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Post by ellie on Nov 8, 2010 23:57:22 GMT -5
"Hey Ruth? You know your not suppose to bleed from your head right? It's probably a sin or something. So you should stop doing that." Sonya suggested seeing that Ruth kinda was more awake than moments before. "Do you...want me to punch you in the head to stop it from bleeding?"
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Post by Dot Dot Dot on Nov 9, 2010 8:38:25 GMT -5
Ruth's eyes fluttered open, and instantly she screamed. She was bleeding out of her head! And corn was going to eat her!
And if that wasn't bad enough, Sonya was there! "Don't beat me!" she howled...before falling unconscious again.
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Post by Bunny on Nov 9, 2010 21:09:24 GMT -5
'Dont beat me'.
Isaac heard that distressing call loud and clear, and despite Deborah's vague instructions on where to find the crumbled eight-year-old in the field (over there! In the corn!' ) he was able to follow the cry and find Ruth. She was lying on the ground, her blood spilling into the earth. She wasn't, as Deborah implied, being eaten by the Corn (or, by extension, He Who Walks Behind the Rows) but she didn't look particularly healthy.
Isaac increased his pace, alarmed. He grew more alarmed when he noticed Susanna. And Ruth had cried not to beat her.
"Did you strike a young believer?" he growled, though he stopped several feet away despite his willingness to help Ruth. Susanna was not the most devout, and he wasn't certain that she wouldn't turn on him and begin a beating.
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Post by ellie on Nov 9, 2010 23:50:34 GMT -5
"I'll beat whoever I want." Sonya sneered. But then Ruth apparently rendered herself unconscious again. She was a very rude girl. She was about to kick Ruth again when she heard Issac say something.
"HEY! Just because you find me next to a bloody kid begging me not to hit her does not mean I hurt her at all!" Sonya glared at Isaac. "That's so rude." She huffed sticking out her chest for emphasis. "If anything you should be angry at Ruth here. I told her to stop being injured a bunch of times but she still won't listen to me. How can I enforce the laws of Gatlin if nobody respects my authority as Lieutenant of Gatlin's defense?" She crossed her arms and glared at Isaac.
"Well? You just going to stand there looking all holier than thou or are you going to help me discipline Ruth into stop being injured? At this rate she'll have to be sent into the corn before she stops bleeding all over our holy ground."
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Post by Dot Dot Dot on Nov 10, 2010 8:36:54 GMT -5
Ruth continued bleeding all over the holy ground.
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Post by Bunny on Nov 10, 2010 21:53:20 GMT -5
Susanna could be dealt with momentarily. Isaac swooped downward and held Ruth's head, recalling that generally if a limb was injured it was best to lift it into the air. He wasn't quite certain if that same rule held with head-injuries, but He Who Walks Behind the Rows knew he wasn't about to admit to that. Maybe a Healer would be found by Deborah, and they would be more useful. As it was, all he could do was offer Ruth moral support.
He glared up at Susanna. "You are not Lieutenant of Gatlin's Defense," he reminded her. "That position does not exist. I find your presence near the bleeding Ruth highly suspect due to your history of violence." And it was that history of violene that made him flinch away from her. "However," he amended, "Deborah admitted to me that it was her doing. Surely you know how." If Susanna had set Deborah up to take the blame for her actions through threats, she would respond that 'Duh. Deborah threw a rock at her'. It would be the same as an admission of guilt, but hopefully she wouldn't realize that.
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Post by ellie on Nov 11, 2010 0:37:39 GMT -5
"Oh awesome! I've been promoted to Captain then? That's so rad." Sonya's joy was quickly shattered by the further accusations of beating Ruth up. "What history of violence? I'm a pacifist through and through. If only all this terrible violence would stop!" To emphasis her point she threw a punch towards Isaac's head. "Then we could all live happily together without worrying about shedding each others blood for fun."
Sonya then sighed. "I bet that's why Deborah apparently went bananas on lil' Ruth here. Ruth probably was talking about how awesome it'd be to have a sexy headband like mine and how cool it would be to ignore authority figures and Deborah wasn't having any of that. And I didn't think the squirt had it in her. Let's see...If Ruth's heads bleeding like that it must've been from a blow to the head!" All her self-defense classes were paying off now. Clearly that's why Isaac was asking for her help in figuring out how Ruth was downed by a twerp years younger than her. "AH! And look my super trained Gatlin Defense skills are telling me that Deborah definitely took Ruth down by causing Ruth's head to trauma. You gotta trust me on this. I read all about it back in the day! And since Deborah confessed it had to be her who done it! Dang am I good! I totally earned that promotion." Sonya nodded to herself impressed at her own intelligence.
"So...Head trauma...like we should stop the bleeding right? I know just what to do!" Sonya promptly tore off her tank top shirt revealing barely covered chest. "Let's cover her wound with this. And put pressure on it. Then when she's conscious again you can hold her down and I'll punch her in the solar plexus until she starts puking. That'll teach her to bleed all over my favorite head band and shirt!"
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Post by Dot Dot Dot on Nov 11, 2010 8:15:22 GMT -5
Ruth foggily came to. She fluttered her eyes open, saw Isaac looking upset, and Sonya shout about how she would beat Ruth until she puked.
She couldn't help it. Ruth screamed. It would have been better to be eaten by the corn! At least that didn't involve a beating. "I'm sorry! I didn't mean to!" she cried, and covered her eyes with her hands.
Then she had an idea. She'd just pretend to be unconscious. Maybe they hadn't heard her. She grew silent and hoped they'd forget about her.
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Post by ellie on Nov 13, 2010 1:39:46 GMT -5
Sonya jumped back from Ruth's sudden scream of terror. "Whoa..." She blinked trying to register what happened. "Ruth really likes my clothing! I should totally have a make over with her. Let's do that! Come on Isaac it'll be so rad. You can come too. It doesn't have to be a sexy girl thing. I can show you how to use blush. All I'll need to find some blush. And....to uh...learn how to apply it. Come on! Don't be a debbie downer. Let's ditch this whole help Ruth's head trauma and go to help Ruth's fashion sense."
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Post by Dot Dot Dot on Nov 13, 2010 14:21:52 GMT -5
A make-over?
Ruth couldn't help the smile from appearing on her face. After all, like any little girl she had dreamed of putting on her mom's high heels and lipstick and walking into a ball like a princess. She had always thought that was sinful and didn't think about it anymore. But if a big kid suggested it, it had to be okay?
Unless it was a trap. Sonya had threatened to beat her. Maybe she make-up was slang for beat-up.
"No make-up!" she cried. "No make-up!" Wait. She had been pretending to be unconscious. "I'm asleep!"
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Post by Bunny on Nov 14, 2010 22:37:20 GMT -5
Luckily for Isaac (or Sonya, depending on how good your sense of foresight is) he had bent forward to examine Ruth more closely, so he didn't even notice the fist swing past him, just narrowly missing his skull. Absently he reprimanded, "We don't spill blood for fun, Susanna. We do so to bring honor to the Lord. And you're not captain, either."
His concern ebbing, he peered up at Sonya. Apparently she hadn't caused the injury. Or if she did, she was far smarter at concealing her actions than Isaac had given her credit for. He stumbled backwards at Ruth's sudden scream, and refusal of make-up.
"Calm yourself, child," he said, trying to press his hand against her. He didn't know why she claimed to be asleep. Maybe she was delirious. He would have to pray for her survival.
"Susanna, be quiet for a few moments. I would like to commune with our Lord." Like that would work.
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Post by ellie on Nov 16, 2010 0:43:10 GMT -5
"Yeah sorry...I wouldn't want to wake Ruth...But I for one am totally calm." Deborah whispered fully believing Ruth's lie. She wouldn't want people to put makeup on her while she was asleep either. "I'll whisper for you. Yeah. HEY! Who's this Susanna lady? Why does she want my position as Captain of defense? Want me to go stab her for the lord? Bet that'd make Him happy. Nobody likes people stealing their positions. Uh-uh." She shook her head. "Hey I think we should apply more pressure or start punching Ruth's head to scare the blood back in. Cause...she's all not awake. Bet it's the blood fault....Hey communes are for commies. Is He Who walks behind the Rows a Ruskie? You can speak in Russian? No wonder only you can talk to Him eh?" She sat silent for a moment. "Hey Issac? Wanna get hitched? I wanna make some babies. You can wed us right now and we can get to love making. I'll make enough noise I bet I'd awaken Ruth for sure. Eh handsome?"
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Post by Dot Dot Dot on Nov 16, 2010 8:09:45 GMT -5
Ruth kept her eyes shut tight. Tighter now that Isaac and Sonya were getting married. She didn't want to see that. Or hear that. Maybe she could discreetly roll away before the intercourse and vicious punches to her head.
"Don't mind me!" she murmured, rolling horizontally away. "I'm still asleep! Go about your business." It worked before. It would work again!
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Post by ellie on Nov 17, 2010 0:21:18 GMT -5
"Oh...alrighty. Welps you heard her Isaac. She's just sleep rolling. We shouldn't concern ourselves with her anymore and...concentrate on more...intimate matters." Sonya waved slightly to the girl rolling away. It was too silly for any conscious girl to do. So obviously she had to be asleep.
Sonya went to sit behind Isaac and tried to press her barely covered breasts against his back. "Sooo...we married now? Let's get to the ol' rolling in the corn husks." She went to give Isaac a love tap on the back of his head by throwing a punch as hard as she possibly could muster towards his skull. Nothing said love more than a surprise head shot.
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Post by Dot Dot Dot on Nov 17, 2010 8:20:36 GMT -5
"Ewe!" Ruth cried in response to hearing Sonya's suggestion to Isaac, not stopping in her roll. She had put two yards in between them, now. Her escape was working flawlessly. Though she was starting to get dizzy. And the trail of blood behind her might alert wild animals to her presence...
"I'm asleep, so I can't defend myself from wild animals!" she cried. "Scare them away from me!" She was a master at this.
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