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Calleo Crowe ([personal profile] perfectsymmetry) wrote2011-03-03 10:33 pm

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[Norway had been droned for awhile now, and Crowe was fearing the worst. It wouldn't be the first time he'd been sent home, only to return *younger* than before. But today Crowe decided to try and confirm his suspicions. He skips school, and heads over to Norway's home, and climbs up the nearby tree to his bedroom window and sneaks in. He figures there's a better chance of the family being away at school and work in the morning, but he's confident in his skills that he's sure he'll go unnoticed.

He searches around for Norway's regains - that weird club, those strange clothes. But he finds nothing. His items have been sent home with him. What he does fine, though, is some of the things Crowe's given to him in his time here - the pocket watch, the necklace with the hand-made pendants, the calling cards from his Halloween escapades, photos. He scoops them all up into a shoe box, and vacates the house as silently as he entered.]



[Today Crowe can be found in two places:

A) If for some reason you're not at school or work early this afternoon, and hang around the closest thing Mayfield has to a foresty area, you'll come across Crowe sitting at the edge of Makeout Point, looking morose as he watches the town below. Next to him is a small box that he considered throwing over the peak in an effort to forget all the people Mayfield continues to bring into his life, only to take them away again. In the end he doesn't have the guts to do it, and sits there for a long time stewing in his own teenage angst. This is what he gets for being too attached to the people here, isn't it?

B) Later in the afternoon, Crowe returns home. All over the lawn of 1247 Williams is what looks like a makeshift obstacle course. Tires, some stolen road cones, wood shop sawhorses and various bits from his garage are placed carefully around the yard. Despite the cold weather, he's out there in his gym clothes, repeatedly running his course over and over again. Crowe's not good at many things, but being agile and fast is something he does very well. He leaps over things, over the sawhorses, hops in and out of the tires with great precision. Occasionally he trips up, cursing in Italian as he does, but for the most part does very well. He'll rearrange stuff to keep things interesting, and keeps at this project well into the night, despite looking exhausted and unhappy with his progress. Feel free to watch/question/join in, etc.!]


wavewalker: (swashbuckler)

[personal profile] wavewalker 2011-03-04 08:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Mm. Never a good feeling, is it? And it's impossible not to become attached to others in this situation. You can't help it, even if you know you might lose them.

[identity profile] weiss-tank.livejournal.com 2011-03-04 08:39 pm (UTC)(link)
You might wanna stop for a little bit, you look like you're about to keel over.

[identity profile] perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com 2011-03-04 08:49 pm (UTC)(link)
My thoughts exactly. [Though thanks to his training he's had all his life, not just here, Crowe was tackling that obstacle course rather well.]


Ah, I'm Crowe, by the way. Nice to meet you.

[identity profile] perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com 2011-03-04 08:52 pm (UTC)(link)
A long time ago here, someone told me not to get too attached to people here. He's long gone now, too. I-I really should have listened...

[identity profile] perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com 2011-03-04 08:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah, do I? Maybe... [He grabs a nearby bottle and leans up against the fence. He does feel pretty wiped, but he doesn't want to stop quite yet.]
wavewalker: (where Tragedy goes)

[personal profile] wavewalker 2011-03-04 08:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, but what can you do? It's human nature.

[identity profile] ahogevamp.livejournal.com 2011-03-04 08:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Koyomi Araragi. Nice to meet you too.

I've started to think I could probably use some defense training or something myself... could be useful anyway.

[identity profile] perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com 2011-03-04 09:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah, maybe? I've been doing things like this for a long time, really... I don't want to get rusty.


What do you... [Ah, right. He looks away.] Ah. I-I don't know.

[identity profile] perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com 2011-03-04 09:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah. I guess. I just... really shouldn't get so attached. But I've never had friends like I've had here.

[identity profile] perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com 2011-03-04 09:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Mr. Germany might be able to help you out, or Mr. Garviel... ask around, I'm sure there's people out there who would help you out.

[identity profile] pants-yourmove.livejournal.com 2011-03-04 09:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, it's still pretty cool.

I'm just glad to see you doing something.

[identity profile] ahogevamp.livejournal.com 2011-03-04 09:18 pm (UTC)(link)
I'll have to look into both of those options. Thanks.
wavewalker: (sad Raptori in lack of snow)

[personal profile] wavewalker 2011-03-04 09:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Can you honestly stop yourself, though? I don't know that I could.

I just have to realize that one day they're going to be gone, and keep going.

[identity profile] perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com 2011-03-04 09:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Gotta keep busy, yeah? You'll go crazy in this place otherwise... [The last sentence is quiet, and trails off.]

[identity profile] weiss-tank.livejournal.com 2011-03-04 09:40 pm (UTC)(link)
[Ken grins and hauls himself up onto a sawhorse so that he can sit down as well.]

Quite the impressive set up indeed.

[identity profile] a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com 2011-03-04 10:20 pm (UTC)(link)
. . . [After a few moments of looking around, Lucas will scratch a little at his neck and look at the ground.]

. . . Is it OK if I try?

[identity profile] perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com 2011-03-04 10:29 pm (UTC)(link)
No problem. Maybe I can find a place to get this set up more permanently so others can use it, too.

[identity profile] perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com 2011-03-04 10:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[He's surprised to hear that, but he of course he nods, and has a seat on the porch.]

Of course.

[identity profile] perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com 2011-03-04 10:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[He nods.] Thanks. Just something to keep myself busy, is all.

[identity profile] a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com 2011-03-04 10:33 pm (UTC)(link)
So you just . . . run around and jump over these over here and . . . ?

[He approaches the road cones and half-walks, half-runs between them.]

[identity profile] perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com 2011-03-04 10:36 pm (UTC)(link)
[He's quiet a moment, and he looks at that box again. Ian was right, and now he was glad he didn't just trash this stuff.]

No. NO matter how much I try to make myself believe it, th-there's no way I could just... lock myself away, I guess.

I just... hope he's happy back home.

[identity profile] perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com 2011-03-04 10:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Right. Then up and over the horses, then one foot at a time in each tire.

[identity profile] a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com 2011-03-04 10:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[Lucas nods. . . . He feels a little silly with Crowe watching, but it's not like he can ask him to turn away. Walking towards the beginning area, Lucas pauses awkwardly for another moment or two before breaking out into a run. Slowly, at first, then speeding up as he gets less self-conscious.

Lucas is surprisingly decent. He's small, of course, which makes it easier to squeeze around the cones and through the tires, but he's also faster than would be expected. A quarter through, he smashes into a sawhorse instead of jumping over it and naturally falls forward . . . rolling into a somersault and getting up again with minimal wasted time. He does hop in place a little as he heals himself, though.

The rest of the course is completed without much trouble; it wasn't too long after all.]


T-That wasn't very good, huh. I've been really lazy for a year.
wavewalker: (where Tragedy goes)

[personal profile] wavewalker 2011-03-04 10:46 pm (UTC)(link)
We're already locked away enough as it is, in this place.

That's all you can do, really.
survived: (Where you are I'll never know)

[personal profile] survived 2011-03-05 12:14 am (UTC)(link)
[In turn, Finland will just move to take a seat next to him.]





I'm sorry.

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