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Post by Jasper on Feb 21, 2017 0:07:11 GMT -5
He knew he shouldn't, but he couldn't help it. Watching people race horses just wasn't very fun to Jasper. Besides, how much trouble could he get into? He wouldn't wander far from his older brother's sight. Though, he probably should have let Thunder know that he was getting bored. His older brother would have figured out something for Jasper to do while he watched the races.
Jasper slipped quietly and unnoticed from the bleachers were many of the newsies were sitting. He'd let Thunder enjoy the race with his friends. He was just going to explore the area. After all, Thunder and Spot knew this place well. Wasn't it his turn as a Conlon brother to know the area too? It would be difficult, but he was sure he could manage. He had been doing really good this year, and well, Thunder bundled him up real good so he shouldn't catch a cold. Only problem was... where exactly was he now?
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Post by Three Left O'Neal on Feb 25, 2017 7:13:10 GMT -5
the last time Three Left had been at sheepshead he wasn't even Three Left yet.
after a succesfull auction his dad Conchobhar* O'Neal often took him to watch the races.
while trying to remember what was where he noticed another boy. "you look lost." he simply stated.
*is prenounced Conner
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Post by Jasper on Feb 25, 2017 11:11:42 GMT -5
"You look lost."
Jasper turned around to see a boy around his age. He gave him a sheepish look. "That obvious?" he asked. He would need to work on that. After all, he was originally from Brooklyn. He should know the place and not appear to be lost.
"I'm Jasper," he introduced himself, limping closer to the other boy. He gave the boy a bright smile. "Who are you?"
It had been awhile since he had been able to meet kids his age. He hoped that maybe he could become friends with this boy.
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Post by Three Left O'Neal on Feb 25, 2017 12:17:54 GMT -5
"That obvious?" the boy asked
"Ta." Three Left grinned.
"I'm Jasper," Jasper said smiling the most mood enhancing smile, Three Left had ever seen. his lips curled into a genuine smile for the first time in a while
"Who are you?" "They call me Three Left," he awnserd "but me parents called me Harrison."
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Post by Jasper on Feb 25, 2017 16:29:29 GMT -5
"Ta."
Jasper laughed softly. "Yeah... I don't really know this place too good," he admitted.
"They call me Three Left. But me parents call me Harrison."
He had to admit he was a little jealous. The boy as probably a newsie or was friends with newsies so he got a nickname. Jasper didn't have one. Oh sure, Thunder and Spot called him 'Pip' or 'Pipsqueak,' but that just wasn't the same. But he wouldn't let that keep him down, eventually he'd make his mark and get his own nickname. Patience was the name of the game.
"I'm just Jasper." He looked over at Three Left curiously. "Sooo," he started slowly. "You from Brooklyn?"
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Post by Three Left O'Neal on Feb 25, 2017 18:13:06 GMT -5
"Yeah... I don't really know this place too good,"
"neither do i," Three Left said in his usual cold voice "its been a while since the last time i was here, a few years actually."
"Sooo," Jasper started slowly. "You from Brooklyn?"
Three Left shook his head "manhatten originally, but i am from Bronx now."
"I'm just Jasper." Three Left smiled "you'ill earn you're stripes, i know you will." he said extending his left hand. "now, do you want to play a game?"
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Post by Jasper on Feb 25, 2017 18:26:10 GMT -5
"Neither do I. It's been awhile since the last time I was here, a few years actually."
Jasper cocked his head slightly at Three Left's cold tone before nodding. "Yeah, I don't come here very often. I don't really remember the last time."
"Manhattan originally, but I am from Bronx now."
He nodded again and smiled. "I'm originally from Brooklyn, but now I'm in Staten."
"You'll earn your stripes, I know you will."
Jasper shook Three Left's hand. "Thanks! I know if I try hard it'll pay off. At least, that's what Thunder says."
"Now, do you want to play a game?"
His eyes lit up. He had never been able to play with other boys much. Thunder and Spot didn't let him and the other boys always complained that he was too small, too slow, and too sickly. "Sure!"
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Post by Three Left O'Neal on Feb 26, 2017 6:58:04 GMT -5
Jaspers eyes lit up. "Sure!" he said.
"judging by you're leg, a footrace is out of the question, no problem there's lots of stuf we can do here." Three Left said.
(i have no idear which games are suitable for roleplay)
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Post by Jasper on Feb 26, 2017 18:13:32 GMT -5
"Judging by your leg, a footrace is out of the question, no problem there's lots of stuff we can do here."
Jasper's smile fell a little, but he was stronger than that. His leg wasn't as bad as it once was after all. "How about tag?" he suggested. "Or hide an' seek?"
He loved hide and seek. Thunder used to play it with him all the time when he was still a newsie. It would be a lot of fun to play around here. There were sure to be tons of places to hide.
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Post by Three Left O'Neal on Feb 26, 2017 18:38:44 GMT -5
"How about tag?" Jasper suggested. "Or hide an' seek?"
"i think hide and seek is more suitable here." Three Left said stroking his hair. It still felt weird with just three fingers.
"i dont think tag wil be much fun with just the two of us." "can you count to twenty?" he asked.
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Post by Jasper on Feb 26, 2017 19:20:48 GMT -5
"I think hide and seek is more suitable here. I don't think tag will be much fun with just the two of us."
Jasper nodded some. He supposed tag would get boring fast with just the two of them. Hide and seek would be just fine.
"Can you count to twenty?"
He grinned as he nodded. "Sure can, but," he hesitated. "Is that really enough time for you ta hide?"
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Post by Three Left O'Neal on Feb 26, 2017 21:03:54 GMT -5
"Sure can, but, Is that really enough time for you ta hide?"
Three Left looked around. "you're right" he said slowly. "how about a minute?" "i can count first if you want"
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Post by Jasper on Feb 26, 2017 21:38:27 GMT -5
"You're right. How about a minute?"
Jasper furrowed his brows slightly. "Mmmm, I think that'll work."
"I can count first if you want."
He shook his head and grinned. "No, I got it. I'll count for a minute then come an' find you!" he said excitedly.
This was going to be so much fun! He had never played hide and seek with someone besides his brothers before.
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Post by Three Left O'Neal on Feb 27, 2017 10:12:15 GMT -5
"No, I got it. I'll count for a minute then come an' find you!" Jasper said.
Three Left laughed "i am sure you will, i wont make it easy though."
"eyes closed, and no peeking." this was going to be fun.
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Post by Jasper on Feb 27, 2017 10:19:26 GMT -5
"I am sure you will, I won't make it easy though."
Jasper laughed. "It'd be no fun if I could find ya too easy."
"Eyes closed, and no peeking."
He grinned. "I won't peek!" he promised as he closed his eyes and covered them for good measure. "One, two, three, four, five, six," he began counting. He could hear Three-Left hurry away, causing his lips to curl into a wide grin. This was going to be one great day! "Seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen... um fourteen, fifteen." Counting could take so long! He just hoped Three-Left picked a good hiding spot! It wouldn't be fun if the first round was too easy after all. Jasper wanted a challenge! "Sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, um twenty... twenty-one, twenty-two."
After almost a minute had passed, he finally called out, "One hundred! Ready or not hear I come!"
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Post by Three Left O'Neal on Feb 27, 2017 11:11:53 GMT -5
Three Left hid behind two barrels and what used to be a wagon wheel.
"One hundred! Ready or not here I come!" Jasper called out. "since when does a minute have 100 seconds?" Three Left asked quietly to himself.
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Post by Jasper on Feb 27, 2017 11:35:23 GMT -5
Jasper uncovered his eyes and opened them, glancing around. Time was such a tricky thing. He hoped he had given Three Left enough time to hide. After all, most kids at the time didn't really know how to keep track of minute without a watch or clock to guide them. Most just guessed as close as they could, and Jasper didn't see any harm in giving his new friend extra time to hide if he went longer than a minute.
He hobbled along, looking around for places Three Left might be hiding in. Sheepshead was rather large, so there were tons of places for little boys to hide. Jasper would be very careful to check every possible hiding spot so he wouldn't miss his friend. He was a little on the slow side with his bad leg, but he was determined to do his best. Those barrels over there looked like a good hiding spot. He'd check those after he finished checking under some of the bleechers. He knew he could squeeze down there, so Three Left wouldn't have trouble fitting down there at all.
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Post by Three Left O'Neal on Feb 27, 2017 12:51:07 GMT -5
the crack between the two barrels was small but it had a clear line of sight of the bleachers.
Three Left knew Jasper would find his hiding spot soon. he just hoped it wasn't too soon.
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Post by Jasper on Feb 28, 2017 11:38:01 GMT -5
Jasper peered under the bleachers. It was a little dark down there so he couldn't tell for sure if Three-Left was down there or now. The best way to find out for sure was to get in there. It was a scary thought, but he was determined to find his new friend no matter what. He crawled under the bleachers, sneezing a little as cobwebs his face.
"Three Left? You hidin' here?" he called out softly, moving inch by inch under the bleachers. He squinted in the dark waiting as his eyes slowly adjusted to the dimness.
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Post by Three Left O'Neal on Mar 5, 2017 14:13:57 GMT -5
Three Left watched his new friend, from behind the barrels.
"keep looking Jasper, you'ill find me eventually." he said coldly.
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Post by Jasper on Mar 5, 2017 14:33:47 GMT -5
After a few more minutes, Jasper had finished looking under the bleachers. He coughed and sneezed a little as he came out. It wasn't very clean down there after all. He stood up and dusted himself off as best as could. Time to look somewhere else. He glanced around, trying to decide where he should look next when he spotted the barrels. His face brightened as he remembered that he was going to look there next. He hobbled over excitedly and squeezed through a space toward back of the group of barrels.
He grinned as he discovered his friend. "Found you!" he announced triumphantly.
And now it would be his turn to hide. He couldn't wait to look for a really good hiding place.
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Post by Three Left O'Neal on Mar 5, 2017 15:43:01 GMT -5
"Found you!" Jasper said triumphantly.
"wel done Jasper." Three Left said seriously.
he then covered his eyes as wel as he could with just eight fingers, and started counting.
a haon, a dó, a trí, a ceathair, a cúig, a sé, a seacht, a hocht, a naoi, a deich.
For some unknown reason counting was something Three Left still did in irish.
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Post by Jasper on Mar 5, 2017 15:57:12 GMT -5
"Well done, Jasper."
His smile faltered slightly, wondering why Three Left had become so serious. Had he done something wrong?
"A haon, a dó, a trí, a ceathair, a cúig, a sé, a seacht, a hocht, a naoi, a deich."
Jasper's face brightened as his friend began counting. Forgetting about their game, he asked excitedly, "Labhraíonn tú Gaeilge freisin? (You speak Irish too?)"
His Irish wasn't the best, but he could speak it well enough to be understood. Thunder had been working on teaching him their family's native tongue.
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Post by Three Left O'Neal on Mar 5, 2017 16:57:03 GMT -5
"Labhraíonn tú Gaeilge freisin?" Jasper asked excitedly.
"sea, tá mé buachaill hÉireann tar éis an tsaoil." (yes, i am a irish boy after all.) Three Left answered, trying to smile a little friendlier.
(i dont want to offend anyone, i dont actually speak irish. i just used google and google translate.)
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Post by Jasper on Mar 5, 2017 17:57:55 GMT -5
"Sea, tá mé buachaill hÉireann tar éis an tsaoil."Jasper grinned. "I'm Irish too!" He was absolutely thrilled to know his friend had similar roots. " Bhí mo thuismitheoirí Éireannacha, agus rugadh mo dheartháireacha ann freisin (My parents were Irish, and my brothers were born there too)," he explained happily. ((None taken. Most of us here on the forum and even on fanfiction tend to use google translate for languages we don't speak. ))
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