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 Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2011 8:27 pm
Jude was currently taking up the bottom portion of the stairs that led up to the dorms or down from the dorms depending on how you looked at it, and had a book open where he was reading with a set of glasses perched on his face as usual when he read a book. It seemed that the young man was making his presence more known as it appeared that whenever someone turned around there he was and usually he was reading a book.
Sometimes he was training but mostly he was reading.
Today's book was 'The Twisted Tales' which probably meant very little to anyone that happened upon him as he read. Right now the story was something about a long haired maiden who was locked away in a tower and slowly starting to starve to death due to the neglect of her mother figure.
The current tale was titled 'The Truth Behind Rapunzel's Sad Tale', whatever he wasn't going to judge against the rather macabre book or the writers of it.
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Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2011 8:44 pm
As much fun as it was to read a book at the bottom of the stairs like a shut in, Leon was actually out and about. Considering the life branch was his home away from home, it wasn't odd to see him in the mini creature room, giving the things their much needed exercise and air. Although the fish like serpents couldn't do much walking, they enjoyed swimming around whenever the boxer showed up.
Mostly they swam away from him.
Soon after that there was free time to train or go over reports and even just get a nap just in case, but today he spent his time walking up to the hunter that decided to make a monopoly out of the stairwell to the dorms and doing something of leisure. "Reading up on the latest battle report?" he asked dryly, letting out a yawn and not even bothering to cover it up to the fellow trainee. if he was going to monopolize the stairs, Leon went over to the wall and took a load off his shoulders with its unwavering support. "Can you hear me Jude? Hellllooooo?"
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Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 9:23 am
Jude flicked up toward Leon the first time then he resumed reading after the snarky comment was made over what he was (or was not) reading at his time. If that was all Leon was going to do then the other Hunter could pretty much suck it and just leave him be.
It seemed Leon was insistent on getting and keeping his attention so eventually he held onto his place in the book with a single finger and looked up at Leon with a raised eyebrow, "Yes. I hear you Star Commander. What do you want?"
At least Jude's tone wasn't disrespectful.
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Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 9:30 am
Star Commander Leon..... it had a nice ring to it.
"Can't let you do that, Star Cowl." came the blank reply back to the bookworm on the stairs. With the jokes aside and the stairs still in enemy's hands, Leon slid down the wall toward a much more comfortable position sitting on the floor.
Whatever the lad had in his hands, he really didn't want to lose his place in the novel as the boxer began to crane his head to look over at the half concealed cover. "Wha' cha' readin?" it was almost said in a curious manner, like a cat that found a new toy and wanted to shred it to bits.
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Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2011 1:04 pm
"Hmm. You just love making fun of my uniform don't you?" It was an equally blunt reply for a blunt response to his earlier words. Jude didn't really care one way or the other what Leon thought of the uniform he wore. It was comfortable for the most part though the feet got a bit cold, perhaps he hadn't thought that through.
Oh well.
When Leon didn't tell him to move or anything of that nature Jude just seemed content to remain where he was as he moved to open the book again taking a moment to memorize which page he was in just to close the book entirely. Leon's question was met with a shrug, "A weird book."
It was disappointingly boring.
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Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2011 8:38 am
Its didn't take Leon very long to reply back to Jude's question. "Yes, I do." there was no point in denying it, and if anyone could appreciate the bluntness of it all, it would have to be Jude. He had a scarf, wrapped around his head. How could he not point that out almost every other day?
Front his point on the floor, the boxer could almost make out the cover's artistic details, the shadows just keeping everything muted and then he backed away when Jude began to flip through it again. "Weird, how so?" he asked almost immediately, He never took to reading that well unless if was some type of sports medicine report or his own athletic chart. The joy of having a doctor for a father was immense. "Better yet, what's it about?"
It was alot better than their normal arguments, if one that knew them both passed by, they would have been shocked with how civil there were to one another.
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Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2011 8:52 am
Jude uttered a small somewhat amused snort, "Alright, Goggles."
Hey, if Leon could comment on aspects of Jude's uniform then the Hunter felt he could do the same in turn. It wasn't like it was offensive or even said offensively. He then turned the book about in his hands thinking about how to summarize the book for Leon's understanding.
"Well," he began thoughtfully, "it is the fairytale of Rapunzel extended into a novel length book. A lot of it is more um...the factual junk about what a person with stupidly long hair would have to go to while locked away in a tower at least that is what the writer focused on." Jude shrugged his shoulders as he held the book in his hands, "Kinda sucked the romance and the magic out of it but whatever."
He looked over at Leon, "The only reason why I am reading it is because supposedly it has an 'alternate' ending to it. Morbid curiosity I guess."
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Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2011 2:55 pm
What.
Leon didn't take any offense to the possible nickname, if anything he huffed up in pride at the compliment and straightened out the accessory resting in his hair. "Why thank you for noticing." he replied back dryly. If only Jude meant it as a compliment.
more importantly, He rested his chin on his knees as Jude began to spin the tale of the book that he was reading. All the epic fights and slaying and the explosions that was in it.
Except there were none. It was a romance novel with a bit of angst in it. Romeo and Juliet for Emo's. "Right, that sounds... mighty uninteresting Jude." he said without shame before continuing on. "And you're enjoying the progression of the novel, that "alternate ending" hold any promise of salvaging the book?"
"I hope it was a gift or something."
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Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 12:32 pm
"You're welcome." He said simply.
Jude shrugged his shoulders, "The chapter about how Rapunzel almost starved to death and then found a way to kill and eat bugs to survive was kind of interesting if not a bit surreal," he doubted he was going to actually bother finishing the book now that it got past that part.
"It was something I was checking out I guess. Nothing major. What kind of stuff do you read?" Jude asked. He was being kinda civil which was surprising considering their past history.
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Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2011 3:19 pm
There just wasn't enough what's to be said.
It was clear to Leon, Jude had odd taste when it came to literature. He could only shrug back at the hunter after his explanation and try to find something to say to Jude. "Surreal, grotesque. Don't think Disney will ever try to incorporate that in their amusement park renditions of the fairy tale." just the mere idea of seeing a dainty girl going all bug slurping "Hakuna Matata" in front of children just seemed wrong. "And why are you reading that again?" he asked blandly, did Jude have more secret problems than the boxer already figured he had?
The talk quickly spun back to himself as the life hunter scratched his head in thought and stretched out his legs in front of the cowled hunter, settling in for the long haul that was chatting Man to.... whatever Jude was. "Sports medicine journals really, and the occasional Men's health magazine." he said off hand. "Learning about the new athletic procedures was a part of training as well."
Was he going to tell the lad that there might have been a nudie mag under his bed? Not a flippin' chance in hell. TELL HIM ABOUT THE GOODS LEON! YOUR HUMAN LONER BOOK, TELL HIM ABOUT THAT.
"Nid likes it when I read him stories about clifford the big red dog." he blurted out all of a sudden to Jude, mostly to annoy the voice in his head. "Except I have to make it sound draconic and call it 'Cliffyord the big red wyrm.'"
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Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2011 5:32 am
"You sure? I mean they incorporate odder things into their amusement parks," he observed quietly as he just decided to ignore the book for the moment settling for chatting at Leon right now. Whatever their qualms they were being civil. Maybe because it was just them thus they had no reason to go all 'ewww' at each other. Not that it would make any difference. Jude was simply an a** to someone if they were an a** at him first but this was probably the worst philosophy to have ever.
The young man listened to what Leon enjoyed reading and then smirked a bit, "That so? I would think he'd enjoy 'Duncan the Vegetarian Dragon'," he said with a shrug. Not that the book existed but then again it might.
"Yeah you seemed the sporty type...I only really did fencing at my school." He said with a small shrug.
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Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2012 6:45 pm
"wait wait wait, hold the phone." Leon blurted out in a instance when Jude said something that involved physical activity. "You. fence? being active?" He said dumbfounded and just blankly staring at the fellow hunter. There was just no way.
NO WAY.
"hey leon, you should read to me that vegetarian dragon story, just include meat." nidhogg chose that moment to quip up and annoy his partner, much to leons dismay as he brushed the dragon off mentally.
"You mean to say that you practiced with rapiers?" he asked again and managed to sound a little more casual after clearing his throat and making the stabbing motions with the imaginary weapon in his hand.
Who would have thought the cowled hunter had it in him?
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Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2012 4:56 am
Jude raised an eyebrow at Leon's surprise at the idea that he did anything that was active at all. The young man gave a small nod, "Yes, but they are called 'foil' since using an actual rapier on someone would be kind of ... bloody after a while."
He shifted his shoulders into a shrug, "But I guess if you put an actual rapier in my hand I could fend for myself."
In theory anyways.
"What you think I do? Sit around and eat bon-bons all day?" He tilted his head to the side.
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Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2012 8:00 pm
..........................
"Yeah that was pretty much it." Leon said without shame.
Bonbons, godiva chocolates, truffles. the occasional pint of cookie dough ice cream.
All the things.
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Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 3:11 pm
Luckily Jude could appreciate honesty though he did give Leon a flat stare for his shameless admission and uttered a quiet, "Well I didn't. I might have gone to private school but I wasn't a lazy a** or something." He let out a small sigh and shook his head.
Really, Leon seemed to be able to get under his skin and just stay there like some sort of parasite.
"Just y'know...I don't really have a way of showin' it off I guess," he muttered with a small shrug, "I try with my weapon but it doesn't seem effective."
And it looked silly, too.
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