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Post by The Emcee on May 4, 2008 23:42:36 GMT -5
The Emcee walked in to the club, he had opened earlier, but left to take care of some errands.
There were some early birds at the bar and a couple girls on stage, but over all it was quiet.
He walked up to one of the girls and smile "Ees Phoenix in yet?"
"Yea, she's in her room" he grinned and pat the girl on the shoulder before walking to the back and knocking on the door.
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Post by Phoenix on May 5, 2008 9:39:38 GMT -5
*Phoenix sat staring at the little bag on her dressing table. The face in the mirror didn't look like hers, but life was so empty and what if she could make herself not care?
Didn't that count for anything?
The knock startled her, and she pushed back her hair. Trembling and pale, she opened the door and gazed at the Emcee with shadowed eyes.*
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Post by The Emcee on May 6, 2008 4:24:21 GMT -5
His smile faded as he pulled the young women in to his arms "Youf look terrible, vats vrong?"
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Post by Phoenix on May 6, 2008 9:09:55 GMT -5
*Phoenix pressed her face into his chest.*
"It's so hard," *she murmured.* "I keep trying... to do what you said. To stop."
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Post by The Emcee on May 6, 2008 15:11:54 GMT -5
"I knowf, I knowf" he rubbed her hair and closed the door behind them "boot eet vill get better, I promise" he lifted her chin and sighed.
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Post by Phoenix on May 6, 2008 15:49:18 GMT -5
"And what then?"
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Post by The Emcee on May 6, 2008 15:53:12 GMT -5
"Then you'll finally see ze girl youf been missing" he said as he knew exactly what she was going through.
"Leesten, I haf a favor to ask of youf."
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Post by Phoenix on May 6, 2008 16:42:18 GMT -5
*His words weren't comforting, but she focused on the last ones. And blinked.*
"What's that?"
*She sort of hoped it involved bed. But sort of hoped it didn't; she felt rather nauseated.*
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Post by The Emcee on May 6, 2008 16:48:57 GMT -5
"I'm goinks avay for a vile to visit a friend, I haf promised his vife zat I vill come along to make sure nosink happens, she ees pregnent you see-" He sat down on her bed and set her down next to him, holding her hand softly.
"-und I vas thinkinks, zat eef you vere up to eet, zat I vould leaf you een charge of ze cloob vile I vas gone?"
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Post by Phoenix on May 6, 2008 16:52:31 GMT -5
*Phoenix's eyes widened, making her face even more like a cartoon character's.*
"You mean it?" *she exclaimed, already looking better. Color graced her cheeks, and her eyes had a glow they'd been missing.* "Really run it?"
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Post by The Emcee on May 6, 2008 17:03:31 GMT -5
"Ja" he touched squeezed her hand with a grin "I vas thinking to myself who vould be able to vrun ziz place und youf vere ze only vone I could think of."
He may have still been the same old Emcee, but there was still some compassion in him.
"So vill you do eet?"
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Post by Phoenix on May 6, 2008 17:35:07 GMT -5
"Oh! Yes!"
*Phoenix threw her arms around him, overwhelmed by his confidence in her. No one had ever trusted her with something like this before. Her mother had barely allowed her the money to go down the street to buy bread. Why was he doing this?
She'd ask herself that later.*
"Thank you," *she said, her fear of failure not having hit her yet.*
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Post by The Emcee on May 6, 2008 17:45:49 GMT -5
"Vonderful" he squeezed her, praying to himself that giving her this responsibility would help her, at least a little bit.
"I vill be leafing at ze end of ze veek, vich vill give me time to get everybody vready for you to take ofer."
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Post by Phoenix on May 7, 2008 12:39:29 GMT -5
*Phoenix nodded, already trying to come up with what she'd need to do.*
"I bet they'll be thrilled."
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Post by The Emcee on May 7, 2008 17:52:08 GMT -5
"Efreybody seems to like youf, so eet makes sense ja?" He grinned "Also, I vant to let youf een on little secret" he lowered his voice "I am hopinks ven I come back, to begin vriding ze cloob of ze-" he put his fingers in front of his mouth because it's becoming a running joke to signify fangs "-und brink back ze cloob to us, vat do you theenk?"
For the first time in a long time, he sounded like the old emcee, although his actions might not have been the same, his manners were and that's what mattered.
"Eet vill be dangerous I knowf, boot I vill haf to try, ja?"
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