Flame 002 ø Radu Barvon ø [In Person]

[nobody-noble.livejournal.com]

[Radu is in the corner of the safe house. He has not spoken to anyone since he arrived. He's avoided questions and glared at anyone who dared to come too close, bristling like a scared cat in their presence. The first few days he was here the weather was cold, but not unbearable for a Methuselah. But that had changed. Today even Radu is feeling the full effects of the cold. He huddles for warmth in his corner and ignites a blue flame in his palm, bringing it close to himself as if it was a delicate flower he was protecting from a wind.]

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[guns-n-donuts.livejournal.com]

This climate was something new for Vash. It never got this cold out on Gunsmoke. Not really. But he was used to roughing it. And he did come here clad in a coat. Still, it was only a moron that wouldn't want to take refuge from that wind. And that was exactly what he was looking for. He caught sight of something blue out of the corner of his eye.

Wow! That's amazing.

This guy was holding a flame.

[nobody-noble.livejournal.com]

[Radu looks threateningly at him, baring his fangs but he says nothing.]

Damnit, I want these two to interract, but Soubi won't actually speak to him without being spoken to

[pinnd-buttrfly.livejournal.com]

[Soubi, too, has managed to find his way to the safe house. At the moment, he too is in a corner and away from everyone else while he tends to what had been threatening to become frostbite on the ends of his fingers. The man with flame in his hands, however, has caught his attention. Soubi has fought opponents with fire, of course, but this man is not a Fighter. Like so many other people here, he does not need to be a Fighter to use magic. He stares intently at the blue flame, saying nothing.]

[nobody-noble.livejournal.com]

[Radu feels Soubi watching him and when the feeling intensifies he looks up to prove that he isn't just being paranoid. And there, there's a blond terran watching him]

What do you want, Terran?

[pinnd-buttrfly.livejournal.com]

[Soubi raises an eyebrow. That's a name he hasn't been called before.]

Did I look like I wanted something? I apologize.

[nobody-noble.livejournal.com]

[He doesn't like your tone]

Then stop staring!

[pinnd-buttrfly.livejournal.com]

[Well, if you're going to ask him that way, he can't very well do anything but keep staring, can he?]

I'm only admiring it. Is that an offense in your world?

[nobody-noble.livejournal.com]

When a Terran beast like yourself stares at a noble of the New Human Empire it's a grievous offense.

[He would stop and blow out his fire but it's far too cold. In fact he's considering making it larger]

[pinnd-buttrfly.livejournal.com]

[He hardly knows what any of that sentence meant. But from what he can pick out, it's obviously an insult. He gives a smile.]

I'm hardly a beast. I am human, as you are. If you don't want people to stare, why do you create such eye-catching flames?

[nobody-noble.livejournal.com]

[Radu is a little surprised that a Terran recognizes him as a human being]

I'm keeping warm.

[pinnd-buttrfly.livejournal.com]

[Soubi senses Radu's surprise, but doesn't know why. He keeps watching the flames move.]

You could be sitting at the larger fire, instead.

[nobody-noble.livejournal.com]

[In response Radu makes his fire larger.]

[pinnd-buttrfly.livejournal.com]

[...Or you could do that. Fair enough.]

The fire over there is still larger.

[nobody-noble.livejournal.com]

[No answer. Fire.]