Eighth Shot

[hardlucklady.livejournal.com]

You can leave just as easy as you came.

Well, isn't that the joke.

Would that just make him dead if



Hey. You.


Life is loss. Even paradise can't escape that universal truth.

Whatever.

I'm going to the shooting range.

Comments

[so-many-needs.livejournal.com]

We have one? I guess I must've missed it.

[hardlucklady.livejournal.com]

That's what they say.

[so-many-needs.livejournal.com]

Are you good at that sorta' think, Faye?

[hardlucklady.livejournal.com]

Little ol' me? I get by just fine.

[so-many-needs.livejournal.com]

Ah, right. You're a...what was it, again? Bounty Hunter or somethin'?

[hardlucklady.livejournal.com]

Bounty hunter. I catch criminals for cash.

...Did you have a job?

[so-many-needs.livejournal.com]

On my world? Hell no. I mean, for the first century I served my creator, but that shit got old. I went AWOL and decided to do my own thing. I just wandered around the continent for awhile. If I wanted somethin', I could usually just steal, gamble, or fight for it.

Being a super-human in a world of humans has it's advantages. I just had to stay low key enough not to attract my siblings' attention.

[hardlucklady.livejournal.com]

Your creator, huh? Sibling rivalry?

[so-many-needs.livejournal.com]

I guess you could say that. My siblings were more about pleasing Father and killing humans. I was never really okay with it. Not really for moral issues, but rather that it didn't serve a purpose.

They tend to look down on humans, while I find you guys pretty fun and interesting. Especially lovely ladies like yourself, Faye. Goddamned if you aren't one incredibly exotic woman.

All in all, I'd say my siblings were closer to what you guys would call "monsters", while I'm just very self-servin'.

[Faye]

[seeyoucowboy.livejournal.com]

What?

[Lunkhead]

[hardlucklady.livejournal.com]

Just checking to see if you're still alive.

[Faye]

[seeyoucowboy.livejournal.com]

Don't worry, I'm good at doing that.

[Lunkhead]

[hardlucklady.livejournal.com]

Oh, really. So you were fine before you showed up here?

[Faye]

[seeyoucowboy.livejournal.com]

That depends on your definition of "fine," you know.

[Idiot]

[hardlucklady.livejournal.com]

Not dead.

[Faye]

[seeyoucowboy.livejournal.com]

My heart was beating.

[Lunkhead]

[hardlucklady.livejournal.com]

As in sputtering to a stop?

[difficultly.livejournal.com]

Looks like you found out its weakness.

[hardlucklady.livejournal.com]

Then it had better look out for me, being so knowledgeable and all. You're still around. Good to see.

[difficultly.livejournal.com]

{a chuckle}

I am. I'm not sure this place can get rid of me.

[hardlucklady.livejournal.com]

Free everything. No debt. Who'd even want to leave?

[difficultly.livejournal.com]

Well, there are some things people can't do here that they could at home. Like saving the world, for example.

[hardlucklady.livejournal.com]

Saving the world... what a naive idea.

[difficultly.livejournal.com]

Well, some people truly believe they can do it.

[hardlucklady.livejournal.com]

And those are the ones that die first. Saving yourself, now that I understand.