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Voltie — The Dude Posted 6 years ago ( 2018/10/24 07:38:30 )
One.. by... one.
They only fall... a-part.
Can it be.. undone?

"Hmmm." Jaden muttered.

"All right, duly noted." he said.

"I'll see what I can come up with." he told her.

"Anyway, if you're headed to that place, you should go." he said. "Remove all evidence of what happened there." he muttered further.

"....you know, I honestly thought I would find Anna there, dead." he admitted.

"I think what I discovered was simultaneously a relief, and much more terrifying."

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Donator — Female Posted 6 years ago ( 2018/10/24 20:49:38 )

Sydney just laughed lightly.

"You've really grown to care for her, haven't you?" She asked.

"It's a far cry different than when I first told you that you'd be watching over her." She added after a moment.

"You were... quite against it at that time."
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Voltie — The Dude Posted 6 years ago ( 2018/10/25 02:46:40 )
One.. by... one.
They only fall... a-part.
Can it be.. undone?

Jaden was silent as Sydney said what she did.

"Har har." he replied.

"Maybe I have, maybe I haven't." he said.

"You told me to take care of her, so that's what I'm doing." he told her further, before looking in Anna's direction once more.

"...though I'd be lying if I said I haven't grown accustomed to her being here, and it's weird when she's gone for any extended length of time." he muttered.

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Donator — Female Posted 6 years ago ( 2018/10/25 02:50:15 )

Sydney just laughed.

"Never actually saw you as the type to come to honestly care for a child, to be perfectly candid." She admitted.

"But I'm not complaining. You're growin' up even still."
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Voltie — The Dude Posted 6 years ago ( 2018/10/25 03:19:34 )
One.. by... one.
They only fall... a-part.
Can it be.. undone?

Jaden just sighed heavily.

"Yeah, yeah." he said.

"I know... I know. Just... yeah. I know." he muttered.

"Guess people just change." he said further.

".............." he was then silent, before looking at Sydney again.

"Growing up?" he asked.

"You think so?"

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Donator — Female Posted 6 years ago ( 2018/10/25 03:20:52 )

"I do." Sydney answered with a nod.

"Of course I do." She added.

"Then again, I was watching from the shadows while you were in Europe, even. So I've seen how you've grown and changed over the years.'
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Voltie — The Dude Posted 6 years ago ( 2018/10/25 03:36:16 )
One.. by... one.
They only fall... a-part.
Can it be.. undone?

"................." Jaden was silent as Sydney said that.

".....right." he said.

"Europe." he muttered, before freezing.

"Wait, wait, wait." he then said.

"Watching me from the shadows!?" he exclaimed.

"You were watching me all that time!?"

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Donator — Female Posted 6 years ago ( 2018/10/25 03:37:28 )

Sydney bnodded.

"Yep." She told him

"I was walking over you, making sure you didn't get yourself into too myuch trouble, and make sure no one came to end you." She added.

"Of course, I wasn't perfect, there was quite a bit of trouble you got yourself into on your own, but I did what I could to stop it, to help prevent it."
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Voltie — The Dude Posted 6 years ago ( 2018/10/25 03:56:35 )
One.. by... one.
They only fall... a-part.
Can it be.. undone?

Jaden just looked away from Sydney.

"...I'd like to forget that ever happened." he said.

"I was a disgrace." he commented.

"A thug. A murderer. A monster." he mumbled.

"I disgraced you, your name, what you tried to teach me..." he went on.

"........." he then just went silent, and continued to stare off to the side.

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Donator — Female Posted 6 years ago ( 2018/10/25 03:58:16 )

Sydney just laughed.

"Trust me. I did far worse before I was approached for my position in the Triad. I worked for Cass' father." She told him.

"I'm sure you're aware of how... hellish a man he was. He had me do far worse than you did as 'Jack'." She stated with a shrug.

"ANyway, I'm gonna go clean up that mess"
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Voltie — The Dude Posted 6 years ago ( 2018/10/25 04:17:13 )
One.. by... one.
They only fall... a-part.
Can it be.. undone?

Jaden just nodded.

"You do that." he told her.

"I'll be here." he said.

".....hey..." he then muttered as she started to leave.

"Listen... um..." he mumbled, scratching his head a little.

"Feel free to come by... like, anytime."

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Donator — Female Posted 6 years ago ( 2018/10/25 04:24:44 )

Sydney just chuckled lightly.

"Same to you, Jaden. You know 'm just a call away - and that's the most reliable way to get ahold of me at any time."

"And I can keep you well supplied on coffee too, if you wanted." She added with a laugh.

"anyway, I'm clearing out, I've got a mess to clean up."
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Voltie — The Dude Posted 6 years ago ( 2018/10/25 04:56:58 )
Again, Jaden nodded.

"All right." he said.

"You go and do that then." he told her.

When Sydney left, he looked back at Anna, and shook his head a little.

"Geez, Anna." he mumbled.

"That was certainly a mess." he said, before sighing a little.

"But at least you don't need me out there protecting you." he continued, shrugging.

"I suppose I need to work on not needing YOU to save MY bacon..." he then mumbled further.
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Donator — Female Posted 6 years ago ( 2018/10/25 05:43:03 )

Time passed, and after awhile, Jaden had essentially told Anna that now that she looked to be a bit older (late teens), she should at least try and get a job of some sort. She'd agreed... begrudgingly of course, and started hunting for somewhere that would be decent to work at. It was shortly after that, that Jaden mentioned it to his mother, who made a proposition.

The end result was Anna was now working as a hunter specifically for the Triad.

At the moment, she was walking through a dark city, a backpack on her back that looked to be full of something or other. She wasn't running into anyone, but she knew where she was going. She needed to meet someone as part of a plan.

She had to find someone, and this person she was meeting, was rumoured, beleived, to have connections with said person.

She just hoped it wasn't a dead end like a couple others had been...
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Voltie — The Dude Posted 6 years ago ( 2018/10/25 06:06:12 )
One.. by... one.
They only fall... a-part.
Can it be.. undone?

Just as she walked past an alley, she turned casually to look down it, but paused when she saw something. On the wall at the end of the dead-end alley were some spraypainted words.

The Doctor is IN it read, with the first three words in black, and the last one in green... and it looked like it'd been painted over a few times.

That was something she remembered hearing about the one she was supposed to meet, and turned down the alley.

As she walked, she passed some broken windows that led to the interior of the condemned buildings, but she stopped when she heard a voice speak from behind one of them.

"...you Aila?" it asked.

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Donator — Female Posted 6 years ago ( 2018/10/25 06:10:19 )

"Different alley than I was told." She commented, not turning to face where the voice had come from.

"And yes, I'm Aila." She answered.

"I'm guessing you're the one I'm here to meet with."
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Voltie — The Dude Posted 6 years ago ( 2018/10/25 06:28:36 )
One.. by... one.
They only fall... a-part.
Can it be.. undone?

"Had to move." the person told her.

"Too many people sniffin' around in the usual hangout." they said further.

"Regardless, yes. I'm the Doc." they confirmed.

"You're here to make the dropoff, so let's make sure we do this uninterrupted." they went on, before they extended a hand out towards the spraypainted words.

As soon as they did, water seemed to form over the words, and washed them off the wall, causing the paint to drain away into the sewer grate off to the side.

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Donator — Female Posted 6 years ago ( 2018/10/25 06:33:25 )

Aila looked toward the draining water before sniffing slightly.

"Heh. I know that mana anywhere." She said before laughing lightly.

"Lantha's can't hide their signature." She commented.

"Anyway, where do you want to do this? I assume not out in the open."
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Voltie — The Dude Posted 6 years ago ( 2018/10/25 06:48:26 )
One.. by... one.
They only fall... a-part.
Can it be.. undone?

"Guilty as charged." the figure admitted.

"And where? You want to step into here?" he asked.

"Or if you know a more secure place, enlighten me." he told her.

"Because nobody knows we're here. We do have privacy, but you can still be seen from the streets." he continued.

"So feel free to hop through the window." he finished, stepping away from said window.

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Donator — Female Posted 6 years ago ( 2018/10/25 06:51:47 )

Aila was silent before looking around, just to make sure that no one was coming, and hopping in through the window. As she did so though, he got a sense of... something... from her. Something that he couldn't quite place. Something actually a bit familiar.

"Sorry I am a touch later than I said I would be." She commented after a moment.

"Got held up by some cops in my way. What fun. By the way, they're prowling around about two dozen blocks from here."
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