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Post by Milk on Mar 13, 2009 13:56:25 GMT -5
"If it's that bad, Mikayla, I think Jason wants to play hide and seek," Lilly said, and watched as the child practically went invisible to go hide from the uncle. "And Jason has always been worried about who talks to me and what is being talked about, especially after freedom came." Her eyes grew half-lidded as memories touched her thoughts. Xavier settled down and watched his wife, eyes lowered in thought as well- he knew these memories.
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Post by eveangeline7 on Mar 13, 2009 14:01:32 GMT -5
"Excuse me?" Serenity asked, confused. "What do you mean by, 'After freedom came' and what exactly is he worried I'm going to say to you?"
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Post by Milk on Mar 13, 2009 14:04:52 GMT -5
"I've never been informed of what someone could say to me that would be offensive. He's just very overprotective- if he loved you, he'd be the same way. It's just his nature," she assured her, smiling. Xavier grinned. "I'm the much less overprotective version of Jason," he said, pointing his thumb at himself proudly. "And the much stupider one," she teased, still smiling. Xavier made a face and then smiled. "To answer the other question...Wait, Jason hasn't told you about our past, has he?" she asked, before answering, eyes a bit widened.
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Post by eveangeline7 on Mar 13, 2009 15:24:35 GMT -5
"No", Serenity responded, sitting up in her seat in obvious interest, "But I'm very intrigued............should he have told me? I mean, does he noramlly tell people?" she asked, wringing her hands nervously under the table. She knew he found her extremely annoying and preplexing at best, but she didn't realize his dislike for her ran this deep. Relieved to see Lilly make a joke and lighten the mood a bit, she turned to Jason's sister and asked, "Is it....difficult for you to talk to me like this? I mean, I could be reading into this situation totally wrong, but...." she said, unsure of how the green-eyed woman sitting across from her would take her question.
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Post by Milk on Mar 13, 2009 18:54:22 GMT -5
"He probably will tell you sooner or later," she answered, shrugging. "He doesn't- well, you've seen him- he doesn't exactly...attract friends, does he?" she was teasing her brother, who was standing a little ways off, using his extra senses to eavesdrop while he and his niece played a game. Lilly shook her head. "I have no problem speaking to you, I just have a bad tendency to relapse into slave-speech." Xavier watched Serenity silently, to see how she reacted to the 'slave' bit.
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Post by eveangeline7 on Mar 13, 2009 18:56:21 GMT -5
"What do you mean, slave-speech?" Serenity asked, trying not to show on her face how shocked she was by the words Lily'd spoken.
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Post by Milk on Mar 13, 2009 19:06:52 GMT -5
"In slave-speech, we use words from the language we learn from our masters- in my case English- and we make a code using symbols for certain words. 'Punishment' means weapon, because slaves are punished with weapons, and 'Whip'-the common form of slave punishment- means to be punished. Um...'Vampire' means lastful, forever, long-lasting...'Rags' means poor, 'Silver platter' means rich...And so on. When you hear slaves talking, it sounds like random words thrown together, and a lot of people don't understand it because it's symols and code, and easily misinterpretted."
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Post by eveangeline7 on Mar 13, 2009 19:17:36 GMT -5
"Wait, back up-"Serenity said, holding out her hand. "Your a slave? I thought those only existed in the south back in the 1800's." Serenity said, confused.
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Post by Milk on Mar 13, 2009 19:21:58 GMT -5
"I was a slave, and so was Jason, but it wasn't here...We came here only a few years ago. Our masters were english, yes, but we lived..." Lilly's face scrunched up. She wasn't familiar with geography. Xavier mouthed the name of the country to Serenity, and told his wife she could stop trying to figure it out. She grinned and kissed him. "My husband was part of a group of people who free slaves when they can, and that's how we met." Her eyes glowed with love for her husband- it was a little uncomfortable to watch. Jason returned with his niece, his hand bandaged up. Lilly became alarmed. "jason, what did you do?" He glanced at her, then to his niece, and said, "The machine is broken." And he left it at that as the waiter came. Xavier was laughing, but Lilly looked pissed.
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Post by eveangeline7 on Mar 13, 2009 20:02:58 GMT -5
"Jason, what the hel-" she said, stopping herself and glancing at Mikayla. "I mean, what in the world did you do? I know your quite capable of doing serious damage with almost any weapon of you choice, but that doens't mean your any match for a solid 2 ton chunk of metal." she said, confused by the whole situation.
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Post by Milk on Mar 13, 2009 22:30:09 GMT -5
Jason shrugged. "She wanted a teddy bear," he informed her with a pleasant smile on his face. Mikayla held her bear up.
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Post by eveangeline7 on Mar 14, 2009 14:40:13 GMT -5
Serenity's worried gaze softened slightly at the deep love he obviously seemed to have for Lilly and Mikayla. Realizing there was much more to Jason and his past than she had originally assumed, she decided to reevaluate her original opionions of him. "So, Mikayla, how old are you?" Serenity asked, her voice light and playful.
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Post by Milk on Mar 14, 2009 14:47:36 GMT -5
Mikayla counted on her fingers for a few moments, then said, "I'm 6," she answered in a happy voice. The waiter returned to take their orders, and left as soon as he had them. Jason continued to give his niece affection and love throughout the meal, and told the waiter to give him the check when Lilly wasn't looking. He never let her family pay for anything when he was around. Xavier and Jason did get into a slight argument over something, and Lilly chose to go to the restroom to avoid being drawn into it, but when she returned it was settled- they fought like that often. The bill finally came and it was time to go, Jason paid quickly and smiled innocently at his sister, then paid his respects and love to everyone, and escorted Serenity out.
Then in the limousine, he spoke to her for probably the first time since leaving. "What do you want to know?" He knew she was curious about their past now.
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Post by eveangeline7 on Mar 14, 2009 14:52:58 GMT -5
"Don't say you didn't ask." she warned him, before letting out the flurry of questions bouncing too and fro in her head. "Where you a slave? Where and when and why? And how'd you escape? Who was your master? Do you have any other family besides Lilly? Are you fond of all children, or just Mikayla? Why does Lily have a hard time speaking to me normally? What did you and Exhavior get into a fight about? Why are you so cold to everyone else but so loving ant attentive to those that you love- what do you have against everybody esle?" she asked, taking a deep breath as she finished. God it felt good to get all that out, she thought to herself, relaxing slightly.
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Post by Milk on Mar 14, 2009 15:03:23 GMT -5
Jason blinked and slowly let that process- and also took his time answering just because he knew she'd get pissed at that. "Yes. 9 years ago in an predominantly english Island whose name I've forgoten, and we were just born into a slave family- It's not like we chose that or got captured in one of the many genocides happening. My escape is none of your business," he paused. "I have two other sisters and one brother, and my father is still alive. I am not fond of my sister Emily, though I do love her children, and I do love my sister Nora, who unfortunately lost her ability to have children many years ago. My brothers Andrew and Thomas are still seeking a loved one to have, and travel a lot so I do not see them very often. Lilly and I have and always will be close- I was in charge of her and Andrew while Nora was in charge of James and Emily, so that's why I'm closer to her than to the other siblings." He paused again to get some champagne he always had handy in the car. "I love all their children; I just see Mikayla most often. Lilly struggled with slave language and normal language still, so it gets awkward for her speaking normally to people, as well as the shame of people knowing that she used to be...what she used to be," he made a face there, eyes darkening. "Xavier and I fought about which school Mikayla should go to. I keep insisting I fund the education so she can get a decent education in a private school, and they're insistent on public school. I'm loving and attentive to those I love for that reason- I love them. If someone can warm me to my core, I'll treat them the same way, but people..." He made a dark face and shook his head. "My past leaves me with biases I unfortunately have not overcome yet. That's partially why I'm so overprotective of Lilly and her daughter, and husband...I don't trust people. People are manipulative and wrong and..." He was glaring out into space and his language shifted into the slave-code. He settled after a few minutes, glaring out into the dark of the night. "I don't like people. I never really have. I've liked humans, but not people."
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