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Date Posted: 13:25:49 07/06/04 Tue
Author: Briar
Subject: � b o y s d o n ' t c r y
In reply to: Clive 's message, "Flight..." on 21:07:20 07/01/04 Thu

� There had been, rare, occassions when Briar had found himself on a horse--long ago, the once time he'd dared to ride Sam's black colt, and, more presently, when he'd chanced to steal one--but he lacked any sort of experiance. He had a knack for it, no doubt, for at a dead gallop he'd managed to stay in the saddle, but slight natural ability did little to make up for a considerable lack of practice.

� The weather was overcast, and between the ominous skies, dry brown grasses, and hulking boulders that jutted from the hillsides, the landscape was a dreay pallete of grays.

� There was a strange current running through his veins, and he felt it everywhere from his chest to the tips of his fingers, a quivering yet stoic green--for there was no other way to describe it--energy. He'd never felt more aware, and more isolated, at the same moment, in his life. It was as if the very ground the exhausted horses' hooves pounded on, brittle twigs and leaves of the ancient trees, the reedy, hollow plain-turf was inside of him, and at the same time, not. It was as if the very earth was in his blood, was between his eyes.

� Briar saw the fall coming seconds before it happened. The horse, tired but blindly following Clive's mount, misstepped. He felt, more than heard, the nauseating snap as the animal's ankle turned, and the raw whinny broke from it's mouth, before it went down, head over heels. He rode it to the ground, instintively, seat pressed tight to the saddle and leaning back, but as the horse was heaved from his knees, over his neck, and to his back, the boy was thrown, lending on his belly. He had no time to move before the one-thousand pound animal continued in it's unnatural arc...and came crashing down on top of him.

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((OCC-Gah, yes, I didn't shoot him, I know. But I wasn't sure how close the Drifters would have to get and whether the bolt could go through his back so I solved it with...this. Well, now he's pinned by a crippled and upside-down horse. I suppose he's sticking out somewhat, if you want to play the Drifters shooting him...I was thinking it'd catch him right below his heart, if you feel like putting that in your post. Otherwise you can just have one of them shoot at him. If you want to, I mean. If not, I'll do it sometime son...I should shut up before my OCC gets longer than my post. *mutters about lack of a preview button*))

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Replies:

.Chase. -- Clive, 19:54:34 07/06/04 Tue
- � b o y s d o n ' t c r y -- Briar, 09:45:18 07/07/04 Wed
  - .Last. -- Clive, 17:22:01 07/07/04 Wed
    - � b o y s d o n ' t c r y -- Briar, 19:25:57 07/07/04 Wed
      - Stupid tags... -- Briar, 19:28:03 07/07/04 Wed
        .End. -- Clive, 22:36:47 07/07/04 Wed
        Not Every Rose Has Thorns -- Sadie Rose, 14:13:17 07/08/04 Thu
        � b o y s d o n ' t c r y -- Briar, 19:17:08 07/08/04 Thu
        >Wolf< -- Huttser, 22:01:59 07/08/04 Thu
        � b o y s nbsp; d o n ' t nbsp; c r y -- Briar, 05:37:10 07/09/04 Fri
        Not Every Rose Has Thorns -- Sadie Rose, 19:30:21 07/11/04 Sun
        � b o y s d o n ' t c r y -- Briar, 16:29:06 07/17/04 Sat
        >Wolf< -- Huttser, 20:02:25 07/21/04 Wed
        Not Every Rose Has Thorns -- Sadie Rose, 18:37:01 07/24/04 Sat
        � boys don't cry -- Briar, 18:25:21 08/15/04 Sun
        <shinigami> -- Lily / company, 19:36:19 08/15/04 Sun
        Not Every Rose Has Thorns -- Sadie Rose, 18:50:04 10/05/04 Tue
        Break You Now -- Briar, 18:45:13 10/06/04 Wed
        e m p t y -- Kaen, 13:09:47 10/07/04 Thu
        >Wolf< -- Huttser, 18:25:00 10/14/04 Thu
        Just Bend the Pieces Till They Fit -- Briar, 19:11:41 10/14/04 Thu
        e m p t y -- Kaen, 18:45:05 11/06/04 Sat