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Jai West ([info]dareyoutorun) wrote in [info]dc_nextgen,
@ 2011-04-17 13:46:00


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Entry tags:inactive - jarrod hall, inactive - keith queen, npc - jai west

How far can you run? (Open)
Jai sat at home, in his room, and looked down at the letters before him with a mixture of excitement and dread. Several of the schools he'd requested information from had written back, asking him to come and view their campuses this summer. Coast City University. Gotham University. Florida State and Loyola. University of Connecticut , Star City University and Butler. All of them wanted to meet him.

Then, he looks over the at the first line of the letter that came for him this morning.

...You have been selected to attend the Ellison Student Journalism Youth Forum in London, England from July 11th-July 15th, with Keynote Speaker, Lois Lane....

Jai was excited to go, if for no other reason than wanting to get away from everything around him for awhile. He wasn't Kid Flash anymore, and he wasn't a member of the Justice League. Both of those were his choice, but neither of them made him feel better. And worse, he still thought about Traya all the time.

"Yeah, I really need to get away." he says, to no one in particular, rising from his bed and changing clothes. He tells his mother he'll be back and later and he's gone before she responds.

Three minutes later, he's in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, skipping rocks in the water along the beach. It's soothing enough that he might get a few minutes of peace.



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[info]becauseshutup
2011-04-21 09:26 am UTC (link)
"It's always tough after events like this for everyone," Jarrod says, "But at least this had a nicer ending then most. Pretty much everyone came back."

"I know I was luckier than most during all of that," He says, "Some people had to face things they never should have."

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[info]dareyoutorun
2011-04-22 03:18 am UTC (link)
"Or they became things they never should have. I swear, Jarrod, there are nights when I want to find the guy that killed me and kill him. If I could, he wouldn't know what hit him. I could do it and no one would catch me.

But I would know and I don't think I can live with killing someone." Jai tells him.

"I think that's the only thing really stopping me anymore."

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[info]becauseshutup
2011-04-22 02:20 pm UTC (link)
"I think that's a fairly normal reaction towards the person that killed you," Jarrod says, "I can't think of too many people that took their deaths well or didn't want vengeance on their killers."

"I'm not saying it's going to be easy but you will get through this. But it does speak volumes about you that you are going to do it and how much better you are than him."

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