Can't Sleep, MRA Will Eat Me I12DT
Posted: Fri Jul 19, 2013 12:59 amA worried, exhausted looking Isabel knocked on Connor's door.
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Can't Sleep, MRA Will Eat Me I12DT
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Posted: Fri Jul 19, 2013 12:59 amRe: Can't Sleep, MRA Will Eat Me I12DT
Posted: Fri Jul 19, 2013 1:10 amIt would take her quite a bit of knocking, but finally Connor would answer, shirtless and bleary-eyed. "Wha time izzit?" he muttered, rubbing his eeys.
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Posted: Fri Jul 19, 2013 1:14 am"Two." Isabel said "Sorry if I woke you up. I couldn't sleep."
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Posted: Fri Jul 19, 2013 1:22 am"'S all right," Connor said, yawning as he moved out of the way. "C'mon in, luv. What's wrong?"
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Posted: Fri Jul 19, 2013 1:37 am"You've seen the news?"
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Posted: Fri Jul 19, 2013 1:45 am"What, that Manchester beat Arsenal?" Connor asked. "Pint?"
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Posted: Fri Jul 19, 2013 2:07 am"Sure." Isabel said "And I was talking about the news that Jerome fucking Kinsey is on his way here, to try to export the motherfucking MRA."
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Posted: Fri Jul 19, 2013 2:09 amConnor grabbed a drink for her, too. "Yeah. 'M hoping someone throws somethin' at 'im. Bloody git. Glad 'e's yours an' not ours."
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Posted: Fri Jul 19, 2013 2:13 am"Yeah, but if he gets his way, we'll have to deal with the same shit here. And if that happens....where are we supposed to go after that."
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Posted: Fri Jul 19, 2013 2:22 am"Oh sod that. Bloody royal family loves everyone. X-Blokes saved the princess, saved a good chunk of the bloody government from that Tomorrow tosser... you think they're about to up and piss 'em off just because this tosser comes over?"
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Posted: Fri Jul 19, 2013 2:31 am"No one thought it would happen in America, either."
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Posted: Fri Jul 19, 2013 2:41 am"Luv, let me tell you something," he said. "You know what your country's problem is? The one we don't have, that is? It's too bloody big."
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Posted: Fri Jul 19, 2013 2:45 am"What do you mean?"
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Posted: Fri Jul 19, 2013 4:33 am"I mean, you can do what you want to help people somewhere there, and wherever it is, it'll still be far enough away from most places that people aren't going to give much of a shite, right? I mean, yeah, they'll smile for a minute, but it might as well be on the other bloody side of the world as far as they're concerned, right?"
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Posted: Fri Jul 19, 2013 1:29 pm"Yeah, I guess." Isabel said "But when its a really big thing, it still affects the whole country."
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Posted: Fri Jul 19, 2013 1:57 pm"Only when it's a really bad thing." He took a pull from his beer, then sat down next to her. "Look, I get it, luv. An' we've got wankers who'd love to go with what that boy has to say. But not enough and not smart enough ta put this place under nazi rule, right?"
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Posted: Fri Jul 19, 2013 4:19 pm"A year ago, I'd have said the same thing about America."
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Posted: Fri Jul 19, 2013 5:00 pm"Not going to be the same here, luv," Connor said. "You need ta not work yourself up like this, y'know?"
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Posted: Fri Jul 19, 2013 5:40 pm"Yeah, because burying my head in the sand is going to work so well."
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Posted: Fri Jul 19, 2013 5:42 pm"Ye'd get about as much done," Connor pointed out, only half-seriously.
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Posted: Fri Jul 19, 2013 7:44 pm"I need to be ready to run again." Isabel said seriously.
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Posted: Fri Jul 19, 2013 9:05 pm"Again? Thought you were here when that shite hit," Connor said.
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Posted: Sat Jul 20, 2013 12:40 am"Yeah, and now I can't go home." Isabel said "I'm a refugee now."
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Posted: Sat Jul 20, 2013 1:00 amConnor sighed. "Look, luv... nothin' bad's going to happen to you," he said, a more comforting tone coming into his voice.
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Posted: Sat Jul 20, 2013 1:03 am"You heard what those people who went to the future saw, right?"
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Posted: Sat Jul 20, 2013 1:11 am"An' didn't they find out how ta make it not happen, too?" Connor said. "I mean, didn't they make a big deal about saving the princess because of that? An'... well, they did, an' the royal family bloody loves 'em for it, right? So problem solved."
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Posted: Sat Jul 20, 2013 2:12 am"Until the next thing that sends us all to Hell happens." Isabel replied "Seriously, you don't think that asshole is going to try to provoke an incident?"
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Posted: Sat Jul 20, 2013 2:30 am"Sure he will. An' we'll be ready for it. Bloody 'ell. Buggers like this try this shite all the time and get put down hard for it. Ten to one, he goes hopping back with his tail between his bloody legs."
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Posted: Sat Jul 20, 2013 12:48 pm"Or he arranges for there to be an attempt on his life by 'Mutant Terrorists', who no one has ever heard about before, and all of a sudden people want the MRA. Just to protect everyone from the dangerous mutants, of course. It won't hurt honest, ordinary citizens."
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Posted: Sat Jul 20, 2013 10:28 pm"'Course not. Can't go lettin' us keep savin' the world an' shite, right?" Connor chuckled.
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Posted: Sat Jul 20, 2013 10:36 pm"Why can't you take this seriously?" Isabel said, her eyes filling with tears.
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Posted: Sat Jul 20, 2013 11:10 pmShit. Connor sighed, putting his arm around her. "Because it won't do me any bloody good if I do?" he said. "I can get all bloody bent out of shape expecting something to go wrong, or I can get on with things. Either way, if things go to shit, I'll be doing the same thing. Only difference is I'll be bloody miserable all the time before then."
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Posted: Sat Jul 20, 2013 11:12 pm"Its just so hard not to freak out." Isabel said "I wish I could just do that....but its so hard."
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Posted: Sun Jul 21, 2013 12:22 am"Nothing's going to happen to you, luv," he said quietly. "I won't let anything happen to you. I promise."
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Posted: Sun Jul 21, 2013 1:04 am"Ok." Isabel said "And I won't let anything happen to you."
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Posted: Sun Jul 21, 2013 1:39 am"You don't bloody worry about me, luv. I've seen all kinds of shite the government will throw at me an' I'm still here." He hugged her a little.
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Posted: Sun Jul 21, 2013 3:21 am"Just promise me that you'll let me patch you up, ok?"
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Posted: Sun Jul 21, 2013 12:56 pm"Arright. Anyone manages to hurt me? You're patching me up," Connor agreed. "I'll keep ya safe, you keep me alive."
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Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2013 1:16 am"Sounds fair to me." Isabel said "I guess on the bright side, if things do go totally to crap I won't need to feel guilty about dumping injuries."
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Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2013 1:52 amConnor sighed. "Let's... worry about that if it ever happens, all right, luv?"