Schmendrick (the Magician) (i_juggle) wrote in we_coexist, @ 2009-02-16 20:34:00 |
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Entry tags: | aeon flux, cupid, schmendrick |
Acclimated to Odd [Cupid Challenge: Aeon]
Schmendrick was older than he looked, and he'd seen a lot of weird things in his day. Perhaps that was why, as a wave of swooning romantic sentiment overtook the City, he went casually about his routine as if nothing were off. He purchased a coffee at the corner store, picked up a newspaper, and made his way into the park to find a bench and start his morning. The quiet flipping of pages was interrupted only occasionally, when the tall hook-nosed man glanced up to watch clingy couples walk by.
For a showman, Schmendrick had always been a restrained sort when it came to romance. Youth had long since passed him by, and while he was earnest, he wasn't effusive. Perhaps that's why the couples made him smile; just because the sentiment behind Valentine's Day was no longer new and fresh for him didn't mean that he couldn't appreciate the joy of others.
He folded his paper. He wasn't likely to get much reading done with the City in such a worked-up state.