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POSTED ON Feb 27, 2023 4:52:57 GMT

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[attr="class","giada i"]it's funny, she thinks. she had made it a purpose to avoid this city in the aftermath.

and now here she is, waiting in a dark alleyway for the very person behind her avoidance...

times change, perhaps.

it's dark, with only city lights left to paint the world. the stars are a little washed out here, dimly lit and barely there. she wonders if she'd feel better if they were brighter, more pronounced. maybe she wouldn't feel so alone, then.

no, she decides as footsteps approach. she has always felt this way. a bunch of shitty stars wouldn't change anything.

"here i thought you died."

her expression is irritated, barely fighting off a scowl, as she pushes out of the alley and directly into his path.

nowhere to run now.

CIAN MAHER

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POSTED ON Mar 1, 2023 14:22:55 GMT

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he stops.[break][break]

"huh?"[break][break]

one of the last things he expects is to be ambushed by giada morgan in his own city, so it takes him a moment for his brain to catch up to what he sees before him. when it all clicks into place, the reaction he gives is one that differs to the oen he would've given a week ago.[break][break]

times change.[break][break]

"i might as well have."[break][break]

still, he is wary.[break][break]

"are you here to kill me?"[break][break]

giada morgan[break]

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POSTED ON Mar 1, 2023 14:35:34 GMT

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[attr="class","giada i"]this is not the reaction she expects of a man with a better life.

it makes her bitter, angry, ready to shake him by the shoulders and scream he doesn’t deserve to be free anymore.

and yet, she simply blinks at him. her head tilts in question.

”should i be?”

part of her wants to.

kill him and take his happiness for her own. she’ll put it to good use, wouldn’t she?

the whip resting on her hip is more an idle reminder than a threat.

”how’s the good life, hm? everything you dreamed of?”

CIAN MAHER

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POSTED ON Mar 3, 2023 9:09:35 GMT

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the good life. he laughs at that, more sad than anything.[break][break]

"it's alright."[break][break]

he glances down at the whip, then back up.[break][break]

"still better than yours, i think."[break][break]

there's no animosity behind his words. it's almost as though he's making an observation.[break][break]

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POSTED ON Mar 3, 2023 15:34:31 GMT

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[attr="class","giada i"]she tenses with his laugh.

it sounds wrong. different than the way people on the street sound, less mirthful and more morose.

"you're wrong."

it's not convincing. she keeps going, hands feebly trying to shove down the urge to yell back into her lungs.

"how'd you do it?"

she says it's curiosity, nothing more, but she knows better.

and she tries to keep animosity from leaking out. really, she does...

but she's angry and bitter and it bleeds into a frown.

"how could you do it?"

CIAN MAHER

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POSTED ON Mar 3, 2023 17:15:21 GMT

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"how'd i do what?"[break][break]

it should become very clear very quickly that cian is not in the right headspace to offer anything. not even his attention, really, but here he is, forced to do just that.[break][break]

it's why his responses are kept short.[break][break]

"leave? i just did it, i guess."[break][break]

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POSTED ON Mar 3, 2023 17:18:59 GMT

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[attr="class","giada i"]his responses irritate her.

short, nothing tangible. there's nothing to be used, to be helpful for her.

"right."

her eyes narrow and after a moment of simply staring at him, she takes a step back.

there's no use interrogating someone when it's clearly not working.

"helpful, truly."

biting sarcasm lingers in the air and she turns back toward the alley she had came from, as if considering leaving him to his own devices.

CIAN MAHER

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POSTED ON Mar 6, 2023 9:36:37 GMT

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that should have been it. their interaction should have come to an end with him not being helpful and her walking away to disappear to wherever she came from.[break][break]

but even in his most depressed state, his desire to help trumps all else.[break][break]

"wait."[break][break]

he mentally berates himself but continues.[break][break]

"are you asking because you want to leave?"[break][break]

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gia, gigi

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november 12th

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POSTED ON Mar 6, 2023 13:16:37 GMT

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[attr="class","giada i"]she stills.

for a moment, she's quiet, almost pensive.

"yes, i am."

and she can't look at him with admittance on her lips.

there's a vulnerability in breathing those words out. she detests it.

CIAN MAHER

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POSTED ON Mar 7, 2023 3:02:31 GMT

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her admittance does not surprise him because why wouldn't anyone want to leave team rocket?[break][break]

"kind of a dumb question but i wanna know so."[break][break]

he shrugs.[break][break]

"why now?"[break][break]

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gia, gigi

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POSTED ON Mar 7, 2023 3:06:44 GMT

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[attr="class","giada i"]why now...

it's the one question she doesn't quite know the answer to.

perhaps it's been a long time coming, creeping in from the shadows.

or maybe she's just tired.

"i want a better life, the one other people have."

she refuses to look back at him. instead, her head tilts up a little toward barely there stars.

"it's not fair everyone else is happy."

hasn't she taken enough?

CIAN MAHER

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POSTED ON Mar 9, 2023 8:42:56 GMT

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"trust me when i say it's not much better over here."[break][break]

he'd been happy for a while. so, so happy. but then it all came tumbling down as though the past two years meant nothing. all his efforts to become a better man, a better person, amounted to nothing.[break][break]

he is a failure.[break][break]

"but just because life has given me fuck all doesn't mean it will be the same for you. so, sure, i'll help you."[break][break]

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nikki

gia, gigi

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november 12th

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POSTED ON Mar 9, 2023 15:02:34 GMT

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[attr="class","giada i"]in hindsight, she hadn’t really asked for his help.

she had wanted the blueprints he used for his own escape, tips and tricks to make it easier on herself.

and yet, his willingness to assist is appreciated nonetheless. it makes her hate him a little less… well, almost, anyway.

”okay.”

she doesn’t pry into whatever life he has or thought he had… it’s not her business, not anymore.

”where do we start?”

she’ll be out of his hair soon enough.

CIAN MAHER

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POSTED ON Mar 12, 2023 15:26:10 GMT

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he wouldn't have been able to give her his blueprints anyways. he had spent months building up to it, working with the likes of the commissioner and other high-ranking league personnel to work as a spy. a rat.[break][break]

the same blueprint can't be used as team rocket would be expecting it.[break][break]

"what ties do you have with them? who's your handler? any missions you're assigned to?"[break][break]

he gestures at her, shrugging.[break][break]

"maybe the easiest way is to kill giada morgan and start anew."[break][break]

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gia, gigi

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