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Dawn of Hospitality

Family Part Two

The next few days passed quickly; Daniel got aquainted with everyone and settled into the city, as well as begin to reconnect with his brother. Finally, the day came when Daniel burst through the door one night and began to drag Michael out of the appartment by his shirt collar.

"Whos ready to go eat ourselves to death?" he boasted loudly.

"Wha?" Tai blurted out.

"Free food? Where?" Briana asked, quickly looking around her.

"Ah come on Dan! Really?" Michael growled, trying to stand up striaght.

"Its Harvest Day man! We always celebrated it when we were together with Ma and Pa! Besides, I still owe you from my first day here." Daniel grinned, stopping enough to let the guardsmen get his footing.

"You did put a dent in our provisions..." Jones mumbled.

"A holiday based on nothing but stuffing ones self with food? How vulgar." Riiana scoffed.

"Agitated remark: Considering I don't even need food, stupid meatbags..." K!113r mumbled bitterly.

"Mmmm; gretchin, extra rare hahaha!" Romminal bellowed.

"Its about family, and being together! As well as stuffing yourself with food. Come on man, for me?" Daniel pouted.

"Dan. There is now way, no how that I am or ev-"

"Oh just just shut up and go with him!"

"You get bossed around by a xeno." Daniel snickered as they found a seat in a small diner not far from the appartment.

"A very scary xeno. And her names Riiana for your information." Michael corrected, holding up his menu to block the gawking expression from his brother.

"Ah, you grunts always have a moral problem don't you?"

"Oh yea because its so easy to keep high spirits when you spend months taking back almost the entire planet, then have shock troopers, Kasrkin, or Astartes come and take all the credit for securing the last 3% of the planet."

"That what your sergeant tells you?"

"Maybe. Last time I checked he was the one freezing in the north and not me."

"Good point."

The next half hour passed with the two shoveling in several generous helpings of fried grox, Emper-Cola, and many other things in silence other then the occasional sound of scraping forks. Finally, one of them began to slow, coming to a stop as he spoke.

"So, asked her out yet?" Daniel asked, arching a brow when Michael sent a mouthful of drink and food flying out of his mouth and across the table.

"Wha-what?" Michael asked quickly.

"Oh don't pull that crap, I know that look."

"What 'look'?"

"The 'I know I shouldn't be doing this but here I am doing it anyways' look. The xen-, err, Riiana; these past few days shes the only one you've stuttered around."

"She scares the crap outa me!"

"And the greenskin, the heretic?"

"Nope, not as threatening. But enough about me, what about you? How have you been?"

"You suck at trying to changing the subject."

"Its an honest queastion."

"Fine. Got bumped up to LT in case you havn't noticed, joined The Watch a few weeks back."

"The Watch?"

"You know the occasional report about skirmishs with Feral Orks down south?"

"Yea."

"Who do you think they have those skirmishs with? Each army donates troops into it to keep the Orks in check. The pays good, and its what I'm good at, so I thought why not?"

"The first time of real peace in centuries and you still pick to fight? Your impossible."

"Well as the tin cans say, 'Heresy grows-"

"-'From idleness'. Yea, I know the saying. Everyone knows the saying."

"Yea, speaking of which. You and Riiana done the horizantal heretical yet?"

"Dan!"

"Let me tell ya, I scored a Sister a few weeks ago and Emperor protects I couldn't walk for da-"

"DAN!"

"Why do ya always stop me when I get to the good parts?"

"Because I have diginity? Also, your not the only one who knows about women..."

"Oh? I have a long lost brother or something?"

"Ha ha, very funny."

"Still, you should be careful. Sure we're fighting and living by one another, but that dosn't mean people will like that sort of relation yet."

"Yea..."

"Hey, Mikey. Hey! HEY! Your fading again bro."

"Huh? Oh, sorry."

"...You ok?"

"Why wouldn't I be?"

"Well, ya know. For a while you were either at the front of an assault or stuck in the barracks. Glad to see you got your spirit back."

"I dunno what your talking about."

"Come on man I know its not your best conversation piece, but after Tadira III you seemed a li-"

"Been nice talking to you Dan. Thanks for the meal."

"Huh? Hey! HEY! Get back here! Mikey! Aaaand I'm alone, great. Oh hello there Miss Waitress..."

A/N: Not how I planned it, but my own family went a little nuts and I made/posted this at...what time is it? One in the morning, awsome. LE GASP, WHAT IS THIS, REAL PLOT ADVANCEMENT? NO WAY!

Shadowbane509- Maybe a little of both? :D

wolfiuz1- DANG IT...CAN'T. BREATH.