pretty things and memories

[demitri]

He sat playing with the jewel, rolling it back and forth between his fingers
He couldn’t seem to sit still
Read
Study
Nothing
Then again, all of his energy was focused on this little trinket and there wasn’t much he could do until Alex got there
All he could do was go over and over what had happened last night
He remembered foolishly creeping into the castle and getting so nervous that he couldn’t even hold his body together, just…melting into a puddle on the floor and trying to squirm away and then
It went black for a while
There was a gap in his memory where at least a good hour of puddle wiggling should have been
Perhaps his brain had been so over charged with the worry of King Jack (whom Demitri had a firm suspicion that the King wasn’t to fond of him as is) finding a trespasser on his lawn that he had blocked it out, because the next he remembered he was sitting in the library chair, dazed and groggy at the morning light and the jewel in his front pocket.
He obviously went through with it
But what had gotten blocked out ?
Slowly he stood
Might as well take his rounds around the library
He placed a few scattered books; tenderly back onto their shelves
As he neared the end of the row he found one of the library’s tiny decorative mirrors broken
He sighed heavily
Rotten kids
Coming in here
It was most likely the group of holligens from the day before, hanging off bookshelves and throwing the books at eachother
Most likely knocked it off
Damn kids
He picked up the shards and placed them on the desk, going back to his makeshift office nest in the corner of the library

[Miss Jack]

When Alexander crept into the library, he felt like a fugitive. He half expected his dad to be waiting for him at the threshold demanding the jewel back. After the whole Gaia thing, he wouldn't be surprised if Jack really made good on his threat to leave in Rissa.

He opened the door to Demitri's study, and the jewel he'd been wearing around his neck under his shirt thrummed to life, reunited with the jewel in Demitri's hands. He eyed the broken mirrors and scattered books, raising an eyebrow. "What happened in here?"

[demitri]

Demitri Sighed,
“Delinquents happened.”
Crossing over and picking up two tattered books that looked as though someone thought it would be fun to feed it to their dogs and decided to clean it in the dishwasher,
“Oldest books in the library and here I find them tossed about like toys, rotten kids, I wish they were banned from the Library…or at least have them kept off my lawn.”
He growled, crossing back over to his chair where the jewel remained, pulsing in it’s own crystaled language with Alex’s own jewel
A smile crossed his face,
“At least we have other things to worry about for the moment, I doubt will have much time with your father’s little toy before he realizes where it’s gone missing.”

[Miss Jack]

Alexander frowned. He didn't care about delinquents (he was one, after all), but he cared that one of the only things his friend truly cared about was ruined.

He smirked, hoping his nervousness didn't show through. "Yeah, but remember our plan. If he does come, save yourself." He rubbed his hands together. "Okay-- what we first need is a playground. Somewhere where a lot of mass destruction might go unnoticed."

[demitri]

“The books, the books can be repaired, some were destroyed, lamentable, but I found something that compensated for it all, come.”
He headed towards a door that rested at the back of the library, pushing a stack of books away from the entrance it opened with a large creek and Demitri shot a grin at Alex,
“I don’t think I’ve ever showed you this room before.”
And stepped into the darkness