originally posted in:The New Dojo
"Ask me why..."
[b]Flashback.[/b]
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"...ask me why, Rose!
Go ahead!"
She stood these dumbfounded, a girl of 16, standing in front of her twenty something year old brother.
"Ask me why, Rose, I despise you!"
He wanted the answer, but she was choking back tears. She always knew he hated her, but why? Was she some chosen one?
"W-why?"
She squeaked out then.
"Because Father tossed me aside, No said 'your the heir to the family name', that's why!
I worked so damn hard to peeve myself, I did everything right! Even since I was a kid, I was trying too, then you where born, and just like that father was less interested!"
Why was he yelling? What did he mean, choose her over him? Its not like she did anything wrong, right?
A tear rolled down her cheek then, the girl frozen in fear, unable to force herself to move, her own legs seemed trapped in ice. She wanted to run, but couldn't, facing the full brunt of her brother's wrath.
"You don't have a clue of what it means to inherit the name, not one!
Since day one you've always had your head in the clouds, ignorant and stupid!"
She grimaced then, the words stung, maybe she was a bit airheaded at times...
"You're clueless even now, standing there with that face! Trying not to cry, let it out, by all means!
You damned bitch!"
Now that stung even more, making the brunette jump a bit, finally breaking the spell on her legs, as she looked at him with a pain in her eyes.
Then turned and ran, his shouts echoing after her, trying to get her attention. Now he was sorry, now he was....
[i]You dammed bitch...[/i]
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"...that damned batch has been plaguing our shop for a while now, sorry for that, dear."
"What?" she asked then, blankly.
"That dammed batch, the one from hours ago, seems it effected yours too."
Rose blinked then, did she just have a flashback? She knew those words sounded familiar.
Handing over the coffee then, she got a refund, the clerk passing her some kind of special seasonal one, mint something or other. The memory slowly collected in her mind, puddling together and becoming more and more vivid.
She nodded in thanks then, leaving the small shop.
Why did she remember that moment in her life? When she lived with her family still, just a year before she screwed it all up and left. It was going to haunt her now though, as she wanted to figure out why.
Turning, opening the double glass doors and heading right, she took a sip from the drink then, walking down the street in a robotic like pattern, eyes focused somewhere far different as she tried to figure out what happened.
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[i]"Someone seems angry." Natalie came up behind Rose and followed, though the woman needed to somewhat jog behind to keep up due to the difference in height between the two. She had been walking down the road from a friend's place not too long ago so she wasn't dressed in her combat gear - rather she had on a pair of boots, skinny jeans, and a black jacket over a purple shirt. [/i]
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Before she even turned around, her face visibly relaxed, as she rotated then and slowed down. "You could call it that, yeah." she gave a weak grin then, happy to atleast see Nat.
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[i]"Well now that you're in my immesurably calming presence, you want to talk about why?" Nat sarcastically inquired, a playful grin creeping onto her face. [/i]
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"Old memory, had a flashback or something in the coffee shop." Rose shrugged then, taking a sip from the coffee.
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[i]"Sounds bad. Maybe it's PTSD?" [/i]
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"Hell like I know, trying not to think about it right now."
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[i]"Right. I'd recommend a doctor or something, but let's be real, the only ones around here are witch doctors." [/i]
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"Especially in Tatakai, this place is shit. Be better off with friends than an actual doctor."
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[i]"Yeah. Usually I just go to that pool in the Dojo when I need a doctor." [/i]
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"Those are a good substitute, yeah. Or i could have you or some other mage heal me."
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[i]"I don't heal, Rose. Not the kind of magic I have." [/i]
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"Oh... Well, someone else does, so my point still stands."
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[i]"Right. I take it you know a healing mage?" [/i]
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"Don't actually. Would be cool if I did though."
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[i]"Well, give it a while and you will. I've got a few plans." [/i]
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Rose gave her an inquisitive look then. "What plans?"
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[i]"Well, I don't plan to know just gravity magic." [/i]
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"What else are you planning to learn?"
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[i]"Fire magic is a must, and I know a guy who's teaching me healing magic if I cook for him sometimes. Payment for the training, he says. I think he just wants to see my ass in a maid outfit." [/i]
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Rose grinned then. "I would too, but that's beside the topic. What other magic's would you try and learn?"
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[i]"Like I said, fire magic and some healing. So I don't burn myself." [/i]
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"Obviously, yeah. "
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[i]"I'm planning to learn those and maybe use them together with my gravity magic." [/i]
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"Well, fire would make for some extremely cool shit."
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[i]"Yeah. Combo that with gravity... Oh shit." [/i]