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 Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2011 9:25 pm
The Gallus Shack xxxxxIn the edge of the town sits the little shack of the the Gallus brothers. They have everything they need and not much else. If you come to visit, don't expect a fancy meal or any good seats for the matter; however, if you like to spend some time outside and sit around the little bonfire this may be the place for you. THE OWNERS
Gabriel Gallus
Benji Gallus
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Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2011 7:29 pm
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Zemblanity Insomnia Captain
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Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 8:56 pm
 xxxBenji Gallus xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ✗xxx"And I wish that plant life would grow all around me..."➸ Benji was absolutly excited about his friend coming over. He had wanted to make the best fire ever so the boy had been out in the forest, picking up sticks and pinecones and larger sticks. It wasn't until his arms were full that he returned from the trees. His feet stumbling over a few roots and stumps before coming to a pit they defined as their fire pit. Dropping his findings into a large pile he had collected over the day, movement by the front door caught Ben's attention. 'How long had I been in there? Oh gosh! I'm late!" Benji concluded worriedly as he came joging over to Wil.
"Hey Wil! Sorry! Were you waiting long?" He came to a rolling stop as he appeared beside the boy. This would be his first friend coming over to his house. It was as if he finally belonged here. A silly smile accompanied his voice, "I hope not. But, um, well, fire. Yeah! I got some wood ready. C'mon!" He was so gosh darn excited that he didn't wait for Wil. Instead, he began to walk around the small building to their backyard and sit on a log by the pit.
"...So I won't feel dead anymore."xx ___________________________________________________________________✗ OOC:
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Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 9:29 pm
"No, no! Just got here! I actually thought I had made you wait.", he admited. He soon followed behind Benji, looking around him to take notice of everything that was... well, around him. It was pretty far back into the woods and he would love to be able to remember the way on his own so he could drop by for surprise visits at three in the morning without having to have Benji show him the road. While he didn't noticed a road, he did notice some snow falling off from the clouds in the skies. "Hey, hey! Ben! Will it burn alright even if it's snowing?", he asked his friend. He didn't know anything about building a bonfire, but he knew that if it was raining, it would work and snow was pretty close to rain, right?
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Zemblanity Insomnia Captain
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Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 9:45 pm
xxxBenji Gallus xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ✗xxx"And I wish that plant life would grow all around me..."➸ Benji was pleased to hear that his friend hadn't waited long. It would be so rude of him otherwise. Still, he beamed a grin and answered his friend. "Snow? Oh yeah. Oh, well, where I'm from it used to snow most of the year but you gotta keep warm somehow, right? So, we had them a lot." Moving onto his knees the boy began to pull the small sheet of snow from the fireplace. Finding it more time consuming than he would like, Ben jumped to his feet and waged a finger at Wil, "Um, one minute, okay?" He hurried away to the side of the house and pulled a shovel out from under a layer of snow and jogged back over. He began to shovel the rest of the white stuff out along with some dirt. He had to make sure the first layer of dirt was gone so only dry dirt remained.
Throwing the shovel to the side, he went over and picked up a few big logs and then dumped some smaller sticks and the Nirvana post paper into the pit. "Okay, you ready? I, well, hadn't done this a lot so. Gabe usually does it. So, um, be ready, okay?" He muttered, trying not to draw too much attention to his words.
Moving his own view to the pile before him, Ben bit off his gloves and dropped them on the snow beside. His bare hands taking to a match box in his coat pocket. He tried the first match, failed. Then the second and third. It took him five matches before one lit and he touched the news paper. It began to burn as Benji's heart began to race. This was all so exciting. "Oh, looks like we're good, for a bit at least. So, um, sorry about the, you know, note passing in class the other day. I didn't mean to get you guys in trouble. Really sorry." He looked away, embaressed.
"...So I won't feel dead anymore."xx ___________________________________________________________________✗ OOC:
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Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 10:09 pm
Then, the whole thing in front of him went up in flame! Like WOOSH! "SO COOL!", he exclaimed as he stared at the fire in front of him. However, it soon got pushed away as a big warning sign appeared over Benji's head. It was one of those situations where he had to make sure that the other was okay, so to not loose a friend; his worst nightmare. "Oh? What-what-what? No! No! NO! Noooo. No worries! It wasn't your fault! It was my fault! I didn't do it discreetly enough! I got you in trouble! Don't hate me! Still my friend? Please be?"
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Zemblanity Insomnia Captain
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Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 10:24 pm
xxxBenji Gallus xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ✗xxx"And I wish that plant life would grow all around me..."➸ Benji was happy to the flame burning alright. He half-worried about the fire spreading to the larger logs before it went out; however, this slipped his mind as Wil answered. The boy got so excited about the note thing that Ben sported a grin. He tried to answer with a straight, serious face, "No, it really was my fault. I started it. But if you're not worried about it, then, I guess it's okay. So, um, yeah, where I'm from." He paused and took a seat back onto the log. He used another stick to poke at the fire and answered, "Russia. Pretty north Russia where it's cold and stuff. You get used to it, I guess. But I like it here. The weather is nicer, so are the people, and the house." It looked up to the shed with a smile, "Our last place was only one room. This one is two." He looked over to Wil expecting him to impressed. Ben hadn't had many friends before so he thought this house was amazing. Sure, he saw bigger houses around but he related those to either appartment building compacted or places for the wealth. None of them where for normal people.
"...So I won't feel dead anymore."xx ___________________________________________________________________✗ OOC:
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Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 10:52 pm
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Zemblanity Insomnia Captain
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Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 11:09 pm
xxxBenji Gallus xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ✗xxx"And I wish that plant life would grow all around me..."➸ Benji couldn't help but wiggle under Wil's arm. He wasn't used to human touch, or any other touch for the matter. He was quite the sheltered child due to his own introvert habits. Ben tried to accept the touch with a careful smile, although her averted eye contact at all times. He answered hesitantly, "Nah, it's fine. It's, um, nice. But yeah, I do a bit. Well, um, more than a bit I guess. But um, I, well, don't like showing off." Benji looked to the fire and poked at it more. Little ambers rose into the air before falling onto the snow and melting a small area. The fire was already beginning to get smaller and he could feel the cold coming it. Until it went out, he would let Wil have some fun. Slowly, he gave Wil the stick he had used to push the fire with a smile, "Wanna have a go?"
"...So I won't feel dead anymore."xx ___________________________________________________________________✗ OOC:
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Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 11:31 pm
When Benji passed Wilhelm the stick, the boy stared at it for a second, not understanding what he meant by that. He looked at it, then at Benji, then back at it. Finally, his mind clicked and he grinned. ”Sure! I just poke it in there and shuffle around a bit, right?”, he asked after actually doing it. He had always been a boy of action before speech, after all. He stood there, poking the fire for a minute or two, letting small sparkles comes out of it. Being so close to the fire, he was starting to get sweaty even if it was under the freezing temperature outside. Finally, he moved away from the flames and returned the stick to Benji before whipping his forehead. ”Dude, so warm. You’d believe it’s summer.”, he commented. Bonfire were awesome! He wondered where Benji had learned to do it. Maybe he had been a boyscout when he was young? Did they had boy scout in Russia?
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Zemblanity Insomnia Captain
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Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 11:50 pm
xxxBenji Gallus &xG a b r i e l G a l l u s xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ✗xxx"..."The older boy was surprised when Wil didn't take very long with the stick. He thought poking at a fire was almost the best thing in the world; however, he wasn't too disheartened about the short time. It just meant he got to play with it longer. "Yeah, I, well, think that's why I like it." Ben wasn't sure why he revealed that. It really wasn't needed. He would say something else before a familiar voice called.
"Benji-boy! I'm home! Where'd you go?" It was Gabe. Ben would drop the stick and run towards his beloved brother; however, he didn't want Wil to think badly of him. It was a very childish habit after-all. The older man strolled over with his usual swag and a sly grin written across his lips. He stopped a few feet from the fire examining the fire for a moment before his attention caught onto Wil. He smile wider as he clapped his hands together, "Ah! So you were finally able to come over after all!" His voice commented with a cheery tone, "I believe that calls for some food! What do you boys say?" He hadn't waited for a reply to disappear into the house and reappear outside with his hands filled with a back of raw hot dogs, some buns and some condiments. "Alright, who's first!" He laughed, taking a seat beside Wil.
"Um, I'll have one, please Gabe." He asked as the older brother answered his comment and handed him over a raw dog. Ben stuck it onto the stick with a grin and pushed the hot dog into the fire. It would be good in a few minutes. Looking into the flame, he piped up, "So, um, how was work? Why not tell Wil whatcha do?" He hoped this would work. Of corse it wouldn't.
His brother was quick on the reply with a small laugh first as he answered, "Aha, work was well as always. Got a few tips which will buy us some chips tonight if you boys are interested. And nice try, Benny." His lips had curled into a smirk. You couldn't say the boy didn't try. Moving on, Gabe held out a stick and hot dog to the youngest boy, "Wanna roast a weiner?" He asked with a grin.
"...."xx ___________________________________________________________________✗ OOC:
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Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2011 12:15 am
He went to keep explain why fall was better than summer, when a voice called from behind him. He turned around only to see Benji’s brother Gabriel. ”Oh-Hi!HI! Gab! Hi! How are you?”, he called excitedly. ”Yes, yes, yes, I could finally come, yeah. Hope I’m not intruding. I’m not, am I? I can go if you want.” He didn’t want to intrude! That was just rude and it would make him feel clingy (which he was, really) and then Gabriel would hate him, which would make Benji hate him and then everyone at school would hate him and he would be all alone and die in a dark alley from alcohol poisoning after drowning his sorry for 30 years! But then, Gabriel poped up again next to him with hotdogs in his hands. When had he – Oh, who cared. It seemed like he was happy that the boy was there and he wasn’t being kicked out of the house.
However, with Gabriel now sitting so clause to him, so close that Wilhelm could actually smell him (a mixture of alcohol and cigarette?), the boy couldn’t control his own body and soon enough started to blush. He looked away in a panic, hopping that neither brother would notice it. Hell, he wasn’t sure why he was doing it himself, but he could feel his cheek slowly burning up. If anything, he would just blame it on the fire. Yeah, fire made him too warm. That made sense! ”Sure! I would love to have your sausage – I mean your wiener- I mean A hotdog. Yes.” For Christ sake, Wilhelm! He wanted to just throw himself whole in the fire and immolate himself. He could be so stupid some times. Not only was he acting like a complete moron, which would make the brothers hate him, he had actually said yes to meat and he hated the taste of meat. He was only one pork chop away to declare himself a vegetarian. He wanted to facepalm himself so bad right now. He had to change the conversation."You get tips? You're a server? Do you work at the restaurant at the inn? My uncle works there. Keith? You know him?"
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Zemblanity Insomnia Captain
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Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2011 3:20 pm
xxxBenji Gallus &xG a b r i e l G a l l u s xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ✗xxx"..."Gabe laughed at the smaller boy with his apparent nervousness. He assumed that it was simply his age; older boys could be scary after-all. He nodded to the boy with a grin, "Do you wanna cook it or should?" He thought it was better to ask then just assume all kids were okay with fire. He had learned that lesson the hard way years earlier with another one of Ben's friends. Let's just say, they had to relocate.
Instead of waiting for an answer, Ben decided to step up. He always wanted to impress his older brother. A piece inside of him had been convinced that if he proved himself worthy, Gabe would reveal all of his secrets. What he did, where he went, why he came in so late, all could be answered by his own actions - or so that's what he thought. This brought about his own voice and enthusiatic, "Gabe, I can cook it for him. He doesn't like how hot the fire is, so um, yeah. Please?"
Gabe looked at Benji and then Wil. Rising his shoulders he answered, "If that's what he wants, that's what he gets." The eldest man smiled, handing the boy another hot dog. Ben took it with a wide grin and stuck it onto his stick beside his own and shoved it back into the flame.
Watching the fire for a moment, Gabe came across Wil's question. He wasn't sure how to approach it. If he said he did work there, he would be proved as a liar within days. Without a doubt the boy would tell Benji and all these years of secrets would be for nothing. Instead, he decided to move along it very broadly, "You could say I'm a server, although I've never even heard about the inn having a restaurant. Is it good?" He smiled to the youngest boy as if waiting for him to start gabbing about the food and change the topic. It would be the safest way to go about this.
Benji, on the other hand, tried to look completely out of the conversation; although his mind hung on every word. The word 'server' crashing through his mind. That was a decent job by his standards and it made sense with all the tips. Servers did make a lot of tips. For now, he just prayed that his seemingly blank face would inspire Gabe the bravery to reveal the job. Then he could make his pounce and wonder why in the world the man had hid it from him.
"...."xx ___________________________________________________________________✗ OOC:
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Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 9:54 pm
Thankfully, Gabriel had stopped laughing and have changed the conversation unto something else. Thankyou Goddess! He raised his eyes again toward the brunette and laugh nervously some more before answering. He would have slapped himself right there, considering how pathetic he was acting. ”Yeah! There is! It’s the biggest restaurant on the island! It’s not really PART of the inn, but it’s in the same building. They share a space and are partner, but they have different owner. I got an uncle-ish who owns the inn….not sure if he’s my uncle…they never got married… but uh, that’s beside the point! Yeah, the restaurant… uhmm… It’s not bad! Well, it’s pretty good! It’s a sort of European-Asian fusion cuisine-thingy. I dunno, I’m not a cook. That’s just how my uncle calls it. They make good fried rice? But yeah… you should go! They got a delivery menu too! So you can call and order if you want.” That sounded like a good explanation for the restaurant and now he would shut up and proceed to stare at Benji. Staring was good. Yes. But then, that was rude right? He shouldn’t just cut the conversation like that… he had to keep going! ”So, if you’re not working there where is it? It’s not the bakery, I never saw you there…. The café maybe? I’m not allowed to go. Mom says a disaster will happen the day I drink coffee, I dunno why she says that.” he pouted and shrugged. One day, when he was eighteen, he would taste that black liquid.
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Zemblanity Insomnia Captain
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Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2011 11:00 pm
xxxBenji Gallus &xG a b r i e l G a l l u s xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ✗xxx"..."Gabe was pleased for the while when Wil went on his rant about the food. It gave him the perfect time to collect his wits and make an action plan to end this conversation. This 'plan' consiting of the mature choice to make a snow ball with his hand behind his back. He kept his attention on Wil as he kept talking and when he finally finished, Gabriel felt safe enough to answer, "Well, I guess you'll just have to go to the cafe one day and see if you can find me." He sent the smaller boy a wink before pulling his hand from behind his back and throwing it. The small chunk of snow was impaled on Benji's shoulder which caused the younger boy jerk away from the fire. The stick slipped from his hand and landed a distance in a sloppy mess of dirt and ice.
Immediantly Ben took to his older brother with an annoyed look, "Gabe! You just ruined the food." Not to mention, ruined a way in which Benji thought he could prove himself. In summary, he was not impressed. Pay back was the only option. His hands took to the snow, making a large roughly packed mass of white.
Gabriel jumped onto his feet as Ben began his revenge. The 25 year old giggling like a little girl as he scurried away crying, "This is war!"
Benji tried to chase him but as the boy rose, his foot slipped. He was about to fall onto to fire but he managed balance himself away from the flame. He fell head first into the snow, his hand extending outward in the fall to cause his collection of snow to hit Wil on the chest. As he took a moment to try and save his grace, he felt another hit on his hip. He could hear his older brother giggling from it. 'Moments like these make me doubt Gabe is actually an adult.' He thought bitterly as he rose. First thing he did was kick a pile of snow onto the fire place. The fire went out in a flash and as Benji's eyes rose from the pit he saw where his mass of snow had fallen: right onto his friend. "Oh Wil! Are you okay? I didn't mean to. Sorry, so sorry." The man started to brush off the younger boys knee in an apologetic reaction. It was then that he felt another snow ball his his leg and another call of giggles. The younger boy rose straight and looked as his older brother. With a stern face and strong voice he called, "Your death shall be swift." His intense glare took to Wil as he offered him a hand, "Mind joining?"
"...."xx ___________________________________________________________________✗ OOC:
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