Someone That Shouldn't be Here (Matrim)

[Arkady Awren]

It was time for some well deserved chillaxing for Arkady, a full day of getting stabbed and such. He made his way across the rooftops quickly to the nice places of California in contrast to the Boondocks where he made residence. The buildings got smaller as he got closer to the plazas so he slowly made his way down the buildings... With style!

He finally made his way to the actual streets and decided on his favorite hang out. The smoothie shop was great for hanging out as everyone loved smoothies.

Arkady opened the door and entered as the door rang behind him, signaling his entry to the smoothie barkeepers. As he sat down a nice barmaid approached him and asked what he wanted. His favorite was the berry blitz with extra strawberry, but today was a special day for which he would try something new! With a quick delivery of a smile Arkady attempted to make his order.

"Hmmm... I'll take a chocolate with peach... No a strawberry shake... Eh... Um... Er... No, wait!"

Before he could change his order he came to the sad realization that the barmaid had already gone off to make his drink. To him, he could deal, but that will forever be the smoothie that got away...

The door bell soon rang again signaling another entry and Arkady took a peek to see who it was...

[Matrim Gallagher]

Matrims stomach rumbled. And he knew he couldn't exactly eat with his jaw so messed up. His face was bandaged, his chin, and his forehead. Aside from the bandaging which looked more like a bad fashion statement, he was pretty normal. Leather hooded jacket, jeans, boots, and a red t-shirt underneath the jacket which was unzipped. He had been riding his bike around that day, the motorcycle was a fun ride in a town like this since he liked the feeling of the wind in the heat. It managed to cool him down. But wearing his jacket and being hungry and not being able to eat large solid foods he came to a sudden realization.

Fruit smoothies... filling, you use a straw, they are tasty, and even better they can be good for you. Yeah, this was a good idea....

Matrim made his way to the closest smoothie shop. He hadn't tried this one in particular, but it looked good since it had customers, so Matrim walked in and got in line. There was a blue haired kid about Matrim's height standing in line. Matrim looked over at the clothes this kid was wearing and came to the realization that the weird clothing sparked a memory in him. It felt familiar, and he was reminded of all his weirdly dressed friends back home. A grin came across Matrim and he was put in a rather good mood as he looked up at the menu.

"So... what's good in this place? I've never been here before," Matrim asked the kid. He was feeling a little talkative, even though his jaw was messed up and it hurt to talk, he had pills in his coat pocket. Once he got his drink he would take the vicodin. Hospitals were great...

God I love pills....

[Arkady Awren]

"So... what's good in this place? I've never been here before,"

Arkady was slow to realize where the voice was coming from even though he had watched this guy walk in. He had actually been staring at his face the entire time, just sort of entranced by how mashed up this guy was. But after he realized he was staring he shook his head and flashed him an embarrassed smile.

"Oh, I'm sorry I didn't mean to be rude, but dayamn! Anyway... I usually go for the berry blitz because it is like an orgy in your mouth, but the pina coladas and basically everything else here are good too!"

He tried to hide his russian accent, but didn't do so well with that in the end. Some people around here didn't like Russia and it had cost him for it time and time again.

He went back to staring at the guy's face, the bandages were heavy and it was so eye catching! His jaw slightly dropped in awe of how mussed up his drinking partner was. It was soon after beginning his stare fest that he finally figured that he may as well ask what happened.

"So, uh... What happened with your face? Get in some big fight? Did you like totally kick their ass? Oh well... I guess I wouldn't assume so..."[/b]

His questions were many, but that would just lead to one big, completely unawkward moment between them for their stay at the smoothie shop. He received his smoothie right after finishing his questions and as soon as he got it he began to gulp it down, even though it wasn't the flavor that he wanted...

[Matrim Gallagher]

"Oh, I'm sorry I didn't mean to be rude, but dayamn! Anyway... I usually go for the berry blitz because it is like an orgy in your mouth, but the pina coladas and basically everything else here are good too!"

The mans stare would be returned with one of Matrim's own. The guy had a Russian accent of all things, it was slight, but it was still there. You could tell the guy was a Russian. And Matrim was tempted, but he held back. Even though the guy commented on Matrim's bandages, he still held back.

"So, uh... What happened with your face? Get in some big fight? Did you like totally kick their ass? Oh well... I guess I wouldn't assume so..."

"The other guy is one hundred percent fine. He might of roughed his knuckles up a bit against my face, but that's about it. It's sort of a complicated story in which I regret very much so I try to pretend it never happened," Matrim said. And the lady behind the counter came back and gave him a smoothie, he turned pulling his card out and said, "Uhm, the berry blitz..... thingy.... " And like that the lady was gone. Matrim held onto his card waiting for her to come back. Meanwhile the Russian was working on a brain freeze.

"....." Matrim stared at him slightly and finally he said, "Say moose and squirrel... just once...."

[Arkady Awren]

"The other guy is one hundred percent fine. He might of roughed his knuckles up a bit against my face, but that's about it. It's sort of a complicated story in which I regret very much so I try to pretend it never happened,"

With one last slurp he released the straw with a pleasing 'Ahhh', followed by the gripping of his head along with a scream of pain. He was just hit with an absolutely enormous brain freeze lasting for more than 30 seconds. Arkady was sure that he wasn't the only one experiencing a brain freeze, but then again, he was the only one there to slurp down his entire smoothie in one sentence.

"Say moose and squirrel... just once...."

Arkady looked at the wrapped up dude, back to his empty cup and then back to the mussy guy. He was confused on why he would say such a thing for no apparent reason, but he would humor the face vegetable just for now cause he felt his pain. He got stabbed and he would enjoy a little bit of fun too since he was somewhat in the same place.

"Moose and squirrel?"

It was several seconds after he said the two words together that he finally figured out what was so funny. Arkady himself didn't find it very funny because he was the Russian one, but the charisma cripple would probably get a kick out of it. Arkady simply stared at him once again except not directly at his bandages, but at his overall face.

[Matrim Gallagher]

Matrim got his drink and couldn't stop laughing. He was giggling and it hurt his jaw so much so he stopped, followed by a few 'ow' noises. He paid for the smoothie and quickly took a drink, getting a pill out he popped it in his mouth and swallowed. He took another sip of his smoothie and popped a second pill, putting them away. He let out a noise of complete pleasure, the taste of the smoothie was indeed very delicious.

"Sorry, I couldn't resist," He said smiling to the other guy, he would pat the guys shoulder with his right hand, "Come on, lets sit and talk while you ride out that brain freeze..." He was in a good mood. He went and found a seat, hopefully the kid would follow. If not, it was ok since Matrim was probably looking very much like an insane person. But he was in a good mood, he had pills! ^_^

If the kid sit across from Matrim he would say, "You were right about the smoothie, so, whats your name? You go to school around here? Perhaps Moral Crest High?"

Still can't believe he said it....

[Arkady Awren]

"You were right about the smoothie, so, whats your name? You go to school around here? Perhaps Moral Crest High?"

Arkady had followed him to the table where they both had indeed sat across from each other and Matrim had rolled out his fair set of questions. Wait a second, did he really ask for a name? That must mean that they were buddies now! Arkady was absolutely beaming by now, nothing could make him happier than a new friend.

"Name's Arkady, Arkady Awren and you are? Oh, actually yes, in fact I am a new student at Moral Crest High and I'm supposing you attend there too?"

He inclined his head as he made his introduction as he wanted to at least seem like he had some manners. He hadn't really guessed that his school was such a popular one, considering that he was in a fight on his first day. He tried to get that thought out of his head, fighting for fun was fun, but fighting to kill someone is not.

[Matrim Gallagher]

"Name's Arkady, Arkady Awren and you are? Oh, actually yes, in fact I am a new student at Moral Crest High and I'm supposing you attend there too?" He said, and Matrim was somewhat smiling, drinking his smoothie, but nearly choked to death on it at the name Awren. He looked at the kid in the eyes, getting almost uncomfortably close to do so, searching the eyes.

Why aren't they orange.... why the hell aren't they orange....

"Cool name...." He said and sat down, "Anyway, strangely enough my name is Matrim, Matrim Awren Gallagher..." Yeah, Matrim was one too. But it was just the middle name because of the whole mind meld he did with Omega. It was one of the weirdest things, Matrim was really good at math because of it. Freakishly good at Math. Hell, he even had an orange eye for a short time.

Blue eyes... he's not the same.

"And yeah, I go to the same school," He said, no longer in the guys face, but still trying to mentally imagine this guy with orange eyes. Somehow it just didn't fit it, but he looked like he was an Awren. Perhaps he was a distant relative or something, like Thalia... but even Thalia had orange eyes.

I'll be damned....

"I'm the Varsity Captain, a pillar at the school." He said. Wondering just how close this guy might have been to Aternity in blood line. If they might have been related or not.

[Arkady Awren]

"I'm the Varsity Captain, a pillar at the school."

Arkady's eyes widened immensely when he mentioned that he was in a position of power in his new school. It seemed like he was already making progress in a pursuit of power, gnawing the columns of order.

"Oooooooh~ What's that? Is that like some sort of ASB or something? What are pillars?"

He had never heard of a pillar system in a school as this was his first American school. He only assumed it was some kind of school order, but it could have been a gang or something! Was he fraternizing with gang members already?!

"You aren't in a gang are you?!"

[Matrim Gallagher]

"You aren't in a gang are you?!"

Strangely enough yes, but the Pillars aren't one....

"No, nothing like that. The Pillars are like ASB. Except probably a bit more powerful then your average associated student body. We basically run the school. My job as Varsity Captain is sports. I run the sports programs and such, making sure the teams are training and practicing, making sure to recruit athletes, taking care of equipment needs and all that sort of thing."

He sipped more of his smoothie, and then continued on, "There are four of us. The School Captain who is our leader, Student Body President who's sort of the brains of the operation, I am the sports guy, and we have a Head of School Newsletter who does the... well, school newsletter like it says in the title. It's a pretty good system and it's been working for us so far."

He then finished his smoothie and let out a sigh of relief as the cold icy liquid refreshed his body without giving him a brain freeze since he was extra careful. He barely even noticed the pain in his jaw because of the pills that he took, "So what brings you to California Arkady?"

[Arkady Awren]

Arkady was somewhat confused at Matrim's reply, maybe it was some sort of secret gang or something? Though the only real gang activity that he had seen and been a part of was when he got stabbed. That made him quite stereotypical of gang violence around here so far.

"So what brings you to California Arkady?"

Arkady was at a point of paranoia when the Captain brought up his past. It was a question of what the information would be used for and why he really needed it. But they were chummy already so Arkady decided to reveal his life, but keep it at least a little bit subtle.

"Oh, you know, go to school, escape the Russian Secret Service, pick up some cuties and write some books."

Was that subtle enough? Me thinks it may have worked! Oh well, if Arkady was turned in he'd just run away again probably to Alaska or Canada or somewhere else like that. But... If Matrim did go off and blab to the RSS about his whereabouts... His life would be torn apart...

"Yep, that's about it. Just trying to live out life to it's fullest... Say, what are your plans for the future? Other than getting your ass handed to you again! *wink wink*"

[Matrim Gallagher]

"The Russian Secret Service? Well, can't say I'm surprised. Not exactly like normal circumstances would bring a Russki such as yourself to sunny California," He said, giving no care to using the term Russki. He didn't view it as derogatory only because he didn't know if Russian people took offense to it. It was just a phrase to him, perhaps it was the same way for Arkady. "But I won't be getting my ass handed to me like this again. This wasn't a fight to tell you the truth, it was atonement for something I did to someone. Something I won't do to anyone else. It doesn't make up for my sins, but it was enough to make me feel better about myself."

As self serving and idiotic as it seems....

"Trust me, in a fair fight, it wouldn't have been this bad. Besides, I don't think I'll be fighting that guy again any time soon. You should be more worried about yourself though. This schools full of fighters, we managed to stop a lot of the on campus fights, some rules we laid out and such, but it hasn't stopped it completely. Still a violent place for a kid such as yourself," Matrim said, winking back towards the kid, "Hope you can hold your own in a fight."

[Arkady Awren]

Arkady let out a chuckle about Matrim's reference to 'Russkis', but he let it slide. He was actually unaware that people actually used that name anymore. He was in no need of being questioned so they changed topics quickly, but oh so gracefully...

"Hope you can hold your own in a fight."

That being said, Arkady felt the need to prove himself as one not to be screwed with. If life gives you it's horns you grab 'em right? Well, Arkady was one with a lot of dignity and it was well earned dignity!

"Me, hold my own in a fight? Well, let us see here... My day was filled with getting stabbed on way to school... Visited hospital... Then I went back to school, with bandages still on. I think I have got it on chain."

Arkady delivered a well deserved wink to Matrim, along with the thoughts. Damn, even I impressed myself! He actually began to unbutton his robes to show the wound of bad assedness. It totally beat the crap out of Matrim's injury!

"Wanna see?"

[Matrim Gallagher]

"Wanna see?"

Strangely enough....

"Hell yeah that sounds hard core," Matrim said, getting actually interested in this. He had scars from time to time, but the knife injury thing just sounded really cool for some reason. Out of nowhere it was like he wasn't the same guy who broke several bones when he lost to Natasha, he wasn't the guy who had fallen off a four story building and landed on his head, surviving to tell the tale. No longer was he the war veteran who had been shot on a few occasions. Occasions of which his shield had not been up to deflect the bullets.

Man.. knife wound... I don't think I've ever had one of those... I saw that big dude back on 650 get one... what was his name? Oh well, I'll remember another time. Man! This is so badass...

"You know, I used to have blue hair once..." Matrim said randomly It was true too, it was short everywhere but bangs, blue, and his bangs were incredibly made of win, "I kinda miss it now....."

[Arkady Awren]

"Hell yeah that sounds hard core,"

Arkady released a big grin and took off his robes, revealing the previously covered bandaging. He rubbed the bandages where the red marks were, but the veins of red throughout the bandages showed exactly where the wound was. Most of the time with stabbings they go in and open the wound up more to clean it and then they stitch it up. Arkady was in a rush though and needed to get to school so he just took some bandaging and wrapped himself up.

"You know, I used to have blue hair once..."

Arkady tried to picture Matrim with blue hair, but to no avail, his hair was just to unkempt to look good in blue. In such a case, Arkady pictured him with his hair shorter AND blue... It didn't look too bad either, he just must've really let his head go.

"You would have looked just like me! To an extent..."