Very Unlikely (Rosie, Photo, open)

[Mourne]

I begin to leave the marketing area. "Thank god I got the last set of vials and test tubes. At this rate, I'll be getting those secrets in no time!" I'm so gitty with excitement. For years, I have been looking to unveil the formula to immortality and transmutation. Hehehehehehehehehehehehehehe... Hehe...

As I'm walking, I trip over... something, I think... Or was it a rock...A root? I dunno. But when I meet the concrete with a nice kiss, my vials and books come flying out of my back pack and crash against the cement... "I thought I had forgotten to zip my--" I realize what just happened. "Son of a..." I begin to curse loudly, while remaining on my knees.

[NoireRose]

Gabriel hears the boy cursing loudly and so he pulls on Lireal's sleeve. Soon enough Lireal quickly walks over to the boy and starts helping him pick up his books. "Are you alright?" She reaches out her hand to help the boy off of the gound while holding his books in her other hand. Meanwhile, Gabriel just leans against a tree in the shade allowing the cold breeze to hit his skin.

[photo of the booth]

<sup>Anna was walking down the street having a rather animated conversation with the Shadow People woman that she'd run into when she heard the boy yell. She looked around and saw someone on their knees, collecting stuff. Lireal walked up to help him then, and her eyes scanned the area until she found Gabriel. Lireal wouldn't have been so willing to help if she didn't know where Gabriel was. She'd noticed that when she met them.

She smiled, calling out a hello to Gabriel before turning to Lireal and the boy she didn't know and walked up to them. She too kneeled to help pick things up. "What happened?</sup>

[Mourne]

I look at the two women in front of me. Quickly, I snatch the books from their hands and shove them in backpack, "I wonder if they noticed the topic of the books..." Then, noticing the speed of my hands, I say, "Oh, uh... Sorry, but, uh... I like to keep my research to myself..." I explain lamely. "Oh, um... My name is Marcus. Thanks for helping and all... Uh..." I help myself up from the ground, then look at the shattered glass, "Uh, I'll leave you two to talk while I uh... Go get a broom to clean up the... the glass..." I walk away, sputtering. "Control yourself!"

[NoireRose]

"Ummm..." Lireal looked surprised at Marcus for leaving so quickly, she turns to look at Gabriel who looks like he's talking to somebody. I wander why Marcus was researching-- Suddenly I'm interrupted in mid thought by what Gabriel had said. "Sis, just leave him be he seems like he doesn't want to be bothered." Gabriel stops leaning against the tree and walked toward where Marcus is going, following him. Lireal simply blinked her eyes. "Brother!"

"Don't worry! I'll be fine!"

With that being said she sighed, Why did he go with Marcus if he told me not to?

[photo of the booth]

<sup>Anna watched Marcus walk off in confusion. He didn't seem to be very friendly. She was about to say something about that, when Lireal and Gabriel started talking. She turned to listen, then watched Gabriel walk off after Marcus. She turned to look at a very confused Lireal. She seemed to be trying to decide whether to follow them or not.

Anna's stomach twisted. She wanted to follow, but she also wanted to stay. Her desire to follow won, however. She flashed Lireal a half smile. "Well, um... He never told me not to follow, so..." She giggled nervously once. "Sorry!" she said, before turning to run after the two retreating boys. She stopped running when she came up on Gabriel, slowing to walk beside him. "Why'd you follow him if you told Lirey not too?"</sup>

[Mourne]

I'm walking to find that broom, when I hear footsteps behind me. Two sets of footsteps, to be exact. Then I hear that one girl, "Why'd you follow him if you told Lirey not too?" Ugh...

Um, not there, or there, or there. I decide to walk up to one of the local vendors and ask, "Uh, um, where's a, uh, broom?" The vendor shoves the broom into my hands. I then begin to make my way back when I run into that one boy. "Ow, oh, um, sorry..."

[NoireRose]

Lireal sighed at Anna leaving her there alone. She started walking around when she decided to lean against the tree Gabriel was leaning against. Soon enough she saw that there was something like a chain hidden under the snow....

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Gabriel was soon enough clenching his fists, until he heard Anna's voice, "Why'd you follow him if you told Lirey not too?" He slowly unclenched his fists and sighed. Considering he only got around 3 hours of sleep along with waking up with a migraine. He rubbed his head and then turned to her now rubbing the back of his neck. "It's complex" Several seconds later he felt the boy accidently bumped into him. He turned around and stared some what at the boy making sure he didn't see his eye. "Come on lets go, once we get there I have a few questions for you" He started walking back, knowing that Lireal would probably be upset knowing he left her there alone. I was hoping that Anna would stay there with Lireal He hung his head, ignoring the shadow people around. Well trying to ignore them whispering things into his ears and blowing on his neck.

[photo of the booth]

<sup>Anna frowned, confused. What were they doing? She really didn't know. Instead she followed quietly. She had a feeling that Gabriel wasn't happy that she'd followed. She'd guessed he wouldn't but she'd wanted to know what was going on, so she'd followed.

"Hi Lily," she said quietly as her fairy landed on her shoulder. Anna's eyes flitted over to the new boy. She didn't know what he was all about, but he seemed weird. She knew that didn't mean much though. After all, people thought that she was weird. She sighed in exasperation as they went back to the spot where Marcus had spilled the vials. "Are you okay?" she finally called to him. "You seem nervous about something."</sup>

[Mourne]

"Come on lets go, once we get there I have a few questions for you" I look at the boy and respond, "Um... Ok..." Is it normal to feel nervous? I feel very nervous, yes I do... We're walking along, so I let my mind wander off...

"--mel considered that being a scribe he might read the book without fear. He felt that the secret of life and of death, the secret of--" I've practically memorized Nicholas Flamel's biography. Then, I'm cut off when that second girl said "Are you okay? You seem nervous about something." Oh dear.

I respond with, "Oh I'm perfectly fine, th-thanks for asking..." Unconsciously, I move over to the glass and start using the broom to sweep the glass into a pile. Once that's finished, I look at the boy again and ask, "Um, wh-what was it you wanted to ask m-me?" I'm not liking where this is going...

[NoireRose]

When Gabriel was walking back with the boy you could hear in his voice that he was nervous. I don't think I will ask him those questions Finally we arrived back at the area were the glss was broken. "Oh...well I just--" Gabriel was cut off by Lireal. "Brother..." Gabriel looked at her and then yawned. Lireal walked over to him. "You know don't you?" At first Gabriel was confuzzed as to what Lireal meant, but soon he understood. "Yeah, now go back to Anna" He turned back to the boy. "My name is Gabriel, Gabe to my friends....." He walked closer towards where he thought the boy was. " My sister and I both know your secret, Alchemist"

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Lireal sighed and then headed over to Anna. I hope he doesn't make it to the point where Marcus won't talk to us....He's so ignorant sometimes "Anna what do you think of Gabriel?" She wanted to know, and honestly. She knew that Anna could give her that answer that she needed.