Vincent Hawk
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Post by Vincent Hawk on Jun 13, 2010 21:11:34 GMT -5
Vincent walked briskly down the hallways, looking purposefully left and right as he went. It wasn't quite dark enough that he had to use his torch yet, but he held it at his side, knowing that he would need it eventually. It was almost curfew, and what little light there was here was gradually fading.
Spotting someone walking ahead of him, he called out a gentle warning. "You should be getting to bed, please. It's nearly curfew."
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Korlian
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Post by Korlian on Jun 13, 2010 21:15:35 GMT -5
Korlian glanced back and grinned widely at him. He stood waiting for Professor Hawk to catch up, his head tilted to the side. "Bed? But I caaaan't," he mock-whined, still grinning. "I'm far too awake and I still have twenty minutes."
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Vincent Hawk
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Post by Vincent Hawk on Jun 13, 2010 21:23:16 GMT -5
Vincent raised an eyebrow at the boy as he drew nearer to him. "You can always burn your energy somehow in your room, can you not? I remember the last time I met you in the halls after dark and you told me you weren't tired. It was a rather hard night to forget." For some more than others -- Vincent was reminded of it every time he looked in a mirror.
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Korlian
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Post by Korlian on Jun 13, 2010 21:29:39 GMT -5
Korlian just grinned at him. "Not really, no. You're asking a Seelie Fae to try to avoid irritating an Unseelie one."
He walked beside Vincent, shrugging. "Twenty minutes, Professor," he said. "Besides, you are FAR more fascinating. Magic now, hm?"
He grinned up at Vincent again. "The choir teacher has to learn it all."
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Vincent Hawk
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Post by Vincent Hawk on Jun 13, 2010 21:53:45 GMT -5
Vincent blinked down at Korlian. He was the second -- or possibly third -- person to comment on his newfound magehood without Vincent having to mention it first. It was rather unnerving.
"If only I knew how to learn," he replied. "Apparently the way my magic manifests is some kind of arcane thing that's all but ceased to exist. No one here can tell me much of anything about it. I've been looking for books in the library that might have some information, but so far I haven't found anything."
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Korlian
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Post by Korlian on Jun 13, 2010 21:56:24 GMT -5
Korlian tilted his head to the side. "I don't know anything about human magic, can't help. Don't remember everything anyway."
He peered up at Vincent, grinning. "Why so surprised I know? I was practically THERE, and I know better than anyone that Ellie would have needed a mage's help to get free. You were there alone, and... well, I made a wild guess. And your reaction confirmed it."
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Post by Vincent Hawk on Jun 13, 2010 22:01:39 GMT -5
"Well, you could have mentioned it a bit sooner," Vincent replied with an obvious note of irritation. "I found out what I am yesterday, when I broke my nose against a doorframe, and Valerian accidentally drank my blood and had an acid trip. Only then did I go to Ellie and Smoke to see what they could tell me."
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Korlian
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Post by Korlian on Jun 13, 2010 22:08:08 GMT -5
Korlian blinked, tilting his head to the side. "You didn't KNOW? How couldn't you have? I mean... don't you humans feel it when you use magic?"
He looked nearly dumbfounded. He couldn't understand someone using magic without knowing that's what they were doing. Shrinking away a little, he looked at Vincent with slightly narrowed eyes. "How was I to know you didn't know what you were doing? I always know what I'm doing."
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Vincent Hawk
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Post by Vincent Hawk on Jun 14, 2010 12:27:19 GMT -5
"I suppose the very first time a mage uses magic, it's instinctive and might not be felt for what it is," Vincent answered, his irritation fading when he saw how very confused Korlian looked. "I've used my magic deliberately since yesterday, and I definitely felt it then. But the Fae are very different than humans, so I expect their magic works differently."
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Korlian
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Post by Korlian on Jun 14, 2010 16:15:08 GMT -5
Korlian nodded. "Glamour," he corrected almost absently. His gray eyes searched the walls, as if looking for something interesting to find. He felt edgy now, suddenly afraid of an untried, untrained mage. Especially one who let their irritation get such power over them.
He let himself slow a little, falling slightly behind Vincent. He reasoned that if he could not be seen, then it would be harder to attack him even accidentally. If Vincent didn't know how to control his magic, Korlian did not want to even possibly be in the line of fire.
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Post by Vincent Hawk on Jun 14, 2010 16:29:39 GMT -5
"That's the word," Vincent nodded.
He looked down at Korlian, then realized Korlian was no longer there to look down at. He had fallen a few paces behind. Vincent wondered if he was walking too quickly; he slowed his pace to let the boy catch up to him, looking over his shoulder at him. Strangely enough, Korlian seemed nervous.
"Is everything alright?" Vincent asked, concerned.
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Korlian
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Post by Korlian on Jun 14, 2010 16:36:38 GMT -5
Korlian almost flinched when Vincent glanced back at him, looking away very quickly. "Yupyup, everything's fine," he said so quickly it was almost one sentence. He played idly with a cord around his neck, one of two. When his fiddling lifted it from the neck of his shirt, two teeth were visible on it. In the center, between the very recognizable teeth hung a white feather that had some black flecks near the edges.
Korlian rather studiously looked everywhere but at Vincent, though he tried somewhat unsuccessfully to hide what he was doing.
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Vincent Hawk
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Post by Vincent Hawk on Jun 14, 2010 16:49:14 GMT -5
Vincent frowned a little, unsure of why he was making Korlian so obviously unsettled. He looked on as Korlian fidgeted anxously and pulled something from under his shirt -- a cord that held a white-and-black feather, and a pair of very familiar fangs. Vincent hid a smile at the odd memory of Korlian, one moment squealing with childish delight at getting to claim his prize, and the next giving Vincent words of wisdom beyond his apparent years.
Korlian was deliberately looking everywhere but at Vincent. Vincent wondered whether to speak up about it, but thought it might make Korlian even more nervous to be addressed. He bit his tongue and held his peace, one hand absently digging into a pocket of his jeans. His fingers found a keyring, and closed on a small ornament there -- a tiny, hand-carven and painted wooden rose on a black ribbon. He smiled slightly.
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Post by Korlian on Jun 14, 2010 16:53:31 GMT -5
Korlian fiddled with his necklace a bit more. He glanced outside and seemed thrilled at what he saw.
"Well, judging by what I can see of the moon out there, it's definitely time for me to be heading to my dorm. Wouldn't want to make you have to put me in detention or something," he said almost cheerfully.
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Post by Vincent Hawk on Jun 14, 2010 16:57:57 GMT -5
"You're right," Vincent nodded, still smiling. "We wouldn't want that."
Korlian still seemed edgy, delighted at the chance to get away from him. Vincent wasn't going to begrudge him that, though he was very curious at the reason why. Perhaps he would approach Korlian tomorrow and talk with him, if Korlian was willing.
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Post by Korlian on Jun 14, 2010 17:03:44 GMT -5
Korlian gave him a short, perfunctory wave before literally bolting as fast as he could run to the nearest window, easily leaping onto the sill and running along the ledge outside the window. As per his norm, he climbed up to his own window and slipped inside, technically late but where no one could catch him anyway. Except his brother, who was just as prone to nighttime wanderings anyway.
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Post by Vincent Hawk on Jun 14, 2010 17:12:12 GMT -5
Vincent blinked as Korlian literally bolted away from him and jumped out of the nearest window. If he hadn't known Korlian was a Fae, he would have bolted after him in a panic, but as it was, he knew Korlian had probably landed safely on a windowsill and used that as a roundabout route to his dorm.
Vincent shrugged and walked on down the hallway as the night folded itself around him like a soft, chilly blanket. Tomorrow after classes, he decided, he would try to find Korlian and see whether or not he could find out what anxiety the boy was hiding from him.
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