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Vincent ([info]king_of_gods) wrote in [info]paxletalelogs,
@ 2010-08-05 20:58:00

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Entry tags:persephone, zeus

Who: Sarah & Vince.
What: Vince sees Sarah checking her mail on his way out, and decides to pretend that instead of being on his way out, he's actually on his way in checking his mail, too. Bada-bing.
Where: Lobby.
When: (Evening?)
Warnings: Dubious.



The whole car-rattling-situation thing had to be put off. Honestly? He was sinking into the delightful comfort of having not too much to do aside from putting thought into precisely what TO do. It is the habit of those who have an analytical enough mind, or at least those who are enough ambitious, to retreat within themselves for a few days, maybe even weeks, for the purpose of self-reflection and the surmounting of inward dilemmas. It is also a practice of the lazy to create really appealing ways to excuse themselves from doing the stuff they ought to be doing. He actually had many tasks that rightfully should have been attended to already; he was immaturely denying them, on account of his being in denial of them. There was a call late last night, missed, from his mother, which he knew harbored bad news. He could just feel it. The red circle indicative of an unheard voicemail uninvitingly loomed at the bottom of his iPhone like the bulbous nose of a hired birthday clown that just wouldn't leave until you did something about it.

Obviously, he was pretending nothing was going wrong in his life. Putting his hands up to ears when the accent of trouble spoke, and singing gratuitously lalalalala to block the intrusion.

Which never worked, but... we digress.

This evening was a nice Ralph Lauren night, burnished black shoes, simply because he had worn all of his other clothes and hadn't gotten around to doing his laundry. Once this suit was unwearable, he had another few dozen of them to prolong his eventually having to do laundry at all. Vince was on his way out and halfway passed the glass doors, when he caught sight of a familiar figure coming into the lobby, and going to check its mail...

A very familiar figure indeed. And thus he rewound his steps, opened the door back up boldly dropping the task of picking up pasta supplies, and announced boldly while he extracted his keys:

"Oh hey, checking your mail? What coincidence, me too."

He lied through his immaculate, pearly white teeth, which caught the light just so and seemed to blend into Heaven.



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[info]themaidenkore
2010-08-17 04:28 am UTC (link)
((DD: Apologies for the uber, uber lateness!))

There might have been a time, when the breakup was still fresh in her mind, that she had viewed him with nothing but scorn and contempt for the way he'd ended things. Now, however, she realized that despite his methods it really had been for the best. They clearly weren't right for each other, and their relationship's ending was inevitable. Even now Sarah remained generally oblivious to Roy's affections, though, which meant that he didn't quite factor into her reasoning.

She hadn't been lying when she didn't hate him. Even when she'd thought she had, it had really just been bitterness and a little big of teenage immaturity - it was silly to hate someone over a high school breakup. That didn't mean she wanted to be best friends with Vince or anything, but glaring at him in the halls and replying with one-word answers wasn't what she wanted either. "That doesn't surprise me," she said wryly, actually managing to crack a smile.

Of course she shouldn't have expected him to relent, because it was Vince. She could have been stubborn and refused, perhaps even simply turned around and marched back to her apartment, but she didn't have it in her to be that cruel. Instead she was the one who relented, her tense posture relaxing as she looked up at him with the beginnings of an almost helpless laugh on her lips. "Truce. You know I'm not very good at holding a grudge." Some might have thought her weak for it, but the last thing she needed was to create more animosity - especially with Roy and Vince now living in such close proximity.

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[info]king_of_gods
2010-08-17 07:04 pm UTC (link)
The notion of hugging her in some semblance of normalcy between them, was discarded into the heaping sundry of a thousand other ideas which his imagination toyed and digitated. It would only serve to inspire in him an attempt to entice her into other agendas. In his mind's eye, many fantasies glided lighter than they wore. He was too heavily aware of his current limitations. He knew not to be brimming with charm, affection, aggressive, but to be humorous. To hide his sudden, new intentions, to remember that Roy adored her for what seemed all his life. That she was forbidden. Off limits.

At least for now.

"I know you aren't." He'd said, as if she hadn't required admitting it. "You forgive at the same time as being no one's doormat. Besides, I've known you since high school. It's like we're related. You know, minus the whole I'd do you thing. That's not what related people do."

As a gesture of good faith, although he did not close the distance between them, he resolved to be truthful about something, as he leaned against the wall and crossed his arms. Think of it as a peace offering, he'd amended, as he stared down at her alchemically flecked-brown eyes that made him wonder the exact recipe these days for her favor. "I lied, by the way, I only ran back in here when I saw you."

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[info]themaidenkore
2010-08-18 08:05 am UTC (link)
She tilted her head to the side, wondering if he really thought she managed to refrain from being people's doormat. Even though she tried not to be too nice now, there were times in the past that she looked back on and winced. "It's hard to find a balance sometimes, but I'm glad you think I've found it." Even if he was just saying it, she still appreciated it. Her eyebrows went up when he used the comparison of being related, and laughed despite herself. "No, I'm pretty sure they don't. But I know what you're trying to say anyway."

Sarah was slightly relieved that he'd abandoned his quest for a hug, and it was easier to relax once she knew that was off the table. At least, until his little confession - it didn't really surprise her, though. She had more reason to want to avoid him then he did her, and Vince wasn't the sort to opt for avoidance anyway. "Ah. I thought you were a little overdressed for checking your mail."

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[info]king_of_gods
2010-08-18 08:13 pm UTC (link)
Scoff. The scoff was all-knowing, almost all-telling, and definitely all-earned, in an all-silent way she unfortunately all-together did not know yet. Overdressed? Vince swiped a curled tongue over the crook of his devilishly grinning mouth, as the grin in question spread eagled itself upon the smooth bed of his nicely shaven features.

"Yeah but you see, the funnier thing about that would have to be the fact that I intentionally wore this having avoided doing my laundry for at least a month. Not saying I wouldn't wear a suit for you, I would. " He emphasized by wiping the smile away from his face, furrowing his brow to punctuate his point, and gesticulating with a careful chop between them as if to cut loose any notion that he'd not dress up just to bump into her. "Really. Just I didn't. Not tonight anyway, but now that I know the mail party's down here, well, I'll be sure to attend dressed like this every time."

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[info]themaidenkore
2010-08-20 04:40 am UTC (link)
She searched his face briefly, trying to determine whether it was another lie or truth - and quickly decided on the latter. It was quite believable that Vince wasn't a fan of doing his own laundry, probably preferring to have someone else do it for him. "Is that your method, then? Avoid laundry until you don't have any clean clothes left? Although it could have been worse - it's probably better to be overdressed than underdressed."

Sarah pulled a face, although her attempt at disbelief was slightly hampered by the twitch of her lips. "Oh yeah, the mailboxes are the new cool place to be. You might just set the precedent for a dress code, though, if you keep getting all dressed up like this."

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[info]king_of_gods
2010-08-20 05:18 am UTC (link)
"You know," palm over his compassionate heart, he began an explanation complete with an inspired knit of his wry, acquitted brow. "I was honestly just really concerned about how gross everyone looked, and I thought it'd be a nice way to really pull the community together, you know? What better way than an unspoken mail-getting dress-up rule?" he leaned back, fingers sprawled out and spirited before him as if an invisible banner was being smoothed out. "Discover the world of getting the mail, The future of getting the mail, Dress nice you hag! Go get the mail, really the possibilities are endless."

Vince brought his hands together and clapped them clean of his slogans and tapestries. "I have to go where I was supposed to fifteen minutes ago before you're pretty little face dragged me back in here." Said he, very obviously peeking to the number on her mailbox. "We'll do lunch."

It wasn't a question.

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[info]themaidenkore
2010-08-20 07:19 am UTC (link)
Somehow she managed to keep a relatively straight face throughout his explanation despite the irrational urge to laugh. "I have to admit that I used to get my mail in my pajamas, so you might actually be onto something with your little idea." Even though she'd never go as far as wearing anything as dressy as Vince's suit, at least she tried to look vaguely presentable now. "You could end up changing the way mail is gotten in apartment buildings everywhere."

Now Sarah just smirked at his compliment, far less susceptible to his charms than she'd been in high school. Even though she could have refused, instead she simply nodded - arguing with Vince would only stretch on forever. "If you say so," she responded with a smile.

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