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Samuel Wordsworth
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#15
Samuel
"...Oh. Um...d-do you.." Sam hesitated, then pushed on. "Do you know wh-what he does? F..fff..for a living, I mean." Remi had stopped short of actually telling him and before he drank blood from the man, he really wanted to know that he wasn't a murderer.

He was less sure than Sunjata that Nate would understand, but he supposed Sunjata was the expert now, having spent more time with Nate than he had during the course of their rocky fledgling relationship. Confirmation that they were still together was swiftly followed by an apology, one that Sam had not been expecting or particularly needing from Sunjata. "..Well...th-thank you, but it was Na..Nate that did something wrong."

They lived next door to Remi, apparently, which struck Sam as a little odd: didn't Remi live in a solitary house by the lighthouse? "..Oh. ...D-do you think Remi is a goo...good governor?"
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#16
my heart and soul were never mine to own, what do you care to die for?
Not exactly.” Comes his swift reply, a rise and fall of a shoulder. “Works with the Ark as far as I know.” And really that’s all he knew about Zeph, aside from the few brief times he’d met the man. But he hopes that’s a satisfying enough answer as the subject shifts and Sunjata’s apologizing, though for gods knew what.

And it causes a soft chuckle to leave him at it as he shrugs to that as well. Because both of them had been in the wrong, really. “I was married at the time.” He offers to Sam. Take it as he would — but the both of them knew what they were doing. The both of them weren’t good over the other.

But the next question does catch him a bit off guard, causing an easy smirk to cross Sunjata’s face as part of his mask. “I do.” He agrees easily and swiftly before eyeing Sam with that same rogue smirk. “He gave me a job, after all.” A position on said council — the Arbiter — and a home close enough to scratch each other’s backs with.
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Samuel Wordsworth
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Age: 34 | Height: 5' 5" | Race: Ascended | Nationality: Natural | Citizenship: Hollowed Grounds
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#17
Samuel
The Ark was not a vessel Sam was familiar with; he tried to commit the name to memory so he could try to find it later, even as he felt a little guilty for that plan: he knew it wasn't his business to pry into Zeph's work, but his curiosity about not just his host but this whole new world he'd found himself in was a good distraction from his current situation. Nodding, he put the information away.

"...Well...y-yes, but..." Sam tilted his head from side to side. It was hardly a secret that Sunjata's marriage to Phoebe had been a strange affair, even to those not in attendance. "...Either way, th-that doesn't hurt me, so I do..don't have a problem with you." It was up to Phoebe to enact her own vengeance for it, and as far as Sam knew, she had.

Not knowing about Sunjata's new position, Sam frowned and leaned forward, glad to have a chance to talk about someone else for a little. "..Wh..what job is that?"
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#18
my heart and soul were never mine to own, what do you care to die for?
He supposes it doesn’t hurt Sam, but at the end of the day both him and Nate had been in the wrong. But it becomes beside the point as he focuses on Sam, as the words die off and Sunjata shrugs. It’s a surprise, seeing as how many people did have an issue with him. Perhaps it was nice to have one person that didn’t want to shit on everything you did, ex of your lover or not.

But Sam leans forward now, asking what he does. And there’s a small smile that crosses his face at the subject shift — letting it be something he can focus on with Sam. “I’m Torchline’s Arbiter.” He explains, smile growing into a bit more of a proud smirk. “Lawmaker and enforcer, more accurately. Supposed to try and make Torchline a bit less… Dangerous, I guess is the word to use for it.” He sits back on his heels, focusing on Sam to see how he might take that information.
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Sunjata speaks with an Australian accent and has a passive magic that makes him produce a subtle scent that matches exactly to whatever those around him most desire him to smell like.
Samuel Wordsworth
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#19
Samuel
"Arbiter...?" Sam repeated, unsure of what the term meant in this context, though thankfully Sunjata quickly explained. From what Sam knew of Sunjata (admittedly mostly from outside sources and his assumptions about the kind of person Nate might like to be with) he had never expected to see him in a law-enforcing role.

Especially not when he rang a boxing ring, something that Sam would have thought naturally would get a little sleazy sometimes. "..S...so you're...st-stopping people from st..stealing, or smu--smuggling?" He asked, chewing at his lip between questions as he wondered how many people on the dock might have something to say about that. "W..When I spoke to R..Remi, he said he expected t-tt-to get hurt. With his new job. D..Do you?"
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#20
my heart and soul were never mine to own, what do you care to die for?
The question is answered, and Sunjata’s focusing on the next one that pops up. His attention remains on Sam when he asks if he’s stopping stealing and smuggling, and well… One of them, yes, the other isn’t his problem (he might’ve made a deal with them) but it’s better to keep the face of it up, isn’t it? The secret where it lies? “Yep.” He agrees with the summary Sam has offered, before racking on a bit of his own. “Assault, as well.” It seemed almost self explanatory, but he waits to see if there’s any other questions.

And really? It kind of surprises him. If he were doing his job right, then Remi wouldn’t get hurt, right? That’s beside the point, because the question is turned on him now and Sunjata takes a quiet inhale that turns into a puff of an exhale. “I do. I have already actually.” A huff of a laugh slips from his throat, lifts his shirt a small amount to reveal the wound, stitched up by Nate, a bit red and irritated but only because of the typical day to day movements. “Stabbed right in the gut.” He offers with a small hum of a laugh, lowering his shirt and keeping his other hand in Haai’s scruff still.
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Samuel Wordsworth
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Age: 34 | Height: 5' 5" | Race: Ascended | Nationality: Natural | Citizenship: Hollowed Grounds
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#21
Samuel
Sam really hadn't been expecting a yes, as was clear on his face. Frowning he looked around the bar, at the patrons, many of whom surely worked at the port 'importing' goods from other places. "..R...really? That...s..ssseems like it'll be v-very hard." Nearly impossible, in fact, if the smuggling was as tied into Torchline's society as he'd heard.

And it even seemed like Sunjata had already met some resistance, as evidenced by the scar on his stomach; Sam's eyes widened and he leaned forward to look: with his own blood replaced by fluid and his wounds quick-healing and painless, there was something fascinating about real human gore. Doing his best not to stare, he looked at Sunjata skeptically. "...It ...seems like y-you survive f...for long, if th..that hap-happens again."
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#22
my heart and soul were never mine to own, what do you care to die for?
He can’t help the slight laugh that rumbles from his throat as Sam offers a very real thought process to how this whole ordeal would go. It would be tough, difficult, probably impossible to stop all of it – which is why the smugglers ring would have its own rules, ones the Arbiter wouldn’t touch. “I’m hoping with finishing up the prison and actually using it, it might make people think twice before committing anything. Makes my job easier.” He hums somewhat thoughtfully.

What he doesn’t expect is for Sam to be so interested in the wound to his gut when he shows it off. A part of him half expects the other man to recoil, to pull away in some sort of disgust with it. Perhaps he’s underestimated the other Ascended in that way. But the shirt’s lowered and he’s listening to Sam before he shrugs lightly. “I dealt with much worse back home and I’m still breathing.” He flashes a wink toward Sam before settling on his heels a bit. “Take a bit more than a rogue knife to the gut to take me out, I think.” Perhaps it’s arrogant to assume so, but gods he’s hoping that when he does go its for a far more interesting reason.
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Samuel Wordsworth
Book maker/seller

Age: 34 | Height: 5' 5" | Race: Ascended | Nationality: Natural | Citizenship: Hollowed Grounds
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#23
Samuel
A prison...immediately, Sam worried he might end up seeing Zephyr in it. He didn't want to stay in the house of a convict, nor did he want to have to take custody of a lizard while her dad was in the joint. "Oh. Um...a...are you g-going to have...ex...executions? Or jus..just prison stays?" He didn't seem particularly judgemental about either path, just curious for the moment.

Sunjata was certainly more brave about being stabbed than he would be and Sam admired his courage. "D..Did Nate stitch that? He...c-can't have bee..been happy about it." In the very small amount of time when he and Nate had been a couple, he had known the man to be surprisingly caring.
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#24
my heart and soul were never mine to own, what do you care to die for?
Of all the things Sam could say, the last thing Sunjata expects to hear is the question of execution. Something deeper within him begins to recoil with the thought, only outwardly seen as a small sigh escaping his lips. “Prison stays.” He offers by explanation, not particularly planning on killing anyone, unless of course there was no other way. Subtly, he wonders if that’s better suited toward Remi’s abilities and his connections to Ludo – perhaps something to bring up one day.

For today, however, he focuses a bit more on the comment of Nate – of him not being happy that he’d returned home that way. And honestly, Nate hadn’t been happy. Sunjata’s easy smile that crosses his face falters ever so slightly as he lifts his head to focus on Sam a bit more intensely. “He did stitch it.” He offers, wondering if it were that obvious that it was Nate’s skill that had done it or the fact that it was just an assumption based off of his connection to the doctor. “But no… He wasn’t happy about it.” He hums a bit quieter, though it’s not like it was a make or break it conversation.

Lots of anxieties and terror, but once it was over they were okay… At least for a little bit.
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Samuel Wordsworth
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Age: 34 | Height: 5' 5" | Race: Ascended | Nationality: Natural | Citizenship: Hollowed Grounds
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#25
Samuel
"Oh, th-that's probably good. It m..makes you look kinder." With no real structural justice system in the Hollowed Grounds, Sam didn't have much of an opinion on the correct ways to treat prisoners, but not having executions was probably a better way to transition into lawfulness from a town of thieves. At least it seemed like Sunjata was being smart rather than ruthless, and the two often contradicted.

Sam couldn't help the little bit of jealous wondering in his mind; if Nate had fussed over Sunjata like a concerned lover, if he had cried to see his skin marred: all things he'd once thought would be his with Nate if he ever got injured. Still, it was over in a few moments, Nate having left his mind as a potential suitor after his tantrum in the street.

"I'm...g-glad you're alright. Um...do...do you th-think..." He glanced around at the patrons of the bar. Perhaps it was just his paranoia, but the night was growing dark and he knew he seemed weak and foreign; a good target for many things. "..You c-could walk with me back to Zephs..?"
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#26
my heart and soul were never mine to own, what do you care to die for?
He’s never exactly been told that he looks kind, so the slight compliment has him tilting his head a small amount towards Sam with the bit of confusion that sprinkles across his face with it. “There’s usually a reason someone does something to get into the prison. Doesn’t mean it needs to result in death.” If he’s being honest, Sunjata’s had more than enough of death in his life, too intimately familiar with it to want to continue the trend.

He’s just glad Sam doesn’t ask for more about it.

So when the question, stuttered as it is, is uttered of whether or not he’d walk Sam back to Zeph’s, he considers it. It is his job after all, so he offers Sam and easy smile, something almost lazy crossing his face as he nods. “Sure.” Letting Haai go, the griffin gives up the amusement of bothering the Ascended and tucks her wings in tight behind her while Sunjata moves to stand, to exhale as the wound is pulled. But he makes room for Sam to start to lead the way.
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Sunjata speaks with an Australian accent and has a passive magic that makes him produce a subtle scent that matches exactly to whatever those around him most desire him to smell like.
Samuel Wordsworth
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Age: 34 | Height: 5' 5" | Race: Ascended | Nationality: Natural | Citizenship: Hollowed Grounds
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#27
Samuel
Sam nodded, though privately he thought he'd likely been in far more mortal danger than the average person in Torchline, and he'd never had to resort to anything that put him in prison: maybe that was self-absorbed. Either way, he wasn't going to tell Sunjata how to do his job and as far as he knew, Sunjata and Nate had far more experience with the criminal justice system than he.

Glad that Sunjata had agreed to escort him, Sam stood and stepped around the table, warily watching not just the patrons of the bar but Haai as well as he got to the door, where thankfully the sky revealed itself to be dark and just beginning to show the pinpricks of stars. "The...st-stars here are beautiful. This who..wh..wh." Sighing, Sam took a few steps as he regained control of his words. "Whole place is beautiful. I underst-stand why you left to c..come here. I.."

He looked around, as if worried someone might overhear. "I've been th-thinking about it. Moving here."
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#28
my heart and soul were never mine to own, what do you care to die for?
With her interest elsewhere, it’s easy for Haai to seemingly forget about Samuel as she slips out the door. Sunjata, on the other hand, stands and moves to walk beside Sam — glancing down to the other man briefly as he spots the wariness, edging himself a bit closer to keep prying eyes and threats away. And it works, easily enough, everyone simply returning to whatever it was they were doing.

But when they’re outside and Sam mentions the stars, the Attuned looks up and watches them briefly. “They are.” He agrees easily, before flashing Samuel a small smile and gesturing toward the lighthouse in the distance with his tattooed arm cloaked in black waves with a galaxy pattern within. “They’re better over there by the lighthouse. You can almost see them all, though it makes sense. Safrin’s shrine is within.” He explains, offering a small smile for that — something fonder.

He pushes it aside to focus on the other thing the Ascended said, some kind of low hum of a rumble in agreement slipping from his throat, letting Sam guide the way. “My world was similar to this, in a way. My sister and I used to sneak out of our house to go to the ocean.” A hint of nostalgia coats his features before he’s focusing back on Sam at his side. “Was coming here your first time seeing an ocean?
we die alone, we'll all die young
what do you care to die for? what do you care to die from?
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Feel free to use magic/force on Sunjata, without killing him <3
Sunjata speaks with an Australian accent and has a passive magic that makes him produce a subtle scent that matches exactly to whatever those around him most desire him to smell like.


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