Re: A Glimpse of the Future....

Cruel Britannia Tue Feb 28, 2012 2:49 pm

Amanda: Connor I know it seems like a lot of pressure....but you have no cause to worry.... the roles are traditions..... but every member of this family is as important as each other.... the bond we share as a family.... that is your father's Legacy kiddo... not some title...... you don't have to fill anybody's shoes but your own Connor....

Jabberwocky Tue Feb 28, 2012 3:03 pm

Connor:"I...guess I understand...Maybe one day I will understand better...I guess I've always felt like I was...different then the others? You know like...how Nicholas Natalie and Elizabeth are all always in some form of fighting competition or tournament or whatever and...I haven't done anything like that. Maybe its a small thing but...I don't know."

Cruel Britannia Tue Feb 28, 2012 3:11 pm

Amanda: Why have you chosen not to compete? Have you just.... not wanted to? Or is something holding you back?

Jabberwocky Tue Feb 28, 2012 3:18 pm

Connor:"I..."

he sighs

"Maybe it's both...I mean, I train and everything but..."

Cruel Britannia Tue Feb 28, 2012 3:36 pm

Amanda: Come on Connor.... you can tell me

Jabberwocky Tue Feb 28, 2012 3:48 pm

Connor:"Well I want each match to mean something. I don't want to just get in there with any chump, beat the piss out of them, and pat myself on the back. That's not my style. I don't want it easy, because that wouldn't prove anything to myself...But I also don't want to step into the ring and lose who I am and end up being a public mockery or something...the one Edward that couldn't step up..."

Cruel Britannia Tue Feb 28, 2012 3:58 pm

Amanda pats Connor on the back.

Amanda: Thats a very mature way of looking at it kiddo..... but at the same time..... you cannot be afraid to fail Connor..... my father always used to tell your father and I that a loss that teaches you something is more valuable than a hundred victories.

Jabberwocky Tue Feb 28, 2012 4:08 pm

Connor:"So I guess that Richard Bach quote is right...umm...'not whether we lose the game, but how we lose and how we've changed because of it...what we take away from it...' something like that...
Aunt Mandy, how do you know if you are fighting for the right thing?"

Cruel Britannia Tue Feb 28, 2012 4:23 pm

Amanda: If you are fighting in a competitive arena to test your own skill..... or to present yourself aas an example to others how an honoroable warrior carries himself..... then that can never be wrong....

.... outside the arena.... only you can decide if your reasons are worthwhile..... generallly fighting not for ourselves but for those we love is a pretty good guideline.

Jabberwocky Tue Feb 28, 2012 4:34 pm

Connor:"So...something greater then ourselves?"

Cruel Britannia Tue Feb 28, 2012 4:44 pm

Amanda puts her arm around Connor.

Amanda: Awwww....honey..... that's what is at the core of being an Edwards....

Jabberwocky Tue Feb 28, 2012 4:52 pm

Connor:"Mom said I've got much to learn...She's right ain't she?"

Cruel Britannia Tue Feb 28, 2012 5:02 pm

Amanda: You all do......you are 16 remember hon...... you're old before your time.....trust your Aunt Mandy..... try not to worry.... enjoy your youth.

Jabberwocky Tue Feb 28, 2012 5:09 pm

Connor:"...What were you all like at that age? I imagine that you and dad and probably Uncle Gabe and Jay were a bit different then Uncle Micah, Uncle Colin, Aunt Amber, and Mom when they were sixteen."

Cruel Britannia Tue Feb 28, 2012 5:14 pm

Amanda clears her throat.

Amanda: Ahem.... we were all perfectly innocent little angels.... who never ever fucked up and always always always did what our parents told us........

.....yeah........

Jabberwocky Tue Feb 28, 2012 5:17 pm

Connor folds his arm, his head tilting and his eyebrow raising

Connor:"You know, I'm still at an impressionable age where I can pick up the habits of those I look up to...Even bad ones like lying."

the corner of his mouth raises a bit in a smirk

Cruel Britannia Tue Feb 28, 2012 5:26 pm

Amanda: Yes you are young... and impressionable.... and your mother would kill me if I gave you ideas......

Jabberwocky Tue Feb 28, 2012 5:31 pm

Connor:"True...But she would appreciate it if you gave me a list of fun...seemingly legal things...that I should umm...probably avoid in her eyes....right?"

Cruel Britannia Tue Feb 28, 2012 5:33 pm

Amanda: Heh..... ask your mother about.... Seattle.....

Jabberwocky Tue Feb 28, 2012 5:37 pm

Connor:"Seattle? Um..Okay"

Connor looks curiously at his Aunt

Cruel Britannia Tue Feb 28, 2012 5:51 pm

Amanda: Should be an interesting story...... anyway.... I better got get some sleep before the tournament tomorrow..... take it easy cutie.

Amanda gives Connor a peck on the cheek and heads out of the gym.

Jabberwocky Tue Feb 28, 2012 5:55 pm

Connor:"Thanks Aunt Mandy. Sweet dreams."

Connor watches her leave then hops on to the treadmill, ramping the speed up, closing his eyes in thought as he starts to run

Pockets Tue Feb 28, 2012 7:47 pm

There is a voice from behind Connor.

Nikki: Do you ever sleep?

Jabberwocky Tue Feb 28, 2012 7:52 pm

Connor nearly stumbles, the voice catching him off guard

Connor:"Gahh!..

he stops the machine

"I uh...guess its one of those nights. Why are you up?"

Pockets Tue Feb 28, 2012 7:56 pm

Nikki: Jet lag still from visiting the Great Coral Reef. It must be one of those nights, I've never seen you have an issue with a treadmill.

Alexis walks back into the suite and watches her husband and son talk.

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