Gilbert Kinkaid Walker (veryperceptive) wrote in dc_nextgen,
@ 2011-05-01 00:05:00

Entry tags:

gk, inactive - eli coyne, inactive - j'anna j'onnz, inactive - lian harper, npc - tim drake, team - outsiders, zoe torres

"I don't know half of you half as well as I would like"
His 18th Birthday. A pretty big deal. And GK was cheerfully wrapping presents, taking a cue from Hobbit culture like a rich, pampered, and geeky boy logically might as well do.

He'd already made sure presents would be waiting for his family when they got back from Switzerland. In the meantime, he had something for Zoe, her Mom, the gang at work, the Outsiders -- to be delivered in costume -- and, last but not least, Eli.

Once the ones for work were dropped off, he headed for the triangle with two packages. On the way, he checked the mail.

There was a card. He blinked in shock to see that the postmark was from England, the return address from the Holdaways' firm. Did they actually give a damn all of a sudden?
And then he read it, and he was barely past the 'Dear Gilbert, Congratulations on your 18th birthday' when he statrted grinding his teeth.

It should have taken more effort to read between the lines. They should have put more effort into looking like, after all this time, they were into something more than getting Grandma's account back. He guessed to people like that, eighteen years and nine months was just a little blip in in a nearly three-century business deal.

He folded the card and shoved it in his pocket as he headed to Zoe's. Very quickly, since he wasn't bringing his stick.

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	half_angel_eli 2011-05-04 02:07 am UTC (link)
	"Fish and pasta?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	veryperceptive 2011-05-04 02:09 am UTC (link)
	GK chuckles. "Okay. So... there's a restaurant not too far away." And he'll get ready to start walking him there. After a moment. "So...my family's in Switzerland right now, but they'll be back reasonably soon." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	half_angel_eli 2011-05-04 02:26 am UTC (link)
	"I hear Switzerland is nice. Good cheese." Eli is going to intentionally misunderstand what GK is hinting at here. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	veryperceptive 2011-05-04 02:29 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah. They just sent pictures from Gruyere, which is famous for its cheese and for the H.R. Giger museum." A breath. "When they're in the country, Uncle Jed comes through town some. Never stays at my place, 'cause he's afraid of basements, but he comes through." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	half_angel_eli 2011-05-04 02:38 am UTC (link)
	"What's so scary about basements?" Still being oblivious. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	veryperceptive 2011-05-04 02:41 am UTC (link)
	"Well... to be honest, it's 'cause the one Uncle Jed was locked in from when he was nine to when he was twelve was full of rats and didn't have a bathroom. It's... a long story. S'why he does all his Child Welfare lobbying." And GK is adequately shooed off the topic of his family for now as they head out to a nice place to eat. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	half_angel_eli 2011-05-04 02:47 am UTC (link)
	"Oh." Awkward silence. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	veryperceptive 2011-05-04 02:52 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah." Pause. Shuffle. "But anyway, the food at this place is really good." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	half_angel_eli 2011-05-04 03:09 am UTC (link)
	"I like good food! Food is good." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	veryperceptive 2011-05-04 03:12 am UTC (link)
	"Great." And off to the restaurant they'll go. A nice little place, smells filling the air. They get a few looks, and that just makes GK grin. They get waited on, and ... GK mostly looks at Eli like he's already planning exactly how to get that shirt off, later. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	half_angel_eli 2011-05-04 03:27 am UTC (link)
	Eli's more distracted about being in the restaurant and waited on. He's really used to going to fast food joints. It's a very strange experience for him. So is being on a date. It's all UNCHARTED TERRITORY. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	veryperceptive 2011-05-04 03:32 am UTC (link)
	GK's suddenly worried this was a bad call. His eyes sink to his water. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	half_angel_eli 2011-05-04 03:51 am UTC (link)
	And Eli plays with the bread sticks. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	veryperceptive 2011-05-04 03:53 am UTC (link)
	Pause. Then, "Leia or Padme?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	half_angel_eli 2011-05-04 03:58 am UTC (link)
	"Leia. Unconditionally bad-ass chick. And she doesn't just randomly die." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	veryperceptive 2011-05-04 04:01 am UTC (link)
	"Exactly! Thank you. Plus, they could -- and did -- dress her like aScandanavian girl on St. Lucy's Day and she still has more Sheer Presence than someone in a wardrobe budget screaming I Am A Queen." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	half_angel_eli 2011-05-04 04:02 am UTC (link)
	"Padme's wardrobe was ridiculous. What were they thinking with it? Costume porn, really, that's all it was." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	veryperceptive 2011-05-04 04:07 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah. And you'd think I'd be into costume porn, but sometimes Less is More. Get obsessed with sheer spectacle at the expense of the purpose, which is to clothe some proper living characters, and, well...you get that." There's one of those dinner-for-two specials with seafood pasta and all kinds of trappings, so unless Eli objects, GK'll order that for them. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	half_angel_eli 2011-05-04 11:37 pm UTC (link)
	Eli has no problems with GK ordering for him. "Lucas got caught up in the WHEEE and not the story." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

veryperceptive
2011-05-04 11:44 pm UTC (link)

"Yeah. He vaguely remembered you're supposed to have a balance of humor and pathos, but instead of a rather living breathing woman who could both deal with issues of feelings and yell for someone to get the walking carpet out of her way, we got one set of 'I truly....deeply.... love you' and a pile of 'joke characters' that Did Not Amuse. Star Wars already had few enough strong female role models, did he ahve to make the closest thing to one in this simper a lot and then literally die of a broken heart?"

GK's managed to relax a little again.

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	half_angel_eli 2011-05-05 12:24 am UTC (link)
	"Part of it too, is that he kept more control over the script. First three movies he allowed other people to help write the dialog and stuff. The prequels he didn't." As has Eli. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	veryperceptive 2011-05-05 12:32 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah," GK groans. "Sometimes, you've just got to admit what your strengths and weaknesses are." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	half_angel_eli 2011-05-05 02:21 am UTC (link)
	"He's George Lucas! He has no weaknesses! Weaknesses are of the Dark Side!" He waves a breadstick around (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	veryperceptive 2011-05-05 02:24 am UTC (link)
	GK giggles that prissy countertenor laugh of his, but the smile fades as he finds himself staring at a fellow diner who's staring at Eli. The one with "Sex" written across him in golden letters. His eyes narrow. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	half_angel_eli 2011-05-05 02:37 am UTC (link)
	It takes Eli a moment to notice. When he does, he frowns. "What's wrong?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)