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19410318 09:48:17

"You're usually not this late." Ashland said this without altering his stance, and only turned to look at Ridgeland after he laid the shot on the table. The angle was hit cleanly and the nine ball sunk in a snap while leaving the cue ball trail to the side with enough momentum to stop just before the two at the other side of the table.
"Who else is here?"
"Nobody now. Why?"
"We need to talk."
"Do we? Heh, this some high school bullshit break up or something? Is it you or me?"
Ridgeland held in a rueful smirk and looked to the ground when he responded.
"Actually, it is. Can we go sit down, please?"
"... no, you can speak about this here and now. Go on." Ashland drummed his fingers over the tightening grip he had on his
"Fine. Your sister has basically recruited me to be part of her crew, and I've agreed to do it. I'll be reporting to her from now on."
Ashland stood silently and could only blink repeatedly while his brain processed this statement. The two men stood silently facing each other for several seconds before he finally spoke.
"Whatever... you think she has running, now, it isn't what we do. You are... you are putting your life in great danger for something that isn't real. Not like this is. Her actions have and will cause calamity for all of us. You are just another part of it, now. You are being manipulated by her to disrupt what little we still have."
"No, I have come to this decision of my own free will. And I want to speak to you now and make this known now so that there is no backstabbing bullshit about what I'm going to do. This is something I think you deserve to know without having it become an issue."
"The issue is this, now! I'm supposed to just turn you loose? Let you walk out the door? Let you tell her things about us that she doesn't know yet? Let you work against me? Let you fight us? Do you hear the shit spewing out of your own mother fucking mouth?"
"I just." Ridgeland sighed and quickly thought of the best phrasing. "I just think this is the right thing to do. I think you're lying to yourself for trying to take the reins that he left behind. We all know that wasn't what you wanted. And it shows. Things are getting more sloppy by the day and it's because they - because we - don't see you cracking down."
"OK so you want me to whoop your ass right now, is that what you're saying?"
"I want you to admit that Grace wants to run it all and has the whole time, and that you truly don't. I want you to help make that happen so that we can all get our shit together and get back to doing what we're supposed to be doing rather than trying to kill each other."
"Help?" Ashland shook his head in wild sweeping convulsions. "Help. Help Grace get into this. Help her get into a role of managing lunatic murderers and crooks, and to help her become a prime target by folks against us. I'm supposed to help her do that? Really?"
"It seems like that's what she wants."
"And who the fuck ever get what he really wants in life, huh? Who!" Ashland marched over to stand directly in front of Ridgeland, but still spoke loudly. "Oh, except you. What I want for the good of my own sister and for the good of what our family does is bullshit. But she wants you to work with her, and off you go. Tell me - what's she offering you? How did she convince you to defect? Defect!" More laughter came, in a higher and more excited pitch "Defection to my own fucking sister for Christ's fucking sake! Well, come on! Money? She offer lots of money to you?"
"You know it's not about money. What good would more money do for me anyway. I got what I need to live."
"Well then what! A pat on the ass?"
"You could say that, yes. I've helped her out in the past and she makes me feel appreciated for the support that I give her."
"Oh fuck this. Fuck! A medal? Awards? You would be staying here if I would've fucking taped your used toilet paper on the fridge door? Gave you a standing O every time you came back with a new fleet of wheels, or for otherwise just doing what we expected you to do? That's what you wanted?"
"What I wanted is to work with people who all understand and appreciate what needs to be done. I'm not seeing that here, now."

Extra Mode. The Usual.

Code:

			EX% & Rank	EX.p/f	pg.gr.gd.bd.pr		combo	nc	onc	%+ 	date
vanishing point @	49.14 C		1791.F	652.487.381.94.387	0141	1822	1392	030.89	2012-07-01T23:42:22:104Z
			06.60+		0277+	161+45-123-14-1+	0044+				2012-05-03T02:40:19:406Z

gravitronic @		30.88 E		1849.F	606.637.929.315.1114	0079				2012-07-01T23:47:06:561Z
					0248-				0047-

toy cube pf @		49.34 C		1945.F	667.661.424.67.363	0097				2012-07-01T23:50:00:889Z
					0330-				0004+

scream squad @		58.53 B		1255.F	448.359.173.13.121	0116				2012-07-01T23:53:08:840Z
					0080-				0067-

蛍 @			61.56 B		1666.F	614.438.217.27.125	0108	1353	0311	335.04	2012-07-01T23:56:45:768Z
			04.03+		0109+	70+31-12-8-10-		0034+				2012-05-26T00:53:14:099Z

endless dance @		45.66 C		1654.F	588.478.409.98.460	0046	1811	1074	068.62	2012-07-02T00:02:09:416Z
			03.56+		0129+	93+57-37-18-10-		0022-				2012-05-23T00:10:30:307Z

life scrolling @	41.97 D		1673.F	566.541.528.115.491	0104	1993	1102	080.85	2012-07-02T00:07:30:480Z
			01.11+		0044+	3-50+25-36-84-		0012+				2012-04-23T01:24:59:710Z

lucky days @		60.25 B		1898.F	698.502.263.35.162	0187				2012-07-02T00:12:07:957Z
					0027-				0018+

wise up @		55.30 C		1492.F	544.404.246.54.228	0111				2012-07-02T00:24:03:960Z
					0087-				0021-

the end spiritually @	66.24 B		1468.F	576.316.162.14.76	0319				2012-07-02T00:28:01:448Z
					0063-				0162+

phoenix @		39.03 D		1498.F	493.512.491.148.550	0103				2012-07-02T00:30:47:528Z
					0145-				0001-

leaving @		63.10 B		1449.F	552.345.141.37.137	0186				2012-07-02T00:33:36:718Z
					0080-				0061+

far east nightbird @	52.54 C		1938.F	679.580.324.88.386	0079				2012-07-02T00:38:38:024Z
					0056-				0001+

lower world @		60.31 B		1561.F	576.409.226.16.108	0122	1294	1254	003.18	2012-07-02T00:43:22:838Z
			03.14+		0062+	48+34-39-7-8-		0086-				2012-03-30T03:50:43:410Z

with you @		65.34 B		2031.F	770.491.208.28.123	0138	1554	0580	167.93	2012-07-02T00:47:47:918Z
			03.92+		0122+	69+16-32-5+47-		0037+				2012-04-10T00:43:33:476Z

sorrows @		52.89 C		1788.F	654.480.286.74.343	0220				2012-07-02T00:51:59:736Z
					0059-				0027-

Good session today, remarkably. Five increases, and none of them less than 1%, which means they weren't trivial or fluked - in my opinion at least. The start of Vanishing Point caught me by surprise and I thought that I had flubbed it throughout the play, but had that fortunate result. Maybe I shouldn't feel compelled to warm up so much after all. I skipped Bloomin Feeling so I managed to not have any bad decreases today as well. Well, I guess Toy Cube was pretty bad. Eh. Still content with this.