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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.
privatematter: (♛ eyes open wide.)

[personal profile] privatematter 2014-01-27 06:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Shannon nodded. He couldn't see Eli's expression to confirm, but he had enough faith that the kid could pull off some sort of frantic look after witnessing someone burst into flame. Most people who saw what Shannon could do didn't have to fake it all that much. He took a moment to shift his overcoat around into a disheveled muss, then pulled Eli in closer to wrap his arm around his shoulders and almost hang there as he dragged them from the alley.

"H-hey! Help! Someone's on fire in there! Call the fire department!" he shouted out into the blob of masses on the street. Crowds were always his weakest point, the hardest place to identify any single object in the heat mingling about between the people and their busy little lives. Then again, in large crowds like this, Shannon didn't exactly need to have much accuracy because everyone only saw a blind man and reacted accordingly. Funny how society worked like that.