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Jun 18, 2015 0:52:59 GMT -5
Post by jacob pierce on Jun 18, 2015 0:52:59 GMT -5
Today had nothing to do with work, nothing to do with the madness of the city. Oh no today was all about happiness and joy. It was about how one could feel overwhelming bliss over something so small. He had visited chinatown for one thing and one thing only, the food. As a carefree man Jacob had his simple pleasures in life and this just so happened to be one of them. Next to food, Jacob also had a fondness for music and art as well. He was walking down the street a container of food open as he walked and munched, not being able to wait to eat it later. For being happy about something as simple as food Jacob was no glutton, just happy to be alive. Happy to be able to eat and enjoy what he was eating, happy to try something new and tasty everyday.
This was his moment of peace, but peace can only last so long. This one lasted a total of five minutes before it was all shattered. One bump, one simple walk in, and it was all over. The love of his life fell with a thump to the ground. He watched in horror as the egg roll that he had been so carefully saving was now tainted by the dirt and grime of the floor. He could only look in sadness as he whole world flipped upside down. He looked from the egg roll to the person he bumped into, and then back. Over and over he looked between them, not sure what he could even do or say. "My egg roll.." The sadness in his voice was easy to hear and it almost looked as if he was ready to cry for the lost of his beloved.
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Jun 18, 2015 2:17:34 GMT -5
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Post by henri desrosiers on Jun 18, 2015 2:17:34 GMT -5
Henri liked to walk around. Sometimes his little apartment was a bit stuffy and he figured - the fresh air would do him good. There wasn't too much for him to do around the Outer Ring - it was the same same same. He dreamed of going to the Inner Heart one day - not even to wreak havoc upon the magicians, but just to see it once, just once.
Chinatown was, well, out of place. This was France, everything was very French in Paris, and yet smack in the middle of the outer ring was the very Asian part of the city. Not that Henri was complaining - he found a good number of places to hide out from officials here, and he enjoyed the food. As for the shopping, well, he couldn't afford it.
He was on his way to grab a bite before he felt someone bump into him. He was fairly tall, fairly built, and he wasn't harmed at all. And from what he could see, neither was the person he bumped into. Well, he didn't look physically injured, but that expression of his? Henri felt awful. His eggroll. The guy was really taking it hard, and Henri couldn't help himself. No one really had time to lament about it here, usually. "Hey, you alright? I'm awfully sorry, there must be some way for me to make it up to you."
He helped the guy up. "I feel awful, please let me make it up to you. I was just heading in the direction of this really good Chinese place, I'll treat you. All the egg rolls you could eat, on me. Please, let me do this for you."
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Jun 18, 2015 8:32:39 GMT -5
Post by jacob pierce on Jun 18, 2015 8:32:39 GMT -5
Jacob has been silent for a moment, mourning the lost of his egg roll. At first he did not think anything would make this day better, that was until Henri offered to get him another. This time he would be allowed to have as many as he wanted. He hiccuped for a second and then finally answered the kind man. "I'm sorry for having such a reaction, I'm not big on the waste of food, but I would love to take you on that offer." He smiled and nodded in agreement. Please oh please let him have the egg rolls of his dreams, then and only then would his day feel completed. He moved out of the other man's way and waited as he was to follow the man to somewhere tasty. "My name is Jacob by the way, and your is?" He might as well give his name and find out the name of the person he wa going to be getting food from. A win win if he ever knew one, not only free food but a new friend as well.
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Jun 18, 2015 8:53:33 GMT -5
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Post by henri desrosiers on Jun 18, 2015 8:53:33 GMT -5
The eggroll really did a number on this guy, and Henri wasn't sure if he was allowed to put his arm around his shoulder and comfort the guy. He was sniffling and hiccuping and there may as well have been tears in his eyes for all he knew. There was obvious grief in his voice, and although Henri managed not to laugh at the hilarity of the situation (it was an eggroll), it was still strange.
"Henri's the name. I haven't seen you around here before - new or just a visitor?"He wasn't sure how a visitor would even know of a thing like an eggroll, and Henri couldn't sense a spirit near, anyway. The guy was fine, as far as he could tell - he was wary of those that were well-dressed, clean, and seemed a little out of place (which this guy fit the bill, but if he really cried over an eggroll surely he was harmless, right?).
"We're here! Don't let the appearance fool you, it's the best place in blocks." It also looked out of the way and generic too. For this hour, hardly anyone was there, which was the very reason Henri enjoyed it so much. "And they make great eggrolls."
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Jun 19, 2015 0:51:36 GMT -5
Post by jacob pierce on Jun 19, 2015 0:51:36 GMT -5
"Been around, just tend to stay home, don't come out as often as I should." It was part of the truth, he just kind of forgot to mention that his job and his "family" did not think it was proper of him to be traveling outside of the inner heart. After all he had a pretty important job, but since he did not make it known or a big deal he was able to still travel around safely. He followed Henri more then happy to get his fill of another egg roll, and although he was not one for using others the distraction of a new egg roll clouded his judgement.
They had a pretty short walk to the place in question and when they got there Jacob had no problem with the lack of fancy that the place offered. To be honest he was tired of the fancy life since he felt that it was unfair that not everyone got to live a comfortable life. "It looks absolutely lovely." He was happy enough to lead the way right in, he had not had a chance to visit this spot yet and was happy that Henri would give him the chance. "Should we sit?" He was unsure if they were going to stay or take their meal to go.
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Jun 19, 2015 1:12:58 GMT -5
Post by henri desrosiers on Jun 19, 2015 1:12:58 GMT -5
Henri laughed a little. Goodnaturedly. "Well, if you ever need someone to hang out with, you can always call me. Usually available from morning to afternoons! If you're, of course, unfamiliar with the areas." He continued to talk to Jacob, and he waved to the owner of the restaurant before taking a seat. He came here every once in a while, his face was at least known to the staff and such.
"Yeah, sorry, probably better to sit in than take out. That way we're not in a rush. It's nicer, too, isn't it? Especially since it's not busy." He was going to order something like fried rice. He couldn't really eat that on the go, anyways. The waitress approached them, and he managed to smile brightly at her before placing the order. "Can I get one fried rice and an order of eggrolls? Thanks."
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Jun 19, 2015 1:32:32 GMT -5
Post by jacob pierce on Jun 19, 2015 1:32:32 GMT -5
Jacob took a seat with his new friend, excited to meet someone new, someone without judgement. This was why Jacob liked spending his time with commoners and enjoyed making them his friend. Why should he hate them? Why should they hate him? Because of what they did? Because of where they lived or what kind of life they were raised into? It wasn't fair, for all Jacob knew he could have been a commoner's child, a first born. Maybe if he was born someone's second child he would have been able to be raised by his own parents, maybe even loving parents? He would never know, but he also wished for his own children, but did not want them taken away from him. It was a hard choice for commoner or magician.
He sat with Henri and took the sight of the place in and the look of the staff as well. Hard working people, he could feel it, people that worked so that they could live. "I have a few spots that I like, but your right that I heaven't had a chance to notice this one." He smiled at the waitress as she came over and took their order and then left. "Thanks for bring be here."
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Jun 19, 2015 3:05:06 GMT -5
Post by henri desrosiers on Jun 19, 2015 3:05:06 GMT -5
"No problem! It's a nice place, and it should be shared, really. At least, I assume they'd like more business, goodness knows they deserve it." As they waited, Henri couldn't help but ponder upon their unusual circumstance. He had run into Jacob by - very literally - dropping his egg roll. This man was particularly odd, mostly because of his reaction to said egg roll. Now, he wasn't really one to judge, but if he was in love with egg rolls, that was a little odd in terms of romantic relationships, right?
Henri did have his own preferences, but still, it looked as though the guy had lost the love of his life. If the egg rolls were that good, then Jacob really needed to introduce him to these places. "You should show me those spots. Only if you want to, though. I mean, I'd really like to know how good their egg rolls if it made you so sad to have lost one."
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Jun 20, 2015 22:36:09 GMT -5
Post by jacob pierce on Jun 20, 2015 22:36:09 GMT -5
"Only way to get the word out is to share your favorite place with other people, its good for them. Now I can show others I know of this place and the love for it will grow." Yes, Jacob was all about sharing the love he wanted people to be happy, or to at least receive some sort of happiness within this broken world. To think this was all over a little egg roll, and yes Jacob might have been a little upset about it, but it had nothing to do with some weird love. Jacob was just not one to waste food, and since he lived every day as his last, she feared many things, including that being the last time he could enjoy that egg roll. It was because of this that he had such a reaction, but in all honesty, his true love was music, at least for the most part. Jacob did with to maybe, someday meet someone and really get the chance to fall in love, but he did have his doubts.
"Yes, sorry about that, I just hate to waste food, and I do not like seeing anything in life being taken away from anyone. I believe in living every day to its fullest." It was not like he could really explain, that although everyone dies, he had a better understanding of when he may die, so it gave him a different way of looking at his life. For as long as he could draw breath he would continue to try and make this world a better place.
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Jun 22, 2015 14:48:01 GMT -5
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Post by henri desrosiers on Jun 22, 2015 14:48:01 GMT -5
To look at the bright side of things a wouldn't that be something? Try as Henri might (and he really did try), he saw very little alternative to better the world than eliminating the cause at its root - this the resistance. They call him one of the more idealistic leaders, which may well have been true. And at times, yes, it did seem like he could look at the bright side of things, with his cheerful demeanor and all.
It wasn't an act, really. He was kind, to a fault almost. "I understand where you're coming from, but it's hard to do that here. I mean, we aren't exactly living in comfort, here." He had bills to pay and a stomach to feed. Speaking of which - the fried rice and eggrolls arrived. "Would you like some fried rice, too?"
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Jun 23, 2015 22:11:13 GMT -5
Post by jacob pierce on Jun 23, 2015 22:11:13 GMT -5
Jacob nodded in agreement, although he was a magician he chose to live in as poor conditions as he could get in the heart of the city. Which wasn't saying much, he still had everything needed to live nicely. He just lived life more simple. His walls were nearly bare, only full of the little art that he could gather from local artist or from his own musing. His bed was as plain as could be, but was still too large for one person. His bad was big enough to fit two easily. Still he did not take any of it for granted. He knew that there were others living in very saddening conditions.
The food can and Jacob perked up a bit, he was ready to dig in and grabbed one egg roll and stared at it deeply. This was it, he was finally going to taste her, the love of his live, the egg roll of love. "I'm sure this is enough, but thank you for the offer." With thanks spoken he took and bite and smiled at the wonderfulness that met his tongue "Very good." He spoke between bites, but could not keep from eating more, it was very good, honestly.
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Jun 23, 2015 22:17:10 GMT -5
Post by henri desrosiers on Jun 23, 2015 22:17:10 GMT -5
Henri... paused a bit, noted how lovingly Jacob stared at the egg roll, and continued to think weird thoughts. Obviously it was weird to be so in love with an egg roll, right? It was as though he were staring into the eyes of a lover, not his next meal. He really shouldn't judge, he really shouldn't, but he did. He couldn't help himself. It was weird. Was Jacob into these things - eating the thing he loved most... honestly, there was a word for that, right?
Was it insane? No, it was a much more specific word, and Henri shook the thought out of his head (again). He shrugged, dug into his fried rice. Shovel into mouth. Chew. Shallow. Repeat. Not very romantic at all, though definitely delicious. Even so, he paused in his probably not very graceful eating. "So, beside egg rolls, anything else you like? Maybe a hobby, or something? Maybe work, some people like work..." Henri was not one of those people, for good reason.
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Jun 23, 2015 23:37:14 GMT -5
Post by jacob pierce on Jun 23, 2015 23:37:14 GMT -5
Jacob was surely distracted by his food for a good whole minute, he also did not say anything else until the egg roll was done. He looked up at Henri and thought about his question carefully before answering. He was not ready to give away what he did, or who he was, he wanted to be seen as normal as possible. "Work? Not really, but I do have a few hobbies, I like to paint, when I can find the time. Music is also another of my loves. I do also like to just walk around, see how people go from day to day. I like to just take each day in, making memories as I go. Simple enough I guess, and you?" He was being honest, even if he was doing his best to keep away from the subject of work. Either way he was enjoying his time with Henri, and hoped that he would not have to cut it short.
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Jun 24, 2015 22:30:41 GMT -5
Post by henri desrosiers on Jun 24, 2015 22:30:41 GMT -5
Henri listened to what the guy had to say. Despite the fact that he had no idea what Jacob's work was. But not a lot of people liked working - they just did it so that they could provide for themselves. And then the people with families... that was just so much harder. Ah, so, the guy wasn't just a egg roll loving maniac. He loved other things too - and slowly but surely, Jacob was becoming a clearer picture for Henri. An actual human being - with actual hobbies and stuff, not just the one egg roll to define him.
"Ha, work, that's for sure. Not my favorite thing to do. I do, however, like cats. They're not too difficult to find, there are many strays here and there where you want to look. I commend you for that train of thought, though, not many people can just make memories these days. It's a tough world we live in."
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Jun 25, 2015 3:11:17 GMT -5
Post by jacob pierce on Jun 25, 2015 3:11:17 GMT -5
Yes hobbies was a nice thing to have, Jacob was just sorry that he really could not put the time that he would like into his hobbies. After all his art was still new to him and his music was good, but would not be getting anywhere with how he had to put it off. The people needed him, his job demanding his mind to be working for them as much as was allowed. He needed to always be thinking of rules, comments, questions and suggestions.
"Tough or not, that is no excuse to not try and live to the fullest. As long as we have breath we should be trying to do right by others and ourselves. We need to enjoy the life that we were given." Jacob did not mean to go off in a tangent, but once he had his opinion set on something it could be hard to shut him up. Still he was a good guy and just wanted people to never give up, to keep on trying. "Sorry, I'm just really big on wanting to live each day with as much wonder and love as I can put into it."
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