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[Eveangel Stonefeather]

Eveangel Stonefeather walked through the store, her heels clicking on the floor. She had grown tired of her music. People turned to stare at her. Eve always had an unconventional way of dressing. Some people would cross the sidewalk to be away from her. Her black hair swung freely. Now, what kind of music did she want to listen to?

Screamo was too loud and it reminded her of those three cute guys with the possible blown eardrums. Soft rock, she wasn't in the mood. She skipped over the pop culture without even glancing at it. Her phone rang, singing Within Temptation. Oh, didn't they have a new album out? "Hey mom," she said into the phone. Whatever her mother said on the other side made Eve freeze and drop the case.

After getting off the phone, she bent down to pick it up, bumping her hand into someone else's. It ended up in her hands and she straightened to say sorry.

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Ever since Milan had moved into his new home (which had only officially been his for about two weeks now), he had come to realize that, hey, he hardly had any CDs of his own. Most had been given to him by his parents, mostly because they had doubles, and more than half of it he never put on because it didn’t meet up to his taste. So with that in mind, he had headed over to the mall to hopefully purchase some new ones.

It was pretty calm in the Quarter Note, but he didn’t mind that. It would make him feel less rushed to move out of someone’s way, if that even made sense. Anyhow, Milan hadn’t been inside for that long when he caught something dropping to the floor in the corner of his eyes, not standing too far away from Eve. The man waited a couple of seconds, not sure if she had noticed, but given she did not react right away (this might be due to her phone call), he stepped over to pick it up.

Eve, however, appeared to be doing the same thing at the same moment, and he was quick to retrieve his hand as contact was being made. He was just as quick to stand up straight again, only to give her a friendly smile. He hadn’t realized before, but she was one of the teachers at Hammel. Being a recruiter, he came there often enough.

”No, I am sorry. I thought you hadn’t noticed.” Milan mused.

[Eveangel Stonefeather]

Eve gave him a smile. "Oh yes, I seem to be very distracted today," she said, putting the CD back in it's place. She didn't like that band anyway. He looked oddly familiar. A finger tapped her chin as she tried to place him in her head. Ah, yes! One of the recruiters. "Your Milan right?" A band name caught her attention a little ways down the aisle.

Without wanting to break contact with him, she moved down subtly and picked up the band album. Black hair fell like a backdrop for her pale face. "Yes, I do believe that is your name," she said quietly, still trying to place him in her mind.

Eve held the CD in her hand, clutching it like he was going to take it away from her. She placed her hands in front of her body and turned to face him again. Of course, he was easily taller than she had. A couple of people milled about in the Quarter Note, looking at other genres of music. "So, how have you been?" She pushed hair behind her ear.

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Ah, so she recognized him as well. If Eve had not given a sign of that, Milan would have been incredibly reluctant to guess her name, mainly because he knew women did not appreciate it when you got it wrong. ”Mhm,” he nodded as his gaze followed every move she made. ”That’s my name, and you’re Eve, right?” Please say yes. He would be so ashamed otherwise.

Eventually his eye fell back to the CDs, randomly going through them, just in case something might catch his attention. He wasn’t sure what to look for in the first place, so. ”I’ve been pretty good. Quite some recruiting lately.” But he guessed she had taken notice to begin with in whatever class she taught at Hammel. ”You’re one of the teacher, mh?”

Perhaps Milan should spend more time socializing with other staff at Hammel. But hey, might as well take this chance to expend his social circle. Couldn’t harm anyone. ”Was it geography or math?” Wrong either way. He couldn’t guess everything correctly, now could he?

[Eveangel Stonefeather]

Milan was a handsome young man. And, he guessed her name right, which put in brownie points. Eve gave him an easy smile. "Yeah, I'm Eve. Actually, Eveangel, but Eve works just fine." She put the CD back into it's place, unsure of why she picked it up in the first place.

"Yep! I'm one of the teachers. I have noticed. My classes have become bigger almost every week, but I would rather have too many students to teach than any meta child out there on the streets with the anti-meta groups and such," she concluded. So, he was a recruiter. More head shaking. She really needed to get out more.

"No. If I taught geography or math, I'd give myself an F," Eve joked. "I teach ancient histroy. It's not something that comes in handy, which my students complain of everyday, but... It does have it's uses."

"So, how long have you been recruiting?" She turned back to the CD rack, her pale hand hovering over several CDs before picking up one to look at the track record on the back. Linkin Park had always been a personal favorite for her.

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”It must be interesting to stand in front of a class filled with so many different powers,mh?” Milan wasn’t even sure if he wanted to imagine that. After all, sometimes it proved difficult to handle a single one while recruiting. God knows what could go wrong in one class, especially amongst those who did not have decent control over their powers yet.

With a chuckle, the young man nodded his head. ”At least I wouldn’t be the only one failing for those classes then. And ancient history, huh? Can be interesting.” Not that it had ever been in his opinion though, seeing it required too much studying, but he did have respect for those who had a decent enough focus to want to teach such class. ”It might come in handy when you least expect it.” He decided with a little shrug.

At the question, Milan looked up again from the collection of CDs. ”Almost six years.” He answered with a soft smile. ”It only seems like yesterday though. But it’s an interesting job. It’s something different every day. Only two disadvantages might be that I do have to work during weekends and that I’m-“ He made air quotes now. ”Always on the road.”

[Eveangel Stonefeather]

"Oh but traveling should be fun!" Eve said, putting the CD back and giving him her full attention. She didn't have the patience for recruiting, but that was something she would've liked to do. She would've liked to explore more of America, more of the world. The world came to her through a text book filled with tiny lettering.

"I think exploring would be amazing. You could meet so many different kinds of people and learn to hone different kinds of talents and see.. oh jeez, just see different places of the world!" Eve got a faraway look in her bright blue eyes.

"Oh, sorry," she said quickly, coming back down to earth. "I swear some days my head belongs to the clouds. Now where were we? To answer your earlier question, teaching meta children who have no control over their powers is definitely no easy feat, and on top of that, it is very educational. You get to see... The different types of...powers and what not at work. It's quite fascinating." Eve had always been a curious person at heart, which was what led her to her ancient history studies in the first place.

"Oh sorry. Clouds. So, how have you been lately?"

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Milan chuckled at her assumption. ”I wish it was like that. It’s not always that pleasant to meet many different kinds of people.” Of course it always involved the one who had to be recruited, but it also tended to include family members who weren’t always that pleasant to interact with. And I just shadow-walk to where I have to go. Not really any time to do some exploring, you know?”[/b] In his free time, yes. And in that case his power was incredibly useful. The only disadvantage tended to be the inability to take someone with him that way.

”But I am glad they all end up in good hands once I’ve recruited them.” That being a subtle compliment to her since most ended up in her class. Hopefully she grasped it. Or perhaps he should have been more obvious than the soft smile on his lips as hands got tucked into the pockets of his pants. By now he didn’t really feel like going through the CDs anymore because it might be too distracting otherwise.

”I’m good though. Just bought my own place.” The facial expression easily giving away Milan felt proud about that feat. ”How about you?” For a moment he paused. ”Would you like to go and get a coffee or something with me?”

[Eveangel Stonefeather]

Eve flushed slightly at his compliment. None of the CDs within eye range was interesting to her. "Coffee, yeah, that sounds wonderful." She started to make her way to one of the many cafes in the mall.

Milan was very handsome, extremely handsome. Shadow-traveling? That had to be a very interesting power. "I have a sonic scream as my power," she said. She was unsure of why she was telling him, but she felt like she had to warn him.

Sometimes the urge to scream was huge. Sometimes it would push it way up through her throat like a dog scratching at the door to be let out. "I don't know why I'm warning you." Sighing, she entered the café and took a seat at the closest table. Milan was seated across from her.

Eve felt like a freak. She was blunt. Very blunt. "So...tell me about yourself."

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”Oh?” Milan did sound interested by that power. ”It must have been very intriguing to find out about it.” He mused with a small chuckle. ”But I assume it comes in handy in class, mm?” Not that all students would appreciate that, but he tried to imagine their reactions the first time they came in contact with a sonic scream. For a moment Milan also wondered what benefits were attached to it, but perhaps that would be inappropriate to inform himself about.

At the coffee shop, the man picked up the card and began to go through the many options, not too sure what to order yet. He looked up from the many letters, offering a small smile. ”I’m not really that interesting, but, well, I have a dog. His name is Doodle. He’s a Bernese Mountain dog. I originate from Ireland and have attended Hammel when I was younger. Already mentioned the new house, so other than that…” He shrugged briefly.

How about you? Do you have any pets?”

[Eveangel Stonefeather]

“Yes actually. I have a Scottish deerhound named Leonardo. He’s huge! Extremely tall. Unfortunately, the dog breed doesn’t age well in the joints. He’s getting closer to seven years old, I’m afraid I won’t be able to take him on his daily walks anymore. Leo is such a protective dog though and he’s so sweet. I live in an apartment and part of me feels really bad because he’s such a big dog, I feel like maybe the apartment is too small for him,” Eve said. She picked up the second card to pick whatever she wanted. She ordered a coffee, black. It wasn’t how she liked it, but she wasn’t going to go through all of the different flavors. The woman didn’t have a preferred flavor of coffee.

“So, you’re a recruiter and you’ve been to all kinds of states? And you said you originated from Ireland? That must be pretty exciting? Get lots of girls who are interested in that?” she asked, putting her hands under her chin and winking at him teasingly. He was a very attractive man, and if he was single, it would confuse her. Milan seemed to be very polite as well. “Well?” She waved the hands once under her chin at him.