Post by Alex Vipond on Aug 4, 2015 21:20:03 GMT -8
Ian Lighter: ::he'd been to his Guest House, dropped his pack off, brought a few more things back.. like his guitar, skis, and surfboard and wet suit.. just in case, then headed to the studio, where he figured he'd find Alex::
Alex Vipond: Alex was in the control room, staring at his phone for the two dozenth time that day as he debating calling back the number Mars had called from. Finally he set the phone down, looking up as Ian walked in. And if they thought they may have to have a conversation with their security man before... it was definite now. Alex smiled despite the dread that slithered along his spine over the coming conversation. "Hey." He nodded. "How is everything back home?"
Wile E Ki Yo Tea: Alex's phone would ring.
Alex Vipond: And no sooner had the words left his mouth and his phone rang. Alex eyed it a moment, almost cautiously before picking it up, checking the screen and putting on a smile once he saw it was Ki. Swiping the call, he turned in his chair to face Ian a little more, a nod given his words as he answered, "Hey, Ki, how's it going?"
Ian Lighter: Dude, you look like you saw a ghost or something.. The danger has passed, we didn’t lose any out buildings, time will tell if some of the crops suffered from the heat...if the grapes are sour, we make vinegar instead of wine.. doesn’t sell for as much. :: as Alex took a call, he shut up, found a seat and planted it, he was weary.. had been on the go, it seemed like for days::
Wile E Ki Yo Tea: "Hey Alex, it's going good. You happen to be in the area?"
Alex Vipond: "I'm at the studio, Ian just got back in, we'll be here for a while. What's up?"
Wile E Ki Yo Tea: " Eh, just wanted to talk with you a bit about things, mind if I drop by? "
Alex Vipond: "Swing on by. I'm not planning on going anywhere, any time soon." He smiled. "If you want, I can order us in some pizza."
Wile E Ki Yo Tea: "Sure, that would be awesome, got a gift for ya. Be there in a bit. text me the address. And I will call a cab. "
Ian Lighter: ::he wasn’t sure if Alex was speaking to him or the kid so he remained quiet::
Alex Vipond: "I will do that, but you're better off taking a Lyft or Uber, faster service, and the drivers aren't assholes."
Wile E Ki Yo Tea: "I will do that. Haven't tried either of those services yet. Okay talk to you in a bit. "
Alex Vipond: "Okay, see you soon." As soon as the call was over, Alex texted Ki the address so he could in turn, give it to the driver, and then he looked back at Ian. "My nephew is inbound. So you may be looking at wine vinegar instead of wine this year..."
Ian Lighter: It's possible, it would be a huge loss, but not a total loss... red wine vinegar does sell and has a lot of uses.
Alex Vipond: "I've heard of people taking it to improve their health. I'm not sure what the healthful properties are but I have heard of it."
Ian Lighter: That and its great on salads, in mixes for stuff..
Alex Vipond: "Cooking." he nodded. "It would suck if the whole crop was a loss though. I saw some of the news and it was just unbelievable. It was like the fires were on a mission."
Ian Lighter: It seemed like it, it came close but passed us by thank God.
Alex Vipond: "Like a tornado. Hitting this house and that house and skipping another." Alex shook his head as he pulled up the app to order pizza. "Nature is fickle at times. Kind of makes you wonder if there's a hand stirring the pot that shouldn't be."
Ian Lighter: Nature is capricious, that's for sure.
Wile E Ki Yo Tea: It didn't take Ki long to get to the Studio. He opened the door slowly and quietly peeking inside just in case they were recording or something. He was still wearing his Pacific Science Center’s work clothes. Just mainly a T-shirt that had the PSC logo on it and slacks with sneakers. He had a plastic ziploc in one hand, and his pack over his shoulder. -d-
Alex Vipond: "Mankind hasn't exactly helped matters either. So many advances, and yet... we're not so slowly killing our only home." Alex had a moment of pessimism there before he shook it off and looked toward the front, despite there being two rooms and a doorway between the front door and the control room where he and Ian were. He called out. "Back here, Ki!"
Ian Lighter: ::he glanced at the board, wondering if Alex was wearing some kind of alarm watch:: How'd you know he was here?
Wile E Ki Yo Tea: He made his way through to the main studio, grinning as he stepped inside. "Hey guys, what's up?" He looked around intently, it was his first time at the studio.-d-
Ian Lighter: Hi, Ki. How's it going?"
Alex Vipond: "Security system..." That he hadn't looked at. He smiled at Ki. "Hey, how's it going?" Alex gestured to the couch as he himself rose and moved to drop onto it, feet planted on the coffee table, ankles crossing.
Wile E Ki Yo Tea: " Going good, may have a line on another job along with my current. " He walked over to the couch, taking off his pack, then tosed the ziploc bag to Alex. It was filled with red peppers that looked like evil shrivled hearts with a green stem. " For you, thought you might like a bit of spice, got those from my managers wife. " He grinned and sat down, then looked over at Ian smiling. " Hows things going with you guys Cut any new tracks or whatever you do here?" -d-
Ian Lighter: Im not sure about Alex, I had to go home the fires were getting too close to the family vineyard.
Wile E Ki Yo Tea: "Oh you near that blaze I heard about on the news? wow. Worlds gone nuts man, though I hear it's supposed to be a wet fall and winter for California coming up." -d-
Ian Lighter: We really need it, it’s been so dry. Luckily we have an extensive irrigation system. but the water table is getting low. We need the rain.
Wile E Ki Yo Tea: "Instead of them trying to put in that oil pipeline across the US, maybe they should put in a water one from Canada. At least if terrorists blow part of it up all you get is a flood.. " -d-
Alex Vipond: Catching the bag, Alex regarded the peppers and contemplated what kind of marinade could be made out of them for something to throw on the smoker. He looked up from them and over at the other two. "Yeah, I'm not at all pleased with the Keystone project. It's a fucking disaster waiting to happen."
Wile E Ki Yo Tea: "Yeah lets run a pipeline across Americas Heartland. What can go wrong? " He smiled then pointed at the bag he tossed to Alex. " Carolina Reapers. " -d-
Alex Vipond: "Your boss's wife grow these?" Alex wasn't about to try one on it's own. He'd done that once. Once.
Wile E Ki Yo Tea: " No she got them when she went to see her mom, brought home three of those gallon Ziploc bags full. I told her I liked making chili so she gave me some, I didn't know what they were so, I just took one out of the bag and had abite without sniffing first... big mistake.. " -d-
Alex Vipond: Alex nodded. "We all tend to learn the hard way." Like sticking your tongue on the points of a nine volt battery. You gotta do it just once to get the fuck over it.
Wile E Ki Yo Tea: "Yeah my butthole hated me for two days after.. " He nodded. -d-
Alex Vipond: "I can imagine." Alex nodded. "So, I was talking to Ian about the weirdness of nature and how science hasn't caught up to it all yet. There's a lot of things science hasn't explained as of yet and some things they probably never will."
Ian Lighter: :: He tried very hard not to chuckle, he'd heard of peppers that were 100's of times hotter than jalapenos::
Wile E Ki Yo Tea: "Like the platypus. " -d-
Alex Vipond: "yeah that's just not right. What the fuck was the point of that one?"
Ian Lighter: "" then back to Alex's statement:: Yeah. Science has come a long way but may never function to explain everything in nature. To tell everyone that God has a sense of humor?
Wile E Ki Yo Tea: "Well if you believe in god, I think it's his way of messing with scientists. " He grinned. "Oh did you hear we are going to be going into another ice age in fifteen years?" -d-
Alex Vipond: "That would be the only reason for that one. Can you picture it? God sitting someone rolling with laughter and saying, Wait until they get a load of this one!"
Wile E Ki Yo Tea: "I believe god gave us the platypus, right after he made marijuana. " -d-
Alex Vipond: "How? With 163 degree heat in Iran, and let's not forget the temps we've been having." He looked back at Ki and cracked the fuck up, one hand lifted for a high five.
Wile E Ki Yo Tea: He slapped Alex's hand. " And on the six day.. god smiled down upon the earth and said... let there be twinkies and cheetoes. " -d-
Alex Vipond: "And pork rinds." He nodded. "And then he said this shit is good...."
Ian Lighter: You two are nuts..::but he was chuckling::
Wile E Ki Yo Tea: "It's not even greenhouse or anything that is going to start it, it’s the sun oddly enough. They say this mini ice age will be worse than the one in the sixteen hundreds. I'm going back to Vegas when that starts.. " -d-
Ian Lighter: Hmm.. weird. I'll have to look it up/ Normally ice ages last a few thousand years..
Wile E Ki Yo Tea: "Think it started like in the thirteen hundreds, and it was just a little one, the river Thames in England froze solid. " He nodded. -d-
Ian Lighter: So they called it an Ice age, instead f a really cold winter?
Alex Vipond: "Getting crap like that now with lake effect snow. And people are using that as a sign that global warming is bullshit but what they don't realize is that it's all the hot air pushing the cold air into isolated pockets."
Wile E Ki Yo Tea: " Little ice age. Cause it lasted a few hundred years. That and global warming is causeing the ice caps to melt, dumping cold water into the oceans, dropping the overall oceans temperatures and BAM.. It's that movie with that guy that had sex in the tent with the joker again. " -d-
Ian Lighter: ::speechless, he looked to Alex::
Alex Vipond: "I missed that one, but we are having fish getting cooked in the rivers. We lost a shit load of salmon this summer when they tried to spawn. They got upstream and died because the water was too warm." Alex shrugged and looked back at Ian. He was clueless on that one.
Wile E Ki Yo Tea: " The one where new york freezes over.. with that guy.. from .. that pershia movie, he is a cowboy and has male bonding with the guy that played the Joker. " He was digging out his phone so he could look up the actors and the movie he was trying to remember.... -d-
Alex Vipond: "Which Joker? Heath Ledger or Jack Nicholson?"
Wile E Ki Yo Tea: "Heath Ledger thats the guy... OH! The day after tomorrow was the movie. here it is. " Pointing at his phone. " That came out in two thousand and four? Heh I was like seven or so. " -d-
Alex Vipond: 'Gyllenhall. Don't much care for him as an actor, though his sister is ... much, much worse." Alex shook his head. "Seriously. Who told that woman she could act?"
Wile E Ki Yo Tea: "I didn't like her in batman. " -d-
Alex Vipond: "I didn't like her in that and well, I haven't liked her in anything. She's two dimensional."
Wile E Ki Yo Tea: "Speaking of batman. " He smiled. " I may have a new job down at Golden Age Collectables in Pikes Market. " He grinned at Alex. ' I can be your supplier so you can get your fix. " Bigger grin. -d-
Alex Vipond: Alex chuckled and nodded. "I will have to come down and check it out if you're hired. See what they have that I may want." He nodded and looked over at Ian. "Okay, hypothetical." he looked between the two and then back to Ian. "Bigfoot. Real or not?"
Ian Lighter: So, Alex, what do you collect? :: to Alex:: Open mind, there's evidence but a live one hasn't bee scientifically or publically proven.
Wile E Ki Yo Tea: " Bigfoot? Real, not sure if it is still around but real. " -d-
Alex Vipond: "Cars. Guitars. Cats..." Live ones as well as cat art... Just check the studio, there were four running about. Live ones that is. The cat art tended to be stationary. "But yeah I have something of a Batman fixation." He nodded as the two answered. "Okay, what about.... ESP?"
Ian Lighter: Absolutely that exists....
Alex Vipond: "Witchcraft?"
Ian Lighter: Got a bond with my brother that cant be explained..
Alex Vipond: "The twin thing." Alex nodded. He could see that.
Ian Lighter: A known religion with scary practitioners..
Alex Vipond: "What about....Ghosts?"
Wile E Ki Yo Tea: "Yep, I have seen one. " -d-
Alex Vipond: "Really?" Alex looked back at Ki.
Ian Lighter: ALot of people thing they've seen them, but since most people have an instinctual terror about them, and they shouldnt, if the ghost was a loved one... I have my own theory
Wile E Ki Yo Tea: He nodded. " Back in Vegas There was this house that no one never went in... well no one that didnt like go.. Dare you to go in there. I mean the druggies even stayed out of it. Saw a ghost in there. Didn't go back. " -d-
Alex Vipond: "Oh?" Alex nodded to Ki's words and then looked back at Ian. "What's your theory?"
Ian Lighter: This is gonna sound stupid.. but here goes I dont think that once you're dead, your energy can stay and haunt.. it’s not even Biblical... but... there's a whole host of spirits that are subordinate to the Father of Lies..
Wile E Ki Yo Tea: " George Bush?" -d-
Ian Lighter: wouldn’t put it past them to create a whole system of wrong belief :: looked to Ki and cracked up::
Alex Vipond: "Obama..." Alex leaned forward. "What would you consider to fall into this system of wrong belief?"
Ian Lighter: :: then sobering:: Would explain why we are instinctively terrified of ghosts.. why should you be sacred of the ghost of your beloved mother?
Alex Vipond: "Who says it's your mother though? What if the entity is someone who lived in the residence long before?"
Ian Lighter: :: a shrug::People arent all so inherently evil that the vast majority of sightings are inimical.
Wile E Ki Yo Tea: "Like the lady in the house that I saw.. and speaking of Evil, do you think a person can be born evil?" -d-
Ian Lighter: I think we all tend to lean towards evil, ..but not as infants..
Alex Vipond: "I wouldn't say we lean toward evil so much as some can't resist the pull of the faster, easier path. Just like with the whole witchcraft thing. If you had a goal that could be met with a lot of work, perseverance and sweat equity, or you could say sacrifice some small animal to the same end, which would you choose?"
Wile E Ki Yo Tea: "I like animals.... " though he eats a lot of meat. " Can it be like.. a frozen chicken or something?" -d-
Ian Lighter: The work and sweat, Im not sacrificing an animal unless it’s gonna be in my dinner pot...
Alex Vipond: "Exactly... Therein lies the difference between good and evil. You don't kill indiscriminately. You don't take the short cut. There is the difference between right and wrong, good and evil."
Ian Lighter: ::Ian did hunt and fish on occasion, so he had killed, but he wouldn’t kill for trophy::
Wile E Ki Yo Tea: All this talk about animals as food though.. " Where is that pizza?" -d-
Ian Lighter: Good question, and how many pepperonis were sacrificed for it?
Wile E Ki Yo Tea: "Not as much as we would like more than likely. " -d-
Alex Vipond: "Should be here any time..." Alex checked his phone to see that yes, it was en route. "It left the shop fifteen minutes ago so it should be here....." Rising he headed for the front. "Those poor pepperonis, sacrificed for our culinary pleasure."
Wile E Ki Yo Tea: "McDonalds, Burgerking, or IN and Out? Top fast food burger place?" -d-
Alex Vipond: "Jack in the Box!" Alex called out as he headed for the front office, and got there just as the delivery dude arrived. Smiling, he signed the slip, added the tip, and traded it for the two large pizzas sure to please any carnivoreand a couple two liter bottles of Dr. Pepper. Alex headed back toward the control room, and set everything down on the coffee table, then wandered off to grab some cups to drink out of, calling back as he did so, "Angels and demons?"
Wile E Ki Yo Tea: "With tom hanks?" Said as he pulled over a box, opened it, grabbed two slices, smushed them together and started chowing. -d-
Ian Lighter: Yeah I believe in them...
Alex Vipond: Coming back with the cups, he shook his head, no as in the real deal." He nodded to Ian. "What about lesser supernatural beings... Like... I don't know, vampires and werewolves?"
Ian Lighter: I believe in Tom Hanks too. His existence has been proven.
Alex Vipond: "This is true. I saw him at a red carpet event in LA. Tom does in fact, exist."
Ian Lighter: ::he looked to Alex::What about you? You havent offered an opinion about any of them.
Wile E Ki Yo Tea: " Angels and Demons yes, but not as emmisarys of god or the devil.. or as that too.. " He shrugged.. then glaced at Alex. " I would think werewolves more than vampires exist. " -d-
Alex Vipond: "Big foot I am not sure of. I think maybe he's one of those extinct things, or maybe he's just shy." Alex shrugged. "Angels and demons, without a doubt. Ghosts, not sure but I won't discount them. Witches fer shur," yeah that southern Cali slipped into his tone there. Never mind that he was born in France. He may as well be a Cali boy. With Ki's comment, Alex looked over at him. "Why werewolves more than vampires?"
Wile E Ki Yo Tea: " A dead guy that can live forever, turn into a bat, or vapor, is afraid of crosses and garlic? Please... I mean what if he was jewish? " -d-
Alex Vipond: "Who says he has to be dead? Or turn into a bat? Or vapor for that matter... Tales of vampires have been around long before Braham Stoker. I think there's even biblical reference to them."
Wile E Ki Yo Tea: " If you are refering to Cane and Abel, god marked Cane and made him roam the earth.. Don't think he said.. Okay Cane, your going to live forever, be fruitful and bite people to multiply. " -d-
Ian Lighter: I know there are vampire wannabee's that have canines implanted by dentists, drink blood and use goth =style make up to look pale and bloodeless..
Wile E Ki Yo Tea: "Fang bangers. " -d-
Alex Vipond: There were in fact, several biblical references which Alex could quote, almost ver batum. He set the cups out, filled them, and then opened the top box and then shook his head at Ki. "There are those whose teeth are swords, whose fangs are knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, the needy from among mankind. Proverbs, 30:14."
Ian Lighter: hell they have night clubs dedicated to that
Wile E Ki Yo Tea: He just looked at Alex... " Look at Uncle A, bustin out with the Holy of Holy Novels. " -d-
Alex Vipond: "I played in a fetsih club in New Mexico. Didn’t realize it was a fetish bar. There was nothing in the description mentioning it, but it was definitely a fetish bar that focused on vampires."
Wile E Ki Yo Tea: "How many of them wore sparkle makeup? Here is a good question... People check out at store, or you do it yourself? "-d-
Ian Lighter: What? Self check out, you mean? Depends on if I want cash back or no.
Alex Vipond: "Not a one, though there were plenty that had fangs. There was even an alcove where they gathered off to the side that had the name of the bar like graffiti painted on the wall with a mouth and fangs and a drop of blood. They seemed to use that area for their consensual biting." he nodded and then looked at Ki. "Depends on where I am and what I have."
Wile E Ki Yo Tea: "Well I am of the opinion, unless they are going to give me a generous discount, I want a person doing it. Cause I don't work for the damn store, and me doing that is taking jobs away from people that need to work. That and I always have to have someone come over anyway cause I mess up somehow.. so... people better. " -d-
Ian Lighter: Good thought about jobs...
Wile E Ki Yo Tea: "Hey our tech savvy is going to put a lot of people out of work. " -d-
Alex Vipond: And the momentum on the conversation seemed to be lost, and Alex didn't know how to steer it back onto topic without making it too obvious so he just plucked a slice from the box, picked up his cup and leaned back, taking a bite and looking between the two as he chewed.
Wile E Ki Yo Tea: "I mean look at the google car that can drive it's self... Next thing you know, no more taxi drivers, no more big rig drivers, no more pilots. " -d-
Ian Lighter: ::he leaned to get a slice of pizza and took a bite, meat lovers. fantastic:: Those driverless cars have to have a human driver, Ki
Wile E Ki Yo Tea: "Now.. give it five years. " -d-
Alex Vipond: "We're a long way away from complete automation on the road."
Wile E Ki Yo Tea: "Oh and the other thing. Werewolves, I'm more inclined to that, than vampires, but in a animalistic way. Jeckle and Hyde kinda thing.. " Did that sound good?.. he wasn't sure. -d-
Ian Lighter: I think there's some underlying truth to those legends.. There’s those people that grow hair all over... could be the start of early werewolf legends.
Wile E Ki Yo Tea: "Like Alex, have you seen his back?" He grinned at Alex. " Just funnin A. " -d-
Ian Lighter: So could some poor victim of rabies
Alex Vipond: "Hey, I do not have hair on my back." He barely had hair on his chest and those five weren't all that impressive.
Ian Lighter: Yeah, I’m hairier than Alex..
Alex Vipond: "But who is to say the vampire legends can't be based on truth? It could be some viral thing, that mutates cells and makes the person in question crave blood."
Ian Lighter: ::he thought about that:: Human beings dont digest blood, but there are those weird conditions that make people crave all sorts of non-food things..like ground glass, tin.. why not blood?
Wile E Ki Yo Tea: "Yeah but Vampires are supposed to be dead." He picked two more slices out of the box and jammed them together to eat. -d-
Ian Lighter: So are zombies.. I think.... and that's been proven true in a way
Alex Vipond: "There are also conditions that cause people to be sensitive to light, but what if this ... and for the sake of argument, let's call it a virus, actually mutates the very DNA of the person in question?" Alex shook his head. "Who says they're dead? Braham Stoker? And all were weeping and mourning for her, but he said, ''Do not weep, for she is not dead but sleeping.'' Luke 8:52."
Wile E Ki Yo Tea: "Yeah but Zombies don't think. They just attack. Vampires play with their victims like a cat. " -d-
Ian Lighter: Zombies are brain dead slaves of their voodoo creator, I think
Alex Vipond: "Not all do...." Alex looked at Ki, and then took another bite of his pizza.
Wile E Ki Yo Tea: " But a true loves kiss shall wake her.. Sleeping Beauty, Walt Disney. Are you telling me that a person who can live thousands of years, doesn't try a bit of evil during that life span?" -d-
Ian Lighter: Well I suppose if you go with the philosophy that there is some kernel of truth in most myths and legends..
Alex Vipond: "Charles Perrault... and he wrote it in 1697."
Ian Lighter: Hey supposing there is such a virus.. and it affects certain people..
Wile E Ki Yo Tea: "All the rich people would want it, and all us poor people would be cattle... " -d-
Alex Vipond: "I'm saying it depends on the person. Granted, people can stumble, falter, but it doesn't mean they're inherently evil."
Ian Lighter: there’s probably the likelihood that evil and good would remain in the same proportion as in the general population ::a nod to Ki:: Probably a really good reason for the afflicted to keep it very secret, if they didn’t want to end up in some government’s experimental labs
Alex Vipond: "It's no different than any other blood born pathogen. Who is infected is entirely up to chance and the ... the person doing the infecting."
Wile E Ki Yo Tea: "Let's put it in perspective though. " He leaned forward on a couch. " Let's say you are a good person, and you get this vampire virus right?" He looked from one to the other. " Okay you get infected and stop aging or youage so slowly it can't be noticed. At some point, I think no matter who you are.. You are going to be evil. " -d-
Alex Vipond: Alex just looked at Ki. "Really? And just how long does it take this evil gene to kick in?"
Wile E Ki Yo Tea: "After you watch your friends and family die around you? Watch your kids grow old and die.. And you are left alone.. afraid to make more friend because you know the outcome.. you become bitter cause you can't live out a life with
Ian Lighter: Unless you're a carrier and have the ability to pass the blood borne pathogen to your loved ones..
Wile E Ki Yo Tea: them cause Hey you are not trying to be noticed, and you looking the same and your wife getting older might draw some looks your way. So yeah at some point I think the mind will crack and that person will do evil things just cause they can. Though they may repent for it later in their unnatural life, and be good again. " -d-
Ian Lighter: So you dont think an inherently good person will do evil just because they are bored?
Wile E Ki Yo Tea: "No there will be pain envolved to push them to Evil, pain or some kinda mental break." -d-
Alex Vipond: "Oh come on..." Alex shook his head. "Pain and suffering doesn't make one evil. Not being able to cope.... Being a sociopath to begin with, yeah that can make one evil."
Ian Lighter: ::he grinned as the two of them got into it, and pulled out another slice of pizza::
Alex Vipond: "But any normal person picks themselves up, dusts themselves off and carries on. You make new friends, find love again, move on. It helps if you have something to focus on, like music, but it doesn't mean you're just going to cave in and become Jack the Ripper because you're fucking bored."
Wile E Ki Yo Tea: " Or you can go with the god syndrome... Were they don't die, so there is no god, so they can do what they want. " -d-
Alex Vipond: Alex rolled his eyes. "I'm not saying there aren't those like that, but you're painting with apretty broad brush and any fucking idjit can go that route, no matter their condition."
Wile E Ki Yo Tea: "Well yeah we are talking vampires here, that can be a diverse market of colors and brushes. I mean do they even know what they are in the eye of god?" -d-
Alex Vipond: "I mean, imagine where we would be now if Galileo were a vampire and had centuries to study the stars. We would be in distant galaxies."
Wile E Ki Yo Tea: "Or he would be killed by the god fearing people cause he lived so long.. " -d-
Alex Vipond: "In the eyes of God? They are his children for God created the earth and the animals and seas and all of that. And no, I don't think he did it in seven days, not our days. Who knows how God measures time. A day to him could be millennia."
Wile E Ki Yo Tea: " Like that saying, forever is the blink of gods eye. " -d-
Alex Vipond: "Sadly, mankind can be intolerant of anything different. Look at the history of mankind, even the recent history. Those who are different, be it their skin tone or their sexual prefrerences, they're treated as less than human. Large steps have been made yes, thank God, but we've still got a long way to go before people start coming out of the," and he made air quotes with his fingers, pizza slice waving in the air, "coffin." He took a bite of his pizza and chewed slowly. "Fiction writers, horror stories, surely have not helped. I mean seriously, the dude that made cornflakes made them to keep young people from masturbating. He also advocated circumcision, not because it was healthy but because it was supposed to deaden the sensations and again, prevent masturbation. Dude had some serious sexual hang-ups."
Wile E Ki Yo Tea: " So you think as some point in time the world is going to go all True Blood, and Vamps are just going to show up saying hey, here we are, been here a while, you all suck more than we do? Wait.. Cornflakes keep people from wackin off?" -d-
Ian Lighter: ::that had him choking on the bite in his mouth:: That's some serious commercial material for cornflakes.
Wile E Ki Yo Tea: "Is that why there is a rooster on the box?" -d-
Alex Vipond: "God I hope not." Alex shook his head at the Cornflake question. "No, but it's just as ridiculous a notion as circumcision. The rooster is because it's a breakfast food. And you eat in the morning the rooster crows, wakes your ass up..."
Wile E Ki Yo Tea: "Not because it’s a cock.. got ya. .. Same doesn’t hold up for sugar frosted flakes, I eat those all the time. I was just trying to picture how corn flakes could be used to stop a guy from masturbating... We need another subject now. " -d-
Alex Vipond: "Sugar frosted flakes are pure sales marketing. Proven statistic that kids like sweetened cereal over plain."
Wile E Ki Yo Tea: "Oh hell yeah. " -d-
Alex Vipond: "Frankly I like Lucky Charms."
Wile E Ki Yo Tea: "Did you know all fruit loops taste the same? fact. " -d-
Ian Lighter: ::shuddered:: Give me cheerios any day
Alex Vipond: "Smell is a large portion of taste. You can eat an apple slice with an orange slice under your nose and it would taste like orange."
Ian Lighter: Hmm going to have to try that.
Alex Vipond: "Okay so... question. If faced with any of these things we talked about. Angel, demon, vampire, werewolf... if someone were to walk up to you and tell you they were any of these things... what would your reaction be?" He looked between them, cup lifted and a sip of his Dr. Pepper taken.
Ian Lighter: Hmm Demon would scare the heck outta me, vampire the same if it was one of those nightclubbing wannabes.. if it was simply an infected person, hell we hafta live around HIV people. Without knowing who they are..
Wile E Ki Yo Tea: " Curious. Im one of those need to see it to believe it kinda guys. Hence my god affiliation. " -d-
Ian Lighter: how’s the vampire virus much different.. no bodily fluid contact, right? Werewolf.. depends on if the wolf is intelligent or non-intelligent when wolf..? there’s been fiction portraying wolves both ways born wolves, and made wolves.. those who retain their mind and those who don’t..when changed..
Alex Vipond: "Blood born pathogen yeah an exchange would have to happen in order to infect, wolf the same I would think." Alex nodded. "And one would think if two wolves mate they'd produce another."
Wile E Ki Yo Tea: "What about born human but turn into a wolf later?" -d-
Ian Lighter: thats wwhat I meant when I said "made"
Alex Vipond: "Again, if you're infected, you'll turn, I'm not sure if there are any cases of resistance."
Ian Lighter: so same precautions you'd take living with an HIV victim
Alex Vipond: "Right." Alex nodded.
Wile E Ki Yo Tea: "Oh I thought you were talking about being bit and turning into a wolf, or drinking water from the paw print.. " -d-
Ian Lighter: why would drinking water from a paw print do anything?
Wile E Ki Yo Tea: "It's folklore. " -d-
Ian Lighter: who would do that anyway?
Alex Vipond: "That one I don't know about. I have heard of that though, and sheer desire to turn is another but... who's to say. The paw print... maybe because the wolf's DNA is in it?"
Wile E Ki Yo Tea: "someone wanting to be a werewolf." -d-
Ian Lighter: probably because it might have blood in it, if the wolf was injured?
Alex Vipond: "Maybe, or... gross he pissed there, or left hair behind or some shit like that. Gives whole new meaning to the phrase, hair of the dog... Okay, next question. If a vampire offered to turn you, would you accept the offer?" He looked between them though his main focus was Ian. Not because he had plans for that, but because he wanted to know just how much Ian believed in the possibility.
Wile E Ki Yo Tea: "Did you know is the 1700s in France an army was put together for the only reason to kill werewolves?" -d-
Ian Lighter: :: he frowned:: Depends I guess on if I had some incurable disease and didnt want to die..
Wile E Ki Yo Tea: "I don't think I would want to live forever. " -d-
Ian Lighter: It would kill me, I think not to age but watch my brother and family die..
Wile E Ki Yo Tea: He pointed at Ian. " Yeah if I was going to pop off tomorrow, I might consider it. " He glanced to Ian, then at Alex.. one pizza box left and three slices.... he slowly lowered his hand to stack one on top of the other on top of the other... then sat back just as slow and quietly.. -d-
Ian Lighter: :: he caught a weird vibe coming off Ki and looked from one to the other::
Alex Vipond: "The Beast of Gévaudan." Alex nodded, then looked back at Ian. "Some aren't given the choice, but yes, watching those you love grow old and die...." he shook his head, his thoughts drifting for a moment. And as Ki jacked the last three slices, he smirked.
Wile E Ki Yo Tea: See if you move slow and quiet, they don't know you stole the last of the pizza... he opened his mouth wide and took a bite, chewing just as slowly... -d-
Alex Vipond: "It was creepy, being in that bar in New Mexico." Alex finished off the crust of his last slice and then chased it with a sip of Dr. Pepper. "I kept expecting to have someone point and accuse."
Ian Lighter: Of what? Certainly not a bad performance.
Wile E Ki Yo Tea: "Cause you are almost white as my sheets?" -d-
Alex Vipond: "Of being a vampire." Alex regarded him as he spoke, and then looked back at Ki. "Well there is that." And then he looked back at Ian.
Ian Lighter: ::he gave Alex a droll glance:: Well it was a vampire groupie bar...... I expect they'd try to find one in everyone who went in there.
Wile E Ki Yo Tea: He finished off the slices and belched.. " I would think so. " -d-
Alex Vipond: "True." Alex nodded, and then locked his eyes to Ian's. "But then in my case they wouldn't be wrong." Moment of truth here. Would Ian freak out, or would he think Alex had gone bat-shit crazy... no pun intended. Or maybe just think he was pulling his leg.
Ian Lighter: :: he looked at Alex flor a long moment, then at Ki, noted their expressions and started to laugh:: Good one, Bro
Alex Vipond: Pulling his leg it is. "Remember that night at the Gator, when your vision kept going wonky on you?"
Wile E Ki Yo Tea: Did Alex just drop the ruse.. Don't look at ki he was just looking at Alex. " You said not to tell him?!" -d-
Ian Lighter: ::what other response would he have expected?::
Alex Vipond: "There's a reason, for this Ki...." he looked at him and nodded. "Ian needs to know."
Ian Lighter: :: he looked to Alex:: Yeah,. Had it checks, Doc said its fine :: then he looked to Ki:: Tell me what?
Alex Vipond: Looking back at Ian, Alex nodded. "Your vision was wonky because I had compelled you not to see anything odd. And there was plenty of odd there that night."
Ian Lighter: :: his gaze narrowed on Alex:: You.. compelled.. me?
Wile E Ki Yo Tea: He just blinked and looked from Alex to Ian.. " That he was a Vampire. " He sighed and leaned back on the couch again.. -d-
Alex Vipond: "Yes. I ... manipulated you into not seeing what I didn't think you could handle. And... I apologize. I shouldn't have taken you there, for one, until after we'd had this conversation and for manipulating you once we were there." Rising he moved to his desk and plucked the small box up and moved back over to the couch, the box held out to Ian. "This has been imbued. By a witch. Wear it always and no one will be able to do to you what I did again."
Wile E Ki Yo Tea: " And we are going with witches too. " He just threw back his head and laid back now.. -d-
Ian Lighter: ::the fact that Alex had fucked with his mind was worse than the fact that Alex was a vampire, musta seen the steam starting to come from his ears, but it was hard to get totally angry with a sincere apology offered, he sat there, turning the bracelet over in his hands as he digested this all::
Alex Vipond: "I'm sorry, Ian. I ... wanted to protect you from this but matters have come to light that will make that rather impossible." he looked over at Ki. "Which brings me to the next bit of news I have."
Wile E Ki Yo Tea: He glanced over at Ian. " Messed with my reality when I learned all this stuff too.. You.. don't have any news you need to tell Ian about me right now... " He said his eyes going a bit wider.. -d-
Alex Vipond: "No...." Alex shook his head, "I got a call yesterday evening. From Mars." Yeah there was just no way to put it out there and soften the blow.
Ian Lighter: I suppose you're a werewolf, huh... ::he froze hearing what Alex said:: But wasn’t he the friend who was killed?
Alex Vipond: Alex gave Ian a double take, and then he looked at Ki, one brow rising, before he looked back at Ian. "Yes. He was. And he left me a voice mail: Said it was no joke; that his death wasn't faked, but that someone, somewhere, with juice to do so, brought him back."
Ian Lighter: "Messed with his reality" was exactly the right phrase.
Wile E Ki Yo Tea: And that made the kid just go stone still... Not the fact Ian got it on the first try but about Mars. " Heh.. I was told he died... " He shook his head. " Can't be him.. Juice?.. juice? " He swallowed then swallowed again, then got up quickly.. " Bathroom. " Was all he got out before he clamped a hand over his mouth, and found a trash basket to upchuck the pizza into. -d-
Ian Lighter: ::he snapped the arm band on, hoping it wasn’t some kind of enslavement band, but Alex had been straight with him in other things so he trusted the man this far and rose:: I need to get some air. This is just.. too fucking weird..
Alex Vipond: "Poor kid..." Alex watched him go and yes, heard him wretch and then he looked back at Ian. "It will protect you against any kind of mind fuckery. And yes, there is a strong presence here in the city..." Alex nodded. "I understand. And please, not a word. For the obvious reasons."
Ian Lighter: :: and HELL he couldn’t say anything to his brother, and of course that twin thing he’d his brother texting him asking if he was okay, had a weird feeling and was checking in.. that had him laughing..:: Oh God what do I tell him?
Wile E Ki Yo Tea: He found the bathroom, washed out the trash bin, and then his face and neck, splashing water over his face a couple of times.. then took in a breath and walked back out, looking at Alex.. "Okay.. " was all he said and went over to sit on the couch again.. " Might want to check on Ian. He's got a bit of fear going. " Didn't know the fear was that he didn't know what to tell his brother though.. -d-
Ian Lighter: His emotions more resembled a kaleidoscope at the moment all fractured and splintered:: "He's gonna know Im lying. And he's gonna know Im keeping something from him.Hell I would if the shoe was on the other foot.”
Alex Vipond: Alex nodded to Ki and wandered out to join him, lighting up a cigarette as he stepped outside. And yes, he'd heard Ian's question, same as he'd heard Ki come inside earlier. "Be as truthful as you can." Alex nodded. "He'll smell a lie, even long distance over text. Just tell him you had some news about your boss that found... startling. News that due to your position, you can't reveal." All of which was true.
Ian Lighter: I got a question, you got super hearing? super strength? you don’t die easily? You can compel people’s minds. Why the hell do you need a human security person, I’ve seen you up and about during the day.
Alex Vipond: "Yes, yes and yes." He nodded and then gestured to the bracelet. "That will keep me from compelling you."
Wile E Ki Yo Tea: Yes, yes, yes, can't do that .. would have had a date by now if he could do that.. Dammit.. -d-
Alex Vipond: He flashed that double dragon ring at Ian. "Imbued. Keeps me from being affected by the sun. And you're more to keep the fans at bay than anything else. To protect Adrienne and the baby." Anything supernatural Alex could handle, but people, overeager, wanting to get close and personal... that was where Ian stepped in.
Ian Lighter: Yeah well I need to go walk somewhere, grab a good couple of stiff drinks.. ::what else do you do when your vision of reality has been torn open wider than you ever expected it to be?::
Alex Vipond: "You want some company?" Alex would understand perfectly if Ian didn't want to set eyes on him ever again.
Wile E Ki Yo Tea: Watch hitchhikers guide to the galaxy with a new view. -d-
Ian Lighter: Not right now. I need some time to digest and figure stuff out.,..
Wile E Ki Yo Tea: Big fish, little pond, now little fish and we are swimmin the ocean. -d-
Ian Lighter: Well he never figured himself for a big fish, but he felt like he'd been thrown off the boat into an ocean filled with fish with very big teeth::
Alex Vipond: Pearly white.... Alex nodded. "Rest well, when you get there, Ian."
Ian Lighter: ::he asked one more question:: Does this bracelet protect me from previous mind fucks? In other words, have you or anyone else mind-fucked me other than that one thing you told me about?
Alex Vipond: "No, it won't undo what I've already done, but ... if you like; I can undo the earlier compulsion. And no, to the best of my knowledge, no one else has compelled you."
Ian Lighter: ::he needed to know if he honestly liked and trusted the guy, or if that too was a mind-fuck. he frowned:: So that is still active.. only when we go into that particular tavern? I haven’t had any other blurry spots or is active and will give me blurred vision if I see anything else weird anywhere else?
Alex Vipond: "Only at that moment. Once we left it would no longer be ... active, if you will."
Ian Lighter: Then no need to do anything about it right now.. Nuh unh wasn’t taking off the bracelet::
Alex Vipond: "Okay just remember if we go to the Gator, you're likely to see some weird shit."
Ian Lighter: So they will have to get used to me staring...
Alex Vipond: "Yes they will." Alex nodded. "Most are used to it. Callie, she's a hunter and has seen all kinds of weirdness."
Wile E Ki Yo Tea: And from the studio. " Son of a bitch! " Didn't know callie was a hunter... -d-
Ian Lighter: ::wasnt putting 2 +2 together re: vampire hunter thingie atm, was more thinking .. like deer hunter..::
Alex Vipond: Alex looked over his shoulder toward the door as he took another drag and chuckled. "Apparently Ki didn't know that." He looked back at Ian. "She only hunts the things that are not nice."
Ian Lighter: How many vampires here in Seattle? Werewolves? Hobgoblins? what’s the average guys chance at getting eaten when he goes out for a drink on Friday night?
Alex Vipond: "A lot more than anyone would think. Seattle's something of a hot spot for those of the not so human variety." He shook his head. "No hobgoblins that I'm aware of, and by and large, everyone behaves. We have laws, rules. Accidents do happen but not often. Those who deliberately attack, are dealt with swiftly and harshly."
Ian Lighter: And Callie is the police?
Alex Vipond: "Not so much. Police arrest, Callie, when it's called for, kills."
Ian Lighter: ::This time his phone rang, since he hadn’t texted a response to his brother and lifted it to his ear:: No, no, Tav I alright.. I’m, seriously.. I know I sound funny.. I feel all weird shit too.. Sorry I messed up your date...
Alex Vipond: Alex clapped him on the shoulder and then flicked his cherry out of his cigarette. Stepping back inside, he tossed the butt into the trash once he was assured it wasn't warm anymore.
Ian Lighter: No, no.. no threats, I’m not backed into a corner with three thugs ready to pound me into the pavement.. No, I found something out about my employer that startled me,, and no, given that Im in his employ I can’t divulge it..
Wile E Ki Yo Tea: He glanced up at Alex when the man walked back in. " Ian okay?" -d-
Ian Lighter: You wanna know what it is, you have an invite to work for the man too.
Alex Vipond: "Yeah, he's talking to his brother now. Twins. They got that telepathic thing going on."
Ian Lighter: now get back to your lady! ::he hung up::
Wile E Ki Yo Tea: He nodded.. " I used to know two girls who were identical twins, they would finish each other’s words and everything. " -d-
Ian Lighter: :: after that he walked to his truck and headed to a bar.. looking at the world with open eyes::
Alex Vipond: Alex nodded. "I knew a set of twins in New York...." he nodded but that was all he said about it, though his lips were pressed together to keep the smile from growing.
Wile E Ki Yo Tea: He glanced at Alex.. " I don't need to know about your porn Alex... " He smiled a bit, just avoiding talking about the subject he wanted to talk about. -d-
Alex Vipond: "Hey, one day...." Alex nodded. "Trust me, you will have stories of your own."
Wile E Ki Yo Tea: "Yeah. Sorry for going into the whole evil vampire things and stuff.. " He rubbed at his face with his palms. " So you just decided tonight was the night for Ian huh?" -d-
Alex Vipond: "With Mars back in action, I thought I was pretty much out of time to debate the issue. I mean, Adrienne and I have talked about it, especially with the baby coming. I mean... what if he shifts or something around Ian... isn't it better he knows now than later and be resentful that we didn't tell him?"
Wile E Ki Yo Tea: "True. " Was all he said about that.. " If you are going to be free this weekend, think you can drive me around and look at apartments? "-d-
Alex Vipond: "Sure." Alex nodded. "Any idea where you want to look?" Alex moved to collect the pizza boxes to put them in the trash and also picked up any napkins or other trash that needed to go.
Wile E Ki Yo Tea: "Places that are cheap . " He grinned "and kinda near work. " He got up and helped Alex clean up. " Hey Alex.. mind if I call it a night?" He glanced over at Alex again. -d-
Alex Vipond: "Cheap and near work, got it." He nodded, and then smiled to Ki. "Not at all, you get your ride situated and I'll finish up here. I need to go home and tell Adrienne about our conversation with Ian."
Wile E Ki Yo Tea: He nodded and pulled out his phone.. pausing for a long moment then finally going about finding a ride. " Tell Adrienne I said hi okay?" He walked over to grab his back pack. -d-
Alex Vipond: "I will do that." Alex nodded. "Be careful getting home Ki and we'll see you this weekend."
Wile E Ki Yo Tea: He walked over and gave Alex a quick slap on the back hug, then made his way out to his ride.. -d-