First Glance [conner/open]

[connor]

Why did life hate him so much?

Running into strangers who were about as normal as he was. Running away from muggers who had now just caught up with them and were making a stir. And now that guy was in danger and he couldn't very well just sit there and let him get his head cut off...Why couldn't he have been a normal person?

Connor waited for the shadows to go nuts again, bracing himself to have to hold them back. But while he felt them moving around, something was different this time. He wasn't sure if it was because of what Bijou had done or because he had an actual directive to give them... but Connor felt in control.

"Now let Zane go and I won't kick your ignorant ass."

He focused on the masked man's shadow, pushing it up so that it was slowly constricting him as it rose, preventing him from moving. "I'd do what the pretty girl says, dude," he advised, his voice dark and warning. "I don't think she's joking."

[frenchmale]

Zane heard what Connor and Bjiou had to say and felt something happening to the masked man and he forced a great big glop of blood out and it fell on to the pavement with a "plop!" Zane grinned inwardly as the blood began to twich and move before in strached and quickly hardened into lethal spikes, that drove themselves into his arms and groin, causing the man to scream out in pain and let go of Zane, and as Zane hoppled away to Bjiou and Connor he yelled things to the man in backalley French that woud have gotton hm no food for 2 days if his mother had heard him. "HOW'D CHA LIKE THAT, BITCH?!"

[Bijou Wilks]

Bijou couldn't help but grin when Conner backed her up, the guy was cute. She glanced back at him, her cheeks turning a slight pink. She looked back just in time to see Zane releasing himself from the now injured man. Bijou grabbed his elbow, steading him. French cuss words flew out of his mouth and Bijou giggled, despite herself. Drake had been at French court when he was still a human and had heard him say words similar under his breathe.
She glanced at the two men and smiled, "How about I be the look out from now on?"

[connor]

Connor watched with slight surprise as the guy - Zane - worked some freaky stuff with blood. Right so none of them were even slightly normal. For some reason that actually made Connor feel better. He watched as the blood lethally attacked the man, causing him to let go of Zane, and used his shadow to force back out of the building.

"How about I be the look out from now on?"

Connor smiled at her, the first genuine smile in a long time. He had actually controlled the shadows. He felt amazing. "Yeah, I think that's probably a good idea."

He clapped Zane on the shoulder and gave him the once over to make sure he hadn't been injured and they just hadn't seen it. "You alright?"

[frenchmale]

Zane returned Connor and Bijou's smiles. "Oui, I'm alright, but controlling the blood takes alot outta me." He blushed as his stomach growled nosily. He looked at Connor. "Sooo, a shadow maniuplator. I've always liked that power." He looked back at the knocked out body. "Lets get outta here." The blood spikes turned back into liqud and swept back into Zane's wrist as he looked back at Bijou. "Yes, you are gonna be the lookout forever." He grinned and walked out of the alley, looking for any resturant in sight.

[Bijou Wilks]

Bijou grinned, following Zane out of the building. She pushed him aside, playfully. "Then let me do my job!" Bijou popped her head out side, "Other than the bimbo who can't stop thinking about the new pair of shoes she just got, were good." She stepped out of the abandoned building, taking a deep breathe of the fresh air. Bijou looked at back at Zane and Conner, "I could go for a bite, wanna come?" She winked at Zane, who was practicely starving to death.

[connor]

Connor nodded as Zane mentioned his ability took a lot out of him. He too was feeling slightly tired from his efforts for that night. It was all trumped by his elation at being able to control the shadows though.

"Sooo, a shadow maniuplator. I've always liked that power."

Connor actually laughed, as he watched Zane and Bijou head out of the building. He felt almost normal. Bijou clearly had a way with thoughts and emotions, Zane was wicked with blood. Who was Connor to freak out because of the shadows? Maybe it was normal.

"I could go for a bite, wanna come?"

Hmmm. Connor thought for a moment. His first instinct was to move on, separate himself before he lost control again. But he did so enjoy feeling normal. "Yeah, alright."

[frenchmale]

15 mintues later...
Zane grabbed the tray, which was bursting off with food and sat in down in a booth were Bijou and Connor were talking. "Ahhhh, yay food." He sat down and tore the wrapper off of a burger and quickly devoured it. He didn't hear what his peers were talking about, he was to wound up in his food. "Medre, this is good food." he muttered to himself before delving back into the mountain of food.
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Merde=shit

[Bijou Wilks]

Bijou rolled her eyes at Zane's comment, taking a sip of her drink. She had to admit, she never thought she would end the day sitting between to guys her age, grabbing a bite. It all seemed to...normal? Sure, they had just stabbed some dude-or at least Zane had-yet it was still so different from what she was used to. Usually she would be sitting on one the empty bench tables with Mr.Tall, talking about the next show.
But instead she grabbed a box of fries and took a bite of one. "I'll admit, you made a pretty good choice on where to eat, Zaney." She grinned, happy to be hanging out like a 'normal teen', even if it would be the only time.

[connor]

Connor stared in amazement as Zane devoured the food in front of him. He had never really seen anyone so hungry before. Connor ate his own fries slowly, wondering if Zane would just keep eating till he'd gone through the table.

"I'll admit, you made a pretty good choice on where to eat, Zaney."

Connor would admit that the food was pretty good, though he wasn't too happy with the bright fluorescent lights, and often found himself ducking down everytime someone entered the restaurant in case it happened to be someone looking for him.

"So," he said, looking from Zane to Bijou, who clearly knew each other. "How is it I managed to run into not one but two people with weird abilities?" One person, he might have believed to be a coincidence, but two? Not so much. He was only just adjusting to the idea that he wasn't unique, he wasn't willing to believe that people like him might be running around all over the place.

[frenchmale]

Zane looked up from his feast, fries poking out of his lips. "One. My name is not Zaney, Miss Oracle. And 2..." He swallowed and looked at Connor. "...theres a whole group of people like us, people who have gifts, or powers, or whatever you wanna call it. We..."He pointed at Bijou and himself "...are from the Cirque du Freak." He grinned at Bijou sheepishly . "Hey, uhhh, I really suck at intros when it comes to the Cirque, you think we should just take him over there?" He turned to Conner again. "Why is that when ever I'm eating people just stop and stare, it's very rude you know." He smiled to let Connor know he was joking.

[Bijou Wilks]

She gave him a jokingly dirty look, people rarely called her Oracle out side of the cirque. Bijou nodded when Zane asked to explain the Cirque, she had been there a little bit longer than him. "Well, the cirque is a allot like a circus. People travel and preform, only there's no special effects or anything. Everybody uses what they got, Mr.Creepsly uses Madame Octa-his spider-and Mr.Tall is the owner and he works as the ring master." She shrugged, not really sure how to put the next part. "And its kind of a safe haven, you get voted into the cirque and we've got your back. It's a nutral ground with the vampires and vampaneze so its a pretty safe spot." Bijou stole one of Connor's fries with a grin.

[connor]

A circus full of people like them. It didn't sound real, but Connor found himself suddenly hoping beyond hope that it was real. He couldn't imagine a safer place for him to be. Surrounded by people with abilities? There was no way he'd be able to lose control there. Besides, someone there might even know what the hell was going on with him.


"And its kind of a safe haven, you get voted into the cirque and we've got your back. It's a nutral ground with the vampires and vampaneze so its a pretty safe spot."

Connor made a small noise of protest as Bijou stole one of his fries but maintained his smile. That is until what she had said sunk in.

"I'm sorry the what and the who now?"

Had she just said Vampire and Vampaneze or had he imagined that?"

[frenchmale]

Zane gave a sinister smile as Connor's grin faded. "Oh, you close-minded person." He put his arm around Connor as he started to explain. "Vampires are real. R-E-A-L. Got it memorized? Anyway, they don't drink all the blood out of the body, they only take little doses, kind of like sampling every food at a buffet. The Vampaneze on the other hand...they drain the entire body of blood. You can tell them because their lips turn purple and a whole bunch of other stuff happens to them." He finished off his last burger and smiled. "But our vamps, not matter what they are, don't feed on us. They KNOW to not feed on me."

[Bijou Wilks]

Bijou mumbled a cuss word under her breathe, now was as good time as ever. She grabbed a burger and unwrapped it, picking off the lettuce. "But Vampaneze aren't all evil." She looked pointedly at Zane. Every one in the Cirque was rather surprised when Drake joined, having a vampaneze around camp was a shock to most of them. But he was her best friend-even though they did just have a fight. "Some just are who they are." She took a bit of her burger and smiled, she hadn't had one in ages.