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Jul 10, 2016 19:24:48 GMT
Post by LUCAS COURTWATER on Jul 10, 2016 19:24:48 GMT
[attr="class","shicon"] [attr="class","shb"]The morning was slow, the shop nearly empty. Not that it could ever be described as busy, exactly. The most people he had ever seen inside at once probably when a family of six, up on vacation from Arkansas, had happened inside, looking for souvenirs. The place couldn't handle much more than that anyway; too small and cozy, too many shelves, breakables. Like the figurines he was carefully dusting.
They were the usual crystal figures often found in glass-walled cases in department stores and old ladies' curio cabinets. Little finely detailed frogs and cats and Volkswagen Bugs, snowmen and tiny flower bouquets. Lucas liked them. In one way or another, everything in the shop was something he liked, even the items he hadn't personally chosen to stock - he was pretty sure his mother had a hand in that.
He was moving a little bird, slightly blue in tint and closer to life-size than the other pieces, so he could dust around it. It was in the same moment that a moment of lightheadedness passed over him, enough for him to misjudge the distance between the bird and the side of the case and cause him to catch the open wing on the inner part of the door. It dropped, hit the edge of a lower shelf on the way down, and shattered loudly against the hardwood floor.
For a long moment Lucas simply stared down at it as his head caught up to him, and then he quickly stooped to use the dust cloth to start sweeping the pieces together. "S-sorry," he called out, to anyone that might have been around to hear, and maybe also to the bird. He'd been fond of it.
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Post by MINDFREAK on Jul 13, 2016 0:53:23 GMT
[attr="class","spc"] You would think a person of such important as an heir would be more highly protected. Kept locked away in ivory towers like a treasure, and protected from the world that could harm him so. You'd think his family would hide him away rather than let him go off on his own like this. Jerry found it kind of funny, found it kind of strange, that the fragile heir of Courtwater was just left out in the open like this, but figured it made his task easier. While the Courtwaters were not heavily involved in the affairs of the Initiative, a small starting point was better than none, Jerry figured. So this all lead to why he was here, in some small shop in Gloucester. It was easy enough to pick up on this being the place where Lucas worked – he later figured out the blond was actually the owner and manager of the small shop. He hadn't entered the place quite yet, instead preferring to linger outside of it and just keep watch through the windows. Lucas Courtwater's schedule was not what he anticipated, but it was predictable enough to satisfy what he needed to know to set up a plan. As the family from Arkansas began to funnel their way out of the shop, Jerry slid past them to enter without the door's bell giving him away. From the inside, the store was pretty small, but not enough to unsettle him. It was still well lit – especially with all the beautiful crafts that reflected the light filtering into it that caused the place to look rather pretty. Jerry's focus was almost so caught up in the beautiful displays that he nearly forgot why he was there. He'd never seen the figurines up close like this so they distracted him before something shattered. Tilting his head to look over towards the source, Jerry paused in place as he saw his target not too far from him. The beautiful son of Courtwater seemed to be in some kind of daze for a moment, staring at the shattered glass on the ground, and yet not staring at it. Jerry slowly made his way over, not making a sound as he moved, before coming to a stop beside Lucas. As he reached out to touch his shoulder and speak, the blond suddenly jerked to life. Jerry's hand jerked back in confusion and he eyed the odd blond for a moment, before relaxing slightly as he apologized and started using a simple cloth to try and clean up the shards of some knocked over figurine. " That's a shame, that one was beautiful, right?" Jerry suddenly spoke up - announcing his presence - as he moved around to stand next to Lucas. He had no idea though, he had never seen the blue bird before in his life. Now all he saw was it's shattered remains. Kneeling down by Lucas, without asking, he picked up a couple of the shards and held them up a bit to the light, before fitting them together. " I might know someone who could put it back together if you'd like?" He prompted, before looking over at Lucas. In such a well lit bright area, the dark clothes and rough looking Jerry was probably a little jarring to suddenly see. The young man offered a simple curious look, though. MADE BY ★MEULK [newclass=.spc b]color:#972929;[/newclass]
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Jul 14, 2016 23:39:07 GMT
Post by LUCAS COURTWATER on Jul 14, 2016 23:39:07 GMT
[attr="class","shicon"] [attr="class","shb"]The sudden voice above him made him jump slightly, wide blue eyes flicking up to look at the stranger and watch him kneel down. He hadn't noticed this person come in, had he? "Um, it was- . . . ah-" He held up a hand as though to stop Jerry from reaching for the shards, or to bid him to be careful, but the gesture just faltered midair. He lowered his hand, simply nodding at the first statement and eyeing the held up pieces with an almost forlorn look. If only he had been more mindful; it was a shame that something so beautiful would be so thoughtlessly broken.
Lucas looked over at him at the question, blinking a little and then gazing down at the shattered pieces again. It had been one of the figurines he had on some level hoped wouldn't sell, just because he liked to see it there. It didn't look very repairable to him, but if it were possible, he could pay to have it fixed and then keep it, maybe.
He looked back at Jerry and smiled, though he might have looked a little curious as well. The man didn't really look like the kind of person that usually came into Lucas's shop. Mostly because the kind of person he usually got were middle aged ladies or friends of his parents who wanted to visit and see how he was. But it was nice of him to offer, when most probably would have politely ignored the whole thing.
". . . Do you really think they could? It's in pretty bad shape . . ." He glanced down at the mess again. "It might not be worth the trouble, actually."
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