Korlian
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Post by Korlian on Sept 23, 2010 11:39:14 GMT -5
Korlian's eyes grew hard. "He threatened my friends."
Then he grinned. "I talked Professor Hawk out of wearing his mask. He wore it for everyone else, not for himself. And it's stupid to do things just for other people, if it doesn't do anything for yourself too."
He looked at his necklace and tucked it back into his shirt. "Veronique made me promise that my brother couldn't get the teeth, so I keep them where he can't get them. He doesn't want these ones, though. He doesn't really remember whose teeth he wanted, but it wasn't Conall's. I remember, but I won't tell him. Chlhass can find someone else's teeth."
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Jason Hiller
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Post by Jason Hiller on Sept 23, 2010 14:36:29 GMT -5
Jason nodded, watching Korlian in silence and wondering what to make of this strange boy. He certainly was a riddle wrapped in an enigma shrouded by mystery.
"So about this painting I now owe you," he spoke up with a smile. "I'm not sure what you meant by 'of you and not of you'. Could you maybe be more specific?"
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Korlian
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Post by Korlian on Sept 23, 2010 23:01:26 GMT -5
Korlian smiled, a sly smirk that just barely turned up the corner of his lips. "Call it my alter ego, of a sort. Like me, but tall... really tall. And a thin face... mine's a bit too round. Thanks to being a kid, I guess. Eyes more tilted than mine, and narrower, but the same grey. And a scar... along the right cheek. From here to here," he traced his finger along his cheek, from nearly the inner corner of his eye to the point of his jaw, a not-quite straight line.
"Very pale skin, like white with an almost blue tinge... and of course grey eyes." His own grey eyes looked very seriously at Jason. "Oh... pointed ears. Naturally."
He grinned, his canines flashing slightly.
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Jason Hiller
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Post by Jason Hiller on Sept 24, 2010 10:13:18 GMT -5
Jason nodded, forming a mental image of what Korlian wanted the portrait to look like, committing it to memory so he could sketch it later. "What about the hair? Same color, same length?"
He had noticed the flash of Korlian's canines, but not been terribly fazed by it; there were plenty of vampires in the school, after all, and some appeared very young despite possibly being quite old. But Korlian didn't smell like a vampire. Jason couldn't quite put his finger on what he did smell llike. He felt it too impolite to ask, and held his tongue.
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Korlian
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Post by Korlian on Sept 24, 2010 12:43:38 GMT -5
Korlian looked momentarily stumped, then glanced at the wavery reflection in the window. He nodded slightly. "Yes. Same color, same relative length... wavy too."
His eyes narrowed slightly and he smiled again, his entire expression growing a little feral. Then he shook his head and grinned up at Jason. "Though I don't think it could be the large ones like I usually see of yours. I'm not tall enough to carry it."
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Post by Jason Hiller on Sept 24, 2010 13:15:08 GMT -5
Jason grinned. "Fair enough. I'll see if I have a smaller canvas, and if not I could easily cut one down to a better size. Then it's just a matter of finding a smaller frame."
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Korlian
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Post by Korlian on Sept 24, 2010 13:43:47 GMT -5
Korlian looked around. "Isn't this room full of different sizes?"
He turned his gaze back to Jason, looking at him thoughtfully. "So... one asks how your boyfriend is. I know him, but he doesn't know me. Of course, everyone knows who the two of you are."
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Post by Jason Hiller on Sept 24, 2010 15:16:22 GMT -5
Jason followed Korlian's gaze around the room, laughing softly. "Heh. Yeah, good point.
"Zeph's doing well," he replied to the question. "He's upset about going to Greece and leaving me here by myself, but I think that spending some time apart from each other will be good for us. We'll see how he handles it, I guess. He'd really rather stay here. We'll probably have to drag him onto the bus," he sighed. "Oh well."
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Korlian
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Post by Korlian on Sept 24, 2010 19:17:08 GMT -5
Korlian giggled. "That will be amusing to see. It isn't like I need much sleep. I'll stay up and watch, I think I will."
He leaned back a little, looking up at the ceiling. It was one of those without proper covering, where the pipes and beams were all the ceiling it had. Forgetting Jason, Korlian's eyes narrowed and he looked around the room. In a few moments, he'd climbed up the counter, up the cabinets, jumped from the top of the cabinets to the rafters, and was soon lying on his stomach looking down at the room. He looked like a cat that had caught the canary.
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Post by Jason Hiller on Sept 24, 2010 19:24:53 GMT -5
Jason blinked as Korlian suddenly sped away from him. He tried to keep track of the boy with his eyes, but Korlian was moving too quickly. Finally he stopped, and Jason's mouth fell open again at the sight of him perched contentedly in the rafters, looking for all the world like a very happy cat. He could have started to purr at any moment and it wouldn't have been out of place.
"How did you do that?" Jason gasped in awe. "Are you some kind of werecat?"
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Korlian
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Post by Korlian on Sept 24, 2010 19:28:01 GMT -5
Korlian shook his head, "No, not a werecat, though cats do have a connection to me and mine, so they do. They have much connection with where we are, the keepers of wisdom and souls as they are. I am no were, nor kin to any other in this school, save my brother and those outside."
He hummed slightly, something that had a tune rather like 'Danny Boy' but somehow older and sadder. It almost sounded like the very quiet songs that sometimes drifted through the halls at night.
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Post by Jason Hiller on Sept 24, 2010 19:34:07 GMT -5
The back of Jason's neck prickled at Korlian's riddling speech, especially the final two words. The song wasn't putting him at ease, either, pretty though it was.
"Those outside," he repeated quietly to himself, his brow furrowing a little. A thought tugged at his brain, and he looked up at Korlian in sudden awe and dread.
"Are you saying you're related to the Fae?"
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Korlian
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Post by Korlian on Sept 24, 2010 19:55:01 GMT -5
Korlian gave a delighted little chuckle. "Maybe, maybe not. Maybe more, maybe less. You know more than you think about me, but your mind will not let you see. Memories are such vague little things, always running when you want them most, lingering when you wish dearly they would just disappear."
His eyes glittered slightly with mirth. "Professor Hawk knows, he does. Conall did; he saw more in his madness than he ever saw in sanity."
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Post by Jason Hiller on Sept 24, 2010 20:08:07 GMT -5
Jason took a step back from Korlian, looking up at him nervously. He had a feeling his hunch about Korlian had been right -- he was one of the Fae. But whatever he was, he was still extremely creepy.
"Why are you here?" Jason wondered aloud. "I thought the Fae weren't allowed inside the school grounds. That's what the wards are for."
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Korlian
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Post by Korlian on Sept 24, 2010 20:18:15 GMT -5
Korlian shook his head, "I'm as human as you, at least in all that matters. You aren't fully human, I'm not fully human... our other sides are different and similar; a form of beast in the eyes of Man, perhaps. Your weakness is silver, mine cold Iron. The wards can be passed, if one wishes enough. They bend around you, and around me. I'm inside for my own protection, not to harm you."
His smile turned sad. "You're of greater danger to me than the other way around. Don't fear me, Jason. I can't hurt you."
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Post by Jason Hiller on Sept 24, 2010 20:25:20 GMT -5
Jason thought this over carefully, looking up at Korlian. He certainly seemed harmless, young as he was, and he did have a point about both of their 'other sides'. Jason relaxed again, nodding slowly.
"I'm not afraid," he replied honestly. Intrigued he was, yes, but not afraid.
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Korlian
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Post by Korlian on Sept 24, 2010 20:31:20 GMT -5
Korlian snorted slightly. "You were, until I told you how harmless I am. Believe me, it is a bitter thing to say. Were it a lie, it would taste no less like gall in my throat."
His eyes glittered slightly again, but he kept his peace on the thought that provoked the expression. He was not foolish enough to speak for no reason. "Besides, were I truly fully Fae, I would simply cast a Geas on you, and you would do what I ask lest the consequences be more than you cared to face. But I have no power, certainly none such as that."
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Post by Jason Hiller on Sept 24, 2010 20:36:55 GMT -5
"Well, why wouldn't I be afraid, unless assured that I shouldn't be?" Jason spoke up. "From what I hear, the Fae are creatures to be feared and respected. I've never before seen a Fae in human form, so naturally I'd only have that pre-existing notion of your kind to go off of. I hate to be called prejudiced, but there you go. No one's perfect."
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Korlian
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Post by Korlian on Sept 24, 2010 21:02:56 GMT -5
"Fae are of no specific form, did you not know? They have what form they wish you to see, and some are indeed greatly skilled shapeshifters. In any case, were I in my full power, and not this pitiful shell, I would be much as you see me, little altered. I suffer from what you would call a sin, or did when I was myself. Pride is a trap so many fall in, n'est pas?"
He grinned slightly, letting one leg fall to swing below him. "Though I was told I was fair to look upon. Lhachlhass' calmer mirror, the civilized reflection of the Wilder son. They are the Fair Folk for more reasons than to beg us to act that way."
Then he paused, and looked down at Jason. "...'Never seen Fae in human form'. You mean to say you've seen in other forms? Or rather that you've never seen one as human as yourself? It is through no device of mine that I stand before you thus, though I remember not who did this, or why."
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Post by Jason Hiller on Sept 24, 2010 21:16:25 GMT -5
"I meant to say that I've never actually seen Fae in any form, human or otherwise," Jason clarified. "I've only heard stories of them. I've heard tales of Fae taking on human forms, though. Changelings and the like."
He studied Korlian curiously. The boy's full-Fae side must be what Korlian had asked Jason to paint for him. Perhaps it was meant to be a memento of his old way of life.
"How long have you been like this?" he couldn't help but ask.
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Korlian
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Post by Korlian on Sept 24, 2010 21:23:48 GMT -5
Korlian shrugged. "Fourteen years of course. Since MayDay. At least, as far as I can tell. The ultimate Changling, I am," he grinned widely. "Changlings are never as they are by choice. Some are merely spelled wood, or other materials. Others are Fae-children. Few are such as me, though I remember little save the lore you yourself can see. Some memories of myself, but those are very few."
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Post by Jason Hiller on Sept 24, 2010 21:41:58 GMT -5
Jason nodded. That should have been obvious. As curious as Jason was, there was really no point in questioning Korlian further, since he himself didn't have many answers to the questions Jason wanted to ask.
He sudden;y remembered his painting, and hurried back over to his easel to make sure his paintbrush hadn't dried out with paint still on it while he'd been distracted. Which it had. Scheisse. Jason sighed and began attempting to clean the brush, rubbing the bristles with his fingers to get the paint off while immersing the brush in warm water. It didn't take too long; the wet paint had only crusted over on the outside, and was still wet underneath.
Jason rinsed the brush thoroughly, washed his hands and dried them before putting the brush back down on the easel and going back to where he'd been standing before, right below where Korlian sat perched in the rafters.
"Sorry," he called up in apology. "I didn't want to ruin one of my good brushes."
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Korlian
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Post by Korlian on Sept 24, 2010 21:52:34 GMT -5
Korlian shrugged. "I understand. I wouldn't want damage to come to any of my possessions either, and I'm probably far more possessive than you are."
He grinned, "Except perhaps where it comes to Zeph. Wolves are always possessive of their mates. Their food too, but mostly only when they are hungry. Decent animals, wolves. Not much trouble if you leave them alone, and fiercely loyal once the loyalty has been earned. They don't generally like us much. No animal really does, unless one is a Pooka. Pooka are as animal as they are Fae in any case."
Korlian shrugged again, closing his eyes. Huffing a sigh, he hung for a moment from the rafter by his hands, then allowed himself to fall, avoiding Jason by mere inches. Landing on all fours and slowly rising, he glanced at Jason with a grin, then backed away a little to give him his space. His grin was extremely impish, as he waited for Jason's reaction to his jump.
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Post by Jason Hiller on Sept 24, 2010 21:58:45 GMT -5
Jason yelped in fright as Korlian dropped from the rafters, but the boy landed catlike on all fours before Jason could move to help him. As it was, Korlian had landed only a few inches from Jason; if he had moved, he would have been landed on. He smiled nervously back when Korlian grinned at him and stepped back.
"I'm guessing you do that a lot?" he ventured. "It seemed very easy."
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Korlian
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Post by Korlian on Sept 24, 2010 22:13:04 GMT -5
Korlian glanced up, his eyes glittering. "Not that high. I nearly twisted an ankle on that. Judged it a bit close as well. I wasn't intending to be quite so close to you when I landed. Lucky you didn't move, or I'd have landed on you."
He grinned and glanced at the rafter again. "That was exhilarating." He laughed brightly, tilting his head to the side.
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