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Georgia
Aug 3, 2006 13:20:52 GMT -5
Post by Zeb on Aug 3, 2006 13:20:52 GMT -5
Artemis growled grumpily, folding his arms. It was either tag along with these two, go off on his own, or go back to the house. Right now, going with them was the only thing he /wanted/ to do, but going off on his own sounded more sensible. He was being like a clingy little kid, following his big brother and his girlfriend around. He sighed. "Whatever you two want to do," He murmered.
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Georgia
Aug 3, 2006 14:35:39 GMT -5
Post by MacGuffin on Aug 3, 2006 14:35:39 GMT -5
"Alright then," Huntin said as he cleared his throat. "To the spooky places we go." He looked back at Artemis, feeling bad. Maybe it would've been better if he had left him up at the Institute. Not that Huntin didn't want him there, he did, but he felt like he was leaving Arty out no matter how hard he tried to keep him in.
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Georgia
Aug 3, 2006 15:44:59 GMT -5
Post by Health on Aug 3, 2006 15:44:59 GMT -5
"Well come on Arty!" Eliza said bounding back to her friend and latching her arm around his then dragging the poor boy to where Huntin was and she latched her other arms with Huntin's, "Lucky it's ah weekday so not many tourist are out tahnight," she said gleefully.
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Georgia
Aug 3, 2006 20:01:06 GMT -5
Post by Zeb on Aug 3, 2006 20:01:06 GMT -5
"I am coming, I am coming. Geez, woman, learn patience." Artemis said with a good natured smile. He poked Eliza in the side, grinning. "Yeah, good thing. That means no one will see Huntin turn invisible if something spooks him, eh?"
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Georgia
Aug 3, 2006 20:29:17 GMT -5
Post by MacGuffin on Aug 3, 2006 20:29:17 GMT -5
"I'll have you know I've been getting better at controlling my powers, thank you very much. Haven't gone invisible from surprise or fear or anything for a month now." It was still when he was extremely stressed, but he didn't have to go into detail. He smiled, not for anythign particular.
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Georgia
Aug 3, 2006 20:32:06 GMT -5
Post by Health on Aug 3, 2006 20:32:06 GMT -5
"Well make sure tah perfect yah invisability, we might need it later," she said kissing Huntin's cheek and giving him a rougish wink.
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Georgia
Aug 3, 2006 20:39:53 GMT -5
Post by Zeb on Aug 3, 2006 20:39:53 GMT -5
Artemis made a face, his cheeks reddening slightly. All these sexual innuendos were slightly uncomfortable for him. He brushed it off, though, and forced a smile. "After we are done, Eliza, can you show us some shops? Huntin and I need to pick up a few things." He smirked. They had left in such a hurry that they had left everything they needed behind. Everything. They had no clothes, no nothing. Artemis grimaced at their stupidity. It wasn't like they could have carried it with them anyways.
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Georgia
Aug 3, 2006 20:47:14 GMT -5
Post by MacGuffin on Aug 3, 2006 20:47:14 GMT -5
Huntin scratched his head. Yeah, he knew he could have easily taken a few dufflebags of stuff, but he hadn't exactly planned on..........well........he didn't think they would exactly be welcome to spend the night....he had just thought they would pop in and go back. He didn't WANT to go back so soon, but he thought that was what would happen. "Yeah we kind of forgot to bring toothbrushes, pajamas, underwear, everything in general, actually." He was blushing a little himself.
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Georgia
Aug 3, 2006 20:52:48 GMT -5
Post by Health on Aug 3, 2006 20:52:48 GMT -5
"Well of course Ih can take ya'll tah tha nearest Wal-Mart," Eliza said looking thoughtful and then grinning pulling out a credit card, "Myh treat of course, ya'll have been through enough tahday, enough that ya'll shouldn't worry ahbout money."
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Georgia
Aug 3, 2006 20:56:26 GMT -5
Post by Zeb on Aug 3, 2006 20:56:26 GMT -5
Artemis almost argued, but shrugged it off. He could easily pay for his stuff, but why not let Eliza do it? He'd have to pay for his formal wear for the gala anyways. He'd let her pay for most of it and pick up the rest.
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Georgia
Aug 3, 2006 20:59:03 GMT -5
Post by MacGuffin on Aug 3, 2006 20:59:03 GMT -5
"So, where's the haunted place?" Huntin wanted to go there. He was never much of one to believe in ghosts before, but when he heard about the whole Iris beging Gaurdian of multiple dimensions thing, he was up for anything.
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Georgia
Aug 3, 2006 21:01:17 GMT -5
Post by Health on Aug 3, 2006 21:01:17 GMT -5
Eliza chuckled and jumped over the fence to a cemetary, "Here of course," she said from the other side of the fence, "Come on Ih'll tell yah the story once yah get in here."
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Georgia
Aug 3, 2006 21:08:29 GMT -5
Post by Zeb on Aug 3, 2006 21:08:29 GMT -5
Artemis sighed, taking off his flipflops and throwing them over the fence. Then, grasping the links, he began to climb. He was quick, up to the top of the fence and over in a matter of minutes. Quietly, he slipped his shoes back on and waited for Huntin to join them.
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Georgia
Aug 3, 2006 21:10:50 GMT -5
Post by MacGuffin on Aug 3, 2006 21:10:50 GMT -5
Huntin looked around. He didn't see anyone, so he just POOFed to the other side of the fence. He looked around. "Pretty." He walked towards Eliza, getting some........ideas that weren't usually thought of in a cemetary.
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Georgia
Aug 3, 2006 21:32:13 GMT -5
Post by Health on Aug 3, 2006 21:32:13 GMT -5
"Spooky more like it," Eliza said a grinned and started her story as they walked through cemetary, the evening light fading quickly, "One of Savannah's most famous ghost stories is that of disfigured orphan Rene Asch Rondolier, Rene took shelter in Colonial Park Cemetery in the early 1800s. The town also blamed him for local murders, lynched him and left his body in a nearby swamp. Today, many tell Rene's tale and some still call the cemetery his "playground," she said her voice sounding far away before she continued with another story, "Fall, 1968. Dr. Aiken and his wife Anna quarreled tumultuously - a contrast to their previously gay lifestyle, according to Lawrence. Conrad found sanctuary in the cemetery, then enclosed by a brick wall, overgrown with vines and weeds and not so heavily shaded, referring to it in Ushant, An Essay published in 1952, as "that jungle graveyard." He recalled that "one could pry loose the bricks of the ancient vaults and crawl down into the warm dust to find broken boards and an old brown bone or two." On Christmas Eve, Conrad would accompany his father to the cemetery to shoot off Roman candles. Remembering his father in "The Blue Voyage," Aiken recalled, "There was something angelic about him, later it became diabolic." Dr. Aiken repeatedly tried to take his own life, self-administering a large dose of morphine and atropine on one occasion and on another turning the gas and telling her they "would now see who would emerge from the apartment alive. In the last week of February, 1901, Dr. Aiken quarrelled with his wife, keeping her locked in her room on Monday night. Tuesday morning the quarreling resumed. Conrad Aiken recalled a silence and he waited breathless till he heard his father's voice counting "One! Two! Three!" a scream and then a pistol shot. The counting resumed and there came a second shot.
Conrad rushed across the street to the police station where he told patrolman J. Harry Lange, "Papa has just shot mama and himself." Returning to the house with the boy to investigate, the policeman found Mrs. Aiken on her bed in "an easy and natural position" and Dr. Aiken face down on the floor with a .32 caliber pistol in his hand," she added pausing a little before continuing.
"Colonial Park Cemetery is now home to a number of shooting victims, including Declaration of Independence signer Button Gwinnett who was killed in a duel by rival Lachlan McIntosh. As South Broad marked the southern boundary of the town for a time, duels were often fought in this area, both the cemetery proper and its surroundings, including a narrow lot at the rear of the cemetary, now a playground and park, where mass graves dug from 1820 onward held victims of epidemics."
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Georgia
Aug 3, 2006 21:41:04 GMT -5
Post by Zeb on Aug 3, 2006 21:41:04 GMT -5
Artemis listened intently, shaking his head when she finished. "And people think it is haunted? It is nothing but a cemetary." He huffed, crossing his arms, "And nothing but silly stories."
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Georgia
Aug 3, 2006 21:55:24 GMT -5
Post by MacGuffin on Aug 3, 2006 21:55:24 GMT -5
"Yeah, says the guy that can control weather," Huntin said chuckling. "Man, honestly, who are we to say what's fantasy and reality? I look like a freaking alien, psychics roam around like anchovies, it's crazy." He paused, looking at a smaller tombstone. "1888 to 1889....." He sighed, thinking of all those kids that died at the Institute a few months before. "Life is too fucking short.....unless you're like, immortal or something I guess....."
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Georgia
Aug 3, 2006 22:00:16 GMT -5
Post by Health on Aug 3, 2006 22:00:16 GMT -5
"Ah sexy Alien though," Eliza pointed out kicking at a rock, "Anh now ah days most people who have ah healin factah can live forever, nevah changin, so seems like tha whole word is shiften tah tha unreal supah natural," she reached out and took Huntin's hand and looked at him giving hima comforting smile. She was still a little upset that she hadn't helped many of those students. Most were already dead when she got to them, but that didn't make the pain lessen.
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Georgia
Aug 3, 2006 22:05:09 GMT -5
Post by Zeb on Aug 3, 2006 22:05:09 GMT -5
Artemis shook his head again. "Whatever you wish to believe," Artemis said skeptically, examining the sullen looks on the two's faces. For some reason, the massacre at the mansion hadn't affected him very much. Yes, the funerals had been mildly depressing, but that was it. He was begining to wonder if there was something wrong with him. He forced himself to smile. "So, is this the only place we are going?" He asked, trying to lighten the mood.
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Georgia
Aug 3, 2006 22:12:29 GMT -5
Post by MacGuffin on Aug 3, 2006 22:12:29 GMT -5
"So, you're never going to die?" Huntin asked. He was curious. How would that be, to live forever. You get to live to see the world spiral into the sun, see all your friends and loved ones die, see their children die, and their children die. Living a life full of death didn't seem very enjoyable. That was another thing about the massacre. He had never been around death, save for an elderly grandparent's funeral, but he never SAW anyone die before that day. It sickened him. Horribly.
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