« 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: A Hello to Arms (Fred/Open?) (Read 951 times) Aaron Silverman Legend Defense ... [send pm] Joined: November 2014 Posts: 3,701 A Hello to Arms (Fred/Open?) « Feb 19, 2016 0:20:06 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "Same here. I'd rather have powers than not; we can do so much more for people than if we didn't have 'em." Right. For people, that's the important part. Not himself. "Ever think about what you might do if you didn't have a power?" Back to Top   Some things are worth fighting for, some feelings never die... Fredegund Morency Agent Intelligence [send pm] Joined: October 2015 Posts: 595 A Hello to Arms (Fred/Open?) « Feb 19, 2016 0:55:07 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "I think I'd become a prima ballerina. How about you?" Back to Top   "May those who accept their fate be granted happiness. May those who defy their fate be granted glory." Aaron Silverman Legend Defense ... [send pm] Joined: November 2014 Posts: 3,701 A Hello to Arms (Fred/Open?) « Feb 19, 2016 1:24:44 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "Haven't thought much about it. This is pretty much the only thing I've ever wanted to do." He shrugged, hands in pockets. The watch said something, but perhaps he suspected it would, because while in the pocket it was muffled. Prima ballerina, huh? Interesting call. "Maybe I'd join the FBI, or become a philanthropist or something. You know, do something a bit similar to this, with the whole helping people thing. Might use my art for side income." Opera singer, perhaps? Back to Top   Some things are worth fighting for, some feelings never die... Fredegund Morency Agent Intelligence [send pm] Joined: October 2015 Posts: 595 A Hello to Arms (Fred/Open?) « Feb 19, 2016 1:55:32 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "Your art? What do you do?" She tilts her head to the side. Back to Top   "May those who accept their fate be granted happiness. May those who defy their fate be granted glory." Aaron Silverman Legend Defense ... [send pm] Joined: November 2014 Posts: 3,701 A Hello to Arms (Fred/Open?) « Feb 19, 2016 2:04:45 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "Draw, paint a little, do some sculpture. Small stuff, not huge statues. Mom started me young on all that." Nonchalant. Sure, she'd shown interest, but he couldn't help feeling like he was talking too much about himself. Why the hell would anyone want to know about him? Other lives were so interesting. Back to Top   Some things are worth fighting for, some feelings never die... Fredegund Morency Agent Intelligence [send pm] Joined: October 2015 Posts: 595 A Hello to Arms (Fred/Open?) « Feb 19, 2016 2:14:24 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "Sounds like a cultured life." Fred mainly knows of the arts as a sophisticated endeavor. No such thing as starving artists in her still developing point of view. Back to Top   "May those who accept their fate be granted happiness. May those who defy their fate be granted glory." Aaron Silverman Legend Defense ... [send pm] Joined: November 2014 Posts: 3,701 A Hello to Arms (Fred/Open?) « Feb 19, 2016 2:20:12 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "Mom would've become a professional artist if Paradigm hadn't recruited her. She kept doing it on the side, it helped her develop her powers and she just liked it." No comment on the cultured life thing. It had been cultured, but he doesn't like to boast. There was a reason his watch had mentioned "blue blood" to her after all. He'd flashed money a bit for Sarah, but only as a show of love. Never for the sake of calling attention to the Silverman fortune.  "What about you? Why a prima ballerina, if I can ask?" There, they weren't talking about him now. Back to Top   Some things are worth fighting for, some feelings never die... Fredegund Morency Agent Intelligence [send pm] Joined: October 2015 Posts: 595 A Hello to Arms (Fred/Open?) « Feb 19, 2016 2:32:18 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "I've been practicing ballet ever since I was little. It's hard work, but it makes me feel really happy." She wasn't really interested in following in her parents' footsteps. Back to Top   "May those who accept their fate be granted happiness. May those who defy their fate be granted glory." Aaron Silverman Legend Defense ... [send pm] Joined: November 2014 Posts: 3,701 A Hello to Arms (Fred/Open?) « Feb 19, 2016 2:35:35 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "And that's what's important." ...Well, no. There were plenty of things more important than one's own happiness, in the world. Innocent lives. Stopping those who would do evil to the helpless. The happiness of those one loves. Helping people. If his power could heal the sick or feed the hungry or give money to the poor, he'd use it to do that in a second. Well, he had "give money to the poor" covered, but still. "From what I've heard of it, ballet's super demanding. I've got a lot of respect for people who can do it." He'd heard horrible things about what ballet did to people's feet. Horrible things. Back to Top   Some things are worth fighting for, some feelings never die... Fredegund Morency Agent Intelligence [send pm] Joined: October 2015 Posts: 595 A Hello to Arms (Fred/Open?) « Feb 19, 2016 3:20:47 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "It is. If I can't be a prima ballerina, I'd at least like to dance onstage with others someday." If not a whole production, a pas de deux alone would make her heart sing. Back to Top   "May those who accept their fate be granted happiness. May those who defy their fate be granted glory." Aaron Silverman Legend Defense ... [send pm] Joined: November 2014 Posts: 3,701 A Hello to Arms (Fred/Open?) « Feb 19, 2016 3:47:24 GMT -6 via mobile » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "Thought about picking it up as something to do off duty?" Everyone needs downtime. Back to Top   Some things are worth fighting for, some feelings never die... Fredegund Morency Agent Intelligence [send pm] Joined: October 2015 Posts: 595 A Hello to Arms (Fred/Open?) « Feb 19, 2016 4:32:46 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "I still practice ballet when I have time, if that's what you're asking?" Back to Top   "May those who accept their fate be granted happiness. May those who defy their fate be granted glory." Aaron Silverman Legend Defense ... [send pm] Joined: November 2014 Posts: 3,701 A Hello to Arms (Fred/Open?) « Feb 19, 2016 4:35:09 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "Yeah, but I mean onstage." Though having said that, it seemed like the kind of thing Paradigm wouldn't leave much time for. Back to Top   Some things are worth fighting for, some feelings never die... Fredegund Morency Agent Intelligence [send pm] Joined: October 2015 Posts: 595 A Hello to Arms (Fred/Open?) « Feb 19, 2016 5:01:12 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "Oh, I've danced onstage a few times. Dancing with others is a different story. I haven't found another ballet dancer at Paradigm yet. I might as well settle with dancing with anyone willing to dance at all, ballet or not." She did have a nice time with Savaak and Josh. Back to Top   "May those who accept their fate be granted happiness. May those who defy their fate be granted glory." Aaron Silverman Legend Defense ... [send pm] Joined: November 2014 Posts: 3,701 A Hello to Arms (Fred/Open?) « Feb 19, 2016 5:08:06 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "I don't know ballet myself, but I can make my shadows do it, if that helps." He was more of a waltz and tango guy. Especially slow dances. "Not the same, I know, but I guess I thought I'd put it out there." There's someone who used to love when he made the shadows dance for her. Back to Top   Some things are worth fighting for, some feelings never die... Fredegund Morency Agent Intelligence [send pm] Joined: October 2015 Posts: 595 A Hello to Arms (Fred/Open?) « Feb 19, 2016 5:14:26 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "Dancing with shadows. What a sight that would be! I would feel wary about them being able to hold me." Still not the same as dancing with others the way she wants, but it's the thought that counts. "Thank you though." Back to Top   "May those who accept their fate be granted happiness. May those who defy their fate be granted glory." Aaron Silverman Legend Defense ... [send pm] Joined: November 2014 Posts: 3,701 A Hello to Arms (Fred/Open?) « Feb 19, 2016 5:18:15 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "They're more than strong enough for that, and I've got complete control over them. Watch this." With a snap of his fingers, his own shadow lunged upwards and easily hoisted him into the air! Then it set him back down, before meekly going flat again. "No worries, though. And I do know other dances." Back to Top   Some things are worth fighting for, some feelings never die... Fredegund Morency Agent Intelligence [send pm] Joined: October 2015 Posts: 595 A Hello to Arms (Fred/Open?) « Feb 20, 2016 17:16:17 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "What kinds of dances?" Back to Top   "May those who accept their fate be granted happiness. May those who defy their fate be granted glory." Aaron Silverman Legend Defense ... [send pm] Joined: November 2014 Posts: 3,701 A Hello to Arms (Fred/Open?) « Feb 20, 2016 17:31:15 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "Slow stuff, mostly, waltzes and ballroom dances and such, but I used to be able to do a pretty good tango." As in, he hadn't practised in a while. And wasn't really in a dancing mood these days. Back to Top   Some things are worth fighting for, some feelings never die... Fredegund Morency Agent Intelligence [send pm] Joined: October 2015 Posts: 595 A Hello to Arms (Fred/Open?) « Feb 23, 2016 2:51:03 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "Lots of partner dances." She nods. "It's a wonder how you manage to spend time with others with so many extracurriculars." Back to Top   "May those who accept their fate be granted happiness. May those who defy their fate be granted glory." Aaron Silverman Legend Defense ... [send pm] Joined: November 2014 Posts: 3,701 A Hello to Arms (Fred/Open?) « Feb 23, 2016 2:56:04 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "I try to make time. I considered the whole 'fortress of solitude, focus on superheroics 24/7' idea, but I figured I'd just end up miserable." Was that a joke? Hard to tell, he delivered it somewhat deadpan. Back to Top   Some things are worth fighting for, some feelings never die... Fredegund Morency Agent Intelligence [send pm] Joined: October 2015 Posts: 595 A Hello to Arms (Fred/Open?) « Feb 25, 2016 1:48:28 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "Yeah. Being a superhero sounds difficult. No one has written what happens between the moments of action. At least, from what I know about superheroes." She never got to read any comics and movies seemed so artificial compared to the real things showing up on the news every so often. "I feel very regular for someone with a power." Back to Top   "May those who accept their fate be granted happiness. May those who defy their fate be granted glory." Aaron Silverman Legend Defense ... [send pm] Joined: November 2014 Posts: 3,701 A Hello to Arms (Fred/Open?) « Feb 28, 2016 2:19:50 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "Some people have, but yeah." Superhuman powers suddenly becoming a very real, and very dangerous, thing kind of killed most of the comic industry way way back. When every week or so there was an actual superhero battle going on outside, a lot of people found that stuff too close to home. It was a surprise to some that back in the day, Aaron was actually quite the DC buff. Marvel was nice stuff too. "Nothing wrong with feeling regular, either; we need that. It can be easy to forget that, despite our power, we're still human, with everything that entails." And forgetting their own humanity could lead to terrible things. Back to Top   Some things are worth fighting for, some feelings never die... Reply Share Thread Facebook Twitter Tumblr LinkedIn MySpace Email Go to Previous Thread Next Thread Please make a selection first