DIVA: Jetbird and the Kid #1

[Andrew Perron]

On 1/10/2015 1:54 PM, deucexm wrote:
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>     "Why I bother with what?" Jetbird Leone inquired, with that charming air of
> innocence he always carried - all the more effective because it wasn't feigned like
> that of so many others.  There was something not quite right about Jetbird,
> something that the Pillar had taken from him in exchange for the incredible gifts
> it had given to him.  Maybe it was just the lack of cynicism...

Foolish Kid! That sounds like being given SOMETHING AWESOME.

>     The Kid let out a quiet sigh from between coal-black lips.  Between those, the
> black eyelids, the pale and almost grayish skin, and the short and raggedly cut
> fine black hair, the Kid didn't look like the kind of person you'd invite in for a
> cup of coffee, or invite anywhere at all for that matter.

I very much like this design, have I said that?

>     The Kid marveled once again at Jetbird's utter nonchalance about things like
> being threatened with death, disowned, and completely cut off from polite society
> by his own blood kin.

It's fun!

>     The Kid's eyes narrowed ever so slightly.  Wonderful.  This already sounded like
> trouble, which of course meant that Jetbird would-
>     "Naturally!"
>     -naturally embroil himself in it at the first possible opportunity, without
> taking a moment to consider the consequences.

yessssssssss

Andrew "NO .SIG MAN" "Juan" Perron, EMBROIL'D