Jade Aldebrandi (heliolatrous) wrote in nevermore_logs, @ 2011-06-08 00:19:00 |
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Entry tags: | jade aldebrandi, prometheus |
WHO: Jade & Prometheus
WHEN: Wednesday afternoon
WHERE: The studio
WHAT: More studio-related woes
WARNINGS: language
Jade had decided that there was going to be some serious complaints going in to the guy she rented the studio from. The power going out was one thing and she could accept that sometimes that just happened. But less than a week later the air conditioning had broken down and, despite the fact that she had tried calling to get it dealt with, nothing was happening with it.
Considering the fact that Jade worked in a room with furnaces and molten glass, she wasn't very comfortable without the air con. So as the temperature in the building rose, Jade peeled off her clothes until she was just working in her underwear, her dark hair tied up into a high bun with tendrils of it escaping and plastering themselves to her neck.
Too hot. Jade was losing all ability to concentrate and she couldn't do it anymore. She felt like she might burst into tears when she had to pull her tank top and jeans back out, but she couldn't do outside half-naked.
The moment she left her studio it was cooler, although still hot, and she made her way over to her neighbor since she actually knew him now. Anywhere was better than her studio right now. She just needed a few minutes. Jade knocked on his door and waited, half draining the water bottle in her hand.
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[info]firestealer
2011-06-08 05:24 am UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select
The heat barely bothered him. He'd been forced to endure much worse when he'd been tied up on the rock. He'd just shed his shirt and continued working on the bust for Pandora. He amused himself by trying to irritate her over the blogs as he worked, otherwise he barely paused, even to eat.
When he heard the knock he assumed it was a client. OR hoped. Ever since the invitation he lived on an edge, but Olympians wouldn't knock. They'd just come in. He let out a breath to calm himself before rising and opening the door.
He was rather pleased to see Jade, he'd half assumed he'd never see her safe for the casual hello, so he smiled at her. He hadn't thought to put his shirt back on so the scar over his liver, too harsh to be a surgery and not human enough to be an attack, was visible. "Afternoon, how can I help you?"
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[info]heliolatrous
2011-06-08 05:29 am UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select
Jade only cast a glance to his topless form because reminding herself that perving on topless men was rude. She saw the flash of some scar but she'd quickly brought her eyes back to his face. Besides, it was too hot.
"My studio," Jade told him, pressing her hand to her sweaty temple, "is... intolerable. Is your air con working in here?"
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[info]firestealer
2011-06-08 05:34 am UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select
He shook his head to the question. "No. Felt it go off a few hours ago. But I've got no furnaces running and some shade." Smiling he stepped back to let her into the studio. "So come on in." He waved her in, sure that his studio was probably a bit cooler then his own.
"Did you call the landlord to fix that? Mention you have hot furnaces running?"
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[info]heliolatrous
2011-06-08 05:45 am UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select
"Called," Jade said as she came in, running a hand up the back of her neck at the damp hair there. "Got a 'I'll see what I can do' and an 'open a window'" She pulled at the fabric of her tank top to cool herself down, although it was much better in here. "He's lucky he didn't get a 'go fuck yourself on something pointy' from me."
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[info]firestealer
2011-06-08 05:52 am UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select
He chuckled to that, "Remind me never to see you angry. Here," he motioned her to where he'd sat, pushing the clay bust aside. "There's shade here. Let me get something with ice in it for you." He closed his laptop as he went, returning with a glass of water and some ice from the cooler. "Here you go. Just some water I'm afraid. If you're really desperate those stairs," he pointed to the nearby stairs "go up to my place. I can assure cold water in my shower."
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[info]heliolatrous
2011-06-08 05:58 am UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select
She didn't inform Thane that she'd been holding back on her language and threats for his benefit. She at least tried to keep her sailor's mouth from running off with itself when she'd only just met people.
She took the glass with a smile. "Thanks, this should be fine. I just needed to escape the fires of hell for a minute there." She took a drink and glanced at the scar a little better, sort of freaked out by it. "That's a pretty gnarly scar you've got," Jade said, her tone no more than conversational.
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[info]firestealer
2011-06-08 06:03 am UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select
Smiling he nodded, "of course. And don't mention it. Just trying to be neighborly." The mention of his scar made him pause and look down at it, setting his fingers over it out of instinct. "Yeah. I know."
He had no good way of explaining it though. He couldn't very well say 'well I got it by having my liver pecked out by an eagle for decades'. "Just had some bad shit go down when I was younger. This is a memento. I'm not too fond of talking about it. I'll find my shirt if it's a bother?"
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[info]heliolatrous
2011-06-08 06:09 am UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select
"We've all got demons in our pasts," Jade just said and then shook her head as she took another sip of the water. "You don't have to cover up on my account."
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[info]firestealer
2011-06-08 06:14 am UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select
He gave a small smile then settled on another chair. "Alright. It is very warm." He wasn't too good with keeping conversation going but she was the only one who really talked to him. "Someday I'll tell you about it. I try not to scare pretty girls off with my past though. Besides it adds to the mystique."
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[info]heliolatrous
2011-06-08 06:18 am UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select
"A sculptor with mysterious scars?" Jade said as she fanned herself (a gesture that worked well for what she was saying, but was actually just because she was still boiling.) "I'm surprised you're not having to fight off the ladies with a stick actually." She smiled at him.
She was curious about it, of course. But she wasn't going to ask.
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[info]firestealer
2011-06-08 06:22 am UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select
He laughed and nodded, "I know. I'm a walking cliché. I try not to advertise it too much." He gave a shy smile and shrugged, "I'm not the social type, as I've said before. Most girls I see are models. So that's why I'm not really beating off anyone with a stick, as you said, I'm not really going out there and meeting anyone."
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[info]heliolatrous
2011-06-08 06:26 am UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select
"Artists," Jade said dismissively. "Always locking yourselves away in little rooms and ignoring the call of the outside world. Gee," she said with a small sarcastic smile, "I wonder what that must be like?"
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[info]firestealer
2011-06-08 06:28 am UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select
"Apparently very hot," he smirked at her. "You're sure you won't take advantage of my shower. I promise to stay right here. You look like you're five minutes away from melting and I wouldn't want to call an ambulance."
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[info]heliolatrous
2011-06-08 06:31 am UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select
"Yeah," Jade finally said after thinking about it for a few more moments. "Yeah, okay. You've got a lock on the bathroom?" Jade asked him. "It's not that I don't trust you," Jade said with a small shrug, "it's just that I don't trust you yet."
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[info]firestealer
2011-06-08 06:35 am UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select
He held up his hands, "perfectly reasonable. And yes it does. Very sturdy lock." All of his locks were, just in case. It'd give him a head start, if nothing else. "Just up the stairs and to the left. I'll be down here."
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[info]heliolatrous
2011-06-08 06:38 am UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select
Jade stood up and handed him the empty glass. "Thanks," she said to him with a little smile, heading in the direction he'd pointed out.
When she came back down fifteen minutes later she felt far more human, her wet hair hanging down over her shoulders and making her white shirt see-through on the bits it dampened.
"That feels so much fucking better," Jade said happily as she came back down the stairs. "Good shower."
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[info]firestealer
2011-06-08 06:42 am UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select
He'd gone back to the bust as she'd showered, only glancing up when she returned. Politely he didn't stare at the parts of her shirt that were no see through. He was a gentlemen if nothing else.
"I know, and you're welcome." He set the statue aside again and cleaned up his hands. "Do you want another drink?"
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[info]heliolatrous
2011-06-08 08:12 am UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select
"No, but thanks," Jade said with a shake of her head. She looked at the bust and gestured to it. "Can I see?"
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[info]firestealer
2011-06-08 08:22 am UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select
Smiling he nodded, sitting down again. "sure, feel free. It's not done yet though. Feel free to tell me what's wrong with it."
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[info]heliolatrous
2011-06-08 08:27 am UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select
Jade moved in closer and crouched beside him to look at the work. "It's really beautiful," she told him, tilting her head to take in a different angle. "Is this the one you're making for your sister-in-law? I like the way that fabric falls down from the breast under her hand."
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[info]firestealer
2011-06-08 08:34 am UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select
He nodded again, "it is. I feel like it conveys a sort of sweetness, almost seduction but not quite. She said she wanted something that' make my brother remember her when she's not there. I figured this would do. And they were separated for a bit, thus that bit of shyness that want to cross the bridge they built."
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[info]heliolatrous
2011-06-08 08:40 am UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select
Jade nodded slowly to his explanation, still watching the piece. "There's a sensual vulnerability about it," Jade said after a while and then reached out, tracing her fingers just above to clay to show what she was talking about. "This, the curve of her throat, here, and the way this curl of hair falls over it. Stunning."
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[info]firestealer
2011-06-08 08:45 am UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select
He smiled at the praise, "thank you. It's not done yet. I'm still hammering out some details but I never finish any pieces. I just sell them when the client tells me they're done. I'll fuss forever over them if they let me. Unfortunately my rent stops me."
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[info]heliolatrous
2011-06-08 08:46 am UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select
"Luckily glass doesn't afford that much messing around," Jade smiled as she stood up again. "Or I'd probably never finish anything either. I hope your sister likes it."
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[info]firestealer
2011-06-08 08:51 am UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select
"So do I, seeing it'll pay for my air conditioning." He glanced around, "well once that comes back on anyway." He smiled and offered his hand to help her up. "I'm pretty sure even the greats like Da Vinci and Michaelangelo never really finished either."
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[info]heliolatrous
2011-06-08 08:59 am UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select
"If that ever comes on again," Jade grumbled. "I think I'm just going to spend the rest of the day outside smoking until it works again. No fucking way I'm going back in there again before that. I've been standing there working in my bra and panties all day. Which," Jade smiled brightly, "is probably the image I'll leave you with."
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[info]firestealer
2011-06-08 09:07 am UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select
"I'll have a word with him," he liked to think he had more sway with the landlord, seeing how long he'd been here. And sometimes he could be more Titan then sculptor and act the part. He cleared his thought to the image and glanced away with a smile, "not a bad one, I'll say that much."
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[info]heliolatrous
2011-06-08 09:10 am UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select
"Most people have enjoyed it so far," Jade winked at him. Then she pulled the pack of smokes out of her back pocket and set one between her lips. "Light me?"
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[info]firestealer
2011-06-08 09:19 am UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select
He smiled at her, "Can't blame them." He fished the lighter out of his pocket and lit the cigarette for her as she'd asked. "There you go. Sad to see you leave, but do drop by again when you like. I'm here almost every day."
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[info]heliolatrous
2011-06-08 09:22 am UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select
"You can drop by mine too," Jade told after taking a drag. "I'll be back there tomorrow if the air comes back on. You could always come take a smoke break with me now though," she suggested.
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[info]firestealer
2011-06-08 09:26 am UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select
"I'll remember that," he liked having one friend. Epimetheus didn't count. His brother kind of had to put up with him, and now Epi had Pandora. He nodded to her suggestion and rose, putting his shirt back on and digging out his own smokes. "I think I might."
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[info]heliolatrous
2011-06-08 01:29 pm UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select
"Atta boy," Jade said, drawing the cigarette out from between her lips with a smiling and then heading for the door. Outside it was sunny but still not as awful as her studio. Jade loved the sunshine though and she closed her eyes and lifted her face to it until Theon joined her. Then she took another drag of her smoke. "I never do this inside the studio," she explained, feeling like she should. (Jade's problem seemed to be defending her actions to near strangers when they hadn't even asked. She knew that.) "I have clients come in their and with how much I smoke everything would reek."
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[info]firestealer
2011-06-08 08:48 pm UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select
When he came outside his first instinct was to look for eagles. He'd never stop looking even though they never appeared. That and he was almost certain that each time he left his house, the enforcers would show up, much like the rodents they were. He breathed easier when they didn't and lit up his own smoke. When she explained her actions he glanced to her. "I smoke inside sometimes. Mostly when I'm nervous."
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[info]heliolatrous
2011-06-09 06:49 am UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select
Jade held her cigarette as she exhaled and nodded at what he'd said, "yeah, I'm guilty of that too. Sometimes I get anxious about how much I've spent on smokes and it makes me need a smoke." She just grinned.
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[info]firestealer
2011-06-09 06:57 am UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select
He chuckled, "no mostly just general nerves I suppose. Although I realize few would like to see me keep this habit."
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[info]heliolatrous
2011-06-09 07:01 am UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select
"Non-smokers are always pains like that," Jade agreed after taking another drag. "My friends are always trying to get me to quit but I think that I should never quit anything that I'm this good at. Lung cancer be damned."
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[info]firestealer
2011-06-09 07:05 am UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select
He glanced to her then laughed, "there isn't much technique to smoking. I don't see how you are going around saying youre good at it. I don't think it's one of those things." He shrugged, not really getting that. "And most just look out for our benefit."
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[info]heliolatrous
2011-06-09 08:12 am UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select
"Hey," Jade laughed, looking over at him. "I've got few talents that I can publicly reveal. Let me live in denial that I have more."
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[info]firestealer
2011-06-09 08:14 am UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select
"Alright," he raised his hands in a gesture of defeat. "And I'm sure you have plenty of talents you aren't aware of."
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[info]heliolatrous
2011-06-09 08:21 am UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreenTrack This Select
"I'm not without talent," Jade conceded. "I happen to be better than anyone I know at working with glass. Which might be a little pride on my part, but fuck it. I do what I do."