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Tweak says, "Exit stage left."

Jameson William Kemp (flare_star) wrote in nevermore_logs,
@ 2013-02-21 14:51:00

Current mood:	housebound and on my laptop
Entry tags:	jameson kemp, theseus stavros

Who: Jamie Kemp & Theseus Stavros
What: In person meetings!
When: Thursday afternoon
Where: Coffee shop
Warnings: TBD

Jamie didn't go out much after school. He usually went straight home and threw himself into whatever he was working on at the time, that and his homework. But this afternoon, his workload was, thankfully, lighter than normal, so he decided to duck into a coffee shop for a drink on the way home.

He had a little time to spare, so he found a seat which was, thankfully, below the heating vent, and he curled into the seat, sipping his latte. The shop wasn't terribly busy, the only sounds came from the overhead radio and the low hum of conversation from the other patrons. He set his backpack on the floor, debating getting out his book to pass the time with.

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flare_star
2013-02-22 05:44 am UTC (link)

"You're broadening people's horizons," he said with a grin of his own, sipping at the last of his latte. "And who knows? Oscars and accolades may very well follow."

"Nah, now I'm getting all sorts of 'ideas'," he said, waving his hands as he said the last word. "I'm pretty sure I can come up with something that'll work."

"Hey, that's awesome," he said. "Sounds badass. I haven't drawn many monsters before, I can work on that, I haven't done...a lot of horror before, but I like challenges. School is pretty much sorted, as far as current assignments go, and I have two pieces to polish for the portfolio."

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shining_armor
2013-02-22 06:06 am UTC (link)

He took out his lighter and started fiddling with it. It was a nervous tick and a sign he needed a smoke, but he wasn't rude enough to run out either. "Hopefully. People like their black and white though. They don't like the status quo challenged. Look at Hollywood right now. They want ideas that will sell, that's the same as any other. Anything new isn't going to be wanted."

He chuckled, "good. Take your time. No rush. And hey always good to do something new. Expand. Niche's are well and good but they're also really good gilded cages if you're not careful. You may end up looking around and going 'well, fuck this'. Always be better. My dad used to say that."

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flare_star
2013-02-22 06:17 am UTC (link)

"True, but at the same time, you do the same idea long enough, it gets boring," Jamie said. "At least, that's my opinion. I'd rather take a chance on something different, then go and see something that I can predict the ending of from a mile off."

Jamie laughed. "I'm 18, hopefully I don't have any sort of niche yet. But it's still good advice, your dad sounds like a wise man. Plus, you know. Drawing monsters. It sounds awesome."

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shining_armor
2013-02-22 06:28 am UTC (link)

"Sounded, passed when I was 16." He shrugged. He often mentioned it. "He's who got me into all this. His side was all lawyers and doctors and they wanted me to do the same thing. We saw The Godfather and I told him I wanted to do that. And he said, 'then do it kid'. And here I am." He sighed, "unfortunately I don't think that's the majority. How many hangovers do you think we'll get because people thought it was funny."

He rolled his eyes. "I hope someone shoots me if I ever get like that. Because, clearly, I've gone and lost my mind. I mean how many movies win awards because they were original, or because people like the safe bet? But if I think like that I also depress myself."

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flare_star
2013-02-22 07:10 am UTC (link)

"I'm sorry," Jamie said. "He sounds like he was pretty cool. My dad raised me by himself, he always encouraged me to do anything I wanted. Said he knew I had it in me."

He nodded. "Yeah, I hear you there. There's a line between funny and stupid/gross, and a lot of what comes out tends to pole vault over it. Maybe you'll be the first domino in the change that brings change."

"And we can't have that," Jamie said. "I'd like to hope it's the first one, but somehow, I can't help thinking that, like, 75% are given to the safe bet. Which, like you said, is sort of depressing."

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shining_armor
2013-02-22 07:25 am UTC (link)

"He was." He set his hand on one of his arms, tracing along the dragonfly he had there. "And props to your old man for that. My poor Ma had to do it for me. She's a saint for it. Many other things too."

He nodded. "Yeah. But like you said I want to be that domino you know. Or at least inspire someone else to be it. I figure when I'm old and grey and I can look back and be proud, I've done a good job. I don't want to regret anything, so I don't plan on it. Live life at it's fullest. Be kind of like my namesake. Without the kidnap and abandoning."

He tapped the lighter on the table a moment, watching Jamie before deciding on a risk. "so, and I won't take offense at a no here, but are you doing anything on the weekend?"

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flare_star
2013-02-22 08:46 am UTC (link)

"He's one of the strongest people I know," Jamie said. "I never knew my mom, so sometimes he was mom, dad, and best friend, all in one. Props to single parents, man, I don't know how they do it."

"'We must be the change we wish to see in the world'," he quoted. "Think that was Gandhi. But that's a good goal to have, I think. Especially leaving out the kidnapping and abandoning."

His stomach swooped slightly at the question. "No, nothing special," he said. "I usually just draw some and do whatever."

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shining_armor
2013-02-22 11:07 pm UTC (link)

"Probably with a lot of magic." He'd always respect his mother for what she'd done. It was one of the reasons he didn't mind her getting re-married. He felt his mother deserved the world.

"Good way of going about it either way. Try your best." He laughed then, "yeah I try not to do that. You have no idea about the jokes, so I make them myself now."

He gave a grin to the response, glad he hadn't read Jamie wrong. "Great. There's nothing good out but you want to go grab dinner or something?"

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	flare_star 2013-02-23 03:31 am UTC (link)
	"It wouldn't surprise me," Jamie said, and he was mostly serious. "It's really all we can do, you know?" Jamie asked. "I wondered about that, but sometimes people can be touchy about their names." He felt the smile slowly blossom over his face. "Yeah," he said. "Yeah, I'd like that." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

shining_armor
2013-02-23 03:43 am UTC (link)

He rolled his eyes. "Ma thought she was funny. Apparently it's payback for ten hours of labor or some such nonsense." He didn't really mind though. At least his name was different.

"You got a cute smile," he gave with a wink before rising. He leaned down and wrote his number down. "If you give me yours I'll give you a call and pick you up? I know a decent place. I don't mean to rush off but I got to get to my internship."

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flare_star
2013-02-23 04:51 am UTC (link)

"Yeah, I can't imagine going through labor for 10 hours would be very much fun," Jamie said.

Jamie was suddenly thankful for his slightly darker skin, that way his blush wasn't as obvious. He did say, "Thank you," though, pulling his pen out from behind his ear and writing down his number. "Sounds good to me. And don't worry about it, I should be heading home anyway."

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	shining_armor 2013-02-23 05:05 am UTC (link)
	He took the number with a smile before putting his coat and hat back on. "I'll call you then and see you on the weekend." He was already looking forward to it. He put his scarf on before leaving, a bit sad he had to. He'd been rather enjoying himself. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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