[Sodium_noir] Hell is Other People

[Adam Weber]

John Black, Abby, Kurt Morgan, Dr. Nekos
Very Old Man, Now More Relaxed Bastet, Sidhe, Mage
Lady Sinclair's Mansion

>>> "Kurt Morgan at your service Mr. Nekos. A Pleasure to meet a man  
>>> who can find the beauty in a topic others shun or judge without  
>>> eyes to see. There’s beauty in everything if only one looks with  
>>> the right appreciation I always say!"

"Dr. Nekos, actually," Stephen sneaks in with a teasing smirk as he  
shakes Morgan's hand, "but Stephen will do just fine." Obtaining his  
doctorate was stressful and costly; he'd be damned if he didn't get  
to use it!

>> “Passion is powerful no matter what form it takes, it opens eyes  
>> that’d otherwise stay closed.” [Abby] glances through her lashes  
>> at Kurt. “And Art takes many a form. Some Dance with their  
>> Bodies.” She raises en pointe; raising her arms and turning  
>> gracefully even in the stiletto heels, looking back into  
>> Stephens’s eyes. “Others with their Minds.” She looks up at John,  
>> “Or even with their Hearts. But we’ve all a theme we follow, don’t  
>> we?”
>
> Carthephius seemed about to say something profound but caught  
> himself.  He smiled at Abby's excellent choice of words and took a  
> sip of his beer to help slip back into character.

Stephen nods approvingly at the comment, finding that the truth of  
Abby's words leaves little to say in reply. He is, however, reminded  
of his lack of a drink as John sips his beer . . . that'll have to be  
remedied as soon as the opportunity presents itself.

> "I once came across a set of tarot cards, very old. Instead of the  
> traditional four suits one would expect to find, this one had five:  
> Rose for passion, Eyes for mind, Moons for dreams, Hourglass for  
> time and space, and Skulls for death.  It was a one of a kind set,  
> and I've always been fascinated of how those suits seem to so  
> accurately describe almost all of the people I've ever encountered."
>
> John glanced around at his fellow guests.  "We are who we are, and  
> to behave otherwise would be to invite tragedy."

"It's quite refreshing to be in the company of such insightful  
individuals; my colleagues are more often than not shortsighted and  
so very literal. It makes for . . . limited conversation."

He turns to John. "Do old relics like that turn up often in your  
shop? You had called it a bookstore, so I'd have thought that you  
deal generally with occult texts and the like."

Tag!