You Only See What I Want You To

Chester "Chess" Canima; Street Magician; 24

[musingmagician]

"There's a pain in my gut."

[itssallyskellington]

Sally simply nodded as she found that she was unable to speak. Watching as Chess swam towards the boat, her palms became sweaty and she started to shake ever so slightly. Telling herself that he would be fine, she still refused to take her eyes off of him - even refusing to blink - until he came back. “I don’t know if I can do this,” she half sobbed, though still took his offered hand.

[musingmagician]

"You have my matches mademoiselle, no matter what I will always be right there to help you." He smiled half stepping back as he looked her in the eyes trying to invoke an air of safety, projecting a little bit of warmth from his body to aid in that feeling. "There's so much to see on the water."

[itssallyskellington]

Oh...

[itssallyskellington]

"Thank you," she whispered softly, wiping away a stray tear. 

"I don’t know what I’d do without you."

[musingmagician]

"Oh I'm sure you'd get along just fine, most people would I'm assured. Though apparently I do help bring a little levity to some peoples lives, so I guess I'm more thankful for my lighter moments than those others can't see."

[musingmagician]

"There's a pain in my gut."

[itssallyskellington]

"O-okay… I trust you." As the sound of the water got louder, Sally’s movements because slower as she had to force herself to get closer, the only thing keeping her from heading for the hills being the trust she had in Chess.

[musingmagician]

Chess backed into the water slowly holding onto her hand, making sure to stop just short of the shore so that Sally would be able to stay nice and dry. Letting go of her hand for just a second he spoke calmly. "I'm gonna grab the boat, stay right there alright?" A smile crossing his lips to reassure her that everything was going to go just fine. Turning upon his heel he swam through the waters, still in his clothes as he felt the liquid accumulate in the fabric slightly weighing him down until he grabbed the line from the large sized row boat. Pulling on the material he brought it closer to shore, beaching it so that Sally could get in without needing to touch the water. "Shall we?" Chess spoke, slightly out of breathe from the added work out before he extended his hand, offering it to his company.

[musingmagician]

"You look lonely mon ami."

[faye-mathers-blog]

"I don’t blame you one bit darling Chess. I myself closed off my heart to the idea of love many, many years ago."

[musingmagician]

"Oh, did something happen mademoiselle?"

[peterparsonsnevergrewup-blog]

At least he's left me alone

[peterparsonsnevergrewup-blog]

Me too but I haven’t seen him since he did all this to me. So it worked.

[musingmagician]

"Well, to be fair though you haven't gone out much since you've been wrapped up like....sorry, the word escapes me at the moment."

"Mommy? Is that it?"

[itssallyskellington]

Oh...

[itssallyskellington]

"I run from reality… that isn’t courageous at all. I just… I can’t see what you see." 

"Well, I look forward to it, surprisingly enough."

[musingmagician]

"Sometimes, courage is knowing when its smart to run, and when it is smart to fight. At times, its more courageous to run away rather then waste your life fighting, you'll see more of the world that way."

[musingmagician]

Lamenting Magician

[mariatolken]

She wasn’t sure if what she had said had upset Chess, he didn’t look mad, but he had been silent for a moment, Maria didn’t want to lose an opportunity to get to know the magician just because she had gotten carried away. When he spoke again he didn’t touch the topic again, she decided to drop it too. “A perfect world…” she said softly, “I don’t think I would ever want to live someplace other than here,” she commented, perhaps a long time ago, she remembered that time when there had been plans of running away from it all, but not anymore, “besides a perfect world would be so boring, don’t you think?”

[musingmagician]

"No, who would want to leave such a beautiful place." He said solemnly, this was his home, however mad. It seemed no matter how far he ran he was always drawn back here, seeking his end goals to rectify his past and hold the future secure within his grasp. "A perfect world? It would be quite boring, the things that people seek have, and always will be chaos. It causes variety, and variety is after all the spice of life."

"What is it that you do Maria?"

[musingmagician]

"There's a pain in my gut."

[itssallyskellington]

"I suppose you’ve got a point. I think having the same concept of right and wrong would eradicate a lot of things… But people would still ignore it, I think."

[musingmagician]

"Well, we wouldn't have free will if all of us followed the grain. Personally I prefer to walk outside of the lines of society, it makes life all the more interesting that way." 

[musingmagician]

"There's a pain in my gut."

[itssallyskellington]

"But if it’s right for me is it really wrong?"

[musingmagician]

"What's right for some, may not be right for others mademoiselle. We are all different after all, if we all had a concept of right and wrong that were the same then we wouldn't have classicism."

[faithinmelody]

In the mood to kill

[musingmagician]

"Anyone in particular?"

[musingmagician]

Lamenting Magician

[mariatolken]

"The little ones who enjoy your shows sure do," she said with a smile while keeping a relaxed pace next to the magician, "and people who still believe in love, the ones who witness the miracle of new life" she continued and turned to look at him, "magic is not just disappearing into thin air, or making someone fly, it’s about watching that small seed you planted in your garden turn into the most beautiful flower" she stopped before saying, "magic is all around us." Maria resumed her pace and hoped that Chess would not think that was nothing more than a simple dreamer, "Oh well, I can see why you are surprise, in this town helping others is an alien concept."

"I’m not kind- I just did what any person should do you know? Making sure you were alright." 

[musingmagician]

There was something about the way she spoke that seemed to calm his inner cynic. Though he couldn't put his finger on it. It was more than likely the pretty imagery that was put into his mind by her describing all the people who believe in the very thing he maintained. Was it true? The smaller miracles of life were still outside of his control, it was natural that way, it granted him some sort of balance in his maniacal urges thinking about it. The thought that there was something even he couldn't challenge lessened his ego, bringing him back to reality a bit. "What people should do, and what they do are two separate things mademoiselle. Perhaps in a perfect world they wouldn't be but here, that's just reality."

[musingmagician]

A little bit of magic. || Layla + Chess

[oldmisslaylapalmer]

"You’re stuck between a rock and a hard place." Layla commented, turning to look at Chess. At the mention of Harrison and Ryan, Layla stayed silent, feelings of guilt sweeping over her. Although she knew she had nothing to do with it, a natural self-depreciating instinct rose up. "Mr. Heartland?" She asked, confused. "I’m not sure I’ve met him." Layla wasn’t sure how to approach the sitution, which was quite foreign to her. "Well, the most important part is staying safe. You can’t conduct a coup from a hospital." 

[musingmagician]

"More like stuck between the dungeon and the execution line." He said with a slight chuckle as he exhaled lightly, bringing the cigarette to his lips he took a long inhale as she spoke of never meeting Steven. Chess didn't know whether to laugh or stay silent at the thought of him in a hospital. It was true, the overuse of his magic without restraint caused physical ailments, something he would have to account for in his training, but the tempt of using his abilities past their extent was one he could hardly ignore. "Safety is something that doesn't come by often in my lot in life. Growing up on the streets you learn that if you're safe it is merely the eye of the storm, you're only as safe as how fast you can run."

[daisydurbidge-deactivated201311]

As they ascended into a two step, she felt a bit awkward. She'd never done a proper dance before, it always consisted of bumping and grinding on the stranger behind her. This didn't seem too difficult though, and she slowly fell into pace. As he spoke, shivers were sent down Daisy's spine. "Good answer." Distracted by talking, she stepped on the man's foot. "Oh my gosh, I am so sorry."

[musingmagician]

Chess felt her apply pressure into her misstep and gave a bit of a grimace, though it was quickly covered by his patented smile as he firmed his position against her figure and continued into the step as if it never happened. "It'll take more than a little step to hurt me mademoiselle." 

[musingmagician]

"There's a pain in my gut."

[itssallyskellington]

"Well… You haven’t led me wrong so far" she stated as she followed him towards the lake, lighting a cigarette as an attempt to calm her nerves.

[musingmagician]

"I will always steer you wrong, but it doesn't mean its not right for you."

[itssallyskellington]

Oh...

[itssallyskellington]

"I surprise you?"

"I had fun. It was far better than I thought it would be."

[musingmagician]

"Why wouldn't you? The constant propensity for courage, and your capcity for accepting things is astounding."

"That's good, I'm glad to be of service, next time we'll have to catch it earlier on so you can experience the whole event."

[musingmagician]

"Hm...I will need an assistant for my act."

[melena-faye]

"Alright magic man, I will report back to you as soon as I find something."

[musingmagician]

"Thanks again Mel, I feel as though this will be the start of a beautiful friendship~"

[musingmagician]

"You look lonely mon ami."

[faye-mathers-blog]

"That would probably be for the best. Men do crazy things when they are in love."

[musingmagician]

"People, mademoiselle, people do crazy things when they are in love. Perhaps that's why I let my heart grow so cold so long ago, to keep me rational."