50th Resurrection

[sanctus_dei]

It's Theo's 21st birthday! But unlike most guys his age, he won't be out partying. When does Theo ever party? Instead, he's trying to go about a normal day without interruptions. He's not that lucky though.

a) You'll find him storming out of the bank, as his drone coworkers has approached him with a balloon and a cake. They stand around in confusion as he marches off and makes a bee-line towards home, grumbling.

b) He'll be hiding out in the library, trying to get some peace. Anyone there might notice the man reading books that clearly aren't from the library itself. They're old and well-worn, and any titles rubbed off long ago. He occasionally makes notes in a small notebook as well. Care to bug him?

c) At home, Theo's glad that the house no longer has drones in it, so they won't bring up this birthday crap. Little does he know, though, that the former drone wife has marked the calendar. He'll be sitting outside on the porch, his crows and cat close by. Head is titled back, cigarette dangling from his mouth, and eyes closed, Theo is attempting to enjoy the cooling fall weather. He occasionally takes a sip from a flask in his jacket pocket as well. He's been even more miserable that usual lately and it's even starting to get to him, so he's trying to unwind.

Comments

[kleptophile.livejournal.com]

If you do, I will never fucking forgive you if you don't let me watch. [Lyn grins broadly. That sounds like the coolest thing to witness ever.]

And I dunno about studying magic and shit. Everything I can do I was kinda born into...and even that shit I do so little that I'm pretty fucking rusty. My fireballs are probably about as threatening as another demon's dry fart on a hot day.

[sanctusdei.livejournal.com]

There's nothing you can do to become more powerful? That sounds like complete bullshit. A mage's talent is inborn too, but there's things you can do to increase your power.

[kleptophile.livejournal.com]

[Lyn shrugs at this.] Probably, I guess. But honestly, I'm a weak runt of a demon right outta the gate. Even if I get stronger, it's still not gonna hold much of a candle to any other demons, and all of my powers'd just make it easier for me to be found if I used any of 'em in the human world, so why the fuck bother?

[sanctusdei.livejournal.com]

I guess once I learned I had these powers available to me, I wanted to learn as much as possible. To use them to their full extent, weak or powerful.

[kleptophile.livejournal.com]

[Lyn considers this.] Yeah, I guess that makes sense. Demons kinda take the powers for granted, though, since they come standard. And since mine can't be used like 99% of the time, their potential doesn't really mean shit to me.

So...you've got all these gravity and implosion and necromantic powers and shit. What did you even use 'em for back home? I'm trying to think of the whole range of practical applications that kinda shit must have but I'm sorta drawing a blank.

[sanctusdei.livejournal.com]

Practicality isn't what I'm interested in. The fact that I can is what interests me. I've got something not many other people can do and I'm not going to waste it.