Far From Any Road

by **Sergei Tereshchenko** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 8:08 pm

An old blue hatchback MINI Cooper in rather obvious need of a new paint job pulled into the faculty parking area. The engine shut off and a man in a black coat climbed out. He absent-mindedly pulled out a pack of cigarettes, but put them back. Hadn't he promised his daughter he'd stop, before... he let the thought slide away as he silently looked out at the school.

"Home sweet home I guess," he said in a British accent.

(Open.)

by **Nailah Weaver** » Thu Oct 23, 2014 11:01 am

"Mister Tereschenko, I presume?" Nailah says from where she's been waiting near the entrance of the garage.

by **Sergei Tereshchenko** » Thu Oct 23, 2014 11:12 am

Sergei looked to her.

"Indeed."

He walked her direction, holding out a hand. "Just Sergei, please... miss?"

by **Nailah Weaver** » Thu Oct 23, 2014 11:13 am

"Weaver. Nailah Weaver." she says, shaking his hand.

by **Sergei Tereshchenko** » Thu Oct 23, 2014 11:26 am

"Quite the prompt welcome Miss Weaver," he said, "As if you knew when I'd show."

The hand felt wrong, like warm metal. Nailah would sense the powerful life magic and other, stranger spells bound to his being.

by **Nailah Weaver** » Thu Oct 23, 2014 11:33 am

"Indeed. No wonder Muir was bit perplexed at your condition." she says with a pointed glance at his hand.

by **Sergei Tereshchenko** » Thu Oct 23, 2014 2:10 pm

"It feels that strange to the touch does it?" he answered with a hint of defensiveness. It was true that the inducer around his neck only hid so much.

by **Nailah Weaver** » Thu Oct 23, 2014 2:26 pm

"Strange is relative around here."

by **Sergei Tereshchenko** » Thu Oct 23, 2014 2:52 pm

"I'd imagine so," he answered, no longer touchy about it.

"Here's hoping I find that a comfort."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Thu Oct 23, 2014 3:16 pm

"Most of us do."

by **Sergei Tereshchenko** » Thu Oct 23, 2014 3:23 pm

"That's good to know. Especially considering I've nowhere else to go at present. In my book that makes it twice you folks have saved my skin."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Thu Oct 23, 2014 3:48 pm

"It's what we do." she smirks faintly.

by **Sergei Tereshchenko** » Thu Oct 23, 2014 3:57 pm

"That it is," he agreed. "Catching dangerous people before they kill someone certainly has an appeal to it,"

by **Nailah Weaver** » Thu Oct 23, 2014 4:56 pm

"Usually it's still fairly reactionary though."

by **Sergei Tereshchenko** » Thu Oct 23, 2014 6:56 pm

"No one can see everything."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Thu Oct 23, 2014 7:29 pm

"Exactly. Would you care for me to show you where you'll be staying?"

by **Sergei Tereshchenko** » Thu Oct 23, 2014 7:36 pm

"If you don't mind."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Thu Oct 23, 2014 8:37 pm

"Not at all." she says, leading him towards Dower House.

by **Sergei Tereshchenko** » Thu Oct 23, 2014 8:45 pm

"Is it as posh as it looks on the outside?"

by **Nailah Weaver** » Thu Oct 23, 2014 10:33 pm

"Maybe not quite." she chuckles.

by **Sergei Tereshchenko** » Fri Oct 24, 2014 9:49 am

"Still can't be worse than my last place. Police officers can't often afford nice flats. Unless they're on the take."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Fri Oct 24, 2014 10:12 am

"And it certainly beats Muir."

by **Sergei Tereshchenko** » Fri Oct 24, 2014 10:14 am

He was silent for a moment.

"Yes... that it does..."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Fri Oct 24, 2014 10:21 am

"I apologize. You probably prefer not to dwell on that."

by **Sergei Tereshchenko** » Fri Oct 24, 2014 11:03 am

He took a deep breath and let it out, calming his nerves.

"The people at Muir helped me keep my sanity and I'm eternally grateful, but I hope I never see any of them ever again."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Fri Oct 24, 2014 11:18 am

"That only makes sense, especially after what you've been through."

by **Sergei Tereshchenko** » Fri Oct 24, 2014 2:16 pm

"So..." he said, changing the subject, "are you a professor here?"

by **Nailah Weaver** » Fri Oct 24, 2014 2:22 pm

"Indeed. Literature and Languages."

by **Sergei Tereshchenko** » Fri Oct 24, 2014 2:31 pm

"Interesting subjects. Though I'm afraid the only non-English language I'm any good at is Russian, and that's only because of my grandfather never being terribly good at English."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Fri Oct 24, 2014 2:43 pm

"Вы предпочли русски?"

by **Sergei Tereshchenko** » Fri Oct 24, 2014 3:19 pm

"Определенно нет. Я даже никогда не был в России."*

*("Definitely not. I've never even been to Russia.")

by **Nailah Weaver** » Fri Oct 24, 2014 3:44 pm

"Fair enough." she chuckles.

by **Sergei Tereshchenko** » Fri Oct 24, 2014 6:57 pm

"And I can't say I have any desire to as long as Putin is trying to revive the Soviet Union."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Fri Oct 24, 2014 7:03 pm

"Don't get me started."

by **Sergei Tereshchenko** » Fri Oct 24, 2014 7:22 pm

"Besides, I rather think of myself as a Brit with a funny name."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Fri Oct 24, 2014 7:25 pm

"I tend to think of myself as a Mutant first."

by **Sergei Tereshchenko** » Fri Oct 24, 2014 7:34 pm

"I'm shamed to admit I spent the majority of my career distancing myself from my mutation."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Fri Oct 24, 2014 7:42 pm

"Then you're handling this whole thing remarkably well."

by **Sergei Tereshchenko** » Fri Oct 24, 2014 7:52 pm

"I'm in a good place... at the moment at least."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Fri Oct 24, 2014 7:56 pm

"Good. If you ever feel the need to talk, a lot of people here have been through some rough things, so we can relate."

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