Jason Hiller
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Post by Jason Hiller on Aug 17, 2009 23:48:57 GMT -5
"I don't think I caught your name," Jason spoke up, breaking the momentary silence. "Jason Hiller." He held out a neatly-manicured hand.
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Jaebi Lyckander
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Post by Jaebi Lyckander on Aug 18, 2009 20:02:18 GMT -5
Jaebi waited a minute before shaking the fingers of Jason's hand. Jaebi's own hands were larger than the older male's, and the resulting gesture was a rather awkward one. "Jaebi Lyckander." He added after a few moments, "It's nice to meet you, but... ah..." He glanced up at the kitchen doors again. "I have... to go." He had homework galore... and then would have to help Kemekin with his. That would be an interesting affair.
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Jason Hiller
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Post by Jason Hiller on Aug 21, 2009 16:57:58 GMT -5
Jason nodded quietly, lowering his hand. "No big deal. Maybe I'll see you later." He kept his tone cheerful and polite, resisting the urge to add, It's because I'm wearing a skirt, isn't it? "Have a good night. And nice hair, by the way."
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Jaebi Lyckander
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Post by Jaebi Lyckander on Aug 22, 2009 21:33:46 GMT -5
Jaebi's eyebrows rose and he patted his spikes gingerly with the palm of his free hand. "Thank you, Jason." He took a step towards the kitchens, then paused, adding before he continued on, "That skirt looks nice."
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Jason Hiller
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Post by Jason Hiller on Aug 22, 2009 21:45:45 GMT -5
"You're welcome... and, thanks," Jason smiled, lifting his soy milk to his lips again and taking a small sip.
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Aye Goyan
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Post by Aye Goyan on Aug 27, 2009 21:10:57 GMT -5
Aye watched this little exchange from two tables over, her dark eyes reflecting the faint glow from her hair as it fell to either side of her face. She tilted her head momentarily and ran one hand through her tresses to clear her face, afterwards looking around to each table in the mess hall. She had come to supper early, and had long since deposited her dishes in the washroom just off from the kitchen. The tabletop was cold against her forearms as she folded them atop it, a neon-pink mp3 player clutched in one hand. The heavy thrash-metal song ended, leaving a slight ringing in her ears that led quite nicely into the next track-- a high-speed techno remix of Flight of the Bumblebee.
And then the battery died.
Aye straightened, pursing her mouth to one side. She wrapped the headphones cord around the device and placed it in her pocket, her eyes once again sweeping the mess hall. She found herself watching Jason and the freshman again-- they were parting; Aye considered joining Jason at his table.
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Jason Hiller
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Post by Jason Hiller on Aug 29, 2009 16:40:38 GMT -5
Jason watched Jaebi leave, then began gazing idly around the room. A faint glow two tables over caught his attention: a green-haired girl who looked about his age was sitting alone, watching him back. The light appeared to be emanating from her; she looked like a human glowstick. And not a bad-looking one, for a girl.
He found himself smiling at her, wondering about her luminance. Maybe she'd dyed her hair with glowstick liquid and it had soaked into her skin. Maybe she was a mage--the glow could be part of her power. Had she always glowed like that? He wanted to ask, but kept his silence. Maybe she didn't want to have attention brought to it.
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Aye Goyan
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Post by Aye Goyan on Aug 29, 2009 17:16:55 GMT -5
Aye caught his eye and tipped her head to the left, grinning broadly. Is there room for me over there? she mouthed.
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Jason Hiller
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Post by Jason Hiller on Aug 29, 2009 19:12:09 GMT -5
Jason read the girl's lips, grinning and beckoning her over to his table.
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Aye Goyan
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Post by Aye Goyan on Aug 29, 2009 19:16:03 GMT -5
Aye sprang to her feet and bounced over to the other table, pausing beside him to decide which seat she should take.
"You know," she commented, "I think I have that same skirt in a light blue. It's shorter, though."
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Jason Hiller
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Post by Jason Hiller on Aug 29, 2009 19:35:50 GMT -5
Jason smiled, quietly appreciating that she had commented on his skirt without any hint of negativity about his cross-dressing habit.
"This is one of my favorites," he replied, looking into her dark eyes. They reflected the light that shone softly from her neon-green hair. "If you don't mind me asking, um... how are you..." He tried to gesticulate his meaning across to her, and failed; "...doing that...?"
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Aye Goyan
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Post by Aye Goyan on Aug 29, 2009 19:45:34 GMT -5
Aye blinked, momentarily oblivious to the subject of his inquiry. She ran her bottom lip to one side in thought, her piercings rattling against her teeth.
"Oh! You mean this!" She held out one hand to show that it glowed like her hair. The color of the glow itself was influenced by the color of where it radiated-- for instance from her hair it was tinged green whereas from her skin it was more of an off-white or creamish color.
"It's something I may or may not have inherited from my parents... They were mages; me, not so much." She smiled again and tapped her nose lightly. "Aye Goyan. It's nice to meet you!"
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Jason Hiller
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Post by Jason Hiller on Aug 29, 2009 20:02:39 GMT -5
Jason smiled, quite intrigued by Aye's unusual condition. "Jason Hiller. The pleasure's mine."
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Aye Goyan
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Post by Aye Goyan on Aug 29, 2009 20:07:48 GMT -5
Aye finally took the seat to Jason's left, once again folding her arms on the tabletop. "You paint, right? I've seen some of your stuff, I think-- it's always posted with that Paem girl's work. They're all really good."
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Jason Hiller
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Post by Jason Hiller on Aug 29, 2009 20:17:57 GMT -5
"Thanks. I wasn't sure if anyone had noticed my paintings yet, but I've heard people talking about that Paem girl's work. She's really good." Jason took another sip of soy milk, seeing that his glass was getting rather empty.
"So how long have you been attending school here?"
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Aye Goyan
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Post by Aye Goyan on Aug 29, 2009 23:27:36 GMT -5
"I started here as a freshman, like most everyone else." Aye counted off on her fingers, "This'll be my sixth year here." She turned in her seat, leaning her back against the table and resting both elbows atop it. She looked sideways at Jason, something akin to laughter in her eyes. "I think by now my parents only bother sending me here as a matter of pride. It's pretty obvious that I don't have anything near the kind of...talent... that they had." She looked up at the ceiling, her smile turning momentarily into a smirk before it regained its sweet quality. 'What about you, Jason?" she asked, turning back to him. "How long have you been here?"
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Jason Hiller
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Post by Jason Hiller on Aug 29, 2009 23:35:56 GMT -5
"I just got here this fall," Jason replied. "My parents shipped me off as soon as I was old enough to leave home. I think they would have made me come here years sooner if my sisters hadn't pressed them to let me stay. I don't really blame Mum and Dad for that though... I mean, how would you react if your son came home from school one day with a chunk out of one arm, and a few weeks later he turned into a wolf and jumped through his bedroom window?" He half-grinned, half-grimaced, remembering his sisters' description of that night.
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Aye Goyan
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Post by Aye Goyan on Aug 29, 2009 23:45:09 GMT -5
Aye chuckled. "Well, look at it this way: your family didn't really reject you-- your parents didn't abandon you-- hell, no one tried to kill you. You've got it better than quite a few of our peers." She made a wide gesticulation to indicate the population in the mess hall. "This entire school is made up of those whose reality has been warped from the conventional human stigma-- what is unexplainable is evil, what is not understood is to be shunned. Anything that challenges age-old homo-sapient axiom is either ignored or banished."
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Jason Hiller
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Post by Jason Hiller on Aug 29, 2009 23:53:20 GMT -5
Jason sniffed, draining his glass in one gulp and setting it aside.
"Well, you're right about that. My sisters were always more supportive of me and my opinions than my parents were. I don't think it was much of a coincidence that Mum and Dad shipped me off here the autumn after I came out as gay. I guess it was too much for them to take, even though I never openly rebelled against them about anything. The werewolf bite wasn't my fault, and I'd always somewhat preferred the company of my male friends over my female friends. It just sort of came naturally. I never would have done anything if they'd specifically forbidden it, but they didn't, so..."
He trailed off with a shrug, leaving the sentence dangling in midair.
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Aye Goyan
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Post by Aye Goyan on Aug 29, 2009 23:59:19 GMT -5
"It's not at all uncommon for your siblings to support you when you parents don't," Aye told him. The corner of her mouth turned upwards. "Our generation is much more accepting of the unconventional and the--" she made quotation marks with the ring and little finger of one hand-- " 'unnatural.' " This was followed by a new smile. Aye crossed her legs neatly and laced her fingers atop the higher knee.
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Jason Hiller
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Post by Jason Hiller on Aug 30, 2009 0:02:54 GMT -5
"Uh-huh. Like being a man who loves other men is so unnatural,' Jason half-smirked. "Happens all the time. You'd think people would be used to the idea of it by now. I mean, people have been openly gay since the Bible was being written. We're just not being punished quite as severely for it nowadays as, say, Sodom and Gomorrah were."
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Aye Goyan
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Post by Aye Goyan on Aug 30, 2009 0:10:24 GMT -5
Aye giggled. "This is a discussion a professor would be proud of," she realized, amused. "The psychological evolution of social acceptance in a society developed by man. It sounds like the thesis for a term paper."
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Jason Hiller
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Post by Jason Hiller on Aug 30, 2009 0:15:37 GMT -5
"You're right, it does!" Jason laughed. "So what do you think? Are things like homosexuality really unnatural? I'm not talking about religion or morals here, just basic human instinct. Do you think we can really choose or control our sexuality?"
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Aye Goyan
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Post by Aye Goyan on Aug 30, 2009 0:25:09 GMT -5
Aye clicked her piercings against her teeth again. "I've never really thought about it," she confessed. "Whenever I hear discussion about it, the way it's described makes it sound like a mental condition or a terminal disease. That's not how it works, I think." She spun back around to face the table, laying her hands flat on the tabletop. "I guess... Well, attraction isn't based on appearance alone. Quirks can attract you. Scents can attract you. So can a specific manner of movement, the way someone laughs, their handwriting.... Love is initiated by attraction and circumstance. If the things that attract you just happen to be found more consistently in one gender or the other, then circumstance brings you to generalize that gender as the more desired. To be homosexual or heterosexual or bisexual has nothing to do with what makes you human-- you still live and breathe in the same way the race as a whole does. You need food, shelter, and love... So no, sexuality isn't something to be controlled. It's a natural process that we as humans ride along during the course of our lives."
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Jason Hiller
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Post by Jason Hiller on Aug 30, 2009 0:33:47 GMT -5
Jason's smirk became a grin. "That's deep. I like it. But the root of the word sexuality is, of course, sex. Attraction is one thing; sexual lust is quite another. Attraction, I think, is quite a bit more emotional, while lust is very physical and hormonal. Attraction can of course lead to the kind of relationships where sex is common, but it can also just lead to strengthened friendships. You can be friends with someone without being turned on by them, so to speak, and you can be turned on by someone without necessarily being friends with them."
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