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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 2014-04-27 06:37 am (UTC)(link)
"My will shall be done," Shannon intoned solemnly. What? Just because he held such a high position of authority didn't mean he was immune to silliness or other forms of playing around. Mostly it never showed to those who needed to see him as the implacable leader, but to his elites, he tended to err on the side of more natural. That was another form of manipulation, but one lacking in any sort of malevolence. Shannon was incapable of not looking at things from such opportunistic angles thanks to the way he had been raised.

Shannon tilted his head back and forth, moving his hand to match it. "He's quick and can follow along, but he needs work to drag out that leadership he's got buried in there. I'd give him a silver," he summarized. It was a good rating without being the best, and there was room to work him up to an elite. For someone only now truly dipping his feet into the criminal element and being thrown to the metaphorical lions, it was impressive.