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[perfectsymmetry]

[Since the big April Fool's Day reveal, Crowe has been in a pretty rotten mood. Most of the time, he just goes to school, not really talking to anyone or paying attention, and going as far as to avoid people completely. During the whole debacle he was killed twice, and he shot two people as well - one of those being his "father" who had also gunned him down outside the highway diner. To make matters worse, our intrepid wannabe investigator pushed himself so hard to find clues or be of any help, and completely failed to find anything. On top of that, the whole thing was a ruse anyway, and now Crowe feels like there's nothing anyone can ever do to get ahead in this town. Clues and information cannot be trusted since Mayfield can so easily manipulate everyone in town. He feels more useless than ever.

Fine then, he thinks. If this is the case, he might as well stick to what he's good at, or at least what he knows. He doesn't consider him to be a good thief, but he's better at it than he thinks...]


[Crowe's up to a lot the next few days. You'll find him:

A) Skipping classes and curiously lingering in the lunch rooms and hallways of Mayfield High. He hasn't practiced pickpocketing in ages, and wants to get back into the habit. Although rusty, he's good at it. He'll be aiming for drones, students and teachers alike, but outright avoiding friends. He won't be going for anything too big, just watches, wallets, easily accessed jewelry, things like that. Of course, with all the new people incoming recently, he might not realize you're a drone, and today you might be missing something from your pocket or schoolbag.

After classes, he'll be out on a parkbench sorting through what he has, mostly looking uninterested in it... unless he happened to find something valuable or different. He's making no effort to hide this, either. Feel free to approach.

B) At the rec center, giving the boxing equipement one hell of a beating. Thanks to constant practice, he's actually getting pretty good, but he looks pretty exhausted. He uses a strange combination of tawkwondo moves and out and out vicious street brawling. Sparring partners, anyone?

C) Sitting up in a tree in the park, reading a novel. A white tomcat lounges with him. The trees are only budding, so he can be seen easily up there. Now that the weather's warming up again, this is where he spends any free time he manages to find. Occasionally he stops to look at and fiddle with a small metal pendant on a chain he's using as a bookmark. Strange for someone so young to look nostalgic, but that's the only way to describe the look he's giving it.

Comments

[caaats.livejournal.com]

Oh I don't know. I think they only rest like that with people they really trust.

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

[He scratches the cat's head, and it purrs louder.] I hope you're right. He's a pretty good cat.

[caaats.livejournal.com]

Yes! Cats make excellent companions.



So what are you reading?

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

[Crowe shows the cover. It's an Agatha Christie novel; a Hercule Poirot story to be exact.]

A few months ago, I had a lot of my books returned to me. I'm already just about through them all...

[caaats.livejournal.com]

I don't think I've ever read any of this scholar's material--



Ah! Is this the tale of one of Zeus's great sons?

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

[He grins.] Afraid not. It's detective fiction.

[He tosses down the book, and jumps down from the branch. The cat comes along.]

[caaats.livejournal.com]

I don't think I've read anything like this before...



This character has a very heroic name.

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

Ha, he sounds much more heroic than he is. But he's pretty entertaining anyway.

Ah, I'm Crowe, by the way. Nice to meet you. [Handshake?]

[caaats.livejournal.com]

I'll have to read it sometime.

Ah--and I'm Greece. It's a pleasure to meet you, Crowe.

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

I don't mind lending them out, but I will admit being a bit protective of them, since you can't get them in the actual library here.

Oh, another nation, then?

[caaats.livejournal.com]

Oh--really? You wouldn't mind? I have a collection myself but... I don't think they're with me.

Yes. You've met some of the others then...?

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

Mayfield may send them back to you, in time.

Ah, yes, lots actually. You're in good company here.

[caaats.livejournal.com]

Send them back...?

And I hope so--I do not get along with all of them but I prefer making alliances over enemies. There's so much tiring drama involved...

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

Send them back to you, I mean. Like with my books.

Ah, that is always good. Though all the ones I've met have been very nice.