the path of the righteous man

VIC TRYSTANE. So, you are on your knees? Good. Now die to yourself. To your idea of yourself. Everything you think you are, you are not. What's left? Find out.

[vtrystane]

venturess.

             “ YOU KNOW, THAT’S a good point. What                      spectacular things have you done? I’m having                       a tough time jogging my memory. ”

        ‘     — honestly, kal         can’t i just -- at least -- get through           my main course before you shred me of any pride i may have ?? 

[hackerjaxmoved-blog]

               ❝ Is that a challenge?                             Because it sounds like one. ❞

[vtrystane]

        ‘     no, that was me telling you to fuck off.

[venturess]

     SHE SHOT VIC  in the face a wry look and nudged        his foot under the table. Behave. “ I’m not sure anyone        would believe you even if you did repeat those. ”

[vtrystane]

       ‘     —  hm ?? well, i can hardly blame them. i have                   done some pretty spectacular things,    y’know, I                   probably wouldn’t believe them either.

[prxncess-powerful]

Ambitious was one way of putting it. Insane was another. Sure   she  was  hungry,   but  there  was  no  way  she’d manage  to  eat  all  twelve  donuts.  And while they were certainly delicious, they didn’t exactly keep for very long.

She  shook  her  head  at  her  own  stubbornness as she paid  for all of the donuts. Stupid, stubborn, prideful Malia. What   the   hell   was   she   supposed   to   do  now.  She glanced  at  the  man,  then  back  to the donuts, then back again,  offering  what she hoped  was  an apologetic smile.

                                                                       ❝Help me?❞  

[vtrystane]

               Well. Vic didn’t want to go on with his life knowing that                he’d been given the chance to have     free donuts and                didn’t take it.                                       ‘          Alright. Only if you promise not to                                                              yell at me again, though. ’

               He grinned at the girl, hoping the gesture was taken as                he’d meant it to be -- a friendly jest, a joke.    He didn’t                want to embarrass her, after all, seeing as she’d done a                fine job of that herself in purchasing a dozen donuts too                many. He held out a hand,                ‘ I’m Vic Trystane. ’

[mucdonald1]

              And Rose, in all her glory had been watching him                  for those past twenty minutes.                  First, it was f a s c i n a t i o n –                  what was he doing with those pencils?                  Picking his nose? Attempting to be an animal? 

‘ I’m sort of interested in learning the …–                art of shoving pencils up the nose, actually.’

                  She’s not entirely lying and proves it                   as she finds two pencils in front of her,                   sticking them up her nose.                   Her head’s titled back as she                   tries to balance them.

[vtrystane]

   ‘ Really, it’s about the technique more than anything else. You’ve just really    gotta get it up there to the point where you can sort of just-- I don’t know...    tighten your nose around it. ’     He preferred the days where he could dart    the pencils into the ceiling,  but he was okay with settling for sticking them    up his nostrils instead.    

[hackerjaxmoved-blog]

              “ Yeah, you’re right.  I have no food. At least for you.                                Violent people don’t get nice food because they’re                                                                            mean.

                             Honestly, I was just so bored that bothering you was the best option for me.”

[vtrystane]

        ‘ ... Why am I not surprised ?               Honestly, Reese, I would               rather you be out literally               breaking every law known               to man right now instead               of here talking to me.  ’

[kelsienharms-blog]

     HE HITS THE ground and rolls, coming to stand near Vic.        Then, he grins. 

“ Sorry, man, am I doing something illegal? ”

[vtrystane]

              VIC ONLY CHUCKLES.                         Show-off kids, these days...     ‘ Sadly, no. I’d be the first to let you know if you were, though. ’

[prxncess-powerful]

❝Damn right.❞  

Of course now that she could actually see the donuts, Malia  was  having  trouble  deciding  which  one  she wanted.  She scowled at them,  and then to the side at the  man,  hoping  he  was  still  half  asleep enough to not notice.  Especially  after she had been kind of rude.

Screw it. 

❝One of each, please.❞

[vtrystane]

               He noticed.                        ‘         Twelve donuts. Ambitious. ’

[hackerjaxmoved-blog]

          He took a step back instinctively, but shrugged casually.                                   “I’d sure as rust hope not.  That’d be severely disturbing.                      The idea I’d been arrested by an infant I mean, I’ve had some wicked                      embarrassing moments but that…                                                              that would really top it off.” 

[vtrystane]

         ‘ You are an infant, Reese.                                        So, what is it? Because,  unless your pockets                         are bigger than I can tell, I don’t see lunch anywhere on                         you and we  both know that is the only viable reason to                         ever disturb my peace. ’

[venturess]

     “ IF YOU WANT to be technical, all words are           ‘made up.’

                           It’s Eastern cuisine, Vic. Just read the                            description beneath the dish name. You’re                            a competent detective. I’m sure you can                             figure it out. ”

[vtrystane]

             ‘ A competent detective--- probably the nicest thing              you’ve ever said about me, Kal.    Well, not the nicest,              but  those  are   compliments    I can’t exactly  say  in              decent company, you know? ’

[prxncess-powerful]

                                           Well, that explained the dazed not-moving he was doing, Malia thought                                            as she tried and failed not to roll her eyes.

                          ❝ I said move your butt, you’re blocking the donuts.❞ 

[vtrystane]

                            ‘ Alright! Sorry, ’           His hands go up in mock surrender, and                  Vic steps to the side to let the woman pass.      ‘ Don’t get between a woman and donuts. Words to live by... ’

[vtrystane]

kelsienharms       

               ‘ Fuck sake, Jax is bad enough... ’   he mutters beneath his breath, watching the kid descend from the     building by any means -- other than the stairwell -- he can find.         ‘ Hey, kid! Y’wanna climb walls and shit, that’s                fine, but it’s probably not the smartest idea to do it on                                         the police station. ’

[vtrystane]

prxncess-powerful       

              ‘ Yeah, look, I’m gonna be honest with you here...                                         I didn’t hear a word you just said.              I got about three hours of sleep last night, and I’m                        runnin’ on fumes. Can you say that again? ’

[hackerjaxmoved-blog]

         “ Or, you know, just don’t be unnecessarily violent for a change!                      I mean– I didn’t even do anything yet, man, what the rust?             What if I just brought you lunch and you threatened me with violence?!”

[vtrystane]

        ‘ What is this? You come into my space, you tell me not be unnecessarily                violent... as if any violence with you involved is anything other than            necessary, and expect me to believe that you -- Jaxinn Reese -- haven’t                    done anything yet. ’ Vic pushes his feet off his desk, chair rolling                                   back a few inches as he sits up.

                                                       ‘ Was I born yesterday? ’

[vtrystane]

rthrace                    

                           ‘ Ah--- shit, again... ’     he’s been entertaining himself this way for the     past twenty minutes,   having yet to notice the     young woman standing beside him.   When he     does,      the pencils drop from his hands as he     quickly sits up.                                  ‘ Is -- ahem -- there something I                                        can help you with, ma’am? ’

[vtrystane]

hackerjax       

‘ Is whatever you’re about to say going to make me             angry? Because, I’ve been having such a good          day, Reese, I’d hate to break the whole “non-violent”                     streak before I even take lunch. ’

[vtrystane]

   ‘ I don’t know how to read anything on this menu.                                         …                  Are these even words, Kal?  I feel like it’s                  made up. You brought me to a restaurant                                                  with made up words. ’