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Post by Lacarinus on Jan 2, 2016 20:20:35 GMT -5
"Depends on why you want to know." His shoulders were squared, a blatant attempt to look larger than he was, like a cornered cat puffing up it's fur. "Because I'm not telling you shit just so you can go blab to Sol next time he grabs you in hopes of a free pass."
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Post by Shovatic on Jan 2, 2016 20:27:59 GMT -5
"We're stuck here together, right? I was just wondering if it had any meaning." He spoke truthfully, a bit too obviously shocked by the defensiveness of the corporal. True, they were in a tiny enclosed hell waiting for the next bout of Sol's wrath, but Harvey was also chained to a wall, and moving would reopen any cuts he had. He was also known to be a bit less than aggressive.
"You don't have to tell me if you don't want to."
Harvey was a bit shocked to find his occasional studder was blocked out by a unexplainable comfort.
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Post by Lacarinus on Jan 2, 2016 20:41:55 GMT -5
He flushed a bit at the obviousness of the answer, ulterior motives were something he was used to. And the idea that it could have just been naive curiosity hadn't even crossed his mind.
"I was a recruit, 16, stupid and sure of myself and I challenged the guy in charge." He looked into the corner of the room, refusing to meet the redhead's eyes. "One of the other guys fancied me I guess and came to back me up so we both ended up washing down the engines at the end of the night. Keeps them from overheating. Boring job, hot, tiring, takes most of the night and all in all a shitty job."
His hands had wrapped around his midsection, cold or comforting himself. Clearly uncomfortable with sharing the story.
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Post by Shovatic on Jan 2, 2016 21:04:20 GMT -5
"If it's too much you don't have to..." He said quietly, knowing all too much how hard it is to speak. Harvey would have attempted to physically comfort the corporal if his own arms weren't chained and his whole body hurting. He noticed when he was younger that the one thing he could do was comfort people, even at his own expense.
When Grandfather died, Harvey hadn't remembered crying as much as helping his sister. He loved his grandfather, but his older sister was in so much pain...
He looked back at the corporal and out of his memories.
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Post by Lacarinus on Jan 2, 2016 21:19:25 GMT -5
He shook his head, curling tighter into himself. "He wanted me to make it up to him, at least that's what he said, right? Which I stupidly assumed he meant in money-" he swallowed hard. "I punched him, when he started, knocked him out. They came to check in on us, a couple other people from the squad and they thought the whole thing was hilarious. It was funny to them, for some god forsaken reason. So they started calling me that, 'Knockout'."
He still couldn't meet his eyes, curled around himself like he could crawl into himself and disappear. "I guess I found the circumstances similar." The chuckle was weak at best, feeling as disappointed in himself for being hurt by the memory as he was by the urge to let himself be genuinely comforted by the redhead.
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Post by Shovatic on Jan 2, 2016 21:23:59 GMT -5
"Did your superior do anything?" His voice turned bitter, a flush of anger over him. He didn't know the guy, so why the hell was he so angry?
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Post by Lacarinus on Jan 2, 2016 21:39:02 GMT -5
"No one told him." He shrugged, as though it hadn't even crossed his mind. "What would he have done? Ordered them to stop? They'd have kept going when his back was turned, he had more pressing concerns."
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Post by Shovatic on Jan 2, 2016 21:46:15 GMT -5
"He could have done something, anything." He felt his back tense, sending small pain pricKS through his body.
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Post by Lacarinus on Jan 2, 2016 22:04:51 GMT -5
"He couldnt have, Harvey." His voice was insistant, defensive. "It wasn't his fault."
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Post by Shovatic on Jan 2, 2016 22:09:14 GMT -5
"Well what about the... guy." He calmed himself down, hearing the tone of Varus' voice.
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Post by Lacarinus on Jan 2, 2016 22:27:52 GMT -5
"Alive, recently left the military, fiancé, kid on the way I hear."
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Post by Shovatic on Jan 6, 2016 11:41:29 GMT -5
"I hope whoever is his fiancé knows what he's done." Harvey said, his nerves calming down. Harvey wished his sister was here, to be an everlasting spout of anger, something Harvey could never manage. "And I hope his child turns out less like him."
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Post by Lacarinus on Jan 11, 2016 8:09:50 GMT -5
Varus shifted, pulling his knees up to his chest in an attempt to warm himself. "I couldn't tell you any of that, I prefer to try and forget about it."
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Post by Shovatic on Jan 12, 2016 7:03:20 GMT -5
"I'm sorry." He said quieting himself. His sister needed bravery, not anger. He looked at the corporal, someone he had at one point feared, small and vulnerable. His heart sunk as he realized he could do nothing to help, his arms restrained and his body in pain. He wanted to help, but another chain pulled in his stomach.
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Post by Lacarinus on Jan 12, 2016 7:21:50 GMT -5
Varus focused on the vaugely loose stone along the back wall, teeth chattering at intervals with his shivers. There was very little to do, tied to the wall like this.
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