Outside of hunting class: 7th Period

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

Blair was carrying both a sign and a petition today and he was very happy that to have his cast off for this sort of protest day. Marching back and forth before the door he chanted the message on his sign. "Education for everybody! Support the male troll scholarship!"

Every once in a while he would yell out; "Hunting sucks!" Just in case there was a rule about protesting random things in front of hunting class.

[ooc: open!]

Comments

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

Billy tried not to look as ashamed as he felt. Killing in battle was one thing. But his first and last fights had been...somewhat different.

"Not much. It's snowing. How about you? How're you holding up? Heard uh, heard you were one o' those that uh..."

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, I saw the snow earlier." Blair said. "I'm fine, man. I got knocked out but it was basically just sitting around being bored and cold for a couple of days. Are you okay?"

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

"Well, my leg's in the shop. And uh, I had a short breakdown once it was all over." And I went totally psychotic at least twice "How'd, I heard something on the radio about people meeting strange girls? And, bring them our men? The whole thing seemed kinda confusing.

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

"What do you mean, breakdown?" Blair asked worriedly.

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

So much for distracting with a question. "It happens. After a fight like that, happens to soldiers all the time. Just not in the movies. sometimes it takes a few days to hit you, sometimes it doesn't."

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

"Do you want to talk about it?"

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

Hey face it Billy, if there's anyone you'd trust to talk about you freaking out, it'd be him. "I was halfway back to campus from trying to rescue you guys the second time, my prosthetic was smashed all to hell, and I just, collapsed. Couldn't stop shaking and I threw up."

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

Blair reached out to put a hand on Billy's shoulder. "Sorry, man. That's rough. What were you feeling?"

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

"Ashamed." Billy said after a moment. "That was part of it anyway. I figured it'd take a few days before I went to pieces. I just...you get in that kind of situation and there's, you don't have time to worry about being afraid. You are afraid, for yourself, for everyone else, but you don't focus on it, then later...when the adrenaline wears off..." That and the fact that he'd had friends in danger, and he'd decided to take on five trolls at once. He could have snuck past. He could have waited, gotten in on the rescue party.

He should have.

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

"You were ashamed because you broke down or you were ashamed and that's why you broke down?" Blair asked. "I understand about coming off the adrenaline high."

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

"Uhm, yes?" Billy said, cause, he'd tried not to think about it much, but, both answers were correct.

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

"There's nothing wrong with expressing emotions. No matter how they come out." Blair said, shaking his head. "What were you ashamed about before?"

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

"Deciding to run off half cocked and single handedly take down the Trolls instead of trying to get help and therefore completely failing to even try to rescue you guys. Well until the second time.