Basil stared at the ground, scuffing the toe of his boot against the rubble as he clasped his hands behind his back to hide their shaking. "I wasn't pretending." He bit his bottom lip until he tasted the iron of his blood. "We're about to leave. I wanted to see if you still wanted to come with us--to, you know, see this through to the end." He finally looked up at Jace, wincing at the sight of him; he had done this. It was his fault that Jace was like this. He swallowed the lump in his throat.
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I prefer Casual and Advanced roleplays, as writing paragraphs and multiple characters makes it feel more as if a group is collaborating on an actual novel. One-liners, speed-posting, and the like just doesn't interest me. I don't have a specific genre that I write in, as I tend to jump around them, but I suppose that I tend to lean more towards ones that involve action, drama, and horror. When I write romance, I like for it to be that "slow burn" sort. But in general, I can be interested in just about any genre, as long as the idea of the story itself is appealing to me.
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Leith stood, glancing at Basil as he did the same.
"I'll be fine on my own," Basil murmured, wringing his hands together.
"Are you sure?" Leith asked, to which Basil only nodded as he walked past them and towards the door.
"I'll be fine on my own," Basil murmured, wringing his hands together.
"Are you sure?" Leith asked, to which Basil only nodded as he walked past them and towards the door.
"For a couple of days? He found out shortly after we met you and Leith." He unfolded his hands, instead opting to fold his arms over his chest and tap his fingers against the opposite arm. "I had my...suspicions, I suppose, but I was always too afraid to confirm them. And before you ask why, it's because the worst has already happened and I wanted to avoid that. Even...even if it meant that I had to lie to him. He was happy when he was ignorant, wasn't he?"
Leith said, "Look, it may not be the same situation, but I understand how it feels to suddenly realize that you've changed. One morning, I looked into the mirror and realized that my skin was flaking off and not coming back. A couple years after, I was a full-fledged ghoul. Everyone looks at you differently after that, some people shoot first and ask questions later. But despite my body looking different, I was still the same person. I was still plain, old Leith, just without the smooth, baby-soft skin."
Basil processed that; Leith had changed into a ghoul because of consistent, extended exposure to radiation, while he had died because of radiation. He supposed that it was a similar process, just that he received a new body and Leith was stuck with the old. If he looked at it from that angle, perhaps he was even the lucky one?
"Bottom-line, but you have to talk to him. If he doesn't accept you then, then sure, fuck him. He's no longer your problem, simple as that. But if you don't even so much as have one more conversation with the guy, then you'll spend the rest of your life wondering whether or not the problem could have been solved if you just sat down and worked through your differences. You'll be wondering about what you could have had, had you not been so stubborn."
Leith said, "Look, it may not be the same situation, but I understand how it feels to suddenly realize that you've changed. One morning, I looked into the mirror and realized that my skin was flaking off and not coming back. A couple years after, I was a full-fledged ghoul. Everyone looks at you differently after that, some people shoot first and ask questions later. But despite my body looking different, I was still the same person. I was still plain, old Leith, just without the smooth, baby-soft skin."
Basil processed that; Leith had changed into a ghoul because of consistent, extended exposure to radiation, while he had died because of radiation. He supposed that it was a similar process, just that he received a new body and Leith was stuck with the old. If he looked at it from that angle, perhaps he was even the lucky one?
"Bottom-line, but you have to talk to him. If he doesn't accept you then, then sure, fuck him. He's no longer your problem, simple as that. But if you don't even so much as have one more conversation with the guy, then you'll spend the rest of your life wondering whether or not the problem could have been solved if you just sat down and worked through your differences. You'll be wondering about what you could have had, had you not been so stubborn."
Basil stared at his folded hands for a long moment, uncertain of how to respond to her words; he was surprised that she was actually capable of displaying genuine empathy, but, well, he didn't know if he believed her. Jace had gone as far as to threaten to kill him when he'd discovered the truth. How else was Basil supposed to take that?
Finally, though, he sighed and said, "I...I remember my father as being my own. I remember being so sick after the...the accident. But more than anything else, I remember all of the time that Jace and I spent together as we grew up; the good times and the bad." He shook his head. "Then I just have to stop and think, 'These aren't even my memories. That wasn't me, was it? I'm just a heap of metal that managed to take his place.' I'm fine with Jace hating me, but I just don't want that--that to affect what he thinks of Basil. I don't want this new body of mine to ruin the person that he once knew."
Finally, though, he sighed and said, "I...I remember my father as being my own. I remember being so sick after the...the accident. But more than anything else, I remember all of the time that Jace and I spent together as we grew up; the good times and the bad." He shook his head. "Then I just have to stop and think, 'These aren't even my memories. That wasn't me, was it? I'm just a heap of metal that managed to take his place.' I'm fine with Jace hating me, but I just don't want that--that to affect what he thinks of Basil. I don't want this new body of mine to ruin the person that he once knew."
Basil was quiet for a long while, but finally answered, "I...I don't know. I honestly just don't know if he even wants to see me again." She clasped his hands together in his lap, worrying at his bottom lip.
"You have to talk to him, at the very least," Leith said, but received no response from Basil.
"You have to talk to him, at the very least," Leith said, but received no response from Basil.
Basil took the opportunity to answer that one, "We have been excavating Vaults in search for particular pieces of technology."
Leith then chuckled lightly, and quickly assured, "Don't worry, that one does the science stuff, not us. Kaye and I just protect him as we head towards each location, claim supplies, the like. You could help us with that."
Leith then chuckled lightly, and quickly assured, "Don't worry, that one does the science stuff, not us. Kaye and I just protect him as we head towards each location, claim supplies, the like. You could help us with that."
Leith spoke, "If you had no morals, then I doubt that you would have even come into this town without immediately trying to stab or rob someone." He then waved the waitress over, who stopped with a tired, but genuine smile on her face as she awaited the order. "Two Mirelurk cakes and a Nuka-Cola for the boy, please."
"Yes, sir," she said with a nod, then stepped away.
"Yes, sir," she said with a nod, then stepped away.
Leith sighed, but accepted the insults as they came. He then said, "Well, you're nonetheless welcome to leave with us, if you'd like. Though, do keep in mind that we're only heading towards more Vaults and nowhere that you could really consider developing into a home." After a moment's consideration, he added almost as an afterthought, "Care for something to eat? I'll pay for it."
Basil shook his head, surprised that Leith actually hadn't smarted off right back at the kid, but remained silent.
Basil shook his head, surprised that Leith actually hadn't smarted off right back at the kid, but remained silent.
Basil held up his hands in surrender, "Look, I'm really sorry for forgetting to meet up with you. It wasn't on purpose, I swear."
Leith sighed, rubbing one hand down the length of his face. He then flopped back heavily into his chair, and mumbled, "I'm a failure as a parent."
"What?" Basil asked, cocking his head to the side as he turned from Raider and back to Leith, who looked as if he was genuinely devastated.
Leith sighed, rubbing one hand down the length of his face. He then flopped back heavily into his chair, and mumbled, "I'm a failure as a parent."
"What?" Basil asked, cocking his head to the side as he turned from Raider and back to Leith, who looked as if he was genuinely devastated.
Basil thought for a moment, then said with a twinge of guilt in his tone, "Um, so I may or may not have left him at the clinic..." He held up his hands in a "what can you do" sort of gesture. "Whoops?" he asked as his shook his head.
"Basil, how can you just forget that another human being is with you?" Leith asked.
"I vaguely remember telling him to meet back up with us, and he never did, so I'm assuming that he just decided to ditch us on his own accord," Basil responded, leaning back in his seat as he folded his arms over his chest.
"Basil, how can you just forget that another human being is with you?" Leith asked.
"I vaguely remember telling him to meet back up with us, and he never did, so I'm assuming that he just decided to ditch us on his own accord," Basil responded, leaning back in his seat as he folded his arms over his chest.
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