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| The Cheatin' Heart 2: Revenge.; An ErikaxLevi (and others!) Western. | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Nov 7 2011, 08:29 PM (570 Views) | |
| LadyG | Nov 10 2011, 06:41 PM Post #61 |
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TARO "Come in, we have plenty of sitting space" I say to Lianda and Ephraim. I knew thier names already since Eugene told me all about them and thier saloon, it was how I met her of course. I chuckle as I see Ephraim back a bit away from me, even more so when he hears my voice, it is a bit deep. I am so used to the reaction though that it doesn't bother me much anymore. It did when I was a child and the others would tease me for being so tall and 'abnormal'. I was scrawny then. Now that I am as built as I am, the teasing doesn't happen anymore. "what do you do for a living Taro?" Lianda asks me curious. "I work at the county jailhouse, security you could call me. I keep the criminals in line and ensure no escapes and the such" I say to them. "I guess that's why I've never seen you really then. We obviously aren't in there much and it's on the far side away from us. Though I bet we've sent a few drunken idiots your way from time to time" Lianda says and I nod, that part is true, the saloon does send us some rowdy folk once in awhile. "He's new there, we haven't been in town hugely long" Jonah says coming in with Eirika "OH, you are right!" Lianda says suddenly "I heard rumor of a big huge man working there, scaring up the criminals and how some of the better folk think you'll do good for our town on your looks alone" I have to chuckle at that, it's nice to hear the town thinks I will help and always rather amusing to hear what others think of me. ERIKA I pull my hand away slowly when he touches it "Dinner sounds nice" I say, giving him that much. I still have so much on my mind, plans, work, how to pull it all off and escape without jail or being killed myself. Whether going to Lucifer is the right choice. Maybe I should learn more about Levi, maybe he can help me more then I assume too. I'll have to see just how far I can trust him. See how much information about me he can handle. He tells Dani he's leaving to show me the restaurant and she nods. I see her hand him some money so that he can pick her up some food and bring it back to the saloon later for her to eat as well. |
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| Syniah | Nov 10 2011, 07:09 PM Post #62 |
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Levi Do have to stop at my house. I actually dont live too far away," I say to her, taking her to my house. When we step in, I hear Belial with a girl and from how loud she's screaming, she's praising the Lord. I shake my head and say, "Wait in the living room, I'll be right back." I'm afraid of leaving her because Satan is sitting in his chair, spacing off. He never says much but from how he got his nickname, there's a reason why he doesnt and stays spacing out. I decide to change into my evening clothes since I normally do around dinner time. Epue I wouldnt choose anyone else," I say, trying to stay on his good side. "Oh come on Epue, you arent afraid of him are you? He's nice. He wont harm you as long as you dont piss him off," Eugene says, smiling. I see Eiri cuddling up to Jonah and kiss at his cheek. "I love you," She says with her eyes shining with hearts in them. |
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| LadyG | Nov 10 2011, 07:19 PM Post #63 |
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LIANDA "I guess I must apologize for my husband" I say to Taro and Eugene "no, no, it's quite alright. I get used to it" Taro says and I nod "Eugene, your dinner smells amazing, what are you cooking? and if it smells THAT amazing I think you must take me to your kitchen so we can talk and you can show me your tricks" I say to Eugene. I notice Eirika too. It is cute watching her and Jonah. At least he isn't quite as tall or big as his papa or Epue would of had a heart attack LONG, LONG ago I thinks. ERIKA I stand in the doorway and cant' help but noticing the girl upstairs and what is going on. I'm not sure who she is with, either Lucifer or Belial and I shake my head and try to tune it out. Satan must be the one in the chair? I think he was the one that Levi said sat around and spaced off and this person certainly fits that description. Wonder if he was always like that? I look around from where I stand, waiting on Levi. The place isn't bad for a home that 4 men run, it's much cleaner then I would of expected. Luckily I don't spot Lucifer yet, I don't want to run into him until I figure out just how much I want to tell him and figure out what part in my plans he will take. |
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| Syniah | Nov 10 2011, 07:49 PM Post #64 |
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Epue I go over with Lia and Eiri into the kitchen/dining room to find the dinner table. It's long enough to sit more than five people atleast but the kitchen seems a bit small. Pots fill the stove as several things are being cooked at once. I then think about how women cook for their men. I barely had a wife before I married Lianda so I was on my own on how I fed myself. Tara came back and grabbed onto taro's leg and said, 'Daddy! Pick me up!" "So many demands from you," Eugene said. Levi When i come back, Satan is still spacing out, having not noticed Erika apparently. That's a good sign. Lucifer was out so I knew I wasnt going to see him for a while. I took her hand and took her to the restaurant I wanted to take her and I knew that the restaurant could let us take food home or whatever. |
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| LadyG | Nov 10 2011, 07:59 PM Post #65 |
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ERIKA I sort of sigh to myself when Levi tries to hold my hand again and for now I allow it. As I thought to myself earlier, I might need to be on his good side and see how much help he'll be to me. He leads me to the restaurant and it actually looks quite nice inside and I can smell the aroma of different plates of food in the air and I feel glad to be there, I can use a good meal. We get seated at the 'usual' or so the server said. I guess Levi has been here lots or enough to have a favorite place within the restaurant. I sit and sit across from him at the table we are placed and I wait on him before I start talking about anything I might end up saying to him. LIANDA Watching Taro holding a young child is rather amusing since she is so tiny compared to him, but it shows his gentle side. His eyes are soft and kind while holding her. He really loves his family. I hope Jonah is that same way with Eirika. "you think Jonah will take Eirika out of that saloon?" I ask Eugene quietly, making talk "I'm glad you found a guy, you seem so happy now. I'm happy with Ephraim" I say and look at the men "he still misses her though, but I do my best to fill the void. I know I wasn't number one, but I still try and be good to him" I say to her as we work on the dinner together. The apple pie she made by hand smells absolutely mouthwatering. |
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| Syniah | Nov 10 2011, 09:47 PM Post #66 |
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Levi "How old ar eyou? Just wanting to know. I've been just...Foolish around you and I never knew your age or anything," I say, wanting to know. "And you seem interesting. Not everyday we get a pretty lady into our town and she's probably not even eighteen." Eugene "let's hope. She's much too young but we were like that when we were young," I say to Lianda. "She will be liberated with a man like Jonah. Jonah is serious when he gets into a relationship." I hear Tara giggling and hugging her Daddy's neck and burying her face in his chest. Alot of people would take advantage of him if Tara showed up and wante dhimt o pick her up. "Daddy! When I went outside today, near the hen house, there was a BIG butterfly! It was THIS big!" Tara says and I see her stretch out her arms wide. "I didnt get a chance to catch it though." |
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| LadyG | Nov 10 2011, 10:18 PM Post #67 |
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ERIKA "Do I really look that young?" I ask Levi a bit surprised he'd think I was only 18 "No, actually I am almost 20, so you were close, guess I can't complain if I still look a bit young" I say to him and grin about looking young "I figured the life I've lived that I would look older actually" I sigh and look over the small menu they have in this restaurant. I know I'll settle on some steak and potatoes, a full meal instead of anything girly. But in a bit of a change I get milk with my meal instead of any alcohol. LIANDA I watch Taro indulging Tara with her stories and kind of chuckle "surprised you have one so young, my two are grown. We have another daughter but she's back at the saloon running it with Levi. She doesn't give herself out though, she helps her daddy behind the bar" I say "Daniella, she's 16 and Eirika 18. I miss them at that young inquisitive age" I say still watching Tara "want more?" Taro asks me and I kind of blush "nah, I don't think so. I'm content with the grown up ones and when they are out of the house it might be nice to be alone and in peace for a bit" I say "though I guess it would depend on Epue too" |
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| Syniah | Nov 10 2011, 10:26 PM Post #68 |
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Eugene And once she grows up, she'll be wanting to drive cars and meet boys," I say, shaking my head and setting the table. "Tara, you wash your hands?" "Yes Momma!" Tara says and shows me her hands. "Alright. And dont reach into the food, alright?" I tell her and she nodds. She stays in her daddy's lap and keeps hugging him. "I love you Daddy! Can I go to your job?" "Baby, you know we've been over this, you cant go because those bad men will hurt you and Daddy has to hurt them," I say as I place down the plates. "And you dont want Daddy to hurt anyone." Tara's face shows me she was contemplating on that before she says, "no, Daddy shouldnt hurt anyone." "Well, we're almost ready to serve so i'll call down Eiri and Jon," I say. Levi I decide to get steak and just some wine. Nothing big or bad, just something quick. "You look like the reverse. You look good." |
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| LadyG | Nov 10 2011, 10:36 PM Post #69 |
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LIANDA "Well, we haven't heard her screaming so she must of been behaving anyways" I say, glad she wasn't doing anything to embarass the night so far and help Eugene to put the plates and pans of food onto the table "I cannot WAIT to dig into this" I say and smile at them "Taro, you are a lucky man, if we knew Eugene could cook so good I bet she would of had other jobs at the saloon then she did" I chuckle ERIKA "Thanks" I say, surprised he didn't ask about my life after I tried dropping a hint about it that might make him ask. I look around and then look at Levi "dont' you want to do something bigger and better then working at a saloon?" I wonder, trying to make him talk more "and you said your parents were gone cause your brothers did something wrong? what could be so wrong a parent would leave FOUR kids?" |
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| Syniah | Nov 10 2011, 10:42 PM Post #70 |
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Levi "More like my two older brothers just took us. And as I said, it's been so long since it happened, Lucifer and Satan would be the only ones who'd know the full story. How they act and how they behave is how they chose those nicknames," I say. "And yeah, i'd like to work for something bigger but I rather just start slow and work up." Eugene I chuckled. "Not for a colored woman," I say. "But it doesnt matter. Let's eat." Eiri and Jon come from where they were, making out I suppose, and sit at the table as I fill everyone's plates with the same amount of food. "Now, Jon, say Grace, you know we do," I say as everyone closes their eyes and bows their heads. |
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| LadyG | Nov 10 2011, 10:52 PM Post #71 |
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ERIKA "Did you ever know your parents well?" I wonder "have memories of them? I never knew my dad and my mom died young, heartbreak. Maybe she was just never strong, I don't know. He left and never came back, he never knew she was pregnant though so to him it might of been a clean break..but to mom...she still held on. Until she died" I say "Grew up with an Uncle for a bit, moms brother obviously. When I was old enough I left. Most of my life I spent trying to figure out where dad went and if I could find him again, just to meet him once, even if he never wanted to acknowledge a child" I say LIANDA Jonah says his grace for the table and we all listen as he does, behaving. Even Tara got quiet during it I noticed. Watching them almost makes me feel like such a bad wife. I don't cook as well, never thought of grace, but then again Epue never asked or started it either. But I do clean the household well and we do have a small amount of farming I do in spare time to bring in extra money. Growing and selling some vegetables in summer. You wouldn't think it, but some of the men at the saloon like the fresh food in the saloon, reminds them of home while they are out being pigs. I start eating my food and am quiet most of the dinner just cause I am so busy savoring the food while trying not to look like a pig while doing it. "Jonah, when you came to the saloon, you knew our families were linked when you met Eirika? or had a past I should say?" I ask him "Yes ma'am. Mom told me after, she didn't expect me to start going to saloons so soon but she told me after. I had mentioned Eirika was the saloon owners daughter" Jonah tells us |
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| Syniah | Nov 10 2011, 11:10 PM Post #72 |
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Eugene I nod. "When he started, I just told him out right. He's a big boy. He knows that he's his father. I think when...you know....it just changed alot. How did the others fair? Anyone we remember? Then again, it's been nineteen years." "Mommy, you use to work at a Saloon? What's that?" Tara asks me. "A Place where Mommies and Daddies go when they want to get away from home...Without their family. You'll understand when you get older," I say to her, "Eat your food." "Yes Mommy," Tara says. Levi I try and think and shake my head. "The most lucifer will ever tell us is that Dad was a rich man. I think...An oil rig up north. I cant even remember his face...Or my mom's face..." |
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| LadyG | Nov 10 2011, 11:19 PM Post #73 |
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ERIKA "Shame for both of us then" I say quietly, a bit surprised we matched in a way. When our orders arrive I start eating at my steak and being silent. I decide to hold back anymore information for the time being before I say too much or bore him. I can't tell if he is interested or just bored. He isn't talking much. I know where I want to go after dinner now. A place to be alone and think things over, something I've been wanting to do since I got in town a few days ago. LIANDA "Well, Trina went off and married her regular, Seth. I'm sure you remember him. That was REALLY quick after but you were still there when she left, you left shortly after. I haven't heard from her much since, every couple years she'll send a photo around christmas. Her family is 4 children. Two sets of twins. Odd huh, two girls and two boys, I think the the girls are older. All a good looking bunch. Giselle disappeared about a year after, just up and gone. I don't know where she went at all, she never wrote, never cared. But she wasn't all that nice to us at the saloon anyways. You left of course and I married Epue" I say "Business the same all these years?" Taro asks making talk, talking to Epue to get him talking since he's been so quiet, maybe he still fears Taro? I watch him and chuckle a bit lightly |
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| Syniah | Nov 14 2011, 10:05 AM Post #74 |
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Levi "sorry, I just...Dont like talking about my past when I dont really remember it..." I say to her. "I dont know if we were on a farm when Dad had a oil rig or if we were in a mansion. We havent even written them letters or even invited them but Lucifer figures that Dad doesnt care at all so why bother?" Epue I just a bit when taro talks to me and I nod. "Yes," i croak and clear my throat. "yeah but it's good to see you all again!" Eugene says, smiling. "But hopefully one day i'll come by and visit once in a while. I'll most definitely turn heads since I put up my dresses and head dress but I'll come visit! Taro may once in a while with me." "You sure? I mean, you know out here we're not as...Well..." I say "I know. But as far as they're concerned, I'm the nanny for his son," she says. "We get it alot but once you've settled down, you get use to it. We dont care since we love each other but you know in this day and age, folks arent as forgiving. But enough of the sadness! You all get alot of the apple pie, i made more!" I smile at Eugene and feel happy for her. She's a courageous woman. |
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| LadyG | Nov 14 2011, 10:22 AM Post #75 |
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ERIKA "I think after dinner I have someplace I need to go" I tell Levi. I plan on visiting the graveyard, see where Ephraim and his wife might of buried my dad. IF they gave him that much respect even. I wonder if he'll even have a proper tombstone. I know the story. Through years of research, going through different towns history files and papers, following leads of the mysterious lone wanderer with striking light blue eyes, it wasn't hard. I wanted to find my dad and thought it would be impossible, but apparently even though he was a traveller and never stayed in one place long he made an impact wherever he went. People remembered his eyes even if he didn't want to be noticed. I don't think he did anyways. He never went in towns too kill or rob the banks, he was just travelling it seemed. I'm not even sure how he earned money. I know I found most of the leads on him in different saloons and people who remembered his face. It took me years to find a photo of him even but I did. I keep it on me usually, except now it's at the motel I am keeping. I can't risk it falling out infront of Ephraim or the others. I know he ended up in this town and fell for Ephraims leading lady causing a fight. The lady in that photo above the bar. At least she tried to stop it. I wonder if she would of went with him. A part of me hates her too cause she would of won over my mom I guess. I doubt he really loved her since he left, but at the same time, she seemed to of died for and with him. I realize I spaced out and look at Levi again, I didn't even realize I finished my plate of food while in such deep thoughts "should we finish and leave soon?" I ask, the sunlight isn't far from disappearing and I want to get out while there is still a bit of daylight left. |
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