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Post by Eponine on Dec 17, 2007 15:30:24 GMT -5
"No! No, no, no!" *She said, grabbing his arm on impulse.* "Marius please, it's not that. It's not you at all. This is my fault--my fault, do you hear? You have to believe me, Marius."
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Post by Marius on Dec 17, 2007 15:36:50 GMT -5
*Marius nodded fervently, but shook off her hand.*
"Please...just...I need to think about this. Just leave me alone, 'Ponine..."
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Post by Eponine on Dec 17, 2007 15:38:01 GMT -5
*She nodded, opening her mouth to say something but thinking better of it and resting her hand on his for a moment before turning to return to Alexei's room.*
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Post by Marius on Dec 17, 2007 15:48:09 GMT -5
*Marius wheeled himself over to the writing desk and rested his head in his hands for a long time before he sat up and began to compose a letter.*
'Ponine--
I'm sorry I don't believe you. It's better this way.
Love
Marius
*Folding the note and leaving it on the desk, he went to where he kept his things, taking out a long pistol, loaded. He'd kept it for defense purposes...people thought cripples were weak.*
And they're right...
*Pressing the barrel of the gun to his temple, he pulled the trigger. As the shot echoed around the room, the force of the firing made him slip from his chair, sliding limply to the floor as blood soaked his shirt.*
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Post by Magda on Dec 17, 2007 15:49:06 GMT -5
((OH SNAP!))
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Post by Eponine on Dec 17, 2007 15:53:15 GMT -5
*Eponine returned immediately after she heard the gunshot, paler than she had been before. She willed herself not to believe it...*
*But then it was real. And she heard a piercing scream coming from somewhere, vaguely wondering where it came from. She realized, disconnectedly, that it was her. The floor suddenly came up to meet her face and she convulsed, sobbing.*
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Post by Der Tod on Dec 17, 2007 15:59:59 GMT -5
At the sound of her scream, Tod bolted from Alexei's room with the baby still in his arms.
"Eponine! Are you-"
He saw the blood, the shattered skull, the oozing remnants of brain tissue, and quickly turned Alexei away from the sight. As jealous as he had been of the... carcass in the wheelchair, he knew that Alexei didn't need to see what had happened.
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Post by Eponine on Dec 17, 2007 16:02:03 GMT -5
*She shakily got to her unsteady feet, still wracked with sobs. She stumbled over to Tod and Alexei, clinging to Der Tod's chest with every ounce of strength she had left, putting Alexei between them. She buried her face in his shirt and just sobbed inconsolably.*
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Post by Der Tod on Dec 17, 2007 16:03:44 GMT -5
He stared at the body.
"This... this was my fault."
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Post by Eponine on Dec 17, 2007 16:05:11 GMT -5
*She shook her head vehemently.*
"I-It w-was m-mine... I c-couldn't l-love him w-when he n-needed me to, and n-now he's gone..." *She whispered brokenly.*
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Post by Der Tod on Dec 17, 2007 16:08:52 GMT -5
He slowly passed the baby to Eponine and walked over to the body. He laid a hand over the wound, apparently not minding the blood and ruined brain, and muttered something in German.
Nothing happened. He almost seemed to fall back, deflated.
"There's nothing I can... he's dead."
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Post by Eponine on Dec 17, 2007 16:09:39 GMT -5
*She clutched the baby to her as if afraid that he would leave her, too.*
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Post by Renn on Dec 17, 2007 16:11:04 GMT -5
*Upon hearing a gunshot and a scream, Renn leaped from her room and practically flew into the living room. She froze, seeing the scene there. She tried to speak, but no words came out- she could only stare in horror...*
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Post by Der Tod on Dec 17, 2007 16:11:08 GMT -5
"Eponine-"
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Post by Eponine on Dec 17, 2007 16:12:09 GMT -5
"J-just... don't..." *She whispered.* "No more words. I can't listen."
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