geri
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OOC: This tread is a private one for cgraven and geri. Thanks for looking on and we hope you enjoy it.
My character:
Ginger Masterson
21, long blonde hair, deep blue, almost violet, eyes. 5' 7"
Ginger is a waitress at an all night resturant and lives alone. Her only living relative is her brother Marcus who has fallen in with the wrong crowd and gotten into drugs. Though she has tried to help him break the habit in the past he always goes back to it. Now he is in more trouble than he has ever been before. Working as a carrier for a well known pusher Marcus has had to go into hiding for fear of his life because he stole some of the drugs he was carrying. He figured no one would notice as it was such a small amount but someone did and reported it to his boss (cgraven).
Turning to the only person who would accept him no matter the stupid stunt he pulled he came to Ginger asking to hide out. Unwilling to let her brother's life be in danger Ginger took the bull by the horns and decided to see the person seeking out her brother's life and make a deal to pay him whatever money she had saved in the bank and then make payments out of her own salary if only he would spare her brother's life. And now on to the story....
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I shivered in the cold wind and pulled my coat closer around me. My short waitress skirt was doing nothing to keep me warm and much of the cold I felt was the fear that was taking ahold of me. Looking at the mostly deserted street I felt very much out of place. This was the part of town considered the slums. It was active with those who plied trades that were looked down on by the police. Hookers, robbers, con artists, drug dealers...you name it they were here.
I shivered again, this time the coldness reaching my core. If it was not for Marcus I would not be here right now. I had never been in these kinds of surroundings though my brother's entire existance for the last several years had been in places like this. How had her dear, sweet brother come to this? It all seemed to hit him after their parent's deaths in the car accident. He withdrew from everyone but her and dropped his regular activities in school (he was a senior and she a sophmore at the time) to persue a darker path seeming facinated by death and danger now. Almost an obsession. He got into drugs, using first and then bargaining to be a carrier to support his habit. I had tried repeatedly to get him out of it, to help him 'dry out' but he always ended up back here and in the thralls of whatever powder, liquid or rock would give him his next high. It was heart wrenching but I could not live his life for him. I had one of my own of work and paying bills.
Then there was tonight. I heard someone at the door at three in the morning just after getting off of a double shift from work. Wanting nothing but to slip into a hot bath and then bed I was disturbed from those thoughts by a pounding on my door accompanied by the ringing of my doorbell. I sighed and opened the door to the sight of my brother leaning on the door frame, his face, clothes and hair caked in filth and scratched up, his clothes torn and a look of terror in his face. Sticking my head out of the door I looked around making sure no one was out in the hallway and pulled him into the apartment locking the door and sitting him on the couch while I went for some warm, wet rags.
While cleaning his face up and tending to his cuts and scrapes he told her his tale. He had been carrying. It was a new drug and one too expensive for him but he had heard it gave a high that could not be matched by any of the other drugs on the market. What he had been on lately had stopped working and he was desperate to feel that things were all right with the world. He figured no one would miss a small amount and so he took one packet before delivering it to the recipient. He got the money for all of the bargained for delivery and took it back to his dealer without a hitch, going 'home' to whatever hole in the wall he lived at at the time and using his stolen stash. Everything he had heard about it was true and he was soon in a euphoric state again. When he woke up a couple of days later it was to the sight of his friend, Robert, shaking him awake and warning him that the dealer was out for his blood. The stolen drugs had been discovered and his disappearance had confirmed that it was him who took it. Now he was in danger of losing his life. Running from the situation, knowing he would not be listened to if he tried to explain or bargain his way out of it, he spent a week hiding out before finally turning to the one person he felt he could count on. Me.
Pleading with him to go to the cops was of no use and I knew it would only get him jailed as well and then he would be a caged target for these men. I offered my savings for him to pay for what he took and he told me it wouldn't be enough. Besides they were now after blood and would not stop until they got it. I couldn't think of what else to do as Marcus drifted off to sleep, exahustion taking it's toll. As he slept I sat and watched him, a plan forming in my mind. It was a foolhardy plan but this was my brother. I had to try something because he could not run forever. So I planned to take my proposal to give my savings as well as money each paycheck to this dealer of his until his debt was paid if he only let my brother live.
Throwing my coat on, not bothering to change from my uniform, I headed out to where he had once been arrested by the police a couple of years ago hoping that either I would be able to meet this dealer or someone would know how get me in contact with him. I knew I was taking a big chance. Me, the goody-goody girl who had never so much as necked in the back seat of a car coming into a district like this but the sight of my brother's terror filled face drove me on.
Walking up to the run down warehouse I had been heading for I stood at the door and hesitated only a moment before knocking with a shaking hand. I waited a moment and raised a hand to knock again when a small panel in the door slid back revealing a set of very hard grey eyes which looked me up and down. I pulled my coat even closer to my body as I could almost see the lear on his face.
"Yeah, little girl," His voice was as hard as his eyes,"What do you want?" I swallowed and heard a chuckle from behind the door. Setting my jaw I said in a quavering voice,"I...I need to speak to your boss." "Nobody speaks to the 'boss', lady," He said and I heard answering snickers from behind him,"Now scram while you still can."
The panel was about to close and I panicked. I had to get in there if I was to save Marcus. "Wait...please!" I said seeing him hesitate I approached even closer,"I...I've come about Marcus Masterson...I need to talk to him about paying his debt off." There was a deep pause and I could hear my heart pouding in fear at the thought that they might refuse me again. "Now that might get the 'bosses' attention," The voice said and I heard a click as the door was unlocked. "Come on in. I am sure he will be very glad to see you." I didn't catch the meaning in his voice as I was too busy being scared witless. This was it. Once I went into that building there was no turning back. I clasped my hands together to keep them from shaking as the door slowly opened.
My character:
Ginger Masterson
21, long blonde hair, deep blue, almost violet, eyes. 5' 7"
Ginger is a waitress at an all night resturant and lives alone. Her only living relative is her brother Marcus who has fallen in with the wrong crowd and gotten into drugs. Though she has tried to help him break the habit in the past he always goes back to it. Now he is in more trouble than he has ever been before. Working as a carrier for a well known pusher Marcus has had to go into hiding for fear of his life because he stole some of the drugs he was carrying. He figured no one would notice as it was such a small amount but someone did and reported it to his boss (cgraven).
Turning to the only person who would accept him no matter the stupid stunt he pulled he came to Ginger asking to hide out. Unwilling to let her brother's life be in danger Ginger took the bull by the horns and decided to see the person seeking out her brother's life and make a deal to pay him whatever money she had saved in the bank and then make payments out of her own salary if only he would spare her brother's life. And now on to the story....
========================================
I shivered in the cold wind and pulled my coat closer around me. My short waitress skirt was doing nothing to keep me warm and much of the cold I felt was the fear that was taking ahold of me. Looking at the mostly deserted street I felt very much out of place. This was the part of town considered the slums. It was active with those who plied trades that were looked down on by the police. Hookers, robbers, con artists, drug dealers...you name it they were here.
I shivered again, this time the coldness reaching my core. If it was not for Marcus I would not be here right now. I had never been in these kinds of surroundings though my brother's entire existance for the last several years had been in places like this. How had her dear, sweet brother come to this? It all seemed to hit him after their parent's deaths in the car accident. He withdrew from everyone but her and dropped his regular activities in school (he was a senior and she a sophmore at the time) to persue a darker path seeming facinated by death and danger now. Almost an obsession. He got into drugs, using first and then bargaining to be a carrier to support his habit. I had tried repeatedly to get him out of it, to help him 'dry out' but he always ended up back here and in the thralls of whatever powder, liquid or rock would give him his next high. It was heart wrenching but I could not live his life for him. I had one of my own of work and paying bills.
Then there was tonight. I heard someone at the door at three in the morning just after getting off of a double shift from work. Wanting nothing but to slip into a hot bath and then bed I was disturbed from those thoughts by a pounding on my door accompanied by the ringing of my doorbell. I sighed and opened the door to the sight of my brother leaning on the door frame, his face, clothes and hair caked in filth and scratched up, his clothes torn and a look of terror in his face. Sticking my head out of the door I looked around making sure no one was out in the hallway and pulled him into the apartment locking the door and sitting him on the couch while I went for some warm, wet rags.
While cleaning his face up and tending to his cuts and scrapes he told her his tale. He had been carrying. It was a new drug and one too expensive for him but he had heard it gave a high that could not be matched by any of the other drugs on the market. What he had been on lately had stopped working and he was desperate to feel that things were all right with the world. He figured no one would miss a small amount and so he took one packet before delivering it to the recipient. He got the money for all of the bargained for delivery and took it back to his dealer without a hitch, going 'home' to whatever hole in the wall he lived at at the time and using his stolen stash. Everything he had heard about it was true and he was soon in a euphoric state again. When he woke up a couple of days later it was to the sight of his friend, Robert, shaking him awake and warning him that the dealer was out for his blood. The stolen drugs had been discovered and his disappearance had confirmed that it was him who took it. Now he was in danger of losing his life. Running from the situation, knowing he would not be listened to if he tried to explain or bargain his way out of it, he spent a week hiding out before finally turning to the one person he felt he could count on. Me.
Pleading with him to go to the cops was of no use and I knew it would only get him jailed as well and then he would be a caged target for these men. I offered my savings for him to pay for what he took and he told me it wouldn't be enough. Besides they were now after blood and would not stop until they got it. I couldn't think of what else to do as Marcus drifted off to sleep, exahustion taking it's toll. As he slept I sat and watched him, a plan forming in my mind. It was a foolhardy plan but this was my brother. I had to try something because he could not run forever. So I planned to take my proposal to give my savings as well as money each paycheck to this dealer of his until his debt was paid if he only let my brother live.
Throwing my coat on, not bothering to change from my uniform, I headed out to where he had once been arrested by the police a couple of years ago hoping that either I would be able to meet this dealer or someone would know how get me in contact with him. I knew I was taking a big chance. Me, the goody-goody girl who had never so much as necked in the back seat of a car coming into a district like this but the sight of my brother's terror filled face drove me on.
Walking up to the run down warehouse I had been heading for I stood at the door and hesitated only a moment before knocking with a shaking hand. I waited a moment and raised a hand to knock again when a small panel in the door slid back revealing a set of very hard grey eyes which looked me up and down. I pulled my coat even closer to my body as I could almost see the lear on his face.
"Yeah, little girl," His voice was as hard as his eyes,"What do you want?" I swallowed and heard a chuckle from behind the door. Setting my jaw I said in a quavering voice,"I...I need to speak to your boss." "Nobody speaks to the 'boss', lady," He said and I heard answering snickers from behind him,"Now scram while you still can."
The panel was about to close and I panicked. I had to get in there if I was to save Marcus. "Wait...please!" I said seeing him hesitate I approached even closer,"I...I've come about Marcus Masterson...I need to talk to him about paying his debt off." There was a deep pause and I could hear my heart pouding in fear at the thought that they might refuse me again. "Now that might get the 'bosses' attention," The voice said and I heard a click as the door was unlocked. "Come on in. I am sure he will be very glad to see you." I didn't catch the meaning in his voice as I was too busy being scared witless. This was it. Once I went into that building there was no turning back. I clasped my hands together to keep them from shaking as the door slowly opened.