Pictor

sincerest-flattery:

wrapped-in-shadows:

sincerest-flattery:

I did not move from anywhere. [Smiles faintly] This city is home. [Everything, everyone, she knows, is here. That by itself makes it easy enough to claim the city as home.]

[Funny, he could have sworn she’d said she’d only lived here for the last five months. But, maybe he misheard – he decides not to press the issue for the moment, since she seems nice.] I know what you mean. I was, heh [embarrassed as he remembers] very shy w-when I first came here. B-but then I met my fiancee, and she’s helped me to get out more.

[He has someone that’s helping him, good to hear.] That’s… it is not so different from myself, I… if it was not for the support of someone important to me, I wouldn’t [Bites her lower lip] I do not know if I would be here.

[His heart goes out to her now, seeing how deeply this affects her.] Th-that sounds really sweet. [Hesitates, considering something. This is still a very alien thing for him to do, but he wants to.] And y-you seem really nice, Veda. [Swallows] M-m-maybe we could, um, h-hang out sometime? You could meet Katelynn; I think you two would like each other. [And he’d like to have more friends, and for Katelynn to have more friends who aren’t scary superpowered people]

Talking

ulric-on-the-strings:

wrapped-in-shadows:

ulric-on-the-strings:

[Hearing the sincerity in his dad’s voice just makes the decision to accept the job even better, and Ulric grins, crossing his legs beneath his laptop.] At a club, one of the fancier places, accompanying the main singer. It’s kinda fun, actually, even if playing with more than one other person is still weird.

[Smiles as he listens] I know what you mean. It can be hard to figure out how to make your style work with someone else’s. [He thinks of the few times he’s collaborated with other painters, and some of the drama that ensued (on the other person’s part, of course!) when visions clashed.] Mind if I ask who the singer is? [He doubts he’ll recognize the name, since he wasn’t exactly into the music and clubbing scene back then, but he’s curious]

I’ll just have to get used to it, though, huh? [Relaxes into the couch] Her name’s Lucille, actually. Don’t know if you know her but… [He shrugs] She’s got a great voice, so it’s great, being her backup.

Lucille … [He mulls the name over, trying to remember] I think I heard of her. She worked- I mean, works in a cabaret, right? [He may not have visited, but he heard his and Katelynn’s friends back then talk about her a few times]