Room 107: Blind Leading The Lost

by **Basil Benson** » Tue Feb 02, 2016 3:26 am

Basil had packed up all his things into various totes, and borrowed a trolley from maintenance to move the giant load of belongings from his old dorm to the new one he had been assigned to. It wasn't until he got to the room that he'd put together where he'd heard that given name before.

Why do you hate me God? It's because I tried to get a girl to stick her tongue in my mouth at my bar mitzvah, isn't it?

it occurred to him it was a damn good thing he was already familiar with his new room mates powers, in that he knew at least he wasn't telepathic.

He slid the key into the lock, and opened the door calling out.

"Hello?"

by **Vinny Patterson** » Thu Feb 04, 2016 11:01 am

"C'mon in! We're all decent in here."

by **Basil Benson** » Thu Feb 04, 2016 12:47 pm

Pushing the door open, Basil scoped the room for his room mate, eyes fixing on the boy as he assessed him up.

"Are you Vinny? I'm Basil." He introduced himself, and his arm went out, probably to offer a hand for a handshake.

by **Vinny Patterson** » Fri Feb 05, 2016 2:41 am

"Yeah, that's me. Nice to meet you, Basil," Vinny grinned, attempting (and maybe not being the most accurate in the world) to shake Basil's hand.

by **Basil Benson** » Fri Feb 05, 2016 2:45 am

Basil had by now learned to adjust for error, and reached out for the grasping hand, the two of their mitts meeting well enough.

"Do you like music Vinny?" He asked, recalling something Amy had said about him.

by **Vinny Patterson** » Fri Feb 05, 2016 2:50 am

"Uh, yeah, yeah. I sup'ose I do."

by **Basil Benson** » Fri Feb 05, 2016 2:53 am

"Good. Mind if I put something on - low volume - while I sort out my catastrophe of belongings?

I promise I can Tetris everything onto my side."

by **Vinny Patterson** » Fri Feb 05, 2016 5:06 am

"Not at all. You need a hand with anything?"

by **Basil Benson** » Sat Feb 06, 2016 4:28 am

Basil reached into the bag slung over his shoulder to pull out his MP3 player and the small speaker.

"If you'd like. Certainly would help clear the hallway quicker."

Vinny would find a palette meant for unloading trucks in the hall, piled up with plastic totes that were clear. Vinny could see all of Basil's belongings through them, the closest one to him had what appeared to be shoes, and two bottles of something. Alcohol?

Basil had made the volume of the music so low it couldn't even be heard in the hall, but he had deliberately chosen a track he thought Vinny might appreciate.

"Hello? Is there anybody in there? Just nod if you can hear me-"

by **Vinny Patterson** » Sat Feb 06, 2016 5:53 am

"Got a theme going with your packing materials, aye?" Vinny said, lifting one of the boxes up.

by **Basil Benson** » Sat Feb 06, 2016 6:01 am

"Just be thankful you can't see what's inside of me." Basil joked, grabbing one himself. " Sharing a hair-cut with Slim Goodbody is about as far as I want to take the similarity."

Basil stacked one just inside the door, giving Vinny some indication of where to drop it.

by **Vinny Patterson** » Sat Feb 06, 2016 6:15 am

"Well, that'd probably help you out at, like, the doctor's office, but yeah. I'm sure there someone out there with only transparent skin, though."

by **Basil Benson** » Sat Feb 06, 2016 1:59 pm

"That's essentially my version of the 'naked in class' nightmare. "

" 'Basil, -' " He states in a forced falsetto, trying to effect some accent not his own. " 'It seems all of your skin has melted off. Please report to the school nurse immediately. '

Then everyone else runs screaming while the headmistress is alarmingly fine with this turn of events."

by **Vinny Patterson** » Sat Feb 06, 2016 8:22 pm

Vinny laughed. "For me, it's ending up stuck halfway through my chair after I fall asleep in maths or something, and then having to navigate that through the halls to the nurse."

by **Basil Benson** » Sat Feb 06, 2016 8:41 pm

"Is that a probably unfounded nightmare like my own, or has that actually happened? Getting stuck inside something when you're kind of in it?

Not to pry. Just want to make sure if I see you halfway through your bed whether or not you're in any immediate danger."

by **Vinny Patterson** » Sat Feb 06, 2016 9:14 pm

"I've never gotten stuck, if that's what you mean. I've fallen through things and, uh, failed to take things with me."

by **Basil Benson** » Sat Feb 06, 2016 9:17 pm

"Noted.

For your own heart health I should probably inform you I can be seen in reflection so if I walk past a mirror or a particularly shiny surface, I assure you you're not losing your mind. My invisibility cloak is just rather shit."

by **Vinny Patterson** » Sat Feb 06, 2016 9:30 pm

"Huh. Gotcha.

...How the heck does THAT work? Like, a reverse vampire thing?"

by **Basil Benson** » Sat Feb 06, 2016 9:39 pm

Basil's figure shrugged. "Your guess is as good as mine mate. Lots of people have poked at me like a chimp in a cage, but no one has come up with an answer yet. I wish that they had..." Basil's voice got small and quiet near the end of his sentence, as he did when he was internalizing thoughts.

by **Vinny Patterson** » Sat Feb 06, 2016 10:20 pm

After a brief pause.

"You still there, buddy?"

by **Basil Benson** » Sat Feb 06, 2016 10:24 pm

Basil was quiet for a moment or two longer, before chuckling. What an existential question that could be.

"Yes, I'm still present. My clothes can't stand by themselves. Yet.

Let's get the rest of these in and you can marvel at all the useless tat I own."

by **Vinny Patterson** » Sat Feb 06, 2016 10:29 pm

"You can't tell me you've never tried to trick someone with an empty set of clothes and some, I dunno, Styrofoam or something," Vinny said, moving to help with the boxes.

by **Basil Benson** » Sat Feb 06, 2016 10:31 pm

"Not yet." Basil replied.

"Anytime I have used my condition for fun, something terrible happens." Basil wondered if Amy hadn't told him already?

by **Vinny Patterson** » Sun Feb 07, 2016 2:49 am

"Oh, well, that sounds like your glass is half empty, in'nit?"

by **Basil Benson** » Sun Feb 07, 2016 2:53 am

"Mmmm....

Usually though when I notice, that's when I chug it down and get another drink before I think about it too much." He joked back.

by **Vinny Patterson** » Sun Feb 07, 2016 2:56 am

"Man, you can't just do that. You gotta get out! You gotta live a little!"

by **Basil Benson** » Sun Feb 07, 2016 2:56 am

Basil stopped his progress again and looked at Vinny.

"I'm not allowed to leave the grounds."

by **Vinny Patterson** » Sun Feb 07, 2016 2:58 am

"Not allowed?" Vinny said,incredulously.

by **Basil Benson** » Sun Feb 07, 2016 2:59 am

"i'm on restriction from my parents. They don't want me wandering around Maldon. Or anywhere else."

by **Vinny Patterson** » Sun Feb 07, 2016 3:28 am

"Well, I won't tell anyone if you don't."

by **Basil Benson** » Sun Feb 07, 2016 3:35 am

"Honestly?I wouldn't put it past them to be babysitting me at this point." He chuckled wryly.

"I already cocked things up once for them, in their eyes. And I can't afford to lose them paying my tuition."

by **Vinny Patterson** » Sun Feb 07, 2016 4:14 am

"How would they know? What, you got an invisible tracker stuck up your rear?"

by **Basil Benson** » Sun Feb 07, 2016 4:17 am

"God I hope not. If I did, I didn't even get to enjoy it."

by **Vinny Patterson** » Sun Feb 07, 2016 5:02 am

'"C'mon, then. Let's go hit the town, see what's shaking?"

by **Basil Benson** » Sun Feb 07, 2016 5:08 am

"I... Guess...?

Where would we go?"

by **Vinny Patterson** » Sun Feb 07, 2016 5:10 am

"Anywhere! I've got a van!

It MIGHT be running by now."

by **Basil Benson** » Sun Feb 07, 2016 5:15 am

Basil laughed. "My car works." That's not the problem.

by **Vinny Patterson** » Sun Feb 07, 2016 5:23 am

"Yeah, but it's not ~my van~," he said, in the tone someone might use to say "my baby" or "my treasure."

by **Basil Benson** » Sun Feb 07, 2016 5:25 am

"Admittedly you're probably right." He relented.

"But I am about ninety-nine percent certain if I put my foot on the peddle, it will make that sound that indicates it's going to go somewhere."

Basil was not good at cars.

by **Vinny Patterson** » Sun Feb 07, 2016 5:27 am

"Well, if you're trying to sneak out, maybe you should stay in the back, then."

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