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[hellsadogfight]

[The feed clicks on and a scraggly looking kid is all just about glaring at the screen. He's still in the bloody clothes he arrived in. He looks pretty broken, but alive. Very much alive.] Fuck this place, and fuck being stuck here. Look, I don't know how things are done 'round where y'all are from, but in Louisiana, shit happens when you up and fuckin' kidnap someone.

Second chance, my ass. Let me fuckin' die in peace. If I wanted to live, I could'a taken that vampire blood. [Tommy scowls before he shoves his fist into the near by wall.] This whole god damn situation...

[His jaw clenches and he looks away for a moment. A sigh. There's half a chance Sam's here, but he wouldn't be that lucky.] Any chance anyone is from Bon Temps? Sam Merlotte, if this was you, I swear to God...

[Not that he's any calmer, he's still seething, but at least he's... attempting civility.] Right, well I'm Tommy Mickens, if any'a ya care.

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[astralling]

[She tenses slightly, expression flickering.]

So maybe it isn't that much help. At least you know the life you had - or, uh, didn't want to have - at home will get back on track some day.

In the mean time there has to be something here worth spending your time on.

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[hellsadogfight]

Yeah, fuckin' things up. It's the only thing I'm good at.

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[astralling]

I don't believe that. Not for a minute.

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[hellsadogfight]

Well I guess if you count dogfightin'. [He frowns.]

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[astralling]

Dogfighting?

[A little judgmental. Dogfighting is immortal, brosis.]

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[hellsadogfight]

It's what my family's been doin' for years. [If it wasn't him, it was his mother, and fuck that. His mother meant everything to him.]

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[astralling]

And you don't see anything wrong with that? Hurting innocent animals, gambling their lives?

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[hellsadogfight]

More like I'm the one being gambled on. And I don't do it any more. Sam figured it out. Took me away. [He owes a lot to that bastard.]

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[astralling]

What does that mean? How were you the one gambled on?

[A metaphor, maybe? Or a curse.]

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[hellsadogfight]

I'm a shifter. Joe Lee made my Ma fight in'em, so I did it to spare her.

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[astralling]

A shapeshifter.

[Give her a second to absorb that before the completely horrible part hits her.]

And your parents bet you in dog fights? I am so sorry.

Sam, is he your brother?

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[hellsadogfight]

[He shrugs, mostly in shame. Don't make a big deal of it, please.]

Yeah. He sort'a stopped it from happening.

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[astralling]

Good. I'm glad.

[Congrats, Tommy, you're now on her protection list forever. And ever. Time to lock down this here thread.]

Tommy, if your parents ever show up here...

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[hellsadogfight]

Sam's got it. Don't worry 'bout it.

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[astralling]

That only works if he's still here.

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[hellsadogfight]

He will. [Sam can't leave, okay.]

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[astralling]

Or so you hope. You don't know that.

If this place can take me away from my sisters- it can do anything.

Just know that if you ever have to deal with them and you don't have Sam with you, you won't have to do it alone. Not if you call me.

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[hellsadogfight]

[He doesn't do well with sentimental shit, but he does give her a nod.]

I will. Thanks.

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[astralling]

No problem.

[She can see it's falling a little flat.]

And I'm not just talking about being supportive.

[The fork next to her on the table starts floating through midair and twirling around idly.]

I mean literally, if you need to handle them.

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[hellsadogfight]

I've handled Joe Lee before. You don't need to worry about me. [He's not good with this whole opening up thing.]