Tecle-Shea's Story, part 1

7/31/2019 Tecle-Shea's Story, part 1

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Tecle-Shea's Story, part 1

(This is a Sims 3 story, originally posted as memories from the game. The first few passages are

vague and sloppily written, 'cause I wasn't even sure if I should write a story at that point. Things

get clearer later on.)

I ran to a lonely place on the beach and just cried because of my friend Bekae. It was

overwhelmingly hard to accept that I would never see her face again, let alone hear her voice. Not

even... in an other life or anything. There was absolutely nothing that could be done. I had knownthat this was about to happen, and still I hadn't found any way to stop it!


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When I returned home everyone ignored me. Damien was too immersed in chatting with Tagisaflikto even look at me. He was trying to be funny as usual, even if no-one felt good. I felt offended (I

have a crush on him... ) and went to talk with Vemas instead, but it soon turned into a shoutingmatch as we both are quite hot-headed.


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I felt the anger taking over, even all sorrow turned into a boiling anger inside me. Suddenly I justknew that I HAD TO get at least three enemies! But first and foremost be mean to Vemas! And...

eh... befriend all workmates? I don't know where that came from, but I wanted it anyway!


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But right after yelling at each other we suddenly felt a connection that made me want to become

friends with him. Weird as it is, the connection was all about our shared tendency to yell at people.


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Sometimes I feel like my housemates are just incredibly stupid. And eating the horrifying burnedmac & cheese while seeing them act inanely made me feel like I hate every person on earth.


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Gem sometimes scares me! She's Tagisaflik's BFF and Tagi is like a big sister or even mother to me,so I guess she can be trusted... but I could bet that I had heard Gem chuckle villainously even at

Bekae's funeral!


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I couldn't feel happy and carefree even in my dreams!


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We are almost always on the move, thanks to being outlaws and all. We just moved into a smallishtown called Appaloosa Plains, but already now we have plans to move to an other house in here.

Vemas hates this house, as you can see, and I'm afraid that Tagi has started to flirt with my crushDamien. I'll just pretend to do my homework and sulk.


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Tagi thought that it's best for us to live in a very modest looking house, in a rather badneighbourhood, and everyone agreed. The house indeed looks modest (more like a terrible hut), but

at least it has everything we need, like the stuff to train martial arts. Excited by that I went on tohurt my hand, trying to break an oak board...


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I was about to do my homework, when Gem suddenly came up to me chatting in a friendly andhumorous manner. I was surprised, 'cause she usually acts distant and arrogant towards anyone

under-aged. So it was positive... kind of. Just that I was in a terrible mood and found myselfmocking her family that I don't even know if is alive. Immediatly after that I got an ominous feeling

that I had made a bad mistake, and pretended to be in a hurry with my homework again...


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I hadn't eaten the whole day, or taken a shower. And I definitely wasn't having fun. It was just 5 PM,but after finishing my homework and making some silly faces with Damien I headed straight to bed.

I simply didn't feel like doing anything at all, and while I wasn't physically very tired, my mind wasexhausted by just existing in this repulsive world. Yes, I'm depressed, but I sure have all the reason

to be! Even our roof is leaking, as you can see!


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I woke up to a rainy sunday morning... or almost noon. But thanks to the dark weather it could aswell have been night. When I realized that I would have to start in a new school tomorrow, I felt

neither excited or nervous - only somehow unreal. It's not like I could really connect with those"normal" teens anyway. For them, school was like the main thing in their life... I guess? As for me,

I'll almost just pretend to go there, to not raise any suspicions. My real work will start later...


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Damien, who usually is the funny guy cheering everyone up, didn't make my morning better bycomplaining about his bad feeligs non stop while we ate!


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I didn't feel like saying anything. I just nodded, and for once I hoped that he'd leave me alone.When he finally did, Gem sat down and started the same depressing whining!


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I seriously needed a break from the others, so I decided to take a walk and went out... only to noticethat it was pitch dark there! After a moment of wondering if I had gone completely insane, the

reality struck me - I had totally lost my sense of time, and it wasn't noon at all! When I woke up, ithad been 11 PM instead of AM, and now, instead of sunday afternoon, it was monday 2 AM! I've

been just wandering around in an unreal haze, not paying attention to anything.


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I decided to wander off anyway, and why not jog while at it. Running fast through the quiet, gloomytown was soothing to my nerves. I hoped I would find some nice park to sit down for a while, but

after running a long way, the first slightly interesting place I saw was a saloon that was just closing.


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Then I came to a... dog park? It felt like if the universe was pranking me. Does this lousy mockeryof a town really not have any proper parks for people, but only dogs and cats (maybe even horses!).

What kind of crazy people with their spoiled poodles live here? Well, while having absolutelynothing better to do, I decided to catch some fireflys. Maybe my brother Zan would like them.


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The sun was rising when I came back. I decided to name all the fireflies Bekae. I'm starting to getreally sick of crying, and hating myself for being such a sissy, but I couldn't help myself.


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I decided to check how my little brother Zan was doing - I've been so absent-minded lately, almostforgetting that he exists. He hasn't helped by being withdrawn, only reading books all day long. He

announced that he was having a bad day, although he just woke up. I could tell that he was quitedirty, and when I asked him, he hadn't eaten anything since yesterday afternoon. And the only thing

he wished from life was to finish reading a book.


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Then I realized that we were almost getting late from the school bus. I ran outdoors, where the sunwas shining and the colours of autumn were glowing bright. I saw people cheerfully waving at each

other, and even a deer jumping around! It felt like a strange, distant reality where I didn't belong.


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The school yard was strangely empty. Maybe our bus had been late, or maybe everyone here arenerds who headed straight to the library to study even before the classes start. Either way, the yard

was the dullest school yard I've ever seen. There was not one single swing set for the younger kids,which made me dislike this stupid town more and more. I decided to slack off and ignore my new

schoolmates.


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The schoolday just passed by in a numbingly boring way. Thankfully no-one paid attention to me.Except for a guy called Calvin - even if I tried to NOT get to know anyone, I just happened to learn

that he makes a living as a criminal. That's just... wow. I guess he's a too hopeless case to even betold that you're NOT supposed to tell that to strangers. He probably assumed that he can trust me

just because I slacked off like a "baddy". I really hope I won't have to work with that simpleton!


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The sleep deprivation was starting to seriously strain me, and I waited for the incoming "work day"with horror. Unlike school, I couldn't just slack off, or even make a single mistake there. Tagi, who

is well known and trusted among criminals, had recommended me and the others... so we wouldjoin a serious heist right away! Before being able to sleep I needed something to calm my nerves a

bit - and playing with fire always does that trick for me!


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Another thing that helps me relieve stress is pulling pranks! I find spraying sinks and overflowingtoilets extra hilarious. I felt a little bad for ignoring Zan (and his book "The price of treasure" that

seemed incredibly boring), but I had other things in mind that I wanted to do really badly. Hey, atleast I haven't completely lost interest in life, as I keep getting all kinds of ideas...


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Apparently lack of sleep makes me almost as dumb as Calvin! Suddenly my brain felt all blurry andhollow, and in a cloud of confusion I sat down to do my homework like a zombie... and in the

middle of the hallway! Then I snapped out of the "psychosis", threw my school notebook aside andheaded for the much needed nap!


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I only later heard that some creep named Lamont Novik was actually visiting us the whole time...except that he stayed outside the house and just worked on his schooltasks alone like a freak.

Suspicious! What if some nosy neighbor had sent him, and instead of homework he was makingnotes of us?!


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I hardly felt any more rested when I woke up a couple of hours later, at 7 PM. I also suddenly feltall inconsolable again. When I had been busy with school, fire and pranks, for a while I almost

thought that I had gotten over this completely desolate phase. Now I felt deeply convinced that Icould never feel happy again. And that the heist would be a total disaster that would get us all

killed... well, I almost hoped for that.


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Just when I thought I couldn't have felt any worse, Gem decided that it was a good time to scold

me! Was it because of my lousy grades, that prank I had pulled on Vemas or what... I never knew.

She just yelled at me like if I was a generally terrible person... which might be true, though.


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Oh my, it was time for my so called work! On the "bright" side, my terrible mood made me sopessimistic about it all, that I was barely nervous. On the more sincerely bright side, I didn't havetime to get in a really bad fight with Gem. But I was suspicious about the abnormally boring man

driving the carpool and kept my guard....


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I wasn't impressed by the ridiculous uniform the local gang wanted me to wear... even Manaes had a

way nicer one! But (sigh), maybe it was some sort of a childish rite of passage to go on the first

heist in a wacky outfit. When you're just an unknown teen, who shouldn't normally even be doing

this, it's better to keep complaints to oneself.


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The "work day" (a heist to some magnate's vacation villa) wasn't the apocalyptic disaster that I had

feared, but it sure was terrible enough. Most of us got away, but empty handed, while Manaes was

caught. Thankfully the local cops are softies, and he only has to spend a night in the jail. I was

utterly exhausted and unfocused the entire time, and I'm afraid it was partially my fault that we

blew it. I could tell from the displeased looks of our boss that he considered demoting me.


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Gem gave me a stern lecture about my crappiness too, like if I would have needed it, and like if I

could even focus enough to decipher her exact words from my t iredness. I would probably have

yelled back if I wasn't hovering on the border of passing out at that point.


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Despite of everything, I felt that the least I can do is reading a bedtime story to Zan before

collapsing to bed myself. For some reason Zan decided to crawl into my bed, but I didn't complain.

He has seemed so absent and low-spirited lately, that I don't want to take the slightest chance to

make him feel even worse. I miss the days when we could just light-heartedly quibble about

ridiculous things.


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But after I had read the entire tedious book about children's math (I assumed Zan likes boring

books), he was still just slouching on my bed, looking like if he had no intentions to sleep.

Whatever, I simply had zero energy left to deal with his quirks, so I left the room saying nothing

more. From the corner of my eye I saw him stand up and stare at my back with a blank melancholy.


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I woke up to the sunrise from a rather dull dream about skipping school. My head felt heavy and my

eyes were all dry and weary. Even my mind was an irritable chaotic blur... and I realized that I

desperately needed more sleep. I would just have to carry out my dream and skip school, no matter

what Tagi or Gem would say.


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While I was getting my much needed sleep, Manaes had been released from the jail, but instead of

heading home he decided to sit down right in front of the police station and read a book! Maybe he

just wanted to annoy the cops... unless he tried to confuse them to think that he's homeless, to

protect us others.


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I eventually got up around noon, and unsurprisingly my first encounter was Tagi yelling at me for

skipping school. She just refuses to understand, that I can't go on living a life where I only have

time for school, work and sleeping - barely! The more I tried to convince her of that, the less she

listened.


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What WAS surprising though, was what I found out after taking a shower: each and every one in

our so called family had decided to skip school today, including Zan. And he doesn't even work!

Had Tagi yelled at the others? I don't think so! She hadn't even bothered to wake up Zan! Infuriated,

I dragged Zan out of bed and decided to buzz off with him to a park, whether he liked it or not.


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The park was big, colourful and fancy... and completely desolate. Immediatly I started wonder if I

had chosen a completely wrong destination. A smallish, slightly run-down park would have felt

much more cozy. I had hoped that Zan could get to know some local kids... or even have fun,

instead of just glaring around confused and uncomfortable. Well, at least there were some apples to

pick for lunch when I realized my stomach was growling.


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Finally Zan seemed to find something to do, sitting down on the sandbox. I gobbled up my apple,

and feeling relieved I followed Zan to the sandbox just to hang out. But right then Zan hastily

finished his (shoddy, no offense) sandcastle and moved on restlessly. I got a brief, weird sensation

that he was acting distant and avoiding me on purpose, but then I shoved the nonsensical thought

aside. It must have been the people who had just arrived that distracted him instead, right?


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The curly-haired blonde looked somewhat annoying with her bland, moderately fashionable clothes,

her lame (supposed) boyfriend and pesky (supposed) mum. And I had more than enough of bottled-

up anger just waiting to explode on the whole humanity! So... taking the situation into account... I

was actually being NICE for just pointing out that her sweater made her look fat. I mean... sigh,

whatever!


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The guy gave me some menacing glances, so I helpfully informed him that his hairstyle was totally

girlish, and that I could take a scrawny wimp like him in a fight any day. The adults just followed

the scene with helpless, baffled looks, like if they had never seen a harmless little quarrel before.


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But the situation soon escalated into a... little less harmless dispute. When I once had let my anger

loose, it just kept bursting out uncontrollably. And the guy turned out to be slightly (but just slighty)

less of a sissy than he looked like, 'cause he stayed snapping back at me while his pathetic female

friend had already slank away at some point. the woman behind us had apparently grown up in a

barrel and was too shocked by the happenings to even move.


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But the adrenaline rush faded quickly. I was left with only a hollow feeling of vague regret and an

understanding that getting into a fight had probably not been a great idea at all. Definitely not in

line with our household trying to keep low profile... I felt like if everyone's gaze was drilling holes

in me, when I self-consciously hurried up to Zan and urged him to go back home with me.


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Suddenly I realized, that my carpool was there already! Time goes so fast... way too fast! If I had

been to school, I would have literally not even had time to get decent sleep. And not to even dream

about some spare time! Tagi and Gem can't seriously keep insisting that I should or even COULD

live that way.


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Just before I rushed to the car Tagi stopped me to say something. I took a deep breath, preparing to

get the scolding of all times. But Tagi just patted my shoulder and said that she has forgiven me.

Logically... I don't know... maybe it's me who should have forgiven her. Or NOT forgiven her. Or

something. But when she acts like that, like a mother to me, logic loses it's meaning and I just feel

deeply happy that she's there.


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This time my "work" day went clearly better than last time! Well, maybe because we didn't do an

actual heist, but only preparations and planning for one... But I tried really hard to concentrate, to

the point that towards the end I felt extremely strained. But still - I think I made a much better

impression, and at the end I feel that it was worth it. I even got a sneaky little special task for

tomorrow!


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I happened to wake up early enough for school, but I just flat out didn't want to go there. I didn't

feel like doing much else either... and on the other hand, I felt an inexplicable desire to just wreak

random havoc. Like if something in my brain wasn't quite right this morning!


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Besides, I had a bribe to drop off at the city hall, and I wanted to get that out of my schedule as soon

as possible, 'cause it gave me nervous shivers. Most probably it was also the reason why I woke up

so early, even if I was far from fully rested. I sprinted through our neighbourhood as fast as I could,

'cause our neighbours look like distasteful weirdos who like to spend time just standing by the road

and ogling at every passer-by.


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When I stepped inside the city hall my heart was banging like insane, but I tried to look somewhat

relaxed and businesslike at the same time. I think the gang chose me for the task because, being a

teenage girl, I probably looked the most harmless. So I wouldn't ruin it all by shaking and glaring

around like a paranoid psycho!


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I took a long, deep breath after getting back outdoors in one piece. Everything had gone according

to the plan - the gang hadn't lied about that one officer being more than happy to accept bribes. For

a while I could just stand around feeling stunned and empty-headed. Then I started to chuckle

hysterically at the fact, that they had a thingie to tie horses to in front of the city hall. Is this whole

town living the stone age and traveling by horses, or what??


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I mimiced Manaes and didn't head straight home - just in case if someone would have found me

suspicious an was observing... somehow. Maybe it was paranoid, but it wouldn't hurt to be sure.

Besides, I suddenly felt an absolutely DESPERATE need to do something bad. Like... even a teeny-

weeny bit bad. I must be addicted to the thrill of rebelling, but whatever. I walked into someone's

yard, but that just didn't cut it - no thrill to speak of. Maybe if I harvested all their vegetables...


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After a while I stopped picking the fruits, not out of nervousness or niceness, but out of sheer

boredom. No way was that going to quench my thirst for mischief! It would have to be something

more radical. Like... I tried to reject those thoughts, but... what I really wanted... no, what I really

NEEDED was a good old fisticuffs! My fists were like literally itching for it! Eventually I couldn't

help but to give in to my yearning, and kicked down the tacky flamingo as a warm-up.


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I ran to the closest park, which happened to be the stupid dog park, hoping to find the guy that I had

fought earlier (it would've been so convenient to just beat him up again)... or even someone

annoying-looking. But the dog park was completely empty, and suddenly I felt like the loneliest and

most miserable person on earth. Why did everything always go wrong? No-one liked me... and with

a good reason. I was a terrible failure of a person with a terrible, terrible torture of a life!


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After a while of uncontrollable bawling I suddenly came to my senses and felt plain stupid for my

outburst. I wiped my tears just in time to see that dumb Calvin enter the park. Although... maybe he

isn't that dumb after all, 'cause he's actually in a very high position among outlaws, even refered to

as the "emperor of evil"! But I still don't get it why he openly mentioned his career to me in school,

or why he was hanging around there in the first place, as the gown-up that he is!


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For a while I suppressed my urge to pick a fight and chatted about some randomness with Calvin. If

I would need to befriend someone, it could as well be the most vicious guy around - at least he

wouldn't be a patronizing hypocrite on me, I guess. Then Calvin's wife Kami, who had a... peculiar

fashion style, seemed to appear out of thin air! I introduced myself politely, but felt disappointed.

Somehow the fact that Calvin was married made him look way less interesting and badass in my

books.


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My inglorious wish to beat someone up would have to wait, when I suddenly felt an overwhelming

fatigue weigh me down. My night's sleep had remained way too short, I remembered. I took a taxi

home, and prepared for a nice nap...


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But that peaceful moment of crawling into a nice, soft bed was apparently too good to be true for

me. A sweat-drenched Gem in her martial arts outfit rushed immediatly into my room to nag about

me skipping school!


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-Can't you see that I simply can't survive both school and work?! I whined as heartbreakingly as I

could, -That would DESTROY me!


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Had I finally gotten her to understand, or was she secretly plotting some horrific punishment for

me? It was hard to tell, 'cause she just stared at me silently, with the typical overweening and cold

look on her face.


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While I was napping, Zan got out of school and was heading over to a friend's place. When I heard

about it later, I was surprised that he had had time to befriend someone, especially when he had

acted so introverted at home. And of all people, his friend was a girl who wore a purple full body

stocking...


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Aptly, his freakishly dressed friend lived in a creepy and run-down, apparently ancient house.


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But after walking up to the porch Zan felt too shy to step in, and the door slammed shut in front of

his face. However, after a brief moment the girl, named Clara, decided to come back out from her...

squirrel-ridden (apparently) house.


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Zan, for one, finally dared to go indoors, 'cause he felt that he desperately needed to brush his teeth!


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Sometimes I find myself pondering over the worrying possibility, that something in my little

brothers head isn't quite right. Like, neurologically or so...


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I the livingroom Calvin, the emperor of evil, slumbered soundly. Zan considered this a good time to

just get out of there.


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We were not about to pull any heist tonight, so I thought that for once I can sleep my heart out. But

I thought wrong. A couple of hours later, around 6 PM, Tagi hauled me out of bed impatiently. "Get

up and dressed!" she kept rushing me, "Lynae will be here any minute now!".


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"Who the heck is Lynae? What are you even babbling about?" I snarled irritably. "Oh... you might

have missed the discussion" Tagi muttered with a hint of embarrasement in her voice, "Lynae is a

teenage girl, Gem's distant relative, who will come and live with us right about now."


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I was too baffled to formulate further questions, so Tagi left me alone. "A relative of Gem's, how

great. Just when Gem has started to really get on my nerves!" I growled to myself while reluctantly

getting dressed. And she would presumably share the room with me, 'cause our only extra bed was

there! Somehow I had always considered that bed to be Bekae's. I mean, if she was still around, we

would obviously sleep in those similar beds, being best friends forever...


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Sometimes I can't find any words for my inner misery. I just need to roar from the bottom of my

lungs, ignoring anything that's going on around me. When I looked at some of Bekae's old stuff that

I had placed on the nightstand of the extra bed, realizing that some probably infuriating stranger

was about to invade her place, I had one such moment.


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I couldn't finish my salad. Tagi was right about the kitchen being a disgusting mess, with buzzing

hordes of flies and all (and even more disgusting was the thought of Lynae). I managed to sneak

behind Tagi and startle her big time - that was the least I could do to revenge her unfair pedantry on

me. But where was that famous Lynae really lingering? Not that she would've been welcome, but

when she was about to come here anyway, I wanted to get it over with. Even the others seemed

impatient.


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Eventually Gem called her. For my great displeasure I overheard a sassy, indifferent voice whine

something like "yeah yeah, I just decided to drop by at the martial arts academy, what's the big

deal?".


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Maybe Tagi's nerves were tight because of Lynae, maybe she didn't find my little scaring prank

amusing. I don't know and I don't really care. She was still being downright cruel, when she

suddenly declared that I'm sickeningly horrible human scum. (okay, she just blamed me for being

mean and something like that, but almost same thing!)


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And there she was, finally. Walking in like if she owned the place, and looking around her with

disdain... okay, to be honest, I didn't get anything out of Lynae's expression, except a vague

detachment. But as for her spiky wristband, snooty eyebrow piercing, pretentious bruises and the

freaking SWORD... what did she imagine of herself?


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After mocking Tagi's family (Ha! There was so much to criticize, as she had been abandoned as a

child! I felt a bit bad later on, though... ) I went on to pretend that Lynae didn't exist, and making

sure that Damien would ignore her too. Strangely, Gem didn't even greet her relative, and Tagi had

just gone to the bathroom (Hopefully to sob because of my insults! I... guess).


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She obviously noticed that I supposedly didn't notice her, but pretended to not notice, while I

pretended to not notice that she didn't... ugh, we just clearly hated each other from the first sight,

okay?


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What's worse, Tagi started to get seriously mad at me. I realized that I had gone too far and actually

hurt her feelings. I didn't feel like fighting anymore. I just wanted to cry my heart out and put

everything right again. I had been so close and friendly with Tagi... and with Zan. But after Bekae's

death everything was wrecked. I couldn't believe that I was on the edge of a breakdown AGAIN,

and while Lynae was watching! That would be too much. I had to get away.


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I ran out into the night with all my strength, numb to tiredness and the chilly air. But even if my

mind was an excruciating chaos, it wasn't just some aimless tantrum sprint. I actually had something

in mind, even if it was nothing smart exactly...


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Finally, after a ridiculously long run, that still didn't feel like anything, I arrived at my goal - a

random little campsite, that I had earlier spotted from the corner of my eye, looming somewhere far

in the middle of a sparse forest.


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The tents were completely abandoned, which was a little spooky when you started to think about

it... but "thankfully" I had plenty of other things to worry about. At least I could have a moment of

piece, to get some sort of a grip of myself... and to hope that the crappy situation would somehow

just turn alright on it's own.


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The tent wasn't a comfortable sleeping place, and I didn't feel exactly energetic in the morning, but

my mind was a bit clearer. At least as long as I didn't start to contemplate things much. And it was

easier to avoid the distressing thoughts, when I was alone in the tranquility of nature. Instead of my

worries I just thought about... well, nothing, really. It felt good to just stare at the crackling fire and

my apple getting roasted.


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I realized, that I even felt interested in some things again. Suddenly, I wanted to visit some new

park. I even wanted to meet someone completely new - that would be refreshing! Of course I

wanted to be friends with Tagi again too, but I think the best I could do to our relationship for now

was to take distance and let us both calm down. One more thing that I wanted was meditating, and it

seemed like a good thing to start with, so I headed to the peaceful academy of martial arts.


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It became a little hard to focus on meditating, when a really weird looking young woman entered

the room and started to pummel the training dummy. Well, I had already meditated for a while, so I

stopped and introduced myself to her instead. I had wished to meet someone, after all! Her name

was Mees... and I just couldn't get over her freakish style, which was cool in some way. A faint hope

arose in me, that maybe... who knows... it wasn't entirely impossible that we could even become

friends?


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I chatted with Mees for a while and she seemed okay... but I couldn't figure out anything specific

about her personality. I felt the need to use the bathroom, and also came to think about that maybe I

should attend school for once. I had a day off from my "work", and although the schoolday was

already halfways, maybe Tagi wouldn't be all that mad if I even dropped by there.


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Well... oops. It took longer than I had thought to get to school, and when I arrived there, the

schoolday was already over and students were streaming out to the yard. I spotted that pesky guy I

had fought with earlier. In my unusually bearable mood I was going to just ignore him... until he

started making nasty grimaces at me! Apparently he was really BEGGING for a replay of the

beating I gave him!


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-Hey, you have something ugly on your face - let me wipe it off! I retorted while striding straight up

to him and smacking his infuriating face. The other students were too busy getting away from

school to even stop and watch.


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For a while I just stared at him viciously, waiting for his reaction... even kind of hoping that he

would provocate me more, so that I'd have an excuse to really let my anger loose in a hearty fight.

But he just stared back quietly, with a face reeking of resentment. I noticed, that he had some

bruises, probably from our earlier fight. Right then Zan happened to step out, and embarrasement

washed over me. What an awful role model I was.


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I walked home with a relatively hopeful mind. Before stepping in I imagined that Tagi would stand

in the hallway, looking strict but worried at the same time. Then I would apologize, she would

forgive me and hug me, and we would all have a happy dinner together... Well, what was waiting

for me instead was a sickening mess, and everyone sleeping. It was just sad.


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I couldn't stand looking at the horror without doing anything. I decided to fix the sink, at the very

least.


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Thankfully I'm quite handy, so I got the sink repaired in no time. I glanced at the smelly plates,

sighed, and reluctantly took up my homework instead. Not that I care about school, obviously, but I

wanted to act nice before Tagi would wake up, and even homework seemed fun compared to the

icky dishes. I saw Zan pick up his homework too... but he went all the way to the balcony to work

on them! Maybe he has indeed started to avoid me on purpose. Maybe he's ashamed of me.


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I was almost done, when Gem interrupted me to yell about my lousy grades. "Pfft, who cares", I

growled resentfully and quickly turned my attention towards Tagi, who had just appeared from her

bedroom. I took on my most sympathetic face and prepared to beg for forgiveness, while everyone

else seemed to gather around me and stare at me downright murderously!


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I went to take a shower with a relaxed, even somewhat happy mood, that I hadn't experienced

since... I don't know, a long time. But when I stepped out, something just didn't feel right. I touched

my head distrustfully... just to find out, that someone in our household thought that I'd look better

with turquoise hair! Bleh! If Lynae hadn't been away the whole afternoon, I would have guessed

that it was her.


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But Lynae was visiting some neighbors... who had been away almost the entire time. I wonder how

she had gained their trust, so that they let her hang out in their house all on her own. Maybe she had

fooled them with some sneaky trick. I guess I had been a bit too harsh on her, not that the others had

been very welcoming either. Now I even felt slightly curious about her, but she for one tried to stay

out of the way. She probably felt quite lonely, if she had a soul.


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I finished my homework on the yard with some girl named Veta from our school. She had

apparently followed home with Damien or Vemas (hopefully Vemas! I don't want Damien to have

obscure female friends). I just hadn't noticed her the entire time, 'cause she had stayed on the

backyard! Apparently it's a common habit around here to go visiting people and then just ignore

them and behave like at home, so who am I to judge...


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Meanwhile Lynae was finishing her homework too, still at the house of those neighbours, who

happened to be a teenage couple with a kind of neglected baby...


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When I headed to bed, someone finally took it on him to clear the mess that we called our home.

That someone was Zan.


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Eventually, around 4 AM and after Lynae taking a shower and eating from the' fridge, Lynae's hosts

had enough of her neverending visit. The boy chased her out of the house, where she protested by

booing bitterly at the wall, long after he had disappeared back in.


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Not only that, though...


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When I woke up and walked to the kitchen to prepare breakfast, I found myself wondering what

Lynae had been doing last night. Had she maybe even been away the whole night? That would be

sort of comical, like if we took turns to run away from home, just to avoid sharing the room! I was

developing a weird mix of hate and fascination towards Lynae. And I even felt a hint of concern for

her, so hard as it was to admit.


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This must've been my laziest day ever. After an uninterrupted full night's sleep and a breakfast I

heard the school bus honk, but stubbornly ignored it. Gem raged at me, but I'm learning to ignore

that noise. Just to annoy her more, I went right back to sleep and somehow managed to slumber up

to 4 PM! And then I just ogled at some inane scifi from TV. I hadn't even seen Lynae. She had

slipped to school at some point, and then went to sleep - In Vemas' bed. Oh well, crimes awaited

this night.


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Someone had invited Veta over again, without bothering to socialize with her. So she had

withdrawn to the bathroom to do her homework, and it took me a good while to even realize that

she was here - what a vapid nerd! I started to get sick of her hideous face and "greeted" her

accordingly.


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As the fair person that I am, I gave her a last chance to get on my good side by asking her star sign

(What? Is it random? But I just wanted to know!)... And she flat out refused to tell me it! That's it,

she's my enemy from this moment on! You don't turn down my friendly initiatives without

consequences!


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Zan had by the way gone over to Clara's place again. Not only did he play with Clara there, but he

also took the time to swipe a painting. Like... right off the emperor of evil's (Clara's fathers) wall -

kind of impressive! And I didn't even know that he does that. Stealing things I mean. Good boy... I

guess. But somehow it still felt disturbing. I guess I'm too used to thinking of him as an innocent

baby, incapable of anything suspicious.


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I gave Veta some much deserved and spot-on insults, while she couldn't come up with anything

better than calling me a descendant of the bigfoot. Pathetic. On the bright side, our hateful name

calling match put me into the right mood for pillaging some unsuspecting rich dude's place.


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The heist didn't start well, with Vemas getting gimself caught! And I really mean that he got himself

caught - fumbling around like if he was supposed to be a decoy. Maybe someone should learn from

me and not waste all their energy on school, just saying... Anyway, we others managed to avoid the

cops this far, and just changed our target on the fly.


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But apparently the police thought that Vemas was too young to be considered a real criminal, 'cause

they just let him go home right away! Like I said, they are softies around here... to the point that you

could hope for some more challenge (if you were an ambitions freak).


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For us others, everything went surprisingly smoothly, even if we ended up improvising! Maybe

Vemas had accidentally been a useful distraction to the police after all. But despite of the fruitful

workday, I didn't feel all contented. Not before I would have soiled down Veta's home with eggs!

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