catgotyour (catgotyour) wrote in theunboundic, @ 2019-08-06 23:06:00 |
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Entry tags: | henri danior, lachlan kelly |
Change Everything You Are, And Everything You Were
Who: Henri Danior, Lachlan Kelly
What: First Meeting of Future Fighters Friends
When: Sunday, June 19th, mid-day
Where: The streets outside Heron's Bookstore
The afternoon sun shone brightly outside Heron's, but the lanky man's attention was anywhere but the beautiful, balmy day. As he dropped down the steps, Henri's eyes were fixed on the pages of the book in his hand, Children of Heuris, roving over the intricate illustrations. The colors, the delicate lines... Henri's relationship with the creatures depicted in the pages was complicated, but he could never bring himself to deny their beauty.
They fly, without a care in the world. Short lives, sure, and a cold snap cuts it shorter, but... nothing holds them down.
He smiled, despite himself, and shuffled a bit to make certain the second copy, wrapped in plain brown paper and tied with twine, remained tucked beneath his arm. He turned sharply towards the Palace, eager to get back to his sketchbook, to begin practicing the stripes and dots and shading.
The smell of baking bread from Hazel's and the memory of the skittish little bird with a streak of purple on his cheek distracted him for a second. The wrong second. Torn between the book and the bread, Henri's steps led him directly into the path of a man crossing the intersecting street. The moment his attention snapped back to the presence of another person, Henri's instincts took quick control, and he dropped his shoulder, planting his feet and driving with his legs, aiming to knock the other man down before a piece of sharpened steel could reach his ribs again.
To his surprise... the other man did precisely the same. With the solid impact of hard muscle against hard muscle, Henri and the man fell to the cobblestones.