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Post by nadyenka on Aug 13, 2005 18:51:46 GMT -5
I spend my time at the cabin, but I am starting to run low on money again. I pay for another night, but I am going to have to leave in the morning. I guess I will head back to Moscow and go back to work there. "Who knows, maybe I will run into Mischa.¨I say to myself as I pack. I head to bed early since tomorrow is going to be a long day on a train.
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Post by Calithin Crest on Aug 13, 2005 19:20:35 GMT -5
A few minutes after I get back to my apartment there is a knock at the door and I sluggishly go to answer it, feeling somewhat spent from all of the goings-on.
"Oh, hello."
I straighten up a bit and move out of the way to let her inside.
"How have things been going on your end?"
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Post by Victoria Thistle on Aug 13, 2005 19:29:40 GMT -5
I step inside and take a seat.
"I think my speaking tour went well. I think we are building things up well for what is planned.¨
"But all the traveling is terribly exhausting.¨"
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Post by Calithin Crest on Aug 13, 2005 19:39:01 GMT -5
"That's magnificent."
I close the door behind me and follow her into the living room, taking a seat as well.
"Things have... Been moving along... Um, fine for me as well... We are getting it all done anyway, and that's the point."
I do not want to say anything about my being wrong in thinking we could deal with the politicians easily so I just skim over it all.
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Post by Victoria Thistle on Aug 13, 2005 19:43:26 GMT -5
"Well I hope the others have been working as hard as I have. If not, I should do something to scold them or humiliate them. But not right now. Right now, I just want to relax. No scolding or humiliating.¨
I sigh and look around the room, then tilt my head, resting it on my fist, on the arm of the chair.
"So much to do...and that whole scandal. I have yet to come up with something to work with there...but I will...¨"
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Post by Calithin Crest on Aug 13, 2005 19:53:59 GMT -5
"Oh I'm sure there are many, many things that the government has to hide... Maybe one of the politicians does cocaine or something, you know like that one mayor, I forget his name..."
I stand up and pace around the room a little anxiously.
"I mean it wouldn't be that difficult to find someone who did, almost everyone does cocaine... It's ridiculous."
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Post by Victoria Thistle on Aug 13, 2005 19:55:58 GMT -5
"I suppose that might be an idea.¨I say to him. ¨You seem anxious. I don´t see why. Are you hiding something? Hmm..." I say in my particularly bitchy tone.
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Post by Calithin Crest on Aug 13, 2005 20:02:04 GMT -5
"Everyone is hiding something."
I say, evading the question and not looking back at her.
"That includes you... I bet you have enough secrets to fill a lake. If we go through with this thing you'll be the last one we put in charge, too much of a liability... Oh yes."
I ramble a little and pretend to be looking at something very interesting in a book I pick up from the shelf.
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Post by Victoria Thistle on Aug 13, 2005 20:05:10 GMT -5
"Well, the point is that NO ONE should be in charge. That´s the beauty of this operation´s end result. But even if someone was to be, I wouldn´t want to anyway." I say and wave my hand as if it is nothing.
"Are you using drugs? Cocaine? Yes, that must be the reason for this and why you brought it up earlier. Well, it isn´t as though I am going to judge you for it."
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Post by Calithin Crest on Aug 13, 2005 20:12:32 GMT -5
"What!? No! Of course I'm not... If I had to do any drug it wouldn't be cocaine anyway, I'm wound up and paranoid enough thankyou very much... Geez, why does everyone say that? I bet you do cocaine! Yes indeed!"
I cross my arms and shake my head slowly in disappointment...
"We often accuse others of things we do to make ourselves feel better you know... And you seem the cocaine-type anyway. Why else would you be such a tyrant if not for drugs? No one is that awful on their own..."
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Post by Victoria Thistle on Aug 13, 2005 20:16:40 GMT -5
"Ah please..." " But I am flattered that you think of me as awful. I am."
"Being nice is overrated." I smile and stand up, looking at the books or whatever it is that he was looking at.
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Post by Calithin Crest on Aug 13, 2005 20:23:15 GMT -5
"Being nice is just a guise... If people were to say whatever they wanted to say, and do whatever they wanted to do, the world would be a very cruel place... We just pretend to be kind because society worships the idiotic notion for some reason or another."
I lean against the wall and remain quiet for a moment or two, something I rarely do.
"I commend the honesty in which you portray your feelings, despite the fact that it doesn't exactly put you in a wholesome light. Not everyone does that."
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Post by Victoria Thistle on Aug 13, 2005 20:25:35 GMT -5
"You know, we are good friends and all, so I suppose I feel that I can be completely honest. I don´t have to pretend to be nice around you, which is what makes you nice to be with. There is no sucking up or keeping up appearances...for the most part of course." I reply and smile, trying to sound a bit more warm than is typical.
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Post by Calithin Crest on Aug 13, 2005 20:42:04 GMT -5
"Yes well as friends go we are reletively good ones, so I do understand what you mean... I am happy you don't feel you have to act differently around me, I have a distaste for people who won't admit to being who they are. But it's all the same really..."
I trace over the spines of some of the books, they are all old and have been read over quite a few times.
"You are who you choose to be."
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Post by Victoria Thistle on Aug 13, 2005 20:45:56 GMT -5
I cross my arms. ¨"Some people don´t know who they are." I reply with a raised eyebrow. "And good, I am glad that we both agree that we are friends then. I thought perhaps you disliked me Calithin. I can be... maybe a little overbearing... but liked or disliked, I feel that working together is useful, at least for me." I say to him and smile once again.
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