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Post by Prince on May 15, 2006 23:18:32 GMT -5
Need to talk to someone in private? No other tables are available? Welcome to the corner table!
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Post by Prince on Jun 3, 2006 22:05:12 GMT -5
Prince had a date... well, not a real date, just more of a time to meet Jack. And it wasn't a date! They were going to discuss war issues. This needed some serious thinking, and talking about, so here she was. Hair up in her hat, and all. She'd been thinking about this whole war business... something seemed out of place. She couldn't put her finger on it, but something was just not right. She sat down in a chair, got a glass of water, and waited for Jack.
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Post by ambereen on Jun 7, 2006 16:49:43 GMT -5
A few minutes later, the door opened and a Manhattan newsie came in, but not the one she was looking for. Blink walked slowly, a large bandage on his shoulder showing from under his shirt, which was half-way unbuttoned as it was.
He looked over at her and forced a small smile. "Hello dere, Prince."
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Post by Prince on Jun 7, 2006 17:12:58 GMT -5
"Blink!" Prince was shocked to see the kid bandaged up like that. "What's wrong? What did you do?" She stood up and ran over to him. "You're an absolute mess..."
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Post by ambereen on Jun 7, 2006 17:15:22 GMT -5
"Naw, Prince...Dont...Go sit back down." He guided her back to her seat. "I just ran into one of our ever favorite Delancey brothers." He sat across from her, pulling the edge of his shirt aside so she could see the whole bandage.
"At the Distribution Center. He even took a shot at Race." That was surprising in and of itself. The brothers were cowards, and usually stayed away from the trio of Mush, Blink, and Race. Although there had always been an exception made of Blink.
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Post by Prince on Jun 7, 2006 17:21:03 GMT -5
"Well... ya dun look well... I was waitin' here for Jack, he and I were gonna talk war business, but he ain't shown yet. Stick around, take a load off... looks like it hurt," she said shaking her head at his shoulder.
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Post by ambereen on Jun 7, 2006 17:23:21 GMT -5
He nodded, mostly because he couldn't shrug. "Just a bit...." He paused, biting his lip. "Hey, Prince...? Since Jack's not here...Can i talk to you for a bit? Something Morris said...its been botherin me."
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Post by Prince on Jun 7, 2006 17:25:09 GMT -5
Prince nodded. "Yeah, shoah, anythin'. What'd he say?" she asked him curiously.
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Post by ambereen on Jun 7, 2006 17:34:54 GMT -5
"He said, to watch out... Cause they could kill me as well." His eyebrow was raised in confusion. "But...the thing that bothers me...is that they've never killed one of us before. We haven't lost a newsie in a fight in years...except for Spike." He finished softly.
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Post by Prince on Jun 7, 2006 18:44:15 GMT -5
Prince listened quietly, and considered what Blink was saying. It wasn't until he said 'except Spike' that it clicked. Her mouth fell open in shock. "no..." she said quietly. She blinked a couple of times then looked back at her friend. "You... you don't think he meant..." she stopped in mid sentence and smiled. Had they finally figured it out? Was this it?
She had her suspisions to begin with, that's why she was coming to meet with Jack, to discuss things. Boy was she glad to be in Manhattan just then. If this was true, then the war was over... but if it wasn't... and he was lying then it would continue. Beyond all that they'd have to get Ace and Spot to listen... not a simple task in Prince's mind. The war was far from over, but if this was true, it was a start!
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Post by ambereen on Jun 7, 2006 19:24:45 GMT -5
He nodded quietly, running over his thoughts to gather them together. "I think...We've been played, Prince. How many people do you think would love to get the four leaders mad and at each other's throats? You are all, excuse me, mostly hot tempered. All of you, once you get going, dont stop."
They were all fuses, waiting to be lit. And like he said, once they were, it was only a short trip until they blew up. He knew he was on to something, but it was hard to think. He was still kinda woozy after the fighting.
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Post by Prince on Jun 7, 2006 20:23:22 GMT -5
"I... dunno... who would hold a grudge bad enough to kill a kid...? There's no way that brothers did this on their own... their not that smart. So, who'se the brains behind all this?" She started running through names in her head. None of them seemed possible. "I dunno who, I think a couple more minds are needed. Great minds think alike after all... we're gonna need all the great minds we can get in this case," she said. The problem, however, was going to get them to listen.
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Post by ambereen on Jun 7, 2006 20:41:11 GMT -5
Blink followed her train of thought, nodding. "You might just be in luck, Prince. That is, if Spot doesn't kill him first."
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Post by Prince on Jun 7, 2006 20:51:58 GMT -5
"Yeah... if only there were some... how, some way we could get them to not fight for two minutes, and listen to reason... I dunno Blink. It ain't gonna be easy," she said with a sigh. She looked at Blink, then out the window. Geeze, she felt so stupid.
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Post by ambereen on Jun 7, 2006 20:53:26 GMT -5
He shrugged, "I heard from a very reliable source...Ace is backin out. He went to talk to Spot- which is what i meant by, you might have another ally in this, if he doesn't get killed first." He tapped his fingertips on the table top, frowning slightly. "This is a mess."
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