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Caden, have you been practicing your shooting? 

Yessss...

Your gun hasn’t moved in three days. 

I’m good enough come on dad. 

Practice. Now. 

Ughhhhh. Fine. 

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...!!!

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temperedgallows:

Yeah right. You flooded the upstairs bathroom last time they left you alone. 

Well I did that on purpose. And I’d’ve done it whether you were there or not!!! This is pointless!!! 

Go ahead and try it. See how quickly I whip that scrawny ass. 

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temperedgallows:

aborderlinenightmare:

What!!! No fair! I’m old enough to watch myself!!!

Yeah right. You flooded the upstairs bathroom last time they left you alone. 

Well I did that on purpose. And I’d’ve done it whether you were there or not!!! This is pointless!!! 

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temperedgallows:

aborderlinenightmare:

What!!!

Keep your voice down. Did dad tell you I’m babysitting while he and mom go to that spa?

What!!! No fair! I’m old enough to watch myself!!!

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What!!!

Pipsqueak.

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Thanks miss!!! That’s really helpful. My mom’s gonna be really surprised by the new me!!! Heheheheheh. 

aborderlinenightmare:

…Oh!!! Yeah that sounds like fun! Then people aren’t expecting it all the time either heheheheh. 

!! Exactly!

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...Oh!!! Yeah that sounds like fun! Then people aren’t expecting it all the time either heheheheh. 

aborderlinenightmare:

…So what you’re just supposed to do boring shit all the time then just like….???????????

Balance! only do stupid crazy shit half the time you want to, that way it stays fun~

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...So what you’re just supposed to do boring shit all the time then just like....???????????

aborderlinenightmare:

….That’s not true!!!! …Nahhhh that’s not gonna happen!!! 

Course it does! and it will!! Too many thrills and suddenly it’s just a routine and nothin’s fun anymore, tsk.

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....That’s not true!!!! ...Nahhhh that’s not gonna happen!!! 

aborderlinenightmare:

Pshh!!! You gotta live for the thrill!!! Pull the trigger!!! Get shocked!!! You know…fun stuff!!! 

Mmaybe. F’you keep living th’same thrills over and over, though, they stop bein’ thrills. What then?

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Pshh!!! You gotta live for the thrill!!! Pull the trigger!!! Get shocked!!! You know...fun stuff!!! 

aborderlinenightmare:

It’s more fun when you get shocked though!!!! BZZZZT. Heheheheheh. 

Maybe the first ten or twenty times, but it’s a little old at this point.

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It’s more fun when you get shocked though!!!! BZZZZT. Heheheheheh. 

-HA !

…is jury-riggin’ a fix in a live wire without gettin shocked worth bragging rights?

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Caden giggled and bit his tongue to keep from laughing too hard. Not because he thought Jesse was being unreasonable, but because he agreed with him but he knew sometimes his reactions to things came off wrong. 

He grinned back at him. “Their names are Henry Chavez and Jake Brown. They think they’re cool cause they’re upperclassman, but they’re not shit.” He waved his hand dismissively. “Ever wonder why they’re just guarding the stupid ammo shelter and not doing something cool and fun? It’s because they suck and they’re assholes.” 

He glanced at Jackie again who obviously wasn’t getting his cues to leave them alone. “You can leave,” he said again. “You probably won’t fit so there’s no point trying.” He tossed the grate to the side and peered through the little metal vent. “We just gotta crawl through then we can go look at all the guns.” 

aborderlinenightmare:

“Hahah, yeah a lot of people say that,” Caden said, grinning like he was proud of the fact. “My dad always says ‘you never wanted to talk at all when you were little! Now we can’t get you to shut up!’.” He laughed and pulled Jesse off in a new direction. “The guns are this way. Mine’s the coolest! My dad bought it for me. I have five but the other four are at home.” 

He stopped suddenly and turned to Jackie, remembering he was with them. “You don’t have to follow us,” he said, then turned back to Jesse. “Do you have any guns yet? It’s okay if you don’t, the school provides them but you can bring your own from home too.”

The shooting range was accompanied by a large adjacent building marked “ARSENAL”. Two dracs lounged against the bolted metallic door with bored looks on their faces. “I’m doing a tour, let us in,” Caden said. 

“Fuck off hobbit,” one of them scoffed. Neither adjusted their position, unintimidated by the preteens and their scrawny chaperone. 

“Uhm, you do know who I’m giving the tour to right?” Caden sneered. He looked to Jesse, suddenly smug, and pointed to him. “Jesse Dereleth. Ring any bells?” 

“O-Oh,” the other drac said, eyes wide. “Y-You don’t mean?”

“Yeah,” Caden said with an imperial lift of his chin. “That Dereleth.” 

“Wow,” they looked at each other, silent for several moments, then both cracked smiles and snorted. “Yeah I don’t care,” the second drac said. “You’re not getting in here without one of your superiors.”

Caden frowned and challenged them with an intense gaze which they easily countered. After a tense moment he sighed and grabbed Jesse’s hand again. “Fine. Come on Jesse.” As soon as he pulled the other boy away he could hear the dracs talking distractedly to one another. “Come on.” He strode off around the long side of the building and scanned the horizon. “Coast is clear,” he hummed, crouching by a grate set into the wall. “Lucky for you I know another way in.” He pulled a knife from his pocket and flicked it open, beginning to work on the screws on the vent’s frame. 

Jesse watched Caden working, annoyance simmering in his blood. He shoved his hands into his pockets, squeezing them into little fists as he glared to himself. “That was bullshit,” he finally said after the first screw came loose. “I thought being a Drac was all about respect. That was so stupid. My brother was great. He did so much for those assholes and they’re gonna act like that doesn’t matter? Assholes.”

He fumed for another few minutes before he gave the wall a little kick. “Assholes,” he huffed again. “I’ll show them… When I make it big, I’m gonna come after them. I won’t forget their faces. Teach them a lesson… assholes…”

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blackerthanthewhitee:

Jackie frowned, Caden’s energy immediately grating against the more sluggish melancholy of his own demeanor. He flinched when he took his brother’s hand as if it were his own, driven even more uncomfortable by the suddenness of it all. As he warily watched the two, he allowed himself to walk a little slower, shoving his hands deep into his pockets as he hovered behind them, hoping they wouldn’t get into any sort of trouble. 

Jesse allowed himself to be pulled along, but he was too busy glancing around in every direction, trying to take in the sights of the Academy, to really listen. When he sensed that Caden had taken the smallest breath, he turned to look at him, fixing a big smile on him. “You talk a lot,” he announced breezily. “I wanna see where they put the guns, can we go there first?”

“Hahah, yeah a lot of people say that,” Caden said, grinning like he was proud of the fact. “My dad always says ‘you never wanted to talk at all when you were little! Now we can’t get you to shut up!’.” He laughed and pulled Jesse off in a new direction. “The guns are this way. Mine’s the coolest! My dad bought it for me. I have five but the other four are at home.” 

He stopped suddenly and turned to Jackie, remembering he was with them. “You don’t have to follow us,” he said, then turned back to Jesse. “Do you have any guns yet? It’s okay if you don’t, the school provides them but you can bring your own from home too.”

The shooting range was accompanied by a large adjacent building marked “ARSENAL”. Two dracs lounged against the bolted metallic door with bored looks on their faces. “I’m doing a tour, let us in,” Caden said. 

“Fuck off hobbit,” one of them scoffed. Neither adjusted their position, unintimidated by the preteens and their scrawny chaperone. 

“Uhm, you do know who I’m giving the tour to right?” Caden sneered. He looked to Jesse, suddenly smug, and pointed to him. “Jesse Dereleth. Ring any bells?” 

“O-Oh,” the other drac said, eyes wide. “Y-You don’t mean?”

“Yeah,” Caden said with an imperial lift of his chin. “That Dereleth.” 

“Wow,” they looked at each other, silent for several moments, then both cracked smiles and snorted. “Yeah I don’t care,” the second drac said. “You’re not getting in here without one of your superiors.”

Caden frowned and challenged them with an intense gaze which they easily countered. After a tense moment he sighed and grabbed Jesse’s hand again. “Fine. Come on Jesse.” As soon as he pulled the other boy away he could hear the dracs talking distractedly to one another. “Come on.” He strode off around the long side of the building and scanned the horizon. “Coast is clear,” he hummed, crouching by a grate set into the wall. “Lucky for you I know another way in.” He pulled a knife from his pocket and flicked it open, beginning to work on the screws on the vent’s frame. 

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Hehehe I’m not old enough to drink yet. But I have though!!! But everyone always wants to tell everyone else what to do but never does anything to actually work on accomplishing our goals!!! How’re we gonna make things right if no one wants to do anything!!!

thebadgodchild

Here here!!!! We should’ve taken them down already! Everyone just wants to sit on their asses and do nothing but drink!!!!

At this point I hardly blame ‘em. There’s a way any’ve us’d’ve ended up doin’ the same.

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Here here!!!! We should’ve taken them down already! Everyone just wants to sit on their asses and do nothing but drink!!!!

Another fucking year and you get people actin’ like they’re excited. Like we din’t think it’d be over by now, an’ it in’t still goin’. Shun’t’ve ever gone on this long.

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Pretty pretty pretty pretty pretty pretty PRETTY PLEASEEEE--

You don’t need a new pistol. You already have two. 

UGH.

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-5 years

Steady your arms Caden-- 

They are steady! 

Quiet. Listen, steady your arms. This elbow goes here. Draw the string so your fingers are right under your eye-- Straighten your back, you keep slouching--

I’m not slouching! 

Yes you are. Stop being contrary. Alright, steady-- Breathe in-- Release.

...Bullseye! I did it! I did it! I’m the best! Heheheh. 

Very good Caden! You’re going to be something wonderful. Let’s try again.