patheticvillain: (ʭ so i die happy)
Cassel Sharpe. ([personal profile] patheticvillain) wrote2014-07-15 08:22 pm

forty ➢ private + spam

private } needy

hey which two of these things do you hate the sound of least

☐ book club
☐ art therapy
☐ cats
☐ gardening
☐ baking
☐ learning how to knife fight


gift + open spam

[Call it Christmas in July. Call it boredom. Call it a pathological need for attention. Whatever you want to call it, gifts start showing up, ever so mysteriously, at people's doors and in common rooms throughout the week of the fourteenth.]

Daneca Wasserman ] A pair of deep purple gloves (the same color her hair was when he first met her), with silver buttons at the backs of the wrists.

Cass Cain ] Ten fluffy pillows, velvety dark blue with tassels, which are less placed and more piled outside her cabin. Also brownies.

Iris Wildthyme ] Scented candles, Bertie Botts style, in scents ranging from fresh-cut pine tree to alligator breath. They are all shaped like hearts.

Mira Hidalgo ] A blank, leather-bound journal.

Horatio Hornblower ] Lots of weed. Also gloves, but practical ones, all black.

Needy Lesnicki ] A hand-width clear glass figurine of a dragon, and a butterfly knife, which arrive before his text with the message I can show you how to use it.

Chris D'Amico ] Gold cufflinks in the shape of coiled rope, to match his best suit, which, when twisted in a certain way, come apart to reveal tiny lockpicks. Also homemade dog treats.

Slevin Kelevra ] A grinning black cat keychain, key attached, no label, and another pair practical black gloves.

Gwen Stacy ] A tiny hexagonal prism on a silver chain, with little lines drawn on the side to make it resemble a titration tube.

Anya Lehnsherr ] Gauzy, metallic yarn, the kind that's almost impossible to knit with without a magnifying glass, and a note: Do you know what a blacklight party is? We should have one.

Scott McCall ] A box of condoms. Inside there are no condoms, just a note that says lol. There is also a set of four amulets - which just look like stones on long chains - labeled Scott, Allison, Lydia, Stiles.

Zane ] A möbius ladder, a couple of feet across and made of copper, and some pot brownies, labeled These are pot brownies.



[Other gifts, less personalized, show up at random in all of the common rooms - some, too, as centerpieces in the middle of dining hall tables, or balanced on treadmills in the gym. Most are made of sandstone or copper, new materials he is working with, while some are glass or ceramic, old favorites; all are about a hand's span across.]

[There is one little sculpture that look suspiciously like a three-dimensional Mona Lisa with a fauxhawk. There are many flowers, some real and some utterly imaginary. There is only one cat, the pale gray of unglazed clay, with the inscription HA HA underneath it. There are relatively few twisted human bodies in the mix, but there are a couple (though none in the dining hall). Otherwise, it's a mishmash of animals, plants, random letters, and impenetrably abstract shapes.]

[Cassel himself can be found coming and going from these drop-offs if you're very sneaky, or in the gym, where he not only works every day but practices with renewed vigor with his butterfly knife. He is pretty sure that now that Cass is back, he has something to prove with it. He doesn't know what, but whatever it is, he'll get to it just as quick as he can.]
hellofist: (tim hands)

[personal profile] hellofist 2014-07-20 07:40 pm (UTC)(link)
[She nods as she watches him, pleased by the improvement she sees already. Thinking of it like water seems to help and he flows through the movements much better this time.]

Good. Learning this will help... with other weapons, too. Once you master this, can start you... on swordsmanship.
hellofist: (let's see)

[personal profile] hellofist 2014-07-20 07:52 pm (UTC)(link)
[She looks more alive than she has her entire time here now, watching him smile and get excited about weaponry. It's always felt nice making Cassel smile, but passing on something that would protect him, save his life, feels much better.]

Sure. Could start with katanas, move up to broadswords. Could teach guns, too, but they're... not as good.
notsoneedy: (and in the silence of the night)

[private]

[personal profile] notsoneedy 2014-07-20 09:47 pm (UTC)(link)
You really think after what I've been through there's something in your file that's going to freak out me?

Coming soon to a venue near you.
routemistress: (LOL)

[text/private]

[personal profile] routemistress 2014-07-20 11:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Cassel among the pigeons = too thematically appropriate to be allowed not to happen.

Hyspero birds are as hungry for stories as they are for crumbs, they'll adore you. And these days in the reign of the newest Empress you won't need to jump out of any trees to get away from them.

I may still have a base there, depending when we go. Unfortunately it's a literal giant stone sculpture of my face so I'm not sure I wouldn't rather leave that bit out.

don't judge, I was very drunk.
robinwishes: (Lineface Forever)

[personal profile] robinwishes 2014-07-21 03:01 am (UTC)(link)
So long as it wasn't Chris.'

[ There would be issues. ]
mistconduct: ([unmasked] who me?)

[Spam]

[personal profile] mistconduct 2014-07-21 11:14 am (UTC)(link)
[He climbs to his feet, rolling the cufflinks over in his hand curiously. Crossing the room, he opens his bedroom door to let Bowie out, blinking in surprise as he sees Cassel waiting for him]

Should've known this came from you.
godsays: (13)

[personal profile] godsays 2014-07-21 12:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Iris told me I should be friends with her, the first time. We never really talked.

[ He holds out a hand, a request to touch it, feel the weight, appreciate the make. He doesn't have much doubt that Cass would know how to pick it. ]
advocacy: (☮ take me)

text

[personal profile] advocacy 2014-07-21 08:26 pm (UTC)(link)
What did you do?

[She is teasing. Mostly.]
exnihilo: (glance)

[personal profile] exnihilo 2014-07-22 03:58 am (UTC)(link)
[She sends the same half sheet of paper back again. There's room. There's a record, each thing written before. There's a reason it's only half a page: the bottom half of the same page has the same words copied diligently onto it, his handwriting crisply forged, marginalia detailing whom the conversation is with, how it began, why she began it, an explanation for the missing piece.]

Was he a memory worker? I didn't use a journal when I was one, but I knew there were people who did. Or the barge made me think I knew.
semifreakingnormal: (baby I'm not moving on)

[private text]

[personal profile] semifreakingnormal 2014-07-23 09:38 pm (UTC)(link)
it probably was
routemistress: (Default)

[text/private]

[personal profile] routemistress 2014-07-24 01:04 am (UTC)(link)
they'll tell you they want true ones, but pigeons lie a lot.

actually, I do. but I've had an awful lot of practise XD
routemistress: (LOL)

[text/private]

[personal profile] routemistress 2014-07-24 01:09 am (UTC)(link)
exactly. but they balance on your hat better than most people.

buggered if I know, I need to be drunk off my face before I can bear to look at it.

what was I thinking

Page 5 of 9