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"I'M NOT GONNA HIT A GIRL! AND LOOK AT HIM! HE'S LIKE EIGHT INCHES TALLER THAN ME!"

2015-09-07 07:57:29

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"/I'M NOT A GIRL!/"

2015-09-07 07:58:12

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"WELL YOU'RE BIOLOGICALLY FEMALE AND THAT'S WHAT I'M FUCKING GOING OFF OF!"

2015-09-07 07:59:35

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"JUST BECAUSE IM BIOLOGICALLY FEMALE DOESN'T MAKE ME FUCKING WEAK! I /WILL/ MAKE SURE YOU WON'T HURT HIM AGAIN, EVEN IF THAT MEANS TAKING YOU OUT WITH ME!"

2015-09-07 08:01:17

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"GREAT IDEA, MAKE HIM LIVE ON THE STREET! HE'LL BE DEAD IN A WEEK!"

2015-09-07 08:02:37

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"HE'LL BE DEAD SOONER IF YOU KEEP HURTING HIM!"

2015-09-07 08:03:30

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"THAT'S HIS OWN FAULT!"

2015-09-07 08:03:56

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"Then lets make this /my fault/." She shoved him, hard. God luck bitch, you're fucking dead.

2015-09-07 08:05:01

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He stumbled backwards across the kitchen and into the fridge with a grunt. No, wait. I'M RIGHT HERE. "...dear, s....stop......" Tassek scrambled to his feet. "Fine, if you're not a girl, I DON'T HAVE TO GIVE A SHIT." He threw a punch.

2015-09-07 08:10:33

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She held up her arm, using his weight against him to block the punch. With the other, she punched him in the stomach, right in the diaphragm, to be exact.

Holy shit. /Holy shit./ They were actually /doing/ this? Anndrea quickly ran to get Terezi before someone fucking /died./

2015-09-07 08:14:09

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I don't know what to do. Anndrea's getting Terezi. Ivory's beating him up. I certainly can't stop her. What do I do? What /can/ I do? Nothing. I can't do anything. As usual. She's going to kill him. It'll be all my fault. No. Not another attack SHE HAS ENOUGH TO DEAL WITH WITHOUT THIS YOU WORTHLESS IDIOT SHE'S DOING THIS FOR YOU. I tried to slow my racing heart and breath as my nails dug into my arms and failed. But she wouldn't notice. That was good.

All the air was shoved out of his lungs in one fell swoop and he doubled over, wheezing. He couldn't catch enough breath to retaliate again, and it was all he could do to keep from falling asleep.

2015-09-07 08:22:06

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She had her chance, she grabbed him by the neck and pinned him to the wall, forcing him to look her in the eye. "Now let me make this /clear./" Her teeth were clenched and bared, fangs expose. "I know loneliness very well. I've /been/ alone. I will always /be/ alone. There's no changing that. But you know what? I will murder this entire city if I find out someone I care about is suffering. I will /never/ let anyone feel the pain I feel. Now don't you /ever/ fuck with him again." She dropped him.

2015-09-07 08:28:04

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Ah....../ah/.......Ivory..........you're not......alone......

Tassek made a choking noise as he pulled at her fingers, but when she dropped him, he passed out straight away on the floor. Seculus was staring off into space blankly, tears in his eyes and his knuckles white in the fabric of his sweater.

Seth left the back way, down the side street behind the school. This was how he usually left. Being bumped and shoved in the crowd on the way out the main doors wasn't nearly as fun as it sounded. But this time there was someone waiting for him. "Hey. Mr. holier-than-thou. What's going through that emo little head of yours, coming this way instead? /Scared/ of something?"

2015-09-07 08:40:30

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Ivory back up, took a quick glance at Seculus. Ha, well shit. She triggered something. Been a while since she did that. Though she wasn't sticking around, she wasn't stupid. No, instead, she turned and left before anyone could even stop her.

2015-09-07 08:43:18

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He lifted his head and froze. The blonde boy from the rugby team, Terence, stood in front of him on the empty sidewalk, arms crossed. "I heard you fucked my girlfriend." "I don't know what you're talking about," he said levelly. "Don't play dumb wit' me. You think rumors don't get around?" He took steps forward as he said this until he was breathing down Seth's neck. He grabbed the high collar of his jacket to pull him down. "Culio, you're going to /pay/ for that." Then he slammed his fist into the taller boy's cheek, snapping his head to the side.

2015-09-07 08:51:09

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Ivory was dead. Ivory was dead when Terezi got her hands on her. How in the hell- wait, where the /fuck/ is she?! She walked into the kitchen, and found Tassek sleeping on the floor. Fuck! /Fuck!/ Where is she?!

2015-09-07 08:56:06

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It hurt, but he'd been expecting it, and he immediately retaliated with a hard kick to the shin. /Terence/ was the one who hadn't expected it, and he yelped and stumbled backwards a little, letting go of his collar. But of course, he was used to taking a beating on a regular basis, so he quickly recovered and charged to tackle Seth to the ground. He sidestepped and sent a hard right hook directly for the back of his head. Terence flew forward, heels over head, and smashed facefirst into a trash can. Seth walked over and, holding his head to the pavement with one foot on his hair, kicked him repeatedly with the other in the ribs until he went limp. Then he kicked the trashcan over, dumping its contents all over the beaten boy, shoved his hands in his pockets, and walked away.

2015-09-07 09:03:38

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Anndrea was now shaking Seculus a bit, trying to get his attention. "Seculus! Seculus!" Terezi on the other hand, carried Tassek to the couch, making sure there weren't any injures, or worse, bite marks.

2015-09-07 09:08:04

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Someone was saying my name. I blinked, then blinked again to clear the tears. Anndrea? .....where had Ivory gone? What on Earth was that memory, it was so terribly violent, and the basis for the fight even worse...it must have been only an unfounded rumor. Yes. "I'm sorry, I couldn't do anything, she just...." I mumbled.

2015-09-07 09:12:51

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"...Did you see where she went? She's not here anymore."

"I'll find her myself if I have to."

"/Absolutely not!/ Terezi fighting her is not going to solve anything!"

"I'm not going to fight her!"

2015-09-07 09:14:44

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"Please don't dear," I said, a little louder. "She probably went back to...." Wait, no, giving her a location wasn't the best course of action. Even if they didn't fight, it wouldn't end well.

2015-09-07 09:16:33

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Tassek wasn't bothering me. In fact, he wasn't talking to me. At all. He refused to even acknowledge my existence beyond buying enough food for the both of us. I don't know if this is better or worse, but.....

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He was at school right now, so it didn't matter either way. Even if he didn't give a shit, I'd continued with my cleaning rituals, because /someone/ has to appreciate basic hygiene around here. I noticed that he hadn't changed the calendar since November and frowned. He hadn't ever gotten a new one, but this was one of those fourteen-month calendars, so it would do. I flipped the page to February and checked the date. Oh, nevermind, that ruined the point. It was already the last day of the month. February 28th --

"Seth! Seth, I got you something!" The ruddy-faced little boy held up a tissue-wrapped object and grinned. Seth sighed a little, smiled at him, and took it. "I hope you didn't spend this week's allowance on this." "'Course not! I saved it up for two months!" "For two -- Russell, you shouldn't have. As in, don't do that again, I thought your mom had stopped giving it to you entirely. I was a little worried." His face fell and he looked for all the world like what he was, which was a just-scolded child. "Sorry, Seth...." Once again, he sighed, but laughed a little and ruffled his hair. "It's fine. Let's see what was so worth it." The grin returned as Seth tugged the paper away to find a small, golden, thick circular hoop earring in a box. "Holy cow. This is great." He held it up and it glinted in the light. "...this isn't /real/ gold, is it?" "'Course not, it's silver. The gold's just painted on." "Holy --" He caught himself before he swore for real. Not the best thing for the pastor's boy to rub off on a little kid. "....wow. Thanks. Seriously." He reached down and hugged Russell. "You're welcome, Seth. Happy birthday!"

I jolted back up from the vision in surprise at several things. So /that/ was where my earring had come from. I fiddled with it while I thought about the rest. There had to be a reason I'd seen that when I did....so....today was my birthday? Really? .............oh. Well......there was no point in telling anyone at this point. It would just be bothersome. They'd feel obliged to do something nice on short notice, and with the suddenness it would be reasonable to think I was making the whole thing up. "Happy birthday to me....happy birthday to....." I sang softly, taking my hand off the calendar.

Later, I'd worked up the courage, finally, to go face Ivory about the fight she'd had with Tassek. Both of the girls had been angry, and of course, when he woke up, he had been pissed belief. She'd done it for me, but....that just made it worse. I felt terrible. They should be angry at /me/, not her. I gently pushed the door open. No point in bringing Lance down for a customer.

2015-09-07 09:51:52

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Of course, Lance heard the door to the shop open, and sensed another angel. Now who could that be. He strolled down the steps, yawning. He was still in his pajamas...which was really just a comfortable pair of pants. What kind of angel slept with his shirt on? Oh. It was Seculus. "Good morning." He greeted. "What beings you here so early?"

2015-09-07 09:57:19

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.....well, I did for one. Dammit, though. I failed. "Early evening, actually. But yes, good day. ...I needed to talk to Ivory about something." And I needed out of the house. As fast as I could.

2015-09-07 10:01:15

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"Oh. You're lucky. She usually isn't social at this hour." He turned, his back exposed to Seculus. "Just head upstairs and take a right. Only door on the right." On his back, was a decent sized brightly color blue watercolor rose tattoo. It barely missed his scars where his angel wings resided, but only barely.

2015-09-07 10:05:26