Crazy Bear: Left Behind
Clete sat out on the porch, it was late. He ran the days event through his mind, over and over again.
Wordwell floated nearby, spouting out to him the diologue from the chatroom for the Awakened. His visitor, he hoped, was asleep inside.
Earlier in the day, he picked Eden up from the Airport. He looked forward to having a visitor, odd as it was to him. A weekend or R&R for her, and, hey, who knows, maybe something might come of it...
Tombs was his friend. His ONLY friend, now. Clete almost fucked that up too, a month ago.
Ben was dead, so was Rhodes. There were of course Ben's kids, but Clete never had a strong connection to them, except for Afina. And she was gone from the city now, too.
In the truck, on the way to the cabin, the young gal was proud of the gift she had for him. Things were going great. Real great. Until his curious nature and Old World values go thim in trouble, again.
He almost thought she would fly through the windshield, he slammed on the breaks so hard.
She was gay. A lesbian.
The world had changed. he saw it everywhere. She acted like no one had ever had an issue with it before, she accused him of being hurt because she wouldn't sleep with him. It wasn't it, though....
Old Clete couldn't accept it. for some reason. He thought back to his visits to Lydia at her shop, the clients there, the girlie boy with the purse. "It ain't right" he thought.
But, here he was. A man with only one friend in the world (one friend, that he almost threw away for no good reason other than his stubbornness). A fine prospect for a new one sitting next to him.
And he couldn't move his mind on past her sexual identity.
Wordwell broke him out of his heady funk. "Olivia has joined Awakening"
His great-granddaughter, by menas of Ben Ikoal. He only knew her a short while, and that was only because of Ben's passing.
Clete found her, and the two of them talked privately.
He confessed to her what his growing fear was...
[01:09] Crazy_Bear: How you doing?
[01:10] Olivia: Doing ok.
[01:10] * Crazy_Bear nods
[01:10] Crazy_Bear: good to hear.
[01:10] Olivia: You?
[01:10] Crazy_Bear: I been better.
[01:10] Crazy_Bear: kinda feelin lonely
[01:10] * Olivia nods
[01:11] Olivia: I'm sorry...
[01:11] Crazy_Bear: Not your fault
[01:11] Olivia: but yeah...know that feeling.
[01:11] Crazy_Bear: I think I'm being left behind.
[01:12] Olivia: Left behind?
[01:12] * Crazy_Bear nods
[01:12] Crazy_Bear: I'm so old, I am stuck in the past
[01:12] Crazy_Bear: shoulda been dead long time ago
[01:12] Crazy_Bear: can't seem to grasp the modern world
[01:12] Crazy_Bear: heh
[01:12] Crazy_Bear: I talk to my computer
[01:13] Crazy_Bear: I got a spirit who translates for me
[01:14] Crazy_Bear: so, yeah
[01:14] Crazy_Bear: left behind
[01:14] * Olivia nods
[01:14] Olivia: Yeah...its...I can see how that might happen.
[01:14] * Crazy_Bear nods
[01:15] Crazy_Bear: I try to make new friends
[01:15] Crazy_Bear: I only got one
[01:15] Crazy_Bear: well, only one left
[01:15] Crazy_Bear: I just wind up insultin people
[01:15] Olivia: You don't seem insulting
[01:16] Crazy_Bear: I am, sometimes
[01:16] Crazy_Bear: how do you feel about...
[01:16] Crazy_Bear: gay folk
[01:17] Crazy_Bear: I know, odd question and all
[01:17] Olivia: Some of my best friends are gay...love is love is love...doesn't matter how you express it.
[01:17] * Crazy_Bear nods
[01:17] Crazy_Bear: I'm old fashioned
[01:17] Crazy_Bear: you can guess my feelings
[01:17] * Olivia nods
[01:18] Crazy_Bear: I think I lost a new friend because of them
[01:18] Crazy_Bear: my feelings, that is
[01:18] Olivia: Who?
[01:19] Crazy_Bear: I don't know if I should say their name...
[01:19] Olivia: Ebony?
[01:19] Crazy_Bear: Nope.
[01:19] Crazy_Bear: Not her.
[01:19] * Olivia nods
[01:19] Crazy_Bear: Eden
[01:19] Olivia: Ahh...
[01:19] Crazy_Bear: She's stayin here at my place, gettin away for the weekend
[01:20] Crazy_Bear: I feel awkward now
[01:20] Olivia: I'm sure she'll be ok
[01:21] Crazy_Bear: Liv...
[01:21] Crazy_Bear: I don't want to get left behind
[01:21] Olivia: Yeah?
[01:21] Olivia: I know...
[01:21] Olivia: I'll help, if I can...
[01:25] Crazy_Bear: thanks.
[01:25] Crazy_Bear: I almost lost the one friend I did have
[01:25] Crazy_Bear: because I was stubborn
[01:26] Olivia: I'll teach you to adapt. :)
Clete smiled.
Two friends.
Wordwell floated nearby, spouting out to him the diologue from the chatroom for the Awakened. His visitor, he hoped, was asleep inside.
Earlier in the day, he picked Eden up from the Airport. He looked forward to having a visitor, odd as it was to him. A weekend or R&R for her, and, hey, who knows, maybe something might come of it...
Tombs was his friend. His ONLY friend, now. Clete almost fucked that up too, a month ago.
Ben was dead, so was Rhodes. There were of course Ben's kids, but Clete never had a strong connection to them, except for Afina. And she was gone from the city now, too.
In the truck, on the way to the cabin, the young gal was proud of the gift she had for him. Things were going great. Real great. Until his curious nature and Old World values go thim in trouble, again.
He almost thought she would fly through the windshield, he slammed on the breaks so hard.
She was gay. A lesbian.
The world had changed. he saw it everywhere. She acted like no one had ever had an issue with it before, she accused him of being hurt because she wouldn't sleep with him. It wasn't it, though....
Old Clete couldn't accept it. for some reason. He thought back to his visits to Lydia at her shop, the clients there, the girlie boy with the purse. "It ain't right" he thought.
But, here he was. A man with only one friend in the world (one friend, that he almost threw away for no good reason other than his stubbornness). A fine prospect for a new one sitting next to him.
And he couldn't move his mind on past her sexual identity.
Wordwell broke him out of his heady funk. "Olivia has joined Awakening"
His great-granddaughter, by menas of Ben Ikoal. He only knew her a short while, and that was only because of Ben's passing.
Clete found her, and the two of them talked privately.
He confessed to her what his growing fear was...
[01:09] Crazy_Bear: How you doing?
[01:10] Olivia: Doing ok.
[01:10] * Crazy_Bear nods
[01:10] Crazy_Bear: good to hear.
[01:10] Olivia: You?
[01:10] Crazy_Bear: I been better.
[01:10] Crazy_Bear: kinda feelin lonely
[01:10] * Olivia nods
[01:11] Olivia: I'm sorry...
[01:11] Crazy_Bear: Not your fault
[01:11] Olivia: but yeah...know that feeling.
[01:11] Crazy_Bear: I think I'm being left behind.
[01:12] Olivia: Left behind?
[01:12] * Crazy_Bear nods
[01:12] Crazy_Bear: I'm so old, I am stuck in the past
[01:12] Crazy_Bear: shoulda been dead long time ago
[01:12] Crazy_Bear: can't seem to grasp the modern world
[01:12] Crazy_Bear: heh
[01:12] Crazy_Bear: I talk to my computer
[01:13] Crazy_Bear: I got a spirit who translates for me
[01:14] Crazy_Bear: so, yeah
[01:14] Crazy_Bear: left behind
[01:14] * Olivia nods
[01:14] Olivia: Yeah...its...I can see how that might happen.
[01:14] * Crazy_Bear nods
[01:15] Crazy_Bear: I try to make new friends
[01:15] Crazy_Bear: I only got one
[01:15] Crazy_Bear: well, only one left
[01:15] Crazy_Bear: I just wind up insultin people
[01:15] Olivia: You don't seem insulting
[01:16] Crazy_Bear: I am, sometimes
[01:16] Crazy_Bear: how do you feel about...
[01:16] Crazy_Bear: gay folk
[01:17] Crazy_Bear: I know, odd question and all
[01:17] Olivia: Some of my best friends are gay...love is love is love...doesn't matter how you express it.
[01:17] * Crazy_Bear nods
[01:17] Crazy_Bear: I'm old fashioned
[01:17] Crazy_Bear: you can guess my feelings
[01:17] * Olivia nods
[01:18] Crazy_Bear: I think I lost a new friend because of them
[01:18] Crazy_Bear: my feelings, that is
[01:18] Olivia: Who?
[01:19] Crazy_Bear: I don't know if I should say their name...
[01:19] Olivia: Ebony?
[01:19] Crazy_Bear: Nope.
[01:19] Crazy_Bear: Not her.
[01:19] * Olivia nods
[01:19] Crazy_Bear: Eden
[01:19] Olivia: Ahh...
[01:19] Crazy_Bear: She's stayin here at my place, gettin away for the weekend
[01:20] Crazy_Bear: I feel awkward now
[01:20] Olivia: I'm sure she'll be ok
[01:21] Crazy_Bear: Liv...
[01:21] Crazy_Bear: I don't want to get left behind
[01:21] Olivia: Yeah?
[01:21] Olivia: I know...
[01:21] Olivia: I'll help, if I can...
[01:25] Crazy_Bear: thanks.
[01:25] Crazy_Bear: I almost lost the one friend I did have
[01:25] Crazy_Bear: because I was stubborn
[01:26] Olivia: I'll teach you to adapt. :)
Clete smiled.
Two friends.