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18 February 2013 @ 07:50 pm
What's love got to do with it? (OTA)  
Valentine's Day confused David. Still, a few days later, he found himself confused. He had received and given Valentines and other gifts and he had attempted to bid on Lana for the auction, but that had been against the rules (normally, he was very diligent about the rules). He was surrounded by friends here in the village and had felt a new emotion when playing hide and go seek with Gorgo and Maximus and Jeremy.

All in all, it made David very thoughtful. Since he didn't have class on Monday, he walked around, his hands in the pockets of his coat. Sometimes he was better able to think when he was walking. Perhaps he looked like a small grownup in his khakis and his wool coat, a contemplative frown on his face.


(ooc: as always no mind-reading w/o mun permission.)
 
 
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Catherine "Cat" Chandlercantoutstubborn on February 19th, 2013 03:24 am (UTC)
ooc: Have a Lana lookalike! And feel free to read her mind.

It was the contemplative frown on the young boy's face that caught Catherine's attention more than anything. He didn't look too upset but definitely not happy. "Hey, are you okay?"
David McGowan: Mirrorthe_missingone on February 19th, 2013 12:49 pm (UTC)
Turning toward the voice, David paused for a moment. This woman looked like Lana but was not her. Interesting. "I am fine," he said, still looking at her intently. "Your name is Catherine, not Lana."
Catherine "Cat" Chandler: huh?cantoutstubborn on February 19th, 2013 03:29 pm (UTC)
Well that she wasn’t expecting and Catherine gave a surprised look. “No, I’m not Lana.” Her brow knit. Catherine assumed that he’d seen her before and heard someone say her name though she only knew a few people in the village. “Were you looking for Lana?”
David McGowan: David Textthe_missingone on February 19th, 2013 03:30 pm (UTC)
"I was thinking about her. She is my friend." David continued to look at Catherine. "My name is David."
Catherine "Cat" Chandlercantoutstubborn on February 20th, 2013 01:39 am (UTC)
"It's nice to meet you, David." Cat hadn't met anyone that seemed to be five going on twenty-five before. It was a little unsettling. "Is she here in the village? Your friend?"
David McGowan: holding handsthe_missingone on February 20th, 2013 01:41 am (UTC)
"She was, but I haven't checked today." Suddenly, David was wondering if Lana had left the village.

He pulled his messager out and checked. "She is still in the village."

Phew.
Catherine "Cat" Chandler: huh?cantoutstubborn on February 20th, 2013 02:31 am (UTC)
Catherine was confused when he looked at the messenger. "Is that updated with as soon as people come and go?"
David McGowan: Empathythe_missingone on February 20th, 2013 02:38 am (UTC)
"I believe so," he replied as he pocketed the device. "But I have not done research to know for certain."
Catherine "Cat" Chandler: instinctcantoutstubborn on February 20th, 2013 02:52 am (UTC)
That was something that Catherine filed away to examine later. Another clue for the village.

"You looked like you were pretty deep in thought. Is there anything I can help you with?" Cat assumed it was in connection with his friend Lana since he'd been thinking of her.
David McGowan: frightenedthe_missingone on February 20th, 2013 02:54 am (UTC)
"I attempt to understand human emotion, but it is difficult," David admitted. "Emotions such as love seem to be complicated."
Catherine "Cat" Chandlercantoutstubborn on February 20th, 2013 03:01 am (UTC)
"Love is very complicated." Add into it what happened to Vincent and it made it that much more complicated. Not that she was in love with Vincent or at least that was what she was telling herself.

"But life is complicated so add in emotions and it gets messy. Valentine's Day get you down?"
David McGowan: frightenedthe_missingone on February 20th, 2013 03:03 am (UTC)
Not down, precisely, but thoughtful. "What happened to Vincent?" he asked, head cocked. "And why do you deny loving him?"
Catherine "Cat" Chandler: instinctcantoutstubborn on February 20th, 2013 11:29 am (UTC)
Catherine opened her mouth to respond but shut it just as quickly as shock flew through her.

"What do you know about Vincent?"

She conveniently ignored the second question. Cat told herself that it was because of her concern for Vincent but the truth was it was easier to concentrate on that then to face her very complicated emotions.
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fatale_bridgetfatale_bridget on February 19th, 2013 03:29 am (UTC)
There had been several detailed dioramas in the jewelry shop window, that were now being taken down, and packed away.

Brigid was wrapping up the little figure of Juliet, with the knife in her bosom, while the little figure of Romeo dead of poison still lay in the depiction of the Capulet tomb. She looked up, and saw the serious little face, and it made her smile.

She went to the door, and called out,

"There's some hot chocolate if you'd like to come in and get warm."
David McGowan: frightenedthe_missingone on February 19th, 2013 12:50 pm (UTC)
Turning, David asked, "do you have marshmallows?"
fatale_bridgetfatale_bridget on February 19th, 2013 03:43 pm (UTC)
"The little ones," she nodded smiling at the honesty. Children didn't dissemble, they didn't fall all over themselves expressing gratitude for an offer they weren't sure they were going to take, they merely asked if there were marshmallows.

David McGowan: Thoughtfulthe_missingone on February 19th, 2013 03:44 pm (UTC)
"All right." David came into the store, looking around as he did. He had not been in this one and the sparkle of the jewelry caught his eye; he wandered over to a case to peer in (at the level he could see anyway).
fatale_bridgetfatale_bridget on February 19th, 2013 03:51 pm (UTC)
Brigid kept an eye on him as she poured the hot chocolate, adding a generous handful of marshmallows to the cup meant for him. She brought it to him, kneeling down to be at his level.

"Do you think think they're pretty? I do. My name is Brigid. What's yours?" She held the cup out to him.
David McGowan: readingthe_missingone on February 19th, 2013 05:33 pm (UTC)
"My name is David." He took the cup, holding it carefully. "They are very bright." Pretty wasn't something he knew how to define. "What do you think is the prettiest?" He was curious, after all.
fatale_bridgetfatale_bridget on February 19th, 2013 05:44 pm (UTC)
"Hmmm, my favorite?" She took a meditative sip as she looked around the shop. She rose, walking to a case behind the register, put her cup down, and carefully removed something, then walked back over to him, kneeling down again to show him.

"My favorite is this one," she said as the cupped the delicate brooch in her hands.
David McGowan: holding handsthe_missingone on February 19th, 2013 05:46 pm (UTC)
Peering at it carefully (and careful not to spill his cocoa), David peered intently at the pin. "It looks like an insect but it is not one."

How interesting. "Why is this one your favorite?"
fatale_bridgetfatale_bridget on February 19th, 2013 06:00 pm (UTC)
"That's a good question. I like it because I appreciate the artistry that went into it, and because it reminds me of the summertime, when the dragonflies are out and there's swimming, and fresh berries."
David McGowan: frightenedthe_missingone on February 19th, 2013 06:03 pm (UTC)
"It has an emotional connection to you," David noted, the maturity of his words undermined by the lisp with which he spoke. "Is that why humans buy jewelry for each other?"
fatale_bridgetfatale_bridget on February 19th, 2013 06:12 pm (UTC)
Clearly this was no ordinary child, as if the white hair hadn't already given it away. She decided to be honest right back.

"Yes, and by extension that there's an emotional connection to the person getting it. Sometimes it's merely that the jewelry is valuable, and it shows that the giver thinks the other person is valuable," she said as she put the dragonfly carefully away.

"And sometimes it's just a person wanting to fool someone into believing they're cared for or valued." Hmm, that didn't sound bitter at all...much.
David McGowan: walkingthe_missingone on February 19th, 2013 06:19 pm (UTC)
Taking a sip of his cocoa (giving himself a nifty foam moustache in the process), David then said, "it is a means of establishing worth?"

How interesting.
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