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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 2014-01-28 04:58 am (UTC)(link)
Shannon frowned. He reached out with a spare hand and tapped it against Eli's nose — well, near it enough to matter. "Always believe me. You work for me, you believe what I've got to tell you." He paused, bobbed his head to the side. "Though I guess I'll make an exception for when I'm being a smartass sometimes."

A grin surfaced shortly afterward. It was a genuine expression, something Shannon was not very shy about when operating outside of business hours. "Why, I want you to reinvent me. Most people know that I'm the voice and face of Shannon Vaughn, everyone who watches me would know it's the name I use. But we've got to invent a different Shannon Vaughn to take the heat off of me."