Roof

[Daniel Cardoni]

The lodging house roof is kept mostly clean, and is an ideal place if you just want to get away for a while and think. Ace is usually found around here.

[drifter]

OOC: contd from fire escape

'Daniel Cardoni is dead....'

Drifter shivered when Ace said this, dead. She knew things were rough for him at home but she didn't this coming. She leaned over and gave her old friend a hug, knowing he meant it when he said she'd always have a home here.

"Thanks Ace, that means a lot to me. I won't sat nothing about yoah past to noone. Yous a good friend foh letting me stay."

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[Daniel Cardoni]

He smiled at her, eyes slightly haunted, "Thanks, that means a lot to me too. And i'd love for you to stay heah, i wouldn't let you go anywhere else."

And he meant it too. Always would. He ruffled her hair lightly, with a smirk. "But i cant pay you back for the help youse guys gave me back home."

[drifter]

Drifter tried to glare at the boy but found that was impossible. Laughing she grabbed her hat and stuffed it back on her head where her braids were now totally falling out.

"Thanks buddy, yous a real help. And wes didn't do nothin special foh you compahred to what you did fohs us. Theahs was days wes wouldnta ate if you didn't bring somethin."

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[Daniel Cardoni]

He shrugged, as if it wasn't a big deal. And for him it hadn't been. He didn't understand at that time how he could have so much food- so much the family couldnt even finish it- and yet the people next door had nothing.

He knew better now. Which was the real reason why he saved every last cent- in case someone else needed it. It was just his nature, and probably always would be. "But you guys hid me when i had no where else ta run." He reminded her quietly.

[drifter]

Looping her arm in his, Drifter looked him in the eye sternly.

"What else was wes spossed to do? Doesn't mattah wheah you came from, yous was always one of us and wes looked out foh eachothah. That's in the past now and dwellin on it aint gonna change it. Wes bettah people foh it you know."

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[Daniel Cardoni]

He nodded slightly, a piece of his hair falling into his eyes. Chuckling he brushed it away, "I know, believe me."

He knew, of course he did. Those lonely nights were he would sometimes sneak out and spend time with his new friends, or run off and sell papers under the name 'Ace.' The good times.

[drifter]

It took awhile for Drifter to understand why Ace always ran away as a kid. When she first met him she didn't understand why he'd want to leave the wealth and 'easy' life he had going. It was the first night he showed up black, blue and bloody that she understood.

"Yous really scahed the heck outta me that first night you showed up aftah yoah brothah roughed you up. I'd nevah seen anyone that beat up befoah, even when the fella down the hall used to smack his wife around she nevah looked like that."


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[Daniel Cardoni]

Ace snorted a little, turning his head to the side. "I fought back." He said simply, "At first, i fought back. And den i realized it was useless...and i stopped fightin."

SHe should remember that night, when he had stumbled in barely concious, with more marks on him then ever before, crying out when the air touched his torn up skin. His parents never had done a thing about it either. They let the abuse continue.

[drifter]

Drifter rested her head on Ace shoulder as he drifted off a bit.

"Ise was so noivus, I thought yous was gonna die, boy was I dramatic," she said with a chuckle, "But everyone else was acting totally nohmal, saying it happened all the time and theys couldn't believe I hadn't seen it befoah. Ise real glad you got outta theah Ace."


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[Daniel Cardoni]

He threw his arm around her shoulders, giving her a little hug. "Im glad i did too." He shivered a little, "I just hope Leone doesnt come looking for me."

((foreshadowing! *sings*))

[drifter]

Drifter shivered at the thought.

"I could kill him foh what he did to you. The only way Ise wanna see him again is dead. He'd desehrve it to."

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[Daniel Cardoni]

"He's da heir of my family now." He said quietly, "I gave it all up, and really- i wouldnt have seen any of it anyway." He reached down his collar and pulled out a gold chain. "This is all i took with me, this and a few changes of clothing."

He had kept the necklace only because it had been a gift from his grandmother a few days before she had passed away. It was special, and he usually kept it hidden.

[drifter]

"Yous got out with yoah life and that's alls yous really need. Alls Ise gots Pa's fiddle and cap and nothing else. Ise don't even remembeh Ma much. But dis fiddle is whats been keeping me fed all these years."

Grinning, Drifter thught of something, "You should come down to the pahk next time. Ise play and yous sell, it always did the trick in Philly."

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[Daniel Cardoni]

He raised an eyebrow and grinned, "Why not. Its something new to try." He winked at her, "I might even sing, hows dat?" Laughing at himself, he took a look around, "Hey, you eaten yet?"