Everybody Passed Me By

The Estate's meticulously kept gardens, including a hedgemaze that students have occasionally described as "sadistic" and a sizable rose garden. Benches in shaded spots are plentiful, and the gardens are popular to study in on pleasant days. The nearby stables are still maintained with a number of well-heeled equines.

Everybody Passed Me By

Postby Will Stanton » Tue Aug 07, 2018 1:50 am

Will sat on a bench in the quad, leaning back, head pointed up at an awkward angle towards the sky, the light glistening off of his plastic skin and the studs holding his upper and lower torso together.

It had been a heck of a few months, and he had things to contemplate. And contemplate he did.

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Re: Everybody Passed Me By

Postby Gemmalara » Tue Aug 07, 2018 2:34 pm

"Room for another servant of the Morrigan?" Gemma asks as she walks up, bundled up in a coat, but not stamping for warmth the way she usually does.
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Re: Everybody Passed Me By

Postby Will Stanton » Tue Aug 07, 2018 4:45 pm

"Benches always have room for one.

How are you doing, Gemmalara?" Will smiled.
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Re: Everybody Passed Me By

Postby Gemmalara » Tue Aug 07, 2018 4:58 pm

She takes a seat next to him. "Slowly adjusting. A lot of things changed very quickly... relative to my race's concept of 'quickly'. How are you doing?"
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Re: Everybody Passed Me By

Postby Will Stanton » Tue Aug 07, 2018 5:04 pm

"You know what? I'm doing alright. It's a nice day for January in England, and I'm just relaxing over here. It's been a while."
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Re: Everybody Passed Me By

Postby Gemmalara » Tue Aug 07, 2018 5:16 pm

"Good to hear! I know the Morri... I mean, Sam. I know Sam was worried about you."
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Re: Everybody Passed Me By

Postby Will Stanton » Tue Aug 07, 2018 5:23 pm

Will smiled a little thin-lipped smile. "I'm sorry to have worried her. You'll convey my apologies, right?"
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Re: Everybody Passed Me By

Postby Gemmalara » Tue Aug 07, 2018 5:30 pm

Gemmalara seems to consider that request for several moments. Finally she responds, "No. I won't." She adopts a challenging set to her face. "Do I look like her majordomo? Besides, you already owe me." Something about those last words tug at something inside of Will.
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Re: Everybody Passed Me By

Postby Will Stanton » Tue Aug 07, 2018 5:33 pm

Will grimaced at the tug. "Well, if you're not her majordomo, what are you, then? Specifically."
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Re: Everybody Passed Me By

Postby Gemmalara » Tue Aug 07, 2018 5:54 pm

"One of her advisors, I believe, based on the contract. She seems pretty adamant that it doesn't mean servant."
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Re: Everybody Passed Me By

Postby Will Stanton » Tue Aug 07, 2018 5:55 pm

"It seems like she should be more...specific, in her wording. If it's a contract and everything, you should really have a firm grasp on what your role is."
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Re: Everybody Passed Me By

Postby Gemmalara » Tue Aug 07, 2018 6:14 pm

Gemmalara shrugs, "She has some time to figure it out. She's the Morrigan after all. I'm not about to rush her."
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Re: Everybody Passed Me By

Postby Will Stanton » Tue Aug 07, 2018 6:16 pm

"If she's anything like MY Morrigan, you'll have to, unless you're comfortable waiting a decade or more.

The Morrigan may be eternal; people's patience rarely is."
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Re: Everybody Passed Me By

Postby Gemmalara » Tue Aug 07, 2018 6:28 pm

"If it becomes important, I will. I'm anchored enough at the moment to not go mad, which is the thing I most care about." She rolls her shoulder slightly, "The last time I was on this side of the veil, this island was being invaded by citrus fruit which I'm told was several hundred years ago, so I do have some amount of patience."
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Re: Everybody Passed Me By

Postby Will Stanton » Tue Aug 07, 2018 6:36 pm

"I hope you speak euphemistically of that invasion. Otherwise, I really have missed out on some history, here."
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Re: Everybody Passed Me By

Postby Gemmalara » Tue Aug 07, 2018 6:52 pm

"I wasn't here long enough to hear more than something about an orange invading. It's not exactly like the Grey Lords were keen on really keeping up with humans."
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Re: Everybody Passed Me By

Postby Will Stanton » Tue Aug 07, 2018 6:57 pm

"It's a good thing you're not hanging around with too many of them this time, then, I suppose," Will chuckled. "Enough of us weirdos here to keep you free from humanity for a while longer."
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Re: Everybody Passed Me By

Postby Gemmalara » Tue Aug 07, 2018 7:11 pm

"That seems to be a very common belief around here... that the people here aren't human. It baffles me."
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Re: Everybody Passed Me By

Postby Will Stanton » Tue Aug 07, 2018 7:12 pm

Will waved that off. "It's only baffling if you view that as an insult. I don't, personally."
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Re: Everybody Passed Me By

Postby Gemmalara » Tue Aug 07, 2018 7:14 pm

"No, it's baffling because you are, at least from my perspective. With unusual abilities, sure, but you're still human, at least to my eyes."
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Re: Everybody Passed Me By

Postby Will Stanton » Tue Aug 07, 2018 7:16 pm

"Really?" Will asked, chuckling. "The mannequin sitting next to is human, is he? You might want to look a little closer. We have great optometrists on this side of the Veil."
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Re: Everybody Passed Me By

Postby Gemmalara » Tue Aug 07, 2018 7:20 pm

"The Grey Lords may not admit they're fey and think they're better than other fey, but they are still fey. The mannequin may not want to believe he's a man, but that doesn't mean he's not a man."
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Re: Everybody Passed Me By

Postby Will Stanton » Tue Aug 07, 2018 7:32 pm

Will waved his hand, dismissively. "I've had that conversation quite a few times over the last few months. One of the reasons I'm in a better headspace now is that I'm beginning to accept that other people won't accept that. And I'm beginning to care less about that. I think that's, probably, healthy -- don't let other people's hangups dictate my own self image and all that."
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Re: Everybody Passed Me By

Postby Gemmalara » Tue Aug 07, 2018 7:56 pm

"A luxury only humans are afforded, I'm afraid," she says with slight smile. "What we fey are is partially dictated by the whims of others. They see us as goblins, goblins we become."
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Re: Everybody Passed Me By

Postby Will Stanton » Tue Aug 07, 2018 8:10 pm

"Really?" Will asked, intrigued. "Are we speaking metaphorically again, or if everyone on campus concentrated really hard, would you turn into something you're not?"
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Re: Everybody Passed Me By

Postby Gemmalara » Tue Aug 07, 2018 10:54 pm

"It would take time and persistent belief. But yes, it could be done if I only stayed on campus."
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Re: Everybody Passed Me By

Postby Will Stanton » Tue Aug 07, 2018 10:58 pm

"Huh."

Will mused on that for a minute. "Is that something that...bothers you?"
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Re: Everybody Passed Me By

Postby Gemmalara » Tue Aug 07, 2018 11:51 pm

"Yes and no. No one likes to think that they're that mutable in their sense of being. But, it is the reality of being fey, bound to expectations and beliefs. Not unlike a god or goddess in that respect, I would imagine."
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Re: Everybody Passed Me By

Postby Will Stanton » Wed Aug 08, 2018 12:07 am

"Well, can you keep a secret?" Will said, leaning in conspiratorially.
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Re: Everybody Passed Me By

Postby Gemmalara » Wed Aug 08, 2018 12:13 am

"That depends on who I have to keep it from," she says, matter-of-factly.
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Re: Everybody Passed Me By

Postby Will Stanton » Wed Aug 08, 2018 1:00 am

"Hrm. Maybe I should just keep it to myself, then" Will nodded. "Curiosity killed the cat, don't you know."
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Re: Everybody Passed Me By

Postby Gemmalara » Wed Aug 08, 2018 2:05 am

Gemma thinks about that for the moment, "Well, I'm no cat. I suppose I could agree to keep your secret, except in the Morrigan ask me directly about it."
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Re: Everybody Passed Me By

Postby Will Stanton » Wed Aug 08, 2018 2:37 am

"If the Morrigan really wanted to know things about me, she could find me easily enough," Will laughed. "Don't worry about that."

"You say that no one likes to think they're that mutable in their sense of being. Well, the secret is -- it's that mutability that gets me up in the morning and helps me get to sleep at night. People don't like it, so I keep it under my cap. People don't like their lunch talking back to them, and they don't like to think their backpack has hopes and dreams. Lots of pressure to just be 'human', or to fit in the box they have decided they're comfortable with you in, and leave it at that.

It is what it is. You grin and get through the day, and you let people think what they think. I'm going to try to care less about that going forward, though. And if people don't like it, I can always move along. Losing things sometimes give you a sense of freedom, if you look at it from the proper point of view."
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Re: Everybody Passed Me By

Postby Gemmalara » Wed Aug 08, 2018 3:43 am

"I'm told that you're supposed to care about what the people who care about think. At least, that's the impression I've gathered so far."
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Re: Everybody Passed Me By

Postby Will Stanton » Wed Aug 08, 2018 3:46 am

Will struggled his way through the parsing of that sentence.

"There's caring what people think and then there's...giving up part of yourself to fit their plan, you know?"
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Re: Everybody Passed Me By

Postby Gemmalara » Wed Aug 08, 2018 2:01 pm

"I'm intimately familiar with giving up a part of myself to fit someone else's plan."
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Re: Everybody Passed Me By

Postby Will Stanton » Wed Aug 08, 2018 5:02 pm

"Do tell?"
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Re: Everybody Passed Me By

Postby Gemmalara » Wed Aug 08, 2018 5:29 pm

"My turn to tell you a secret. I left my home at my mother's request to fulfill a role she had planned that required giving up a part of myself. It's cost me dearly, even though I have received some good things from it."
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Re: Everybody Passed Me By

Postby Will Stanton » Wed Aug 08, 2018 5:42 pm

"What part of yourself did you have to give up?"
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Re: Everybody Passed Me By

Postby Gemmalara » Wed Aug 08, 2018 5:54 pm

"For starters, my home. Even if the Lady is ultimately victorious, it's unlikely I'll ever be able to return. I gave up my order, the adopted family I'd trained with for most of my life. I may be a hero to them, but they can't accept me back."
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