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Cole Dover ([personal profile] backinthsaddle) wrote2011-12-21 12:12 am
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Chapter Two: The Movie

Today was the last day of finals for Cole, and it's with a silent sigh of relief that he heads home, ready to ditch the books for the summer. Not that he'll stop studying altogether, but a break is welcome after the week long cramming session.

Liam doesn't appear to be home once he gets back to the apartment, but he's slowly been getting used to there being someone else living there, and she isn't really the going-out-and-about type, at least not right now. So he makes a little noise on his way in, so he doesn't startle her.
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[identity profile] victormakesart.livejournal.com 2012-01-17 08:43 pm (UTC)(link)
"Actually... I have, uh. Ideas. I just haven't put it to paper yet."

[identity profile] backinthsaddle.livejournal.com 2012-01-17 08:50 pm (UTC)(link)
"Maybe that's the other thing you can use the notebook for," he suggests.

[identity profile] victormakesart.livejournal.com 2012-01-17 08:53 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yeah. I'm thinking... um. Like, a plague doctor mask, a long coat, a green wig. It'll give me a lot of pocket space. Do you know about plague doctors? They're pretty cool."

[identity profile] backinthsaddle.livejournal.com 2012-01-17 08:54 pm (UTC)(link)
"Tell me about them?" he asks. Cole does actually know a little bit, but he doesn't mind her talking, and telling him more.

[identity profile] victormakesart.livejournal.com 2012-01-17 08:58 pm (UTC)(link)
"They've got white bird masks, and waxed overcoats, and they were around during the Black Death. They thought the herbs they stuffed in the nose of their masks would protect them from the bad air, but really it was the wax. It kept away the fleas from the rats that passed the infection."

[identity profile] backinthsaddle.livejournal.com 2012-01-17 09:02 pm (UTC)(link)
"So they were half-right, just for the entirely wrong reasons."

[identity profile] victormakesart.livejournal.com 2012-01-17 09:03 pm (UTC)(link)
"Exactly. And I love the ritual of it all. The idea that, if we just do this, and this, we'll be safe."

[identity profile] backinthsaddle.livejournal.com 2012-01-17 09:29 pm (UTC)(link)
"And even though it was wrong, it saved lives anyway." It is a bit odd. And interesting. And given that he's seen some measure of OCD tendencies from her, it does make sense that it appeals to her.

[identity profile] victormakesart.livejournal.com 2012-01-17 09:33 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yeah. I like that. And I like the idea of being a doctor, of having my purpose be to heal instead of hurt and... I think I'm going to actually go for it. For being a hero, I mean." As she talks, she gets more and more animated, until the end, which makes her sheepish, like he's going to laugh at her.

[identity profile] backinthsaddle.livejournal.com 2012-01-17 09:38 pm (UTC)(link)
He does look at her with a bit of surprise. It's a big step from having panic attacks just going outside to wanting to be a superhero. "Really?"

[identity profile] victormakesart.livejournal.com 2012-01-17 09:42 pm (UTC)(link)
She's staring at her hands as she talks. "Yeah. I wanna make the world a better place. I wanna make it so no kid feels as scared as I did as a kid, so that no one feels hopeless, and I... I have theories about heroing as it's done in life and fiction. Theories on how to make it better, so it isn't vigilantism, so it's more like doing a citizen's arrest. Filling out paperwork with the police so the folks don't get out on loopholes. Taking care of the victims on the scene. Doing charity work in persona. Actually making things better."

[identity profile] backinthsaddle.livejournal.com 2012-01-18 06:20 pm (UTC)(link)
"You want to be a more practical superhero," he says thoughtfully. It's not what you normally think of when superheroes come to mind, especially with a background like his.

[identity profile] victormakesart.livejournal.com 2012-01-19 01:59 am (UTC)(link)
"I do. I had a lot of time to think, tied up on that table, and... and this is what I want to do. There isn't any reason for me not to." She looks down at herself, tsks. "Except that I'm weak. And I don't hurt people. That's a rule. I don't think hurting people is necessary, being a hero. Just immobilizing and self-protecting."

[identity profile] backinthsaddle.livejournal.com 2012-01-19 09:33 pm (UTC)(link)
"But what if you need to defend yourself? Or other people?"

[identity profile] victormakesart.livejournal.com 2012-01-20 03:42 am (UTC)(link)
She wets her lips. "I'm not very good at defending myself. I... um. I've never been strong. And I really can't hurt anyone; I've been hurt too much for that, the thought of it makes my guts hurt. But there are maybe gadgets that could help with immobilization, and there's gotta be martial arts moves that can help me tie someone up without hurtin' them."

[identity profile] backinthsaddle.livejournal.com 2012-01-21 05:54 pm (UTC)(link)
He thinks about that. "Do you have any martial arts background? I mean, do you know any moves yet?"

[identity profile] victormakesart.livejournal.com 2012-01-21 05:56 pm (UTC)(link)
She shakes her head, and her hair flops into her face, and she brushes it back with her fingers. "Nope. I'd have to learn that."

[identity profile] backinthsaddle.livejournal.com 2012-01-21 06:31 pm (UTC)(link)
"I think my school offers self-defense classes... kickboxing and karate and stuff."

[identity profile] victormakesart.livejournal.com 2012-01-21 06:34 pm (UTC)(link)
She winces. The thought of being around people, groups of people, is enough to make her heart start hammering and her palms start sweating and her stomach start churning sickly. "Yeah, might do. I, um. I might just try to learn from the internet, though."

[identity profile] backinthsaddle.livejournal.com 2012-01-21 06:39 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh. That's... not what I meant. I was thinking I could take the classes, and try to teach you what I learn. If you're okay with that, I mean."

[identity profile] victormakesart.livejournal.com 2012-01-21 06:52 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh! Yes, yes please."

((And he knows a ton of stuff on his own, too, from his own history of heroing.))

[identity profile] backinthsaddle.livejournal.com 2012-01-21 06:56 pm (UTC)(link)
"I also know some other things already that we can start on, over the break."

((nothing wrong with a refresher though, right?))

[identity profile] victormakesart.livejournal.com 2012-01-21 06:58 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'd love that." A small, shy, proud little smile. She's really going to do this.

((Oh, definitely not, I just wasn't sure if you'd remembered. Also: it might help him learn how to teach martial arts. I bet he doesn't entirely know where to start. How's the internet situation going?))

[identity profile] backinthsaddle.livejournal.com 2012-01-21 07:01 pm (UTC)(link)
((Didn't quite recall everything, but eh, it works either way. Also, is it okay if we wrap up this thread here? Not sure where to go after this, and we can do the combat-y thread next.

Internet is still the same. Also having car trouble, and winter has set in, which is why I wasn't online all day yesterday.))

[identity profile] victormakesart.livejournal.com 2012-01-21 07:03 pm (UTC)(link)
((It totally is. So, Chapter Three will be combat, Chapter Four the first kiss?

Oh, gosh, I'm sorry. :( I really hope it resolves soon. Has your dad budged on it at all?))
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