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Vincent ([info]king_of_gods) wrote in [info]paxletalelogs,
@ 2010-07-19 20:00:00

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Entry tags:poseidon, zeus

Who: Vince & Paul
What: Discussing the idea of a tidal wave to wash away subversive mortals Coffee and becoming reacquainted with the awesome that is living close together.
Where: Lobby and then strolling to aforementioned coffee.
When: At exactly 1:01.
Warnings: No...t yet!


The mind bending way in which Vincent was able to dress in a mundane manner, yet still appear utterly overpowering, seemed an esoteric and lifelong trait. He can trace this phenomena back to the funeral of his great uncle Alexander (whom his middle name was so worthlessly settled after.) wherein, family from all over the world had flown specifically out to the French Riviera, to St. Tropez to be particular (Alexander's favored place in all the world while alive.) to watch his trifling ashes be dumped mournfully and boohooily into the mysterious depths of the mystical Mediterranean sea. No one was allowed to wear black at the funeral, as indicated by his requests, and this is where Vincent uncovered the magnificent truth behind all the machinations of man--especially his perceptions of how one dresses--and that to be a wolf in sheep's clothing was the most diplomatic way to slay a lamb.

Superman, when he went to bed at night, was Clark Kent. He needn't feed consistently on the oo's and aah's of all his faithful to feel uplifted or obligated to perform his heroic duties. People who are what they are, do what they do, because they like what they do, and want to do what they want. When they want to. After unbraiding that tricky thought delicately as a man might the corset of his Edwardian lover, you might discover the pale, flawless secret that was the middle path of life. A terrain few ever uncovered. A bridge you can only find by testing extremes...

In order to know virtue, we must first acquaint ourselves with vice.

Thus, Vincent did his best to (within reason.) do as he pleased, however, and whenever he wanted. This may seem an odd idea to those chained down by society's way of controlling the smaller minded, but the free-spirited, like Vincent, the strong and bold of heart, are unchained but not untethered.

They also evidently wear gray, faded jeans, plain black t-shirts, asic tigers, and seemed to stroll with a predatory edge that teetered gracefully on the precipice of Vincent's naturally imposing demeanor. It had taken him only ten minutes to be ready, and hours to wait and wait and wait impatiently for the hour to arrive for him to leave.

And finally, he'd arrived in the lobby with a *DING* of the elevator, a wolfish grin slathered onto his face like Artemis' soap and the eyes of a storm at sea.

Purposefully, exactly one minute late. It was his thing.



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[info]i_sea_you
2010-07-20 11:18 am UTC (link)
Paul was by nature a punctual person. And for some reason, it didn't look like rain today (how he could tell, exactly, still boggled him) so he didn't bother to grab the travel umbrella on his way out, after throwing on jeans and a dark blue button-down shirt. Therefore, he was waiting at 1:00 - he had been there at 12:55 to be exact, even though he knew Vince would stroll in at 1:01 because few spoke Vinceish better than Paul. It was a language all on its own, much more complicated than Arabic or Russian and arguably more useful than either.

"Hey asshole," he grinned, meeting Vince in the lobby and greeting him with a handshake, one-armed bro hug that wasn't really a hug because men did not hug in public, thank you. "Wow, I still can't believe you've been stalking me and moved into the same building I live in."

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[info]king_of_gods
2010-07-20 06:13 pm UTC (link)
After the bromance of the bro hug had faded into the majestic, yet macho alternate reality of brotality, he'd retreated just ever so faintly from his ol' pals posture--how familiar it was and nice to feel reminiscent--and spread his arms with a shrug. "I'm a stalker." admitted he, the words followed by the bent gymnastics of an asymmetrically knavish grin. At one acme of his life, he was damned proud of his ability to summon the globes to blatantly do that which others restrained their instincts from doing. His instinct was to move nearer to his lost loved ones, because when they were young and their 'powers combined', they brought out a part of him that in a Captain Planet-like manner, was somehow his best or most happy.

"And I wanted to see what happened when we were all around each other again. I don't give a shit if Roy's still being a little bitch. He's still noodle armed, weepy, and couldn't take me in a fight if his life depended on it. I'll tie him up to a chair and fucking make him talk to me. I just don't feel like getting all elaborate with the shit yet. You know me, I've got priorities." Arched brow, check. "Like coffee, with the friend who's always been there." Dazzling grin, check. "Let's get this show on the road."

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[info]i_sea_you
2010-07-20 06:28 pm UTC (link)
Ah, yes. Roy and Vince, the two nearest and dearest to Paul's bromantic heart - and the two he played peer mediator to approximately 99.9% of the time. If either of them preferred the cock, outsiders would have of course suggested that they just make out and get it over with but since neither of them did, their bromance was limited to epic spats followed by a period of calmness, and then another epic spat, repeat cycle until someone died or the earth exploded. Though actually, Paul was sure that their zombies would still continue to have spats, so it had to be the earth explosion on this one.

"I actually would be curious to know what would happen with that too," he admitted. "I didn't even know Roy was here. I guess he's been...busy with his work." Or being somber, either one, but it's not like Paul could talk. "But yes, let's get out of here."

He strode forward and got the door, and they emerged into the pleasant California air that did not smell at all like Disneyland. "You all moved in okay? Get everything unpacked up there in the Penthouse?"

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[info]king_of_gods
2010-07-20 06:39 pm UTC (link)
"I'm moved in all right. The place is too big. Too much space. Too much room for my imagination. I keep thinking the shit's haunted. I've been reading this book about the search for the physical source of the human soul, or evidence of the after life, and that EVP shit really creeps me out, even though I know it can all be ducting effects of the recorder."

Ah, yes, Anaheim. It was far enough from Los Angeles to at least not as perennially carry the dusty aroma of smog, and far enough from North Hollywood and Burbank to irritate his mischievous, yet artsy streak. Oh, well! And then like a lightning bolt, the idea struck him...

"After coffee, let's get lunch at Medieval Times." He spoke these words, after he'd ever-so-slightly, and audibly, drew in an excited breath. He was deadly serious. "On me."

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[info]i_sea_you
2010-07-20 06:52 pm UTC (link)
"Why...have you been reading that?" Paul wanted to know, trying to grasp the deep concepts Vince just presented to him and failing miserably in the execution. "Okay, so we won't go see Paranormal Activity 2. Check that off the list. Maybe you need someone to perform an exorcism on your new place."

He coughed a laugh at the suggestion, fighting a smile, but one sort of appeared anyway. "Wow, awesome. I'll spring for foam swords too, if you want." Hey, Medieval Times, why not? He could do with an afternoon of watching knights get hit in the face.

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[info]king_of_gods
2010-07-20 07:08 pm UTC (link)
"I just like to be amused. Especially by horses and fake knights."

Pressing his hands together, he'd rubbed them excitedly together the way an over-spoiled child might above his legion of brand new presents on Christmas. He'd wanted to leave the apartment complex for so long. He was reading too many books and driving himself bananas.

"I read a lot when I can. Knowledge is power, Paul. And ignorance is not bliss, it is powerlessness. I'd prefer if the place is haunted, which it isn't, for it to stay haunted. No exorcisms for me, thanks. It's a good mind fuck. Gives me something to do. This coffee place better have soy milk, by the way."

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[info]i_sea_you
2010-07-20 07:24 pm UTC (link)
"You like to be amused? That's the understatement of the century," Paul chuckled. "Red vs. blue. Who will win? And is the chicken really chicken?" He quirked an eyebrow at the pure wisdom of that diatribe Vince had just spouted. "Well, it's a pretty new complex so I doubt there are many ghosts there, unless the building was secretly put on an Indian burial ground or something. I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but I certainly agree that knowledge is power." The next gesture was a shooting star, as if they were on PBS making public service announcements. The More You Know!

The coffee shop wasn't far, and Paul was sure they had soy milk. They had to cater to the liberal hippy crowd, after all. "Did you suddenly become lactose intolerant or a vegan?" he asked as he pulled open the door.

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[info]king_of_gods
2010-07-20 07:42 pm UTC (link)
"Nah, milk's just started to taste nasty to me unless it's mixed in with my food for some reason. Like, I don't go out of my way to buy milk anymore. Soy tastes better to me, I dunno... and I never understood the Indian burial ground shit, why can't it be a Jewish burial ground?"

And is if by cue, one of the many Jewish rabbi's in Southern California, decided at that precise moment to pass by Paul and Vincent en route to the opened exit. Vince had already entered, and the man, with his little curls, hat, and charmingly bent nose bridging his well kept mustache, winked at Paul for his friends perfect mishap with timing.

"Because vee make sure to make a big deal outta where vee bury our dead. No one can miss it." The Jewish man had imparted his knowledge, as he continued down the street. Some might say he was dancing.

"Case closed."Said Vincent.

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[info]i_sea_you
2010-07-20 07:52 pm UTC (link)
What the flaming hell? Paul blinked a few times, pinching himself to make sure they weren't in some alternate universe, pausing in the entranceway to the coffee shop. He was nearly run over by a woman wielding the most dangerous weapon of all - not the glock, not the atomic bomb, not the blowdryer, but the stroller. Ouch!

"Do you just...alright, maybe I'm more inclined to believe that your apartment is haunted," he said hastily, watching as the cheerful Rabbi skipped down the street. Did he just execute the q-tip? Even Paul knew that dance went out in the 90s. "This place is weird, definitely weird. The building is weird. I swear that things disappear and reappear at random. No one even knows who owns it."

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[info]king_of_gods
2010-07-21 12:44 am UTC (link)
"I haven't had anything disappear or reappear, but it better not not happen to my macbook or playstation." And with that, came the sidelong emblem of a suspect glance. What the fuck was he talking about? He better not be talking about cars or video games, he'd thought, as he crossed his arms and furrowed his brow at the menu. Otherwise, the idea awakened his curious nature, his lust to be intrigued, his taste for the fascinating. Vince just liked to know. He liked to feel... high up, one might say, able to see all or be aware of as much as plausible.

He looked to his friend with a 'I know what I want already.' sort of expression that chiseled his cheeks in an artful way.

"What are you getting? You wanna google this apartment and see if anything pops up on my iPhone? Some history? Maybe Satan worshiping or sacrificing of virgins, in which case where do they hide them, and how can we get invited?"

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[info]i_sea_you
2010-07-21 01:40 am UTC (link)
"No, not like...personal items," Paul replied, shaking his head, talking in a low voice - just going along with the buzz of the place. No one paid him any mind. "So your Macbook is safe. I mean, you walk through the hallways and turn a corner then when you go back, the same corner's not there." He realized it sounded batshit crazy, he knew that. But it was what he had experienced.

He studied the menu too, although he was sure he'd end up with black coffee - no cream and no sugar. In fact, that was exactly what he ordered, then stepped back to let Vince dazzle the friendly coffee shop employee. "Maybe I'm just imagining things," he said, rubbing his forehead. "Anyway, back to the Satan worshipping and sacrificial virgins." So said Paul, the dorkiest of dorks.

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[info]king_of_gods
2010-07-21 04:13 am UTC (link)
Having leaned in to place his order for a cafe Americano, no room, three shots, and surveyed the curvy terrain of the geometrically divine employee, with her being all eagerness and eyeshadow, he'd voluntarily offered her a graphically refined smile that spoke at a low, yet intense volume of his confidence and his oh, not a care in the world. He turned around abruptly once finished. Breaking her from her hypnotism. Her recovery shambled like a zombie to the next person in line.

"I'm pretty sure there's a perfectly reasonable explanation for it. Or maybe it was the puppets from Labyrinth. You aren't an idiot, so I believe you." He'd emphasized, collecting packets of sugar in the raw while they waited for their order. "I just haven't really looked around the rest of the place except from my parking spot, through the lobby, and then to my apartment. I kinda just decided on a whim to move here. Like something told me to."

A pause.

"Maybe it was the promise of David Bowie in gray leggings, or probably more likely the sacrificial virgins."

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[info]i_sea_you
2010-07-21 11:28 am UTC (link)
Paul almost laughed. Even though he had seen Vince lure unsuspecting females in with his tractor beam stare many times before, it was always amusing in that 'wow, I could never do that!' sort of way. He stuffed his hands in his jeans pockets, lips pursed in thought, then he looked up when Vince said something told him to move here. Not that it was surprising that the guy did something on a whim, but Paul had felt the same way - and he was definitely more of a planner.

"Me too," he said, a bit confused at if this all even meant anything. "I wonder if it was the same way...for Roy. I doubt he was tempted by the sacrificial virgins or 80s hairstyle David Bowie with his leggings. ...what are even leggings? I never understood that. Are they tights or what? Makes no sense."

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[info]king_of_gods
2010-07-21 06:01 pm UTC (link)
"If Roy was tempted anything, it was David Bowie. More specifically, David's package in the gray leggings. Special delivery!" He couldn't help himself, he'd laughed. Yes, at his own joke. Why? Because he thought it was damn funny. How long does it take to make an Americano? It's just three shots and water, he'd thought. Mentally multi-tasking. He knitted his brow as expertly as a lil' ol' lady, and watched the one, fervently working employee. Faster, pussycat.

"I'm glad I came here, and that you're here. That everyone's here. Wanna know what I think is pathetic? When humans, among friends, have their pitiful fights. The petty ones. The ones that wedge emotion between them. Emotion, although invisible, is very palpable, I get that. But when you shut someone out of your life that you knew... forever. It's like telling them you're dead to them. It's such a cowardly, girly thing to do."

"CAFE AMERICANO AND BLACK COFFEE."

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[info]i_sea_you
2010-07-21 06:19 pm UTC (link)
Palpable emotion? That was deep. "I'm glad you're here too," Paul said honestly - really, he was. He wanted all of this shit to end between the three of them. Maybe now was the time.

He sighed and took the two coffee drinks, smiling at the girl who prepared them, and then handed Vince his Cafe Americano. "But you know Roy. He's...not happy. You know he's not. Neither are you, not like this. None of us are. But it's all going to stop because we're all here, for some reason, and it can't go on like this anymore." It wasn't as simple as saying 'I don't want you two to fight anymore,' Paul knew that, but he would try to fix things despite the fact that a solution would not come overnight. But he would make an effort. It was important to him.

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[info]king_of_gods
2010-07-21 06:30 pm UTC (link)
And then, his face got all serious business once he'd gathered up the drink, having with only his eyes glanced down to it in a minor acknowledgment of its existence, and then back up to Paul. He'd angled himself just so to fund a bit of charitable privacy between them, and said: "He's not happy because he lets the world step all over him. People can only take so much from you without giving, before there is little left of yourself. And when there's barely any of you, what's there to be happy for? It isn't selfish to want to be happy for you."

He'd sighed, turning his back only briefly to him to do a one-eighty in search of a table to sit at. Wait, did Paul did want to sit? Or did he want to walk? "Sit or walk?" He'd inquired, by moving his chin toward his shoulder to glance over.

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[info]i_sea_you
2010-07-21 06:45 pm UTC (link)
What was that old adage? 'To solve a problem, walk around'? Paul doubted everything would be solved this afternoon, but it could be a start perhaps. "Let's walk," he said, nodding toward the door, holding his coffee in one hand.

It was a nice day outside, and he pushed open the door - glad to breathe the fresh air. Above all else, reappearing and disappearing building parts aside, he was glad he had chosen this location. It was right by the beach, something that suited him.

"I know he does," Paul sighed, referring to Roy's uncanny ability to put the welfare of everyone else ahead of his own. "And he will face that. Someday, when he is ready. But you can't force him to realize anything. It's also..." He paused. "It's about Sarah too."

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[info]king_of_gods
2010-07-21 07:07 pm UTC (link)
"Sadly, some relationships don't work out. Sadly, a lot of women are not my type. Sadly, a lot of people don't realize that beating a dead dog is unnecessary. I for one, don't stay with people I'm incompatible with. I can't play pretend. I can't be her William Shakespeare, because she just wasn't what I wanted. I never did anything unkind to her except be honest and dump her, instead of stay with her. Ouch." he sarcastically put his hand over his heart. "I'd be upset, too. Wouldn't you? How dare I be honest?" he rolled his eyes.

As they walked, a swarm of memories fluttered like butterflies and stung like bees.

"People don't like honesty." he sipped his drink, mmmmmmm. "And if you're honest, you're the asshole."

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[info]i_sea_you
2010-07-21 07:58 pm UTC (link)
Paul listened. It was what he did - he was a good listener, and he of course respected what Vince had to say. He respected the man overall, and would always listen, no matter what he was going off about. "Roy lost touch with her and he's upset about it," Paul explained. And of course Roy blamed both Paul and Vince for that too. As if Sarah's bitterness was either of their faults - Paul didn't think so, but that was neither here nor there. "But he can't have it both ways. He has to realize that it's okay to do something for him too, especially if he wants anything to progress with her." Though Paul had no idea Sarah was even in the building. "Maybe people don't like honesty, but I do. Roy does too. He's not your enemy, he doesn't want to be. It's just a lot of anger." A lot of anger, split between the three of them. But he didn't think it was insurmountable. It was just the longer they waited, the longer the wound would widen.

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[info]king_of_gods
2010-07-21 10:12 pm UTC (link)
"I'm sure she's on facebook, everyone is." Said he, with another sip of his Americano. He could feel the caffeine slowly beginning to grab hold of his once mildly fatigued senses and jostle them alert. It made him want to leap jubilantly into another unforeseen topic, but he refrained. What would he bring up anyway? This was the more interesting situation to analyze.

"And it isn't just anger, it's stubbornness. I'm just as fuckin' stubborn, but I have no idea what I'm being stubborn about or for. I don't even know what stubborn part of me is withholding the clue to comprehending at what point in his mind he branched off into his own stubborn world. It's like I have stubborn layers. I'm a stubborn banana. Unpeel...able. Even to myself. Does any of this make sense? I am the way I am! To me it's the way to be!"

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[info]i_sea_you
2010-07-21 10:49 pm UTC (link)
"Well." Paul took a sip of his coffee - it was pretty good, and he didn't care for anything too fancy. Just good ol' fashioned caffeine for him. "You're stubborn as fuck, we all can agree on that, but you care. You're not entirely unpeel...able. Otherwise you'd have dismissed it and, you know, not have stalked us to the building," he grinned. "So one day, you both will listen to each other." Another sip of coffee, and he glanced over at Vince, raising an eyebrow. "...an unpeeled banana, Vince? Really?"

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[info]king_of_gods
2010-07-23 03:51 am UTC (link)
"I know. Okay?" He was, of course, agreeing to the far too abstract metaphor he'd finagled out of the muddied depths of the less clever neighborhood of his mind. That, and to all the other traits and interpretations he'd made mention of (It was his belief that there are no "facts", only "interpretations".) and he continued thus: "I know. I'm just having trouble lately with my figurativeness and philosophies. I want you to know that you're a good friend, Paul. You always have been and I don't foresee you ever turning into an asshole. You get people. That's rare. I'm lucky to have you as one of my hetero-lifemates. Time for medieval... whaaaat! Medieval times."

He paused, taking another sip of his own coffee. Sure, he loved a good, plain black coffee in the morning, but in the afternoon? The recharge was all about fancy. He was a dandy when it came to his pick-me-ups.

"You know how I know you're gay?"

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[info]i_sea_you
2010-07-23 04:04 am UTC (link)
Did they just have a moment? Yes, it was clearly a moment. If only Roy were there to witness such a breakthrough, but alas. It would have to wait 'till another day. "You're not so bad yourself," Paul chuckled. And really, Vince wasn't - he had his principles, and he stuck to them like a six-year-old to her Justin Bieber poster, but there was something about the way the three of them had clicked from that first day of high school. Something different, not just simple childhood friendship. "But hey, let's go...watch knights get hit in the face."

And then on to the gay jokes, clearly a symbol of male bonding.. "How?" Paul inquired, as if it were serious business.

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[info]king_of_gods
2010-07-23 04:24 am UTC (link)
It was totally a moment. Vince liked moments. Vince figured there was rarely, if ever, a need to hold back an impulse that, within reason, should be yielded to. In this case, the impulse was to allow Paul a larger glimpse as to his large worth to his ol' friend. Meaningful interaction is what fed him. Shallow displays of smaller ways of connecting enraged him. That was why Roy being a little bitch got so far underneath his skin... and like the piss of Frederick Nietzsche in his final, syphilis-toiled delirious days, it burned.

"Ohhh! Fell right into the trap, Indiana Jones! Trick question." he'd slapped his hand onto his own jeans for the impact of the land mine going off. He was pretty sure Paul walked into it to be a sport. Oh, Paul! What a sport! Vince's laughter was stately, regal, the sort of laugh one would want in their commercial. It incited images of ancient, Spartan kings staring down their noses at those who opposed them. It was hearty and loud, and he loved hearing it. Especially after his own jokes. Sadly, it retired from its brief run on broadway.

"We can take my car." Said he, sliding his hand into his back pocket for the keys. "The asshole who blocks me in has probably left by now."

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[info]i_sea_you
2010-07-23 11:41 am UTC (link)
Paul good-naturedly rolled his eyes, continuing to sip on his coffee while Vince enjoyed a hearty guffaw and hearing the dulcet tones of said cackle. Neither of them were gay, but that was beside the point - only those he was involved in an epic bromance with could ask things like that without getting shanked. Perhaps if it had been anyone else who asked a question like that, randomly, Paul would have made like Kilauea and erupted. And no one wanted to be on the receiving end of a Paul Halloran Temper Tantrum (tm). That was just bad news bears.

"Well, you know how I know you're gay?" He paused for dramatic effect. "You have a vanilla air freshener in your car."

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ooc: last time you'll get a notifcation, i don't think i see anymore mistakes! D: sorrrry
[info]king_of_gods
2010-07-23 07:40 pm UTC (link)
Both of his hands went to his chest as if that blow were a big boot in a WWF ring by the Undertaker. He patted himself there with the disengaged one, the one of course not holding onto coffee, and he blinked repeatedly as being sprayed with water. "It's all true. It's vanilla, it totally is, and I'm not ashamed. Why? Because vanilla is the best smelling one. The gayest, one might say."

Knyuck-knyuck went the unlocking mechanism to disable the alarm system of the stooges car. A silver, expensive looking Mercedes that he'd already grown bored of, was an impressively well-taken care of tooth in the concrete mouth of the parking area. Extracting it would be simple, since the asshole wasn't blocking him in.

As he rounded his side, he spoke hurriedly and easily as if the shift in topic could be overlooked. "So, my fathers death was kind of on a mysterious basis, they're saying." And he slipped into the car.

It was honestly, a somewhat immature tactic to elongate the seconds it would steal away from him having to explain what he'd meant; he didn't want to, but he knew he'd have to.

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[info]i_sea_you
2010-07-23 07:49 pm UTC (link)
((LULZ it's okay. :D ))

Paul furrowed his brow as he climbed into the passenger side, setting the coffee into one of the cup holders while he fastened his seatbelt. So Vince mentioned the death of his father. It was no doubt a sore spot, and not something Paul just wanted to carelessly bring up - he figured if Vince wanted to talk about it, he would. This was the start of that, it seemed.

"What do you mean, a mysterious basis?" he asked. "He was a good man," Paul nodded, and he had always thought so. Vince's father had earned an impressive military record, much like Paul's father (though the Captain retired much later), so there had been a lot of similarities in their upbringing.

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[info]king_of_gods
2010-07-23 08:00 pm UTC (link)
Sore spot, yes. Carelessly bring it up, of course. Rip the band aid off; never peel. It might evolve it into an unpeel...able, banana.


"He was a good man." He'd said half in agreement as he as well placed his Americano in a cup holder, and half as a way to veer into a new, less obvious, yet most obvious, avenue with which to emphasize his incomprehensible dubiety. "A good man with a lot of money and a lot of power. When you're a good man with a lot of money and a lot of power, haters gunna hate. The doctors just said that they're investigating a little more. Or medical examiner, coroner, whatever they're called. I have no idea what it entails. My mother's dealing with it. She texted me and I just kind of ignored it. Not because I don't love my father, or that we used to butt heads, or that I don't care, it's just that I believe what's dead is dead. Like he did. We'll see if anything comes up."

The engine hummed gracefully to life, and they were off into the distant direction of Medieval times. It was such a long stretch of road, so secluded and past Knottsberry. He wondered why they put all the good attractions so far apart. Wouldn't them being congregated be best for all of the businesses? Yes, he thought these light, airy thoughts, to deflect the thoughts of people picking at the cadaver of his father for hints as to why he died.

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[info]i_sea_you
2010-07-23 08:14 pm UTC (link)
He didn't know of any father and son who hadn't butted heads. Especially when one had a kid like Vince. They both had fathers in the military, but it could be argued that Paul wasn't as much of a recipient of the clever punishments that emphasized 'building character' and the like.

"He loved you too," Paul said simply, watching the scenery fly by. The description of the man's death, however, was puzzling to him. "Well, and so what do you think about the investigation?" He wasn't even going to bother to mention that Vince should call his mother - or text her back, at the very least. Being told what to do never suited him.

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[info]king_of_gods
2010-07-23 08:22 pm UTC (link)
"I think it's bullshit. I don't even know where any of this began, or what made them doubt the normalcy of the death. It was a heart attack, Paul, I mean... how much more normal can it get. It just pisses me off. I don't care about like, his dead body being poked and prodded, I guess. A second ago I thought I might, but then I remembered that this whole body thing is temporary anyway."

In all honesty, he wasn't quite sure how to feel about it. If he objected to it, that would seem suspicious. If he did not that as well, in turn, would seem suspicious. He was backed into a corner and by all angles it became too confusing for him to want to defend either stance or thought on the situation.

"I don't have enough information yet, really, but I had to tell someone about it, is all."

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[info]i_sea_you
2010-07-23 08:37 pm UTC (link)
Paul wanted to believe it was normal too. But then again.... "He was healthy. Not overweight, but maybe he had high blood pressure?" Paul rubbed his forehead, thinking it over. "If it was foul play, that will be exposed eventually. Just...if anything comes up that's not 'normal'?" He paused. "Your mother might need you." And he would always go back for a visit too, if that helped. It sucked to have to deal with this kind of shit alone.

After thinking about it some more, he realized something. "It's weird, my dad died of a heart attack too," Paul stated. "Came out of nowhere." Similarities in life and death, it seemed. "Anyway, keep me updated."

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[info]king_of_gods
2010-07-23 08:56 pm UTC (link)
What was that look he gave him, which lingered from the road a few too many seconds to be a recommended maneuver to undertake while driving? Paul might see it as a genuinely curious stare that was merely emphasized for an invisible recognition of the odd facts; less than eager about his interest in their fathers similar deaths (which he'd overlooked until he'd mentioned it.), he was actively attempting to find a way to make them not his next research project. As mentioned earlier, Vince just like knowing.

Of course, his eyes roved back to the road where they remained as he continued, but the impression of his thoughts seemed, although immaterial, still billowing like smoke in the car. "I will... unfortunately for you, you'll be constantly updated. As for my mom, she'll let me know if she needs something. The only reason I didn't answer her back is because... well, what the fuck do I say to something like that? I can't just reply with okay, and that's all I could think of at the time."

"When in doubt, do nothing." He'd added, as if an after thought.

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[info]i_sea_you
2010-07-23 09:41 pm UTC (link)
It was beginning to bother Paul now too although it shouldn't have. Two men died of a heart attack, around the same time? It happened. It wasn't terribly unusual.

That really didn't ease his unrest, however.

But he glanced back at Vince with a slight smile, reaching for the coffee cup to take the final sip. "She squeezed your huge head out of a small hole, I think you can muster up more than an 'okay.'" Was that Vince, the man of a thousand words, clamming up in the face of uncertainty? That rarely happened. "But that's up to you, of course. If you do talk to her, tell her I said hi. Maybe I'll give her a call too."

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[info]king_of_gods
2010-07-24 08:32 pm UTC (link)
"D'awwww! Aren't you sweet? My mother always liked you." In a high-pitched and motherly tone, he took on a British accent as well even if his mother wasn't British. He just liked, when employing high-pitched tones, to make them British. "Oh! That Pool! Such a good boy 'e is!"



The castle came into view, and as it did, in his heart of childish hearts there rang out a happy laughter, skip, and jump. However, in reality, he'd only cleared his throat as he turned into the parking lot and said merely, though hemmed with delight: "We're totally having lunch at Medieval Times." And laughed for the voicing of the thought of it.

Thankfully, fate had afforded them an easily found space, and he slid in expertly between two other moderately fancy cars. He didn't like parking next to jalopies. As touched on earlier, haters gunna hate. Excitedly, he grinned widely at his passenger, bearing his even rows of pearly whites, and growled what could be distinguished as a "Yes!"

Unbuckled and sooooo ready, he hurriedly exited the car.

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