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Airy Miller: Dear phone, this is super lame but I have no where else private to write. ANYWAY, I met two guys today. We'll call them T and N. I know that's stupid but talking to myself via text isn't much better. Airy Miller: Dear phone, this is super lame but I have no where else private to write. ANYWAY, I met two guys today. We'll call them T and N. I know that's stupid but talking to myself via text isn't much better. Airy Miller: I don't know what I'm doing but I'm staying with them... Airy Miller: I don't know what I'm doing but I'm staying with them... Airy Miller: T is nice and he answers all my stupid questions but he's only awake at night. Airy Miller: T is nice and he answers all my stupid questions but he's only awake at night. Airy Miller: N... is really confusing me. It's a shame guys like that don't fall for girls like me. Airy Miller: N... is really confusing me. It's a shame guys like that don't fall for girls like me. Airy Miller: This is stupid I'm going to stop now. More so since T let me on his phone plan so I have the internet again. Airy Miller: This is stupid I'm going to stop now. More so since T let me on his phone plan so I have the internet again. |
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Action - Sometime during January, mealtime
Date: 2018-01-18 12:25 am (UTC)action;
Date: 2018-01-18 01:04 am (UTC)She was worried that Cassidy was mad at her. Isn't that why she hadn't seen him around? He'd been nice enough to help her, in more ways than he probably realized, and she had messed it up. Airy wanted to talk to him but not seeing him made it difficult.
Airy's head turned towards Cassidy when she saw the moment of his wave. There was a brief second of confusion that was quickly followed by a smiled. Whatever happened, they were friends, and she was happy to see him.
"Hey you." Her voice was light. "How have you been?" It's only been two weeks but that felt like a very long time when she saw a lot of the same people every day.
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Date: 2018-01-19 03:57 pm (UTC)But now, she was smiling. So far, so good.
“Yeah, I’m all right,” he said. “Rang in the new year. Took a few drugs. Met a death god. Otherwise, it’s all been normal-ish. Oh,” he interjected on himself, snapping his fingers, “did you see the announcement about the tattoo parlor that’s just opened?”
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Date: 2018-01-19 04:19 pm (UTC)"I did. I asked the man there if he'd design a wolf tattoo for me. Would you want to come with I get it done? It'll probably be boring but it'd be nice to have some company." Everything aside, she really liked Cassidy.
"Oh!" Airy's expression shifted as she suddenly remembered something. "Matt said he'd help me find drugs." At least try them. It wasn't really hard to convince Airy to try something new. "Where did you get them?" She wondered if they were expensive, she still didn't have a lot of money but she wanted to try it out.
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Date: 2018-01-19 04:35 pm (UTC)Which was likely to bring up the question of how old he actually was, if she took him literally. But he had every intention of getting to that in a moment.
“I would love to come along for your first session.” He'd been planning to ask, if she hadn’t brought it up first. “For just now — d’you wanna sit down together?” he asked, nodding toward the dining tables.
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Date: 2018-01-19 04:41 pm (UTC)"And yeah, I know Matt. I met him on the first day I was here a few months ago." She took a seat where Cassidy had indicated and turned towards him. Airy wasn't a little uncertain of Matt. Not because she disliked him but because she was fairly sure he was still mad at her.
"What is not-actual opium?"
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Date: 2018-01-19 05:14 pm (UTC)There was a platter of fruit and cheeses in the center of the table. Cassidy moved a few morsels onto his plate, along with a good piece of crusty bread, but he didn’t start eating yet. Instead, he turned to her.
“Look. I’m sorry for not callin’ you up after how we left things. I fouled things up, and I thought maybe you might think I was bein’ standoffish. But the truth is, Airy, I like you. I like you quite a lot. And it wasn’t fair of me to vanish on you like that.”
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Date: 2018-01-19 05:21 pm (UTC)His apology surprised her.
"Cassidy you have nothing to apologize for." Airy looked at him like he was talking crazy. "This castle is fucked up, which isn't a phrase I use a lot." Though it was kind of fun to swear and it always made Airy smile a little. She had a difficult time taking any swearing seriously. "Everyone is more or less screwing everyone else and it makes things complicated. I shouldn't have fallen asleep. I honestly didn't mean too and I'm sorry. I don't want to make you uncomfortable because..." She lifted her shoulders in a shrug. "I liked what we did before that and I like you. Whatever happens I'm always going to be your friend."
That's just how Airy was. She accepted people for who they were; the good and the bad.
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Date: 2018-01-19 05:44 pm (UTC)‘Friends’ was nice, but it was hard to know what ‘friends’ meant here — since, as she’d eloquently put it, the dynamics were somewhat fucked. And as nice as friends might be, even now, he couldn’t help thinking about how soft her lips were.
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Date: 2018-01-19 05:54 pm (UTC)She paused looking a little sheepish.
"I actually asked for my violin after last time. I think that counted in place of powers." Airy wondered if he'd really be opposed to more sex since that was more or less what she was purposing. She didn't want to sleep with a lot of people but if there were a few she could be comfortable around, then that was okay.
It was like a compromise with herself while living in this castle.
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Date: 2018-01-19 06:37 pm (UTC)He didn't mind at all that she hadn't asked for her powers back. In fact, the realization came with a tiny ping of relief. The longer she delayed in regaining her abilities, the longer they could use that as an excuse for having sex. The longer they could avoid exploring the idea that there was some other reason.
Not that Cassidy was actually thinking that. Not on a level above the subconscious.
"Never learned an instrument meself." He turned to his plate, picked up a bit of cheese to take a bite out of it. Leaving the serious conversation aside, at least for the moment.
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Date: 2018-01-19 06:43 pm (UTC)Her smile grew when she talked about music. It's always been a passion of hers and after everything that's happened in her life, she's come to depend on it in a way that was hard for her to explain.
"I love it. I got a boombox for Yule. I think I told you that and a few CD's. I didn't think about my violin but I'm glad that I asked for it. I've played a few songs but I need to find sheet music. I don't have a lot of things memorized except for the things I used to sing along too." She poked at one of her strawberries but was too absorbed by talking to really eat.
"Do you have a favorite song? I could learn it." Eventually.
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Date: 2018-01-19 08:30 pm (UTC)"There's loads of Irish ballads that are dead easy to play, if you don't know 'em already. Molly Malone. The Rising of the Moon. Ooh. Tone's Grave. That's a fine one for violin. Really tugs at the heartstrings, that one."
He could have rattled off a half-dozen more, at least, but that was likely good enough for a start.
"I could sing 'em for 'ya, if that'd help."
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Date: 2018-01-19 08:38 pm (UTC)"I think I've heard The Rising of the Moon before." She was trying to recall the tune though it was difficult with the chatter of the dinning hall around them.
"Ah, you don't have to sing here if you don't want too."
Airy finally picked up the strawberry she'd been playing with and popped it into her mouth. It was sweet and tart and perfect. She leaned over the table and grabbed a few more before settling in to eat what was on her plate.
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Date: 2018-01-19 10:40 pm (UTC)So they were doing this. Which meant there was something else he ought to do, before they got any further.
“Actually, there’s somethin’ else you ought to know about me, that don’t have much to do with me sleepin’ habits... you know that friend you mentioned? The one with the mad da?” Cassidy lifted and lowered his eyebrows, a silent do you know what I mean? “I’ve... got somethin’ in common with that friend of yours, as it happens.”
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Date: 2018-01-19 10:53 pm (UTC)She liked it when it was just the two of them.
Airy swallowed her strawberry and then looked at Cassidy quizzically.
"You have a crazy father?"
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Date: 2018-01-19 11:00 pm (UTC)“No, me da was all right, actually. Worked himself to the bone and drank like a bloody fish, but at least he didn’t go around kidnappin’ people.”
He sat up a little straighter, one hand on his knee like he was bracing himself.
“What I mean is, I’m a vampire.”
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Date: 2018-01-19 11:10 pm (UTC)It wasn't as if he was the first or only vampire that she'd met though it did bring one question to mind.
"Can I ask, how are you able to walk in the sun?" She didn't know if everything about vampires was universal but that seemed to be the one fact that was true all around.
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Date: 2018-01-20 01:19 am (UTC)That was the first reason he paused. The second was the time needed for a bit of mental math: she knew Matt, but didn't know what allowed the favored vampires to walk around in the sun. Either Matt hadn't told her what he was, or he hadn't told her about the bracelets.
"Fairy magic," was as specific as Cassidy decided to be. "The fairies worked it so that I could go outside, unprotected, in daylight."
He tipped his head, gave a thoughtful frown. Normally, he'd assume she'd have other questions, but somehow, he got the feeling that wasn't the case.
"Anyway, I thought you might like to know." Even if it was no big deal.
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Date: 2018-01-20 03:19 am (UTC)She reached out towards him, gently placing her hand over his as she spoke. "Thank you Cassidy. I like learning about you and I'm happy that you trust me with this secret. I know... it can be uncomfortable. I don't actually tell that many people about me." She was going to gloss over the fact that she had told Cassidy about her powers the day they had met. He was the exception, not the rule.
Airy released his hand and picked up a strawberry.
"I'm glad that while you're here you can see the sun. We should watch the sunrise together." She would eventually make the connection about the bracelets. Through unfortunate circumstances, Airy already knew what Matt was a vampire.
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Date: 2018-01-20 06:46 pm (UTC)Somehow, Cassidy realized, he’d gone several weeks here without witnessing a sunrise. It simply hadn’t occurred to him. Force of habit, probably. He might know it wouldn’t hurt him, might go walking around in the sun on a daily basis, but those learned instincts were a bastard to break.
He thought he might do it once on his own, before watching a sunrise with Airy or anyone else. It seemed like something that ought to be more personal.
“What I really miss,” he said as he got back to his meal, “is the beach. Always used to go swimmin’ in the summertime, as a boy... somethin’ to look forward to when the weather starts to warm up.”
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Date: 2018-01-20 10:08 pm (UTC)She knew that seeing the sunrise might be a personal experience for him, so when the conversation altered slightly, Airy went along with it. "Me too. There is a lake near here that would be fun to swim in. I used to go swimming in the lakes around my house when I was growing up. We never had our bathing suits though and usually just swam in our underwear." Airy assumed that they'd have to do here. It was like a bathing suit so it never really bothered her.
"So, um," Airy licked her lower lip. "Would it be too forward to ask if you want to come to my room tonight?" She didn't think he'd say yes but she wanted to do things better this time and then they could start from there.
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Date: 2018-01-20 11:18 pm (UTC)It was however, a bit surprising.
"Sounds terribly keen, though. Are you lookin' to start a quartet?" To go along with her violin. A bit of teasing to pass the time while he decided how to answer.
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Date: 2018-01-20 11:57 pm (UTC)Airy had to pause and thinking about his question.
It was not what she was expecting him to ask her. "Not exactly but I know someone here who plays the Cello so we're half way there." She smiled.
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Date: 2018-01-21 03:50 am (UTC)He lowered a hand to rest on her knee, under the table. Looked down to meet her eyes with his.
"I am flattered by your enthusiasm, Airy. But maybe let's try just bein' friends for..."
On the other hand, he didn't want to put things off too much.
"...let's call it twenty-four hours or so, before we go makin' any more sexy plans, eh? Doubt the fairies'll be sendin' either of us home before then."
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