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Crystal Smee

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Lucas approached more slowly, recognizing the khaki colors of a military uniform, then the harsh gray hair and straight back of his commander.
Jonah turned at the sound of footsteps, saw Lucas, and turned back. Lucas sat down beside him and tugged off his shoes. The water was cool. They faced east, where he could see the edge of the sun peeking up above the horizon. The sky had faded from navy to slate gray, and he could see streaks of pink beginning to emerge.
“Sorry, is it okay if I—“
“I’ll tell if you if it’s not, Myren.”
Lucas nodded and looked down at his hands, callused and dirty. “Can I ask you something, sir?”
“Go ahead.”
His heart was pounding in his chest. “Do you, um, do you think this mission will go well?”
“Are you scared?”
“Maybe. Yeah, I guess.”
“Own up to it, Myren,” Jonah snapped. Lucas bowed his head, and Jonah scowled at him. “You worry too much. Quit worrying about your name and your girl and whether we can complete this mission. It’s a waste of your damn time.”
“Well then what am I supposed to think about?”
“You’re a soldier. Don’t think at all.”
“I’m a scholar,” Lucas said sullenly. “I’m always thinking. I can’t help it.”
“Shame.” Jonah stared silently at the horizon, watching the sun rise further. He huffed a sigh, and it formed a cloud in front of his nose. Lucas watched his hands some more. After a moment, Jonah said, “We have shaky intelligence at best. We have to hike through unfamiliar and hostile territory. We have no idea what we’ll face when we make it to Brimhaven.”
Lucas nodded. “Is it true this could change the entire course of the war?”

18-Nov-2010 22:23:54

Crystal Smee

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“Who gives a damn about the course of the war? If the Kandarins take over, so what? One master for another, it makes no difference to any man on the street.”
“I guess it’s different in the castle,” Lucas shrugged.
“Good thing you got out of the castle then,” Jonah said. “Sun’s up. Time to go.” He rose and walked away, with Lucas trailing slightly after him, trying to tug on his shoes as he ran.

18-Nov-2010 22:24:09

Crystal Smee

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Ok. I know it's not much, or my best, but I have been so hard up for time and I'm seriously out of practice. And I'm sure everyone's tired of all of Lucas' self-reflecting. I just wanted him to figure out what was in his head before he went off to Karamja. Things will get more exciting, I promise. And well, like Lucas says...he's always thinking ;)
Lame, yes. I apologize for more lame adds. But Lucas is starting to grow up. He needed to figure some of that stuff out about Justine. Now that he has, he can keep growing. And the adds will get more exciting.
But yeah, if it's rambly and whatever (like this message) it's because I'm sleep deprived, out of practice, and running short on time. But I thought I should get up everything I had so far.
So...I hope you enjoy?
EDIT -- Chuk, glad you're excited =P

18-Nov-2010 22:27:36 - Last edited on 18-Nov-2010 22:27:57 by Crystal Smee

Dragride2742

Dragride2742

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C'mon smeeze are you trying to kill this thread? Yes, yes your busy with school and all, but then I decided to read the gods trilogy, you gave it bumps up the wazzo! Just acnowlage(no time to think of spelling while I rant!) that your their and, would it kill you to reply to some of the posts on your thread?Just go ahed and consider this a bump.

06-Dec-2010 03:32:00 - Last edited on 06-Dec-2010 03:34:29 by Dragride2742

Ronin Flame

Ronin Flame

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Yes, Smeezeh did bump the God Wars trilogy consistently, but now she's in college, and it's reaching the end of the semester when all the big projects are due and the finals come up. And she has a social life to think about, and there might be something else going on that we don't know about.
And by the way Smeezeh, congrats on that short story being accepted (or whatever exactly happened with one of your works, can't remember now).

06-Dec-2010 08:24:32

Crystal Smee

Crystal Smee

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I'm sorry Bffmco, I only check this once every couple of weeks because I'm extremely busy, and I don't always have time to respond to all posts. Sometimes I just hit bump thread for this and I intend to get back to posts later, I always try to respond to something but I don't have time to spend being really active on this forum. I do the best I can, but there's only so much time I can afford to spend on the internet these days. I'm sorry if you've felt that I'm ignoring you because that was never my intention. This story is my top priority in my writing; I don't give a damn about the Gods Trilogy other than keeping it alive because it is one of my works, and not a whole lot of people keep it bumped, so I take more responsibility for that than something like this that I know has supporters. Again, I'm sorry for the neglect. Real life intrudes in ways we never expect.
Great 1one, it's good to see you, man :) I've been good. How are you? And thanks for the support. My story should be released very soon in the GW Review (they sent it to the printer's before Thanksgiving, I'm hoping its out by now) ^_^

06-Dec-2010 18:58:44

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