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May 15, 2023 18:54:57 GMT -5
Post by Sawyer Dune on May 15, 2023 18:54:57 GMT -5
He did not know about trusting people but he was going to do his best and at the end of the day maybe he would learn to make friends. "I am just trying to make sure that I do my part for the earth and I can use help I just do not want people to feel like they are embedded to me." That gave him a weird feeling to say the least. "What are your hopes for the island or are we too young to think about that kind of thing?" Sophie Chang
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May 16, 2023 0:48:54 GMT -5
Post by Sophie Chang on May 16, 2023 0:48:54 GMT -5
Sophie had done her part in this project by finding the stove for him. Presumably he'd dig it out of the junk pile later but his reply to her sounded quite deep and he'd gotten more time to think about the future than she had. She was closer to being 12 in terms of maturity but her body had to catch up. "Sawyer, you've clearly had time to think this through and its a good plan. I don't think we're too young to think about the future and regarding the island we live in it needs to remain a refuge for our kind. Which might lead it to being a nation eventually" she replied. She' knew her mother was an oddity and her father while human had plenty of other skills he'd started to pas onto her before he died. That education remained incomplete but enough of it had stuck to give her a good chance. "I picked up throwing knives today. Just as good as a gun round here" she added. Sawyer Dune
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May 16, 2023 7:40:33 GMT -5
Post by Sawyer Dune on May 16, 2023 7:40:33 GMT -5
To date this was the longest conversatio he had, had without being on drugs. It was weird but that was life. She was short though he did notice that as he kept the thought to himself. "How do you remain so positive?" Had she had one of those unsual upbringings that just made her see everything in a good light, that was not bad. "Knives? That seems like such a dangerous tool for you," he added as he looked out a bit. Sophie Chang
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May 16, 2023 10:04:47 GMT -5
Post by Sophie Chang on May 16, 2023 10:04:47 GMT -5
Being short was sometimes a liability it hadn't stopped her yet. "I've been here round a month but was living in what you'd call a slum in LA before that. The slum village dosen't seem that different to me except for the taller buildings" she mused with a little smile on her face. Just like master Yoda you couldn't judge by size. It was what you did with your skills that mattered in the end and that applied to everybody. She'd also had organised crime round her all her life which would colour your outlook on life and make you see it in an unusual manner. "I know how to handle a knife. They're actually more dangerous if you don't know what you're doing with them. Something my father taught me about before he died along with other things. I also learned how to fight from him. My aunt looks after me now as my mother couldn't stay around; the OSE wouldn't give her any peace but I know she'd want to be here too" Sophie added. Which answered his question about an unusual upbringing. There was still a good girl but she had layers to her life story. Sawyer Dune
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May 16, 2023 20:47:23 GMT -5
Post by Sawyer Dune on May 16, 2023 20:47:23 GMT -5
Fuck that was sad, he thought but he remained still in his motion notreally moving. "That's longer than I would have guessed but at the end of the day each day is a lesson waiting to happen." He took a second. "Well since you are so almost proficient in knives I need you to help me out not now but at a later date." He needed to kill that man. "There's a man, he does bad stuff to people and he deserves to die. I know that sounds bad but it is a truth and that is cool that you had someone else to step in for you." Sophie Chang
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May 17, 2023 0:21:00 GMT -5
Post by Sophie Chang on May 17, 2023 0:21:00 GMT -5
Sophie tended to see people as adults only when they had done something worthy of that title. Just turning eighteen without doing something of that nature wasn't enough for her. So Sawyer talking about somebody bad who needed to die got her attention. She wasn't sure if if she was an assassin or not but since he was talking about a future task who knew. He might well be right about being partial proficient as she was still only ten but she did aim to master knife skills in time. "We can see about your contract later on I suppose" she posed and that was a task for her aunt right now. Lucy was a lot more dangerous that she appeared to be. They were supposed to be under the radar here but details could be sorted out later which included accepting or declining the job. Accepting would also affect Sawyer as he could be dragged into the Triad for owing them. "My aunt has been there ever since my mother had to leave. Life would have been very different without her" she added but had a question for him. "So when did you get here?" which was a starter question as details would unfold from there. Sawyer Dune
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May 18, 2023 18:15:00 GMT -5
Post by Sawyer Dune on May 18, 2023 18:15:00 GMT -5
"Right," he said as he laughed. It did feel good to laugh and do the normal things like talk but still Sawyer knew he could come across very closed off. He blinked when she started asking him how long he had been here. "Fuck chick if we are going to keep going we need to walk. I need to keep busy." After a few seconds of seeing if she was going to come with him he spoke. "About two and a half weeks. Parents dumped me off and did not care to look back found the first thing I could get myself into and never looked back. Felt no need too." Sophie Chang
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May 19, 2023 0:24:38 GMT -5
Post by Sophie Chang on May 19, 2023 0:24:38 GMT -5
Sophie had followed Sawyer and hearing he'd been here two and a half weeks meant there had been places he hadn't seen yet. It sounded like he didn't mind being here either nor miss said parents. She did have further questions and it made more sense to get one answer at a time. "Have you found your own place yet?" she quietly posed adding "I don't know their motives but they might actually have given you a good chance. Especially if you have gifts you can use. A person with a sharp brain could do well". Sawyer Dune
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May 20, 2023 8:25:52 GMT -5
Post by Sawyer Dune on May 20, 2023 8:25:52 GMT -5
His own place? He had never looked into anything like that because it was always hard to know if you would stay somewhere long or not. "I have not exactly been looking," he said honestly. He planned to time travel across the universe even if not now eventually. He did not feel he needed a permanent place for that. The thoughts of using his brain made his head hurt. "Oh my god, so in order to get somewhere and be something even in the slums are you telling me that i need to be smart?" It was a crock! Sophie Chang
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May 20, 2023 8:49:54 GMT -5
Post by Sophie Chang on May 20, 2023 8:49:54 GMT -5
"I do recall there being vacant apartments in my block. My aunt will know you need to arrange for one of these to be yours" Sophie advised. That was how they'd ended up there after all. Sophie then heard what Sawyer said and then chuckled as they walked down a long street. "You can also get by by being lucky, violent or a sex worker but a person with skills can do well. Foe example the people who know how to repair things and make metal tools from scrap metal. Or even know things that aren't known here" she cheerfully added. Sawyer Dune
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May 20, 2023 14:57:32 GMT -5
Post by Sawyer Dune on May 20, 2023 14:57:32 GMT -5
It had not dawned on Sawyer but as they kept talking he now knew she was an alien. She looked like him but even he knew that aliens were not just going to come down looking like different things as it made more sense to get in a meat skin and one with powers too. This made him happy since he had always believed that they had existed anyhow. "That's very nice," he said since he did not want to make her mad and she report back to the alien in charge and they come down and grasp him up from the earth. "Not going to just let anyone fondle my junk so I will see what I can make." People and their urges what stupid idiots. "So," he said as he paused. "You ever been high?" Sophie Chang
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May 20, 2023 15:11:19 GMT -5
Post by Sophie Chang on May 20, 2023 15:11:19 GMT -5
"Well you did say you were looking for metal sheets. So you must be able to work metal. Therefore you can make things. I suppose sex work isn't for everyone" Sophie mused cheerfully as they walked. She was a quite mature ten year old after all. Logic also occurred to her so she figured he could make things. "High?" she added sounded surprised. "I'm only ten. So no". Sawyer then got a puzzled look as this was a rather strange question to be asked. Then recovered her wits to ask another question. "So what do you think you could make?" Sawyer Dune
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May 21, 2023 6:12:45 GMT -5
Post by Sawyer Dune on May 21, 2023 6:12:45 GMT -5
Ten? Sawyer paused in his steps. "Fuck kid I am sorry that I said fondle my junk." Crap. "I mean in this day and age I am sure that you have heard worse but that was very disrespectful of me." Fuck now he was in trouble with the alien head honcho for real. "Well you need to never do it if you want to know the truth." Ten though? "You really do not need to talk to strangers." The aliens must have taught her that well enough. "You're alright for ten even if a little short." He took a few minutes. "I need to make a suit and some other stuff. Would you like to see it once I am done?" Sophie Chang
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May 21, 2023 6:53:43 GMT -5
Post by Sophie Chang on May 21, 2023 6:53:43 GMT -5
Sophie looked up and Sawyer after hearing what he had to say. He had apologised but she had heard worse as well as seeing night workers wearing little in the way of clothing. It wasn't a career she seen herself doing and she was sure of that. Given the stories she'd heard about her real mother she was probally still being a badass merc somewhere in the world. So if she wouldn't go that route Sophie wouldn't be doing it either. "I have heard worse and seen night workers looking for johns. Not just here. And I get being called short a lot. I take that along with my flame power from my real mother. The stories told about her by my father said she was small and mighty. Also not to be messed with". A warning about talking to strangers followed that was unnecessary to her. She could get out of trouble if it found her. Then he added more. This was a weird conversation but she wanted to see it out to end and her curiosity still wasn't satisfied. He was talking about making a suit and stuff. "A metal suit and what would the stuff be doing along with the suit?" she posed. Sawyer Dune
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May 21, 2023 16:59:33 GMT -5
Post by Sawyer Dune on May 21, 2023 16:59:33 GMT -5
He did laugh genuinely when she spoke about the night workers looking for johns. He did not even know why he got a kick out of it he simply knew that he did. "It's good to have a relationship of any sort with your parents or at the least know your genetic history." This was the most spaced out conversation he had out when he was not high and that was saying a lot. He looked at her and he took a minute as he spoke. "I don't know, I just know I don't necessarily need to do as many drugs as I do and so if I can keep myself busy maybe I will get to a point of wanting to stay straight instead of turning to drugs." It was one thing to know your vices it was another thing to want to overcome them. Knowing them was easy overcoming them was a different hurdle. "Probably cut people though." Sophie Changsorry about the wrong tag~
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