell and struggled to whip out his pocket knife, but he still kept himself behind Tony as he watched the fat man fall, letting out a quick whoop as he did.
"Dude, yeah! You a brawler, man? Took down his a** like nothin'! Nothin'!" He booted the fallen man's side with a laugh, not noticing with the others the arrival of the two newcomers until Ton'yell shook his shoulder and reprimanded his cruelty.
Finally, he saw the woman and child and tripped over himself backing away, landing flat on his butt and moaning from it. "The hell are these people? This some kinda nuthouse?" As the boy began his spidery movements, Jesse jerked himself to his feet, holding out his pocketknife, emulating Tom as best as possible. "What's wrong with you, kid? You keep away from me, or I will gut you like a herring!" He kept himself catty-cornered from the child, watching both of them nervously. "Hey, old dude, you gonna stop 'im, or what?"
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Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 10:21 pm
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Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 10:26 pm
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Ton'yell was not happy with Jesse's words, but now wasn't really the time to lecture him about it. She carefully watched the woman and child. It feels like we're dealing with primitive people. In that case, we have a curious child. The woman is most like his mother. With Tom pointing the broken bottle towards the child, there was a high probability that the woman would attack Tom.
"Jesse, check the door and see if you can get out." However, it seemed that he was too busy emulating Tom to really listen. "Jesse. Get your a** to the door. Now. And whatever happens, you STAY behind me." He'd never heard Ton'yell speak in this way. Normally she was quiet and patient, but right now she was strict and demanded obedience. No one is touching that boy. He is going to stay safe.
Though unwilling, Jesse did what Ton'yell asked. Unfortunately, the door wouldn't open. "I'm afraid, Mr. Sumner, that we are stuck here." With the way the child was moving towards Tom, she had no idea what was going to happen. It all depended on the child's response.
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Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 10:36 pm
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Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2009 11:16 am
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Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2009 7:17 pm
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Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2009 8:01 pm
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At the feel of foreign weight on the bottle, Tom's attention snapped back to the feral woman and child. The boy's hand was grasping for the bottle and Tom jumped back, startled.
"Goddamn it, I said stay back!" For good measure, he swiped the bottle in the air, too far to make contact, but hopefully it would repel them.
Tom was uncomfortably aware that the situation was reaching a boiling point—physical violence was imminent.
"Ton'yell, if you can't get out the front way, try and get the kids into another room. I'll distract these two." He glanced briefly down at Rebecca, fitful beside him. "Go with Ms. Jordan, okay?"
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Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2009 8:11 pm
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Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2009 8:20 pm
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Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2009 8:23 pm
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Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2009 8:32 pm
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Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2009 8:37 pm
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Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2009 8:46 pm
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