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What: Someone's gotten a little bored with hiding out.
When: Saturday, January 7th
Where: Anywhere between the castle's 5th floor and the roof.
Rating: PG for now (TOY HELICOPTER...)

Joshua was more things now than he'd ever been. Apostle. Devil. Convict. Soon maybe Man could be added to that list, considering he would be eighteen in merely a few months. But that didn't seem to matter to him yet, because despite all the danger he had not only gotten himself into, but dragged others through, he was still a teenage boy.

A teenage boy who really loved sporty gadgets just as much as the next one.

And this one was rather state of the art, if not stereotypical. A toy helicopter that needed the barest hint of his supervision to fly was the best Christmas gift he could give himself, really! And unfortunately while Pharos offering up his room from the cold has been a pleasant vacation thus far, there really wasn't enough room to play with his new toy.

Which of course meant it was time to stray out of his safe hiding spot, though not with too much flash, continuing to dart among the shadows and alcoves littering the layout. Anybody wandering the upper halls or the roof of the castle might be alarmed to find the small toy hovering around, or even following them, but whoever must have been behind it wasn't about to show themselves. Good thing the battery lasts only five minutes at a time...

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Zelman's reasons for being there aren't unusual. He's mostly wandering around the halls, checking the doors to see if anyone interesting has left (or, in rare cases, arrived). Maybe someone interesting will be out and about. You never know.

The buzzing is equal parts curious and annoying, though. He's not particularly aiming to wind up there, but eventually he finds himself in the hallway with the toy helicopter. He watches it with the sort of intent boredom one might send in the direction of a fly.

"...Really?"

If it gets too close to him, he'll snatch it by the tail so that all it can do is buzz ineffectually in place.

Joshua would never make it that easy for somebody like Zelman. Maybe it was enough to have it chase around some colorful pony that screamed a lot, but messing with an actual predator was a totally different story.

But he has more than just a remote control on his side if he gets too bored. Maybe he could just let Zelman know that it's him, but the alternative is just far too delightful an idea.

Just as the vampire's hand is about to reach the little contraption, it's suddenly gone. No matter if he blinked or not, it just isn't there. Instead, it's further down the hall behind him, it's annoying hum almost a taunt.

Yes, well. No matter how many years of experience you have in life, objects suddenly disappearing and reappearing somewhere else while you're looking at them? That stuff is hard to immediately comprehend.

So Joshua gets a look of surprise out of him, then mild confusion when he turns to see the thing buzzing around behind him. All of that, of course, is quickly filled with his typical brand of less-than-amused.

Now, now. Who could have done that? He had a feeling the kid was hanging around, but this... Well, call it a good hunch.

"You're lucky I don't set it on fire, kid."

That draws out some hushed laughter before it's completely halted, and the small toy disappears again, shortly reappearing back in front of him, in Joshua's arms.

Sup.

"Don't do that! It's an innocent bystander, ruled by the puppet master."

That, he's a little more used to. Pharos pops up constantly like that, and often with less introduction. He swears, the place tries its damnedest to numb out surprise completely.

"What an unfortunate allegiance." Sup to you too. "Maybe a light melting around the edges would be a more suitable fate."

"Hey, now! This was my Christmas present to myself, and I'm definitely not done with it."

It's honestly the safest way for him to enjoy basic 'human' interaction right now. Well, safe until someone's able to call him out. But considering it's Zelman, he doesn't seem too bothered by this dilemma.

"Ah, but I can't exactly keep hanging around out here in the open. Anyone's bound to open their door any second. Now, 'Most Wanted' is a bad thing, right? It doesn't sound like it should be."

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