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age_of_kings ([personal profile] age_of_kings) wrote in [community profile] damned_institute2012-03-20 02:55 pm

Night 62: M11 - M20 Hallway

After bidding good night and good luck to Kratos and being left alone in his room, Tolten stood and decided that he may as well make use of his time. It was rather like being in prison, or so he fancied. He'd never been imprisoned before, but he'd listened to the stories around the fire and the dinner table. And while he couldn't do much insofar as putting his mind to work, he could do his best to stay in top physical shape.

Even if he was (perhaps) under the weather. He didn't know what to think of the announcements that were made, either during the day or after dark. But he didn't trust them one bit. And until he could discuss it with someone else or read the bulletin, he was going to ignore it. It was really easier that way.

But in the meantime he would set himself a routine. Which would involve stretching and warming up each evening between dinner and whatever was to be done that night. Even if he was staying in. Really, especially if he was staying in. At least running about and fighting was physically invigorating!

The young king managed to strip off his shirt and stretch a handful of times before he felt light headed and decided to lay down on his bed for a moment. Just to catch his breath.

He truly hoped this wasn't warning signs of some horrible thing...

[Locke!]
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[personal profile] kings_thief 2012-03-21 01:16 am (UTC)(link)
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This hallway, too, was just as deserted as the main hall had been telling Locke it was still early enough that no one else had left their rooms yet. Or, if they had, they'd quickly left the area. He supposed that was only normal if someone had somewhere they were desperate to be before the night was over; Locke had been that same way the last few nights. It was...strange but nice to not feel so rushed this time.

Stopping at Tolten's door he knocked twice before opening the door and letting himself in. He'd always been told his manners left something to be desired but, really, if Tolten were expecting him it surely wasn't that big of a deal to just go in, right?

........

................

Well that had been his thought process until he stepped into the room and was met with the vision of a half-naked Tolten sprawled out on his bed. That was where his train-of-thought suddenly found it's tracks heading off the edge of a cliff and into the great, dark, abyss below.

Words...no...he'd try words in a second. Right now he was too busy with the sensation of his face spontaneously combusting while he attempted to close the door behind him.
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[personal profile] kings_thief 2012-03-21 01:59 am (UTC)(link)
It took everything Locke had to clear his mind enough to register what Tolten was saying to him and then come up with a proper response that didn't include making himself sound like some blushing maid that had stumbled into the same situation.

"Y-yeah, everything's fine. Sorry, I should've...waited or something." It was only a mild success. He chanced a look up from the extremely interesting floor and instantly regretted it. Of course his eyes turned traitor and decided to take in the scenery before he could manage to cement them on his friend's face; he only hoped the steadily increasing heat didn't show as much as he feared it did.

"I have a habit of just...coming in...sorry." And then that was 'sorry' twice. Yeah, he just needed to stop talking. Possibly forever.
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[personal profile] kings_thief 2012-03-21 02:58 am (UTC)(link)
Pretty much everything Locke had thought to say vanished at 'in bed.' Was Edgar right? He hadn't thought so but, now....now he wasn't so sure. Either way he was just going to play this cool. Well, cooler he'd pretty much already messed up any pretense of being calm with his stuttering and blushing.

"Yeah...probably." He hesitated before moving forward. If this wasn't the situation his jumbled mind was putting together, then which bed was he supposed to sit on? It wasn't like it was very polite to sit on some stranger's bed....but then that would mean sharing Tolten's bed. Of course if this was that situation then sharing Tolten's bed was the whole point.

He really needed to learn how to stop thinking along with not talking. Both activities were just getting him into more trouble.

Silently, he sat on the farthest end of Tolten's bed and slipped off the boots, clearly they wouldn't be needed, so that he could sit cross-legged. "So...how was your day?" Oh, that deserved some mental scolding; how domestic could he sound?
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[personal profile] kings_thief 2012-03-21 04:36 am (UTC)(link)
For a moment his mind went blank. Okay....so Edgar, the bastard, had been right. At least that was how it seemed...well, he had offered, hadn't he? Just because he wasn't expecting the offer to be taken up so soon didn't mean anything. It wasn't like he'd been making the offer lightly. He really needed to calm down, it wasn't like he was new to this.

"Okay...if you want." If they were really going to do this then Locke was going to let Tolten call as many of the shots as he wanted. The whole point of him offering was so that his friend would be as comfortable as possible.

He just hoped he didn't do or say anything to mess everything up; he had an unfortunate track record with that sort of thing.
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[personal profile] kings_thief 2012-03-21 08:49 pm (UTC)(link)
He did as suggested and laid back on the pillows."Yeah...I hope so, anyway." He really hoped he hadn't made some terrible and arrogant mistake offering to do this for Tolten; he just wanted to help his friend. He cared a lot about the young king.

Okay. Enough blushing and stumbling around, he needed to get the cool calm he had before back. He just needed to think straight."...I guess I just wasn't expecting you to make up your mind so soon; you seemed so hesitant before." Not that he was going to argue with him, it wasn't Locke's call.

Of course, then he realized Tolten was still just standing there, and that wasn't going to work, so he scooted himself as far over to the wall as he could. "You shouldn't just..stay standing, you know."
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[personal profile] kings_thief 2012-03-22 10:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Locke laughed as well then shook his head. "Well, that's something to work on, then. Don't worry so much, you'll over-think things. I always find going with your instincts works best." Most of the time. The irony in his words wasn't lost on the treasure hunter and he figured it would probably be best if he followed his own advice. Lead by example and all that, right? He'd already spent a lot of time thinking over and over-thinking this situation as it was.

With them both on the bed like this it was close but not uncomfortable and, he supposed, that was a good start at least. Jeeze, it had been a while since he'd done this....well, planned, at least. Their proximity gave him an idea and it seemed like as good a start as any. Tolten had said he'd never been kissed before.

Gathering his courage to force down the butterflies that had suddenly assaulted his stomach, he shifted his weight and leaned in to close the distance between them.
Edited 2012-03-22 22:49 (UTC)
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[personal profile] kings_thief 2012-03-23 01:28 am (UTC)(link)
Tolten's tone made him hesitate for just a moment. It almost felt like he'd been caught at something...but that made no sense; this was the point, wasn't it?

He thought he should say something but nothing was coming to him and they were already really close together....it wouldn't take much to just..

Locke leaned in and pressed his lips to Tolten's gently.
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[personal profile] kings_thief 2012-03-23 03:43 am (UTC)(link)
In those seconds when Tolten froze Locke knew he'd been wrong all along. The crushing sense of guilt and foolishness mixed together and forced him to lean back again, averting his gaze back to the floor. How could he have been that stupid? here was a fifty/fifty shot about the situation and Locke had read it wrong.

Frantically, his mind raced over their conversation, analyzing how it had sounded and how it had actually meant. What had he been thinking? of Course that hadn't been what Tolten meant, it wasn't this friend that had put the thought into his mind, it had been Edgar and, as similar as the two kings were, they were not the same.

Part of him desperately wanted to run, to apologize and bolt from the room to hide with his shame. However, it was almost as if he'd been frozen in place; nothing wanted to move, not even his eyes which had found the spot where floor met bed frame and refused to move.

He'd gone down the wrong road and now he had to face the consequences.

"...sorry." His voice could have sounded a little stronger, at least.
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[personal profile] kings_thief 2012-03-24 04:58 am (UTC)(link)
'Don't apologize.' It ran through his mind but it didn't register. Not really. It felt like that was exactly what he should have been doing. Every second he sat there, frozen in place, the more stupid and ridiculous he felt. He'd screwed up and put Tolten in an awkward situation.

Over and over all that ran through his mind was 'What was I thinking?'

Tolten seemed upset, possibly even angry, and Locke didn't blame him a bit. Locke had gotten punched for less and he half expected some sort of physical backlash now. He certainly deserved it.

"No...I should. I shouldn't have done that not when- I-" He paused and took a breath so he could sort through what he was trying to say. "I had the situation wrong and I did something that upset you. For that I should apologize."
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[personal profile] kings_thief 2012-03-24 08:34 am (UTC)(link)
He didn't think it was possible but, somehow, he would have sworn his face grew redder just thinking about needing to explain. There was no good way to explain...not without sounding as ridiculous as he felt. He'd just have to push through it.

He took a cautious glance at Tolten's face before returning his gaze to the floor. This was going to be awkward enough without seeing any reactions that came from it. "I guess...it was your note. I mean, it seemed fine when I first read it but then Edgar made a comment about- well, 'bout us meeting in your room like it was some nighttime fling and...the idea got stuck in my head....I remembered what we had discussed before and I couldn't think of another reason why- you know. I just...went down the wrong road." That sounded pathetic. "It was stupid." No. He just needed to stop talking. The mental image of himself digging a hole deeper was the only response his mind could come up with.

If only he could actually find the right words....if the right words even existed.
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[personal profile] kings_thief 2012-03-24 06:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Tolten's words made him feel a little better, although he still felt ridiculous, at least the thought that he had completely messed up was fading. Slowly.

"No, it makes sense...now. I just- I shouldn't have let Edgar's teasing get to me. I...I am sorry..for putting us both in this situation." He gave a small, nervous, laugh. "Somehow I always end up saying or doing the wrong thing..." Especially in these more emotionally sensitive situations. Someday he'd get it right...maybe.

Locke finally chanced a glance up at Tolten, that nervous smile still on his face. "So...you're really not mad or upset or whatever?"
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[personal profile] kings_thief 2012-03-25 01:30 am (UTC)(link)
Between Tolten's last statement, Locke's relief, and his still dissipating nervousness, the treasure hunter laughed. He couldn't help it, it was just...completely ridiculous and embarrassing and a little funny. Besides...it made him feel a little better, emotionally if not physically. "Sorry, I've never been very good at the courtship thing. Guess I'll just have to take some lessons first. Truth be told, I have been feeling a little sick pretty much all day."

For the first time since he'd set foot in Tolten's room he relaxed a bit and sighed, promising himself he'd never do something so impulsively stupid for a while. His quota had run out for now. "I am glad to hear about the weapon. It would be nice to be more useful whenever we go out." It would be nice to no longer be a liability.
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[personal profile] kings_thief 2012-03-26 04:32 am (UTC)(link)
He, largely, ignored Tolten's last statement, sparing it only a shake of his head. He didn't agree but he didn't want to turn it into a discussion either; it was better to just keep those thoughts in his head.

"Yeah, I assumed the same thing...but then it didn't go away so, now, I don't really know. I'd almost rather it was just something we caught but-" But every time he tried to dismiss the idea as nothing but fatigue or diet he remembered the gas and whatever it had been that had messed with his head the next day. It had to have been something they had slipped him-and others- because hallucinations certainly weren't normal, it had nothing to do with the gas from the night before, and it had faded away like something running it's course through him.Of course, in that case, the symptoms had been the same for everyone.

"Tolten, what exactly are you suffering from? Is it fever, nausea, and dizziness, or is it something else?" If their symptoms were the same then Locke was more than certain it was some sort of drug or something like that. If not....well...he didn't know.

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