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Locke Lamora (richercleverer) wrote in vas_captio_rpg,
@ 2009-04-26 00:25:00

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!complete, day 05, location: thrift store, locke lamora, shannon rutherford

Who: Shannon Rutherford & Locke Lamora
What: Scavenging for goodies
When: Morning, probably around midmorning?
Where: Thrift Store
Rating: TBD (Oh, let's say PG-13 to start)
Status: Complete

Sleep deprivation was nothing new for Locke - he had experienced sharp changes to his sleeping patterns when he was in training to be a clever pirate and then again when he had come to be a member of the Orchid's crew. The only difference between that time and this was that, currently, Locke had no strong coffee to perk his mind back to its normal speed and, to make matters worse, there was the unpredictable wail of a siren every few moments. The first few times he had heard it, Locke had been sure that he would find a raging fire as soon as he left the confines of the church - but there had been nothing. After the fifth or seventh time, he had come to realize that it was nothing but a nuisance but that made it no less irritating when tore through the early morning peace. Realizing that sleep was now impossible, Locke resolved to head to the thrift store in order to scrounge together anything which might be useful - which meant anything that could either replace what had been taken from him or anything which might help in his self-appointed mission of having a good look at the glass walls and any trees which might be near them.

Locke shivered unpleasantly in the cool of the morning as he hurried toward the spot on the map marked as the thrift store and, when he came to what appeared to be the right building, he let himself quietly inside. He quickly glanced around for any sign of the woman whom he had agreed to meet but, seeing no trace of her, he decided to start his scavenge without her - well, as soon as he found some warmer and more appropriate clothes, at least. He supposed that he would just have to put up with the strange garments of this time and place.

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ballerinadreams
2009-04-27 10:01 pm UTC (link)

Furrowing her brow just slightly, Shannon looked confused. "Alchemy? I know this is going to sound really stupid, but...uh, what? I feel like I've heard that word before, but call me retarded; I have no idea what it is," she admitted. She nodded her understanding when he said that this place wasn't the most fucked up thing to happen in his life. "I'd have to say this is tied for most fucked up thing," she told him, "tied with the place I came from, that is. That place was seriously fucked up," she added. She nodded again and gave a small smile to his sentiment about being able to name at least a dozen other places he'd rather be. "Amen to that," she said solemnly.

Smirking, Shannon wrinkled her nose. "That obvious huh? You're pretty smart ass for a holy man. Gotta love that. Usually they're so dull and boring," she said, looking impressed. Shannon hadn't been to church in years, but she did remember vividly the way Boone used to flick the back of her ear when she'd start to nod off. She'd hated it, but it had come in handy fairly often, even she had to admit. Daddy would've killed her if she'd fallen asleep during mass.

Before Shannon could even finish opening her mouth to jokingly ask if he would prefer her find him a pair of bell bottoms, he cut the thought off by telling her that wasn't what he meant. "Shame. Maybe next time," she teased.

And then Shannon was bested. Again. If he wasn't so damn adorable and wasn't so good at making her smile both on paper and in person, she'd probably start to dislike him for it; Shannon didn't like being bested. She liked being right all the time. He was taking her down a peg without really even trying. "Fair point. I'd take yours, but then you'll freeze. I need something long, though, or my legs will freeze," she pointed out. "I'd love to see what else you can come up with. Who am I to mar your masterpiece of an outfit by coming up with my own outerwear?" she teased.

Laughing, Shannon shook her head. "I don't know if I could handle that much attention all at once. Would you be their leader?" she joked. Shannon's smile faltered only for a split second at the latter of his statements. I think Sam would do anything for you, Shannon, Dean had said. So weird that Leo had said essentially the same thing, only in a more generic form. Totally coincidence, but still. Strange.

"Most amazing poker face of all time," she repeated the sentiment when he was able to tell her that the gaudy outfit she'd chosen for him was surely the finest he'd ever worn. "It's okay if you want to say how you really feel. We both look fucking ridiculous, if you ask me," she replied, laughing.

A blush crept its way into her cheeks without her permission when Leo said that his description of beautiful still applied. "Yeah, I guess radiant is one way to put it. I'd probably go with eye-sore, personally, but to each their own," she replied with a smirk. "It would be pretty awful, yeah, if I fainted for lack of breath." She paused and grinned. "You'd catch me, though, right?" she joked.

Looking over her shoulder, Shannon surveyed the shop. "I like how we originally were meeting to get supplies and instead all we've been doing is playing dress up," she said with a smile. "We should probably stop horsing around and actually make ourselves useful soon, huh?"

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richercleverer
2009-04-27 11:10 pm UTC (link)

"Alchemy," Leo nodded lightly. It was something which had become such second nature to life in Camorr that he had temporarily forgotten that it wouldn't necessarily be so in this time and place - especially since the technology in this land seemed to be eras ahead of the clockwork and alchemy he had always known. "It's -- well, a science of sorts. I never quite caught the finer nuances of it but it has a lot to do with finding the right proportions of certain agents and chemicals. There were all sorts of applications - from glowglobes to exquisite lamps to liquors to just about anything you can imagine. It seemed to almost be an on-going competition, to see who could conceive the newest and cleverest way to grow or design a new alchemical plant or device. There was even --" It was here that Leo finally caught onto the fact that he had been rambling and he silently cursed the part of himself that had actually managed to get homesick for the dark streets of Camorr. Shaking his head, he offered Shannon a foolish grin. "Well, you get the idea. It's nothing much compared to what's scattered around here, though."

"Oh?" Leo raised his eyebrows at the fact that Shannon apparently had come to this place from someplace that was equally as fucked up. "I can't imagine what that must've been like, if it was just as bad as this." He paused a moment to weigh his hours split between the Orchid and Tel Verrar but this place just slightly edged out both. "Can't say I'm jealous of where you must have been, if all that's true."

"Ah, there are many dull and boring among some of the other orders," he agreed with a careful smile. "The Order of Perelandro seems to recognize that there's no better way to bring mercy than through lightheartedness and joy - since there's so little of either in the world most of the time." That might have been a slight exaggeration of the true tenets of faith but it locked in well enough that Leo felt comfortable speaking so. Necessary Pretexts protected him, anyhow.

"I'll see if I can't find something long that won't clash with the beautiful colors of your dress," he agreed. He almost immediately started to pick through the piles of clothing in search of something appropriate. At her mentioning of him being the leader of her guild, Leo forced a light laugh and a slight shrug. "Oh, I don't know. I'm not sure that I'm fit to be the leader of much of anything." It wasn't entirely a lie - not when his attempts at leadership seemed to always end with a large majority of his crew killed in some messy way or another. "Besides, I can't imagine a group of men more willing to backstab just for a chance to get close to the glorious object of their undying affection."

"Oh, but what else can I say about these clothes other than--" He trailed off with a laugh. "You are right. These are some of the most hideous clothes I've seen in my life. I believe I know gaze-addicted blind men who would go clean and swear themselves to a life of purity before they'd be caught dead in something like this."

"I would be right there to catch you, madame, long before you could even think of hitting the floor." Again, Leo traced an elaborate bow and offered her an easy smile. "Of course, I don't know what good I could do for you - anything past remedial care is quite beyond me."

"How could we resist playing dress up when there's all this--" His words trailed off as his hands happened upon the most perfect bubblegum pink jacket with a pale yellow zebra print. Holding this up, he judged that it would likely fall well past Shannon's knees and it seemed to be of warm enough material that she wouldn't have to worry about freezing. "Ah! Just what we needed to finish the masterpiece!"

"Yea, I would like to have a look around," he agreed with a slight nod. "I'm not sure if there's anything useful but I certainly wouldn't mind having the chance to restock a few of my goods."

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