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Post by kristay on Mar 14, 2011 3:39:42 GMT -5
The frightened whisper made me go faster just so we could reach camp quickly. "It's alright, I'm here. I'm not leaving you." I knew she didn't like dark places but this was the quickest and safest way for us to get there. When we finally reached the clearing, I sighed softly and tugged her towards me. "You alright, Frankie?" I smiled a bit at her and pointed to the familiar tent we had been in the day before. "You ready?"
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Post by Tiff on Mar 14, 2011 10:47:05 GMT -5
His quickened pace helped tremendously. I saw the light a lot sooner than I had the night before and my heart stopped pounding so hard in my chest once the tent sprung up before me. I nodded at his question and took a deep breath as I took in the tent properly. I'd been too caught overwhelmed the night before and rightly so. I still felt overwhelmed, this was all still a lot to take in in less than twenty four hours. "Yeah." I was hesitant with my answer, I was ready, but I was still scared.
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Post by Kelli-wa on Mar 14, 2011 19:28:11 GMT -5
I sighed as I covered myself in my jacket. I was on my way to yet another meeting, we had one every night now, and I wasn't sure whether I should be glad or nervous. I picked up the locket that I carried around my neck on a chain and gave it a light kiss before tucking it beneath my shirt. My brother had given it to me, "We're almost there, Charlie," I whispered, "So close." I set out of my small shack that my brother and I used to share. My parents were gone, and had been for years. I wasn't even sure where they were, and I'm still not to be honest, it had just been me and Charlie for at least seven years, and just me in this last year. I reached the camp within minutes and stepped inside the the tent.
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Post by kristay on Mar 14, 2011 19:52:42 GMT -5
I gave Frankie another light smile and squeezed her hand. "Come on, there are a lot of people waiting for you-- for us." I slowly made my way to the tent, opening the flap to let Frankie in first before going in myself. I saw Raina and offered her a tiny smile before setting my eyes on Joe and Maggie. "Good evening Joe, Maggie." Their gazes flitted from me and back to their daughter and I leaned close to Frankie to whisper, "Do you want to go say hi to them?"
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Post by Tiff on Mar 14, 2011 23:04:36 GMT -5
I followed him inside the tent and then met my parents eyes. "I'm not ready." I walked right up to Alec hurriedly so that Maggie and Joe couldn't see my nervous expression or read my lips. "I don't know what to say." I moved so that I was standing beside him with my back turned. "I don't know that I'll ever be ready."
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Post by kristay on Mar 14, 2011 23:26:38 GMT -5
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I frowned a bit as I glanced at her. "Frankie, they're going to want to talk to you sooner or later you know... You're their kid and they've been waiting for years to see you again." The elders looked at me and I raised my chin and quirked a brow. "Frankie has decided to join us in our fight against the Rich. Shall we begin our meeting?" I gestured to a couple of seats that had not been taken yet so Frankie could take a seat.
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Post by Tiff on Mar 15, 2011 2:09:15 GMT -5
I knew he was right and I could tell myself that all day and night for weeks and still feel nervous and flighty. "I know." I mumbled, wanting to hide on his arms, but this place was different from our home, they might not understand. I glanced in Raina's direction before taking one of the seats Alec gestured to. I was had my fingers crossed that the Elders wouldn't ask me any questions, I'd stutter like a child with a speech impediment and then be mortified.
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Post by kristay on Mar 15, 2011 2:49:27 GMT -5
I surveyed the crowd, my face somber. These people were so ripe for revolution and yet they continued to wait patiently. They knew that one false move and everything they had worked so hard to achieve would crumble and so they waited and I was inspired by their patience. "A few more weeks to go; the meeting between the world leaders are at the end of the month. I will be attending as a representative of this state. Sonia and Matthias are going as well." Frankie would have been surprised to hear me state the two of the most well known leaders in the entire country. They too were part of the resistance and it had been a long thought of plan to make the two of them the leaders who would help guide the nation to an equal state.
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Post by Tiff on Mar 15, 2011 16:09:32 GMT -5
I sat with my hands in my lap, looking around at the people around me, trying to avoid meeting anyone's eyes specifically. I listened to Alec speak and only turned to look at him when I heard Sonia and Matthias' names come out of his mouth. I didn't know much about politics, but these two were a power team, they intimidated the richest of the Rich, and were always at the top of social event lists. They had a lot of pull with a lot of people and with this news I was certain they could rally the Rich to support the need for equality.
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Post by Kelli-wa on Mar 15, 2011 22:00:48 GMT -5
I had my arms crossed as I sat in the folding chair in the tent that we came to every day. Everything he was saying was a repeat for me. I'd been the one discussing almost everything with him and the elders. We were just trying to find the opportune time, which might be never if Sonia and Matthias didn't start selling the point to the rich very soon. The poor were growing rowdy and I knew that I was one of them. I couldn't wait much longer or I was going to explode. Of course I wasn't allowed to go to the meeting he was talking about, although if I was I would give them a piece of my mind. "Alec," I said, probably cutting him off which would annoy him, but I didn't care. "Sonia and Matthias have been saying they were going to say something for years, at least since I've been in and I've still haven't seen anything that even resembles a push toward equality." I shook my head, "How the hell are we supposed to trust them, anymore?"
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Post by kristay on Mar 15, 2011 22:07:01 GMT -5
I crossed my arms over my chest when Raina butt in; I was actually expecting her to say something. She always had something to say anyway. "You know that it's hard for them; besides it was never really selling the equality pitch that they were after. They're gathering followers, people they can trust to fight with us and stand on our side. And they've been doing that for the past two years Raina. Just a bit more. I've been speaking to them recently and they've gotten a lot of followers; in a week or so, we'll have enough people to move." I thought about it and I knew everyone was thinking the same thing. Though most of the rich were of course against the equality thing, some wanted the change; they saw how people suffered and some remembered what it was like to be equals. The main people who kept change from happening was the leaders of the elite. Two of them were Matthias and Sonia and there were only a few more that needed to be persuaded, or removed from their stations of power.
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Post by Tiff on Mar 18, 2011 23:41:39 GMT -5
I listened to what Raina and Alec were saying and suddenly felt a change if heart, not for the movement itself but towards Matthias and Sonia, like maybe they wouldn't really help my new friends, maybe it was a trap and Alec just couldn't see it because he was so hopeful. "Alec what if they don't really want to help? What if they're hurting the cause, getting your hopes up? It could be the worst traitor move since Bennidict." I glanced at Raina, I had doubt but I didn't want to plant the seed in Raina's mind if it hadn't been there before. "I'm new to this, I don't know anything at all but from a fresh point of view....?" Doubt all over the place and a little bit of fear. I glanced at Alec, I couldn't have him mad at me for making such a bold suggestion or accusation, but I didn't feel I was helping at all just sitting there.
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Post by kristay on Mar 19, 2011 20:04:38 GMT -5
It's not that I didn't understand where they were coming from; their accusations were warranted and that was something I couldn't deny. But it seemed like they didn't understand what that would mean. If Matthias and Sonia were planning against us, then everything we had worked for would be ruined; everything Charlie and I had planned for... Everything that all the past generations had worked for would not amount to anything because if Matt and Sonia really were planning to betray us, then we were all doomed. I shook my head and smiled grimly at the assembly. I took a breath and said it simply so they would understand why I refused to believe what they were saying. "Then we're all doomed." I shook my head again and excused myself, turning on my heel and stepping outside the tent to gulp in as much of the cool air as I could.
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Post by Kelli-wa on Mar 19, 2011 21:19:58 GMT -5
I sighed and shook my head, knowing that he was right. If our accusations were right, we all would be doomed. They'd kill every one of us. I licked her lips, not expecting him to leave the tent entirely. I stood and walked out of the tent after him, I wasn't sure what I was going to say, but I had to stop him. "Alec, you can't just leave. Are you going to waste all of our work just because we have a few questions about whether we can trust them or not? Maybe we can, but what the hell are we supposed to ask? Everyone's waiting and we haven't seen any signs of improvement!" She walked up to him and took his hands, "But you can't just give up now, okay? You're supposed to give the rebellion hope, Alec."
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Post by kristay on Mar 19, 2011 21:53:34 GMT -5
I chuckled as Raina followed me out; I had hoped Frankie would come and give me a hug but instead, Charlie's little sister decided to yell at me. I shook my head and put my hands on her shoulders, quirking a brow at her. "Raina, I came out to get some air. Don't yell at me for breathing, please. I don't think it'd please you very much if I stopped it; I'd die and then where would all of us be?" I released her and walked a bit farther, to put my back against a tree. I crossed my arms over my chest and tried my hardest to phase Raina out. I was going to come back to the meeting of course; I was just tired of getting everything put on my shoulders. It was during these moments that I fiercely missed Charlie. If he was still alive, he would have been sitting on the branch above the tree I was leaning against, chuckling and telling me to cheer up because we'd find another way to get what everyone needed: change.
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