Jason Hiller
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Post by Jason Hiller on Sept 22, 2010 19:28:00 GMT -5
Jason lovingly added another stroke of color to the image taking shape upon his canvas, smiling in pleasure at the result. Professor Hawk's hair was coming along very nicely; he'd be able to move on to Professor Harrows' soon. She wouldn't be Professor Harrows for much longer, though, Jason thought with a grin. Not by the time he gave them this gift.
He set down his brush for a minute and moved over to the window, opening it just enough to allow a bit of a breeze to cool the room off, but not enough to disturb his work. He returned to his easel and canvas again, picking up the brush and getting back to work.
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Korlian
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Post by Korlian on Sept 22, 2010 19:36:25 GMT -5
Korlian was bored. He'd escaped classes, and finished homework, and now he was bored. Though, only to him and his brother did climbing around on the outside of the castle qualify as a way to solve boredom.
The art room window was open. He peeked in, saw it wasn't Himmel, and then noticed the picture. He pushed the window open further and winced when it squeaked loudly. There went the element of surprise.
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Jason Hiller
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Post by Jason Hiller on Sept 22, 2010 20:09:28 GMT -5
Jason was lucky to have taken the brush away from the painting a moment before he heard the squeak. He turned toward the window, his eyebrows shooting up in surprise when he saw the young boy crouched on the windowsill. What was he doing there? This was three storeys up! He could fall and break something!
"Get inside, for heaven's sake!" he cried, darting over to the window to help the boy inside. "How did you even get out there?!"
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Korlian
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Post by Korlian on Sept 22, 2010 20:29:49 GMT -5
Korlian laughed and leapt inside easily, looking around and most especially at the painting Jason had been working on.
"Professor Hawk, and Professor Harrows. They're nice. So's Ariel." He looked at Jason with a mischievous grin. "You people all worry too much. I got out there by climbing, of course. How else?"
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Jason Hiller
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Post by Jason Hiller on Sept 22, 2010 20:37:29 GMT -5
Jason was still staring at the boy in bewilderment; he mentally shook himself and responded as best he could to what the boy was saying.
"Yes, they are nice," he nodded, smiling briefly before his expression reverted to confusion. "You climbed? But we're three storeys up! Unless you're some kind of cat shapeshifter or ninja, I'm not sure how that's possible."
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Korlian
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Post by Korlian on Sept 22, 2010 20:56:39 GMT -5
Korlian stuck his tongue out at Jason. "I'm neither, and I did climb. I'm better than any ninja." He snorted. "At least in sneakiness. Wouldn't want to go up against that Nina-girl. Conall was nothing compared to her."
He looked at the picture again, his hands behind his back. "It's a very good painting. Worth coming back inside to look at. I think they will love it."
Korlian nodded firmly, then looked at Jason with wide, artificially innocent eyes. "I'm Korlian."
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Jason Hiller
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Post by Jason Hiller on Sept 22, 2010 21:01:04 GMT -5
"I'm Jason. Nice to meet you." Jason smiled and held out a hand, then looked at Korlian oddly as something registered in the back of his mind.
"Did you say Conall? As in the professor everyone hated, who was killed in October?" He didn't know the details of that incident, but Korlian had just let it slip that he had been involved somehow. Jason almost didn't want to know how, but he had asked, so he figured he should be prepared to hear the answer.
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Korlian
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Post by Korlian on Sept 22, 2010 21:17:20 GMT -5
Korlian tilted his head to the side. "Maybe I did, and maybe I didn't. If you aren't sure of what you heard, how can you be sure of what I said?"
He grinned more widely, his unusually sharp canines glinting a little. "You're Zeph's boyfriend. I've seen the two of you talking. I remember that... You got to the roof, and you ask me how I got to a simple third-story sill?"
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Jason Hiller
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Post by Jason Hiller on Sept 22, 2010 21:30:16 GMT -5
Jason tilted his head to the side, mirroring Korlian. He shuddered a little at the memory of his fall -- come to think of it, he wasn't even certain how he'd gotten up onto the roof in the first place. Probably the shock of the whole ordeal had blocked it from his memory. He pushed that aside, backtracking to what Korlian had said before.
"Suppose I did hear you right and you did say Conall. What did you have to do with him at all?"
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Korlian
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Post by Korlian on Sept 22, 2010 21:39:49 GMT -5
Korlian grinned at him, imitating an overdramatic villain. "Curses, you saw through my clever riddle. I suppose I must now speak more plain."
Then he grinned more. "But what's the fun in that?"
Korlian hopped onto a nearby counter, swinging his legs. He pulled a foot up then and rested his chin on the knee, looking at Jason. "Suppose you did hear right, and I did say Conall. Why would you want to know what I may or may not have had to do with the evil mosquito?"
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Jason Hiller
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Post by Jason Hiller on Sept 22, 2010 21:49:45 GMT -5
Jason gave a little bark of laughhter at Korlian's choice of words to describe Conall. "Because I've heard bits and pieces of what happened to him, and I'm curious to know more. As is probably everyone else in the school."
He glanced over at the painting again. He hadn't painted the scars on Professor Hawk's cheek yet... talking about Conall made Jason all the more curious as to how the professor had gotten those scars. He had stopped wearing his mask at about the time Conall was said to have died, and the wounds had been fresh then. That couldn't be a coincidence.
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Korlian
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Post by Korlian on Sept 22, 2010 22:03:32 GMT -5
Korlian narrowed his eyes. "Bits and pieces... a puzzle you want to solve, hm?"
He stood, making himself taller now than Jason thanks to the counter he was on. He leaned just far enough forward to look closely at the werewolf without falling off the counter. "Can you keep a secret?"
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Jason Hiller
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Post by Jason Hiller on Sept 22, 2010 22:10:28 GMT -5
Jason looked curiously at Korlian as he leaned closer, looking at Jason intently. He had the strangest eyes... grey and moody like stormclouds.
"I can keep a secret," he replied, noddong slowly. He leaned closer to Korlian himself, wondering just what he was about to hear, and what effect it would have on him.
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Korlian
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Post by Korlian on Sept 22, 2010 22:17:11 GMT -5
Korlian gave him a slow, widely mischievous grin. Giggling, he jumped down, careful not to bump heads with Jason. "So can I!" he laughed.
He ran to the door and closed it, then locked it, and ran to the window and locked it too. He looked around carefully, then climbed back up to the counter. "But if you make it worth my while, I might share my secrets with you," he said in a sing-song tone.
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Jason Hiller
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Post by Jason Hiller on Sept 22, 2010 22:20:31 GMT -5
Jason blinked, having not expected the cheeky reply. He watched as Korlian set about shutting and locking the door and window before hopping back up onto the counter, and looked curiously at the boy. "How might I make it worth your while?"
It must be quite a substantial secret, he thought, if Korlian was going to this much trouble to keep it.
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Post by Korlian on Sept 22, 2010 22:39:31 GMT -5
Korlian gave Jason a mischievous grin. "I'm the one with something you want... that means it's up to you to offer me trade, not the other way around. What do you think you can offer me?"
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Jason Hiller
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Post by Jason Hiller on Sept 22, 2010 22:47:44 GMT -5
"I don't know," Jason answered honestly. "Everyone holds different things as valuable. I can't say for sure that anything I have to offer might be of use to you."
Maybe this wasn't going to be worth it, after all. Jason wasn't sure at all how he felt about gambling blindly like this. This secret might be worth more than he could give.
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Post by Korlian on Sept 22, 2010 22:53:07 GMT -5
Korlian shook his head. "So you offer what you think you might be willing to offer. Your skills. Last person I did a favor for wrote me a song."
He grinned again, that same impish grin that usually turned up his lips. "Fae have different ideas of what is of value. Think perhaps what you might offer to one of the Fair Folk, a Seelie who looks on you as a friend. Then perhaps you will see what you might offer to one such as me," as before, the last sentence was almost sung.
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Jason Hiller
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Post by Jason Hiller on Sept 22, 2010 23:15:06 GMT -5
"My skills?" Jason repeated, frowning in confusion. He thought about that for a while. He was best at painting, and it was one thing he really enjoyed... perhaps Korlian would like one.
"A painting?" he offered out loud. "Something specifically for you? I could do that, definitely, if given the time."
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Korlian
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Post by Korlian on Sept 22, 2010 23:23:11 GMT -5
Korlian waved a hand at him dismissively. "Time is of no object," he scoffed. "Painting of what?"
He looked closely at Jason, his eyes glittering slightly with interest. Apparently, Jason had hit on the right token.
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Jason Hiller
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Post by Jason Hiller on Sept 22, 2010 23:42:09 GMT -5
"Well, I don't know what you might like," Jason replied with a smile. "A portrait of you, maybe? I love doing those. As you can probably tell." He nodded to the unfinished painting still on his easel.
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Korlian
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Post by Korlian on Sept 22, 2010 23:55:45 GMT -5
Korlian looked at it, narrowing his eyes. "Of me, and not of me. Yes, I think that will do. That I will explain later." He smiled slightly, an odd expression crossing his face. "Something smallish, though."
He gestured for Jason to come closer, "Secrets are for lowered voices, and you're too far for that."
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Jason Hiller
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Post by Jason Hiller on Sept 22, 2010 23:59:08 GMT -5
Jason nodded, leaning closer to Korlian with his ear quite close to the boy's lips. He wondered what was meant by "of me, and not of me," but decided to wait for the forthcoming explanation rather than asking about it. Instead he waited for Korlian to tell him the pricey secret.
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Korlian
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Post by Korlian on Sept 23, 2010 0:09:46 GMT -5
Korlian smiled slightly. "I was there when Conall died. Aye, I had a hand in it. He was high off mage's blood, though whose I am not sure. He threatened Ariel, my friend... No one harms that which I call my own. So I tried to throttle him. But Professor Hawk demanded the right, and he had greater claim. Conall would have fallen easily to me, but Professor Hawk was not so lucky. The vampire regained his breath, and thus did score Vincent with all his strength. It was then that Professor Harrows, in wolf form... tore out the villain's throat."
He grinned and lifted a necklace of fine woven leather with two long teeth woven within it. He said nothing further, but it was rather obvious what he was holding.
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Jason Hiller
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Post by Jason Hiller on Sept 23, 2010 11:19:33 GMT -5
Jason's jaw dropped at the explanation of what had happened -- suddenly everything made sense. Strange though, that Professor Hawk would stop wearing his mask after he was scarred. It took Jason a little while to come to terms with the mental image of Professor Harrows killing Conall, but it certainly made sense as well -- she loved Professor Hawk deeply, and it showed in that she would kill to save him from Conall.
Taking a step back, Jason looked at the two long fangs suspended on the leather cord: Korlian's claim from the kill, no doubt. He shivered inwardly; it was a rather grotesque thing to wear all the time. No wonder he kept them hidden under his shirt.
"That was very brave of you, to take on Conall like that," he praised Korlian.
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