[EX]Shadow and Thorn's Lair~To Be Normal (Dingo and Greenthorn)
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				Title: <strong>[EX]Shadow and Thorn's Lair~To Be Normal (Dingo and Greenthorn)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Greenthorn</strong> on <strong>22-05-2008, 05:40:37</strong>
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				<div align="center"><strong>It all starts at the cafe...</strong> </div>
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				Title: <strong>Re: [EX]Shadow and Thorn's Lair~Dino and Thorn (Dingo and Greenthorn)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dingo</strong> on <strong>31-05-2008, 23:02:03</strong>
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				Dino had picked the small cafe for breakfast, because it was recommended to him by one of the agents from the FBI he met at the seminar. It was a crowded place, and seeing by the dishes and the people there, it was indeed a good place to eat. Different people from all kinds of professions were sitting there. Men and women in business suits. People in jeans and sweatshirts. People of many colors.<br><br><em>"Only in America."</em> he thinks as he finally sees a table become free as a couple leaves and he moves towards it, sitting down, working his long legs under the too small a table. At a full two meters in length, he was surprised that he towers over so many people here and he almost feels as if he's back in Tailand, hunting a pedophile. Except here he understands the language.<br><br>He puts his laptop on the table and gets ready to work some, when an attractive waitress comes to take his order. He smiles at her and orders pancakes and some coffee and he wants to focus back on his work again. The place is too warm for his liking and he gets up again to his full length and takes off his tie and his jacket and sits down, just in his blue shirt and his jeans. Another mistake, he made at the seminar. These American cops dress as cops, while he dresses as anyone.<br><br>He's just about to get to work, when he watches a woman looking around for a place, a laptop under her arm. He quickly scans the area and notices that there isn't any other place. He takes the laptop on his lap and he looks at her with his blue eyes and his blond hair and his strong angular features.<br><br>"Miss, you can share table with me." he says, a heavy Eastern European accent gracing his voice.
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				Title: <strong>Re: [EX]Shadow and Thorn's Lair~Dino and Thorn (Dingo and Greenthorn)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Greenthorn</strong> on <strong>01-06-2008, 06:11:00</strong>
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				Thorn arrived at the café and went inside to get her coffee; she rarely relied on the waitress and would much rather irritate Valerie instead.&nbsp; She purposely made sure her hand touched Valerie’s when she handed her money over knowing that as soon as she turned her back Valerie would scowl and pump out a quarter-sized glob of hand sanitizer.&nbsp; Shadow and Thorn had no idea why the woman bothered working with the public if she was such a mysophobe.<br><br>She stepped back outside and looked around for a place to sit, but of course all of the tables were taken.&nbsp; Weekday mornings from 5am until 9am always brought great business for the small café.&nbsp; Thorn was about to settle on a bench near the sidewalk when he offered her a spot at his table.&nbsp; Hesitantly she glanced around once more then smiled as she placed her cup on the table and sat down across from him.&nbsp; “Thanks,” she replied in a soft voice before pulling her laptop out of her bag and turning it on.&nbsp; <br><br>She looked over at him as her computer was starting up and noticed that he was very tall, and quite good-looking.&nbsp; A quick peek at his left hand told her he was also single.&nbsp; Dismissing her evaluation of him she turned her attention back to her screen and took a sip of her coffee.&nbsp; An alert popping up on the bottom right hand side told her of new emails and she clicked her inbox icon to get to work on replying to them.
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				Title: <strong>Re: [EX]Shadow and Thorn's Lair~Dino and Thorn (Dingo and Greenthorn)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dingo</strong> on <strong>02-06-2008, 06:29:21</strong>
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				Dino watches her sits down and he nods at her with a smile before returning his attention to his laptop and to his work. His big fingers, glide with near perfection over the keys of his laptop, writing a quick report on the seminar on Internet crimes and occasionally he glances up at the woman in front of him.<br><br>Her hair, brown, with red and golden highlights, and her olive green eyes, focussed so intently on her screen, he smiles, before hiding himself by focussing his eyes on the laptop, yet not removing the smile from his angular face.<br><br>The waitress soon returns with his order and he closes his laptop, placing it carefully on the ground, between his legs, and he nods. Four slices of toast, each with eggs. A huge steaming mug of coffee. Picking up the knife and fork, he begins to carefully cut of slices and brings them to his mouth with the fork, chewing slowly. When he finishes his first bite, he realizes something.<br><br>"I appologize." he says his voice heavy with accent as he places down his fork and knife and extends his hand to her. "Ptero Pterovskovicz." he introduces himself the name coming out as a flood of words and he shakes his head, correcting himself , "Dino."
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				Title: <strong>Re: [EX]Shadow and Thorn's Lair~Dino and Thorn (Dingo and Greenthorn)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Greenthorn</strong> on <strong>02-06-2008, 21:41:38</strong>
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				Thorn was busy with replying to her emails when the man across from her spoke.&nbsp; Seeing that he had extended his hand, she took it and replied, “I’m Thorn,” with a polite smile before looking back down at her screen.&nbsp; She stared at her screen for a few moments to see if anyone would reply immediately to their emails and when no one had, she sighed and pushed the laptop over to the side.<br><br>Taking a sip of her coffee a conversation caught her ear and she frowned; seems Valerie was being her usual crotchety self and reprimanding the waitress for being too talkative to the customers.&nbsp; “God, doesn’t that woman ever stop being so damn nasty to people?” she said mostly to herself then looked back over to Dino and smiled.&nbsp; “I’m sorry…my friend and I have dealt with Valerie…that’s the woman behind the counter…for years now.&nbsp; She just keeps getting nastier.&nbsp; You would think that by now someone would have told her off…but it seems that everyone is afraid of her,” she said apologetically.<br><br>“So Dino, what kind of accent is that?&nbsp; Where are you from?” she asked attempting to make small talk.&nbsp; She had wanted to give Shadow some time to herself with Stine before heading back and for once, it was nice to be out alone…nice to be normal again.&nbsp; 
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				Title: <strong>Re: [EX]Shadow and Thorn's Lair~Dino and Thorn (Dingo and Greenthorn)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dingo</strong> on <strong>03-06-2008, 20:57:26</strong>
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				He quietly listens to her go on about the woman behind the counter and he cuts another slice of his bread and brings it to his mouth watching her quietly. Dino enjoyed watching her eyes, as they were so expressionate and he hides his smile by quickly putting another slice of the bread and the eggs in his mouth.<br><br>He is jus about to wash it down with coffee, almost having brought the cup to his mouth when she asks him the question, and he takes his sip, savoring the bitter taste of the tripple espresso he asked for and he looks at her smiling. Putting down the mug, he anwsers her, his accent rolling from his tongue: "I am a Romanian Hungarian."<br><br>He looks at her laptop and considering the way she looked at her screen hopefully, he deduces that she's not actually using it professionally. "You are waiting for a friend to answer you ... Thorn ?" he asks of her and he picks up his espresso mug again and takes another sip.
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				Title: <strong>Re: [EX]Shadow and Thorn's Lair~Dino and Thorn (Dingo and Greenthorn)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Greenthorn</strong> on <strong>03-06-2008, 23:49:49</strong>
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				Thorn watched him chew his food and wondered if maybe she should order breakfast also as she tried to recall when she had actually last eaten.&nbsp; “Romania…Dracula,” she said with an amused smile then nodded down at his plate, “How’s the food here?&nbsp; I normally only drink coffee in the morning, but I suppose there‘s a first for everything.”<br><br>When he mentioned her waiting for a friend she was momentarily confused until she realized he had looked over to her laptop.&nbsp; “Well, no not really.&nbsp; I put an ad up for a maid and am hoping for some replies, but so far none,” she replied with a shrug of disappointment just as the waitress walked by.&nbsp; “Hey Jen, can you get me what he’s having please?” she said with a light touch on the waitress’ arm.&nbsp; Jen smiled down at her and nodded, knowing that her and Shadow always tipped very well.<br><br>As the waitress walked away, Thorn looked back up at Dino who was enjoying his espresso, and noticed that he had almost finished eating.&nbsp; “Allow me to pay for your breakfast please, in return for you sharing your table,” she offered with a grin.&nbsp; 
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				Title: <strong>Re: [EX]Shadow and Thorn's Lair~To Be Normal (Dingo and Greenthorn)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dingo</strong> on <strong>09-06-2008, 19:07:00</strong>
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				Dino's eyes widen at her offer to pay for his meal and he shakes his head.<br><br>"No, no, Miss Thorn. In my country men make room for attractive women ... and others too. I cannot accept you paying for breakfast of mine. Allow me to pay yours." he objects to her offer and then he laughs. "Or actually boss of mine pays." he says handing the waitress his own credit card. "I pay for the lady's breakfast too."<br><br>He puts the last bite in his mouth as the waitress walks away with his credit card to make the bill, and slowly chews as his eyes study the woman in front of him.<br><br>He swallows the bite and he continues to speak: "A maid. That hard to find ? I read many Spanish girls come here to be just that. And hope finding rich husband."<br><br>Dino doesn't add that many of those same Mexican girls end up in prostitution.
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				Title: <strong>Re: [EX]Shadow and Thorn's Lair~To Be Normal (Dingo and Greenthorn)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Greenthorn</strong> on <strong>10-06-2008, 17:30:52</strong>
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				The waitress put down the plate of food in front of Thorn then took the offered credit card from Dino before walking away.&nbsp; “Well, alright then, thank you,” she said before picking up her fork and quickly devouring the food before her.&nbsp; She had not eaten since yesterday afternoon and her stomach was thanking her for filling it again.&nbsp; As she considered his question, she placed the last forkful of food in her mouth before answering.<br><br>“Well first, excuse my gluttony, I had not realized how hungry I was,” she said with a small embarrassed laugh.&nbsp; She wiped her mouth with the fabric napkin and took a sip of her coffee which was now cold.&nbsp; “Well I put an ad in the paper and have only had one response to it, so I guess they are all out looking for the rich husbands instead of wanting work,” she replied with a wink.&nbsp; Just as she had finished her sentence, a new email alert sounded and Thorn’s eyes immediately went to her laptop screen.&nbsp; “Or maybe not!” she grinned, pulling the laptop a bit closer to read the email she received.<br><br>It was indeed a response to the ad for a maid and with amusement; she typed out a quick reply, and then turned off her computer, preparing to return home.&nbsp; She looked back up to Dino with a smile, quickly forgetting that she was about to leave.&nbsp; It had been a long time since she had a normal conversation with someone and she was reluctant to abandon it.&nbsp; “So, what are you doing around here?&nbsp; This isn’t exactly the type of town one comes to for any opportunities.”
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				Title: <strong>Re: [EX]Shadow and Thorn's Lair~To Be Normal (Dingo and Greenthorn)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dingo</strong> on <strong>11-06-2008, 20:52:31</strong>
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				He watches her eat with a smile, impressed at the speed at which she is devouring her food, and then at her apology he laughs heartilly with her embarrassed one and then listens and watches at her a bit upset that she seems so distracted and he is about to pick up his own laptop again when she speaks to him.<br><br>"I am here to watch woman with healthy appetite." he says and he laughs softly, "but serious. I am here to attend long boring seminars at conference center now, and later speak myself. After that vacation. I think about staying here. And then back to work."<br><br>He sighs sadly and watches her about to leave. "Perhaps you give me e-mail adress ? I will write ?" he asks politely, opening his computer and hovering with his fingers above the keyboard, looking at her with a hopeful smile.
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				Title: <strong>Re: [EX]Shadow and Thorn's Lair~To Be Normal (Dingo and Greenthorn)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Greenthorn</strong> on <strong>12-06-2008, 04:29:12</strong>
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				Thorn nodded with polite interest as she began to place her laptop back into her bag; had she been truly paying attention, his comment on her appetite would have embarrassed her.&nbsp; She looked around the table out of habit to make sure she had not forgotten anything, but abruptly stopped and looked into his eyes when he asked for her email.&nbsp; For a few moments she just stared at him, not sure she had heard him correctly but as his fingers awaited her response, she realized she had.&nbsp; <br><br>Thorn110@jmail.com, she replied being sure to give out her personal email and not the one her and Shadow shared.&nbsp; After watching him quickly enter her email into his computer, Thorn became aware of the silly smile on her face and quickly composed herself.&nbsp; Maybe it was because she was hardly ever out of the house without Shadow, or maybe she was not exactly approachable with her nose buried in her laptop more times than not, but Thorn had just been caught off guard by this man across the table who was showing an interest in her.&nbsp; She cleared her throat nervously and stood up.<br><br>“Thank you again for breakfast, Dino.&nbsp; I must get back home and do some housework.&nbsp; I look forward to hearing from you,” she said nervously.&nbsp; After picking up her laptop bag and flashing him one more smile, Thorn turned away and started back to her house, trying to control the urge to look over her shoulder.&nbsp; 
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				Title: <strong>Re: [EX]Shadow and Thorn's Lair~To Be Normal (Dingo and Greenthorn)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Dingo</strong> on <strong>14-06-2008, 12:20:39</strong>
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				Dino caught her smile as he typed in her e-mail adress and he hid his own by looking at the screen, but slight wrinkles appeared around his eyes.<br><br>As she says her goodbye, he doesn't speak, he only nods, with a warm smile on his face, and as soon as she turns his back on him, his expression changes, it becomes slightly more sad and disappointed, and he fights back the urge to call after her.
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				Title: <strong>Re: [EX]Shadow and Thorn's Lair~To Be Normal (Dingo and Greenthorn)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Greenthorn</strong> on <strong>23-08-2008, 04:30:03</strong>
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				<div align="center"><strong>Game ended.&nbsp; May or may not be reopened in the future.&nbsp; Thank you to all who have participated.<br>Thorn and Shadow</strong></div>
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