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Avoid if triggered by misplaced apostrophe's. ([info]essayel) wrote in [info]morningstar_mnr,
@ 2010-09-22 15:46:00

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Entry tags:allan, ben, chas, chloe, demitri, guy, urquhart

Working day, various, OTA
Guy took a break between pickups and bought a coffee and took it to the angel statue. He liked sitting in the shadow of the big green wings while he drank. It made him feel safe.

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Ben also had a drink - tea he had made himself. It was getting cold on the counter while he unpacked and shelved books. The door was wide open and the workmen were in and out whistling. Ben was very pleased with the way the work was going. The soft pale turquoise paint on the walls made him feel happy and relaxed. he hoped it would have the same effect on his customers.

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Charlie should have been answering emails but a thought had struck him and he'd gone and found a sheet of paper and had got out some pastels and was making a glorious smudgy mess that was slowly beginning to look like the City on a windswept and rainy evening. He was particularly enjoying doing the neon reflections in puddles.

There was a big smudge of pink across his cheek.

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Allan pumped the bellows watching the iron go from red to a glowing yellow-pink, then he took it from the fire to the anvil and picked up his hammer. White sparks showered as he struck, and again. He wasn't making anything in particular, but it really helped him to think.



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Re: Ben
[info]essayel
2010-09-22 03:28 pm UTC (link)
Ben turned his head and blinked. "Oh - hello," he said. "I'm afraid we're not quite open yet, but feel free to come and look around. If you'd like something - well, I'm sure we can accommodate you."

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Re: Ben
[info]mm_kel
2010-09-22 03:37 pm UTC (link)
"Thanks," Demitri said, stepping in. "Don't mean to bother you, just thought I'd see how it was coming. Seth Roth told me about the store." He held out his hand. "I'm Demitri. Demitri Chambers."

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Re: Ben
[info]essayel
2010-09-22 03:50 pm UTC (link)
Ben put down the block of paperbacks he was holding and shook Demitri's hand. "Ben Morcambe," he said. "Are you an artist too?"

He looked as though he could be. But then he looked as though he could be a model or a film star. Ben hadn't seen anyone that attractive in a very long time.

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Re: Ben
[info]mm_kel
2010-09-22 04:18 pm UTC (link)
Demitri laughed softly.

"Not like Seth no. I'm a dancer. I own the dance studio in the Square."

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Re: Ben
[info]essayel
2010-09-22 04:54 pm UTC (link)
"There's a dance studio?" Ben smiled. "I hadn't noticed that. I'll have to look for it. I'm trying to get to know all my neighbours. It can be a bit daunting moving to a new city. Anyone I should avoid?"

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Re: Ben
[info]mm_kel
2010-09-22 05:06 pm UTC (link)
"I'm upstairs near the cafe," he said. "Everyone here's pretty nice. There were some problems a few years ago I've been told but now," he shrugged, "one big happy family."

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Re: Ben
[info]essayel
2010-09-22 05:09 pm UTC (link)
Ben raised his eyebrows. "Oh, even better. Where I was before there was an electronics store and the owner used to go apeshit if anyone parked outside his store front. Tire letting down apeshit! That was n fun for anyone until his wife had him committed."

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Re: Ben
[info]mm_kel
2010-09-22 06:32 pm UTC (link)
Demitri's eyes widened a bit.

"Yikes. Well hopefully you won't have that problem here."

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Re: Ben
[info]essayel
2010-09-22 06:46 pm UTC (link)
"I hope not," Ben agreed. "I want to get a car, maybe a minivan if I can find one I like, but I've got a parking space round the back by my lock up. That shouldn't be in anyone's way."

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Re: Ben
[info]mm_kel
2010-09-22 06:53 pm UTC (link)
"You might ask Charlie - have you met Charlie yet? Owns the gallery? - anyway you might ask him to ask Deacon about cars. D knows about that kind of thing."

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Re: Ben
[info]essayel
2010-09-22 07:02 pm UTC (link)
"Seth mentioned Charlie," Ben said. "Yes, I'll do that. It saves so much time, and money sometimes, if you can get a friendly recommendation of someone good rather than guessing and hoping for the best." He glanced at his half empty mug and said, "Would you like some tea? I've let mine get cold."

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Re: Ben
[info]mm_kel
2010-09-22 07:10 pm UTC (link)
"Yeah love some, thanks."

He watched Ben move about.

"So what brings you to the City? Or have you been here and are just moving shop?"

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Re: Ben
[info]essayel
2010-09-22 07:24 pm UTC (link)
"Moved here from Boston," Ben said, boiling the kettle again. "I decided a fresh start in a new environment was what I needed." He glanced at Demitri and grimaced. "Divorced you see. I didn't want to stay in a place with so many memories."

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Re: Ben
[info]mm_kel
2010-09-23 12:43 am UTC (link)
Demitri gave him a small, understanding smile.

"I know how that goes. Very well, actually. I nearly left here after my divorce but - well I'm glad I didn't. Met someone else now so making new memories."

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Re: Ben
[info]essayel
2010-09-23 06:26 am UTC (link)
Ben's smile was wistful. "That was brave," he said. "But virtue rewarded. I hope she's nice to you - well if she wasn't nice you wouldn't be with her so .." he laughed at himself and got out the milk and sugar and a squirt bottle of lemon juice.

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Re: Ben
[info]mm_kel
2010-09-23 02:17 pm UTC (link)
Demitri's smile grew a bit.

"He actally," he said. "And he's very good to me."

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Re: Ben
[info]essayel
2010-09-23 02:39 pm UTC (link)
"Ah," Ben said and smiled again. "I'm glad about that. Milk? Lemon? I'm not really geared up for much beyond that yet."

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Re: Ben
[info]mm_kel
2010-09-23 02:41 pm UTC (link)
"Milk please," Demitri replied and leaned against the counter. "So have you met anyone else from the Square? Other than Seth that is."

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Re: Ben
[info]essayel
2010-09-23 02:49 pm UTC (link)
"Well, there's Kelsey, my assistant," Ben said, "and Cindy Papadapoulos, the architect. Gaston and Paula in the Auberge, they are good folks. A young man called Sean helped me move some boxes of boxes out of the rain. I've been working a little hard."

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Re: Ben
[info]mm_kel
2010-09-23 02:55 pm UTC (link)
"Sometimes that helps things, doesn't it," Dem said. "Throwing yourself into your work. But you look like you'll be open soon and then you'll meet all sorts of people coming in to check out the new blood."

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Re: Ben
[info]essayel
2010-09-23 03:02 pm UTC (link)
"New blood?" Ben chuckled. "Scarcely that. But I can certainly oblige with new books." He passed Demitri a mug of tea. "Later today, when I get these books stowed away, I'm going too stroll along to the affordable antiques place and see about getting some furniture for my apartment upstairs. at thee moment all I have is a bed."

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Re: Ben
[info]mm_kel
2010-09-23 03:07 pm UTC (link)
"That's a good place to find thing. I've gotten a few items there myself."

He took the tea and sipped it, nodding. "Very good, thanks."

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Re: Ben
[info]essayel
2010-09-23 03:38 pm UTC (link)
"Pleasure," Ben said and sipped his own tea with a sigh. "When you say dance studio," he said after a moment, "do you mean that you teach dancing?"

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Re: Ben
[info]mm_kel
2010-09-23 03:56 pm UTC (link)
"Yes," Dem replied. "Ballroom and Latin mainly but I teach pole dancing and strip tease as well if anyone wants it."

He said it matter of factly, no shame in it at all. He'd gotten over being worried what people might think about the type of dancing he used to do.

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Re: Ben
[info]essayel
2010-09-23 05:15 pm UTC (link)
"Er ..." Ben had a sudden mental image of what Demitri pole-dancing might look like and flushed to the roots of his hair. "I - um - Kelsey's getting married soon and insists that I should dance with her and since I have what feels like rather more than two left feet ... I would be interested in enough of a lesson to stop me crippling the poor girl."

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Re: Ben - [info]mm_kel, 2010-09-23 05:18 pm UTC
Re: Ben - [info]essayel, 2010-09-23 05:55 pm UTC
Re: Ben - [info]mm_kel, 2010-09-23 06:03 pm UTC
Re: Ben - [info]essayel, 2010-09-23 06:18 pm UTC
Re: Ben - [info]mm_kel, 2010-09-23 10:15 pm UTC

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