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<blockquote data-quote="GlassEye" data-source="post: 6018747" data-attributes="member: 40413"><p><strong>[Feo Gato]:</strong> Late at night after the ladies were occupied with patrons of the Gabia d'Ocell and when Brick was off on chores assigned by the Mother or some late work of his own Lano would sneak up to the attic of the house and watch the darkened city. One night on the moonlit roofs Lano watched another boy run and leap free as a gazelle and graceful as a cat across those rooftops. Smitten with a sudden longing for the freedom as evinced in the reckless abandon of that dashing figure Lano returned night after night to watch for the boy. Some nights he would witness stunning leaps from roof to roof, some nights the figure wouldn't appear, some nights the appearance would just be a shifting of shadow.</p><p></p><p>One night as Lano watched the shadows for the figure he was startled as the boy pushed open the attic window and climbed into the attic glaring at him. <span style="color: cyan">"Why are you watching me?"</span></p><p></p><p>Lano scrambled back to a safe distance from the boy. <span style="color: orange">"You move like a cat. I want..."</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: cyan">"You want <em>what</em>?"</span></p><p></p><p><em>Boy-whore.</em> Lano could almost hear the unspoken words. His own words turned icy. <span style="color: orange">"Get out, or I'll call Brick and he'll beat you a whole new shade of hideous, you ugly cat!"</span></p><p></p><p>The boy's eyes narrowed and his fists clenched but invoking his brother's name seemed to do the trick and the boy turned and clambered out the window.</p><p></p><p>__________</p><p></p><p><strong>[Stephano]:</strong> It wasn't long after the Gabia d'Ocell burned that Brick and Lano found themselves in a difficult situation: no money, no food, no place to stay except the broken crate in the back alley covered by detritus and smelling of dead fish and urine. Brick slowly came to the realization that he would have to leave his brother alone for a while and take work. <span style="color: yellow">"Stay here. You don' know da streets like me. No tricks. Tricks ain't da same as in da Birdcage. You'll get hurt."</span> And so Brick left Lano alone.</p><p></p><p>It was only supposed to be for a few hours but it went on and on and the hunger gnawed at Lano's belly like a worm. Finally he could stand it no longer and he crawled out of his meager shelter and headed for the street and the nearest market. <em>No tricks.</em> He remembered that warning at least and kept himself to snagging wrinkled fruits from the tables of merchants occupied with paying customers and gobbling them down when but a few steps away. That is until he felt himself roughly shoved into an alley off the market square.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: lightgreen">"Don't know what high hill you fell off but you don't have a clue, do you? You bring the guard down on me and I'll boot your backside to the bay and let the sharks gnaw your skinny bones."</span></p><p></p><p>Scared and afraid to say anything to the other boy lest he raise his ire further Lano just stared as tears welled up in his eyes. The other boy just laughed. <span style="color: lightgreen">"You got that down, don't you? Stick with that 'poor beggar' act and leave the Lift to us <em>professionals</em>. Got it?"</span></p><p></p><p>Lano nodded and reaching into his ragged shirt pulled out a dessicated orange he had tucked away for Brick and offered it to the boy. Snorting with suppressed laughter and shaking his head the boy snatched the orange from Lano, rolled it around his hand and across his knuckles, down his forearm to the crook of his arm, popped it into the air where he caught it and then stashed it into his tunic. Shaking his head he strolled out of the alley leaving Lano alone.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GlassEye, post: 6018747, member: 40413"] [b][Feo Gato]:[/b] Late at night after the ladies were occupied with patrons of the Gabia d'Ocell and when Brick was off on chores assigned by the Mother or some late work of his own Lano would sneak up to the attic of the house and watch the darkened city. One night on the moonlit roofs Lano watched another boy run and leap free as a gazelle and graceful as a cat across those rooftops. Smitten with a sudden longing for the freedom as evinced in the reckless abandon of that dashing figure Lano returned night after night to watch for the boy. Some nights he would witness stunning leaps from roof to roof, some nights the figure wouldn't appear, some nights the appearance would just be a shifting of shadow. One night as Lano watched the shadows for the figure he was startled as the boy pushed open the attic window and climbed into the attic glaring at him. [color=cyan]"Why are you watching me?"[/color] Lano scrambled back to a safe distance from the boy. [color=orange]"You move like a cat. I want..."[/color] [color=cyan]"You want [i]what[/i]?"[/color] [i]Boy-whore.[/i] Lano could almost hear the unspoken words. His own words turned icy. [color=orange]"Get out, or I'll call Brick and he'll beat you a whole new shade of hideous, you ugly cat!"[/color] The boy's eyes narrowed and his fists clenched but invoking his brother's name seemed to do the trick and the boy turned and clambered out the window. __________ [b][Stephano]:[/b] It wasn't long after the Gabia d'Ocell burned that Brick and Lano found themselves in a difficult situation: no money, no food, no place to stay except the broken crate in the back alley covered by detritus and smelling of dead fish and urine. Brick slowly came to the realization that he would have to leave his brother alone for a while and take work. [color=yellow]"Stay here. You don' know da streets like me. No tricks. Tricks ain't da same as in da Birdcage. You'll get hurt."[/color] And so Brick left Lano alone. It was only supposed to be for a few hours but it went on and on and the hunger gnawed at Lano's belly like a worm. Finally he could stand it no longer and he crawled out of his meager shelter and headed for the street and the nearest market. [i]No tricks.[/i] He remembered that warning at least and kept himself to snagging wrinkled fruits from the tables of merchants occupied with paying customers and gobbling them down when but a few steps away. That is until he felt himself roughly shoved into an alley off the market square. [color=lightgreen]"Don't know what high hill you fell off but you don't have a clue, do you? You bring the guard down on me and I'll boot your backside to the bay and let the sharks gnaw your skinny bones."[/color] Scared and afraid to say anything to the other boy lest he raise his ire further Lano just stared as tears welled up in his eyes. The other boy just laughed. [color=lightgreen]"You got that down, don't you? Stick with that 'poor beggar' act and leave the Lift to us [i]professionals[/i]. Got it?"[/color] Lano nodded and reaching into his ragged shirt pulled out a dessicated orange he had tucked away for Brick and offered it to the boy. Snorting with suppressed laughter and shaking his head the boy snatched the orange from Lano, rolled it around his hand and across his knuckles, down his forearm to the crook of his arm, popped it into the air where he caught it and then stashed it into his tunic. Shaking his head he strolled out of the alley leaving Lano alone. [/QUOTE]
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