Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-5583506-20160410190841/@comment-29559990-20160502225040

Her soothing tone did little to ease the Khajiit's nerves. With every eye at the table locked firmly on him and with the mother that he had never met possibly sitting only 5 feet away from him, he was stunned into a silence.

"This One... was told you were gone..." He finally managed to say. And now all the eyes at the table turned to Kasi, who was also struggling with the whole situation. 5 feet from her, was the son she never had the opportunity to see. Or to raise. The only way she participated in his growing up was by reading the letters she recieved from Akato.

"I.. I was..." She responded.

"Fath-... Akato, had said you were taken..."

At that remark, she couldn't help but chuckle. "That sounds like him, alright..." She reflected. Though she knew her departure took a heavy toll on him, it was at least comforting to have that memory of him. He always did have his profound opinions, which he would not hesitate to voice. Something she always loved about him.

Ja'Keil, however, was now more confused than ever. If she hadn't really been 'taken', then what was the truth? He didn't think that his father would lie about this. But then again, given recent events, he wasn't really sure if he truly knew his father...

"Why did you leave?"

"When you were born, we were... in a bad way," She explained. Constant robberies, taxes, and a shrinking clientel had wiped away their wealth. "I decided to... I had to take up work outside the city. My employer sent back money to you and Akato."

"So, you were not... you just left..." Ja'Keil concluded.

"No... not without regret," Kasi said. "Please understand, I wouldn't have done it unless... I had to."

Again, there was another silence between them. Ja'Keil pondered the new story that was presented to him. He had never been told that his father was in a bad way. For a while, he had assumed that he had always been powerful. There was always clients coming in. There was always plentiful food on the table. Always...

"Who was your employer?" Ja'Keil asked.

Kasi glanced over at Athorian for a quick moment, but then looked back down at the floor. Mongo shifted uncomfortably in his chair, and Athorians face appeared to grow more bitter. Ja'Keil picked up on all of these clues, and he began to piece it all together.

"You..." He said, his gaze slowly turning to Athorian. "She worked for you..."

"Ja'Keil, look-" Athorian started.

"She left with you..." Ja'Keil interrupted. He suddenly felt something bubbling up inside of him. He knew the kind of work Athorian did. Theivery and raiding. And he had dragged his own mother into this! Ja'Keil grew up, never knowing who she was and leaving his father presumably heartbroken. They needed money, yes, but that couldn't have been all they had. That city was always short on labor. Always. Chances were, Ja'Keil thought, that Athorian persuaded her into it. Bribed her.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Seduced her...

<p style="font-weight:normal;">With that thought, Ja'Keil now understood what was building up; Rage.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">He stood up angrily, nearly flipping his seat over. "You saw a impoverished family and you decided to take one of their own before helping them!" He hissed.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Athorian narrowed his eyes and also stood up. He was much larger than Ja'Keil and had to look down to glare at him. "I'm not a fucking soup kitchen, Ja'Kass. You want money from me, you earn it. Simple, alright?"

<p style="font-weight:normal;">"You seperated a family! Her family!" Ja'Keil stomped his foot. "My Family!"

<p style="font-weight:normal;">"And I kept you and your dad off of the fucking streets! I gave him enough money to get him back up! That would not have happened without me!" Athorian barked.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Ja'Keils breathing started to pick up, and Mongo could see his hands begin to tighten up. "Ja'Keil, remain calm," Mongo instructed, rising from his seat.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">"My father was a brilliant merchant, Athorian. Hard times, he could overcome! Bad luck, he beat back!"

<p style="font-weight:normal;">"You're father was an idiot who had his money handed to him by the men he scammed."

<p style="font-weight:normal;">"Pardon me?" Kasi spat, appalled by Athorian's comments on her husband.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">"He earned his fortune!" Ja'Keil insisted.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">"He stole it! And he got exiled and eaten for it!"

<p style="font-weight:normal;">That one did it. Ja'Keil reached out to strike him, but Mongo was already there and pulling him back from the conflict. The Khajiit struggled against Mongo's grip. Athorian turned back around as the Khajiit was hauled off, only to get a slap from Kasi.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">"Don't ever disrespect Akato like that again," She warned, with a angry scowl on her face.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Athorian licked a fresh cut on his lip, and turned his head back to her. "I said the truth," He growled. "You may like him, but he was a cheat."

<p style="font-weight:normal;">"And you aren't?!"

<p style="font-weight:normal;">"I have morales, believe it or not!" Athorian slammed his fist on the table. "Your husband, sorry to say, he didn't."

<p style="font-weight:normal;">From behind him, he heard fast approaching footsteps. Athorian turned to see Ja'Keil, who had seemed to have slithered and fought out of Mongo's grip, sprinting towards him. He tackled the High Elf over the table, knocking it over and sending both to the floor. Ja'Keil crawled over to him to continue his assault, but he only got a few good licks in before Mongo got a hold of him and ended the fray.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">"I'll kill you, Athorian!" Ja'Keil shrieked as he was hauled off. Athorian elected to stay on the ground and grab his stomach in pain.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">"That's enough, Ja'Keil!" Mongo boomed, shoving the Khajiit off to the stairs. "Now go! You need to go and calm down!"

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Ja'Keil looked over at the hurt Athorian, and then back to mongo, before grunting and storming up the stairs.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">"God... Dammit..." Athorian growled from the ground...

<p style="font-weight:normal;">-

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Ja'Keil walked into his and Evelyn's room, but she could see he was no long his bright, lover-boy self. He seemed flustered, his eyes reddened, and his fur straying off in different directions. He slammed the door shut, and put his head on the door, breathing heavily.

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