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Post by piercehawkins on Aug 8, 2008 19:49:33 GMT -7
Date: August 8th
Time: 4:50 AM
Today over any days could add up to be one of the worst days of Pierce Hawkins' life, at least one of the worst he could remember. The disaster began in the early morn, when he was awoken by a sharp pain in his skull. Once he had fully awoken, he realized that he had fallen from his perch high above the floor in his room, and right on to the cluttered, unused bed below him. Luckily, a large book on Gravity had broken his fall. Ironic, Hm?
After coming to a fully conscious state of mind, Pierce made his way to his wardrobe mirror, to get ready for the day. First of all, he had to deal with the broken nose that had been given to him not too many days before. That was easily done by just fixing the bandage and moving on. Though, just as he was about to put his shirt on, he realized that he was molting again. Lifting up a few of the loose feathers, he dug around for his wing brace, and at last found it under a pile of books. Reluctantly, he put the brace on, dooming his wings to the hell of the horrid object. After slipping on an everyday shirt, he slipped on his pants and shoes, and walked out of his room. But, as he looked down at the clock, he realized that it was only 4:30 AM. With a quiet groan, he continued onward down the hallway.
Running a hand through his brown hair, he debated going back to sleep, even though he knew that wouldn't be happening. So, he decided to get some food.
Making his way to the silent kitchen, he navigated himself easily in the dark room, and made it to the fridge safely. Opening the door, he squinted his eyes as the bright light came on. As he searched for his next meal, he was quite offended by the high amount of chicken, and turkey, and a lesser amount of fish. With a roll of his eyes, he reached into the back of the fridge, pulling out a small can of ' Red Bull '
With a raised brow, he took the substance out of the fridge and examined it. Red Bull gives you wings? What kind of sick joke was that supposed to be? But, since he had never tried the drink before, he decided, why not now? Opening the can gently, he sniffed the liquid, crinkled his nose, then got over the smell and took a drink. The first sip sent a shiver down his spine, and the next three small sips caused his pupils to grow slightly larger as the caffeine started to take effect. Making the bad choice of taking a very large gulp next, he ended up spewing the liquid out all over himself in surprise at the sound of a hissing feline. Turning his head, he saw the small creature behind him. Then, as he followed the cats glare, he noticed that his elbow was in the pet's bowl of cat food. Making a face, he lifted his elbow from the bowl, and tried his best to wipe the strange substance from his long sleeve, failing. Giving up at last, he gripped his new found drink of glory, cleaned up his mess, and journeyed back into the hallways toward his room for a fresh shirt
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Post by lizsherman on Sept 5, 2008 15:37:55 GMT -7
Liz managed down the hallway with a large box in her hands, blocking her view. Why did she have so much stuff? she had no idea. But the cost of shipping it all the way over from Europe to here was expensive...the price of being abit of a pack rat she thought rather dismally.
But a room of her own was something to look forward to. Especially a clean one...her last roommate was abit..messy to say the least. Liz sighed, she had been spending almost a whole day avoiding HB, hopefully Abe was going to just not mention her return to the bureau...but who knew with Abe.
Liz frowned feeling herself suddenly jolted out of her train of thoughts and walking right into someone landing on the floor with a quick thud all her things scattered about the floor. She fumed abit of flames shooting out of her stopping quickly as she looked up seeing a man looking down at her "....sorry" she managed in a low voice, her face emotionless as she began to pick up her things from the floor. She had to try and control her anger, her old self would probably explode and tell the man off. But she was the one who wasn't looking where she was going.
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Post by piercehawkins on Sept 5, 2008 15:52:54 GMT -7
A yawn escaped Pierce's mouth as he continued to walk down the long hallways. He stretched his arms into the air, then finally placed his palms on the back of his neck, walking with his eyes closed. He did this
A. Because he figured he was the only one in the hallways at this hour
and
B. Well....He really didn't know
Then, BAM! He and another female collided. Eyes shooting open, Pierce stumbled back, then finally fell to the ground. " Ow " He mumbled to himself with his shoulders close to his jaw-line. His hands held himself up as he shook his head, trying to shake away the feeling of dizziness that had popped into his head.
" No problem " Pierce said as he brought himself to his feet, shoving his hands back into his pockets. As he met eyes with the person he had just bumped into, something clicked in his brain. " Hey...I've never seen you before " Pierce commented, speaking in single sentences as usuall
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Post by lizsherman on Sept 5, 2008 15:59:14 GMT -7
she let a quick smile spread to her face which quickly faded "I'm Liz Sherman, I left the bureau awhile ago but decided to return..." she replied recognizing him abit as well "Now that you mention it , you look abit familiar as well" she replied picking up the box from off the floor.
She wasn't a very chatty person. She never was, most of the time people avoided her. She wasn't very friendly looking so who could blame them? she frowned trying to think of where she saw this man before. Maybe they were on a mission together? she thought quietly her brown eyes watching him.
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Post by piercehawkins on Sept 5, 2008 16:16:11 GMT -7
" Pierce Hawkins " He introduced, picking up an object that had fallen out of the box in the fall and handing it to her. " Newbie " He added before placing the object back in the box for her. Sticking his hands back in his pockets, he smiled slightly. Pierce's smile was a friendly one of course, but it had this slight touch to it, a touch that gave the hint that something about him was, missing. Something big
But, that didn't effect most people, so Pierce himself just let it fly. " Its glad to see Im not the only night owl around here " Pierce said, looking behind him to the empty hallway. Ha ha, night owl. Oh the irony that comes from that term.
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Post by lizsherman on Sept 5, 2008 16:28:58 GMT -7
she smiled holding out a hand from under the box and shaking his hand for a moment "Nice to meet you. Newbie? rough. You'll get sick of this place...trust me" she replied she often left the place and came back time and time again.
"I know, I'm abit surprised myself there aren't more night owls around this place" she replied noticing how empty the hallways were and silent. Liz looked around abit "I just can't seem to sleep normal hours anymore" she added sometimes dreading returning to this place so much, but where else could she go? she frowned looking rather cynical on life.
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Post by piercehawkins on Sept 5, 2008 21:41:13 GMT -7
Pierce laughed slightly, shaking his head a bit as he looked down. " Yeah, I think I'm already starting to get tired of it. But hey, its a place to stay " He said, one hand raising back up to his neck after shaking hands with Liz. So far in the BPRD, Pierce had already been held hostage, gotten his nose broken, and even pistol whipped once our twice. Some would even say his purpose in life was to be held at Gunpoint, but Pierce had bigger plans. Well, at least he thought he did. But hey, being a walking target is hard enough these days, and he knew everywhere he went it would be the same, so why not just stay where he was?
" Sleep doesn't happen much in my life " Pierce said as he looked back up to her. " Im supposed to be nocturnal, but my human side still needs sleep, so normally I get about 3 to 5 hours of sleep a night if Im lucky " He mentioned, actually having a full conversation for once with only one question so far. Big Shocker
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Post by lizsherman on Sept 5, 2008 21:48:38 GMT -7
Liz watched the man a weak smile on her face "Trust me I understand...I've been in and out of this place more times then I can count now" she replied walking down the hallway with him quietly. She never was one to making friends very often but, he seemed nice.
"So how many times have you been brushed by the cold hand of death during there suicide missions pierce?" she asked teasingly looking ahead of her down the hall "3 to 5 hours of sleep huh? jeez you've broken my record of sleep deprivation" she added "I'm going on 6 hours now " she placed down her box of things in front of her room talking to him. She wasn't one for alot of conversation between people but hey, first time for everything?
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Post by piercehawkins on Sept 5, 2008 22:41:19 GMT -7
Pierce laughed slightly, dropping his hands and standing straight.
" From all the times I've been shot at, punched, kicked, strangled, and cursed in the past few years, you'd think I'd be dead. But, I dont know, I think theres just one little kink in me that keeps me living " He said, continuing their conversation. " But so far in the BPRD, I've been held hostage, pistol whipped, had my nose broken, and almost shot at " He added, following her a few steps as she walked to her door.
" And as for sleep. Who needs that when theres so many other things someone like us could be doing " Pierce finished, finally shutting himself up.
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Post by lizsherman on Sept 5, 2008 22:49:07 GMT -7
Liz stared at pierce abit wideyed "Eh...all that?...trust me, thats just the icing on the cake my friend...it only goes downhill from here" she smiled at him, a snarky smile. Opening the door and placing the box inside closing it again standing outside her door, her arms crossed "But hey, if you survived all that you must have lady luck on your side or something" she replied shrugging her shoulders abit as she said this.
"What else could we be doing?" she asked "Anything in mind? to be honest, I wouldn't mind just being around someone to talk to...to take my mind off things" she admitted to him..which was odd she barely admitted anything to anyone. When she was lonely, she pretended she wasn't, when she was hurt or scared or anything really...
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Post by piercehawkins on Sept 7, 2008 15:34:52 GMT -7
" Joy " Pierce murmured under his breath at the thought of all the pain that would come in the near future. Luckily for him, he was starting to get used to it. Pathetic and sad, but true. Now, as he listened to her talk he pondered up some situations that he would be inflicted with more pain, and at those thoughts he shuddered. Then, the words Lady and Luck came up in the conversation.
Ladies and Luck were two words that didn't really fit in in Pierce's life. The poor guy never really had much luck with ladies, and the only ones that did like him were.....Well, not exactly his type. So, he normally made it a priority not to get involved in relationships, for the time being at least.
Finally, the subject was changed. " Well...Im not really sure what all we could do...But I guess talking in the hallways with fellow night owls would fall under that category " He replied
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Post by lizsherman on Sept 7, 2008 16:08:05 GMT -7
>>"Joy"<< Pierce replied back to her,sounding rather cynical about it. She knew the feeling. She placed her hands on her hips abit "You shouldn't really think about it" almost intuitively knowing his thoughts that were wandering in that head of his.
"You just wanna watch your back at the bureau. Some members are sneaky and only out for themselves. They don't care who they step on or hurt to do it" she noticed how his shoulders slumped and the dismal expression on his face and frowned. He clearly didn't think much of himself.
"Thats very true, I was thinking about heading over to the library for abit...I have some light reading to do" she frowned remembering she had her own little "project" to work on.
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Post by piercehawkins on Sept 15, 2008 19:37:46 GMT -7
" Trust me, I've already found that out the hard way " Pierce said, referring back to his broken nose that had been injured by another member. That definitely wasn't a very pleasant experience for Pierce but hey, it wasn't the first time it had happened.
" Yeah, I love the library here. Lots of books answer lots of questions......." Pierce finally stopped himself in mid ramble when he realized that she was probably trying to drop a hint. " Oh, sorry...Ill leave you be then " He added, beginning to walk away with his hands dangling along by his sides now.
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Post by lizsherman on Sept 15, 2008 19:47:37 GMT -7
>>" Trust me, I've already found that out the hard way "<< Liz looked at his nose noticing it was abit bruised. She looked over at him "Who gave you that shiner?" she asked tapping his nose lightly. She guessed another member of the bureau on a very bad day. She smiled weakly, he seemed abit troubled but who didn't seem abit troubled at this place?
>>" Yeah, I love the library here. Lots of books answer lots of questions......." << She looked over at him hearing him pause frowning now.>> Oh, sorry...Ill leave you be then " << He began to walk off. She walked over to him quickly, feeling abit bad. She sometimes came off extremely anti-social with alot of people. She didn't mean to be with him though and he really seemed like a sweet guy so, she didn't want to hurt his feelings "Hey wait!, no no I didn't mean it that way." she replied pausing "Actually I was just wondering if you wanted to join me since well, being a night owl and all just like me I'm sure you wouldn't mind the company as well" she gave him a weak but kind smile across her usual cold and blank face.
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Post by piercehawkins on Sept 28, 2008 19:59:29 GMT -7
" Oh, this guy named Arkins, he's a real Pri- ...He's not the nicest bird in the flock " Pierce said to Liz before finally hearing her offer. His face lit up with a grin and he nodded once or twice. Pierce, lets call him Piercey for the moment, was really a sweet guy on the inside. A normally shy guy on the outside, but a sweet talkative guy on the inside. Sure, you had to get past the normally beaten up exterior, and the loads of questions that tended to flood out of his mouth to get to the sweet part, but hey it existed.
Walking back up to her he crossed his arms, grin fading to a slight smile. " So what kind of books are you looking for? " He asked, starting to walk towards the library
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