Pollux Nigellus Black [beta geminorum] (pollux_black) wrote in madisonvalley, @ 2013-10-15 15:15:00 |
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Entry tags: | !log, !open, ~2013 october, ~~!35 points, ~~michael guerin (drankethsnapple), ~~pollux black (pollux_black) |
Who: Pollux Black & Open
What: Discussing family, responsibility. Things.
Where: A playground and possibly elsewhere
When: Midday, before he leaves to meet Cassi. 10/15
Warnings | Status: TBD | in progress
Children laughed and played their games, running about and being general nuisances to the public, loud and obnoxious. The parents didn't mind, as it was outdoors in a place designated for them anyway and children were children. Pollux didn't think overmuch of what drew him toward the noise, only that he had wandered that way and sank down onto a bench, sitting rigidly while he watched. He was out of place mostly because of his age and his clothes. He looked like he was in route to a business meeting or a job interview, dressed in a suit, with his hair parted and neatly combed.
He missed the children, he thought. No, no that wasn't true. He didn't miss them. He missed the familiarity of them and home, and mostly he missed the occasional company Irma offered. The house was lonely at home despite the number of people living in it, but occasionally he and Irma talked. Occasionally they.. they-
No. Occasionally she did something more than tolerate his presence, occasionally she managed a smile and a few words. Mostly she managed the children, mostly she kept them and herself away from Pollux because he didn't know how to interact with them. Mostly she did her work and mostly she cried at night. She didn't know that Pollux knew, if she did she'd apologize and do it somewhere else. Pollux sighed and rubbed his forehead to ease the pressure that had slowly been building there. He'd take a potion when he got home to stop the headache the same as before. Hadn't he warned Cassi about self medicating? Well, he'd be fine. He knew what he was doing. Surely.
Pollux lowered his hand from his head and touched the ring on his left hand, twisting it around his finger. A shadow crossed over him and Pollux looked up at the sound of a voice, squinting because of the sunlight. "Pardon?"