Seance
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Post by Seance on May 7, 2011 1:03:35 GMT -5
Sean stared at the man beside him, his forest green eyes wide and shone with utmost curiosity. These are the eyes of children. He always bears a pair of eyes that seemed as if it possess limitless cognition, but now, at this moment, it drastically changed into a pair that resembles a child's peculiarity, reflecting his often-forgotten youth. And also reminding people that this kid is still only 8 years old.
The little boy very much love stories, especially facts. Experience is the best type, wisdom from another soul that has lived longer than him, and has gone through a much more distinct path than him, always brings his mood up. Like Dark's background story, for example.
He stayed deathly silent, waiting until the man finishes his last word. Sean was surprised honestly, to chance upon a hidden seriousness within that relaxed smile Dark always bears, so the boy took his time contemplating in his mind. He doesn't care if his response sounded heartless, that's his opinion and he has the right to be honest. ...Or he doesn't know how to filter his words with restrain emotions. Sean lacked those.
"You're telling me you're over 300 years old??" Of course, he began his interrogation session by picking up what kids his age normally would; the queerer fact. His face stayed straight as he looked up at Dark, "..Wow, you're so old." He actually meant that as a compliment, for having to live that many years, then there must be a heavy mass of knowledge he knows.
After that, he get serious. And when Sean's serious, others would often forget the fact that he still haven't even reached 10 years of age, "You sounded like you let the sense of revenge ruled your very existence," he started, bringing up a tiny hand to a space on his shoulder...probably petting his imaginary owl.
"Celeste said that it's understandable for you to feel that way. ...But it's as if you're living right now without any aim at all..or you hide the reason pretty good." Sean moved his attention away from Dark and now had his eyes somewhere behind the man, "Whoever it is that sealed you...must really want you to be an Aimless Angel and let humanly desire overwhelm you....until you corrupt yourself."
His green eyes seemed to be ageless, filled with untold knowledge. "...That's just my theory. ..What does 'overwhelm' and 'corrupt' means again? ..I'm not sure if I used the correct term.." Even if his eyes seems wise, the rest of his features are still of a child. His thinking capacity is extraordinary, but his understanding has a limit.
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Post by Dark on May 27, 2011 1:27:41 GMT -5
Dark paused, glancing at the kid. He couldn't help but laugh out loud at the comment of this midget about his age. "Different beings have different abilities... one of our abilities are immortality...." he explained, his eyes twinkled.
"Ah... no... not really," he snickers, shaking his head. "We only have the ability to slow down our physical features... but since I was locked up. I haven't grown into an old man," he explained, sipping his sake.
He paused, listening at the kid's reply He chuckled at the mature reply of the kid... and he's amuse at the kid's brain.
"I haven't done any revenge... I somehow thank those fallen angels," he replied and look at Seance. "If it weren't for them... I would not be free and enjoy women luring over me..."
"And kid, I am owe at your speech prowesses, your sentence are good."
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Seance
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Post by Seance on May 28, 2011 11:46:39 GMT -5
Sean pondered for a while, 'What does immortality means again..?' Then he attempted reverse engineering without even realizing he did. 'Immortality... Must be the opposite of mortal. So...not mortal means... not dying?' Sean's eyes snapped back up when he realized that and stared at Dark, "...........No wonder you're so old."
The little boy paused for a while to rethink his sentence, and rephrased, "...So you're supposed to be an old man if you're not locked up? ..Huh, I'd like to see that." It's odd for Sean to see such an old person with THAT face, but then again, this must be how people feel when people look at the boy and hear him spluttering out random theories of the universe.
Sean stayed silent for Dark not only swerved away from the boy's theory of self-corrupting, he even kept a cool head about it. "Then I praise your positive energy and optimism. Good luck with having that perspective your whole life," there was a bitter tone at the end of the child's sentence, but he reminded himself that he's too quick to jump into his pessimism mode sometimes, so Sean quickly distracts himself.
"It wasn't my speech. It was Celeste's," the boy pointed to the blank space on his shoulder, where his imaginary owl perched. "I just altered in a few points. For example, when she said you should 'distract yourself less and less', I alter it to be 'stop being stupid'. I hope you don't mind..." Sean scratched his hair, his more child-like tendency emerges for a moment as he does that. But then it dropped in a second.
"Oh yeah. And stop being stupid. ...Plus that thing is not good for you," he then pointed to the sake Dark's drinking.
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Post by Dark on May 31, 2011 17:53:01 GMT -5
Dark look at the illusioned owl amuse but shrugged his shoulders. "Even if you do or don't give me advice. I still won't care... it's me... no one else would control me but me alone," he eyed Seance.
He look at the bottle of wine Sean pointed at, chuckling he shrugged his shoulders as he left the bottle on the counter and look at the kid. "Are you done with your food? We could probably go continue at the Festival... seems like you need to freshen up your mind." he suggested as he paid the bill for both of them.
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Seance
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Post by Seance on Jun 17, 2011 15:07:13 GMT -5
Something snapped inside Sean when Dark shrugged like that. 'I KNEW I shouldn't waste my breathe with him. Argh, he makes me so ANGRY!' If it wasn't for Celeste guarding his well-being, he would've leaped from the chair he's sitting to clutch Dark on the face and repeatedly hit him on the head.
Fortunately, Celeste's an owl you do not want to mess with.
"Stupid old man... Ignoring me when I was really being sincere, and that won't happen in another lifetime.." Sean mumbled angrily as he pushed himself off his seat and stomped his way out, gritting his teeth. "And I haven't even reached THAT age yet, so annoying.." The boy even kicked a pile of snow to channel out that unnecessary temper.
As fate sets it, a wild hale of wind blew right at that moment. It was so strong, Sean's scarf untangles off his neck fluently and flew right back inside the shop. That caught the boy off-guard.
His neck is frighteningly red, his skin almost looked like its rotten, as if something was tied around there painfully long. With his scarf gone, his neck is bare for everyone to see. Apparently, a couple of school girls walked pass him to get in the shop and stopped.
'No...don't look at me..!' He turned to glanced at them, and indeed they were staring at him in quite a shock. 'Are the marks really that apparent?!' The boy's eyes are wide, having no idea what to do now, like a deer caught in headlights.
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Post by Dark on Jul 3, 2011 7:20:44 GMT -5
He only chuckled at the kid's comment, shaking his head as both of them left the restaurant. "Oh hush there, kiddo. At least we have met and you grew very fond of my suave, cool attics." he let out, with a big boyish grin in his smug face.
Suddenly, the wind grew strong, looking at the place then at the kid. The scarf flew away from Sean, he caught it pretty well, but what shocked him is the bruises all over the neck of the kid. He look at the schoolgirls who noticed the bruises. "Ah Sean!!! What have Wiz done to you?! Look at those paint stuffs!!" he exclaimed as Wiz suddenly went into Sean's head. Giving out a drama is not a problem to him. He looked at the schoolgirls and smirks handsomely.
"Ah forgive my love-child, he always saves this little Wiz from his fault. And look at what he have done, messing up at my love's-child necks." he took a bow and place the scarf once again, then look at the schoolgirls. "Mind telling us where is the nearest restroom, so I could wash this over up?" he asks kindly to the girls, winking at them. The girls seems to nevermind the picture of Sean's bruises and pays attention to Dark alone, pointing where the nearest restroom.
"Ah gladly appreciates your honorable help girls, Adieu!" he replied as he gently pushed the kid away from the place.
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Seance
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Post by Seance on Jul 7, 2011 22:34:41 GMT -5
Sean was, basically, frozen in shock, to the point that his mind temporarily blanked out. He has no idea what to do, how to react, how to escape, what to expect, everything. Out of nowhere, Dark suddenly shielded him. Not literally, but to Sean, this horribly old man just shielded him.
The little boy didn't do anything, he just stood there, very surprised. Next thing he knew, his scarf was back around his neck, and he was gently pushed away. A tear stung Sean's eyes, and while he was pushed by Dark, a few drops escaped his eyelids. Noticing that, the little boy quickly uses his cloak and wiped his face.
"..Why did you do that..?" Sean question, his voice muffled from under the cloak. He refused to let it uncover his face until he's completely sure he has a good grasp of his emotions.
Wiz is still on top of his head, so after a moment, the boy lets go of his cloak, just to reach Wiz and just simply hold the little critter in his arms, almost as if hugging it. He needs something to hold on...
Though he has Celeste on his shoulder, he could never touch her, since she's just a spirit. Sometimes, he feels like he wants to hug something, anything, just for the sake that it'll calm him.
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Post by Dark on Jul 9, 2011 23:09:15 GMT -5
He sighed, once they were out of the people's sight, he paused and look down at Sean who grew quiet and started to put his cloak on, Wiz on his arms... hugging the said fluffy bunny like. He shook his head, "What? Can't this 'old suave guy' won't help someone?" he asked and he pushed the kid gently at a nearby bench.
"We men have pride... it takes too much to lower it... and unnoticeable, you have this great pride. So... I just save your pride from everyone who were pitying you." he let out, shrugging his shoulders as he took a sit at the bench. "And beside... you're my love-child, right?" he added, smirking. His eyes glint teasingly, trying to let the tension disappear from the kid's.
"Mah... what a great effort I did! Though I almost look stupid and over-reacted..."
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Seance
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Post by Seance on Jul 11, 2011 8:37:42 GMT -5
As he was lead to a lone bench right beside a snowy tree, Sean climbed on the seat and scooted to the edge to give way for Dark. His automatic reaction to that surprises himself, he was never used with a company like this.
Still embracing Wiz in his tiny arms, the little boy heaved off a sigh out his mouth, a vapor of cloud formed just outside his scarf. His eyes are down, facing the snow on the soil. He can feel the weight of the bench on the other side a bit when Dark sat down.
"Pride..." Sean repeated, almost as if it's the first time he heard of that word. "So the core of every man, is pride..? Core pride.." his voice was so faint, it's hard to hear him. He had his head down and his lips was hidden behind his scarf, so it came out a bit muffled. Sean just understand something new, after all, he needs a bit of time to seep that in.
His forest green eyes cornered towards Dark when the man admitted the boy's his love-child, Sean doesn't even know what it means, but he doesn't want to ask...which was strange of him because he asks for everything he doesn't understand. Maybe he'll ask him later. Maybe it's because the boy kind of like that slightly. "....Right."
Sean fully turned his head to Dark with a snap as soon as Dark finished speaking, emerald eyes widening and lips escaped from his scarf. "Heh..." His small shoulders jerked a bit, and slowly, for the very first time that day, or probably for a long while, his lips curled upwards. "Ahah! Hahahahahahah~!" Sean laughed. It's amazing to note that when he laughed, he looks like a real child; there's no seriousness, no complications, no sadness present.
Just a real genuine child-like laugh.
"Heh, for a guy like you, it sounded so funny when you just insulted yourself like that so freely," he pointed out, his cheeks now slightly rosy by the laughter, "Stupid and over-reacting, you have FINALLY see the mirror of truth, huh?"
His laughter ceased as quickly as it appeared, though a light small smile still clung to Sean's lips. "..Please let me borrow Wiz for a bit," he requested slowly, pulling his legs up on the bench and leaned himself against the backrest comfortably.
"I...I just need something to hold on to right now.." Gently, he hugged Wiz, keeping the little white creature warm inside his arms. For what just happened, he needed that comfort, to hold something, to embrace something, to feel that something's there and he's not alone.
Sure he has Celeste, the owl perched on his shoulder, but that's just his imagination (or spirit actually), so he can never really touched it. His eyes are closed calmly, and his legs propped up in front of him, while his arms held on to Wiz in a much-needed embrace.
In that moment, the child looks so peaceful, almost like he's sleeping.
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Post by Dark on Jul 11, 2011 9:20:53 GMT -5
He hummed a sigh as he look at Sean, glancing down at the quiet boy whom hugged Wiz. What surprises him is that the kid laugh. So cheery and peaceful, as if he wasn't the one with those stoic, collected and blunt kid awhile ago. He was as if normal. His eyed at the kid with those amuse looks, he smiled and shook his head. At least this little guy appreciate something he have ever done.
He shrugged his shoulders, suddenly ruffling his hair that turns into a messy one. "Just for you, love-child," he taunted as a small chuckle rumble in his throat. He look over in front of them, the feast that still continued without them. The snow was still there, but it isn't much that of cold because of his long suit.
It suddenly got quiet again, looking down he saw Sean holding Wiz dearly, his eyes softened warmly. Wiz seems to like the kid moreover now. And at that time, Sean requested to take Wiz for awhile in his arms; which Wiz likes. He suddenly raises an eyebrow... what a fluffy thing. He rolled his eyes off, shrugging his shoulders. "Sure... if that what makes you comfortable..." he let out as he put his hands on his pockets. He wouldn't asked things such as the one with those bruises on the kid's neck. He wouldn't needed to ask things such as those that would hurt the kid's feeling. He isn't the one who would butt on someone's life so quickly.
He would just let the water flow him through wherever... just as long he isn't in danger.
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Seance
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Post by Seance on Jul 14, 2011 0:06:28 GMT -5
Sean took that silent moment as his golden time, he just held onto Wiz and blocked everything else from entering his mind, ignoring the rest of the world. He takes slow breathings, calming himself from freaking out that someone saw the bruises and just reminding himself for once that he has something to hold on right now.
His eyes slowly opened and Sean felt good that it works. He looks down and Wiz to pet it, then turns to Dark while extending his arms to give Wiz back, "Thanks... ..Thanks for not asking." It felt...awkward, to thank someone. Actually, Sean felt awkward to even talk to someone right now.
To take his mind off of this uneasiness, the little boy focused back to his mission, "Uhm, Dark. If you uh, by any chance, bumped into a man who...kind of looks like me, going by the name of..Anthony Reinhardt, then please let me know." His eyes are darting downwards, trying to recall back if he said his introduced his full name to Dark, because the little boy surely doesn't want the guy to know that this man he's searching for is his father.
"From the things I asked other people, they said he's...kind of like you. I mean, he likes girls...so since you're the same, maybe you have a higher chance in stumbling into him," Sean's eyes widened slightly when he realized the truth of his words, so the little boy suddenly stood up on his knees and grabbed the hem of Dark's collars, looking straight in the man's eyes.
"PLEASE! You...You have the highest chance in locating him in the places you go! I really think so! People say he acts just like you! Please, I really--!!" The urgency in the little boy's eyes disappeared when he realized he's really screaming at Dark. Sean released his collars, mentally slapping himself for getting so excited in the moment since the possibility of searching for his father just slightly increased.
"I... Sorry.." he backed away, and sat back down on his seat, embarrassed. He looked away from Dark too, hoping the guy didn't laugh at him for loosing it.
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Post by Dark on Jul 22, 2011 0:31:17 GMT -5
Dark's eyebrow frowned in confusion. The kid is asking him of the name of Anthony Reinhardt. "Anthony... Reinhardt???" he let out, he shrugged his shoulders and look at Sean as he describe the man-his father-. "Oh... a guy like me? Though sadly I-" nope. He never met a man the name of Anthony Reinhardt yet, but just as he was about to say that. Dark let out a surprise yelp when the kid turned ballistic about the man he talked about and grab Dark's collar.
"Oi, kid... you really are- ack!" he was about to say that the kid is having some great assumptions about his father and Dark. "Highest chance? That doesn't really mean I'm alike from his father!?" he thought out grimly, sighing as he looked at the boy calm.
He took a hold of the kid's hand on his collars, gently tugging the little boy to calm. So.... now he knows what the man, Sean's father is, just as he was. He shook his head, suddenly smiling at the boy. "It's ok, kiddo...." albeit the purple haired man is full of pride and superiority complex. He can be considerate once in a while. And that once in a while is now. He would never laugh at the kid's frustrations. "If ever I met a guy with that name... I'll quickly follow it up on you," he let out, shrugging his shoulders.
"Be grateful I can be considerate some times," he boast, grinning at Sean. He look at Wiz, whom at the time Sean got ballistic, suddenly landed on Sean's head. "I can lend Wiz for you at the mean time..." he offered, looking at Wiz then to Sean. Wiz look at him shocked, worried... yet at the same time happy. He can never at all understand his own soul as well. "If you'd like... Wiz don't mind it at all,"
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Seance
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Post by Seance on Jul 22, 2011 19:41:01 GMT -5
Sean sat very still, his spine straight, though his head was still turning away from Dark despite the man's reassurance that it's alright. He feels shameful for loosing it, even for a short minute. This reminds him that he has a long way to go to attain perfect self-control.
"...Thank you," Sean's head tilted down while still facing away from Dark. Slowly, he began to detect the slight hint of kindness behind that narcissism. At Dark's boasting, the little boy forces himself to face Dark, despite his utter embarrassment from earlier, just to state out "You are the most conceited man I have ever met. ...And the kindest. Sometimes."
At Dark's offer to keep Wiz, Sean immediately shook his head to disagree. "No way. Wiz is yours. Isn't he important to you?" The little boy was a tad bit shocked by this, probably because he imagined if he gave Celeste to someone, then he'd be lost.
"He must mean SOMETHING to you, right? Don't go off making stupid decisions so suddenly like that, you'll scare Wiz.." Sean reached out for the critter on his head and stroke its head. After a few strokes, the child then handed Wiz to Dark with a frown, "Plus, Celeste will get jealous."
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Post by Dark on Jul 26, 2011 3:54:53 GMT -5
He merely nodded or answered with full sincerity, but who was he anyway to do that? It would be an OOC and at the same time, it would not be so him. Regardless of what happens, he stay cool and do nothing at the utter embarrassment of the kid. People and other creatures all have pride and dignity. And he want to contain the boy's one.
"I'll count onto that if I ever search a man named Anthony Reinhardt..." he let out, sounding so amusing when he let the name out. What would be the guy's look? Will he look like the kid's? How about his womanizing stuff?
He suddenly raised an eyebrow and look at Sean, then to Wiz. "I don't see any differences or wrong on what I'll do, kid..." he state out in '-as-a-matter-of-fact-' thing, shrugging his shoulders as he look at Sean. "Besides... if I really missed this guy... or would really need his help. He can come quickly in a flash.." he added, then looking at Wiz... then to Celeste, raising an eyebrow.
"Jealous, huh?" he couldn't help but let out, suddenly looking forward at the place they were in. Jealousy... will drive anyone mad. He smirks, he might rather keep Wiz to himself then... though he could give the said guy to someone who likes Wiz. "Tsk... what am I thinking? Giving Wiz to that light angel?" he murmured, while shaking his head.
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Seance
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Post by Seance on Jul 30, 2011 10:45:30 GMT -5
Sean nodded and actually smiled a bit when he heard Dark pronouncing his father's name correctly, "Yes. Anthony Reinhardt. Be careful though, a lot of people claimed he's very dangerous.." He was glad, that someone would listen to a little boy like him and actually would help him out.
Sean had fixed a glare at Dark though about Wiz, it made the boy wondered though how does Dark sees Wiz as. Either way, he reminded himself that he shouldn't so rash about this since it is not his business. "Whatever.. It's takes too much energy to care," he discarded the idea from weighting around in his mind. Perhaps he shouldn't feel sorry for Wiz, or any other soul in his life, it slows him down and distracts him from his main reason of living.
"There's a bit of madness in everyone," Sean reached out a tiny hand at the space on his shoulder, as if patting the air there, but really it's just that he's trying to pat Celeste, who's not even solid in the first place. "Mess around too far, and it'll turn into insanity."
He's seen a person turning mad right in front of his eyes, the one that doesn't even care of her own child anymore. "...I have to go look for him somewhere else," Sean frowned, now that he was reminded of the incident, the more he wanted to find this one man quick. He has a time limit to find the guy after all, "7 years to go.."
The little boy pushed himself off the bench, some of the snow rested on his black cloak so he dusts himself. He didn't say anything though before he went off, merely nodding his head as a thank you and waving his hand hand weakly as goodbye.
Then the little boy pulled up the hood of his cloak to cover his hair from the fallen snow, and makes his way around the number of people enjoying the festival quietly, then disappeared in the crowd.
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