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This is an old revision of 1866.01.26 CelesteAndColeFightTownies made by AnnCarpenter on 2013-02-01 17:57:33.
Cole and Celeste are basically unhurt. Cole has a few scrapes, but nothing he can't hide from the adults. His biggest injury is a large bruise from where Celeste missed with a rock and hit him instead. After the townies run off Celeste runs up to Cole to ask him if he's okay. Pulling himself up from the ground, Cole says "yeah..." as he rubs the spot where Celeste hit him. "Friendly fire hurt worse than what they did," he says with a teasing smile.
"Sorry..." Celeste says a little guiltily. "I can get you some ice."
Cole shakes his head, "No..but maybe we could practice?" he says with a smile.
That night in the tower they tell the others about what happened. Callahan immediately gets excited and wants to identify the boys involved. He alao quickly takes over the idea of practicing throwing rocks as if it was his own idea. "This won't happen again. My army needs to be proficient with projectile weapons! Friendly fire is not acceptable!" Celeste rolls her eyes a little, but she's secretly proud, and learns to throw a rock with solid aim. Cole is thrilled when Callahan praises his military prowess.
<#bill: We could turn this into a feud with the townies. What are your thoughts on that? #>
<#ann: I don't think Celeste would want to turn it into a feud. She's angry and upset by the incident, but she's also sort of embarassed too. She's only just beginning to realize the full impact of racism (she was very sheltered pre-orphanage) and while she's happy that her white friends are jumping in to help her...she's also confused and in denial and it's a bit overwhelming for seven, she wants to pretend it never happened. We just started rock practice because it's useful. Yup. That being said, it could easily get out of hand with Cal and Cole and Shawn out for blood and working themselves up into a frenzy just because it's fun to be frenzied sometimes, especially when you're little and it's mostly theoretical at first. #>
<#bill: Well, we're cocreating so it's really less about what Celeste would want than what Ann wants. I can envision lots of things that Cole wouldn't like (like getting caught doing something) but which is fun and interesting and Bill (cause he doesn't actually have to feel the beating) thinks is fun. So, Ann - feud = fun or not fun for you? #>
<#ann: I dunno. On the one hand Celeste's view is coloring what I think. But I think that if Cole/Bill wants to feud, then it could make for some interesting stories. I think the feud shouldn't be too long lived though - I wouldn't want to still be feuding as teenagers. #>
<#bill: I say no feud. You seem more negative than positive on the idea and I was only throwing it out there as a possibility and don't have strong feelings one way or the other. Do you have feelings on creating an event where we get to put our rock throwing into practice? Maybe not a fight, just like a context and Celeste dominates due to her practicing... #>
<#ann: Ooh, I like the idea of a time when the rock throwing is put to good use. We don't have enough people for a baseball team (well, maybe just barely, but not enough that would actually play.) Hmmm. You don't know about the circus, but apparently there is a circus that comes around every year, and we usually attend. (It wasn't determined yet how old we are when we start going, but we're definitely all attending by the time Ella shows up). Maybe there we find one of those ball throwing games, and sort of sucker the carney into giving us a free throw or half-price because really, who would expect the little black girl to be any good? And then, of course, I win! Those are rigged somehow, I'm sure, but Celeste likes to figure things out. I think she'd be able to see what the trick is and combine that knowledge with her skill. You can win too, you've also been practicing. We all were for awhile, but I suspect everyone else lost interest. Maybe that's even how we earn our way into the circus for a few years. The carney sneaks us in because every once in a while when business is starting to get slow we'll go over and make a big scene about how easy it is to win, and that helps sucker people into playing since they don't expect children, espeically vaguely familiar children they've seen around town, to be in on the con. #>
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