Vincent Hawk
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Sexy British Professor of Music
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Post by Vincent Hawk on Jun 11, 2010 17:55:53 GMT -5
What was a bored music professor to do on a quiet Sunday morning, when no one else seemed to be around? Vincent wandered idly into the empty music room and seated himself at the piano. He flexed his hands briefly to get the blood flowing to his fingers before starting to play the song that had been running through his head all through breakfast. He played a few bars of introduction before starting to sing as well.
"I've heard there was a secret chord That David played, and it pleased the Lord-- But you don't really care for music, do you? It goes like this: the fourth, the fifth, The minor fall, the major lift, The baffled king composing Hallelujah.
Hallelujah, hallelujah, Hallelujah, hallelu... uuu... ujah..."
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Jaebi Lyckander
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Post by Jaebi Lyckander on Jun 11, 2010 18:02:34 GMT -5
Jaebi came into the room on silent feet. He had woken up with little appetite, and so had skipped breakfast. He had skipped a few of things that morning, like jogging a couple of laps on the track, and spiking his hair. His bangs hung like silk over one eye, which was quite distracting-- he kept having to flick his head to the left to get his hair out of his vision.
Oh, but Vincent was practicing something, it seemed. Jaebi leaned against the doorframe, loosely crossing his arms. As he listened, a slow smile curled across his freckled face. He had never been one for religious music-- hell, the closest he got was humming carols at Christmas. But Professor Hawk had a voice that made all the music enjoyable, and though Jaebi didn't know the words he found himself humming quietly along.
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Vincent Hawk
Ireth
Sexy British Professor of Music
~ Sing like no one's listening ~
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Post by Vincent Hawk on Jun 11, 2010 18:19:03 GMT -5
Vincent was well into the third verse of the song before he realized someone had entered the room. He looked up without missing a note with his hands or voice, giving Jaebi a nod of acknowledgement as he continued singing. He finished the song before getting up from the piano and stretching, greeting Jaebi as he did so.
"Good morning, Jaebi," he smiled brightly. "I was beginning to wonder if anyone else was awake yet. How are you?"
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Jaebi Lyckander
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Academy Freshman: Cheetah Shapeshifter
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Post by Jaebi Lyckander on Jun 11, 2010 18:28:04 GMT -5
Jaebi grinned. "I'm doing well. Good morning to you, too." Jaebi flicked his hair out of his eyes again and stepped forward. "Was that the Hallelujah Chorus? I'd never heard the whole thing before." Flick.
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Vincent Hawk
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Sexy British Professor of Music
~ Sing like no one's listening ~
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Post by Vincent Hawk on Jun 11, 2010 18:35:59 GMT -5
"I'm glad to hear it." Vincent smiled as he took a few steps toward Jaebi, sniffling a little as his nose started to itch. "No, but it is called 'Hallelujah'. It's from the Shrek soundtrack, I believe."
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Jaebi Lyckander
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Academy Freshman: Cheetah Shapeshifter
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Post by Jaebi Lyckander on Jun 11, 2010 18:44:13 GMT -5
Jaebi nodded his head, mouth slightly open in an ah expression. He knew he'd recognized the tune from somewhere-- why he'd thought it was the Hallelujah chorus was beyond him. Maybe he should have slept in.
"Bless you," he announced, expecting a sneeze from Vincent.
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Vincent Hawk
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Sexy British Professor of Music
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Post by Vincent Hawk on Jun 11, 2010 18:53:50 GMT -5
Vincent looked confused for a moment, and then sneezed as if on cue.
"Ah, excuse me," he apologized, pulling a handkerchief out of his pocket and wiping his nose. "I must be coming down with something." He sniffed and lowered the handkerchief, smiling at Jaebi and closing the gap between them a little more. He sneezed again, quite abruptly, and then a third time, turning away from Jaebi and burying his nose in his handkerchief.
"I'm so sorry," he apologized again, growing rather confused. "I must be getting ill. It's odd, though, I felt fine a minute ago. I--" another sneeze, ack "--have no idea what might have brought this on. It's normally only cats that do it..."
Oh. Vincent's eyes widened a bit, and he looked at Jaebi again. Of course, it made sense... Jaebi was a werecreature; his animal shape was a cheetah, a relative of the common housecat. Vincent laughed in spite of himself.
"Jaebi, my boy, I do believe I'm allergic to your feral side."
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Jaebi Lyckander
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Academy Freshman: Cheetah Shapeshifter
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Post by Jaebi Lyckander on Jun 11, 2010 19:06:09 GMT -5
Jaebi's cheeks puffed out with a bubble of air, which was let out with a surprised expression. "Ah... I'm sorry?" He reached out to pat Professor Hawk's shoulder, thought better of it, and retracted.
"Oh..." Jaebi half-grinned. "I know-- I had training with Bolin and Zari yesterday. We had to transform-- Zari scratched some of my fur out." He looked down at his clothing (which he had slept in-- he had been far too tired to change) and noticed a few black and gold hairs catching the light against his jeans. Well, damn.
"I'm really sorry, Professor." Jaebi took a few steps away and gave an apologetic chuckle.
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Vincent Hawk
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Sexy British Professor of Music
~ Sing like no one's listening ~
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Post by Vincent Hawk on Jun 11, 2010 19:29:57 GMT -5
"Oh, don't apologize!" Vincent laughed, and sneezed again. "Argh." Sniff.
"Neither of us are to blame," he went on calmly. "I'll just have to stock up on Benadryl, or perhaps see if Ellie can do anything to cure allergies. I think I'll be fine as long as I'm not exposed to too much of your feline self, and I'll try not to let it put a damper on things. Especially your relationship with Ariel," he added with a smirk.
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Jaebi Lyckander
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Academy Freshman: Cheetah Shapeshifter
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Post by Jaebi Lyckander on Jun 11, 2010 19:44:24 GMT -5
Ah, Jaebi thought to himself, grinning despite the deep flush that tinged his neck and ears, I see what you did there, Professor.
"And I thank you for that," he announced.
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Vincent Hawk
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Sexy British Professor of Music
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Post by Vincent Hawk on Jun 12, 2010 21:57:29 GMT -5
Vincent couldn't hold back a grin at Jaebi's obvious blush. "You're very welcome."
He sneezed. Again. Twice. ARGH.
"Oh, for the love of crying out loud!" he muttered, sidestepping carefully around Jaebi and pinchig his nose to ward off more sneezes. "Please excuse me. I need to get some fresh air. And some Benadryl. And a box of tissues. Try not to, ah, shed on anything, alright?" he called to Jaebi over his shoulder on his way out the door and into the hallway.
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Ariel Hawk
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Post by Ariel Hawk on Jun 13, 2010 13:09:43 GMT -5
Ariel yawned and ran a hand through her hair as she came down the hallway toward the music room. She'd been in the courtyard with Jaebi not long ago when she'd heard someone playing a piano and singing in there, and decided to pay a visit to her father.
Seeing him coming out of the room, she quickened her pace to close the space between them, and hugged him tightly when she was close enough. "Morning, Dad!"
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Vincent Hawk
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Sexy British Professor of Music
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Post by Vincent Hawk on Jun 13, 2010 13:15:31 GMT -5
"Oof!" Vincent gasped as he was tackled and hugged by a pyjama-clad angel with tousled hair. "Morning, sweetheart. I'm afraid I have some bad news. I--"
Oh, dear. Just when he'd gotten away from Jaebi's dander, there it was again, invading his nose like a foreign army. He sneezed, much harder than he had before, and winced in pain.
"Ow. Excuse me. Let me guess," he said with a sniffle and a smirk, releasing her, stepping back and wiping his nose, "you were hanging about with Jaebi very recently."
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Ariel Hawk
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Post by Ariel Hawk on Jun 13, 2010 13:18:24 GMT -5
"Bless you," Ariel grinned up at him, wiping her face on her sleeve.
Then her eyes widened in confusion when she mentioned Jaebi. "Don't tell me you're psychic now, too! How did you know?"
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Vincent Hawk
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Sexy British Professor of Music
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Post by Vincent Hawk on Jun 13, 2010 13:21:19 GMT -5
Vincent laughed at Ariel's confusion. "That's what I was about to tell you. Bad news, I'm sorry to say. Apparently I'm quite allergic to your boyfriend's cheetah side. You have a bit of his fur on your pyjamas."
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Ariel Hawk
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Post by Ariel Hawk on Jun 13, 2010 13:26:45 GMT -5
Ariel blinked down at the offending strands, then looked up at her father, starting to grin. "That's the weirdest thing I've heard all week. At least it's just his cat side, right? And you don't see that very often.
"But... hang on. You've been with him in his cheetah form before. I know you have, back in October when you saved me from Creeps. You didn't sneeze up a storm then. Although," she said thoughtfully, "you were also wearing a mask at that point, so that probably helped filter out the dander."
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Vincent Hawk
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Sexy British Professor of Music
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Post by Vincent Hawk on Jun 13, 2010 13:35:23 GMT -5
"Not to mention that I was completely preoccupied with getting you and the others to safety, and I wasn't paying attention to anything else," Vincent added, keeping his nose buried in his handkerchief. "Least of all a few sniffles and sneezes. But in this case, that's the majority of what I'm worried about. I need to go see if Ellie has any allergy medication before I sneeze my sinuses raw. I'll see you later."
He kissed her cheek and turned away, sneezing once more and shaking his head at the riduculousness of it all. Laughing to himself, he hurried on down the hallway toward the sickbay to get his poor, sore nose taken care of.
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Jaebi Lyckander
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Post by Jaebi Lyckander on Jun 13, 2010 23:50:09 GMT -5
Jaebi poked his head out of the door and winced as he watched Vincent go.
He smiled apologetically to Ariel and rubbed the back of his head. "Sorry about that," he said, flicking his hair out of his eyes.
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Ariel Hawk
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Post by Ariel Hawk on Jun 17, 2010 12:19:09 GMT -5
Ariel laughed, stepping into the room to stand beside him. "S'okay. I probably should have told you before that he was allergic to cats, but I wasn't anticipating that he'd spend much time around you in cheetah form. So it's kind of my fault, I guess." She grinned sheepishly. "Poor Dad."
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Jaebi Lyckander
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Academy Freshman: Cheetah Shapeshifter
This secret side of me, hid under lock and key; I keep it caged but I can't control it.
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Post by Jaebi Lyckander on Jun 19, 2010 19:37:08 GMT -5
Jaebi flapped one hand in the air, as if waving her apology away. "Bah. It's cool." He raised one eyebrow and rubbed the back of his neck. "Ellie's always got medicine on hand-- she'll fix him right up."
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Ariel Hawk
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Post by Ariel Hawk on Jun 19, 2010 20:24:28 GMT -5
Ariel grinned and nodded. "That's true. "
She looked thoughtful for a moment. "I wonder if she'd be able to cure his allergies altogether by magic, so he'd never have to worry about it again. Think it's possible?"
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