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 Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2010 5:09 pm
Removing his hand he stepped closer to the side of her. Whether there was room or not, Nik situated himself beside Evermore on the edge of her desk. "You like my hair eh? I've always had this color, and apparently it's genetic once my kids both got it too." He said smiling slightly as he thought about Tyler and Sam. So young to thrust into all this. Especially Sam.
Looking down at her, his smile faded. "I probably would, if I had an agenda. There's nothing I'm trying to acheive in this life, but to enjoy living it. I've got a whole eternity of this. Besides, I'm mortal too. Not all my thoughts are like that of Gods. Especially not an Olympian." He said confidentally. "Of course I'm full of it! I've got a lot to be proud of chicky." He laughed as he poked her in the side. Hopefully she could at least joke around with him.
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Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2010 5:16 pm
{{Got to go mow the lawn, but I'll be back soon!}}
Ever couldn't help but smirk slightly and then chuckle when he poked her in the side. This still felt kind of weird, though.
"I never said I liked your hair... I said I liked silver hair. Don't let it go to your head."
She was looking down at her lap and smirking. If he saw it, he'd know that she was somewhat joking, too. If he didn't see it, oh well. Didn't really matter.
"You can have an agenda, no matter how small it might be. For example, if you're trying to sleep with someone, that's an agenda... Just for future reference since you seem to be a little slow on the uptake, I like people a lot more when they're upfront and honest with what they want."
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Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2010 9:33 pm
Arielle sighed and brushed some of Akira's hair back. "Don't push yourself, okay? I have to go now and get ready for the assembly. You don't have to attend if you don't want to, and I will understand in your condition." She would prefer for Akira to attend, of course, but that was more the Headmistress in her. Then she smiled a small, strained smile, and exited the room.
Meimei nodded after Arielle left. "You can go or you can stay. You aren't injured or even technically sick," said the nurse, "so I won't make you stay here if you'd rather find out what's going on. Your familiar can probably help you find your way, and I suppose that Altan will remain with you for some time as well." She looked at the sphinx, not really sure of his intentions.
Altan just gave a little nod. It wasn't that he was there for Akira, though he did like the girl; he was there more for Kilala, who seemed so distraut about the whole scenario.
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Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2010 10:16 pm
He briefly raised an eyebrow. Her words a contradiction of themselves, and were more than likely just her way of denying it. Then he saw her actually smirk and knew that she had lightened up slightly. Nik could be intoxicating with his genuinely good mood. Though, it was to good type of poison.
He however, still did not have an agenda despite the things she said. Nik didn't TRY to sleep with anyone, they always came to him. Did you see him pursue Ari at all? No, she'd become putty in his hands from the first moment they'd met, just like all the girls and guys before her. It wasn't his fault.
He wasn't greedy, money wasn't something he sought for. Power? He was satisfied with his position in life, there was nothing more he needed. Love? Well, he did enjoy the feeling of being around his kids, whether Tyler loved him or not, he loved them. Bo and Luli, they were practically his kids as well, he'd raised them since they were about ten. So perhaps he was in pursuit of emotional satisfaction. Sounded good to him. But, he had what he needed. He had his family with him.
"You're right, I did have an agenda. I was in a pursuit of emotional satisfaction, or love as some like to call it. That agenda however has been closed, and I'm no longer pursuing anything. Why can't you just accept the fact that I am what I am? What am I hiding that you want to know so damn much about Evermore?" He asked exasperated, hoping to maybe have finally gotten to the bottom of this.
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Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2010 10:32 pm
Ever sighed and looked down at her lap. She tucked her legs up under her to one side.
"... I think it's because you're a god. Well, a half god, but still a god. You're more of one than Musica was. I don't trust gods, except for Athena. And I don't trust you because you seem so damn happy all the time. No one, especially some who's an immortal, can be that happy. It's not possible..."
She reached her arms up, gathered her hair into her hands and twisted it into a messy bun at the back of her head. She then reached backward with one of her hands to her desk and picked up a pencil. She jabbed it into her bun to hold it in place. Then, she dropped her arms. There were just a few red tendrils that fell against her neck now.
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Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2010 10:47 pm
Nik crossed his arms over his chest, and his face remained stoic. "When my soul was split, my yin was more mortal, and the yang was more God. That's the best way I can explain myselves." He didn't laugh at his little made up word like he usually would have, not even cracking a smile. "You think I've always been this happy? I've had a hundred and fifty years of bullshit to deal with. But you can't live thinking about everything bad in your life, that makes others sad as well. When I seem happy, they seem happy. And I've come to learn the joy of others brings myself pleasure. Heh, it maybe why I sleep around so much. It's the best way to make people happy that I know of."
He looked at the floor with a distant look on his face, his lips curled up at the corners. The death of one's parents, including his Godly parent, was enough to depress anyone. Then living the life of a killer wasn't bringing him happiness either. It just occurred to him, that his entire life had been one giant pursuit of happiness. He'd never thought of it that way before.
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Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2010 10:58 pm
{{Wow. Ever has already made Nik think of something he never had before... I think I just saw a pig fly by the window. wink Cool post!}}
Ever studied the wall clear across from her as she listened to Nik. He didn't sound like any god she had ever met before, and she wasn't sure she liked that. She didn't like a huge amount of change all in one blow, and she had had just about as much as she could take for one lifetime.
"I am all for making others happy, but I think you're taking it way too far. And I'm sorry if I don't completely believe you, but I don't exactly trust many gods, whether they're full bloods or not. But if you are telling the truth, then maybe you should just stop trying to search for happiness, especially in others. You can only control yourself, I'm slowly finding out. I think you can only really make yourself happy in the long run. Others can't do it for you, no matter how much you try to make them happy."
She smirked sadly and leaned her head back on the top shelf of her desk behind her. "No, I'm not going to be all peppy here and throw myself at you to make you happy. Even if I wanted to, I'm in no position to make someone else happy. I'm being brutally honest, the only way I know how to be. At least people will know what they're getting from me from the start. Maybe you should try that."
Her smirk turned into a real one, then. "And I don't buy that theory that you sleep with others so much to make yourself feel good for one minute. I may have only ever slept with one man in my life, but I'm damn sure that no one can be completely selfless with sex. You can want to pleasure the other person, but it's mostly a selfish act."
Did she really believe that, though? Ares had taken. Gods how he had taken. But he had given, too. He had been slow and careful that first time simply so that he wouldn't hurt her and she'd enjoy her first time.
She shifted just slightly. All this talking and thinking about sex was not doing her any favors, and it really sucked that she had no partner right now to release her frustrations on. Damn Ares!
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Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2010 11:23 pm
So yeah he was different, why do you think he'd never been visited by his dearly beloved Grandfather or even his brother for that matter. They all hated him for his differences, for his careless attitude, his sexuality, his entirety. And here he was being lectured by an Olympian about the likely hood of his explanation. Did he reek of falsehood? Or was it just her own distrusting nature that brought her to distrust a man with nothing to hide? He didn't give a damn what people did or did not know about him. Did she honestly think he made all that up in a strive to please her?
"I didn't ask for you to believe me, I just told you what you asked to know about me. What you do with information is your own business not mine. I don't expect you to be happy, I'm not the type that goes out of my way to please others, especially not those who seem trapped in their own grief. I may be a Demigod, but I'm not a miracle worker."
He said in a huff, his brow furrowing until it met in the center of his head. "I told you that for the purpose to make you stop giving me s**t all the time for reasons I will never understand, which I hope you'll do now that I've told you something, whether you're willing to accept it or not. I'm sorry my answers don't fit to be what you want them to be." At the end his voice slightly cracked, as if he was straining to speak.
"And another thing, I never said I was selfless with sex. You can bet your bottom dollar I get what I want out of it as well, but at the same time care enough about the other individual to satiate their needs as well. Life's a give and take, and it ain't about to stop with sex."
He looked up at the ceiling, fishing from within his pockets his blue shades to put on. He wanted to cover his eyes right now, not wanting anyone to lock eyes with him right at this particular moment.
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Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2010 11:33 pm
Ever turned her head and looked at Nik in frustration, exasperation, and utter tiredness.
"If what you told me is true and you do like to make others happy, then, yes, I do think you care what I think to a certain degree. If you didn't, you wouldn't keep asking me what problem I have with you. And if you didn't care, you'd quickly accept the fact that most of the problems I have of you is due to my distrust of gods. I don't even trust myself most of the time! It's like I have this ticking time bomb inside of me that is waiting to go off, to turn me into this... this thing that likes to manipulate and use mortals for my own gain."
"And if you were referring to me when you made that comment about someone being in grief, I'll have you know that I'm not! I may have some bad moments, but I'm not full of grief! To grieve is to be weak, really, if you think about it."
She leaned her elbow on the shelf, leaned her forehead on her hand, and sighed. After a few minutes, she even began to chuckle softly, sadly.
"Gods, we're a real pair, aren't we? I don't think they come more messed up than us."
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Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2010 10:41 pm
He laughed briefly at her exasperated conclusion to the entire argument. There, she probably felt better already letting that frustration out. No one is ever meant to stay pent up like that all the time. "Homer and Plato are probably rolling over in their graves as we speak." He said with a perky smiled across his face.
"But you can't deny that you don't feel the slightest bit better getting all of that off of your chest, even if it was just a retort. Only so much negative energy can build up inside of someone until they just pop." He said with slow gesticulation to display the popping he was talking about.
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Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2010 10:53 pm
Ever chuckled softly and nodded. "Yeah, I do, actually. I think I tried to explain all of this to Ares, but... he's just so consumed with his own grief and confusion right now that what I was saying really wasn't breaking through. And he took everything I said so personally... Before, he used to just take what I said, laugh it off, and then make some sexual remark to me. I miss that so much..."
She sighed again and finally opened her eyes. She looked at Nik. "Look, I do... appreciate you listening to me like this and also opening up to me as well. I think it's easier for me to express myself when others do it first. Then I know they won't use my own inner demons against me since I know theirs as well and could turn it on them if they turned mine against me..."
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Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2010 11:07 pm
Nik chuckled darkly, though his eyes still remained hidden behind the deep blue shades. "I've got nothing personal against you Evermore to want to harm you, it's just you piss me off a lot. When we finally accept another persons faults, they don't seem so imperfect anymore, do they?"
It wasn't often he was this wise, but with a long past behind him he'd had time to think about different aspects of life. Just he didn't show it often enough. "And I'm sorry to hear about you and your lover, honestly so. Love is such a frivolous thing, that's why I never pursued it. Then I had my two children, and found that they satisfied my need for love."
He sighed deeply, trying to figure out just how to say what he wanted to say. "Lust is so much easier, and it's a lot less messy. The sexual frustration can only last a few hours, but a broken heart that can last a few years." The only broken heart he'd ever known was the separation from his parents, but it was still a hard one.
((-Wonders if anyone will get the reference.-))
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Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2010 11:16 pm
Ever gasped when she heard what Nik said and sat up a little more. He totally just said what she had been thinking about relationships!
"I know, right?! I used to think that relationships, sex, all of that was just a waste of time, especially for people as young as me. I just thought that all that stuff was a pointless focus of energy and that it'd be better to work on achieving your own dreams and becoming independent. And I still feel that way about all of that except for sex. There is something nice to be said about sex..."
She laughed softly and shook her head slightly. "It's fun, a good workout, and you can also work out some frustrations in your life through it. It's a win win all the way around! I've only had sex with one guy, but I've begun to wonder if casual sex is just the way to go. I..."
She sighed and looked down at her desk. "I don't want to hurt like this anymore, so I don't want a relationship. Don't tell anyone this, but I'm still hoping that Ares will come around, go back to being his old self, and then we can be together again. I think he's the only guy I could have something with that wouldn't require a lot of effort and attention. He'd do his thing and I could do mine."
She shrugged and looked back up at Nik. "But that's in the future. For now, I just wonder about a casual fling... Like what you said. It sounds so much easier and nicer..."
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Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2010 11:26 pm
...Was she coming on to him? Nik paused for a minuted as he looked at from behind his blue shades. In all of his wildest dreams, Evermore practically asking him to give it to her was not one he'd ever envisioned. She was inexperienced, having only been with one male, and she was very young also. He didn't care about how Gods did there business, but ******** someone with the maturity of a young toddler was not in his plans.
However, she seemed like this was something she needed. She needed to get things off her mind, and with sex that was sure to happen. Despite being Asmodeus's most willing servant, he wasn't going to make some sort of move on her. If a youngster wanted him, he wasn't going to instigate the act. But neither would he ignore it. He was never a prude.
"Casual has been my lifestyle since the beginning, and for the most part proved to be fulfilling. Though, when you start out something like that, it's best to be with someone you trust whole heartedly. Something I was not fortunate enough to have. Plus, you might take some skill back to your lover, that's another plus, the experience."
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Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2010 11:32 pm
She scoffed slightly. "I thought we covered this. I don't trust most gods, but I only like older men, so gods are pretty much my only option."
She thought about what he said about having some skills to take back to Ares and a smirk began to form on her face.
"I really like that idea about having skills to take back to Ares... If we get back together. Not a bad idea at all."
She looked at him again. "Obviously you could be an option, but I'd hate to think that your ego would inflate even more by being able to bang the one person you couldn't get to like you. I wouldn't be coming to you exactly... You would simply be a means to an end."
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