Jun 17 14:19:22 <SarahH>	Sam sat outside in the early morning light. She was sipping on a cup of coffee and watching the sun finish rising. The tall, beautiful girl had a small smile teasing at her lips as she watched the worls wake...She was at peace in so many ways.
Jun 17 14:25:53 <Knave>	And above, silent and still on the cornice of a building, was the thing watching her. Stone from head to toe, with a rigid, fanged grimace of disdain. The glowing amber eyes are firmly on the back of Sam's head rather than the sunrise, the thing's own stone head tilting ever so slowly from one side to the other with the softest of grinding noises. Aside from little bits of the stonework crumbling off in the grip of her claws, the watcher is practically silent.
Jun 17 14:29:34 <SarahH>	A slow sip of the coffee. EYes flick across the snow. He had a while yet before having to head inside. She'd been the essance of stealth in leaving for her walk. Home was almost all the way across campus. She had barely noticed the distance. She was too busy thinking...Too busy preparing mentally for everything running around her head.
Jun 17 14:30:42 <Desoph>	Des approached quietly enough. He was nose in a book and...kinda sore from the day before and wrecked from his workout today. Mind on breakfast. He was not a picture of stealth...he was a picture of a boy doing his thing.
Jun 17 14:36:30 <Knave>	The eyes of the watching gargoyle flick to the new arrival, follow him as he walks, and then skate between the two figures, unblinking. The stone face, unmoving, still doesn't register anything but mild dislike.
Jun 17 14:41:59 <SarahH>	Sam sees Des and nearly drops her coffee....She hadn't expected to see him...He'd been asleep last she was. Slowly she stands. It's like watching a silently awkward moment in a long story...If one were just watching they will see that Sam's breath ctaches in her chest seeing him.
Jun 17 14:45:57 <Desoph>	In a story...everything is beautiful...boy looks up...they smile and go to embrace and everything....this is not that kind of story however because Des stubs his toe on something under the snow...book goes flying and he face plants in a puff of white. He gets back up slowly and dusts himself off...he walked over and grabbed his book and dusted the snow off
Jun 17 14:45:58 <Desoph>	of it and shakes his head. He looks up...just to see if anyone saw and sees Sam. Color finds his cheeks from a warm flush of embarrassment and he lifts a hand to wave with a smile as he starts her direction.
Jun 17 14:47:46 <Knave>	Gloria leans forward, pivoting around the grip of her claws on the edge of the building, and an observer might imagine her eyes narrowing. The way they're reacting, these two must know each other - why can't she hear them talking? She's not used to people being as quiet as she is.
Jun 17 14:51:50 <SarahH>	Sam faltered steps forward when Des falls and as he appreaoches she speaks. "You hurt Des?" Concern all over her tone is concern...She looks at Des with such silent care and concern...words were almost wasted...almost
Jun 17 14:57:10 <Desoph>	Des sniles a bit wider and wraps his arms around her when he reached her. He was a foot shorter than her so it was a little funny. "I am fine love...nothing hurt but pride. Missed you at breakfast this morning." His voice a whisper just for her. His white hair and skin made him blend in perfectly with the snow had it not been for his clothes.
Jun 17 14:57:31 <Desoph>	Smiles*)
Jun 17 14:59:01 <Knave>	Lips moving, and low voices beyond the threshold of her hearing earns a soft, stony grunt. The pair hug and Gloria's eyes flick off to the skyline, losing interest as the picture becomes clearer.
Jun 17 15:00:29 <SarahH>	"You were still asleep when I left...Thought I'd let you rest." Was all she offered then she felt it...a prickle...SOmeone was watching...somewhere. "WHo's there!?"
Jun 17 15:06:10 <Desoph>	He winces at the sudden shout. He looked around but....he wouldn't see anything as Gloria was outside his area of sight. He remained silent, trusting Sam completely. He is constantly reminded of his limitations.
Jun 17 15:08:40 <Knave>	Still leaning over the cornice, Gloria makes no effort to hide herself, just looks back down at the girl when she shouts, taking care not to accidentally meet her gaze - though at this distance, there was little risk.
Jun 17 15:14:07 <SarahH>	Sam turned slowly and saw Gloria...Eyes not meeting the lines are off anyway, likely. "Wo are you?" SHe leaned against Des..Her mide open to him as usual ::Des...It looks like...I have no words.::
Jun 17 15:25:24 <Desoph>	:::what is the trouble my darling?:::: Des keeps her close and keeps scanning after following her line of sight...he looks directly at Gloria a few times but doesn't seem to see her at all. He swallowed deeply...he didn't like not being able to see the threat or...whatever it happened to be.
Jun 17 15:27:24 <Knave>	"Gloria." The creature calls down, the sound scraping and heavy, but underneath clearly the voice of a girl. The stillness of her face and body in her perch doesn't show any particular attitude to the new development of being noticed.
Jun 17 15:32:32 <SarahH>	"How long have you been there?" Her question was calmly worded...But Sam was tense...She moved so she was between Des and the gargoyle girl for now. ::Des it's a girl...sort of...she looks to be made of stone.::
Jun 17 15:34:52 <Desoph>	He looked up at Sam but stayed put. He wouldn't be defiant of her desire to keep him safe just in case...he was effectively blind to her anyway. :::stranger and stranger the world becomes.:::
Jun 17 15:35:59 <Knave>	The question gives the girl pause. She looks off at the rising sun for some moments, then back to the ground. The slow shrug she gives is barely visible at this distance, "Some hours."
Jun 17 15:47:31 <SarahH>	Hours? Really>" Sam looked confused. "Why are you way up there?"
Jun 17 15:52:24 <Desoph>	Des peeks around Sam...still nothin'.
Jun 17 15:54:11 <Knave>	"Why are you down there?" She returns drily, hint of amusement among the tone of sliding gravel, shifting her stance to lean her elbows on the cornice.
Jun 17 15:55:45 <SarahH>	"Because I was walking...thinking...Will you come down?"
Jun 17 15:57:43 <Desoph>	"Sounds like she and I could get along if she likes sarcasm returned as often as she gives." He whispered softly.
Jun 17 16:00:44 <Knave>	After a few seconds' thought, Gloria swings over the edge of the building and hangs from the edge for a moment, then begins climbing down, claws digging into brickwork. As she gets closer, it's easier to make out her appearance, a relatively small body of grey-blue stone in a beige shift. Incongruous with the monstrous face and the clawed limbs is her platinum-blonde pony-tail. Once she gets down to a storey
Jun 17 16:00:44 <Knave>	above the ground, she clings to a windowsill and perches on it, looking down from Des to Sam and back with her blankly horrifying face.
Jun 17 16:07:07 <SarahH>	Sam blinks...not afraid at all. "Gloria..My nmae is Sam...This is Des...My...Boyfriend." She was scattered Des would know by her speech pattern.
Jun 17 16:15:38 <Desoph>	Des sighed softly and moved beside Sam. Gloria was still out of his field of vision mostly but he could see vague movement in the fog at the edge. "Hello Gloria. It is my desire to makes friends as often as possible. I can read surface thoughts...I can't help it..just to be truthful. You will learn me brutally honest in all things."
Jun 17 16:20:40 <Knave>	Gloria visibly bristles at the thought of reading her mind, the quick motion through her stone body unnatural and weird. "You'll learn to stay out of my head." Des seems to be the one keeping Gloria's attention now.
Jun 17 16:23:42 <SarahH>	Sam looked at Gloria sharply. "Don't you speak in riddles and threats...Not to me...Not to him." Her tone was suddenly fire and iron...COurage and defensiveness
Jun 17 16:26:43 <Desoph>	"I told you...I can't stop it from happening...it is like breathing. Besides...there is nothing you could have in your mind I have not seen before...nor would I blab about anything. If required...I would leave...but I won't leave my beloved's side."
Jun 17 16:29:48 <Knave>	Glance to Sam, glance to Des. A slow build of a gravelly growl until she drops like a stone from her perch into the snow, landing on all fours before standing into a hunched, low posture. Unblinking, glowing eyes on the ground and on the horizon. "Leave you to it then, shall I?" She hisses as she begins to trudge past the pair through the snow.
Jun 17 16:35:14 <SarahH>	Sam looked to Des. She didn't know what to say...The girl she looked at was a ppuzzle...A contraditcion
Jun 17 16:36:45 <Desoph>	He finally saw her once she got close enough. "Why? I offer friendship but you disregard it as if a bug or something unsavory. Did I do wrong by you somehow?" He moved between the girls now. His face emotionless and his tone flat. "Why? Why am I beneath your consideration?"
Jun 17 16:39:37 <Knave>	Gloria twists around to look at Des, head turning before the rest of her body. "You're fine." She says irritably, "Just don't want anyone in my head." Any thoughts Des picks up from her are strained and confused, conflicting feelings of irritation and resentment and regret.
Jun 17 16:46:49 <Desoph>	"I see...do you think I enjoy being there? I hear so much pain...confusion...anger of stupid things like Bradley loves so and so but he kissed me last night...or how when I ask questions there is irritation or resentment when all I want is to understand....or knowing how people are afraid of a scrap of a boy because he is an abomination inside the minds of
Jun 17 16:46:49 <Desoph>	everyone around him.  These all happened today on the way from Sam's to here. You don't want me there but I didn't ask to be able to know the unfiltered truth inside people's minds. It just is...I can't stop it and I am sorry for that but with slight effort to guard your thoughts and still your irritation and resentment...you will find us both good people
Jun 17 16:46:49 <Desoph>	who wish only friendship...no strings or conditions. Would you be willing to meet me half way?"
Jun 17 17:22:26 <SarahH>	Sam looked at Gloria...awaiting an answer...despite her invisibility to the girl.
Jun 17 17:25:45 <Knave>	Gloria looks from Des to Sam, then back to Des. "No." She shakes her head and turns to walk away again.
Jun 17 17:33:42 <Desoph>	Des nodded. "Good luck in your endeavors for the future." He sighed slightly...win some...lose some.
Jun 17 17:42:03 <SarahH>	Sam just sighed. "Not even worth a second look...good to know I carry so much weight." She turns to Des. "I'm going to go walk now."
Jun 17 17:44:34 <Desoph>	"Sam...it wasn't you. It was me." He said honestly. He slipped his fingers between hers and gripped her hand gently. "No one really wants me around. Theo is weirded out by me alot. It is common place with me...hence why I am upfront about it. I would rather be rejected immediately than to be friends only it be learned I read minds."
Jun 17 17:53:32 <SarahH>	No Des....She looked at you...I was beneath her...Am still, it seems."
Jun 17 18:00:42 <Desoph>	"No." He said flatly. "No. I will -not- accept that as truth because it is not." He felt an ache in his chest...he was angry but that wasn't it...something else. "No...you are beneath no one. You are better for your compassion and understanding. You are not below a closed minded rock that couldn't muster courage enough to look me in the eye nor speak more
Jun 17 18:00:42 <Desoph>	than a few words from discomfort of the unknown...ignorance and laziness. Never think yourself below another Sam..." He moved his hand to his chest...heart was racing...why? He would have to figure that out soon.
Jun 17 18:11:16 <SarahH>	Des...What's wrong?" SHe saw his discomfort...She worried instantly for him.
Jun 17 18:18:01 <Desoph>	"No...you need to understand you are beneath no one...ever." Des looked up at her. "Do you understand why I know so?" He asked softly...his discomfort forgotten as he calmed down...he needed her to understand...this wasn't about him but her. She was a princess and he refused to believe she was beneath anyone because of who she was as a person.
Jun 17 18:28:50 <SarahH>	"Because you love me, dear one."
Jun 17 18:32:50 <Desoph>	"No...well...yes I love you to the end and back but that is not why...your compassion for others and dedication to truth. Your honest care for the world around you...-who- you are. That makes you beneath no one....you are amazing and not because you are my beloved and I should have clouded vision...I am honest...even to myself. You are a rare caliber of
Jun 17 18:32:50 <Desoph>	woman...you will be much when the rest are still playing petty games of butthurt and fuckery."
Jun 17 19:01:29 <Desoph>	Des squeezes her hand and picks a random direction to walk in.
Jun 17 19:01:59 <SarahH>	Sam smiled and hugged him tightly. then she follows him
Jun 17 19:04:29 <Desoph>	"And...I don't know what was going on earlier. A pain in my chest when I get angry. Hence why I try not to be so." He pulls her close. "Ready for lunch?"
Jun 17 19:04:29 <SarahH>	"Yes...and pain? really?"
Jun 17 19:06:31 <Desoph>	"Yeah...a burning pain...something I will figure out later. Just wanted to answer your question."
Jun 17 19:10:54 <SarahH>	Sam stopped his track and pulled him close to her. "We need to get you to the nurse, Des."
Jun 17 19:11:26 <Desoph>	Des rested his hands on her hips and sighed. "Would it ease your mind if we did?"
Jun 17 19:13:47 <SarahH>	"It would help...but...You don't want to do you?"
Jun 17 19:16:40 <Desoph>	Des shrugged. "Doesn't bother me...I will go to ease your mind...well worth the trip."
Jun 17 19:21:58 <Desoph>	"Shall we?"
Jun 17 19:44:18 <SarahH>	Yes."