Staff Meeting, Friday Afternoon (after classes)

[bigdamnprincipal]

The lounge was set up for another faculty meeting, with snacks and pastries and cold drinks and hot drinks and everything moddable between. It was important to cover all the culinary basics when you were dealing with so many different kinds of people.

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Re: Before the Meeting [09/25]

[carpe_demon]

"More than one Cole...I'm not sure if that's cause to fear, have really dirty thoughts, or to laugh my ass off," Drake mused. "Couldn't have been my Cole, I'm pretty sure he never went to high school. My Cole's also kind of dead. Kind of. Not quite. He gets around for a dead guy. He's the one who helped hook me up with the deal to become human."

Re: Before the Meeting [09/25]

[sith_happened]

Anakin shook his head, laughing. "Of course he is," he said. "He has a bit of a habit of that, I guess. He was kind of dead here for a while, or so I heard. I wasn't here then."

Re: Before the Meeting [09/25]

[carpe_demon]

"My Cole got himself possessed by the Source, like I said," Drake said. "He got vanquished, came back just sliiiiiightly insane, which is wife didn't take well, messy divorce, got his ass vanquished again, and now he's chilling in limbo and trying to help the ex-wife and her sisters. He's turned into quite the forgiving type, big change from his 'look at me, I'm a big tough demon' days. I never bought that act anyway; he was always a pussycat."

Re: Before the Meeting [09/25]

[sith_happened]

Anakin's lips quirked up. Imagining Bel as a pussycat would definitely happen the next time he saw him.

"Ex-wife, huh?" he said. "Last I heard, he was doing a threesome thing while living in a hotel run by a vampire with a soul."

Re: Before the Meeting [09/25]

[carpe_demon]

"Vampire, not a surprise," Drake said. "But threesome? Far as I know, the Colethazor doesn't like to share. Awww, maybe high school made him a better demon."

Re: Before the Meeting [09/25]

[sith_happened]

"We should add that to the brochure," Anakin said dryly.

Re: Before the Meeting [09/25]

[carpe_demon]

Drake grinned. "Am I detecting a wee note of hostility? Somehow, I'm not surprised."

Re: Before the Meeting [09/25]

[sith_happened]

"We weren't wildly fond of each other, no," Anakin replied. Shocking, huh?

Re: Before the Meeting [09/25]

[carpe_demon]

Drake clutched at his heart. "Color me shocked," he snickered. "Even in the Underworld he Did Not Play Well With Others. If you were weaker, he wouldn't notice you unless he had a use for you. If you were as strong or stronger, he'd either want your approval or hate you. I'll take a wild stab in the dark and say door number three?"

Re: Before the Meeting [09/25]

[sith_happened]

Anakin inclined his head. "He devoted most of my senior year to flinging himself at the vampire."

Re: Before the Meeting [09/25]

[carpe_demon]

"He always had a bit of a fang fetish," Drake mused. "Vampires are exiled from the Underworld where we're from. Big mess with not recognizing the Source's authority. Cole'd work with them anyway as his own little rebellion."

Re: Before the Meeting [09/25]

[sith_happened]

"As payback for being the Source's puppet, or just to be annoying?" Anakin asked.

Re: Before the Meeting [09/25]

[carpe_demon]

"Depended on what channel he was on that day," Drake said. "There's grr argh, I'm an evil demon and I'll do whatever it takes to get the job done; or I hate everyone so I'll break the rules; or even I'm tormented by my sooooooul so I don't know what I'm doing." Drake put his hands on his hips and rolled his eyes. "Honestly, it was impossible living with him sometimes."

Re: Before the Meeting [09/25]

[sith_happened]

"Only sometimes?" Anakin replied.

Re: Before the Meeting [09/25]

[carpe_demon]

"Most of the time," Drake said. "I had to smack him all the time. Always bitching about having a soul and not wanting it, when there I was, oh so very envious of him."

Re: Before the Meeting [09/25]

[sith_happened]

"I only tried to smack a few times," Anakin said, sounding regretful. "So he got you the gig here, then?"

Re: Before the Meeting [09/25]

[carpe_demon]

"Nah, he just hooked me up with the Sorcerer to get myself turned human," Drake said. "He was pretty surprised I wanted to spend my last year teaching kids, but what better way to leave my mark on the world than enriching young minds about books and the power of love? I need to help him out before my time's up next year, but until then my time is my own."

Re: Before the Meeting [09/25]

[sith_happened]

"The power of love?" Anakin repeated. "Really? Do they need that encouragement?"

Re: Before the Meeting [09/25]

[carpe_demon]

Drake gave Anakin a Look. "You think these youngsters know about love? Real love? Hormones, sex, yeah. But real love? Epic love?"

Re: Before the Meeting [09/25]

[sith_happened]

"I think it's very difficult to find that kind of love in stories, too," Anakin replied. "They tend to gloss over the hard realities."

Re: Before the Meeting [09/25]

[carpe_demon]

"Not all of them," Drake said. "And I won't gloss over the ugly parts. Love can be tragic. Sometimes love can really suck. But better to have loved and lost than...yadda yadda yadda."

Re: Before the Meeting [09/25]

[sith_happened]

Anakin's eyes grew shadowed. "I don't know. I could have saved everyone a lot of pain if I'd yadda yaddaed."

Re: Before the Meeting [09/25]

[carpe_demon]

"Thought you said you were married?" Drake said, instantly intrigued. "Something happen before that?"

Re: Before the Meeting [09/25]

[sith_happened]

"First marriage," Anakin said shortly. "She died."

Re: Before the Meeting [09/25]

[carpe_demon]

"Did she love you?" Drake asked gently. "Did you love her? Because whatever happened, those moments would've brought light to the universe, even if it was for a short time. And that light never really dies."