Behind That Wall

[Casper & Jasper Emory]

"Text me if you need backup or yell. I won't be too far." Jasper said, there was a level of concern in his voice. Casper could not help but to chuckle a little as he motioned to shoo his brother away who was being particularly clingy at the moment. "Go spend time with Franck; you know he wants to have that whole one on one time with you. I'll be fine by myself. You text me if there is a problem." Casper responded back to his brother who made a face. Yes, Jasper had wanted to give this a try with Franck, but that didn't mean he was not scared out of his mind and didn't really understand what he was supposed to do with the other guy.

Jasper only knew sex was one on one time but it was pretty obvious Franck wanted something more than that out of him. "Can't we trade places?" Jasper asked his brother. Casper shook his head no, knowing he needed to be firm and help his brother out. "Not this time. Plus he would probably figure it out after a while and you don't want to upset him so soon, do you?" Casper asked his brother who let out a sigh and shook his head. "Good, now get going. I actually do have something to do that will keep me from feeling too lonely while you are away." Casper assured his brother as he patted him on the back. Jasper pouted a little but headed off while Casper stayed behind.

He was hanging out just outside the dorms, having picked this particular spot for a reason. He had in fact been watching Lucy for a little bit now. He knew this was where she tended to walk in order to get back to the dorm and this was around the time when she headed back to the dorm. The girl was known to break her habit however, so it was actually hard to get a pinpoint on her. Thankfully Casper seemed to have lucked out as he spotted Lucy, moving to approach her. "Hi, Lucy." Casper said as moved to stand in front of the girl.

((Tag:Lucy James))

[Lucy James]

It seemed to be another one of those days. The sudden, yet familiar voice had Lucy stopping mid-step. Lifting her gaze, her eyes snapped to the side where they landed upon an all too familiar face. At first, the brunette remained perfectly quiet, as if she was trying to calculate the situation. Firstly, she was surprised to see the boy alone, second it didn't take her long to realize which one of the twins it was - unless they played a prank with her, she could only think of one of them that would even bother to talk to her after their run-in in the dancing studio. Third, she didn't quite know how to handle the situation.

After a few seconds though, Lucy collected herself somewhat and she relaxed her muscles as she shifted her stance. Turning to face him, the brunette's lips pursed. "Yo," she said, her voice lacking any kind of emotion. "I'd call you by your name, but I seemed to forget to remember to care enough to remember it." She cast him another glance as her blue eyes traveled past him and started at the nothingness of the hallway further down.

Side-stepping, the brunette took a few steps to continue down the hallway towards her dorm. Why did this guy even bother? Hadn't she made herself perfectly clear? He was wasting his time. She wasn't some kind of puzzle to be figured out, and she clearly wasn't the kind of person you hung around if you wanted to have a jolly good time.

[Casper & Jasper Emory]

Lucy didn't say anything at first when she spotted him, and Casper figured that was for several reasons. At the top of the list he figured it was because she was waiting for his brother to make an appearance and the second was that she probably didn't know which one she was dealing with. They both had the same power and right now with the distance between the, neither of them could use their power. So he was interested to know if her power still worked then when he could not use his own.

That was a question for later, for now Lucy finally spoke in a way he also half expected. Perhaps she had been silent to come up with what to say to him in an attempt to be hurtful. "It's Casper. I don't mind having to tell you what it is each time since that means you will hear it more often." Casper said as he still smiled at her. Nope, he was prepared for this and it was going to take a bit more than that to get him upset. Unlike his brother who would have been upset by now but likely still sticking around for the time being. He felt a little empty without his brother but refocused on Lucy.

Who was moving away from him and of course he followed after her, moving to walk next to her as he closed his hands together for a moment. When he pulled them apart her held a flower in his right hand and held it out for her. "This is for you. It's white for now, but if you would like another color, I could change it to be that color with magic." Casper said, speaking in a casual tone but he was starting to feel his showmanship rise up within him. "How was your day?" Casper followed up, going for the whole small talk. If you wanted to get to know someone, had to start off with the basics.

[Lucy James]

"Oh great; I'm being stalked by a cartoon ghost. I'm so lucky," she drawled, rolling her eyes. Of course he didn't mind her venom. That was just her luck. Honestly, where did all these people come from, and why couldn't they stop following her around like lost puppies? It was starting to get old. At least, this one wasn't as annoying as the cat, and at the very least, he didn't claim they were going to get married, so maybe he was a little less crazy, which was always a good sign when dealing with these kinds of people.

And then the boy pulled out a flower out of nothing. Stopping, Lucy simply stared at it. Her eyes slowly lifted to meet the boy's and for a moment, she actually considered laughing in his face, but he did in fact look serious, which was baffling enough on its own. "...are you serious?" she asked, pressing her lips together. Her eyes squinted somewhat. "Where do I keep finding this people?" she asked herself as she shook her head. God. And now he was asking her how her day had been like. Why did he even care?

"What part of me not doing friends did you not understand? That kind of implies that I don't do--" she stopped and gestured towards the flower. "--whatever the hell that is supposed to be meant as either," she added, licking her bottom lip as she started walking again. "Don't you have a more willing victim to stalk?"

[Casper & Jasper Emory]

"That seems to be everyone favorite associate with my name." Casper said, not really minding it. He was used to be by this point but he still loved his name. Ghosts were awesome, even if there were not even real. Plus he and his brother’s stage names were Ghost Boys so it worked out in the end if people still sort of referred to them as ghost. He did his little magic trick and while he expected some kind of insult he got silence, which just peeked his interest even more. Did she like the trick or was it the fact that he was offering her an actual living flower?

The flower itself was a simple flower, not a rose or anything and there was only one of them. Well one of each color that he had and he kind of hoped she didn't pick a color that he did not have on his person. "Yes, did you forget me and my brother grew up in a circus?" Casper asked as he still held the flower out to her for a moment. "What is your favorite color?" He asked then, figuring that perhaps this one was not her favorite color and that was why she was being distance about it. She asked a question, one he figured was more so to herself because he had no clue what she was talking about.

"We don't have to be friends in order for me to talk to you and offer you a flower. I'm making conversation with you and having you takes part in a trick that I need to practice." Casper said watching her walk for a moment before moving to catch up and walk next to her again. He really did need to practice this trick; it was kind of why he had done it. He figured she would not have accepted a flower from him right away, but in due time.

"You are by far more interesting to me out of the rest of them. So since we are both free I figured we could chat and you help me with this." Casper said as pointed to the flower. "One another note, this would look lovely in your hair. Do you mind?" Casper asked, having gotten distracted a moment when with picturing what the flower would look like in her hair.

[Lucy James]

"I wonder why," she drawled as she rolled her eyes. It was an easy conclusion to jump to at any rate. After all, that was quite the popular cartoon ghost he'd been named after, and a very foolish one. If anyone ever wanted to insult the boy, he made it very easy for them. Unless they of course liked the ghost. Then it was a completely different story altogether.

Pursing her lips, the brunette sighed. "Right," she muttered. Of course he would think such a cheap trick would work on her. God, did these boys every do something that didn't involve their idiotic extraordinary activities from the freak show they so obviously belonged in? Who ever found that kind of shit amusing? "Why does my favorite color matter?" she asked as she looked at him. "I wouldn't accept the flower regardless," she added with a simple shrug. "Or trick, or whatever you wish to call it."

She offered no reply to his next words. Instead, she turned her gaze forward again. Who cared about what he wanted? She had made herself perfectly clear, yet he seemed unwilling to give up. Typical her luck, it seemed. And she clearly took no interest in the trick either. Didn't he have some girls - or boys that was actually interested in his petty attempts to make contact instead to bother?

And then he answered her question, which had Lucy almost wanting to laugh. "Dear god," she said under her breath. "Do I have a sign on my back, saying that I want people to bother me?" she asked rhetorically. These people seemed to find her as if she was a damn lighthouse shining up the dark night. As he asked if she minded, the brunette stopped instantly. Her eyes snapped to the side as she watched him with as much caution as she could possibly muster. She didn't say anything though, and instead, she watched him carefully, taking note of every movement.

[Casper & Jasper Emory]

Casper didn't say anything at her words. There was no point in repeating words or what have you when it came to Lucy. He was quickly learning about her, but still not enough information to satisfy his curiosity. She as something new and the brother's really did enjoy new things that they did not understand or had not experience. Casper had never really tried to get to know someone like Lucy before and it excited every fiber in his body.

On some pure levels and not so pure but he was a hormonal teenager so he expected the latter. He didn't expect for Lucy to fall head over heels for him over his trick or anything else like that. Casper just wanted to test out the trick and observe how she reacted to it so he could learn about her, plus he liked tricks. "So I can change the flower to look like that color." Casper said as he held the flower out in front of him.

With his other hand he slowly moved his hand up over the flower, covering it, and when he moved his hand the flower was now another color. She voice her opinion about how she would not accept the flower no matter what the color was, but he was more distracted with how the flower looked against her hair, her skin, and eyes. He didn't respond back to her question, knowing that it didn't really need an answer. He asked her if he could put the flower in her hair but she didn't give a yes or no; there was a look she was giving him.

"I won't bite you; too hard, and only if you want me to." Casper said, flirting just a little bit. He moved careful, so she could see his intentions as he went to put the flower in her hair, tucking it in just the right way that it would not bother him and it would stay. "Beautiful." Casper muttered out, then getting distracted by her eyes. He leaned in a little closer, to get a better look at her eyes. "Your eyes are really blue. Are they naturally like that or is it because of your power?" Casper asked, really curious now.

[Lucy James]

Rolling her eyes, the brunette simply sighed at his response instead of answering. He obviously put too much weight on this trick, considering how she wasn't at all interested. She didn't wish to edge him on, so instead, the brunette's gaze was averted away from the boy. She didn't understand why he was being so persistent. Why couldn't he avoid her like his twin did? Yes, she understood that twins were two different people - after all, she would know - but dear god, why did one of them have to follow her around like a lost puppy?

She continued to watch the boy with a cautious expression splayed upon her face; The flirtatious comment didn't change her expression at all, nor did it get any reaction from her eyes. She simply watched him with a somewhat narrowed eyed look. Her eyes followed his hand as it went to place the flower behind her ear. Pursing her lips somewhat, Lucy's eyes narrowed further at his comment and then even more yet as he started staring into her eyes. She had to fight off the urge to roll her eyes. Instead, she remained standing where she was and returned the look.

"Why would my power change the color of my eyes?" she asked, her voice cool. She hadn't heard anything about power mimics' power changing any of the physical aspects of ones body, unless they mimicked a power that did. Why the boy was so interested in her eyes, she didn't know - nor did she care.

[Casper & Jasper Emory]

The eye rolling was telling Casper a lot. He loved that he and his brother were good at reading people's body language. You had to when you were a performer and your profession was effected by those who were watching you. She was not pleased by him well being around her and bothering her, he could understand that. He was an outsider to her world, didn't know anything about her, and she didn't want him to know. Casper could relate because that was how he and his brother were when they were younger. When you were orphans, you believed that no one wanted you and no one cared but they had each other and kept everyone else out.

That of course changed with time as the brother realized that interacting with people was far more interesting them keeping them outside the walls. Sure they still did keep people out on some levels but overall the boys were just open about everything. That was why Casper understood that he could not just expect Lucy to be the same. She had gone through different things that made her as she was and he wanted to figure it out. She didn't say no and didn't stop him, so he took that as half approval, putting the flower in her hair, and admiring it for a moment. There was his answer but it was in the form of a question from her.

"Everyone's power is a little different than others that have the same power. At least that is what I have heard and seen. So I was just curious if yours affected your eyes. I have just never seen eyes so blue before." Casper responded. He took a step back from her then, figuring that he should probably lay his attention out for her. "Lucy, I'm not trying to get anything out of you. Well, beside information but you don't actually have to talk to me for me to learn about you. It makes it easier if you talk to me, even if it’s the cold shoulder or ‘mean’ words." Casper said.

He basically was trying to say that he really was not trying to get anything out of her, he just wanted to learn about her; figure her out. "From what you have said before...you don't like to be forced into things, you want your choice. So I'm not going to try and force you to like me or be my friend. I'll ask something but if you say no then I'll leave it. I won't even remain around you long and will only come around you occasionally." Casper added, and then paused. This was a lot of talking and it was just odd to hear his voice so much when it was not coming from his brother.

"You just...fascinate me and I want to understand you. I've already learned so much but there are still things I don't get. So...I don't know what else I'm trying to say so I'm going to shut up now." Casper said, rubbing the back of his head as he chuckled a little. He wanted to hear or see how she would react, no matter how she responded or didn't; it would provide him with what he sought.

[Lucy James]

"Why?" she asked as she looked at him. Why did people keep saying that? That they wanted to know more about her, as if she was some kind of mysterious puzzle that needed solving. Jesus Christ, had she known that people would find her so damned interesting when she tried pushing them away.... Didn't they realize that they efforts were all in vain? She was hardly as interesting as they made her out to be. "Why do you want information? What's it to you anyways?" she asked, pursing her lips.

"Is that supposed to be some kind of fucked up compromise? "I'll just bother you a little bit"? You do realize how incredibly stupid that sounds, right?" Puffing her cheeks, the brunette crossed her arms over her chest. She just didn't understand it. Why was he wasting his time like this? Either his life was incredibly dull, or he was truly a masochist. At the very least, this twin responded to her snark with something besides anger. Had he been his brother, the two of them would likely already have been punching each other's teeth out. Of that she was certain, and considering the boy's powers, Lucy would come out of the fight the loser. Even that much she knew. Not that it would have stopped her of course.

Throwing her hands up, a frustrated groan escaped the brunette's lips. "Dear god, you're all idiots," she muttered. Had this been the first time someone had clung to her like this, maybe she would have been less annoyed and less frustrated, but truth be told, it wasn't the first time, and somehow, the brunette doubted it would be the last. "You should really find someone more willing to be fascinated with, because this is going to prove nothing but a huge waste of your time." With that, Lucy started walking again.

[Casper & Jasper Emory]

"Why? I told you. You interest me. You are simple and complex all at once; I know things about you already yet don't fully understand. It's a challenge, it’s a test, and it’s fun." Casper explained to her. That was the simplest way he could think to put it. He didn't want to have sex with her; well he did, but that was not his goal. He was not trying to aim for her to like him or even be his friend. Casper just wanted her to tolerate him long enough so he could come to understand her and see if what he had figured out was right.

There was also the interest in if certain things he would do or say would cause a different reaction out of her. Both of the brothers lived for a reaction, so that were the challenge came from. Last time Lucy had been rather boring in the ways of showing a reaction. Yet now, just from simply putting a flower in her hair, he saw something. A simple guarded behavior, but it was still something and that was always better than nothing. "I'm a curious boy." Casper said as a simple reply to what it was to him. There was a small smile on his face, one that hid some darker meaning to it.

She pointed out how his compromise was stupid, but he thought that it was pretty good, considering what it could have been. "Well, at least you won't have to deal with me all the time and I'm not going to follow you around all the time, begging for attention or anything like that." Casper assured her. If he had attention needs, they were easily met by his brother. There was then the frustration sound that came from Lucy, along with a physical sign that she was basically giving up. That was not what had Casper wanting to know more, and it fact her words were why he was still sticking around.

Lucy was walking off then, but he needed an answer or at least a hint before he was just going to leave her alone. "Others are bothering you?" Casper asked as he moved to walk beside her again. "Do you want me to make them stop?" Casper asked. While he was interested to see how she was with others, if they were going to be the cause of her to have an even shorter fuse around him, then they were a problem. He wanted his answers and if others were going to get in the way, he needed to fix it. "Also, as I told you before. You are not a waste of my time." Casper added, wanting to be clear with that as well. If she was a waste of his time, he would not be bothering her.

[Lucy James]

Whatever his reason was, and whether or not she believed him didn't matter at the end of the day. All it really was, was words. She didn't trust him, nor would she even pretend to understand. His reason was his alone and she could honestly care less. Or at the very least, that was what Lucy was trying to tell herself. She would probably never understand why these boys were so damn fascinated with her to the point where they wouldn't leave her alone. It was their loss in the end. She had already made her intentions clear, and she wouldn't simply drop down to her knees as if it didn't matter.

Then his words had her head snapping to the side. Curiosity mixed with confusion flashed before her eyes as she studied the boy. Her expression changed once more, into something similar to amusement. "I never took you for being the knight in shining armor," she noted, pursing her lips. "I can take care of myself," she added with a shrug. She didn't need him to protect her. In fact, she didn't want him to either. The last thing she needed was another bathroom scene where someone decided to come to her aid. No, she didn't need anyone.

"We'll see." Maybe he didn't think he was wasting his time, but Lucy knew that he was. There was nothing he could do to break through her walls and figure out the puzzle he so desperately seemed to want to solve.

Opening the door to her dorm, Lucy left it open as she stepped inside. She sincerely doubted that closing the door in front of him would stop him from entering if that was what he wanted. No, the boy seemed forceful enough to do whatever he pleased, whenever he pleased. She walked through the common area and stuck her key into the lock of her door and turned her head to see if the boy was following as she opened the door to her room.

[Casper & Jasper Emory]

There! The reaction. It was subtle, nothing too big but Casper saw it and it was already bringing a small smile to his face. Observing people was really up there on top of just messing with people’s heads to get a reaction out of them. Observation came along with getting reactions; the two were like best friends. Casper could not help but to chuckle at Lucy's teasing words about him being a white knight. "More like a dark knight. I would not swoop in to beat up the bad guys and ride off with you into the sunset. I would hit said offended until they passed out; ask if you were alright, and if you wanted to head out with me. If you said no, then I leave you to your business. Since; as you said, you can handle yourself." Casper assured her.

No, he didn’t really see him or his brother as being the good guys. That didn't meant they would never change or anything like that. Just at the moment Casper doubted people would look to them and see hero. They were out for themselves and what they enjoyed; people that got dragged along with them were because the brothers enjoyed them. It was all very plain and simple if one took they time to see how the brothers did things and spoke about or even to others. Lucy already had the air about her that showed she would defend herself. Still, she was a tiny girl so there would only be so much she could do unless there was someone closes by to copy the powers off of.

She left things as they were on the whole matter of her not wasting his time. She could think how she liked, he was not going to try and correct her thoughts. He was just standing firm in what he knew about himself and his level of interest. Of course he did in fact follow her, figuring that with how she left the door open that she was at least tolerating him better. That or she had just given up 'fighting' him, which was still a level of tolerance. "Sometime, can we go out for drinks?" Casper asked. He expected a no, but again he was asking for the sake of a reaction and also because getting a drink with someone was always nice.

When she got to her room however, he stopped. "Well, that is a clear enough cue that my time around you is done. See you around, Lucy." Casper said as he gave a small wave to the girl. He then turned and moved to sit in the lounge since he figured that his brother and Franck needed more alone time. So Casper pulled out a deck of cards and started to play with them, needing something to entertain him now that his toy was going off to her room.

[Lucy James]

The brunette rolled her eyes at him. "Of course you would." No, she was certain she could handle whatever trouble came her way entirely on her own and she truly didn't need anyone around to beat up whoever gave her a hard time. If anything, it kept her on edge and it kept her alert. How else would she learn to fend for herself without a little practice? These stupid kids might not have been the big fishes in the pond, but at least they were something. Something different, alright.

Laughing harshly at his words, Lucy didn't even bother looking at him. "Are you seriously asking me out?" she asked, shaking her head. "After everything I've said, you honestly believe I'd say yes? If that's what you think, you might want to consider getting your ears checked, because clearly you haven't been paying attention," she shot at him. As if she'd go out for drinks with him. Wasn't he like... Fifteen, sixteen? Clearly, he was both ignorant and naive all in once big, annoying package. Sure, she was so lucky.

And just like that, the boy disappeared as quickly as he'd appeared. Blinking, the brunette's head tilted to the side. Shrugging it off, Lucy stepped inside her room.

"What a moron," she whispered.