Abel
2011-01-09T10:40:33.000Z
stands in an alleyway, smoking his pipe and watching people go by.
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Isabella
2011-01-09T11:14:53.000Z
coughs as she passed through him. The smoke irritates her nose.
Abel
2011-01-09T11:26:22.000Z
turns to look at her when he hears the coughing. He raises an eyebrow at her.
Isabella
2011-01-09T11:54:06.000Z
looks at him with a disapproving glare, stepping closer towards the tall man. "Smoking is bad for you."
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Abel
2011-01-09T11:55:29.000Z
blinks in surprise at her words, though his facial expression doesn't really change. "Who are you to tell me that?"
Isabella
2011-01-09T11:58:39.000Z
doesn't expect him to answer back with a question. "... I'm Isabella." She coughs again, putting her hand over her nose.
Isabella
2011-01-09T11:58:50.000Z
"Could you please stop smoking? I'm having difficult time breathing here."
Abel
2011-01-09T12:03:18.000Z
raises an eyebrow at her answer. He takes a deep puff from his pipe and blows the smoke up into the air, and then looks back at her. "If_
Abel
2011-01-09T12:03:45.000Z
you have a problem breathing while I smoke, just go. Nobody's going to stop you."
Isabella
2011-01-09T12:06:25.000Z
tries to wave off the smoke, shaking her head stubbornly. "No." She stands up on her heels and tries to grab for the pipe.
Isabella
2011-01-09T12:07:33.000Z
"You're smoking bad things, don't you? Stop it. You're just going to ruin your health."
Abel
2011-01-09T12:10:03.000Z
steps back, and removes his pipe and raises it up so the other can't reach for it. "Bad things..?" He doesn't know if he should be annoyed_
Abel
2011-01-09T12:10:46.000Z
or amused by this... Isabella now. "People pay rather good prices for it, did you know that?"
Isabella
2011-01-09T12:13:20.000Z
lets out a frustrated grunt when she can't reach the pipe, glaring at him as he raises it up. "Bad." She stops trying for now,
Isabella
2011-01-09T12:13:22.000Z
crossing her arms in front of her chest. "Well, there are foolish people out there. Are you one of them?"
Abel
2011-01-09T12:16:16.000Z
tries to keep a straight face as he lowers his pipe to take another puff. He is amused now. "You clearly don't know who I am then."
Isabella
2011-01-09T12:18:21.000Z
sees this as a chance and tries to grab for it again! "No. That doesn't matter though. You should stop smoking." She insists stubbornly.
Abel
2011-01-09T12:19:58.000Z
holds onto her wrist trying to grab for his pipe and smirks a little now, his pipe still in his mouth. "Isabella, was it? Unfortunately, I_
Abel
2011-01-09T12:20:36.000Z
/am/ the person who sells these things to those 'foolish' people of yours."
Isabella
2011-01-09T12:22:23.000Z
's eyes widened in surprise when he caught her wrist. "Oh." She stares at him for a long time, mouth pursed in concentration.
Isabella
2011-01-09T12:22:29.000Z
"... You aren't a really good seller then."
Abel
2011-01-09T12:30:22.000Z
lets go of her wrist and crosses his arms, staring at her, the smirk gone. "Good seller, bad seller, they don't matter to me."
Isabella
2011-01-09T12:31:57.000Z
rubs her wrist, giving him a pointed look. "As long as they produce money, then everything's fine for you? Is that so?"
Abel
2011-01-09T12:38:22.000Z
"And you have a problem with that?" He raises an eyebrow looking at her up and down. She didn't seem to be a normal civilian either. "Also,_
Abel
2011-01-09T12:39:55.000Z
you don't look like you have a... good job either. What do you do for a living, may I ask?"
Isabella
2011-01-09T12:42:09.000Z
"Yes--" She stops, frowning at his question. "What I do, huh?" She casts her gaze downwards as she answers. "I'm a cartographer."
Abel
2011-01-09T12:45:14.000Z
merely grunts in response. "Then go back and look at your maps. You might scare away potential customers."
Isabella
2011-01-09T12:48:39.000Z
"Am I not allowed to take a break?" She raises her eyebrow and grins mischievously. "Really? Well, you're polluting the air now._
Isabella
2011-01-09T12:48:40.000Z
Go smoke in your own shop."
Abel
2011-01-09T12:54:21.000Z
ignores her first statement and wonders if this woman actually knew how things worked here. "I don't have a shop. The alleys are my shop."
Isabella
2011-01-09T12:56:33.000Z
always assumes the best of everything, therefore... "Really?" She tilts her head, looking around the alley. "Then where do you live?"
Abel
2011-01-09T13:04:24.000Z
raises an eyebrow at that question and her reaction. "Why should I tell you where I live?"
Isabella
2011-01-09T13:08:07.000Z
"Well, you don't have to tell me if you don't want to..." She pouts. "I just though...
Isabella
2011-01-09T13:08:13.000Z
Doesn't people sell stuffs in shops and lives in it as well? And since you sell your stuffs in an alley..."
Abel is
2011-01-09T13:22:03.000Z
amused by this woman again. She seemed rather ignorant in a way. "No, I don't live in an alley."
Isabella
2011-01-09T13:25:36.000Z
lets out a sigh in relief. "You don't? That's good." She was getting a bit worried... "Then why can't you sell your stuffs in your place?_
Isabella
2011-01-09T13:25:39.000Z
Rather than a shabby alley like this? I mean-- It should be easier right?"
Abel
2011-01-09T13:27:27.000Z
couldn't help himself but smiles a little. "As you mentioned, I sell... 'bad things'. If I were to sell these out in the open, I would be_
Abel
2011-01-09T13:27:58.000Z
caught by those upholding the law. Understand?"
Isabella
2011-01-09T13:31:36.000Z
's mouth opens in understanding. She nods at his explanation, clapping her hands together. "Ooooh..." She gets it.
Isabella
2011-01-09T13:31:39.000Z
understands it perfectly. "Well, that's why you should stop selling... and smoking."
Abel
2011-01-09T13:38:20.000Z
frowns. They were back to this again. He lets out a sigh of frustration. "Listen, if you say anything else about this, I might resort to..._
Abel
2011-01-09T13:38:45.000Z
other means to get you away."
Isabella
2011-01-09T13:40:37.000Z
"I'd like to see you try." She looks at him with a worried frown. "You're still quite young. Why waste your life like this?"
Abel
2011-01-09T13:43:49.000Z
narrows his eyes at her. "Because." He doesn't give any other reason, neither does he want to.
Isabella
2011-01-09T13:46:57.000Z
waves off the mean look he's giving her with a shrug. "That's not a valid reason~"
Abel is
2011-01-09T13:48:59.000Z
getting slightly annoyed now. Why couldn't this woman leave him alone. "By my standards, it is. Now shoo."
Isabella
2011-01-09T13:51:05.000Z
stays firm on her spot. "Your standard's quite low, mister." She shakes her head. "Not until you say you'll stop smoking.
Isabella
2011-01-09T13:51:06.000Z
And hand me that pipe."
Abel
2011-01-09T13:52:52.000Z
frowns. Getting rid of her seemed to be a rather annoying business. He was close to snapping. "My name is Abel, if you must know. And I_
Abel
2011-01-09T13:53:06.000Z
won't do either."
Isabella
2011-01-09T13:54:41.000Z
grins when he told her his name. She doesn't notice that the other's getting annoyed at her.
Isabella
2011-01-09T13:54:44.000Z
"Alright. How about this? I'll leave you alone, Abel, if you will give me the pipe. If not..."
Abel
2011-01-09T13:59:04.000Z
deepens his frown. He won't part with his pipe. "This pipe here is expensive. I am not parting with it."
Isabella
2011-01-09T14:01:48.000Z
"Fine, then I am staying here." She hates the smoke smell and doesn't want her clothes to catch the smell but...
Abel
2011-01-09T14:03:20.000Z
crosses his arms, taking another deep puff and purposely blows the smoke into her face. She would probably leave soon since she can't stand_
Abel
2011-01-09T14:03:33.000Z
the smell. He could keep this up.
Isabella
2011-01-09T14:06:29.000Z
immediately closes her eyes and holds back her breath at the smoke. How mean! She puts her hands back over her nose and gives him a glare.
Isabella
2011-01-09T14:06:32.000Z
"That's uncalled for."
Abel
2011-01-09T14:08:39.000Z
hides a triumphant look. "Well verbal means don't seem to work on you. That was to tell you to leave."
Isabella
2011-01-09T14:10:54.000Z
narrows her eyes. "Bully." She's still standing firm on her position though, planning to not budge at all until the other gives up.
Abel
2011-01-09T14:12:07.000Z
raises an eyebrow at her. "You're the one depriving me of customers, Isabella. I'm probably going to make a loss today thanks to you."
Isabella
2011-01-09T14:13:42.000Z
"Maybe that will teach you a lesson to not be a bully. And to stop smoking." She shakes her head. "You're so stubborn."
Abel
2011-01-09T14:14:37.000Z
glares at her. "And so are you." He blows more smoke at her. He would need to refill his pipe soon though, it was running out.
Isabella
2011-01-09T14:17:45.000Z
glares back, coughing at the amount of extra smoke being blowed at her. "S-stop that." She waves her hand, trying to get the smoke away.
Marianne has
2011-01-09T14:20:09.000Z
just finished lunch and is talking a walk around town. She glances down an alley and is surprised to see Isabella there with a stranger. Her
Marianne
2011-01-09T14:20:49.000Z
lover's expression told her that something wasn't right, so she turns down the alley and frowns at the smoking man. She coughs a little at_
Marianne
2011-01-09T14:21:05.000Z
the smoke and cautiously asks, "Isa? Is everything alright?"
Isabella
2011-01-09T14:23:14.000Z
turns her head at the familiar voice, for a moment forgetting that Abel is there. "Mari! Everything's alright. It's just."
Isabella
2011-01-09T14:23:19.000Z
feels like sneezing now. "T-the smoke... And this man..."
Abel
2011-01-09T14:25:57.000Z
glares back at Isa, and then raises an eyebrow at the new stranger. They knew each other? "Hey you," He looks at Mari. "You know her? Can_
Abel
2011-01-09T14:26:13.000Z
you please bring her away? I am trying to make a living here."
Marianne
2011-01-09T14:47:13.000Z
puts a hand on her hip at the stranger's attitude. "You're the one who should go away, you're blowing this smoke all over the place. It's_
Marianne
2011-01-09T14:47:29.000Z
unhealthy, you know." She frowns at him and leans closer towards Isabella.
Isabella
2011-01-09T14:48:40.000Z
nods in agreement, relaxing at her lover's presence. "See... I told you what..." She gives Abel a challenging look.
Abel has
2011-01-09T14:51:04.000Z
just about had it with these women. He already had to deal with one, now the other was taking her side. Now all he wanted to do was to go_
Abel
2011-01-09T14:54:07.000Z
home and forget about going to this area for a while. He opens his mouth to argue then closes it. He turns around and leaves. "It's useless_
Abel
2011-01-09T14:54:15.000Z
trying to speak to you. Farewell."
Marianne
2011-01-09T15:01:24.000Z
moves quickly and blocks his way. She stares up at him with a defiant expression and demands an apology for the smoke. "You're polluting the
Marianne
2011-01-09T15:01:40.000Z
air and harming my amante's health, you should apologise to us!"
Isabella
2011-01-09T15:03:39.000Z
"Hey--" She watches as Marianne moves in one swift move and blocked the taller man's way. She follows, but stops right behind him,
Isabella
2011-01-09T15:03:41.000Z
trapping him between the two of them. "And the pipe, Abel. Why is it so hard to make you understand...?"
Abel
2011-01-09T15:05:22.000Z
glares down at the woman in front of him. "Fine. I am sorry. Are you happy now?" He ignores Isa. If this was some sort of trap so he could_
Abel
2011-01-09T15:05:34.000Z
get arrested for his illegal dealings, he probably fell for it.
Marianne
2011-01-09T15:13:17.000Z
grins and holds out her hand. "Now the pipe. You're a drug dealer of some sort, aren't you? It's not a good thing to do that~"
Isabella
2011-01-09T15:17:06.000Z
watches quietly as Mari holds out her hand, her hand ready to pull out the hidden dagger should Abel make any threatening move.
Abel
2011-01-09T15:24:03.000Z
raises an eyebrow. "Ja, what if I am? And this is robbery. As I mentioned to your friend, this pipe here is expensive. I am not parting_
Abel
2011-01-09T15:24:18.000Z
with it." What had he done to anger fate that he would be cornered by two women in an alley.
Marianne
2011-01-09T15:25:56.000Z
tilts her head, "Well, that's true... but we're pirates, we don't care about that sort of thing. Besides, you're also on the other side of_
Marianne
2011-01-09T15:26:07.000Z
the law, you can't exactly turn to the police for help."
Isabella
2011-01-09T15:31:04.000Z
finally speaks up after staying silent for a while. "Well... If you promise you will stop smoking that... bad thing, _
Isabella
2011-01-09T15:31:05.000Z
I guess we can let you go..." She tries to look at Mari to ask for her approval. "Right, Mari?"
Marianne
2011-01-09T15:34:17.000Z
shakes her head, "It's a drug, Isa, he won't give it up so easily." She whispers into her ear, "It's not really our business anyway, there_
Marianne will
2011-01-09T15:34:27.000Z
always be people like that in the world, cherie."
Isabella
2011-01-09T15:36:28.000Z
"Oh. But..." She throws Abel another look before shaking her head. "Pipe." She holds her hand out.
Abel
2011-01-09T15:39:13.000Z
frowns. She was right. Though... pirates? He had to be more careful next time. He sighs as they demanded for his pipe again. This was_
Abel
2011-01-09T15:39:59.000Z
seriously hopeless now, but he was unarmed. He took out the pipe from his mouth and handed it to the woman named Mari. "There. Now may I_
Abel
2011-01-09T15:42:05.000Z
leave without being cornered again?" He was lucky he had some spare cash. He could probably get another one, though it wouldn't be the same.
Marianne
2011-01-09T15:45:56.000Z
notes his reluctance and looks at the pipe. It seems like it's rather old.. like a family heirloom. She just wanted the man to stop smoking,
Marianne
2011-01-09T15:46:15.000Z
she couldn't take his family heirloom away from him like that. "...was this pipe passed down in your family?"
Abel
2011-01-09T15:47:45.000Z
nods. "Ja. It was my grandfather's." He was speaking the truth. It was why he was so unwilling to part with it. He just used 'expensive' as_
Abel
2011-01-09T15:47:59.000Z
a typical excuse though. He didn't like people thinking that he was such a sentimental person.
Isabella
2011-01-09T15:51:23.000Z
looks at the pipe, an interested look plastered on her face. "Grandfather's...?" She feels guilty now. "Mari, I don't think..."
Isabella
2011-01-09T15:51:42.000Z
looks at the other, waiting for what she will say.
Marianne
2011-01-09T15:53:25.000Z
nods and agrees. They can't take something like that. She gently places it back into his hands. "Sorry... We just wanted you to stop smoking
Marianne
2011-01-09T15:53:49.000Z
We didn't mean to rob you of something so treasured..." She looks down in apology.
Abel
2011-01-09T15:58:24.000Z
takes the pipe back. He still doesn't understand why these women want him to stop smoking when they were complete strangers. "It's okay," _
Abel
2011-01-09T15:58:55.000Z
He mumbles and turns to leave again, hopefully this time his leave will not be interrupted.
Marianne
2011-01-09T15:59:56.000Z
doesn't know whether she should let him go or not, he hasn't said anything about quitting smoking, or selling drugs. "Wait...!"
Isabella
2011-01-09T16:00:35.000Z
quickly apologizes as well before he leaves this time, though this time she's not sure what to do. "...?"
Isabella
2011-01-09T16:00:39.000Z
throws Mari a confused look, wondering what the other will do now.
Abel
2011-01-09T16:04:56.000Z
just walks off, ignoring her, knowing if he'd stay he would probably be stuck here for days, looking at how persistent they were.
Marianne
2011-01-09T16:08:03.000Z
sighs and decides to let him off this time. He was actually rather tolerant, considering how rude they were. "Mmm, we'll convince him_
Marianne
2011-01-09T16:08:07.000Z
another time, Isa."
Isabella
2011-01-09T16:10:35.000Z
"Okay..." She looks at the other leaving with a frown. Maybe next time she'll get to convince him to get out from this kind of life.
Isabella
2011-01-09T16:11:16.000Z
hugs Marianne tight. "I'm so glad you came..."
Marianne
2011-01-09T16:12:03.000Z
returns the hug. "I'm glad I happened to walk by too... What would have happened if I wasn't there?" She frowns in worry.
Abel has
2011-01-09T16:13:39.000Z
walked far far away from the other two. He decides to go and rest back in his home. The entire thing has left him with a headache.
Isabella
2011-01-10T02:08:42.000Z
throws a glance at the direction Abel's walking before turning back her attention to Marianne fully.
Isabella
2011-01-10T02:08:45.000Z
"I don't know... He doesn't seem to be very happy when I asked him for the pipe. I'm just... thinking for his health..."
Marianne
2011-01-10T02:25:42.000Z
nods, "Well, we're strangers after all, I suppose I was a little rude too... Shall we return home?"
Isabella
2011-01-10T03:05:15.000Z
nods, she looks down and finds the other's hand, holding it tightly. "Let's go back home~!"
Marianne
2011-01-10T03:07:14.000Z
(whoo, it ends~)
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