Nikolai Roman

When you wish upon a star... nothing happens. When you wish upon a lamp... I will twist it until your fates are ruined

[wishingroman-valhallow-blog]

What do you mean I can't order 500 teacups!?

[persephonesirensong]

  Persephone thought this man was very interesting, a bit weird, but interesting nonetheless. “Well, I love tea as much as the next, but you don’t need 500 cups, maybe three or four, and wash them afterwards. You do know the cups are reusable right?” The Siren asked in a teasing tone.

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Nikolai looked up at her words in confusion, scratching his head slightly.  "Really?" he asked hesitantly.  He felt like he had known that bit of information at some point, but he seemed to have forgotten it.  "Reusable.  That's miraculous."  He furrowed his brow slightly, looking at the girl in front of him.  "Why did you tell me that?  Do you want something?"

[wishingroman-valhallow-blog]

What do you mean I can't order 500 teacups!?

[isaac-brewer-rp-deactivated2014]

  "When someone says a tea king, I think of The Mad Hatter. Not that that’s a bad thing, he was always my favorite character. The crazies get a bad rep when they’re just the most honest." Isaac responded to his inquiry in a direct manner. He was after all intruding on this stranger with his unsolicited question. "My names Isaac," he continued and took a careful step forward. He wasn’t quite sure what he was dealing with here. Valhallow was the kind of town that accepted all sort of creatures. "What’s you name?" He tilted his head to the side and sucked on his bottom lip in anticipation. 

There was something manic in the other man’s gestures, but that was of no consequence. His countenance quickly changed to something that resembled confusion, and then suspicion. Isaac took a moment to ponder how to proceed. He didn’t wish to make enemies when he only just arrived in town, though on many occasions it was inevitable. “No worries man, I was just out on my way to pick up some groceries.” He paused again and tapped his lips with his forefinger, “I can’t recall ever hearing someone order so many teacups at once. I guess my curiosity bested me.” He offered this statement and shrugged, hoping this might assuage the other man’s nerves. 

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Nikolai smirked slightly.  "The Mad Hatter.  His maker was a good friend of mine.  Maybe he modeled the character from me..."  He looked up suddenly at the person in front of him, trying to keep his mind straight.  "Isaac," he repeated, as though trying to remember it as he said it.  "Isaac the... what?  Not human, you don't smell of one... nor are you vampire because you obviously like sun..."  He tilted his head slightly.  "Werewolf?  Werecat?"  He smiled, before putting his hand out to the man in front of him.  

"I am Nikolai.  Nikolai Roman.  And do not worry about startling me.  My mind flits here and there but I'll not harm you, nor will I take offense.  The day is too nice for it."

[zoe-chapman]

  "Mm, I wasn’t aware of it at the time though." Zoe paused for a few seconds and then shook her head. "I don’t think about it any more. It was a very long time ago and my maker doesn’t mean anything to me now.You’re a genie, then? I couldn’t quite tell just by looking."

[wishingroman-valhallow-blog]

Nikolai nodded tersely, disliking the image of a person alone for years, desperately trying to make sense of their life.  It cut too close for him.  At her words he looked up in surprise, forgetting that most would not know who he was, before again nodding, though more gently.  "Yes, I am," he said softly.  He, in fact hated people knowing he was a genie, but it slipped out at times, and it wasn't really a secret.  "I try to keep it less known, generally.  Most people find out and want a wish, which I'm not exactly ken on giving, if I'm honest."

[truth-honor-patriotism]

[idontwikeit]

Random Edit - 46~47/?

[zoe-chapman]

  "Not…missed, really. When I was turned my maker didn’t think it’d be a good idea to stick around and help me with the transition. I took myself out of the world. Just used to stay inside abandoned houses all day and go out to feed at night. It took me twenty years to be able to go out into the world again. It was very different."

[wishingroman-valhallow-blog]

Nikolai paused, looking at her for a long moment, before speaking.  "Sounds like your maker is what most genie would call an ass.  There are certain laws and traditions that makers are meant to follow so young vampires do not have to go through that, as I'm sure you now know."  He shook his head in distaste.  "The variety of supernatural creatures in the world who have no empathy nor kindness makes me sick."

[zoe-chapman]

  "Wisdom turns to insanity, is that how it works? I’ll have to watch out for that. Unfortunately I’m still trying to grasp the idea of living forever and and catching up with the twenty or so years I missed."

[wishingroman-valhallow-blog]

Nikolai looked up at her last comment.  "Twenty years you missed? What does that mean?  As in you forgot them?  Now that is intriguing..."

[zoe-chapman]

  "I would have to disagree, I’d say the older you get the wiser you become. If you learn from experiences. Although I can imagine at some point there will have been a lot of experiences to experience and then you’d just get a bit bored of learning."

[wishingroman-valhallow-blog]

He chuckled slightly before nodding.  "I think it might work like that for a few centuries.  But then the centuries add up and one turns into another and then you can't remember the yesterday from the tomorrow and it all gets a bit confusing.  Better by far to forget the wisdom and let it all just flow through you."

[zoe-chapman]

  "Really? I think we did okay up until recently. Then again most people here are into their hundreds, and the elderly are never very good at changing their ways."

[wishingroman-valhallow-blog]

"Exactly.  Take me for example.  I'm over 900 years and probably less wise than I was when I was 10.  The older you get the more crazed you are, in my opinion.  Or maybe that's just the way it works with me."

[wolfboy-caleb-deactivated201601]

Sunny Days at the Park (OPEN)

[wolfboy-caleb-deactivated201601]

  Caleb watched Jokko put a smile on the stranger’s face and relaxed a little. Okay, he seems functional. Maybe he was just feeling out of it. He muttered something about ghosts not being scary, but Caleb missed the rest of what he’d quietly said. He raised an eyebrow a bit. 

"You’ve got a cool name. I’m Caleb… didn’t mean to catch you off guard. I didn’t even see you at first honestly. Jokko and I were having fun and got caught up in this great weather." Caleb smiled a little and squinted his eyes at the bright blue sky before returning his gaze to Nikolai. "Can’t blame anyone for wanting to soak up some sun while it’s out. Is that why you’re here?"

[wishingroman-valhallow-blog]

Nikolai reluctantly stopped patting the dog and turned to look at the stranger.  He seemed young, though that didn't necessarily mean anything in this town, and he was obviously ok with sunlight, so he wasn't one of the bloodsucking variety.  A small smile appeared at the corner of his lips and he nodded.  "Thank you.  Caleb is a nice name as well.  It means whole hearted in Hebrew, if I'm not mistaken... nice solid meaning," he rambled slightly, before forcing himself to stop.  

He looked up slightly, wincing as the bright sun hit his unshielded eyes, but then enjoying the feeling of the warmth shining across his face.  A more gentle smile appeared along his features and he nodded.  "Yes you're right... that's not my reason for being here but the sun draws us all out like bugs to a flame.  It's nice to feel warmth now and again."

[wishingroman-valhallow-blog]

What do you mean I can't order 500 teacups!?

[persephonesirensong]

  "Well, you just seemed very distraught." She simply replied. Persephone’s eyes quickly scanned over the man before her, examining his physique, his posture, his expression, all out of curiosity. She giggled softly. "I didn’t mean to eavesdrop, but why in the world do you need 500 teacups to drink your tea?" The siren asked. 

[wishingroman-valhallow-blog]

Nikolai scratched his head in confusion again at her words.  Distraught?  He wasn't distraught.  Looking down at the remains of his phone he suddenly realized the toss earlier could have been construed as distraught, but he had been purely enthusiastic, not distraught.  He wrinkled his brow in confusion until he heard her light giggle, bringing his eyes back up to her face.  "Why wouldn't I need 500 teacups?  The more cups I have the more tea I can drink, and everyone knows the more tea you have the better!"

[zoe-chapman]

  "Quite obviously not or I wouldn’t have been asking the question. Quite frankly I think the humans arriving turned half of this town into children."

[wishingroman-valhallow-blog]

"Well they were never exactly the most mature bunch to begin with really... let's face it.  Put a bunch of supernatural creatures in one place and you get quite a bit of chaos."

[wishingroman-valhallow-blog]

What do you mean I can't order 500 teacups!?

[evanrhodes-rp-deactivated201601]

  "Tea is the best mortal thing in the world." Evan corrected the genie, with a smile on your face. "Once you’ve tried…. what do mortals call it… Ambrosia and Nectar?… Everything else pales in comparison." She smiled wiping her fingers after he took back his phone. Listening to his confusion when she mentioned phone contracts, she smiled realizing he might be just as technologically inept as she was. "You’re that gentleman who works with Jemima right?… Nick or something… I think. You sold me a few of the books the Library needed not too long ago." 

[wishingroman-valhallow-blog]

Nikolai examined the face of the angel in front of him, slightly confused as to why she was speaking with him, but finding it rather refreshing.  "My personal favorite is Earl Gray, actually... but I do like Ambrosia and Nectar as well," he smiled at the girl.  He was taken aback slightly when she knew his name.  He wasn't used to that, even if he had waited on her before.  Most people seemed to forget him as soon as they saw him, which he liked.  He nodded.  "Yes, Nikolai, actually, but you can call me Nick if you'd like, though I'm surprised you remember me.  You're Evan, if I'm not mistaken?"

[zoe-chapman]

Zoe stood in the park, frowning to herself after giving yet another human directions — probably the fifth in a matter of minutes. “Do we not have town maps any more…?” She muttered more to herself than anything, glancing around as the frown stayed fixed on her face.

[wishingroman-valhallow-blog]

"They disappeared two weeks ago.  Some of the kids decided it would be fun to remove them just as the new bunch of humans arrived, apparently.  Didn't you hear?"

[zoe-chapman]

  Zoe had thought the man would leave her alone after she’d stated she was just looking, but he continued to watch her and if she was honest she felt almost offended. In her experience shop clerks only watched customers so closely when they thought something might be stolen, and Zoe had never been the stealing type. She’d never had to be. She also wasn’t the type to let anyone else make her feel uncomfortable, and so she decided to block the man out as she continued to look at plants. She’d spotted a particularly vibrant one on the other shelf and moved over to touch it, vaguely hearing a voice behind her but not really registering it. 

Just before her hand got close enough to the plant it was suddenly grabbed, and Zoe whipped her head around to fix her frown on the shop clerk, about to pull her hand away before her dropped it. Her frown hardened into a glare and then softened again, and she glanced back at the plant. “I have fast reflexes. The day a carnivorous plant is fast enough to have my hand off is the day I’m dead.”

[wishingroman-valhallow-blog]

Nikolai looked down at her, and stepped back at her obvious disgruntlement.  She seemed like she had a quick temper and an easy confidence, which wasn't exactly unusual in vampires, though she certainly seemed possessed of more self-assured grace than others.  

However, at her words, a slight amusement colored his face, though he tried to suppress it before her sharp tongue showed itself again.  He coughed, shifting uncomfortably in front of her, but couldn't suppress a light chuckle.  He lifted his gaze back up to her face, eyes questioning, and a vaguely sarcastic confusion colored his tone.  "Surely if you're a vampire, though... you kind of are dead already?"

[wishingroman-valhallow-blog]

What do you mean I can't order 500 teacups!?

[persephonesirensong]

  Persephone had been walking by and saw the man throw his phone and heard him yell. Something inside her told her he needed someone to talk to, so she followed her instinct. The Siren leaned down and picked up his phone for him “You okay, hon?” She asked and handed it back to him.

[wishingroman-valhallow-blog]

Nikolai looked around, confused by the melodic voice that was coming from beside him, only to see a woman holding what seemed to be his phone in her hand.  Though, his phone looked to be in a much sorrier state than it had been only a few minutes earlier.  He sighed slightly, as he realized the damage his little outburst had created, and then looked at the girl as she handed it to him.  His face flashed confusion at her worried tone, and he looked around almost in surprise, before replying.  "Sorry what? Yes of course I'm fine, I just want tea.  Are you ok?  Why do you ask?"

[wishingroman-valhallow-blog]

What do you mean I can't order 500 teacups!?

[evanrhodes-rp-deactivated201601]

  "I’m assuming you were talking to customer service there for a moment. They get worse every year." The voice behind the Genie piped up, as the angel came up along side the man. Leaning down to pick up the discarded phone, she grimaced seeing the cracks running along the screen. "You might want to come up with a better excuse for why your phone is broken at least. I doubt the company providing your service would agree with Anger being covered under warranty." 

[wishingroman-valhallow-blog]

Nikolai was scratching his head awkwardly when he heard the tones of the angel from behind him.  He twitched slightly, before turning to look at her, and the mangled phone in her hand.  Wincing slightly, he picked the phone out of her hand with two fingers.  The phone was obviously beyond repair, and he sighed slightly at it, internally berating himself for being an idiot and not controlling himself.  He looked back up at the angel suspiciously before blinking in confusion at her words.  "I'm not under contract... nor do I provide service..." he muttered slightly, before a slight clarity passed through his foggy mind.  "Oh," he replied shortly, and then a burst of raucous laughter came from his mouth.  "Right, no... yes.  Well.  I guess I'll just have to buy a new one.  Lack of teacups probably doesn't count as an excuse to them either, though I've no idea why.  Tea is the best thing in the world..."