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Have you ever heard the rain?
« on: February 09, 2011, 11:07:51 pm »
Jules stood at the corner of a street, his form out-of-view from the large front windows of a Teinar cafe. He watched the traffic ease by like the blood cells in a body, where the veins were streets. It was an oddly scientific way of looking at it, for some. For the ex-TRIM scientist it was one of the ways he dealt with the overwhelming breadth of society. Something had to make sense, even if it was only metaphorical.

The vehicles treading on the pavement were once astonishing when first coming to Teinar; their often gritty and did-it-themselves look had been startling compared to the sleek look of his home country's transportation, even to TRIM's. However, now they seemed less so when one looked at the grand scale of the underground city. Jules often found himself casting glances up towards the ceiling, only to catch the gleam of lights from the taller buildings in his sight instead. But now was not one of those times. Now he was frequently bringing up his wrist to look at the face of the watch strapped to it.

It probably would have helped if it actually worked. No matter how many times he looked it would always read 4:42.

He was waiting for someone. Someone in particular. A particular Dr. Sunden. A colleague of his, to be exact. She was a good capable scientist who often worked with him during examination of wasteland beasts. She was even comparable to the skill many of his colleagues at TRIM displayed. It certainly made his job easier when he didn't need to pick up the slack. However, today was one of the few days where respite from the research facility was presented. Not that he himself needed it. Apparently getting sleep was often a requirement to this work. Jules had to resign himself to that fate.

Nevertheless this wasn't what he usually did. An idea had sparked inside him when he had overheard interns speak about how good the music was at a certain cafe. A underrated signer, he had gathered. It had occurred to him that this was what normal people did. They went out. They talked about things. Preferably with other people. And preferably those people were ones that they didn't mind being around. But his hypothesis had yet to be thoroughly tested. Sooner or later he would see the results.
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Re: Have you ever heard the rain?
« Reply #1 on: February 10, 2011, 04:01:55 pm »
Vera was a complete wreck. At least her mind was at the moment. Usually she would look the part as well but she actually had to go home for a change and fix herself up. That was a chore on its own. She didn't like going home. For anything. It was usually messy and that wasn't something she wanted to bother cleaning up.

It was also quiet. A rather lonely reminder of things she'd rather keep pushed to the back of her mind and pretend hadn't happened.

But she had to be home. At least for a little bit. The invitation to go out had come as a surprise. The fact that it came from Jules was an even bigger surprise. He liked to stay in the labs about as much as she did so being away from work didn't happen often. It was a bit of a nice break though since she hadn't been out in a while. Out from the lab by herself or with another person. There had been invitations from others before but she never took them up. Work was just more important...and..sh e'd usually forget.

A cup of coffee in her lap earlier in the week made her realize though it was time for a little break from work. Nodding off and spilling hot coffee on tender skin was not a nice wake up call to that fact though.

Now the problem was her figuring out exactly what she was supposed to do. She was a typical woman in the fact that it took her forever to get ready for a normal event. Not for typical woman reasons though. She always wore pajamas, rarely a lab coat at times, never normal clothes so she didn't know which matched best with what or anything. In fact she had gotten out the door in a pair of pajamas but quickly turned around and went right back inside after deeming it inappropriate.

When she had finally managed to get out of the house she had just decided on a simple pair of pants and a nice shirt. It worked...and she thought it matched. There weren't any yellow duck patterns on either so it worked...

By the time she managed to find Jules though she was fairly certain she was quite late. That wasn't good at all. She had rushed too so her hair was a little bit of a mess..but part of that was normal due to cutting her own hair. Not much she could do about it. When she spotted Jules she approached him quickly, maybe a bit too sudden. "Dr. Fairchild! I'm so sorry for taking so long. You didn't have to wait too long did you?"
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« Reply #2 on: February 15, 2011, 11:32:48 am »
He heard the voice of his colleague coming from a different direction than the one he was turned to. Jules hadn't heard the click of her shoes, nor had seen her out from the corner of his eyes. It was difficult to keep himself grounded, sometimes, and not let himself be carried away by his inner workings.

"Not at all." He said, greeting her with an awkward smile. He hadn't gotten a hang of it yet, the expression - any expression really - looked odd as if he spent an entire lifetime practicing to be a brick wall. Jules glanced to his watch again. "Right on time, Dr. Sunden. Impeccable as ever."

Jules shifted his stance, making sure the sleeve of his dark grungy over coat covered his left arm. Compared to Vera, he was incredibly underdressed. The scientist didn't own much in regards for clothing, all he really did was trade in his labcoat. It was safe to say that he fit in around Teinar. He cleared his throat. "Did you...Did you find the place all right?" He was really bad at this whole conversation thing. It showed.
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« Reply #3 on: February 23, 2011, 11:43:30 am »
Vera was used to Jules' awkward smiles since she obviously saw them quite a bit sometimes. She never said anything about them and just figured he had a hard time expressing himself with facial expressions. Some people did and that was just fine. "Well that's a relief then." she said, giving a slight wave of her hand, "And please, you can call me Vera. We're not working so there is no need for the formalities." Even when she was working she found it a little odd to be called Dr. Sunden and would always urge everyone to just call her Vera. She responded quicker if she actually heard her first name.

"Oh yes. I found it just fine. I pass by here every now and then." Vera said, the sweet smile still on her face. She looked towards the door of the building for a moment before looking at Jules. "We should go in before someone wonders why we're standing outside." It wasn't meant as a way to rush them inside. Sometimes shop owners didn't like if people stood outside their doors without going inside even if it wasn't a horribly long time.
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« Reply #4 on: April 26, 2011, 09:23:37 am »
"Go inside? Oh yes! I do suppose we have to do that." He said, and at first did not make a move towards the door. Was this the right thing to do? Jules couldn't tell. Was he supposed to be nervous? What did nervous feel like? At that moment he didn't feel anything but a slight bolt of pain radiating through his arm. He always had a way of being the giant empty weight in a room, in a conversation, in any sort of interaction with another person. There was something off, they usually saw it and tended to avoid him. Even at TRIM where it was likely that all of his colleagues of had their own emotional baggage, he was outed as different because he had none.

Then there was Vera...

It seemed like she actually wanted to be around him. As a colleague, in conversation, in normal everyday interaction. Though he supposed it was only a matter of time before she realised that there was nothing inside him. "Thank you for...Err, coming, Vera." He held the door open for her, letting the Teinar styled music flow out where it was only distant rumbles behind the walls before. Like it was welcoming them.
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« Reply #5 on: May 13, 2011, 02:18:13 am »
Vera did not mind being around Jules at all. She didn't mind being around anyone really. Company was a nice thing when she wasn't working and sometimes when she was. At least if said company did not distract her too much. Jules also just happened to be someone she found it extremely easy to talk to, even if she was the one doing most of the talking. His social awkwardness at times was endearing to her but she also wanted to help him out by somehow helping him socialize more or get used to it at least. Of course, those not being the only reasons. She really did like hanging around him and she didn't mind helping him out on his own research..whether he asked for it or not.

The smile still present on her lips, Vera went inside when the door was held open for her. The music was pleasant, not very obtrusive. She never listened to music much but when she did she rather liked the more softer types of music. Once she was inside though she stepped aside and made a "after you motion" to Jules even though she had obviously went inside first. It was just one of her little backwards ways. "Thank you for inviting me. Its always nice to get out for a break with someone you know."
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« Reply #6 on: June 15, 2011, 12:16:01 pm »
"Oh, it is." He said, agreeing with her, all the while knowing that this was the first time he had invited anyone out with him. He quite liked the laboratories. They were home. Or at least they felt like they could be home. Teinar was a different place, everything was run in ways distinct and unlike TRIM. It was overwhelming to manage it all. The needles, however, seemed to be the same. Small comforts.

Jules eyed the room they stepped into, after a slight hesitation when Vera gestured him to come inside. He needed to work on the habit of standing there and staring like a wooden plank. It was warm, he found himself lifting his mutated hand to pull at the collar on his shirt, forgetting about himself for a moment before he dropped it to his side again. Keeping that out of sight was going to require effort.

"Should we find a table?" He asked, it was a honest question. Not a suggestion to go and sit down because he was tired of standing. Jules didn't know if that's what they did. And he looked at Vera with a hopeless expression across his face.
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« Reply #7 on: June 17, 2011, 06:45:01 pm »
Vera glanced around a bit more once they were both inside. It was a nice place. Not too busy and yet not too small. Despite that it was a bit warm but not warm enough that it was uncomfortable. It was cozy. The music added to the atmosphere of it. She'd have to try and get her house to this temperature that or where she worked. It would be a nice change from chilled air though the problem would be getting sleepy. She'd just change it back to cold air if she did. Yea she'd have to figure out how to change the air in the lab she worked in since..well she was never in her house enough for it to really matter.

When he spoke up she quickly looked back over at him, not really aware that she had spaced out a little bit. "A table?" she repeated, staring at him blankly for a moment before it finally clicked. "Oh! A table! Right. We probably should. Standing up the whole time wouldn't be a very good idea, would it?" Vera said, smiling a little. She noticed his hopeless expression but made no comment about it. Getting out after being in the labs so long was an odd thing. She figured he just temporarily forgot how things worked outside the lab. Nothing unusual, she did it at times herself. "Where would you like to sit?"
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« Reply #8 on: June 28, 2011, 11:12:50 am »
Jules smiled meekly, noticing how Vera seemed to zone out as she took to gazing upon the place where he dragged her to. Was it not correct? People went here, right? Certainly there were people inside. He saw a few Teinar citizens occupying the tables, some with food in front of them, or what Jules thought could be food though it didn’t look entirely appealing. Others just with drinks. Or nothing at all. Those must come here simply for the music; the couples that were holding each other’s hands across the table and staring rudely at one another. They must really like the music to be so incapacitated on how public politeness worked.

   “There, that seems all right.” Jules pointed, using his mutated hand, again; one dark coloured, boney and sick looking finger. It was to a small arrangement, two seats, in a corner away from the direct view of anyone just walking in. In fact, he had to search to be able to spot it. Most would let their eyes glaze over and miss it. It was perfect. And since Vera had asked him where he wanted to sit, it didn’t occur to him to make sure if it was acceptable for her before walking over and pulling out a seat for himself. Oh manners. He can notice the absence in everyone but himself.
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« Reply #9 on: July 03, 2011, 08:17:34 pm »
Vera didn't mind the couples' slight PDA. That was just what couples did. At least from her experience that was what they did...The thought was a bit of a sour one and one that was pushed back quickly to the back of her mind just like a few previous ones. Those thoughts for another time. When she was on her own and just working or well not even then. It all depended on the work of course. Either way...another time.

She glanced over to where Jules had pointed and was just about to agree as he started to walk over towards the table. Vera blinked before shrugging a little and followed after him. She was going to agree with the seating anyway so it didn't matter if he went before she said something. Vera pulled out a seat for herself and sat down. "This is a nice place to sit." she said, smiling a bit. Out of the way and a bit private. She didn't know if their conversation would be as...lovey dovey as the rest of the dull hum of conversation in the room. Most likely more about work and no doubt no one else wanted to hear talk of mutants and such. Besides...what reason was there for them to have a lovey dovey conversation?
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« Reply #10 on: July 03, 2011, 08:57:29 pm »
When they both were seated, Jules' mind went blank. Not that there was much in there before, if one excluded all the hardware used to run himself in the laboratories. In new situations, ones he was not groomed for or in anyway prepared for, he was literally running on very little programming. And it was getting near constant errors.

He drummed his fingers on the surface of the table. "This is...A very nice table." He said, despite knowing it was made from various remains, the same remains the entire city - or was it a nation? - that sprung forth from. It was not the same nice make has others he has seen, in Aedolis or even on TRIM. However, for what they had to go on down here it was...nice. "Very..Table-y."

Yes, that was all he had.
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« Reply #11 on: July 04, 2011, 08:56:04 am »
Jules wasn't the only one that didn't really know what to talk about. She was another that just never got out much so there was never much for her to talk about either. Vera scratched her cheek a little she thought about it and just kept drawing up blanks. Well they could always talk about work. That was something they could both use to carry on a conversation. Then again, they always talked about work...at work..so that didn't work out too well..did it?

"Hm?" she cast her gaze down at the table for a moment before giggling a little. It was nice that he was trying to start a conversation whereas she was just content to stare until something came to mind. Which didn't work out very well nor would it. That would just make things awkward. "Yes. It is very nice." Then that was all she had as well.

That would prove to be a problem.

"So..have you been taking care of yourself Jules?" Vera blurted out after a moment. She couldn't help it...she was a bit doting. She always had to make sure everyone was taken care of or taking care of themselves and besides herself, Jules was a repeat offender of forgetting about important things that he needed.
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« Reply #12 on: September 12, 2011, 05:33:46 pm »
He wasn't looking forward to that question; the question that seemed to crop up whenever he was around Vera. Not that it ended up making him dislike her, he didn't dislike her, but it was the prying. And prying. And prying. The fellow scientist managed to encompass so many things in one single enquiry. Jules shifted in his chair uncomfortably.

"On...What basis are you speaking of?" He said, picking up one of the utensils sitting on a napkin and began to play with it. On the basis of concern, he found himself answering his own question. The telltale signs about him showed he was not sleeping well at the very least.

   At times his thinking grew sluggish, he made mistakes and he payed for them. However, the energy was better spent else where than tossing and turning in his bed in the dead of night. He couldn't waste it. He had too much work to do and little, little time to accomplish it in. Certainly she had to understand that. She should. She was a scientist after all. Yet, Jules tended to forgo that not all thought the way he did. And did not lack self-preservation.
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« Reply #13 on: October 03, 2011, 12:03:33 pm »
Vera knew full well that Jules most likely wasn't taking care of himself..but she could ask. And though she could tell he wasn't sleeping, the bags under his eyes showing that, she knew how hard it could be to sleep with a profession the two had taken. Sleeping could be skipped for the moment..though napping was something that was good to do. To avoid messing something up on accident.

"On the basis of..eating..drinkin g..the normal things." She watched as he started to toy with a utensil, watching as it was flipped over and turned between his fingers. "And well of course just generally taking breaks..maybe taking a nap? Those kind of things."
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« Reply #14 on: November 13, 2011, 08:14:01 pm »
"Normal things." He said, to himself. Normal. What a weighted term. It came with a definition. There was only one way to be normal. And it was good. Anything other than it was deemed bad. At least, that's what he'd heard. It tended to differ on place to place, he noticed. In Aedolis, not sleeping, partying, and displaying all sorts of hedonistic tendencies was normal. In TRIM, well, it was TRIM. Teinar, he hadn't figured out Teinar yet. Surviving looked like a good starting point.

"I try." He said, forcing a smile on his pale and tired face. "That's all I can do, Vera. You must know what that's like, yes?"
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« Reply #15 on: November 18, 2011, 04:31:52 pm »
Vera looked to Jules' face then. It took a bit to pull her attention away from the shiny utensil though. She matched his smile with a small one of her own.

"All I ask is that you try..and maybe succeed a couple of times." It was true..she knew what it was like. They were more alike than either of them thought. Maybe not with past events but with the way they were now. "Just try really hard. If you can."
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« Reply #16 on: December 20, 2011, 08:22:47 pm »
"I can't do more than that." He said. From the way she spoke her words, the certain gravity lacing them, he garnered a wager that her voice of concern was not from the simple place of colleague to colleague. Where it was is a mystery all on its own, and beginning was akin to finding the cliched needle in a haystack(Jules wasn't clever enough with words to come up with a more original simile).

A waitress bustled over to them, donned in the sleek albeit patchwork uniform that has gone through several generations of employees. Her red haired sprawled onto her shoulders was pushed from her face by her free hand, while the other gripped onto a notepad. Jules slipped his mutated arm underneath the table.

"If y'all can look at the menus over there," she said pointing to the stack of two on the side of his elbow, "I could be taking your orders. First, what would you two like to drink?"

 "Err..Water?" Jules said, his blue eyes widening, and looking to Vera as if he was asking her if it was a good choice or not.
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« Reply #17 on: December 20, 2011, 09:24:56 pm »
"That'll be just fine then." Vera said, smiling. That's all she asked for..Sure she'd still worry anyway but just getting those couple of things done was a start.

When the waitress arrived, she quickly looked up to her. The smile she had before was still in place even when Jules looked at her with wide eyes. She wanted coffee...but she had been drinking that nonstop lately. "I'll have water as well." It was for the best..
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