Post by Simon Daye on Jul 28, 2012 6:18:51 GMT -6
**beep**
Holy hell... what just happened out there? Are you ok?
**beep**
Hey... I’ve been calling since last night... why aren’t you answering? Did I do something?
**beep**
“Was she planning that from the beginning... why did you go along with it?”
**beep**
“It’s Simon... again... call me back.”
**beep**
“Z... I want to see you.”
**beep**
“Are you not talking to me?”
**beep**
“Is it Kelly? Is she telling you to not answer the phone for some reason?”
**beep**
“Come on, this is silly... you can talk to me about this, I can tell you weren’t happy.”
**beep**
“I want to talk to you... I have something to ask.”
**beep**
“.... please....”
[Sydney looks up at her sister-in-law from the screen of her phone, that she was buried in, her eyes are big, begging to respond but Kelly looks back at her and smiles... then she simply shakes her head “no”. Sydney lowers her head in disappointment and closes her eyes. Shortly after we can see a tear slowly start to form and roll down her mask, as Kelly stands be before her and Xander, obviously without remorse.]
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[Simon throws his phone against the soft cushions of the couch out of frustration of not receiving a call back by now, hours and hours after his initial try and seems very upset as he glares at the device now laying there. Two massive hands come from behind him and take hold of his shoulders firmly. Simon doesn’t even snap his head back to see, as he knows Gib is there.... probably pantless, rubbing his shoulders an a vein attempt to call him down.]
Gib: If it makes you feel better sweety, she hasn’t called me back in months. You were one of the only people who could get to her.
Simon: It does... but why now, why stop now?
Gib: I think you know why kiddo... You’re probably not in Kelly’s plans.
Simon: What do you mean?
Gib: Obviously Kelly wants to keep my daughter depressed, and feeling like she has no other way out of this mess than dealing with Kelly and following what Kelly demands. Keep Zelda...
[Gib punches the alarm box that is position behind him before it has a chance to go off.]
Gib: ….from thinking there is any other options. If she accepts the fact that she’s under a mask and lives with it, doesn’t care about the name or the feeling of being identityless... then Kelly has nothing to hold over her head. You were pulling her from whatever dark place she was in, she was starting to smile again... and now Kelly has to put an end that.
Simon: So you’re saying IT IS Kelly who is stopping her from calling me back?
Gib: Kelly was like the little sister I never had... for a very long time... trust me Simon... she can be one of the most dangerous people on the planet when she wants to be, you saw what she did to Ricky Johnson... it’s why we wanted her in charge.
Simon: Now look what’s become of Syd because of it.
Gib: She made her bed, she bet the house and lost...
[Simon spins around, suddenly angered at Gib for some reason. He pulls Gib’s manly hands off of him and takes offense to what has just been said.]
Simon: How can you be so calm about this, how can you say something like that about her?
Gib: You think I want to Simon? It’s nothing I’m making up... it’s the truth. I’ve accepted it.... it’s what keeps me from pulling Kelly’s head off, keeps me and Adam friends, keeps me from becoming a monster myself... I don’t want to put that mask back on and lose who I am too...
[Simon instantly calms down, he heads towards the couch and sits down on it after he picks his phone back up. He looks up at Gib and nods his head with a new sense of even more respect for his mentor and what he’s going through.]
Simon: I didn’t know you could be this deep Gib?
Gib: Trust me Simon, if you only got to know me better, you’d realize just how deep I could go.
Simon: Could you at least be wearing pants when you say something like that?
Gib: Simon my boy... **gib shakes his head** you know I can’t promise anything like that. Now come on.. lets train because you have a pretty big match ahead of you and you can’t lose to a foreigner, plus it should be something to keep your mind off of this. She’ll call you eventually, when she can...
Simon: How do you know?
Gib: She’s my daughter and I see more of me in her with every passing day... and I would.
[Simon nods his head, he stands up and he and Gib head towards the Gib training center under his house while....]
Simon: Now would you please put on some pants?
Gib: ha ha ha... Go **** yourself... ha ha ha
[Fade out as they head down the stairs to the basement training center.]
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[Much later.]
**beep**
~soft, barely audible voice~ Simon... I need you...
Holy hell... what just happened out there? Are you ok?
**beep**
Hey... I’ve been calling since last night... why aren’t you answering? Did I do something?
**beep**
“Was she planning that from the beginning... why did you go along with it?”
**beep**
“It’s Simon... again... call me back.”
**beep**
“Z... I want to see you.”
**beep**
“Are you not talking to me?”
**beep**
“Is it Kelly? Is she telling you to not answer the phone for some reason?”
**beep**
“Come on, this is silly... you can talk to me about this, I can tell you weren’t happy.”
**beep**
“I want to talk to you... I have something to ask.”
**beep**
“.... please....”
[Sydney looks up at her sister-in-law from the screen of her phone, that she was buried in, her eyes are big, begging to respond but Kelly looks back at her and smiles... then she simply shakes her head “no”. Sydney lowers her head in disappointment and closes her eyes. Shortly after we can see a tear slowly start to form and roll down her mask, as Kelly stands be before her and Xander, obviously without remorse.]
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[Simon throws his phone against the soft cushions of the couch out of frustration of not receiving a call back by now, hours and hours after his initial try and seems very upset as he glares at the device now laying there. Two massive hands come from behind him and take hold of his shoulders firmly. Simon doesn’t even snap his head back to see, as he knows Gib is there.... probably pantless, rubbing his shoulders an a vein attempt to call him down.]
Gib: If it makes you feel better sweety, she hasn’t called me back in months. You were one of the only people who could get to her.
Simon: It does... but why now, why stop now?
Gib: I think you know why kiddo... You’re probably not in Kelly’s plans.
Simon: What do you mean?
Gib: Obviously Kelly wants to keep my daughter depressed, and feeling like she has no other way out of this mess than dealing with Kelly and following what Kelly demands. Keep Zelda...
[Gib punches the alarm box that is position behind him before it has a chance to go off.]
Gib: ….from thinking there is any other options. If she accepts the fact that she’s under a mask and lives with it, doesn’t care about the name or the feeling of being identityless... then Kelly has nothing to hold over her head. You were pulling her from whatever dark place she was in, she was starting to smile again... and now Kelly has to put an end that.
Simon: So you’re saying IT IS Kelly who is stopping her from calling me back?
Gib: Kelly was like the little sister I never had... for a very long time... trust me Simon... she can be one of the most dangerous people on the planet when she wants to be, you saw what she did to Ricky Johnson... it’s why we wanted her in charge.
Simon: Now look what’s become of Syd because of it.
Gib: She made her bed, she bet the house and lost...
[Simon spins around, suddenly angered at Gib for some reason. He pulls Gib’s manly hands off of him and takes offense to what has just been said.]
Simon: How can you be so calm about this, how can you say something like that about her?
Gib: You think I want to Simon? It’s nothing I’m making up... it’s the truth. I’ve accepted it.... it’s what keeps me from pulling Kelly’s head off, keeps me and Adam friends, keeps me from becoming a monster myself... I don’t want to put that mask back on and lose who I am too...
[Simon instantly calms down, he heads towards the couch and sits down on it after he picks his phone back up. He looks up at Gib and nods his head with a new sense of even more respect for his mentor and what he’s going through.]
Simon: I didn’t know you could be this deep Gib?
Gib: Trust me Simon, if you only got to know me better, you’d realize just how deep I could go.
Simon: Could you at least be wearing pants when you say something like that?
Gib: Simon my boy... **gib shakes his head** you know I can’t promise anything like that. Now come on.. lets train because you have a pretty big match ahead of you and you can’t lose to a foreigner, plus it should be something to keep your mind off of this. She’ll call you eventually, when she can...
Simon: How do you know?
Gib: She’s my daughter and I see more of me in her with every passing day... and I would.
[Simon nods his head, he stands up and he and Gib head towards the Gib training center under his house while....]
Simon: Now would you please put on some pants?
Gib: ha ha ha... Go **** yourself... ha ha ha
[Fade out as they head down the stairs to the basement training center.]
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[Much later.]
**beep**
~soft, barely audible voice~ Simon... I need you...