THE CIRCLE - TRAINING GUYS
Mar 28, 2014 22:53:12 GMT -8
Post by Thy Dungyeon Maestyr on Mar 28, 2014 22:53:12 GMT -8
OUT IN THE STAIRWELL,
Darren had meant to talk to Eli, but Leo got out in front of him and hijacked his attention.
Mostly, she was just catching up on what was going on. She let him know she lived in a
spooky elementary school-ish building next to a proper old abbey and fancy cathedral.
Eli let her know that he and Jason were stay in some moderne style casa not far away,
and that Chloë was doing better. She was pleased, but also quick to change subjects
to weird mystery-hunting young adult fiction-styled ideas about unlife.
On the stairs a bit further behind,
Sophie thought the jogging was a bit lame, but she went along with the others, distracted
by something Cameron had said earlier. She hadn't figured the connection out until then,
but holy shit she wanted to find a cat to talk to, like right now.
Darren fell in beside her.
guy took to it like a cat to water. Cats again...
didn't recognize Darren. That was not her scene.
Suddenly, Cameron jumped a banister and dropped to the flight
below Sophie & Darren, likely to catch up to Eli and Leo quickly.
His hair was starting to shake the surly bonds of the product...
Down the stairs a bit, Eli and Leo had heard the mention of fashion from above.
Leo was occasionally doing tricks to entertain herself - skipping steps, bouncing
off the walls, sliding on rails.
Leo was still being a weirdo on the hand rail, now sliding down it backwards.
She laughed, despite Eli's moopish demeanor, for this moment enjoying herself.
think of it as a race. Not wanting to be a rotten egg,
Back upstairs, Trevor could clearly hear
Courtney quietly converse with Vitus.
Courtney's "far from glamorous" observation.
At Trevor's words, she came back into the open area with him.
less-rockin-than-expected ways and caught up to the nerd in the roja camisa.
Cam and Leo had gone all the way down and back up again, and when they encountered
Eli and Darren, the dudes took it as an excuse to double back without doing the whole circuit.
They intercepted Sophie who did likewise, and they all met up again in that office space with
Vitus and the rest...
Darren had meant to talk to Eli, but Leo got out in front of him and hijacked his attention.
Mostly, she was just catching up on what was going on. She let him know she lived in a
spooky elementary school-ish building next to a proper old abbey and fancy cathedral.
Eli let her know that he and Jason were stay in some moderne style casa not far away,
and that Chloë was doing better. She was pleased, but also quick to change subjects
to weird mystery-hunting young adult fiction-styled ideas about unlife.
On the stairs a bit further behind,
Cameron-
"This seems unnecessarily
rough on a fancy-ass suit."
Darren-
"Why do they bother? I think this goofy-ass
shirt I'm wearing cost a hundred bucks."
Sophie-
"..."
Sophie thought the jogging was a bit lame, but she went along with the others, distracted
by something Cameron had said earlier. She hadn't figured the connection out until then,
but holy shit she wanted to find a cat to talk to, like right now.
Darren fell in beside her.
She figured it couldn't have been long. The
Darren-
"Hey. Wassup?"
Sophie-
"Yo. How's it goin?" Sophie had been still pondering her
cat-thoughts, but snapped out of it as Darren approached.
Darren-
"You seem cool. These other guys are,
like, double nerds. Or punk kids."
Sophie-
"Ha, nah, they're all pretty cool. So what's your
thing Darren? How long have you been vampy?"
guy took to it like a cat to water. Cats again...
Sophie was one of the few in the group who
Darren-
"Yeah, maybe they're cool. I got
killed last week. Whatcha gonna do?"
Sophie-
"Well, that Helen chick seems sweet anyway. We didn't get
to talk much at the party.. what did you do before all this?"
didn't recognize Darren. That was not her scene.
Darren-
"Not much. Being a junkie is a full time job.
What did you do? Something about fashion..?"
Their conversation seemed likely to peter out.
Suddenly, Cameron jumped a banister and dropped to the flight
below Sophie & Darren, likely to catch up to Eli and Leo quickly.
Cameron-
"Yo homes, smell ya later!"
His hair was starting to shake the surly bonds of the product...
Down the stairs a bit, Eli and Leo had heard the mention of fashion from above.
Leo was occasionally doing tricks to entertain herself - skipping steps, bouncing
off the walls, sliding on rails.
Cam caught up to Leo and Eli, skipping into view at the landing above them.
Eli-
"Don't know how much worse I could do
to mine, lose the few buttons it still has?"
Trileon-
"Think of it this way Eli. At least you
aren't the space princess here."
Leo was still being a weirdo on the hand rail, now sliding down it backwards.
She laughed, despite Eli's moopish demeanor, for this moment enjoying herself.
He started off even faster, prompting the girl to
Trileon-
"There he is! Now that's what I'm talking
about. Welcome to the party Cam!"
Eli-
"You're irrepressible as ever."
Cameron-
"Maybe I am. Comin' through!"
think of it as a race. Not wanting to be a rotten egg,
They were quickly out of sight, leaving Eli behind.
Trileon-
"You're on, dude! Your ass is mine!"
Back upstairs, Trevor could clearly hear
Courtney quietly converse with Vitus.
That was as open to interpretation as
Courtney-
"I'm sorry, you're reading,
but I didn't bring a book..."
Vitus-
He put the book down. "I understand...
Is there something you want to talk about?"
Courtney-
"Mm... The younger vampires, other
than the film crew. Who were they?"
Vitus-
"Why do you want to know?"
Courtney-
"Thinking about something."
Vitus-
"Er, Jack, Darren, that killer guy, the model, er, Teddy?,
and Chloë was last I think, before you guys."
Courtney-
"Hm... And the master vampires?"
Vitus-
"Sombreta, Dragomir, Greyburn, Marchese,
Lepponen. Now I'm curious. What's this about?"
Courtney-
"I'm not sure, but if I remember it right, eliminating all of the masters
and all of the youngest vampires, it leaves nothing but total glamour
plates, like you. Which makes sense. Master vampires choose the
ones they find sexy. But once you went for the large group, you
ended with a mixed bag. Some of us are pretty far from glamorous."
Vitus-
"... What? No. What? You're all lovely."
Courtney-
"Really? All my shapeless clothes and my crungy
white sneaks? My three year old socks with the
hole in the toe and faded unicorns? Big Nick?"
Vitus-
"The Cutter, yeah, that was his name. "
Courtney-
"Lovely?"
Vitus-
"Well, you're lovely."
Courtney-
"The frizzy puffball? The figure like a grocery bag?"
Vitus-
"What? The dress isn't made for you is all. Oh, listen. We aren't supposed
to be judging your appearance, or anyone's. These are new times."
Courtney-
She smiled and cocked her eyes up. Really?
"I missed the memo. What have you heard?"
Vitus-
"Oh, see, since the Revolutionary Cycle, it's all been about progress. The
Aegenian revolutionaries had strong ideas, but in practice they couldn't
realize them. But the Pax Moderne has given license to successive waves
of intellectual movements. Progressive thought, better freedom and equality
for all... Well, er, freedom's probably a sore subject for you at the moment."
Courtney-
"Oh just spit it out."
Vitus-
"Feminism. The world has been stacked against the ladies. Patriarchy has
many of you judging your worth by your appearance. As a way to move
past that, we would do better to judge by, oh, skills and accomplishments.
What was it you do again?"
Courtney-
"Vampire slave."
Vitus-
"Erm, yeah."
Courtney-
"..."
Vitus-
"Well, you look good."
Trevor -
"Don't worry, Courtney. You're
not the worst dressed of us."
Courtney's "far from glamorous" observation.
At Trevor's words, she came back into the open area with him.
Courtney-
"Yeah, what happened to Leo?" Trevor -
"I don't know. Is it only me, or does
the costume somehow suits her a little?"
Vitus had stayed with his book, out of sight around the corner, but spoke.
Vitus-Back in the stairwell, Darren had become sufficiently bored of Sophie's
"I don't know much about fashion in practice, but I'm given to
understand old Greyburn really does have an eye for it. I'm told."
Courtney-
"I guess I just don't get it..."
less-rockin-than-expected ways and caught up to the nerd in the roja camisa.
Darren-
"Holy shit I'm bored."
Eli-
"Ha dude, you must live to the edge. I'd have a hard time being
bored what with my friends turning into K-Horror ghosts."
Eli-
"But yeah, I can see your point."
Darren-
"It's more about the peopl-- Nevermind.
Hey, are any of your friendos narcs?"
Eli-
"Narcs? I don't think anyone cares if we smoke--"
Eli-
"Ohh... like to the-- Got it. I don't think so. Well...
not sure. A couple of them are a bit mysterious..."
Darren-
"Fuck it, it'll have to do. I don't think that Vitus can hear
us all the way down here, so I was wonderin', you think
you might be up for...taking out all the vampires?"
Eli-
"Wha?! Wow, uh, you think we could do that?"
Darren-
"There's gotta be a way, why not? Like secret weaknesses,
or maybe some kinda magic item out there is a sword that
can kill all vampires, or maybe the church knows somethin'.
Anyhow, ya notice how some vamps don't like it when you
say god stuff? Like the bossy ginge. Somethin' like that."
Eli-
"Hm, seems like if it were possible someone would've already
done it... But that's an interesting idea. You think like, white
magic or something? The church... could that be real?"
Darren-
"Godchurch sucks and wouldn't wanna help us anyway, but maybe
we can find out somethin' about somethin', especially if we can get
free enough to run around like Jack does. We probly shouldn't get
too specific right now, but if you could get revenge, take out the
bloodsucking monsters that think they own Harlan, would you do it?"
Eli-
"I don't know, maybe... I dunno if they're ever gonna wanna chop my
head off 'cause I used the wrong fork... I definitely would prefer to stay
alive, and maybe even that would take some fudgin' magic ring..."
Darren-
"OK, but if we're gonna do stuff, I gotta know. You in or out?"
Eli-
"Alright, I'm in... I'm just not gonna get myself killed again.
I think we need to do the long game if we're gonna do anything.
Don't even know if these fools can get staked or if they're
scared of fire or anything yet..."
Darren-
"Cool... Yeah, not like we can just ask 'em either, 'oh, what
are vampire weaknesses y'all?' They'd see right through that
and we'd end up with like, katanas in our hearts or somethin'."
Eli-
"Tch yeah, what kind of weirdo would do that..."
Cam and Leo had gone all the way down and back up again, and when they encountered
Eli and Darren, the dudes took it as an excuse to double back without doing the whole circuit.
They intercepted Sophie who did likewise, and they all met up again in that office space with
Vitus and the rest...
{originally}
Cameron-
"Isn't that what we're supposed to not be doing?"