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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 2014-04-28 05:06 am (UTC)(link)
Mostly it was the fact that Shannon wanted to gauge what part of him was so alluring to Eli. Once he understood that, he could move more safely into his proper personality and have Eli adjust at the pace that Shannon set. Everything was going to be a trial for the kid, not only to actually test him but to prepare him for quite hard life ahead of him. No one else in the world would stop testing Eli when he took his place as Shannon's proper right hand and eventual replacement. He had to learn how to work past various pressures before Shannon would think of letting up on it.

Shannon quirked his brows at the knowledge, head dipping to the side. "Under what conditions? They can't just think he's completely unsuited. I'd never take in a loser." That was something of a code for those who didn't belong. Although Shannon did what he could for many with no other place to go, he wasn't a charity and coddling anyone who couldn't fit somewhere in his organization was out of the question.