Backwoods Joe, even at an early age, was a true man's man. A rugged man for all season's that you could drop like Rambo with a faulty parachute into a jungle filled with commies and he could fight his way out and find his way back and smile the whole time... And he was my best friend at the time and it wasn't until much later in life that I was able to look back and see the chain of events that fell like dominoes when I bumped the table.
You see I dated several girls he was interested in which is why I feel responsible for what happened next... He met Lori at the bowling alley, she was upset, a damsel in distress, in an unhappy marriage she was looking for a shoulder to cry on...
An Joe had big shoulders and even though he was only seventeen he saw his future in the small town we grew up in, working endlessly in a job he hated, providing for his family, teaching his kids to hunt and track and survive in the wilderness. He had it all planned out and Lori fit in rather nicely.
What Joe didn't know was it was all just a game. A sick, savage game where Lori seduces younger men and then edges them closer and closer to her mentally unstable husband. She had done it before, many many times and this time she would go one step to far.
She loved the drama and the romance and the seduction and the mind games and the treachery and the betrayal and the insanity... The few kids at school that knew how sick she was, never ever mentioned it to Joe... He was in love. Head over heels for his one true love. He was planning to marry her and take her away from all the hardship she endured. He was coming to her rescue...
I was supposed to go with them, to work on her car at the home she shared with her husband that she was supposedly legally separated from. But that was a lie. One of many huge ones. And when they dropped me at my house I saw his face in the back window of the car, smiling, always smiling with his goofy crooked teeth grin and waving.
God I love that smile, I can see it now... waving through the window. And a sick cold wind rippled through me, though none of the trees moved near by... I remember I felt a little bit sick almost nauseous... What was that horrible feeling I was having? I was sixteen, I could have gone with him... Why didn't I go?
It was winter, it was getting dark and the Joe had even gone into the house to clear a frozen hose with warm water... But after leaving they were all locked out by the husband. And Lori picked up a tire iron and started beating on the door. He opened the door quickly and took the tire iron away from her beating her on the leg with it and she cried out.
He was wearing three handguns... I heard a story once that he was found unfit to serve in the army, something he had always wanted to do since he was a little kid. Perhaps he failed the mental evaluation or perhaps the medical I don't know, but it broke him. He still had a love affair with guns and camouflage...
So of course Joe stood up to him, yelling from the bottom of the driveway. "If you want to *** with someone *** with me!" And he never backed down, not when Troy pointed the gun at him, not when he shot him two times. But the third bullet ripped his stomach and sent him down to the pavement.
Joe was unarmed but Troy walked up cautiously behind him and put the last bullet into the back of his head...
And Backwoods Joe, 17, a lover, a fighter, probably the bravest man I ever met, died alone on the street never knowing he would later be betrayed... when Lori admitted in court she never loved him and it was all a hideous game that went terribly wrong.
I watched her say it. I watched her betray him. I watched her desperately try to save her husband that she was only trying to coax a little attention out of.
And it changed me. In profound ways. My best friend, Backwoods Joe, died a hero, never knowing anything but love for Lori. His first love, his last love, his only love. At seventeen he was gone and with him went my hope for a normal life next door to him, out in the sticks with our kids playing together in the dirt and eating his mom's awesome squirrel chili and drinking Mickey's Big Mouth around a fire.
We had simple plans, realistic dreams and a certainty about our lives
that all died that winter.
Edit: As of 2010-10-05 14:48:06 CST, Ni reached 10,000 pages.
Since we all can't be on the same linkshell in game, this can be our cross server linkshell thread.
Like most linkshells, it can be pretty dead at times. Other times it's full of intense conversations about either rl, gear, goals, pokemon or anything else you want to contribute.
We can cover any sort of topic at all, within reason of the forum rules. No real main topic, just a bunch of FFXIAH friends/people coming on and discussing random things.
Yeah Chuu. Bringing you up to speed, Ludoggy is the LS pedophile. I'm the fountain of random and useless knowledge that makes you go "Hrm" with the occasional side of "holy shit he said what?"
Kungfu is the LS nutjob, spouting super random things that are usually sexist, until Savvy or Alyria comes into the room. Then he's a classic case of sexual harrassment. Rumaha is also true to the second part; we're wondering about his sexuality though.
Daj is Ludoggy's gay lover. Not much else is known about this Asuran. Tairo is kinda new, but since is a female and Alyria's lesbian lover, she fit right in real quick.
Celene(F) and Rowland(M) are more of the shyer members, but often say things that are witty, have a good pun and sometimes cause three page discussions. Celene hates when people hit on her. It doesn't stop them from trying.
Krizz is just social and likes to kill time here during work Tbest is about the same, except tends to be a douche to guys and affectionate toward girls.
Alyria is the most social female, gets groped a lot without provoking it by others, and Tairo ends up stabbing people for it. Cai is just a barrel of lols, I might be gay for him. If I wasn't straight.
Not sure about Citag, s/he's new. Kiriyu is just an in-out kinda person. Says one thing every three days that every guy makes a big fuss over. Ludoggy gets really defensive since she's asian and underage (might be 18 now).
Artem is the wayward soul that makes you ponder the meaning of life by constantly reminding us life can suck. But he deals, and so do we. About the same for Savannah, except people are more "AWH!" to her because of a vagina involved.
Dasva is the ex military man (as is Krizz but this doesn't apply to him) who hates the world and plots a way to destroy most of it.
Number2 is kinda like a mix between Cai and I; never bashes, likes to laugh and has odd avatars. His current suits a lot of the convos this LS gets into. Barti is most well known for his moustache. He gives mousatche rides for a fee. I'm missing a few people but whatever. CARRY ON!
Luelle Smells.
Roster of FFXIAH Ni (as of April 1st, 2010 Pocoyo avatar craze)
Happy b-day ls.
Heres my lame gift to AHLS, since Row is lame and took away the OP, I made my own!
Haseyo/Bignose: He's got a bigass nose, Leader of the RL avi revloution or some junk no one gives a crap about...crazy about his asian pop/rock bands and is a closet pedo. AKA LAME
Dameshi: wont level his sam sub and is a lolblu, LAME
Citag: Doesnt put out, Really lame
Dasva: Uses Chu as a cover up for his desire for me greased up and naked on his bed, Lame.
Rydiya/Bra+Panties: Secret lesbien, doesnt wear bra+panties, like to knit and other old people stuff (bingo)
Pikachu/Chu: Hi Chu, I love chu
Kryee/Socks: Noms on socks, wears the sam red pair everyday and frequently sniffs her arm pits.
Cheyne: Domo origoto, Mr Roboto...I think he's gay.
Urial: SOCCER IS LAME AND YOU'RE LAME.
Thundars: LOLCANADIAN
Spence: LOLFRENCHCANADIAN
Enterius/ghost: He's a ghost...he'll say something witty to me later.
Ixe: Ducky face and cant seem to get a straw in her mouth (can get other things in there though)
Mairah: She cool...lame
Bart: Full times OPO-OPO, free mustache rides otherwise LAME
Sav/Mango: Field trips, yay!
Aly/thatgreenmodthatwillbanmeifIsayanythingbad: *tapes*
Woody: You're not Italian...no tea for you.
Sectum: My apprentice...loves asian girls, loves to cook...he's awesome. put me in a story where I wasnt a pedo and that'd cool
Rum:STOP RAIDING MY BASEMENT AND TAKING AWAY MY GIRLS GAWD. Long Islander...lame
Valencea:Wont tell me the color of her undies, you lost the bet...no we cant get married...NO MEANS NO
Kojo:Open pedo...he likes scat, ewww
Tohsou: I think he's a pedo with a girlfriend as cover up, lame.
Kiriyu/strawberry: Lurk Less post moar! I see you what you are doing!
Krizz: Mohawk guy #1
Triet: Mohawk guy #1...wait
Bloodbathboy: The Hulk
Kungfuhustle: AH%DUE%$JNSRGHSRHHEYHEHSA Y%HEDHGSR EAT AHUYY DONKEY NUTS
Celene: Quit...Canadian...who the hell quits?
Tbest: MIA
Eternaltriumph: Where the hell has he been? Is he gone cause he got pussywhipped or something? Whatever...
#2: GOD...I miss him /cry
Luelle/otherlu: The Other Lu.
Zekky: Quit, kicking ass, raped me :\
Krystale/Girlwithpiercing: Magnets stick to her, Toke Canadian, hawt...she's 15 right?
Marzbarz: NINJA
Rowland: All your Pocoyo are belong to...him
Weewoo/Tool: He liked Asura and wont admit it.
Miemo: Has a mithra avi c.c
Kalyna: is a girl right? right? oh...lame
Gimmeurselables: TOO MUCH BOUNCE...TOO BIG, EWWWW
Sagittario: Lame elf whu runs around in a diaper subligar
Ludoggy: Faggot
Edit: The Family Ni Tree
Luelle's (And Citag's too!) birthday present
[h1]H1[/h1]
[h2]H2[/h2]
[h3]H3[/h3]
[figlet]Figlet[/figlet]
[spoiler="Custom spoiler!"][h1]Yay[/h1][/spoiler]
[soundcloud]http://soundcloud.com/matas/hobnotropic[/soundcloud]
Will try to get to more stuff when I can.
Disclaimer: Your Feelings May Get Hurt In Your Stay Here.
