by Verdana » Tue Jan 18, 2011 3:47 am
Ty// He finds other beings such... Fleeting creatures. Yes. Fleeting. That's the word. The come, they go. They're impatient and quick and moody. He watches them with the fascination and complete lack of understanding that a tourist has when they watch a lion in the wild. Why, only a moment ago the fellow that is called Knight is talking about the time, and then there's another one, noting the destruction of his bedroom. Ty doesn't know how the time is relevant to their conversation, but he agrees that it is, indeed, eight o'clock. Whether it's morning or evening, he's not entirely sure. It doesn't matter to him either way. He doesn't need to sleep very much. Morning, night, it's all the same. One just has marginally less natural light than the other.
So time passes on. The young fellow who smells oddly like cat comes and goes, and with his leaving, Ty's interest in the current situation dwindles. He begins to whistle to himself, and goes to work picking little bits of finely-crafted debris out of the walls, carpet, light fixtures, corners. He fishes some out from under the bed, out of other machines, and then he begins on himself. Waste not, want not. Ty believes very firmly in this saying. What is to some the mangled spring out of their broken ballpoint pen is to Ty the last fixture in a machine that will automatically correct dysfuntional retinas. He begins to hum tunelessly to himself, his mind already on the next grand creation.
But first, perhaps another sandwich...
Bree// She's waiting at her designated corner for her brother. Her black (obviously) raincoat does very little to dispel the moisture and chill in the air. She wraps her arms around herself, morose. The town is starting to slow down now. Not many humans like to be out in the pouring rain. In fact, Bree herself could think of far better things to do than wait around in this deluge, chilled to the bone and of equally frosty disposition, waiting around for someone who may or may not come. She does not hide. Not obviously. But years of training allow her to automatically fade a little from the foreground, until humans look over her and promptly forget that they saw her. It wouldn't work on a non-human, but that doesn't matter. They're too caught up in their own lives to care what the taciturn new girl is up to.
She stomps her foot in an effort to brings warmth to her toes. Where the hell is he? She checks her watch, and sighs. Ten minutes late. Evidently her brother's forgotten about the meeting. Typical. One out of three he remembers, and one out of seven of those he makes it to without becoming completely distracted. Time's a-ticking. She needs to go. He can catch her up if he's late. She rather doubts it.
She steps out of her corner, blank-eyed but completely aware. She's looking for someone in particular. Someone who will be waiting for her. She only has to scout around the almost-empty street twice before she sees him. She withholds a laugh. He's a new one. Cute. Takes the whole 'blending in' thing so seriously. You can see the furrows of effort in his brow as he makes himself insignificant. Hah! Amateur. Starting to smile, Bree steps forward. The man sees her, freezes. She flashes him her bracelet. It's got a little bird on it, an innocent, fat, feathered creature. Yet it's swooping down, beak open in a shriek. He'll know. His own Wren sign is displayed prominently on his chest. Amateur, she thinks again, walking up to him with a grunt of recognition. He bows. Good.
The Commander sends regards. he says formally. Tsk. Probably been told that this was high-profile. Bree snorts.
Whatever. Come, let's get somewhere warm and dry. Then we can talk.
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