Drunken Memories

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"You wait out here. If I need you I'll call you," Osiris walked into the pub  as his Pulm Isis laid near the entrance waiting for him to return. "Waiter or whatever I need a beer," Osiris sat at the front counter as he was finally handed his drink. He guzzled it down as if it was water he hadn't drunk in years.

"Another One!" He demanded as he put money down for four more. The waiter gave Osiris a very troubled expression but that expression soon turned to fear when Osiris glared back at the waiter placing his chakram on the counter. Soon enough four more drinks were given to Osiris and he guzzled them all down.

Several hours had passed and Osiris was sitting at the same counter head buried in his hands with his elbows propping him up. He still had one more beer bottle in his hands; conscious while looking unconscious at the same time. Isis began howling outside while finishing off her howl with a vibrant hiss, "Ahhhhh Shut up already! I'll be outside in a minute! Fuck!" Osiris said guzzling the last bit of his beer. He remained at the counter however head back to being buried in his hands.

“The puppy was you numnuts.” Dezerae said as she packed up her bag and attached it to Koala’s pack. Last time she was in the city she had gotten into a fight with her commanding officer for his lack of movement. She couldn’t remember if the ranks had a bounty on her head or not, but that wasn’t something she was ready to really admit to herself nor her stranger like companion.

“Why Koba?” she asked as she started to follow the man into the dessert. Her voice slightly irritated.

“And how do you know he’ll speak with you?” she said raising her left eyebrow pulling out another cigarette to smoke.

"If you don't know this already, Koba is a very powerful who can get things done easily and quickly without shedding too much blood," Osiris placed his hand on his chin deeply thinking about how to approach Koba, "Given the current events happening speaking with Koba won't be too hard. I mean I used to work for him so..." Osiris didn't entirely know how too feel about taking Dezerae on a mission such as this with him. he knew he couldn't do it alone even having Isis with him.

When they came to there halfway mark, Dez asked a question Osiris was waiting for, "I'm going to tell him information I have about the Monarch's. Saying that to the GBW they'll almost always let me speak to whoever. But I need Koba to assign me on a mission to get more information out of the Monarchs, so that in return he can give me some money. I need to make a living some how," He stated guzzling some more from his flask.

Still the question remained the same to Dezerae. Why Koba? Her inner turmoil spun out of control barely listening to the logic coming from Osiris's mouth. She half listened trying to come up with a reason why Galvin city wasn't the place for them to go.

It was a part of her past she wasn't ready to face. The heartache still remained with only a month to heal. She could still see the faces of the people who betrayed her heart. The conversations that destroyed the only mission her soul had. She ran for reasons unknown even to herself. She looked down most of the time during their walk. Koala could sense the tension, keeping his distance from the possible outburst brewing from his leash.

She saw Osiris take another swig, to distract her thoughts she spat towards him, "You ever think you have a drinking problem?" she said taking out another cigarette to smoke.

Osiris glanced at Dez and with another swig from the flask not missing a beat he said,"You ever think you have a smoking problem?" He noticed something was off ever since he mentioned they were going to Galvin City, "Look if you don't want to go to Galvin you don't have to, but I am going with or without you," Osiris started as he put his flask away, taking off his shirt wrapping it around his head. His skin lightly baked under the hot sun, but the heat felt good on his tan armor. "You have been quiet most of our travel and I really would like to know why. Did you get caught screwing Koba? are you a mistress of his?" Although it sounded like Osiris was being comical he was being overly serious.

"Me telling you my past should've of told you two things about me, I don't keep secrets and I don't care what people think about me," He stopped himself for a moment placing his hand on his forehead rubbing it. He sat down in hopes Dez would stop in her tracks, "You have two options here, you can spill the beans now or we can find out your skeletons in Galvin."

Dezerae rolled her eyes at his attack at her smoking issue. “Probably, but at least I can remember it the next day.” She said with a quick remark. She drugged along, stewing of her next options.

When she hear Osiris speak towards her she had to stop to look at Osiris. Her fist curled into her sides glaring at her counterpart. Where her inner school would have liked to see her be Koba’s mistress, his pry into her personal life was hitting a soft spot.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. . . She counted within her head, counting down the explosion brewing within her. “No, I wasn’t his mistress you twerp.” She said. With a heavy sigh she spoke.

“I was a soldier back in Galvin. Something happened where a group of Reggs attacked our operatives, killing someone important in my life. After that I left Galvin to get away.“ she said trying to gather the proper words to detail.

“I left behind some unfinished business. The skeletons are going to dance whether I like it or not. Just be prepared is all I can really say without giving you the poetic version.” She said as she turned to keep walking along their path.

Osiris turned around to look at Dez for a second, he felt her fear and understood how she felt. She helped him out and he wanted to help her out so to speak. Placing his hand on her shoulder he wanted her to pay attention to his words, "If anything does go sour, take Isis with you and run okay? Don't try to be a hero and save me, just take her with you and leave as fast as you can. I'm not entirely the most popular person of the GBW...well I am but we all know what happened with that; I guess you can say I live for the thrill," He turned his head to the side looking farther into the desert. He could see the ripples of heat cascade off in the horizon as the golden like from the sun tanned the light brown desert ground.

As he continued to walk he stopped himself for a moment with a question burning in his mind, "Do you and koala have tag team moves?" he said as Isis crept from behind him rubbing her head against his waist purring as he petted her.

Dezerae scoffed at him and his heartfelt words. The reality of her past isn’t what scared her but her own emotional reactions and where they might lead to. As a consciously bitter and spiteful woman Dezerae didn’t do too well with emotions you could say the least.

“Oh okay” she stammered thoroughly. Note really taking into account for his words and their meanings.

She sighed heavily into the distance ahead of them. Using Osiris’s question to stop the ruminating trip through her mind.

“What?” she said turning her head trying to understand his silly question. “Tag team moves?” she had thought for a moment with her pointer finger pushed up against her lips, “I don’t know if you call them tag team more of he has my back, I have his. I try to treat him like a pet just because he’s been through so much. He has the training to be my combat dog, but we both have issues with authority so we tend to just play most fights by ear.” Her ramblings lead into her past where she started to think about her ex comrades and one in particular where they sparred in tag teams. Her ex lover being her favorite partner for destroying their opponent.  

“Snakes and dogs don’t fight too well together if you haven’t noticed.” She said as Koala came up beside her, she reached out to pet his brown fur affectionately.

Osiris began setting up camp as they would be finally arriving to Galvin city first thing tomorrow. He was silent for the most part and didn’t know what to expect between himself, Dez and Koba. Whatever the case may be he would have to a plan A-Z to prepare for the expected and the unexpected.

Isis was visibly exhausted as she instantly went to sleep the moment Osiris began starting the fire. Once a subtle flame could be seen Osiris blew at the base to increase its size, “Now tell me,” He began question directed at Dez but still nurturing the flame in front of him, “You’re actively trying to avoid going to Galvin I’m assuming because you fucked up or fucked with someone. Am I right?” He started as the flames began dancing in golden light of the setting sun. He took his attention away from the flames to focus it all on Dez, “I have a bounty on my head from both the Monarchs and the GBW equaling to about five-thousand five-hundred gyun. I’m trying to clean my title because the last thing I need are two large corporations trying to kill me for my worth….I mean at the most I’d say im worth a good ten-thousand but I won’t get into my reasoning's for that,” Although he was rambling he was indirectly trying to paint a picture in Dez’s mind letting her know what might go down when they are there with the information Osiris provided to her.

She could feel his constant scrutiny as he watched her walk along his side, like a ghost with heavy footsteps she felt. When she sat down next to his makeshift fire she shifted against Koala, searching for her spot. She looked into the distance, the tops of Galvin city bringing forth events she had yet to deal with.  

“I’m supposed to be dead.” She flatly stated, interrupting his mutterings. “It’s as simple as I’m supposed to be dead. I went on a mission, and a comrade ended up leaving me to die in the depths of the monarchs. For one reason or another, he just left me.”

She said as she took another cigarette from her pack and lifted it to her lips. She took the flame of her lighter and brought it to the tip of her cigarette.

“So by walking into Galvin city, you’re walking in with a ghost. I’m just trying to come to terms with what to say. “She said with a stiff sigh. “I don’t need your reality to set that in. I can see what I can do.”

“I’m an assassin for the GBW ranks. “

This thread is now closed.

Dezerae receives 38 Exp and 20 Gyun.

Osiris receives 36 Exp and 20 Gyun.

Grader Notes: This was a very enjoyable read with pleasant twists. You were both did excellent jobs portraying your characters. The only critique is that a fair sum of the posts were on the shorter side, but otherwise great work.