« Prev 1 2 3 Next » Reply Share Thread Facebook Twitter Tumblr LinkedIn MySpace Email Go to Previous Thread Next Thread Please make a selection first Author Topic: Quiet Time (Silas, Open) (Read 326 times) El Sensei Sensei El Jefe I control the universe! [send pm] Joined: July 2009 Posts: 28,490 Quiet Time (Silas, Open) « Nov 7, 2015 1:30:19 GMT -6 via the ProBoards App » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top He smirks again, but fades with the next question. "Slow. It's much more complicated in actuality than theory compared to some of my more elaborate designs." Silas sighs in annoyance, Becca knowing that look quite well at this point. "Have you ever kissed anybody?" This was one of his easy questions. Back to Top   Rebecca Jefferson Legend Defense Will it be you this time? [send pm] Joined: October 2015 Gender: Posts: 4,354 Quiet Time (Silas, Open) « Nov 7, 2015 1:37:08 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "You'll get it." Why is she encouraging him? That's stealing from the academy, Rebecca. Bad. Not to mention he's going to scoff at her and act like she's dumb for suggesting otherwise. She clears her throat and looks back at him with a small frown at his question. "You don't think it would be hard to miss if I did?" She shakes her head before he can point out it's not a real answer. "No. "Why did you join Paradigm?" Back to Top   El Sensei Sensei El Jefe I control the universe! [send pm] Joined: July 2009 Posts: 28,490 Quiet Time (Silas, Open) « Nov 7, 2015 1:39:43 GMT -6 via the ProBoards App » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top No rebuke, only a brief closing of his eyes. Perhaps it was appreciation or maybe it was just letting the annoyance wash away. He gives a slight eyebrow twitch to her response of his question before a full fledged smirk returns to his face when she asks hers. "What, you don't think I fit the 'I want to save the world' mold?" Back to Top   Rebecca Jefferson Legend Defense Will it be you this time? [send pm] Joined: October 2015 Gender: Posts: 4,354 Quiet Time (Silas, Open) « Nov 7, 2015 1:46:59 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "Not so much as others who throw it in people's faces." She shrugs. "It could be anything, really. Maybe you want to learn to control or improve your abilities. Maybe you just wanted an escape, and this was the easiest place." Her lips twitch, forcing her voice back from the drop in volume it had taken. "Or maybe you just want to save the world when people are looking the other way so they can ooh and ahh over you when you're in the limelight. Maybe you just want to do it because you're a decent person, who knows?" « Last Edit: Nov 7, 2015 1:49:59 GMT -6 by Rebecca Jefferson » Back to Top   El Sensei Sensei El Jefe I control the universe! [send pm] Joined: July 2009 Posts: 28,490 Quiet Time (Silas, Open) « Nov 7, 2015 1:51:42 GMT -6 via the ProBoards App » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top He's amused throughout its entirety, but chuckles as the improving abilities part. "Nothing so grandeur. It's the best way to challenge myself. Life before was tedious and this is the best way I've found so far to keep me from becoming stagnant. Did you know your-" he pauses, gauging Rebecca's expression before asking his question. "What is your favorite kind of music?" Totally the question he was going to ask. Back to Top   Rebecca Jefferson Legend Defense Will it be you this time? [send pm] Joined: October 2015 Gender: Posts: 4,354 Quiet Time (Silas, Open) « Nov 7, 2015 1:55:41 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top She looks at him with a small frown when he switches questions, clearly not what he intended to ask. she couldn't think of why he wouldn't go through with his first question, whatever it was. "Rock and classical, though the latter is newish." She looks up at him. "What about yours? Do your tastes lie in what you hacked into my media player?" Back to Top   El Sensei Sensei El Jefe I control the universe! [send pm] Joined: July 2009 Posts: 28,490 Quiet Time (Silas, Open) « Nov 7, 2015 2:01:43 GMT -6 via the ProBoards App » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top He doesn't seem all that interested in the answer, up until the tables shift on him. With a snort he rolls his eyes. "Hardly. I can appreciate various types of music but I don't typically stray from classical myself." He pauses long again before asking a new question. "How is your relationship with your father, really?" Back to Top   Rebecca Jefferson Legend Defense Will it be you this time? [send pm] Joined: October 2015 Gender: Posts: 4,354 Quiet Time (Silas, Open) « Nov 7, 2015 2:05:08 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top She nods at his response but otherwise doesn't say anything. When the silence continues, she shifts, and Shelob does as well. Rebecca's gaze drifts down to the floor as she crosses her arms over her chest and tucks her legs back up on the chair, letting her boots stay away from the upholstery. "It's not." « Last Edit: Nov 7, 2015 2:06:18 GMT -6 by Rebecca Jefferson » Back to Top   El Sensei Sensei El Jefe I control the universe! [send pm] Joined: July 2009 Posts: 28,490 Quiet Time (Silas, Open) « Nov 7, 2015 2:06:51 GMT -6 via the ProBoards App » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "Explain." Back to Top   Rebecca Jefferson Legend Defense Will it be you this time? [send pm] Joined: October 2015 Gender: Posts: 4,354 Quiet Time (Silas, Open) « Nov 7, 2015 2:09:11 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top She closes her eyes rather than glare at him. "It's not a relationship. I haven't spoken to him since I came here, an we didn't really have much of one before that. It'll probably stay that way." She still doesn't open her eyes. "Why?" Back to Top   El Sensei Sensei El Jefe I control the universe! [send pm] Joined: July 2009 Posts: 28,490 Quiet Time (Silas, Open) « Nov 7, 2015 2:14:10 GMT -6 via the ProBoards App » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top He looks at her a while, face remaining neutral as he pulls up the screen on his holocomp, pausing before typing something in. "...I'm not sure if you really want to know." Back to Top   Rebecca Jefferson Legend Defense Will it be you this time? [send pm] Joined: October 2015 Gender: Posts: 4,354 Quiet Time (Silas, Open) « Nov 7, 2015 2:17:13 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top She opens her eyes at the pause, watching his expression for signs of what she's already suspecting. Taking a deep breath, she tries to will her stomach to unclench, but like her power, it has no intention of listening. "What is he doing this time?" Back to Top   El Sensei Sensei El Jefe I control the universe! [send pm] Joined: July 2009 Posts: 28,490 Quiet Time (Silas, Open) « Nov 7, 2015 2:20:57 GMT -6 via the ProBoards App » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "A few morons forced under my watch are on a mission this weekend. There's been hits at a few anti-meta rallies around the nation lately." He types as he talks, using his fingers to flick the screen to face her so she could see the image. It's an E-vite RSVP list, one of the ten names snowing out of the thousand saying "Adrian Jefferson." Back to Top   Rebecca Jefferson Legend Defense Will it be you this time? [send pm] Joined: October 2015 Gender: Posts: 4,354 Quiet Time (Silas, Open) « Nov 7, 2015 2:24:40 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top She unfolds herself and leans forward to look at the screen when he flicks her way, stomach knotting even tighter. Sure enough, her father's name is on the list. She takes a deep breath and rubs her face over her hand, managing to look even more tired than she had already. "Of course he's on the list." She almost mumbles the words to herself, dragging her hand away to look at Silas fully. "What's the mission?" Back to Top   El Sensei Sensei El Jefe I control the universe! [send pm] Joined: July 2009 Posts: 28,490 Quiet Time (Silas, Open) « Nov 7, 2015 2:30:46 GMT -6 via the ProBoards App » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "To catch the assassin." He flips the screen back and turns it off. "They will likely fail. Why did you lie about your father before?" Back to Top   Rebecca Jefferson Legend Defense Will it be you this time? [send pm] Joined: October 2015 Gender: Posts: 4,354 Quiet Time (Silas, Open) « Nov 7, 2015 2:32:28 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top She nods and sinks back into the chair, watching him with a frown as she tries to recall what he's referring to. "Lied?" Back to Top   El Sensei Sensei El Jefe I control the universe! [send pm] Joined: July 2009 Posts: 28,490 Quiet Time (Silas, Open) « Nov 7, 2015 2:33:27 GMT -6 via the ProBoards App » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "You inferred you had a close bond with your father." Back to Top   Rebecca Jefferson Legend Defense Will it be you this time? [send pm] Joined: October 2015 Gender: Posts: 4,354 Quiet Time (Silas, Open) « Nov 7, 2015 2:40:13 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "So you assume my reaction was out of personal bonds, rather than familial loyalty. Or that you might have been closer to the truth than I wanted you to know?" She shifts again, much to Shelob's displeasure. The spider pauses, then starts to climb up the back of the chair. "People start asking questions and suspecting things when they find out your father's on the opposite side." Back to Top   El Sensei Sensei El Jefe I control the universe! [send pm] Joined: July 2009 Posts: 28,490 Quiet Time (Silas, Open) « Nov 7, 2015 2:43:49 GMT -6 via the ProBoards App » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "I started long before that." He flashes a smile. Back to Top   Rebecca Jefferson Legend Defense Will it be you this time? [send pm] Joined: October 2015 Gender: Posts: 4,354 Quiet Time (Silas, Open) « Nov 7, 2015 2:46:42 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "I noticed." She returns the smile. A little. "You started to ask something earlier. Was it about my father, or something else?" Back to Top   El Sensei Sensei El Jefe I control the universe! [send pm] Joined: July 2009 Posts: 28,490 Quiet Time (Silas, Open) « Nov 7, 2015 2:49:57 GMT -6 via the ProBoards App » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Part of the smile remains as he thinks it over, but as he's about to say something he shakes his head instead. Back to Top   Rebecca Jefferson Legend Defense Will it be you this time? [send pm] Joined: October 2015 Gender: Posts: 4,354 Quiet Time (Silas, Open) « Nov 7, 2015 2:53:07 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "Already have the answer?" Back to Top   El Sensei Sensei El Jefe I control the universe! [send pm] Joined: July 2009 Posts: 28,490 Quiet Time (Silas, Open) « Nov 7, 2015 2:56:01 GMT -6 via the ProBoards App » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "It was more rhetorical." He looks back up, likely a new record for how long the smirk has held. "You didn't seem happy to see me tonight." He changes subjects. Back to Top   Rebecca Jefferson Legend Defense Will it be you this time? [send pm] Joined: October 2015 Gender: Posts: 4,354 Quiet Time (Silas, Open) « Nov 7, 2015 3:00:14 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "Oh?" Her smile fades at his question. She sighs and shakes her head. "For what it's worth, you keep me on my toes. Sometimes this is a good thing, sometimes it isn't. Sometimes it has more to do with what I want than who is in the room with me." Back to Top   El Sensei Sensei El Jefe I control the universe! [send pm] Joined: July 2009 Posts: 28,490 Quiet Time (Silas, Open) « Nov 7, 2015 3:03:54 GMT -6 via the ProBoards App » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "That's a good question." He hops off the table, switching to rest on hand against it. 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