Gideon Ryder (Aug 30, 2011 8:38:02 AM)
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Gideon Ryder (Aug 30, 2011 8:38:07 AM)
((El?))
Gabriel 'Ink' Langdon (Aug 30, 2011 8:38:24 AM)
*Gabe was in his usual spot with tea and breakfast mostly gone as he looked over a dusty old looking book*
Gideon Ryder (Aug 30, 2011 8:40:17 AM)
*parks the pretty silver car outside the cafe and heads inside, his courty voile in emerald green and pale golds, at war with a sharp charcoal pinstriped vest and slacks, the simple gold chain leading to his pocket might actually be an honest-to-god pocketwatch.*
Gideon Ryder (Aug 30, 2011 8:41:46 AM)
*entering to collect a fresh coffeepot and an empty mug on his way to Ink's corner, habits coming easily to the sidhe* Morning Ink.
Gabriel 'Ink' Langdon (Aug 30, 2011 8:42:10 AM)
*Ink was in a deep hooded victorian captains coat brocade vest cravat in grey…his hair was tied back in a black ribbon he looked bruised…and battered as he looked over the book scribbled and turned the page "Your making this a habit I think you might like it"
Gideon Ryder (Aug 30, 2011 8:43:17 AM)
You're not far from the office here. Lucky for me, I suppose. *sinking to sit down opposite the sluagh and pour his cup* Ink..are you alright? *finally getting a view beneath the hood*
Gabriel 'Ink' Langdon (Aug 30, 2011 8:45:11 AM)
*He scribbled "Run in with someone that didn't agree to my orientation…Mallory and I have been going through the library…I've started to organize it with Mallorys help to push start her reading skills…she's a very apt pupil"
Gideon Ryder (Aug 30, 2011 8:46:22 AM)
Already? We just spoke about that yesterday. *taking a sip of his coffee and appraising the extent of the injuries* I assume you resisted?..
Gideon Ryder (Aug 30, 2011 8:46:41 AM)
((That..isn't a question. lol "May I assume..etc"))
Gabriel 'Ink' Langdon (Aug 30, 2011 8:48:17 AM)
*Scribbles"No I actually took it like a proper gentlemen…bled in the gutter and all crawled home…" he offered a half smile and that was probably a complete true statement...*
Gideon Ryder (Aug 30, 2011 8:49:50 AM)
*grey eyes cold* A proper gentleman runs them through for their idiocy. *succinctly* Mundanes? *the first real hint of a blind spot where Aleron's compassion stood*
Gabriel 'Ink' Langdon (Aug 30, 2011 8:52:10 AM)
*He simply nods "Three of them…they were strapping lads…quite a bit larger then me" he sipped his tea and watched tilting his head curious of his word choice*
Gideon Ryder (Aug 30, 2011 8:54:47 AM)
Aren't they always. *flatly* I daresay they'd have attempted to do the same to me over the years if I weren't so bloody tall.
Gabriel 'Ink' Langdon (Aug 30, 2011 8:55:45 AM)
*He shrugged a little and scribbled "I guess I've always been picked on and a target…even when I was small…" he watched Aleron curiously now*
Gideon Ryder (Aug 30, 2011 9:03:07 AM)
*a headshake at that, the sidhe deciding against further comments on the subject for whatever reason, though his coffee gets a dark look before he lifts it to his lips*
Gabriel 'Ink' Langdon (Aug 30, 2011 9:03:32 AM)
*He scribbles "Do tell...
Gabriel 'Ink' Langdon (Aug 30, 2011 9:03:43 AM)
"You have a thought do tell..."
Gabriel 'Ink' Langdon (Aug 30, 2011 9:03:48 AM)
(STUPID MAC)
Gideon Ryder (Aug 30, 2011 9:05:08 AM)
*on the verge of asking what it was he should tell..he reads the second note* Nothing that bears repeating. Truly. *forcing a lighter expression into place* How is Emma doing with her collar?
Gabriel 'Ink' Langdon (Aug 30, 2011 9:06:02 AM)
"Not very well I'm afraid Antoine is at his wits end as to what to do with her…I'm still doing research but its slow going since the library is in such disarray…Your upset they beat me up? Why?"
Gabriel 'Ink' Langdon (Aug 30, 2011 9:06:11 AM)
*The sluagh never one to let the sidhe off easy*
Gideon Ryder (Aug 30, 2011 9:09:06 AM)
Chalk it up to general injustice.
Gabriel 'Ink' Langdon (Aug 30, 2011 9:09:31 AM)
*He tilts his head a little and shakes his head no"You can't get off that easily..."
Gideon Ryder (Aug 30, 2011 9:13:11 AM)
*he eyes the sluagh a moment, the instinct to tell the commoner that "Yes..he really could" at war with cooler thinking* Once upon a time, when I was younger and somewhat more in practice with weapons, I first toyed with coloring outside the lines. He was a year younger and blinded by thoughts of sweet romance. I was merely curious.
Gabriel 'Ink' Langdon (Aug 30, 2011 9:14:29 AM)
*He smiles at this and tilted his head "And oddly enough I'm not suprised you coloring outside the lines… Do tell…" he was offering a kind smile it was refreshing to him to see something of the sidhe that wasn't dute or marytrdom*
Gideon Ryder (Aug 30, 2011 9:15:10 AM)
Two of the boys on the football team caught him otuside school grounds and broke his jaw, his arm, a few ribs.. He wasn't found for the better part of a day.
Gabriel 'Ink' Langdon (Aug 30, 2011 9:17:21 AM)
*He nodded slowly picturing it in his mind as he tilted his head his brow furrowed knowing what that boy felt like…as he'd been through it just 48 hours ago…he fared a little better but only by cheating*
Gideon Ryder (Aug 30, 2011 9:20:28 AM)
I visited him in the hospital. I was worried.. He asked me, why hadn't they come for me.
Gideon Ryder (Aug 30, 2011 9:22:21 AM)
Turns out, he'd been lying there behind a store, terrified that they'd find me next. That he couldn't warn me. And instead, I show up two days later, without a scratch. *pausing* He was..screaming at me by the end of it.
Gabriel 'Ink' Langdon (Aug 30, 2011 9:23:38 AM)
*He scribbled "How did you feel about it?"
Gabriel 'Ink' Langdon (Aug 30, 2011 9:24:25 AM)
*This was what the sluagh thrived on human experience…since he had next to none…this intimate moment meant more to him then Aleron would probably ever know…*
Gideon Ryder (Aug 30, 2011 9:26:16 AM)
I don't know..mortified.. shocked. I didn't know what to say or to, I stood there staring at him until his words started hurting me and then I left. I don't remember signing back out or leaving the hospital. But I can recall laying in my bed that night, staring at the ceiling.
Gabriel 'Ink' Langdon (Aug 30, 2011 9:27:30 AM)
*He leaned forward now his inky black eyes searching the sidhe's to find out what he thought about staring at the ceiling what went through him. Did it truely effect him…or did it simply pass like most things*
Gideon Ryder (Aug 30, 2011 9:30:55 AM)
*quietly* I couldn't answer him and yet I needed an answer. As if the question were an infection he'd passed to me with his madness in the hospital room. *the colorless eyes beneath tense brows, betraying a haunted distance* A poison. I found the boys at their football practice that afternoon and I waited for them..
Gabriel 'Ink' Langdon (Aug 30, 2011 9:32:58 AM)
*He leaned forward now resting a hand on his chin his finger resting on the lower lip as he tilted his head watching Aleron go away to a time away from the here and now as he comitted this all to memory the look in Aleron's eyes his facial expressions body language…he was a mirror reflecting it*
Gideon Ryder (Aug 30, 2011 9:38:34 AM)
It wasn't fair.. They were trained to run into someone, to stop them. Throw a crude punch or two. Kick once their opponent was down. I was faster..and my teacher..once upon a time, had taught me to deal enough pain that my opponents would give up. I took no joy in it.. I was poisoned by the question I could not answer. Everything I did to them was pointless. I only wanted their answer.
Gabriel 'Ink' Langdon (Aug 30, 2011 9:40:05 AM)
*He bit his lower lip waiting to hear if Aleron ever got what he was seeking in that violent action. That need that drove him to the action…like dominoes in a strange chain of events…*
Gideon Ryder (Aug 30, 2011 9:44:38 AM)
*a glimpse of what Aleron might still be like with a cause, even one he couldn't understand at the time. A question and no real reason at all behind it. Doubtless more than a touch of the storied Gwydion rage behind his actions, something had hurt him and he couldn't understand it, couldn't defend against it, but he could destroy it* Such a ..stupid answer. *even now, amazed that it could have caused so much* I was popular.
Gabriel 'Ink' Langdon (Aug 30, 2011 9:46:25 AM)
*He'd held his breath until that answer came then he took a slow exhale that rattled a little because of the broken ribs. He swallowed a moment and even if he had the ability to speak he had no words for that answer…he lowered his head a moment but he couldn't take his eyes off the sidhe now as he saw…saw an echo of his Mistress when she let loose on those that took her love..*
Gideon Ryder (Aug 30, 2011 9:48:07 AM)
They had decided that the rumors were a lie, because they liked me. That -I- hadn't done anything. It was the other boy's fault. The things they said didn't make any sense. It was ridiculous and suddenly it all made me ..so sick. I know not what grace of the Dreaming kept me from being ill right there in front of them. *a headshake, his sculpted features drawn in study, as if looking at the events through a clouded lens*
Gabriel 'Ink' Langdon (Aug 30, 2011 9:49:49 AM)
*He slowly took pen to paper now even as his mind recorded the events for future use "My mother once told me something when I was very small and I didn't understand it at age 5 but I know it all too well now. Thought it be bright and beautiful there is a darkness there so tread lightly child and do have great care…"*
Gabriel 'Ink' Langdon (Aug 30, 2011 9:50:46 AM)
*He scribbled once more"Do you know why they struck me down and to the pavemet?"
Gideon Ryder (Aug 30, 2011 9:51:42 AM)
Only what you said. You told me, because of your preferences. *his composure burying much of his thoughts, not through artifice though*
Gabriel 'Ink' Langdon (Aug 30, 2011 9:53:07 AM)
*The sluagh shook his head "It wasn't men that hurt me…but women…because they liked Tyler…and were jealous that I was on his arm…" the sluagh looked away yes three women had beat him so brutally and that's why he didn't fight back and you could see plainly on his face that he hadn't told Tyler it was women that did this*
Gideon Ryder (Aug 30, 2011 9:56:08 AM)
Jealousy. No wonder the Mundys call it a deadly sin. *sipping his coffee*
Gabriel 'Ink' Langdon (Aug 30, 2011 9:57:18 AM)
*He simply nodded "Indeed…one of the deadliest…I've seen it tear people apart…Did you ever tell the gent why they hadn't hurt you?"
Gideon Ryder (Aug 30, 2011 9:59:55 AM)
No. *he shook his head* I never went back to that school. Just..registered somewhere else and moved my home to a new cantrev.. Not really a home, just a straggling entourage left from my mother's staff before we lost our holdings.
Gabriel 'Ink' Langdon (Aug 30, 2011 10:01:22 AM)
*He scribbled as he nodded "Do you regret not going back to give him a proper answer…?" this part the heart of the matter for the sluagh as if he was searching for something within Aleron now*
Gideon Ryder (Aug 30, 2011 10:06:27 AM)
I don't think..the answer would hep him. It didn't help me. *quietly, grey gaze levelling..whatever had finaly brought him a sort of peace over the issue..it hadn't been what he accomplished that day*
Gideon Ryder (Aug 30, 2011 10:07:36 AM)
((Sorry slow! Making dinner early here before the parent teacher meeting))
Gabriel 'Ink' Langdon (Aug 30, 2011 10:07:42 AM)
*He slowly nodded and looked down but it seems he'd found what he was looking for and nodded to himself and scribbled"You have bared part of your soul…and I wish you to know that I appreciate your candor and honesty…"
Gabriel 'Ink' Langdon (Aug 30, 2011 10:07:46 AM)
(totally fine dear)
Gideon Ryder (Aug 30, 2011 10:09:02 AM)
.. That implies I hide some part of it. *wry, draining the rest of the cooling mug*
Gabriel 'Ink' Langdon (Aug 30, 2011 10:09:56 AM)
*He scribbles"No but you don't exactly place all your cards on the table your a proper reserved gentlemen…you would be akin to Wyld where as I would be Keats…"*
Gideon Ryder (Aug 30, 2011 10:10:56 AM)
I'm not that thorougly read. What comprison is this, Oscar Wilde?
Gabriel 'Ink' Langdon (Aug 30, 2011 10:11:06 AM)
*He nods*
Gabriel 'Ink' Langdon (Aug 30, 2011 10:11:28 AM)
*He scribbled "Wilde was one that kept his hand of cards to his chest while Keats cried at the drop of a hat…"
Gabriel 'Ink' Langdon (Aug 30, 2011 10:16:17 AM)
*He half smiled "Fine pair we are…"*
Gideon Ryder (Aug 30, 2011 10:19:32 AM)
You crying, and I play poker?
Gabriel 'Ink' Langdon (Aug 30, 2011 10:20:49 AM)
*He scribbles"Metaphor my good man…I know your house isn't known for it…"
Gideon Ryder (Aug 30, 2011 10:21:38 AM)
Mm, no we are not. *a light smile betrays that he might have been making a joke*
Gabriel 'Ink' Langdon (Aug 30, 2011 10:23:09 AM)
*His usual wheeze snort of a laugh as he leaned forward a little and looked to him"You realize there are going to be rumors abound of us having morning coffee…" a wry smile at this "I can hear the others talk of a torrid love affair over cafe au lait…" another wheeze snort*
Gideon Ryder (Aug 30, 2011 10:26:50 AM)
You are quite safe from my advances, as is everyone I have thus far met. *light humor in the tone, but also a certain resignation* Entirely aside from the torrid triangle you already seem to possess. I wouldn't want to skew the shape.
Gabriel 'Ink' Langdon (Aug 30, 2011 10:30:27 AM)
*He snorts a little "Yes well Tyler already accuses…and we already sorted this out quite some time ago…we decided nothing more then friends and I am most pleased with that its rare to get intelligent conversation above the normal chit chat…"
Gideon Ryder (Aug 30, 2011 10:34:24 AM)
afk
Gabriel 'Ink' Langdon (Aug 30, 2011 11:01:12 AM)
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Gideon Ryder (Aug 30, 2011 11:34:24 AM)
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Gabriel 'Ink' Langdon (Aug 30, 2011 11:34:34 AM)
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