How to leave your home...

[sai7x7vii]

Jawn thought how hilrious this was. It was so true and so false.

"Nope, this is all new for me, but i've been fighting heartless and human for years"

He said picking up his sword calmly and putting it back on it's strap.

"Why do you ask?"

[alecfox]

"No reason, you just looked like you knew what you were doing, besides little heartless here and there, ive never really fought anything, only trained under my father." Alec answered

[sai7x7vii]

Jawn had stopped with his good mood when he heard this. He put everything away and got ready to leave. Without another word he started walking away.

"Yeah, but in your father teaching you, just hope he doesn't come consumed by it"

He said while stopping and turning towards Alec. This had become something more personal now. After being silent for a while he turned around and started to walk away

[alecfox]

Alec's head dropped and lingered at the mention of his father being consumed by the darkness. An anger arose inside him and he wanted to burst out and curse at Jawn. But he thought it through, maybe this man wasnt the kind of man Alec wanted to make angry, nevertheless, the mention of his father stirred him up.

Alec kept his head down, but curled his hand into a fist.
"You shouldn't speak ill of the dead." He said.

Alec waited for the man's response, while looking at the ground, his head still lingering down

[sai7x7vii]

Jawn was really giving his past self advice knowing it wasn't going to work. He was really just hoping he had known this peice of advice back then. He had killed his father cuz he became obsessed with crime. His father got consumed by darkness and he was really just telling himself this by advising this younger person of this. He knew he had made a mistake, he had really just forgotten he was talking about this boy's father. Back to thinking about his own father he turned to the boy and had said something he would never forgive himself for saying...

"My father deserves no curtisy"

Than he had suddenly remembered once more he wasn't talking about his own father. He pretty much explained what had happened with him and his father. Than he looked back to the horizon once more and glimpsed it's beauty.

"Like father like son I guess"

He said and turned around once more and started to walk away. He wondered as he walked if this boy was going to stop him for a fight or stop him for quesstions, or just let him go. Either way, Jawn was on his way out. He had recieved the answers he seeked and now he had to leave before he lost control of his emotions. But for some reason he hoped this boy would stop him once more. Maybe he didn't want to leave. Maybe he still liked to find his peace in the darkness. Either way, he didn't know why, he just wanted to stay, but felt he had to leave.

[alecfox]

Alec turned around after the man spoke, and saw him walking away. Alot of thoughts went through Alec's head. It seemed as if this man and him had a few things in common. Alec sensed that Jawn was talking about his own experiences with his own father. Alec pondered on if he felt the same way, like father like son.

Alec picked his head up and shouted to make up for the distance between him and Jawn.
"Thats not true..." He began "...Were two seperate people from our father's, even if we may have some of the same traits, we make our own actions and face our own consequences." He said

A part of him belived this was true, but another part of him wondered if he just said that to put himself at ease. After deciding to adventure out on his own he knew he would have to live up to his father's name and that was something that bothered him greatly, but maybe he was talking to Jawn, or maybe he was talking to Jawn, and himself

[sai7x7vii]

Jawn stood there. He had been stopped as he had hoped for. He stood there and thought for a second. Than a silent chuckle came out of his mouth and he started to talk.

"Well of course, if I was to follow the same consequences as my father..."

He said and turned towards Alec with a deep and depressed sort of look.

"... I would be killed by my own son"

He said that to basically tell Alec what exactly he meant. He didn't even have a son, but he was explaining to Alec exactly what he did. And he hated saying every word of it

[alecfox]

Alec was tooken back by what Jawn had. Alec had lost his father, Jawn killed his. It made Alec wonder what a man could have done to have his own son kill him. But then he remembered the fact that worlds these days had been so crazy, that maybe Jawn did what he did to save his father, or even protect him.

Alec's voice was a bit shakey, so he cleared his throat.
"Sometimes we have to do what has to be done." He said.
He couldn't think of anything else to say

[sai7x7vii]

"yes, but if you make a habit of it... what has to be done is something that is even worse than what would happen if you didn't"

He said still looking at him. He was being veery vague about his own past but basically giving hints about what had happened

[alecfox]

"Either way..." Alec started "...I think if something has to be done, and we dont have a choice, than the only option left is do to what you have to....Even if you hate the outcome." Alec said.

After hearing himself say this out loud, he started to think about it, and thats why he was leaving Twilight Town - because he had to. There wasnt anything here for him.

[sai7x7vii]

Jawn had found this slightly ammusing. He was actually smiling at this. Than he threw one of his pocketknives towards the boy. This was a very special pocket knife. Mid-sized, 32 different tools inside of it, with golden encripted handle and a very strong leather grip. It had a few long blades and was in great condition. His father had giveen this to him before they started any type of crime. It was a family heirlume (however you spell it) but Jawn didn't want to remember family nor did he have a family. But he knew if he did, they would be somewhat like Alec.

This was Jawn's way of keeping the tradition alive passing it down from generation to generation, but the difference is he switched it off to a different family. That was very special to him, but he was willing to give it away, it was one of the things that reminded him that there's a good heart in everybody, no matter how corrupted. When he tossed the pocket knife to the boy he nodded with respect.

"It's a rare tool that one is. Don't underestimate it. It'll help you in a lot of situations. Don't give it away until you find someone worthy of hoolding it. And on that note, my destiny is calling"

he said and once again started to walk away

[alecfox]

Alec's eyes followed the tool as it flew in an arc from Jawn's hands, to Alec's. Alec tossed one arm up and caught the tool. He brought it close to his chest looking at the beautifully crafted handle. He looked up as Jawn spoke and listened carefully. And as Jawn nodded, Alec did the same.

Alec wondered why a person would be willing to throw such a nice tool to a stranger, after all that was all Alec and Jawn were, strangers. As Jawn turned to start walking Alec thought of stopping him again, but he realized it was time for both of them to leave.

And with that Alec was ready to leave his town, his birthplace, the only streets he really knew. Alec reached his arm back and placed the tool on the back of his belt, near the sheath to his sword. He then placed his hand on the hilt of his blade and took one last look at Twilight Town's horizon. It may had been the millionth one he had seen, but this was the last one.

Alec turned around and with a few footsteps began his journey like his father asked him to.