I8DtWk1 - Zen and the Art of Paper Folding (Open)

by **John Hino** » Thu Dec 01, 2011 4:42 pm

John, in jeans and a red plaid shirt, was sitting in a chair by a coffee table caaaaaaaaaaaaaarefully folding an origami dragonfly.

Rip.

"Damnit!" he cursed, throwing it into the trash alongside countless other ruined paper animals before starting another.

by **Sean Hall** » Thu Dec 01, 2011 6:43 pm

Sean was walking through the common room in a bit of a daze when he noticed John's attempts at origami.

"Mind if I join you?" Sean asked.

by **John Hino** » Thu Dec 01, 2011 6:51 pm

The distraction caused him to poke a claw through it.

"Shit..."

Perhaps doing this in a public space was a bad idea.

by **Sean Hall** » Thu Dec 01, 2011 6:54 pm

Sean sat down anyways and took a piece of paper.

"I'd slow down a bit," Sean said as he folded a crane in slow practice motions.

by **John Hino** » Thu Dec 01, 2011 6:59 pm

"Believe or not I used to be good at this," he said as he started another.

by **Sean Hall** » Thu Dec 01, 2011 7:10 pm

Sean finished the crane and began folding something a bit more complicated.

"I started when I was a little kid," Sean said, "Folding things always made me feel better, and then as I got older it was soothing almost meditative."

Sean's paper began to take shape looking more and more like a dragon with each passing moment.

by **John Hino** » Thu Dec 01, 2011 7:24 pm

"I started because my power tutor recommended it. It worked wonders for my fine motor skills after my strength increased."

by **Sean Hall** » Thu Dec 01, 2011 7:28 pm

"I can imagine that kind of thing is a bit hard to adjust to," Sean said finishing up the dragon and whispering to it.

by **John Hino** » Thu Dec 01, 2011 7:43 pm

He raised a scaly brow at the whispering.

"You must really like origami."

by **Sean Hall** » Thu Dec 01, 2011 7:51 pm

The dragon began to move jerkily at first and then more smoothly. It roared silently as Sean leaned back from it.

"Sometimes the paper it speaks to me," Sean chuckled.

by **John Hino** » Thu Dec 01, 2011 7:58 pm

"How did you..." he blinked, "...right, magic."

by **Sean Hall** » Thu Dec 01, 2011 8:01 pm

The dragon actually flew (a fairly short distance) and landed on John's shoulder.

"Right," Sean said, "Fairly minor spell I developed when I was a kid and was lonely with my parents always gone on business."

by **John Hino** » Thu Dec 01, 2011 8:06 pm

"I know what that can be like," he nodded, curiously holding a finger out at the critter.

by **Sean Hall** » Thu Dec 01, 2011 8:12 pm

The dragon's mouth latched onto John's finger, though it didn't really have teeth, so it wouldn't hurt.

"Was always glad I had magic to distract me from the empty house," Sean said, "You parents were always traveling too?"

by **John Hino** » Thu Dec 01, 2011 8:23 pm

"More my father, but sometimes mom went with him."

by **Sean Hall** » Thu Dec 01, 2011 8:29 pm

"Mine both worked for the same company, so one or the other was usually gone on some business trip or too busy at the lab to come home," Sean said, "Always struck me as a little strange that they wanted to adopt a kid but didn't really have time for one."

by **John Hino** » Thu Dec 01, 2011 8:39 pm

"Maybe they just wanted to give a child a better life. But one can only guess."

by **Sean Hall** » Thu Dec 01, 2011 8:42 pm

"Quite," Sean said, "Hard to really know why anybody does anything. Unless you're a telepath."

by **John Hino** » Thu Dec 01, 2011 8:45 pm

"So... what sort of business is it?" he asked curiously.

by **Sean Hall** » Thu Dec 01, 2011 8:48 pm

"They worked for a defense contractor here in England," Sean said, "Selling and developing weapons for the British military mostly."

by **John Hino** » Thu Dec 01, 2011 8:54 pm

"And my father worked for an electronics company."

One that murdered him.

The thought soured his expression.

by **Sean Hall** » Thu Dec 01, 2011 9:08 pm

"Didn't like the company he worked for?" Sean asked.

by **John Hino** » Thu Dec 01, 2011 9:14 pm

"I used to, but I've since learned how corrupt it is."

by **Sean Hall** » Fri Dec 02, 2011 12:38 am

"Ah," Sean said not entirely sure how to continue from there.

by **John Hino** » Fri Dec 02, 2011 3:19 pm

"Ahah!" he exclaimed, grinning as he held up a finished critter.

by **Sean Hall** » Fri Dec 02, 2011 7:19 pm

"They say practice makes perfect," Sean said with a smile before saying something in a strange language. The critter stirred in John's hand.

by **John Hino** » Fri Dec 02, 2011 7:25 pm

"Gah!" he exclaimed, letting it go in a hurry.

"A little warning next time?"

by **Sean Hall** » Fri Dec 02, 2011 7:43 pm

Sean chuckled.

"Sorry, still getting used to the idea of using magic in public," Sean said.

by **John Hino** » Fri Dec 02, 2011 8:01 pm

"Eh, it's okay. I'm still getting used to the idea of seeing magic."

by **Sean Hall** » Fri Dec 02, 2011 8:08 pm

"Well, it's not like there are many mages are just walking down the street," Sean said.

by **John Hino** » Fri Dec 02, 2011 8:10 pm

"Or lizardmen, for that matter."

by **Sean Hall** » Fri Dec 02, 2011 8:12 pm

"True," Sean smiled, "But mutants are more common than mages, which is why it was much easier to pretend I was one."

by **John Hino** » Fri Dec 02, 2011 8:19 pm

"I can see how that might be easier. Of course, pretending to be something you aren't is never healthy."

by **Sean Hall** » Fri Dec 02, 2011 8:24 pm

"No, it isn't but the younger me wasn't really concerned about the long run," Sean said.

by **John Hino** » Fri Dec 02, 2011 8:35 pm

"Who is at that age?"

by **Sean Hall** » Fri Dec 02, 2011 8:36 pm

"That age was until rather recently," Sean smirked.

by **John Hino** » Fri Dec 02, 2011 8:56 pm

"Sorry," he chuckled.

"So... how've you been anyway?"

by **Sean Hall** » Sat Dec 03, 2011 12:09 am

Sean shrugged.

"I've been better," Sean said, "Strange waking nightm-you don't really want to hear about that."

by **John Hino** » Sat Dec 03, 2011 4:18 pm

"Not to be callous... bu considering where I just got back from, you're probably right."

by **Sean Hall** » Sun Dec 04, 2011 10:08 pm

"So you were on the team then?" Sean asked.

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