jean-paul beaubier is much faster than you (northmost) wrote in mutanthaven, @ 2009-01-20 16:59:00 |
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Entry tags: | jean-paul beaubier, walter langkowski |
log: jean-paul and walter
summary! Did you know Barnes & Noble can order books in French? Well Jean-Paul didn't know that either until a week or two ago! So him and Walter take the bus to the local B&N, where Walter gets groped by some elderly lady. Oh my.
JEAN-PAUL: It may or may have not been a secret, but Jean-Paul liked to read. Back in Quebec, he read all the time when he wasn't swimming, but since coming to the United States, it had slowed some. His reading comprehension in English was no where near that of French, so reading English books often took quite a long time and required the use of a good dictionary. It was frustrating, but at least it meant he could read beyond the Harry Potter series. The point of this story was the local Barnes & Noble had been able to special order him some books in his native language, something that pleased Jean-Paul greatly. So he had asked Walter if he wanted to accompany him to the bookstore to pick them up and perhaps to grab a bite to eat. Obviously, Walter had said yes considering they were now situated on a public bus on route to their destination. WALTER: A trip to the bookstore? With Jean-Paul? And experiencing public transit? How could Walter pass these things up?! Walter had been sitting next to Jean-Paul, up until a tiny old lady got onto the bus. In which case, Walter stood up quickly and let her sit. Now he stands in front of Jean-Paul, all the while the old lady asks the gentleman on the other side of her many questions. Careful Jean-Paul, you better keep up a conversation with Walter lest she start talking to you! "What books did you get?" JEAN-PAUL: He worried that perhaps Walter was too cool for real books! Or to ride public transit! And maybe, just maybe, Jean-Paul worried Walter would not want to spend extended amounts of time with him because of the gay thing. Maybe. As for the little old lady, he certainly did not want to converse with her because she smelled badly of perfume. No really. He was having a hard time not coughing on her as a result. So talk to Walter it was! "I got a copy of Lord of the Rings." That fucker was hard to read in English. "And a few other... classics?" WALTER: The gay thing-- oh right! Walter wouldn't even remember that unless it was brought up again. Maybe he was repressing it. "Whoa, really?" OHMYGOSH. Jean-Paul was reading Tolkien! Of course Walter read real books, and he'll also argue that 'graphic novels' are real books too. "Did you read The Hobbit?" They can be geeks together. Except Jean-Paul would be a secret geek, because he's obviously very cool and popular around the hotel. JEAN-PAUL: Repression was probably the best answer, Walter. Jean-Paul repressed lots of things and look how normal he turned out to be! Er. And LOL @ Walter thinking he was very cool and popular. "No. I tried to read the one because Jack kept calling me Legolas, but it was hard in English." At least Legolas was hot. WALTER: "The Hobbit is like the prequel to Lord of the Rings, it's a lot shorter, too." Walter talked while moving his hands around, gesturing on an invisible timeline. "You and Legolas have one thing in common." The ears. For a split second, Walter thought of what JP would look like with long hair. Haha no. JEAN-PAUL: "I know. The... " He didn't want to say it in front of the old lady, so he switched to French and hoped Walter would get what he was talking about. "Elf ears." While the reference had confused him at first, Jean-Paul quickly caught on thanks to an Internet search. "I guess I could be called worse things." WALTER: Walter nodded and touched a finger to his nose, international symbol for bingo. He was amused that they were talking about ears and touching his nose. Haw! "Keebler. Santa's Little Helper. Link." Gee, those are right off the top of his head! Has he been thinking about this? "Actually, Link would be a cool one." JEAN-PAUL: Oh, they are being sly on public transit. And Jean-Paul really didn't want to know if Walter had been thinking about it because the elf thing was really getting old here folks. "I hear they have them in World of Warcraft." He should totally buy that game and make an elf that would beat the shit out of everyone. YES. WALTER: "I heard that too. We should buy it." Bonding over elves and pwning! The bus stops for someone else and Walter grabs a handrail. Whoooa. "Maybe I'll buy some books today, too." What a wild and crazy guy. JEAN-PAUL: Books are good, Walter! Jean-Paul liked books and was all excited over the idea that it would no longer take him a million years to finish one. God Bless you Barnes & Noble. "Do you think we could buy one CD and then install it on both of ours?" Except JP has a Mac. And he stuck out a hand when Walter wobbled. Just in case. WALTER: "If I can't do that, I'm sure someone on the tech team could work their magic." Or you know, they could just burn a copy. Stealing with computers is a morally gray area, is it not? Now that JP isn't expecting it-- "So we're okay about your sister, right?" BAM! Sneaking that in under the radar. JEAN-PAUL: "We should buy it then." Mumble, mumble, mumble. Jean-Paul will not let it be known that him and Walter we having LAN parties in one of their rooms here. Oh no! God, he can't wait to go on some quests. Er. And that was so unexpected! "Yeah," he answered as he looked up at Walter for a brief moment. "We're okay." He'll just ignore that part where he kind of had a crush on you for his sister's sake. WALTER: Walter would really like his Gamecube back. Maybe if he called his mom and told her where he was, she'd send it? Then they could play Smash Brothers and JP could be Link! "Good, because if it bothered you, I'd stop talking to her." In a way, he's admitting he'd rather have JP as a friend than ... well, what was it he had with Aurora? In his mind, she doesn't like him as much as he likes her. He's slightly oblivious. A girl like her doesn't really want to date him. She deserves a fancy man... like Warren or something. JEAN-PAUL: Jean-Paul had no idea what a Smash Brothers was and probably the same went for Link, but he would play video games with Walter! He liked video games! Only problem with them was the fact he sucked at them greatly. Oh well. "You don not have to stop talking with her." Awww Walter. And how about they don't talk about Warren because that was still bringing up Creepy Vibes for Jean-Paul. "She talks to you a lot." WALTER: Wouldn't that be awkward! Speaking of awkward, Walter dodges any eye contact when he rubs the back of his neck and mumbles. "I want to make sure she's all right." He wants to take care of your sister, Jean-Paul. TELL HIM TO RUN, RUN FAR AWAY. JEAN-PAUL: It was awkward! And it made him feel funny, but in a weird way and not that HAHA way. So moving right along... "That's good of you." HAHAHA. There was nothing like spending your bus riding time listening to the guy you kind of like talk about how he liked your sister. God his love life sucked. WALTER: Walter's not stupid. He can tell he's making Jean-Paul uncomfortable. Which in turn, makes him uncomfortable. "Whoa, look, a guy in a chicken suit!" Some poor college student was trying to get people to come to the sandwich shop. Walter considered it deus ex machina. JEAN-PAUL: There was a whole lot of uncomfortable in the bus and it was probably spreading to that old lady! Poor thing. Turning around in his seat, Jean-Paul looked out the window to see there was indeed a guy in a chicken suit. Huh. Well would you look at that. "Guess it pays his bills." WALTER: "Wanna go beat him up?" He's joking! C'mon, he wants to show he JP he can be a cool guy too. JEAN-PAUL: He thought you were already cool, Walter! "I think he has suffered enough for one day." Jean-Paul then turned back around and stared at... something. WALTER: "Then maybe we'll brighten his day..." Walter trailed off, feeling bad that his joke fell flat. Then he quickly leaned over Jean-Paul in what could be an awkward position and pulled on the cord to signal the stop. "I think it's up ahead." JEAN-PAUL: Well hello there, Walter. Jean-Paul was going to pretend you just didn't lean halfway on him there. "Oh. OK." He was going to shimmy out and away from Walter now. WALTER: Pah, Walter doesn't even notice. He grabs the railing again to steady himself as the bus stops. "Excuse me. Excuse-- pardon-- whoa." Little old ladies sure are grabby. JEAN-PAUL: Oh my little old lady! Watch where you are putting those wrinkly hands why don't you? Despite the movement of the bus, Jean-Paul manages to stay perfectly balanced and then just waltzes off the bus, waiting for Walter to follow. Ah, super human balance or some shit. "Which way from here?" WALTER: Walter lumbers, like he doesn't know what to do in this human body. As if maybe he spent a little too much time as Sasquatch in the woods or maybe puberty hit him really hard only recently? He laughs lightly and pushes his glasses up. And then slowly removes them. "What? You don't know?" Ladies and gents, he's going to attempt a SECOND JOKE. JEAN-PAUL: It's all right, Walter. While Jean-Paul may have moved with girlish grace now, that wasn't always the case growing up in Canada. He had always been a somewhat awkward child and once the speed developed, he spent a few months tripping as he tried to get used to his new body. PUBERTY SUCKED. "No?" Should he know? "I've only been here once or twice." OMG SECOND JOKE. WALTER: Oh. Walter actually thinks that Jean-Paul doesn't know where to go. Second joke has failed. "I remember now. It's over there in that strip mall..." He even points for full effect. JEAN-PAUL: The second joke may have failed, but he thinks Walter is being Super Helpful! Turning around, Jean-Paul sees the Barnes & Noble amongst the other stores and turns back around to his friend, smiling. "I hope they have cheesecake in the cafe." Those Beaubier's love cheesecake. WALTER: "Cheesecake isn't cake." OH, but is it ever delicious. Walter shields his eyes with one hand until they make it inside. And then? Instead of going about his business, he sticks to Jean-Paul like equal parts puppy and body guard. JEAN-PAUL: He started to wonder if maybe he got the English word and concept of cheesecake wrong. But... it was called cheesecake. Why wouldn't it be cake if it was called cake in the first place. WTF ENGLISH. And Jean-Paul doesn't mind him following him. :3 Er. Watch him act casual as he wanders to the cashier. |