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Erik Lensherr | ( Magneto ) ([personal profile] wecanavenge) wrote2012-09-20 01:33 pm

✘ | 009 | VIDEO

[ The video clicks on and you're treated to a puff of smoke, obscuring Erik's face for just a second. When it dissipates, you can tell that - well scruffy is probably the nicest way to put it it. He has some stubble on his chin that can't quite decide if it wants to be a beard yet or not. There are dark circles under his eyes, and his lip was split recently.

The cigarette hangs in his mouth, and he eyes the camera with a bored expression before he let's out another puff of smoke and lifts the cigarette. He has a very faint Irish accent, if you're listening close. ]


Looks like it's speech day, and here I am without one prepared. Y'ever have that dream about showin' up to school bare as the day you was born? Bit like that, I suppose.

But all right. Since we ain't got much else to entertain us, how about a story? Me mam and father and me, we all lived in this town called Limerick, see? Now I was just a boy then, didn't know shit about shit. [ He waves a hand, as if to apologize for his language, but he definitely does not care. ] They sold all sorts of things back then, tchotchkes, we called 'em. Business was good, but never great, you know how it is. I used to sweep the floors, even though the damn broom was taller'n me. Father always laughed t'see it.

Then some piece of shit preacher man got it in his head that we ain't good and godly enough for his town. Musta been pissed we didn't spend Sundays in his church, huh? [ He chuckles, takes another puff off his cigarette. ] Me mam didn't want me helping out after the store got sacked. Scared for me, y'see? But I wasn't scared. [ Still holding the cigarette, he lifts his chin, and trails his finger along a faint scar across the left side of his jaw. ] When you get pushed, you do some pushin' back.

Parents, though, they wasn't the pushin' type. So they packed up and headed out to New York. Soon as I was big enough, I packed up myself, and headed out here, to good old Redemption. Like the name. Good place for fresh starts.

[ He spreads his arms expansively, a smirk pulling at his lips as he inhales, and let's out a quick jet of smoke. ] And here I am, livin' the God damn dream, ain't I? Right here in Mostly-Free-Redemption.

[ The cigarette's down to the butt now, and he stubbs it out. ] Anyone selling cigarette's cheap?


(OOC: BREACH HISTORY: lol this post. :c He seems to be a loyal and ambitious goon working for Prefect, but in actuality he's a fed deep undercover, trying to expose Prefect. He's been under for a couple years now, and it's started eating at him. He walks a very fine line between pretending to be one of them and actually being one of them. He drinks and smokes a lot because it's the best compensation. This is Departed in the 20s. Oh also will be tagging with [personal profile] eachpassingday!)
ourlowrats: (West End Blues - 3)

[personal profile] ourlowrats 2012-09-21 02:40 am (UTC)(link)
Limerick, eh? Ever been through Dublin then?

[ He was curious about this listening to the tale.]

As for cheap smokes that I don't be knowin'.
nakesnakecobracobra: (no safe zone)

[personal profile] nakesnakecobracobra 2012-09-21 04:37 am (UTC)(link)
Dreams are different wherever you go. Are you living the American Dream, or the Limerick one?
trenchcoatedly: ✪<lj user=palejewels> (Φ pastor † i know what goes on)

[personal profile] trenchcoatedly 2012-09-21 04:41 am (UTC)(link)
If the options are for you to come to church or to live goodly, then a good pastor would prefer the latter for you.
eachpassingday: (I'll be reporting everything)

[personal profile] eachpassingday 2012-09-21 04:43 am (UTC)(link)
I'd be more interested, s'all.
eachpassingday: (the boy's no fucking good)

[personal profile] eachpassingday 2012-09-21 04:44 am (UTC)(link)
You wanna know a secret?

Neither did I.
amongstrangers: (an arrangement of notes.)

[personal profile] amongstrangers 2012-09-21 04:50 am (UTC)(link)
I was under the impression you of all people wouldn't appreciate me drawing inspiration from real life.
eachpassingday: (but not today.)

[personal profile] eachpassingday 2012-09-21 04:51 am (UTC)(link)
Can't think'a nothing yourself, hm?
eachpassingday: (no it's an excellent coping mechanism)

[personal profile] eachpassingday 2012-09-21 04:52 am (UTC)(link)
Never got outside Limerick, till we made for a boat. You from Dublin?
eachpassingday: (you dumbass.)

[personal profile] eachpassingday 2012-09-21 04:53 am (UTC)(link)
Limerick dream is ducking your head an' gettin' by. American's got abit more room for play, yeah?
eachpassingday: (for what seemed like days)

[personal profile] eachpassingday 2012-09-21 04:55 am (UTC)(link)
Then I guess he ain't a good one, huh?
eachpassingday: (only god can judge me)

[personal profile] eachpassingday 2012-09-21 04:56 am (UTC)(link)
Didn't say what way I'd be interested.

Go on, then. What's it about?
ourlowrats: (West End Blues - 2)

[personal profile] ourlowrats 2012-09-21 04:58 am (UTC)(link)
Aye, that I am. Born and raised most of me life in Dublin. Limerick was a pretty good place, me family passed though there when we left home. Redemption's a good place though, lot's a' good people.
amongstrangers: (you can't live forever.)

[personal profile] amongstrangers 2012-09-21 05:02 am (UTC)(link)
It's about a young man and woman who just realized they love each other, and through a terrific misunderstanding, he's sent to prison and eventually heads off to war, and she promises to wait for him, and they plan on living together away from their pasts and resuming their story where it left off when it's all over.

[And he chuckles sort of self deprecatingly.] I have to admit, it got a fair bit sadder than I anticipated when I first sat down to write the damn thing.
Edited 2012-09-21 05:03 (UTC)
trenchcoatedly: ✪<lj user=pinklabel> (doubts † my decisions must be correct)

[personal profile] trenchcoatedly 2012-09-21 05:03 am (UTC)(link)
Even men of the cloth can go awry.
bodilesswarrior: (1920s)

Video

[personal profile] bodilesswarrior 2012-09-21 11:38 am (UTC)(link)
'Course I did. [She's doing the same thing, as her eyes meet his and say something different.]

I always liked being in the water, not on it. [A slight grimace. It hadn't been a pleasant trip. Sometimes she wishes she knew how to forget things.]
easytriggerman: (One Eye Behind)

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[personal profile] easytriggerman 2012-09-21 12:57 pm (UTC)(link)
What, a dream? Yeah, I got one. Got a couple.

Learnin' a lot about Redemption?
calledthehawk: (Default)

[personal profile] calledthehawk 2012-09-21 02:44 pm (UTC)(link)
...Following the right path can work wonders. [There is an edge to his voice however, an unreadable one.]
eachpassingday: (tell me about your husband.)

[personal profile] eachpassingday 2012-09-21 02:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Guessing they don't get to do much resumin', then.
eachpassingday: (It was a not great night.)

Video

[personal profile] eachpassingday 2012-09-21 02:51 pm (UTC)(link)
[It's a silent language, a separate conversation. Yeah, he knows that look.]

Likewise, sister. Guess it'll be a while, 'fore we try heading back. This is more home'n Limerick ever was, anyway.
eachpassingday: (no it's an excellent coping mechanism)

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[personal profile] eachpassingday 2012-09-21 02:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Learned, more like. Been here a long time, mate.

Go on, share with th' class. What's your dream?
eachpassingday: (but not today.)

[personal profile] eachpassingday 2012-09-21 02:53 pm (UTC)(link)
[It makes his eyes narrow, just a bit. Something isn't right with this one, he's suspected that for a long while. But he can't prove it yet.]

That so? Each man got his own right path, friend.
eachpassingday: (and for this I'll travel in darkness)

[personal profile] eachpassingday 2012-09-21 02:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Good all around, you know the right place to look. What's your name, then? Like to keep tabs on the countreymen.
eachpassingday: (only god can judge me)

[personal profile] eachpassingday 2012-09-21 02:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Believe me, mate, I figured that out a long time ago. You'll forgive me for sayin', but I ain't a fan a' the whole thing.
nakesnakecobracobra: (no cure and no protection)

[personal profile] nakesnakecobracobra 2012-09-21 03:15 pm (UTC)(link)
A house, a family, a steady job. There's room for play there. I think it's rather modest myself.
ourlowrats: (West End Blues - 5)

[personal profile] ourlowrats 2012-09-21 03:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Me name's Francis Doyle, and your's sir? Likewise I find it a good thing to know one's countrymen.

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