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Lucas ([personal profile] a_gentle_boy) wrote2011-01-28 05:19 pm

Twenty-Ninth PSI

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[The days of January have passed relatively uneventfully for Lucas.  He's had a lot to think about, and a lot to consider.  For now, though, each time passes much like the rest, and he will take happiness in whatever peace he can get.  His routine is fairly straightforward.

1: Every morning, early morning, Lucas gets on his tea table and delivers his paper. He's still getting used to the hang of it, though. Maybe he'll accidentally smash it into your door, at which point, he'll hurriedly get off to check to see if he damaged anything. Most of the time, he hasn't.
2: After school, he practices piano alone in the music room. By this point, he can be eavesdropped upon without anyone wanting to forbid him from ever touching an instrument again. The songs he plays are strangely melancholy.
3:
In his free time, he sits in the park or in his house and practices his sketching.  Most of the time, he's drawing his friends, so perhaps you'll run across him drawing you.]

[voice]
[A phone call is broadcast to everyone later that night.]

Hello?  A-Ah.  This is Lucas.

I've been thinking a lot lately, and there's something that's been on my mind.  I guess I want to ask . . . How long has this town been here?  How long have people come in and out?  Does anyone really know?  But what's more important is . . . does anyone really remember everyone who's been here? 

When people get droned, we think they've gone home, right?  It's the hope we have, and a lot of the times it's true, but can we really be sure that it's everyone? Sergei -- the Russian man.  He, um.  Didn't he say that they were in a lot of pain?  That some people who were droned . . . that they were still inside.  If that's so, then . . . then we can't just forget about them, right?  Even if one person is still here as a drone, we can't forget about them.  And either way, it's terrible to forget the people you've become friends with at all.  To forget about the people who've come to Mayfield and who've gone.

............. I know I've already started to.

Does anyone think we should maybe start keeping track?  Just . . . something so that the people who come here won't ever be forgotten.  Maybe even signatures.  So if you do start to forget, then you can look back and see everyone's name and remember.  Small things like . . . Miss Margot, and how she was always caring for her sister.  Fuuko and how much she loved starfish.  Mr. Zero, and how fun his gym classes were.

It might be a bad idea.  Or too much work.  But . . . Well.  I guess if you don't want to talk about that, maybe we can just share stories of people who've been here and how important they were to us.  I'd love to hear that kind of thing.

[Please specify 1, 2, 3, or voice.  Although the actions are really just default Lucas interactions if your character has no interest in this topic.]

[identity profile] a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com 2011-02-03 04:15 am (UTC)(link)
[Lucas smiles blushingly as well.]

Even so, Kay . . . Don't press yourself too hard, OK? Your dad wouldn't want to see you get hurt when you didn't need to.

[identity profile] thief-of-truth.livejournal.com 2011-02-03 04:18 am (UTC)(link)
I know. I'll be careful, I promise.

[identity profile] a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com 2011-02-03 04:21 am (UTC)(link)
. . . That's horrible.

[Ignoring that she had just said the same thing. It was. Lucas is indignant.]

I can't believe that anyone would think something like that -- Or worse, teach it. Being born in a certain place doesn't mean you're a better or worse person . . . ! Actually, I think you'd be worse if you thought that.

[identity profile] a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com 2011-02-03 04:27 am (UTC)(link)
Good.

[And Lucas smiles more brightly now.]

And no matter what happens, you've always got friends to look after you, too.

[identity profile] a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com 2011-02-03 04:32 am (UTC)(link)
S-Sorry. It's a habit.

[Whoops.]

R-Really? I don't want to impose on you if it's too much trouble, mister . . . You don't have to take the time for something so silly.

[identity profile] a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com 2011-02-03 04:34 am (UTC)(link)
You're probably just imagining things.

[flail flail. the girl has hair ribbons and yellow eyes flail.]

[identity profile] leporariusnero.livejournal.com 2011-02-03 04:38 am (UTC)(link)
[ He makes a quiet tsk'ing noise. ] My father used to say things like that; told me I was silly for liking things. He was an unpleasant man, all business, but he was a great man. [ You can tell he's quite sincere; there's a fondness to his smile and admiration in his eyes. ]

But I'm glad I'm not quite like him. No boy should have to grow into his father, see? Pursuing one's interests is hardly silly. We'll have lunch some afternoon, and you can draw to your heart's content.
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[personal profile] naicha 2011-02-03 04:41 am (UTC)(link)
I'll make it real good! Um, I do the same thing back home a lot. We don't die like our people do, so we watch them come and go. But it's amazing, how in the short time they've lived, they've done so much for us. You'd think we'd get used to it, but even if it happens all the time, it still hurts to see your people go, you know?

'cause it's like watching a part of you go, too.

So we write about them and make them live on. I haven't been keeping track since I got here, but I'll starting writing again. About the people I meet, what they do and what they say...

Ooh, I'll write about Lucas first!

[identity profile] a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com 2011-02-03 04:50 am (UTC)(link)
B-But I'm still here!

[Somehow, it's a bit like writing a eulogy for loved ones who had gone. The idea was a little unsettling. Even if his only experience with eulogies had been 'waaaaaaahhhhhh'.]

I mean, I-I guess you could, but . . . you can save me for the end, right?

[He pauses.]

It must be hard on all of you. Watching the people you've come to care for die, generation after generation. The immortals from my world were a bit like that -- But they just stopped caring for humans after a while.

[identity profile] snackaholictank.livejournal.com 2011-02-03 04:51 am (UTC)(link)
[Scrutinizing. She knows this person. It's almost like...]

...Is this me?

[identity profile] a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com 2011-02-03 04:52 am (UTC)(link)
[Lucas is quiet at that for a few moments. His own father . . . He loved him dearly, but he had failed him in many different ways, too. The man he would have liked to grow into . . . was someone else he had to come to know. Here.]

If you're really sure, then I'd appreciate it a lot, mister. Ah, I haven't even introduced myself yet. My name is Lucas.

[identity profile] a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com 2011-02-03 04:54 am (UTC)(link)
. . . Do you think it looks like you?
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[personal profile] naicha 2011-02-03 04:56 am (UTC)(link)
Mm, okay. The best for last - that works too!
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[personal profile] naicha 2011-02-03 04:58 am (UTC)(link)
... That's terrible. What kind of immortals were they?

[identity profile] snackaholictank.livejournal.com 2011-02-03 05:00 am (UTC)(link)
Hmmmm. It's not as amazing as the real me, but it's pretty good for a drawing.

[identity profile] a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com 2011-02-03 05:08 am (UTC)(link)
Miss Taiwan . . . !

[Lucas protests weakly, but flows with the change of subject when it is presented.]

They were very odd. The Magypsies . . . They were guardians of my world, but my dad said that they'd told him they couldn't bring themselves to care about human lives since they passed by so quickly. The only ones worth considering were the people who had the power to change the fate of the world.

[That had been him. But it wasn't something that needed to be mentioned.]

. . . Um. They were really strange. Not just a little.

[identity profile] a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com 2011-02-03 05:08 am (UTC)(link)
I-I didn't say it was you yet, you know. . . . You really think so, though?

[identity profile] leporariusnero.livejournal.com 2011-02-03 05:20 am (UTC)(link)
[ He offers his hand for a proper handshake. ]

Vincent Phantomhive. It's a pleasure, Lucas.

[identity profile] a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com 2011-02-03 05:31 am (UTC)(link)
[Lucas takes it with a pleasant smile.]

It's nice to meet you, Mr. Phantomhive. If you decide you'd rather not at any time, I won't mind at all.

[identity profile] leporariusnero.livejournal.com 2011-02-03 05:42 am (UTC)(link)
Not to worry. 1665 Nelson; come by any afternoon with an empty stomach.
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[personal profile] naicha 2011-02-03 06:18 am (UTC)(link)
If that's how they looked at humans, I agree! What kind of guardians are they? They sound horrible.

[identity profile] radiant-will.livejournal.com 2011-02-03 09:25 am (UTC)(link)
That's the problem. I started hating Britannians as much as they hated me because of how they acted, and the terrible things they did to my people.

But you can't hate the people. My friend--the man who changed the world--taught me that. Britannia itself was a system that turned people to hatred. It was the system that had to be rebuilt.

[identity profile] thief-of-truth.livejournal.com 2011-02-03 11:59 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah. I can always count on you guys.

[She smiles back, patting Lucas on the shoulder.]

[identity profile] politerudeness.livejournal.com 2011-02-03 04:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah? That is correct. ...Lucas-san was familiar with him?

[identity profile] a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com 2011-02-03 09:20 pm (UTC)(link)
I'll call you in advance, Mr. Phantomhive. I wouldn't want to surprise you at a bad time.

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