Dax and Tai-San "talk" in His Room

[_dax]

Dax left the Cafe silently, he was tired of not being able to break his thoughts of May, his anger at the situation, his anger with himself. He didn't know what he wanted when he arrived back in his room, was he hoping to find May in there? Was he hoping that she'd be in there, reading his note, and the minute he opened the door, she'd forgive him

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[_dax]

"Whatever you think Sal," he agreed with a short nod of his head. He'd never had a rope at the casino, it had always just been his presence that stopped the thugs from causing trouble, but these were Mall Rat men, not thugs. When she mentioned the stereo, his face fell a bit before he moved across the room to unplug it and pick it up, handing it to Salene. "Oh, and here," he went back to the shelf, pulling down a cloth 20 disk holder he'd gotten May, "There are a few CD's in there that'd be good for a party, May will know which ones," they were hers after all.

Dax's mouth hung open when she asked about voting him in to join the tribe, was she serious? He'd been restless all day about just that, not belonging even though he lived here, wondering his place. "You...you mean I'd be a Mall Rat?" He looked back to Trudy, then to Salene again, "That'd be very cool," he said as a grin spread slowly across his face. "Here, let me carry the liquor to your party for you," he offered, heading over to the box where Trudy had put it down and picking it up with ease. "Just lead the way," he felt a bounce in his step, he knew he still had to be voted in, but the very fact that Salene was willing to put him up for a vote, well that just brightened a night that had started out being very glum.

[mother_trudy]

Trudy was glad Salene remembered to ask about the Stereo. She was good like that, always remembering the things that are easily overlooked. Trudy was a bit surprised when Sal told Dax about the vote. She thought it was going to be a surprise. Of course, it probably would be better that Dax know ahead of time anyway. He was starting to look a bit gloomy.

Trudy started to get a bit antsy. She and Sal had spent quite a while in May's room getting things together, making sure nothing was forgotten. Trudy got up off the bed and was about to pick the liquor up when Dax offered to carry it up to the complex. Wow, Nice. "Wow, Thanks Dax. I was completely prepared to carry it myself, but what a great relief it was to hear your offer. Be my guest."

Things seemed pretty ready to go. Trudy looked to Sal as if to get some sort of confirmation that she was ready to go. "Ok..everything looks good from my end, and Dax is all set..how about you Sal?"

[_salene_]

Salene took the boom box and CD's from Dax, "Thanks, I'll be sure to have her DJ tonight," she responded to his comment about it being May's. She was amused by his reaction, "Yes, you'd be a genuine Mall Rat," she said with a nod, "That is, if they vote you in. Not everyone around here is comfortable with you yet, we can't forget where you came from, but some of us are on your side, and we're working to get them to forgive," she gave Trudy a knowing look and quickly changed the subject with a smile.

"Yes, I'm ready, let's go on to the party, and then you can get set up at the entrance to the complex," she said with a firm nod before leading the way down the hall. The mention of the vote had cheered him up, she could almost see the light in his eyes, his sullen face had brightened, and that made her so happy. It was nice to see someone want to be a Mall Rat, and springing a Tribe Member vote on them when they didn't want to become one, well that never ended well.