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Post by Veronique Poulain on Aug 12, 2009 7:49:56 GMT -5
This room has four walls, a door, and probably all that other stuff dorms are supposed to have.
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Zephyros Aetai
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Post by Zephyros Aetai on Sept 5, 2009 2:18:43 GMT -5
Zeph entered slowly, a bit late. He wasn't late by curfew... but rather by what was his normal time for getting back to his room after a workout. Hopefully Notos wouldn't notice... He usually wasn't that observant, and he didn't want to answer questions.
He flopped on his bed, yawning. He closed his eyes and started thinking about Jason again. He couldn't help, and didn't really notice, the dreamy look that formed on his face again.
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Post by Notos Aetai on Sept 6, 2009 18:01:03 GMT -5
Notos was tired, it had been a long fucking day. Classes had been stupid and boring and as if it wasn't hard enough to pay attention to those idiots in general the words of Mortal from the Opening Ceremonies had been playing in his head non-stop since than.
He was looking forward to some solitude, time alone where he could really think. He swung open the door to his room and stared. There was stuff in HIS room....it wasn't HIS stuff. He narrowed his eyes. "Hell no."
Dropping his bag at the threshold he walked forward only looking at the open window. Grabbing an armful of the stuff that wasn't his as he went. Reaching the window he smiled and threw it out.
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Post by Zephyros Aetai on Sept 6, 2009 18:03:31 GMT -5
Zephyros stopped him, "Hey moron. If you want me to leave, that's great. Next time tell me, not throwing my stuff out."
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Post by Notos Aetai on Sept 6, 2009 18:05:36 GMT -5
Notos stopped short as a armful of clothing drifted out of the window, he stared with a blank expression for a few moments. You could almost HEAR the wheels in his head turning.
"Zeph? Where the hell did you come from?"
Was all he could come up with.
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Post by Zephyros Aetai on Sept 6, 2009 18:10:46 GMT -5
Zephyros rolled his eyes. "Khaos. Obviously you are exhausted, but you are going to help me get my clothes back first. Clear?"
Well, at least Notos wasn't going to notice the fact that he... had other things on his mind at the moment. Not for a while at least.
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Post by Notos Aetai on Sept 6, 2009 18:48:51 GMT -5
Notos smiled.
"Surly brother."
Without any other movement he stuck an arm out the window palm down. Heat began to fill the room and the curtains began to whip around. After a few moments the clothing came back up again and drifted into the room, falling on Zephyros' bed.
Notos' smiled even wider.
"No harm?"
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Post by Zephyros Aetai on Sept 6, 2009 18:56:23 GMT -5
"I suppose not," Zephyros sighed. He couldn't... move things on command like Notos could. He tended more toward the 'just making ambient weather worse' aspect of wind. Though he obviously had some control or his hair wouldn't always be so exactly how he wanted. Controlling air currents around his person was a handy talent too. Maybe it was because summer winds tended to be stronger...
Zephyros shook his head, but not at his brother. "Yeah, better. Go to bed, brother."
He started folding his clothes, putting them away again. He moved slowly, still preoccupied.
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Post by Notos Aetai on Sept 6, 2009 19:37:14 GMT -5
Notos sighed and shrugged, walking to the threshold he picked up his bag and closed the door.
I have a whole lot of homework, I really need to start. Yes. English, Algebra 2, Biology, Advanced Conjuration, Martial Arts, Introduction to Culinary Arts (God fuck it Vero!) Right, really need to start so I can have it tomorrow and be a good student
He dumped the bag at the foot of his bed nudging it underneath with his foot and throw himself against the mattress landing on his back. He put his hands behind his head and laid back looking up at the ceiling with an odd look on his face.
"Zephyros. Do you have any idea what we could become?" He asked quietly not looking at his brother.
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Post by Zephyros Aetai on Sept 6, 2009 19:40:47 GMT -5
Zephyros looked at him, jerked out of his reverie. What kind of question was that? And what was up with that look on Notos' face? He was missing something...
Zeph hopped onto his bed, his head leaned to the side and resting on his shoulder. He tried to think of a good answer... and could only think of another question.
"What do you mean?" he asked. Gods, that was intelligent.
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Post by Notos Aetai on Sept 6, 2009 19:50:34 GMT -5
Notos chuckled, and an unpleasant smile spread slowly across his face.
"We could be so much, we could be GODS. Stronger then any of these people, stronger then Veronique, stronger then Mortale, stronger even then Yaodensai. They will never know what it means to be a God, they will never fly as we can. But... this is all what we could be. Are we really on the right path now? To get there?"
He still didn't look at his brother. He felt like he shouldn't'
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Post by Zephyros Aetai on Sept 6, 2009 19:54:50 GMT -5
Zephyros paused, confused. They could be gods? What did that mean? They were named after gods, yes, but... they could BE gods? And what was this about flying?
What was going on with his brother? He looked down quickly. Did he want that kind of power? The hunger in Notos' voice... it worried him. He'd missed the opening ceremonies, heard something about Mortale showing up... He also did not like that smile on his brother's face.
"Wha-" he stopped, thinking again. "Perhaps we could. But think of this... at what cost would this power come? What would be lost?"
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Post by Notos Aetai on Sept 6, 2009 20:01:53 GMT -5
"Depends. What is there to lose?"
Notos sat up and looked down at his hands. He didn't have a smile anymore, his faced looked like he didn't know what kind of expression to make.
"What do I have to lose? We have each other which we certainly won't lose so why worry hmmm? I have no one, no friends, no lovers, no one I care to lose but you and Euros. Are you any different brother?" He asked a vicious smile on his face.
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Post by Zephyros Aetai on Sept 6, 2009 20:08:19 GMT -5
Zephyros looked at him, then out the window. "I have friends here... not a lover..."
Very softly, he added "yet."
He didn't turn his gaze from the clouds outside. "What if the cost is that which makes us who, what we are? What if the cost... is that which we hold most dear? It could easily be possible that your cost to gain this... is my life. Or that of Euros. Do you want to become something to be feared? Isolated and alone forever? Gods are lonely, Notos. Even those with close families... are lonely."
He looked at his hands, closing them slowly into fists. To have power... was he not just watching his brother's skill, his ability, with envy? The idea burned within his mind too, but... His fists tightened more, until it hurt, until his nails dug into his palm to the point of drawing blood. He swallowed, his throat dry. He certainly had not expected this...
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Post by Notos Aetai on Sept 6, 2009 20:21:06 GMT -5
Notos' smile turned warm as he got up from his bunk and crossed the room to his brother's bed. He took Zephyros' hands in his own and looked into his brother's golden eyes with his smoldering crimson.
"Train with me brother. Become strong with me."
It was said as a statement but it was a question. And he waited, searching his brother's eyes.
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Post by Zephyros Aetai on Sept 6, 2009 20:27:24 GMT -5
Zephyros looked at him, conflicted. The... the idea of growing strong was certainly tempting... power was sweet, he knew that. But other things in life were sweet too. Love, and even friendship. Trust. But this was his brother... the one he loved the most, the one he trusted and could live with the easiest. His closest confidant.
He didn't want to disappoint him... the very idea was bitter as gall in his throat. He swallowed again, the silence growing thick and heavy. Answer him, Zephyros!
"On one condition..." he said, so softly as to be hard to hear.
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Post by Notos Aetai on Sept 6, 2009 20:33:47 GMT -5
Notos now felt excited himself, they could do this, he could be that image he saw. He could earn his wings. He still had his brother's hands in his and he leaned even closer.
"What?"
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Post by Zephyros Aetai on Sept 6, 2009 20:37:46 GMT -5
"No one gets hurt. I mean no one," Zephyros' eyes burned into his brother's now, strongly. "Even each other. Notos... you've SEEN what we can do. Remember when my girlfriend broke up with me? I almost destroyed half of a state in the USA. We've destroyed parts of our house, taken roof tiles off of this building, killed trees by tearing them in half... working together, yes, but... do you... honestly... want to be able to do that alone?"
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Post by Notos Aetai on Sept 6, 2009 20:42:34 GMT -5
Notos' eyes flashed, what kind of question was that, of course he wanted to be able to do that. And no one would get hurt, he was too strong to make mistakes surely. In fact he could save people.
"Of course brother." He agreed nodding. "Nobody shall be hurt, now shall we practice?"
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Post by Zephyros Aetai on Sept 6, 2009 20:46:02 GMT -5
Zephyros blinked, "Now? I mean... right now? ...where?"
He didn't USUALLY get thrown off like this... was it his preoccupation with Jason, or just something about this school? Notos didn't used to confuse him... was it his brother that was changing, or himself? And was it a change he wanted?
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Post by Notos Aetai on Sept 6, 2009 21:07:24 GMT -5
Notos beamed grabbing his brother's arm he pulled him up and to the door.
"Let's go! Let's go!!"
He hadn't been this excited in awhile.
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Post by Zephyros Aetai on Sept 6, 2009 21:15:51 GMT -5
Zephyros felt himself being dragged along in confusion.
This day took an odd turn somewhere... and I'm not sure where. he thought to himself as Notos almost literally pulled him off his feet and down the hall. Notos wasn't usually this... well, passionate about something while he was reserved. It was usually the other way around.
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Post by Zephyros Aetai on Oct 13, 2009 14:05:48 GMT -5
Zephyros carefully opened the door to his room with the side of his hands, avoiding getting any blood on the knob as he went straight to the bathroom. Rudeth had gotten all the glass out, thankfully... or more thankfully that Zeph had been able to hold still long enough.
He washed his hands, almost enjoying it with a masochistic pleasure... or as a way to punish himself for that moronic outburst. He was grateful he hadn't run into Jason yet. And managed to escape Aritha. His hands continued to bleed as he nudged the under-sink cabinet open with his foot and fished out a very small first aid kit. Using just the tips of his fingers, which had completely avoided getting cut on the glass, he got it open. Still using the tips of his fingers, he dug out a package of gauze and tore it open with his teeth, trying to wrap up his hands.
Blood dripped to the floor as he tried to bandage his hands. It was really starting to hurt and he blinked away the tears forming in his eyes. Finally he just held his hands over the sink and ran water over them, his head bowed. Tears slid down his cheeks; anger at himself, memories, and the pain in his hands all combining to overwhelm his usual control. He sank to his knees, his hands still over the sink as his forehead rested on the edge of it. His eyes burned as he fought back the tears, his pride not allowing him to cry over something so trivial, even alone. His hands still hurt, and the cuts were still oozing blood. A soft whimper rose in his throat, but he cut it down viciously, along with the sobs that matched his tears. If only he'd hurt just one arm and not the other as well, he'd have been able to bandage it up and hopefully hide the evidence before Notos or anyone came in. Though the headmistress was bound to hear about what had happened.
His cheek hurt too. The bruise that so highlighted his high cheekbones throbbed, and hurt as tears slid over it. That was going to be harder to hide than his hands.... if he could only get the hands bandaged, he could just wear fingerless gloves like the new history professor. Little deviations from the uniform like that were acceptable, after all, and he could hide bandages under them. Grabbing the gauze again, he started wrapping it around his hand until all of the little cuts were covered. Once that hand was done, he ripped the roll and started bandaging his other hand, tightly. Again, he took an almost masochistic pleasure in the pain, wrapping his other hand just as tightly once the blood stopped. Not tight enough to cut off the circulation, but enough that he could hide the bandages as he intended.
Getting some plastic gloves first, he started cleaning the blood that had dripped from his hands as he was taking care of them, getting the doorknob and the blood in the room proper as well. Notos was still away... probably causing wind storms in the forest, but that just made it easier to hide this from him. Throwing the gloves in the trash, he found some of those 'one-size-fits-all' black gloves and cut the fingers off, pulling the gloves on over the gauze wrapped around his palms. He closed his hands slowly, forming tight fists. His hands still had a complete range of movement... if he didn't tell Jason, if no one else told him, Jason wouldn't know he'd been hurt. The bruise was easily brushed off as running into a wall while talking; he'd done it before.
Zeph sat on his bed and put his head in his hands, closing his eyes slowly. Another window... he'd cut up Hitoshi's face and knew he needed to apologize for that. Needed to apologize to Alex for knocking him over... He groaned, putting his hands over his face and flinching away as they brushed against the bruise on his cheek. How had he managed to ruin a perfectly good day so quickly? His arm throbbed and he pulled his sleeve up to look at another new bruise. He had to think for a moment to realize that Alex's head had hit his arm as they fell, and that was probably where the bruise had come from. That one could come from the same place as his cheek, stumbling into a wall... while reading. Yeah... he'd been trying to get a book finished before class and forgot to, so he read through it quickly and ran into a wall when he tried to turn a corner. That would explain both of them well.
He wanted to go to Jason right now... Jason would know something was wrong, though. He always seemed to pick up on that sort of thing. Maybe it was because Zeph mostly looked for him when something was wrong. He pulled in a choking breath, grabbing a pillow and burying his face in it. Biting it to keep the sound of his sobs silent, he finally gave up on his pride and started crying.
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Post by Jason Hiller on Oct 13, 2009 19:12:59 GMT -5
Jason approached Zeph's dormitory door, knowing that if Zeph wasn't here, then Jason had no idea where to find him. He had already searched all of Zeph's usual haunts--the gym and the courtyard--as well as the mess hall, with no luck. He raised a hand and knocked a few times, then stood back and waited for a reply.
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Post by Zephyros Aetai on Oct 13, 2009 19:16:17 GMT -5
Zeph had mostly cried himself out, just sitting in the room silently. He blinked, grateful that his eyes had dried, and rushed to straighten things out.
"Who is it?" he called, putting his bed back in place and the mini-kit back under the sink. He really didn't care, he just was stalling. It wasn't one of Notos' friends... so it was probably Aritha come to chew him out. He looked around quickly and knew the only things out of place were the bruises on his face and arm. "Come in!"
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