raisetheearth | [Video] [Shepherd's Haven]

[The feed shows a young man who looks to be in his late teens or early twenties; it could honestly go either way. Suffice it to say he's around Tony's age, and he's super excited and shirtless despite the brisk weather in the southern hemisphere.]

S-so. How about these goo things, huh?

[A twitchy smile. Despite being Numbered now, for a long time he wasn't, and he's still paying some penance for a past crime. He feels like he hasn't quite earned Network privileges yet, in other words.]

I'm Luca D-Dantonio. Uh. Some of you might remember me from the thing with Al-Albero. But even before I got my Number, you guys were great to me. No boss ever treated me like that, so uh. I hope that there was never any doubt or anything but I want you guys and the newbies to know that I'm on your side, OK? I'm loyal. If anyone can say anything about me it's that. I'll even fix your stuff up for you, my Other was some kind of mechanic I think.

Oh...! Oh, also, one of my echoes says that m-my guy's name was Nux. I kind of like that. Simple. You can call me that. I'd actually kind of like it b-better if it's OK to ask for.

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[Jasmine grits her teeth. The whole Albero thing isn't a pleasant memory for her]

You used to work for that scumbag?

[He looks startled. Even though this is probably the reaction he ultimately expected, he'd still hoped to be received more charitably.]

I... I've worked for you g-guys almost as long, you know. It's. It's in the past. I'm loyal.

Okay, you're gonna need to explain something to me. Worked for us? What are you talking about.

[Jasmine... actually doesn't recognize this face]

So... So Albero took me on when I was a kid, because of a debt my parents owed him. Dairy farmers outside of Locke, Italian, don't know the details. I got those chameleon mods, was one of the animal associates.

I'm. Um. I'm the guy that shot Tony. But he didn't die and you guys didn't kill me. I uh. Worked as a janitor for Lazarus. Did a good job, earned my keep.

Edited 2015-08-03 13:25 (UTC)

... I see.

I can appreciate being dealt a bad card in life. But... you understand it's not gonna be easy to trust you right off the bat, right?

Yeah. I know all about c-consequences. Give me time, I won't let any of you down.

I know what it's like to need time too, so... yeah. Good luck, I guess. But it's going to be a while before I can be comfortable with this, personally speaking.

Th-thanks for the wishes. I guess. If you want there are people that can vouch for my character. T-Tony's the one I shot and we're f-friends now.

But if you just need to g-get used to it on your own time, I understand that too.

... Look. Take it from someone who carries a lot of darkness themselves... getting other people to vouch for you can turn into an excuse.

Huh?

Excuses? What do you mean? I d-don't want to make an excuse, just... if people can't take my word, they gotta take someone's, yeah?

I mean, you need to show you're good, and believe yourself that you're good.

I don't know. It made sense in my head. Sorry.

No, you're right. I like that. About believing it myself. Some days it's harder, you know? Remembering how things were and how they're better now and that I d-deserve to be here. I'll work harder at it.

Kay. One more bit of advice?

You never stop working on that sort of thing. That feeling never really leaves you.

Uh.

It sounds like you d-do know.

Like I said. This has been my life for a while.

What did you d-do? This has been my life for awhile too, but... uh, I mean before.

Like I said, it's not me, it's my previous life. But... there was a moment where I remembered something that happened to her, and I nearly went down the same path.

I'm not really willing to talk about specifics, though.

Oh. Uh... you're talking about the life that we had before we were even born in this world. I don't know if it's really the same thing.

B-but if you almost went down the same path, I guess it's something that kind of helps. Yeah. It's helpful, thanks. And don't worry about saying more if you don't want to, I g-get it.

... You know what. Maybe I should clarify. It's not just stuff from my past life. I ended up attacking my best friend. I almost hurt the girl I loved. That's not something I'll ever forget.

But... no problem. Good luck with everything. But understand, I'll be watching you.

Edited 2015-08-15 19:54 (UTC)

Huh? Uh, OK, if you want to.

[His eyes widen. Actually, that doesn't sound so different from him shooting Tony, except of course that he actually did it.]

Th-thanks for sharing. And yeah, you can watch, I've g-got nothing to hide so no worries there.

Yeah, it's not what you have to hide, though. It's what you decide to do in the future.

Anyway, later.

That's good advice. Uh, later. Thanks for t-talking.

No problem.

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