http://eatshootsnleves.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] eatshootsnleves.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] paradisalost2010-08-12 11:01 pm
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Fourteen failed shots

[Muffled scuffing.]

Ow!

[Quiet, angry muttering; the mocking cries of Paradisan parrots not too far off.

Abruptly there's a loud, discordant twanggg. The sound hovers in the air for several seconds, and above it there rises the voice of a young man cursing in heartfelt tones.]
-- stupid -- sonova -- low-down dirty -- piece a'JUNK!!

[A clatter of wood on rock. When his voice comes again, it's sullen.]

Prob'ly broken anyway. What good's a shootin' gallery with nothin' good that shoots?



[At the archery range, Roy is rediscovering his permaloss. Which means right now he's nursing a long gash across his thumb, where the bowstring got him. 8( There's an unstrung bow thrown against the flagstones, and a dozen arrows or so sort of pathetically flopped into the dirt between him and the nearest target.

Closer to him, really.

He's hunched over and avoiding anyone's eyes, his whole bearing full of shame and undirected malice. Approach at risk.]

[identity profile] lilblackdevil.livejournal.com 2010-08-16 02:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh...kay. [chill out, man, chill out] What's the problem here? The real problem.

[identity profile] lilblackdevil.livejournal.com 2010-08-16 05:34 pm (UTC)(link)
That's not an answer. [first 'Trud, then 'Marie, she's seen enough of attitudes like that to recognize the indicators]

[identity profile] lilblackdevil.livejournal.com 2010-08-17 04:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[a sigh. Vaguely wondering what 'Marie would think of this]

Yeah, yeah. I'm going to tell you from personal experience: carrying that much weight on your own isn't good for you.

[identity profile] lilblackdevil.livejournal.com 2010-08-17 05:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Not at home for you, maybe. [what does this imply? What do you think it implies?]

[identity profile] lilblackdevil.livejournal.com 2010-08-18 12:20 pm (UTC)(link)
It's okay to let others know what you're thinking. Keep stuff all bottled up, and it'd eat you up from the inside.

[identity profile] lilblackdevil.livejournal.com 2010-08-18 01:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[...thunk. That? That's the sound of her head hitting the journal. And it's going to stay there]

Just out of curiosity: how many friends have you got?

[identity profile] lilblackdevil.livejournal.com 2010-08-19 03:00 pm (UTC)(link)
To check on how many are still here? Yeah.

[identity profile] lilblackdevil.livejournal.com 2010-08-20 06:10 pm (UTC)(link)
It's depressing when a friend is being a stubborn prat, too.

[identity profile] lilblackdevil.livejournal.com 2010-08-21 04:31 pm (UTC)(link)
I get plenty of that at home already.

Seriously, though, even if you don't like the idea of sharing your deep trauma, think about the friends who have to see you at it.