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Eli Delacroix ([personal profile] aspectional) wrote in [community profile] diversified2014-01-26 11:22 pm

Death ain't nothing but a heartbeat away [closed]

He's late.

Being in the employ of Shannon Vaughn means that being late is a bad thing and Eli knew that well, but living with his father and having to deal with him meant that sometimes he ran late because of a conversation had gone on too long or he needed to go run an errand for him. Normally, he could cheat by just teleporting to get there on time, but he still wasn't familiar with this part of town and he didn't want to be seen by anyone who didn't know about his powers. Plus, he had been ordered to go to an alley and teleporting in would just be a bad idea all around in that case.

So Eli had to run all the way from the apartment he shared with his father to the specific alley he had been told to go to, nearly getting turned around at a couple of points due to the mental map he had of the area not being fully complete yet. But he successfully got to the street the alley was connected to only a few minutes late, looking like he had run all the way from home. He took a moment to slow down his breathing and heart rate and did his best to make himself presentable. Once that was taken care of, he slipped down the alley and did his best to try and make sure Shannon didn't notice when he got to where he was dealing with whatever unfortunate person who had gotten on the wrong side of his boss.
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[personal profile] privatematter 2014-04-25 06:06 pm (UTC)(link)
"No, let him sleep." Everything Shannon did tended to have purpose. Of course, not literally everything, but if he was choosing against what Jasper had offered then obviously he had a reason for it. What he wanted to figure out was just how deeply Eli slept, especially after having drained his resources so thoroughly. He wanted to observe the kid wake up naturally, see if his temperature would raise as he woke or if it was some sort of conscious decision. Any little thing he could learn about the oddities of Eli's powers could come in handy.

Besides, Shannon always enjoyed waking up to the smell of food rather than some pesky alarm clock. Who didn't?