13 Griffin Way, Tuesday Night
Sep. 1st, 2009 08:45 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tyler_goneTyler's new teaching buddy had skipped the welcome picnic, which was not a life choice Tyler had the slightest dispute with. And, with one thing and another, it was Tuesday night before their schedules lined up for an orientation meeting.
He brewed an extra-large pot of coffee, set some Oreos on a plate, and waited for his guest. He hoped nobody had scared him off just yet.
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He brewed an extra-large pot of coffee, set some Oreos on a plate, and waited for his guest. He hoped nobody had scared him off just yet.
[For ze vampeer or housemates only please.]
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Date: 2009-09-02 12:54 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-09-02 01:03 am (UTC)"Nick?" he asked. "I'm Tyler. Come on in."
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Date: 2009-09-02 01:05 am (UTC)"Tyler," he greeted with a bow of his head, "thank you. A pleasure to meet you. My apologies for missing the picnic. I'm afraid it was... impossible for me to attend."
But he stepped in.
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Date: 2009-09-02 01:17 am (UTC)"You didn't have to do this," he said, though he wasn't giving it back. "Not a problem. I guarantee you, you didn't miss much except a swarm of teenage hormones."
He lead Nick to the couch. "Wine? Coffee?"
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Date: 2009-09-02 01:22 am (UTC)Wine could be dealt with, especially by adding to it.
"I hope this isn't too much of an imposition. But I didn't want to go into the classroom without some sort of... primer. It's been a while since I taught professionaly."
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Date: 2009-09-02 01:35 am (UTC)He looked wry. "I've been doing it since May of last year. Where should I start?"
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Date: 2009-09-02 01:38 am (UTC)"Start at the beginning, I suppose. Or perhaps..."
He turned his head towards the door, towards the town at large.
"Do people... regularly get dragged off to the theatre to perform?"
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Date: 2009-09-02 02:01 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-09-02 02:02 am (UTC)"No. A bedraggled looking man in a black coat. Sophie called him 'Geoffrey'."
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Date: 2009-09-02 02:10 am (UTC)He said that last sentence like it was 'he gives people cancer'.
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Date: 2009-09-02 02:14 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-09-02 02:19 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-09-02 02:21 am (UTC)"Yes, I think so. If only to keep the poor man from finding someone else."
He sipped again at the wine before reaching into his jacket pocket and pulling out a small flask. He poured it into the wine glass, as if it was the most normal thing in the world. He'd found that some things hidden in plain sight were best.
The wine was much better after he'd tucked the flask away.
"A patron of the arts, then, as opposed to an artist. I've done both, honestly."
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Date: 2009-09-02 02:33 am (UTC)"More into destruction than creation," he said casually. "I can go to a play, though. Shakespeare's usually pretty bloody."
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Date: 2009-09-02 02:36 am (UTC)"The Scottish Play is one of the bloodiest," he said with a toothy grin, "though once you get into that period, you'd be amazed at the kind of violence you see. Amusing, considering what people complain about being on television today."
His head tilted and he glanced at Tyler.
"About... destruction?"
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Date: 2009-09-02 02:45 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-09-02 02:48 am (UTC)He didn't comment on the blowing things up and the fighting. He just assumed the man had military experience.
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Date: 2009-09-02 02:55 am (UTC)"That should be a good class," Tyler said. "It's usually easier to keep their attention when you give them something to do. Lecturing tends to lose them, unless you kick ass at throwing out discussion questions. I don't. My friend Ghanima Atreides does."
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Date: 2009-09-02 02:59 am (UTC)He'd lived an interesting life, really.
"It's easy for students to lose the relevance without it."
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Date: 2009-09-02 03:01 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-09-02 03:04 am (UTC)"No. I would... assume that was your job, as my 'teaching buddy'."
Yes, the word 'buddy' sounded foreign in his mouth. Not disdained, but strange.
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Date: 2009-09-02 03:07 am (UTC)"This is not your normal high school," he said dutifully. "Students here come from all realities, all time periods, and all planets. If someone says he's a werewolf, or doesn't know what running water is, or needs to miss class because he's going home to fight in a war, they're probably telling the truth. And to to that off, the island likes to do weird shit. It might just be raining pop tarts; it might send your worst enemy here just to make you a little nuts for a weekend. Most of it wears off. We all self-medicate a lot to cope." He sipped the wine. "None of that was a joke."
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Date: 2009-09-02 03:09 am (UTC)Oh God.
And that stung, but not as much as this might.
"I... see."
Yes, he sounded cool and calm and collected but whoo boy, there was going to be some cow drinkin' tonight. Then--
"Werewolf?"
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Date: 2009-09-02 03:12 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-09-02 03:15 am (UTC)"I've experienced my share of oddness."
The mention of telepaths got a reaction, though, and not a positive one.
"There are psychic children among the students?"
That was worry. That was lots and lots of worry. Mostly for the kids; no one deserved the kind of horror show in their brain that being around him could cause.
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Date: 2009-09-02 12:49 pm (UTC)Then again, it wasn't like telepaths were his favorite thing, either.
"Most of them have decent manners, at least when it comes to adults. Or they might just not be telling me what they see."
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Date: 2009-09-02 01:42 pm (UTC)"I've... had experiences with those kinds of gifts. My presence can be... harmful to them."
And by that, he meant that one had had horrible visions and nightmares until her own stubborn timing had gotten her shot and the other one had delved so deep into his sins that she'd become a killer herself before dying.
"I will have to hope that none of them have signed up for my class, then. Or... seek assistance from the principal about the matter.
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Date: 2009-09-02 01:51 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-09-02 01:56 pm (UTC)"Nightmares. Strange, confusing visions. Dark, violent impressions."
He glanced down at the wine glass for a moment before taking another sip, trying to say what he needed to say without saying what would get him a visit from the Enforcers.
"It has... resulted in a death. A young woman, Marion Blackwing. She went mad from it."
Denise had been horrified, but after he'd been able to explain to her, she could get past him to the case at hand. Her death was still on his hands, but not because of her gifts.
He took a long sip from the glass.
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Date: 2009-09-02 02:15 pm (UTC)"You're a scary man, Nick."
Tyler had never been so grateful not to be psychic.
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Date: 2009-09-02 02:17 pm (UTC)"I... should hope not. What I have been, however, that is another matter."
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Date: 2009-09-02 03:44 pm (UTC)His was already in two pieces, anyhow.
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Date: 2009-09-02 03:46 pm (UTC)"I... wouldn't have brought it up if not for my concern for the children."
A wry little smile.
"Sorry."
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Date: 2009-09-02 03:49 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-09-02 03:50 pm (UTC)"And hopefully, it won't come up."
HAHAHA, omg, Nick did you forget how your luck works? WHO was on the Titanic again?no subject
Date: 2009-09-02 03:53 pm (UTC)His clothing suggested he wasn't from too far back, but Tyler didn't want to go just by that.
Meta-ly, my other character was on the Titanic. Duh.no subject
Date: 2009-09-02 03:57 pm (UTC)And a home theatre system most people would drool over. Let's not even get into the remote control window shades.
Nick was there. And decided best idea was to take the little statue whose curse supposedly caused it. The Brick strikes again.no subject
Date: 2009-09-02 04:16 pm (UTC)He wasn't rushing Nick out, but he wasn't exactly incredibly comfortable with Mr. 'I Make Psychics Crazy.'
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Date: 2009-09-02 04:20 pm (UTC)"Not at the moment. I... won't take up too much of your time, but I will be in my office on Wednesdays for the entire day if you'd like to check in."
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Date: 2009-09-02 04:59 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-09-02 05:35 pm (UTC)"Thank you."