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Post by Prince on Sept 6, 2006 22:40:32 GMT -5
She laughed slightly. "Don't do that," she said looking at him with a smirk. "You do that and with the both of us gone it'll be Ace and Spot. Nothin' against their leadership skills, but..." well it just sounded like a bad idea to her. "B'sides, I do not wanna ride on you shoulder all the way to Santa Fe." She leaned against his shoulder. "What do you think of this thing though... really." she said. It was starting to worry her.
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Post by Jack Kelly on Sept 6, 2006 22:43:32 GMT -5
Jack slipped a hand into her hair, playing with it gently, as if the act would send some of his stress away. "...honestly, I don't know. I have a horrible feelin' in my stomach. I want to keep my kids away, but I feel like I can't order 'em. I can't offer them more food..more money. They can. I feel pinned, Prince." He felt as if the weight was all on his shoulders.
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Post by Prince on Sept 6, 2006 22:50:34 GMT -5
She nodded. "I know what you mean, but... ya gotta tell 'em these guys are bad news! If the kids don't know they'll go to find out for themselves. They go doin' that, and... you may lose kids with out the kids havin' any say in it," she looked at him, but didn't mind him playing with her hair. "I know ya dun wanna lose deir loyalty, but you have to look at it from the angle that you may lose them other wise."
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Post by Jack Kelly on Sept 6, 2006 23:58:19 GMT -5
Jack nodded. "I know, Prince. I know. I'm just tryin' to find that precarious balance." He sighed, looking into her eyes. "Rumour is that Ace has disappeared. And I don't think he was takin' if you catch my meanin'." He bit his lip. "...I will tell them, and just hope they believe me."
He sighed. "So Aria was takin'? ...I had Razor...you know that kid o' Spot's pokin' around my burrough for some Flanna girl...she's one of yours, right?" He shook his head. "Think they musta takin' her too, from how Razor acted."
He leaned back. "...they might take our kids anyways."
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Post by Prince on Sept 7, 2006 0:03:26 GMT -5
That just scared her, kids dissappearing left and right, it worried her quite a lot. "Flanna... yeah, she was the goil who dressed like a guy... like I do, 'sept she didn't tell as many people. Sounds like these guys plan on takin' over if they think they can." And with Ace 'missing', but not taken, that could spell a lot of trouble for the Bronx. "And what about Ace? Whose takin' over while he's gone?" she asked worried.
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Post by Jack Kelly on Sept 7, 2006 0:08:33 GMT -5
Jack shrugged. "...No one, I don't think Prince. I think they are wandering about without a leader." He touched her cheek gently, but took his hand away. He needed to keep his mind on business. "And I think they will do whatever it takes to take over." He sighed. "...The cops are missing...probably because of the Aria element."
He rubbed his temples. "But I don't know. I'm not the brains. I'm just tryin' to think."
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Post by Prince on Sept 7, 2006 0:11:00 GMT -5
Prince sighed slightly as Jack took his hand away. Business... right. "Maybe I oughta stop by, see how their holdin' up," she suggested. She hated the thought of them walkin' around with no idea what's goin' on. "Might do that latah, if ya think it's woith a shot," she said looking at him with curious eyes.
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Post by Jack Kelly on Sept 7, 2006 0:17:00 GMT -5
Jack nodded. "Yeah. You seem closer to him than I am." He whispered. "...and this isn't working out for me Prince. I'm just..I'm failing at this." Which was something he never admited.
He looked up, his eyes a bit shiny. "...Sweets joined them of her own free will earlier today, Prince. Blink and Mush could leave then..." He shook his head. "..I couldn't stop her. I..loyalty meant nothing, Prince."
He seemed at a lost. His face was a mass of confused emotions, and he honestly felt near his end. Happy, joyful Jack was...so far from that at the moment. He was really tying to be strong, but Sweets leaving, especially finding out about what was going on..was almost too much.
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Post by Prince on Sept 7, 2006 0:23:23 GMT -5
Prince was a taken aback at this news. Sweets? Prince had met her, she seemed like such a nice girl... why would she side with such people.
"That can't be right," she said shaking her head. "Maybe... she's spying on them?" she felt like a child saying it, like it didn't sound right, but it was the only explanation she could think of, other than Sweets going against her leader to join some low pick pockets.
As far as Jack failing, she thought it untrue. "You ain't failin'..." she said making him look at her, "Ya only know as much as we do about all this, ya tryin' as hard as ya can... ya can't don any more than that," she said shaking her head. None of them could.
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Post by Jack Kelly on Sept 7, 2006 0:31:19 GMT -5
Jack did something he had never done...he just sort of slid down and rested his head in Prince's lap. He was trying not to break down. He was a man. He didn't do that sort of thing.
"...No. She isn't spying, Prince. She..." He shut his eyes. "...you didn't hear the way she talked to me. She yelled at me. Me." He turned his head to the side, staring at the wood grain of the pew in front of him. "...she is right. I can't make their decisions. I can't tell them what to do. My good isn't good enough."
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Post by Prince on Sept 7, 2006 0:40:06 GMT -5
She looked down at him. She was a girl, nearly a woman, but... she'd never seen Jack like this before. It wasn't a bad thing, proved he had emotions, but, she just felt badly for him. She lifte a hand and pulled his hair out of his face. "Jack... you're kids are just that... kids," she reminded him. "Like you and me, they grow up. They can make their own choices... their bound to make mistakes... she may change her mind. And when she does," not if, when, "you gotta be there still willin' to protect her. She's ya friend, she cares about you, an' you care about her. So I don't know what she said... but I know Sweets... I think... we may just hafta wait it out," she said quietly trying to comfort him.
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Post by Jack Kelly on Sept 7, 2006 0:46:00 GMT -5
Jack looked up at her a bit. "Yeah I know, Prince." He sighed, just feeling a bit better just laying there. "..I know. Its just...I needed to hear it from someone else. You doubt it when you second guess yourself."
He smirked a little. "...and of course I'll protect her. I'd save her butt on a damn horse if I had to." He chuckled, feeling a bit more like himself, catching her hand in his. "...what would I do withoutcha, Mary..." His eyes were warmer now, less dispairing.
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Post by Prince on Sept 7, 2006 0:48:31 GMT -5
She smiled at him. "Ya welcome," she said knowing this as Jack saying thank you. "As far as what cha'd do with out me... well... let's not find out, okay?" she said chuckling slightly in return. She brushed his hair back out of his eyes again and couldn't take the smile off of her face.
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Post by Jack Kelly on Sept 7, 2006 12:45:05 GMT -5
Jack sighed and sat up, kissing her forehead, whispering. "Remind me when this is all over, to take you out for a nice dinner. You deserve it." He smiled lopsidedly. "So. Guess we should talk to Spot?..or figure out Ace first?"
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Post by Prince on Sept 7, 2006 16:00:55 GMT -5
Prince laughed lightly and attemtped to hide a blush, which failed miserably. She then got herself collected and got back to the problem at hand. "I'm not sure," she said thinking about it. "My vote goes towards the Bronx. Their probably wonderin' what's goin' on. Least we can do is fill 'em in," she suggested. Didn't sound like a bad idea to her anyway.
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