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houseofcards_rp2013-03-12 08:21 pm
spysinspades) wrote in houseofcards_rp2013-03-12 08:21 pm
Home is where the Hearts are
[The Green.
After so long, so much work returning to the Deck, he hated the very land for a moment.
It had landed him in the Green. Alone, in public view, in midday, amid a swath of empty grass. It was one last petty cruelty, he thought, for the Deck to display his shame in full public view. Even the very earth of his home betrayed him like this.
David had meant to sneak in, silent as a shadow, coming through the woods.To wander halls of all four castles, to be the ghost from people's nightmares brought to life. An avenging shade to feast on their guilt. These people, who didn't even have the decency to let him die with honor and instead left him to slowly rot as a vegetable in a hospital bed.
But no. He washed his hands of that. He would... not forgive. It was too big to forgive. He would accept the reality of his situation.
He returned because there was no where else he could imagine going, and because he would make them look him in the face - his pale, gaunt face - and understand that there were consequences to the choices the made.
They should have killed him.
He wished he thought that in anger.]
Fuck.
[Walking was really his only option here, leaving him wide open to anyone catching him out.]
After so long, so much work returning to the Deck, he hated the very land for a moment.
It had landed him in the Green. Alone, in public view, in midday, amid a swath of empty grass. It was one last petty cruelty, he thought, for the Deck to display his shame in full public view. Even the very earth of his home betrayed him like this.
David had meant to sneak in, silent as a shadow, coming through the woods.To wander halls of all four castles, to be the ghost from people's nightmares brought to life. An avenging shade to feast on their guilt. These people, who didn't even have the decency to let him die with honor and instead left him to slowly rot as a vegetable in a hospital bed.
But no. He washed his hands of that. He would... not forgive. It was too big to forgive. He would accept the reality of his situation.
He returned because there was no where else he could imagine going, and because he would make them look him in the face - his pale, gaunt face - and understand that there were consequences to the choices the made.
They should have killed him.
He wished he thought that in anger.]
Fuck.
[Walking was really his only option here, leaving him wide open to anyone catching him out.]
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Instead, he sat down and rubbed at the hair behind his ears with the towel.
"And you'll tell me." It was one of those statements that was more of a question, one eyebrow quirked in amused disbelief.
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"Clive Kelly, your Jack, stepped up to be King after...whatever happened, happened. He and Katya seem to work well enough together, and had Julien removed from his rank after his latest fight with the Queen of Diamonds, Sade. Victor remains head of security for the Spades, and just recently left the Deck in a hurry. He's also to marry my sister in April." He might not have needed to tell David that, but the man was going to hear about it anyway. "My brother...joined the Spades as well." It took him a little while, but he eventually gave David the abridged version of the last six months worth of events. From the random events going on around them, to the the change in royals. It was a lot to share for being such a short amount of time.
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He had judged the boy wrong, it would seem.
The glint of dry amusement faded, leaving David calmly serious. He took in the information like he would have taken a report last year. Silent and considering, one finger tapping slowly at the kitchen counter as he thought and made connections.
It likely wasn't everything. But it was a lot, and with a lot less work than he'd anticipated needing to do.
"The Deck's been busy," was all he really had to offer at the end
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"I'm sure you'll find a properly fit way to slide back into the swing of things from this point on." Which was to say he'd let the man go now if he wanted. At least he'd feel a little bit better about it in the long run.
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A trip back to the stool retrieved his shoes and deposited the towel.
"I appreciate your hospitality, Mr. Novak. Do pass my regards onto Elisha." He didn't know what to do or how to end this rather... surreal experience, so he took the quickest route and just gave Hadyn a nod before striding out the door.
He'd figure out a better thank-you later. Somehow.