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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 2014-05-28 05:33 pm (UTC)(link)
"Makes you wonder," Shannon agreed. There was something to the idea of waiting for it to be revealed, but on the other hand, secrets were a liability. He would get them out of Eli soon enough and then they could work on moving up from there. All just another part of training for his new protégé.

His head tilted in curiosity when he noticed Eli moving for the food, and he took in the actions with a bemused look on his face. It wasn't something he often let show, but there was indeed a human inside of the tough shell and this was almost enough to get a startled laugh out of him. He settled for the vague confusion and amusement instead. "Manners, Eli," he reminded. Part of him didn't expect an answer since it seemed like the kid was practically sleep-walking in an effort to conserve his energy. Shannon was going to have to work on that and make sure Eli didn't overdo himself in the future while also pushing harder and harder until overdoing it was no longer a concern.