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Christopher "Chris" Perry Halliwell. (changethefuture) wrote in vas_captio_rpg,
@ 2009-08-25 01:52:00

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!complete, chris halliwell, day 20, location: gym, rose tyler

Who: Chris Halliwell and Rose Tyler.
What: Showing off his powers, just a little.
Where: The gym.
When: Day 20 - Shortly after noon.
Rating: PG.
Status: Complete.

As soon as he found out about the birds Chris had thought about orbing to the clock tower to make sure Connor was indeed alright. He didn't know exactly where the clock tower was but he could pick up on the other man's presence and that was enough of an indicator for him. It wouldn't do good to not look after his unofficial charge, now would it? But Connor insisted he was fine for now, and Chris really didn't want anyone to know about any of his powers that didn't have to. His friend knew and Remy knew about the teleporting, unfortunately, but that was pretty much the extent of it.

Then the pretty girl that had taken care of the lot of them the day before sounded like she was a little concerned to be staying in the gym and his pesky whitelighter instincts kicked in. Surely it wouldn't be that bad if one more person found out about one of his abilities. Or at least not any worse than having it clear as day to read in his journal that he was a witch.

So Chris had slunk off to a corner of the museum where no one could see him, journal tucked in his back pocket as he orbed himself from there to the gym. It took the span of fifteen, maybe twenty seconds for him to disappear from the museum and reappear at his new destination with the show of little white lights that always accompanied orbing. Since he wasn't sure exactly where she was at he had chosen to orb to about the center of the gym floor, and once he was solid one hand brushed his hair out of his eyes as they sought Rose out. Belatedly Chris hoped there weren't too many other people around.

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changethefuture
2009-08-27 04:25 pm UTC (link)

Chris laughed at the look she gave him and held up his hands in mock surrender. "Hey! If there'd have been board games or something I would have had some fun. I can't help I was a quiet kid." And at the time he couldn't help that his brother was turning evil and his parents were always busy. Childhood was really not one of his favorite times to remember. Though one could ask if there were any that he did. At least Rose was keeping a smile on his face, keeping him in good spirits. That was kind of a rare thing, and he might tell her so. At some point.

"What about you? Were you the sort of kid to dive in and play with everyone else? I might need to know this, if that kind of experiment ever happens again and you're one of the lucky ones who gets shrunk." His smile had softened a little, though his tone was still a little teasing. Chris was genuinely curious, and he figured it was a fairly safe topic besides. Well. There was always the chance it wouldn't be, but he had plenty of stories he could share if need be. Yeah, he was trying not to show all his cards but Rose was easy to talk to. And he did kind of have half his cards out on the table already.

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jeopardysfriend
2009-08-27 05:30 pm UTC (link)

Should she bother? "Somehow I'm thinking my childhood would bore you in comparison," Rose pointed out, giving a shy little shrug. "I'm just a plain, ordinary human. My dad died when I was little, but mum made sure I didn't lack for anything. We weren't wealthy, but I had food and all. Nothing overly traumatic." A somewhat faraway look flickered over her face, and she considered it. "I think I would've been the one leading the games, even back then, though. Or starting up talent shows, or choreographing song and dance numbers for the girls at the Estate. That's just...who I was." And really, looking back on it, it may not have seemed much, but it had shaped the Rose Tyler that stood before him at that moment. And that was something that would blossom into a hero in her own right. Someday.

"In fact," she added, perking up a bit, "I'd have probably hounded you until you finally did join us. Consider your little self lucky that I mellowed out some as an adult." Adult. Was that what she was? Eew, boring.

She wanted to know more about him. Wanted to know about the not nice brother he'd mentioned, about his magical parents, especially that dad of his. But adult Rose couldn't ask, and she hadn't been lucky enough to be one of the six year-olds who could ask a thousand questions and get away with it. So she simply stuffed her hands in the pockets of her hoodie and tilted her head at him. "And don't go giving them ideas, either. Bad enough Ianto offered up the idea of turning us into old people. Arthritis and I aren't well-suited."

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changethefuture
2009-08-27 08:07 pm UTC (link)

Chris didn't find what she told him boring at all. His gaze softened a little when she mentioned her father dying. He hadn't been a little tot when his mom died -- was killed, voice corrected in his head -- but thirteen had been plenty young enough. And his father had certainly been busy with everyone else's problems long before then.

He could feel all the emotions just waiting for their chance to take hold so he did his best to brush such thoughts off and focus on her, hands shoving deep in the pockets of his jeans. "Isn't there a theater around? Perhaps you can still get a song and dance number in. A little children's theater or something." he quipped, flashing her a sideways smile. The smile lingered as he arched a brow at her. "Mellow, huh? You don't really seem mellow to me, and mellow's kind of boring anyway. Unless it's melodramatic." The last was added with a grin.

The mention of the opposite end of the spectrum had Chris making a face and shuddering. "I agree, that would suck way worse than being a kid. I like being young and spry, thank you very much."

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jeopardysfriend
2009-08-28 02:36 am UTC (link)

"I'd need some little children for a children's theater," Rose reminded him, her smile turning into a bit of a smirk. "Feel like volunteering? I could have you doing Pippin in no time. Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat? Oh, I know. Sound of Music." She impulsively hummed a couple of bars of The Lonely Goatherd before grinning widely in his direction. Apparently, this place made you do insane things you wouldn't ordinarily. Like threatening a really cute guy with show tunes. Today's experiment? Wasn't the birds at all, but rather being forced a drug which made one act like a total idiot in front of pretty people.

"I can be pretty melodramatic, don't let me kid you," Rose pointed out with a slightly more playful smile. "Drama queen through and through, that's me. Besides, mellow's not always boring! It's better than the bossy and slightly hyper little kid I was." She'd have been the one all the kids here had hated. In fact, she probably would've demanded the boys listen to her whether they liked it or not.

Oh, wait. She'd done that the day before anyway. Silly boys. Why couldn't they be more like Dora and Yana?

Against her better judgment, though, Rose bit her bottom lip and smiled up at him. "Oh, spry, are you? Hard for me to tell, you were the one holding up the wall in here yesterday. It was Andy I practically had to peel off the ceiling, after all."

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changethefuture
2009-08-28 09:35 pm UTC (link)

"Oh no, don't you go getting any ideas!" He shuddered in mock horror as he laughed, shaking his head. "No singing and dancing for me. I'll just watch. I'm pretty sure you'd do a far better job than I, anyway." Chris hated making a fool of himself, especially in front of a pretty girl, so there was no way short of a spell that he would even attempt any sort of theater antics. He didn't even sing in the shower. Though he might attempt a tune if he was intoxicated, but that was another matter.

Chris arched a brow, still grinning as she mentioned being a bossy kid. "Are you saying you were only bossy as a kid?" he teased, fully prepared to get smacked for such a comment. "That's because I didn't eat all that sugar. And it's probably a good thing, or I might've scared you to death by trying to put myself on the roof or something." He didn't even want to think how badly that could have turned out.

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