Tick-Tack {Shane}

[JYLI DIANE HAYES]

Jyli had officially exhausted her book collection. She’d read them all, several times. She’d love to read some or all of them again and again, but sometimes, it was just time for something new to whet the literary appetite. Granted, okay, she could’ve bought- or gotten Gideon to buy- whatever new books she wanted. But she loved the library, and it was like… like a test drive for the novels she wanted to read. She never liked to buy something she hadn’t read before, because there was no guarantee she’d like it. The faerie had done that once- well, more than once, but it failed her once- and it hadn’t turned out well. Besides, libraries were calm places of learning and smarts, and what wasn’t to love about that? Her shiny heels clicked up the concrete steps to the big wooden doors, and she wandered inside with smile, breathing in the smell of paper. Also, her library tended to avoid metal- for some inexplicable reason- and that was just a super bonus. Today though, along with the gentle rustle of flipping pages, she heard the gentle click of tiles. She glanced around the lobby, eyes settling on a rather large poster proclaiming that there was a mahjong tournament today. Mahjong? Seriously? What an abstract… Weird. Weirder still that I know how to play. Thank you Microsoft… she thought with a giggle, before walking farther inside.

As far as she could tell, the thing hadn’t started yet, and the diligent library staff were still setting up the tables- hence the clicking- while the competitors waited in the wings, sitting in chairs or milling about. She wondered, briefly, what the prize was before poking her head around to see the sign-up table still open. Jyli nibbled her lip and wavered. Maybe? She wasn’t really any good at the game, she could just beat the computer on easy at home… but? No no no, she didn’t need to play this, though it looked like it could be fun. No. She was here for books, not a tournament that would take ladies-knew how long. Her legs took her away from the room towards the fiction section that she preferred when a voice caught her attention. ’Miss?’ Her brunette head turned back toward the sound- even though she wasn’t really sure they were talking to her- and responded when she saw the raised hand of the person clearly approaching her.

’Yeah? How can I help you?’ Ugh. Really? Her polite retail-face reared its ugly head as she looked at the young woman, who smiled brightly before asking if she knew how to play. ’Yes, sure. I mean, sort of. Why?’ She’d seen Jyli looking at the tables, and the sign-up sheet, and had hoped she’d sign up. Apparently, they were one short of an even number. An even sixteen, actually. And would she have any interest in playing? Even for just a moment, to even the numbers. What was she supposed to say to that? No, I’m not really here for that? Even though I’ve totally got the time? Please. She was selfish, yeah, but she wasn’t mean. And really, she liked mahjong, even though she kinda sucked at it. ’Sure then. Why not? My name’s Jyli: J-y-l-i. I’m happy to give somebody an easy win,’ she said with a mildly self-deprecating smile, which the lady returned with good humor before wandering back to the sheet and writing her name down.

’Okay, so, your first match is going to be… Abigail.’ After that, things were pretty self-explanatory. The woman gave them the rules and regs and let them play with pretty much free reign. Abigail was a woman in her mid-fifties who was a sweetheart. Jyli beat her anyways, and Abby took it with lovely grace and humility, congratulating her and sending her on her way to the next match-up. The librarian called out the winners- and the pairings that resulted from that- and they were seated. Jyli was now up against a giant of a guy named Shane. Lovely.

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[SHANE OWEN VENDETTA]

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fortune favors the bold

It was just another day of hmm, what the fuck are we gonna do to entertain ourselves? Shane was that one guy who was easily bored and at the same time easily entertained thanks to his attentionspan of a fly. He really did have the attentionspan of a fly. and although he really couldn't care less about it, living the yolo life and not being able to actually care too much about other people's opinions, so what the exact problem was he couldn't really describe. since there wasn't really one. shane just felt like robinson crusoe, lost on his own little island. and he wasn't even alone, i mean he had xan, didn't he? and yet the feelings of complete and utter loneliness did not really leave him. shane didn't like being alone after all. he did not like it at all. but letting someone in to get close to him? nope, he couldn't do that either.

so instead, shane was going to do something else. troll around at the library find himself some good mythology books or whatever and do something with it. mythology inspired and interested him, it was amazing how all those gods could have existed and ruled in harmony. together. god nowadays could really learn a lesson from him, since he was obviously a dictator. shane being shane and as atheistic as one could be (the one italian thing that did not belong to him; religion) could easily observe things objectively and make comments like that, even if he knew people would get insulted. He really didn't care. alright, so books that was why he was here. duh, this was a fucking library. but then, then he saw a lovely girl sitting behind a table and he was curious what did she do there?

and, womanizer he was, made his way over to her, his typical bright boyish grin on his face. he saw her melt away already, as he leaned his tall figure on the table. "Amore, really, what are you doing here?" shane asked bold as ever, but hey fortune favors the bold and apparantely this girl did too, because she giggled lightly shaking her head and told him she arranged the mahjong competition. Mahwatta? She explained to him, a grin on her face. Oh, that game, he remembered. shane didnt'know if he was good at it, but he was gonna try. "alright, bella donna, i've got you a deal. if i win you'll go out with me, if i loose, you'll go out with me." he knew it didn't sound much like a deal, but who cared. the woman didn't. instead she grabbed her pen, reached out to take his hand and wrote her name and her number on his palm. hmm, calliope. nice name, shane though, writing down his name on the entry paper so she knew who he was. this was starting to be a good day.

he walked to the tables, looking at where he had to start. his first opponent was a young, sexy blonde woman named Erica. well damn, that was gonna be a tough one. shane, for all his flaws, was still a gentleman when it came to manners and you let the lady win. unless the lady was either way enfuriating you or did not want you to let her win. simple as that. but the first thing he noticed about erica, was her bimboness. she was really stupid. why she wanted to be in a mahjong competition so badly he really didn't know because shane (newcomer as he was) still beat her to the test, while never ever playing the game. woman just sucked that bad. alright, so competition was over. his next opponent was... jyli. that was a chick, he supposed? ah well, he'd see.

he approached her table and immediately was taken in by her beauty. damn. why did he only get to compete against beautiful women today, it was not fair. "bonguorno bella donna, my name is shane. you're jyli, si?" shane asked, his italian slipping into his words to add to his charm. and shane could be very charming. his eyes observed jyli and how somehow he got the feeling that she was different than other people were. he wanted to know what it was. "so jyli, i suppose you don't want me to let you win right?" the shapeshifter asked, a teasing wink following, his mouth curling up in a boyish smile. yup this was flirty, charming shane all over.

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[JYLI DIANE HAYES]

Okay, so her library visit wasn’t going quite as planned, but Jyli couldn’t feel any regret about it. The Mahjong tournament was actually turning out to be a lovely activity with a fairly high entertainment value. She hadn’t thought to make it past the first round, of course, but she had, and now she was on to her next match. The giant of a guy towered over her when he wandered over to the table after beating some blonde who seemed to be… well, less than intelligent, and throwing herself a pouting fit the likes of which the fae woman had not seen in an awfully long time. She couldn’t suppress her giggle as she looked at the ridiculous girl, sniffling, with her lip thrown out, two seconds away from stamping her foot and crying. Wicked trickster that she was, she couldn’t help herself from sending the push of emotion to throw the girl over the edge into body-wracking sobs. Jyli snickered behind her hand, thoroughly amused, before the appearance of her opponent startled her into good behavior. His genuine Italian speech patterns and accent tickled her ears, making a light smile work its way onto her lips before she extended a hand and confirmed his inquiry.

’Yes honey, Jyli. And I heard her tell me your name, actually, Shane. Pleasure to meet you.’ He was a polite gentleman, making her warm towards him almost immediately. ’Also, thank you for the compliment,’ she said with a light wink as he made his way into the chair across from her, perhaps readying himself to kick her behind, because she knew darn good and well that she wasn’t any good at it, because she couldn’t even beat the medium level when she played against the computer. Still, his question made her chuckle and shake her head. ’Of course I don’t want you to let me win. It would feel like I’d been gypped, that way. Although, now that you’ve said something, I’m going to wonder, the whole game.’ At that moment, the little conductress- for Jyli didn’t know what else to call her- came over with their new game board, the tiles arranged in a pretty pattern meant to resemble… what? Her golden eyes roved the tiles, trying to discern their likeness with no luck at all.

’Do you have any idea what that’s supposed to be? I mean… they usually arrange them to look like things, dragons or castles or the like… But I can’t tell what that is for the life of me. Any thoughts?’ She asked him, because it seemed as though he should know more than her. How many people entered a tournament on a whim? Certainly not all of them, right? Some people had to have been actually in this thing because they were interested in Mahjong. But perhaps it wasn’t Shane, as his answer actually just made her giggle. ’Interesting thought, I suppose. So if you’re not playing because you like the game, why are you playing?’ she inquired, pulling her first set of matching tiles off the pile and placing them in her little box, for counting later. Apparently, he had a bet running with somebody that hinged on his winning or losing the contest. She had to admit, he was a suave and sweet guy, that Italian spice lending itself to his overall warmth. He made a couple matches himself before it was her turn again, and she used the moment to ask him another question, since it occurred to her. ’The bet though, was wagered when you came in here… What brought you to the library then? Since it obviously wasn’t Mahjong.’ Her eyebrows wiggled a little as she asked, since she’d noted his glance at the library employee when she’d asked him about the bet. She was willing to bet that his bet had something to do with her…

[JURATE]

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