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located in The Manor, a part of Knock 'em Dead, one of the many universes on RPG.

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Character Portrait: James Butler Character Portrait: Linnet Mallory Character Portrait: Hassen Heindrick
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James wheezed as Linnie nearly fell on him. That had not been a well thought out plan. She hadn't seemed to get the message, trying to catch him instead of fleeing without him. It was nice but at the same time it was frustrating that she didn't get his message. It would be better if he could just distract Hassen so she could get away. Hassan was in a strange way, down to the very expression on his face. It was frightening. James was afraid of it. Not for himself, he was already in more pain than he could rightly handle, any more pain would just fall numb on his body. But if Hassan hurt Linnie... There were those useless attachments again. He knew she would die, but that didn't mean he couldn't push back the inevitable as far as he could.

She lifted him up again; he tried to help as best he could, his knees trembling beneath him. He felt so useless. Linnie couldn't fight or flee with him there as dead weight. And he couldn't protect her. He was very much reminded of his current vulnerability as she moved herself between him and Hassan. His body tensed as far as it could as he stared at the other male, his head lolling off to one side as he did so. The male made a plaintive sound, pointing towards the previously vacated room. No. No. That wouldn't...Drake would be angry if...James made a soft, frantic sound, trying to get his feet under him so he could pull Linnie away. Hassan took a few steps forward and Linnie backpedaled, tripping over his limp feet in the process. He clutched at her shoulders, trying not to fall, eyes still fixed on Hassan. He made a quiet growling sound, a warning, though he couldn't keep the threat.

Linnie didn't continue moving backwards. She stopped after a few paces, paused, then began moving forward, skirting Hassan. Her aim was quite obviously the room. He began to struggle weakly, but she paid him little attention, merely dragging him along after her. No, no, no, he couldn't let this happen. If she...it would ruin everything...and Hassan would...Suddenly his panic was interrupted by Linnie's reaction to Alexander. She fell backwards, taking him with her. His exclamation was partially pain and partially despair. He would be punished for this. Though in hall honesty, it really was Drake's fault for putting him in this state in the first place. If he wasn't so terribly wounded he could have just pulled Linnie away at the first sign of a threat. But now, if they lost control of Hassan everything would fall into a terrible mess. The existence they'd eked out would have to be changed again for the second time in less than a year.

He barely noticed Linnie helping him sit up as his panic was nearly blind. He could hear her terrified breaths though. And then she spoke. James flinched, though the words were soft, as if she was talking to herself. Hopefully Hassan wouldn't understand what she was saying, or he wouldn't believe it. Though the fates had never once worked in James's favour, and they likely wouldn't start turning now.

The best course of action would be to be prepared for anything. he didn't know how Hassan would react at all. The man was so sporadic, perhaps because his mental health had rapidly declined from the moment he stepped foot in the manour. There was nothing James could really do but protect Linnie. Drake might have been able to do something, but James did not have that way with words. Or any way with words, really. His body language wasn't even that convincing most of the time.

The boy managed to haul himself from a sitting position to standing upright on his knees, swaying slightly. It required a huge amount of effort, but James forced himself to stay as still as possible, looking up Hassan and putting himself between the taller male and Linnie. There was fear in his eyes, but he did his best to hide it under a blanket of blankness. Just as long as nothing too terrible happened, Drake could fix things later. It would be okay. He just had to keep calm and absorb whatever happened.