don't test me

Christoph Midnight. Head of Hades Division - They tell me I have high standards. Do you meet them? Codename: Hades Status: Classified Mutation: Geo-thermokinesis {magma manipulation}

[carterthebyrne-blog1]

[Kolby let a quick flash of shock pass through his gaze as he kept his eyes locked on the man before him, having the panicking thought that he may know about his own abilities. Giving a nervous laugh and a shrug, he played it off as nonchalant as he could.] Yeah. There isn’t—Unless you’re, you know, foolish. 

Well… It’s a pretty big hallway, isn’t it? We can both stay.

[headofhades]

[He lofts an eyebrow at the played up nonchalance but decides against calling the boy on it. What good would that do, and besides did he really care to pursue the subject? No.] Or a medium. Supposedly they can see things that nobody else can.

I suppose so. You're not terrible to talk to at any rate.

[isabellablackwood]

Sad because you’re a fully grown man making jokes that children wouldn’t laugh at — but I digress.

[headofhades]

A child would be less likely to understand than an adult, but I digress. How are you, Miss Blackwood?

[rustinxkisor-blog]

I know I may call in a lot to work

[rustinxkisor-blog]

No, but the way a person carries themselves, or the way they talk, it says a lot about self-importance, but you can call it propriety if you want. It’s a saying, man. Not literally bad. 

[headofhades]

I suppose, technically, I'm high on the food chain so yes. Perhaps there is a bit of self importance there -- But I have always spoken this way, I was raised to. I see. I have never heard that saying.

[awayatpigfarts-deactivated20231]

[rustinxkisor-blog]

I know I may call in a lot to work

[rustinxkisor-blog]

No, but the way a person carries themselves, or the way they talk, it says a lot about self-importance, but you can call it propriety if you want. It’s a saying, man. Not literally bad. 

[headofhades]

[He smiles, a patient kind of practiced and obviously forced thing.] I'm under no delusion that I'm any more important than anyone else here. We're a team. [The expression fades into a more relaxed kind of smile, though it's no more genuine.] Hades is not a divison to, ah ... Be fucked with. We could put it that way.

[isabellablackwood]

…If that was your attempt at a joke, it was perhaps the saddest thing I’ve heard all day. 

[headofhades]

Only sad because it was at your expense, love.

[rustinxkisor-blog]

I know I may call in a lot to work

[rustinxkisor-blog]

Okay. Seems fair. The way you carry yourself, the way you talk. You’re either important or you think you are. Hades is the big bads, right? Get pretty bracelets and everything. I’d say that’s pretty important. 

[headofhades]

The way I talk has nothing to do with how important I may or may not be, it's a simple matter of propriety. [He arches a brow.] "Big bads"? Hardly. We're powerful, destructive forces but we aren't bad.

[rustinxkisor-blog]

I know I may call in a lot to work

[rustinxkisor-blog]

Uh… Yeah. That’s enough about me, though, tell me about your life, Christoph Midnight, You seem awfully important. What do you do here?

[headofhades]

My life? I'll decline. What makes me seem important? ... I'm the head of the Hades division. I suppose that's important.

[montanarosalie]

[ofmadsle]

I said I believed you didn’t I?

Yeah, I had good tutor. I used it in essays I decided to do. Who’re you anyways, too hot to be a white coat.

[headofhades]

I'm not sure how one is too hot to be a white coat -- I've seen plenty of attractive men and women there. I'm Christoph Midnight, head of the Hades divison. And you, inquisitor?

[rustinxkisor-blog]

I know I may call in a lot to work

[rustinxkisor-blog]

They didn’t need a stage name when I was born and he thought it was terribly clever to just use our last name.

[headofhades]

... Stage name?

[isabellablackwood]

Then to answer your straight forward inquiry, no, I did not. 

[headofhades]

Must've gone over your head too quickly then. No matter. I'll stick to plain English when I speak to you from now on.

[rustinxkisor-blog]

I know I may call in a lot to work

[rustinxkisor-blog]

Well yeah, but you can’t put that kind of weight on something chosen arbitrarily at birth. [He shrugs, waving a hand dismissively] My dad thought it sounded better and it just stuck for a long time. 

[headofhades]

If he didn't like Thomas, why did he choose it?

[isabellablackwood]

What are you going on about?

[headofhades]

I'm hardly 'going on' about anything. It was a straight forward inquiry.

[rustinxkisor-blog]

I know I may call in a lot to work

[rustinxkisor-blog]

A strong name? Never heard it called that before. No, I haven’t. Not really. People usually called me Skyye. I grew into that just fine. 

[headofhades]

It's an old name, with a lot of men of note attached to it. [He ponders that, wondering if that's worth commenting on.] Why do they call you by your surname? Is it your preference?

[rustinxkisor-blog]

I know I may call in a lot to work

[rustinxkisor-blog]

People grow into their names and they own them. It’s just something that happens. 

[headofhades]

Thomas is a strong name. Have you grown into it?

[rustinxkisor-blog]

I know I may call in a lot to work

[rustinxkisor-blog]

Good god, that’s a hell of a name, isn’t it? Damn.

[headofhades]

I suppose it is, I never really gave that any thought. It just seems fitting.