doves and ravens fly the same
It's a game of cat and mouse that Vesper can't decide if he wants to play or not. Uninterested in Niki's mental machinations and blueprints, as the surprising steel begins to soften in the boy's mind, so too does the demigod's interest in him similarly wane. Still, his passion-free creations were still the best he'd seen by far, and he had come here to find something for his sisters, so perhaps he'd play along a little longer.
"Maybe I'm just the sort of guy who doesn't like to see a cripple get so obviously taken advantage of." The way Vesper's flash of white teeth seemed to only darken his blue stare rather than make it shimmer had the expression been genuine was more than proof enough that nothing could be farther from the truth. Ignoring Niki's second question, the demigod merely shrugs again, pocketing his final card. "See, that's where you're wrong though. If my coin goes in someone else's pockets instead of yours, that's gonna make one hell of a difference, especially with the cold comin'. " Glancing up at the sky as if expecting fat snowflakes to begin fluttering down around them, Vesper nevertheless turns the collar of his jacket up around his neck to ward off the imagined chill.
"Besides, what else you got to do today? Ain't no seasonal sprints on, no jump rope tournaments." Again Vesper flashes a frosty smirk. "I checked the Notice Board myself."
"Maybe I'm just the sort of guy who doesn't like to see a cripple get so obviously taken advantage of." The way Vesper's flash of white teeth seemed to only darken his blue stare rather than make it shimmer had the expression been genuine was more than proof enough that nothing could be farther from the truth. Ignoring Niki's second question, the demigod merely shrugs again, pocketing his final card. "See, that's where you're wrong though. If my coin goes in someone else's pockets instead of yours, that's gonna make one hell of a difference, especially with the cold comin'. " Glancing up at the sky as if expecting fat snowflakes to begin fluttering down around them, Vesper nevertheless turns the collar of his jacket up around his neck to ward off the imagined chill.
"Besides, what else you got to do today? Ain't no seasonal sprints on, no jump rope tournaments." Again Vesper flashes a frosty smirk. "I checked the Notice Board myself."
VESPER
☆ has a pale star tattoo beneath his left eye, and freckle-sized constellations move across his skin
☽ hair changes from bleached blonde to brown
☆ telepathic: Sunlit Shadows | The user can read the surface thoughts and emotions of those within a 60ft radius. Control is excellent. Note: "Thoughts and emotions" include anything written in a character's narration in a post.
☽ hair changes from bleached blonde to brown
☆ telepathic: Sunlit Shadows | The user can read the surface thoughts and emotions of those within a 60ft radius. Control is excellent. Note: "Thoughts and emotions" include anything written in a character's narration in a post.
