Foreign Soil (OPEN)

[Charlotte Smith]

Lucian had been dumped by his sister, yet again, while she went off in search of men instead of trying to find the answer to this curse seal that had been put on him a few years earlier.

Fuming a little he had walked into this maze a good hour ago and now he was well and truly lost, he couldn't even find one of those help points on the wall to get someone in to help him out of there.

He was getting hungry but he tried to ignore it.

[Guest]

Pxyis had been - of course - bored at the manor, so being the sneaky, devious girl that she was she had escaped Nancy's clutches and ran. She loved to explore beautiful places, last summer it had been a beautiful wood, where she had met one of her two best friends, Charlotte Smith.

This summer, however, Pxyis had decided to visit the Crystal Maze, which she had heard of so often about. Apparently, it was a scary and frightening place where German's lurked, awaiting their next victim, but Pxyis didn't believe in such codswallop. Well, she did believe Charlotte, but that was about it.

Pxyis would be ashamed to admit that she was just a teensy bit scared of going to the maze, so she had brought her half-kneazle along for company. She would never admit that it was because she was scared, just because she enjoyed company. Leilani trotted along beside her, mewling playfully at everything she saw.

Pxyis then spotted a foreign looking boy, and being curious she darted into the shadows and followed after him. She looked at Leilani and held a finger to her lips, motioning for the kitten to then hide in a hole in the hedge. She adored her kitten, and though she didn't believe this boy would harm her baby, you could never be to cautious. Leaning casually against the hedge, Pxyis put on a playful smirk as she flipped her hair over her shoulder.

"Not from around these parts, are ya?"

((Abi, you posted it in Char ))

[Lucian Ciero]

Lucian turned around when he heard someone talk to him, it was a girl he knew that much but it was a British girl and in these times you could never be sure if you were going to be attacked by them or fawned over because you're dangerous and German.

Smirking a little he nodded his head with a grin, of course he wasn't from around here, but he wasn't from where this girl was thinking he knew that much.

"No, no I'm not, but go on, indulge me, where do you think I am from? I'll give you a present if you get it right, though I doubt you will." Lucian said playfully.

(OOC: Oh dear xD I totally spazzed there didn't I? Oh well xD)

[Guest]

Pxyis was even more curious when he turned around, for he did not look German, but she couldn't place what country he was from. It was starting to frustrate her, but she grinned like a cheshire cat when he gave her a challenge, and Pxyis adored challenge's.

Tapping her chin thoughtfully, she studied him with narrowed eyes. Her mind ran through different countries, crossing them off the list. Not British, German, Chinese or Japanese. She thought to herself, and finally decided on a country. "Are you Italian?" She asked.

Of course, Pxyis knew she was wrong but she didn't mind. He was probably from some little country that she never would've guessed, or she had no idea what the people there looked like. She was, however, ready to be ambushed at any moment. Her eyes darted around as she scrutinised her surroundings, and seeing no one other than this boy, she relaxed a bit.

[Lucian Ciero]

Lucian couldn't help but return the girls grin when she looked as if she had accepted his challenge, it was something that very few people ever guessed because it really didn't look like he was from there.

With a small shake of his head Lucian wagged his finger.

"Nope I'm not from Italy, although I can speak Italian quite well."

Wondering if she was ready to give up yet Lucian leant against the wall and sprawled his legs out, yawning slightly, and he looked up at the sky which was abnormally blue.

"Care to take another guess? Or shall I put you out of your misery?"

[Guest]

Pxyis sighed and draped a hand over her forehead as if this were the most terrible news she had ever received, but she quickly dropped her hand and smiled. She could sense danger around him, but she decided to ignore it for the time being.

"Oh, how disappointing. I was positive it was Italy." She joked, rolling her eyes as she thought about it again.

He looked up at the sky and asked her if she'd like to take another guess, or give up. Pxyis snorted with laughter at the suggestion. "I don't give up." She said, studying his features carefully. In this case, she probably would have to.

"Spain? India? Germany? New Zealand?" She listed off a couple of countries that sprang to mind, but he didn't appear as if he was from any of those. "Hmm, what about... Columbia?" She was stumped, she just couldn't place it.

[Lucian Ciero]

Lucian couldn't help but chuckle at the way that the girl dramatically acted around him, it was a way in which he sometimes acted in order to make people feel at ease around him, it was something that he thought worked quite well.

"Ah well the Italian men are lousy lovers anyway, too lazy to do anything worthwhile, and the French are overrated."

When she said so firmly that she wasn't going to give up Lucian chuckled softly, he thought about how bad she was going to feel when she didn't get it and decided that he would give her some clues.

"No, no, no...Merlin no, and no. Definately not Columbia."

Smirking slightly he asked: "Would you like a clue, girl with no name?"

[Guest]

Pxyis giggled at his statement that Italian men are 'lousy' lovers, and the French are overrated. "And completely different to one another. My professor, my housemate and a friend of mine are all french, all sisters and yet completely different. Salina is cheeky, but friendly despite her Pureblood heritage. Corinne is snobbish, rude, but confused. And Professor Girard is an angel." Pxyis rolled her eyes.

When he chuckled at her, Pxyis detected a hint of sympathy and it only made her want to be right stronger.

"Not Columbia you say?" She mumbled, thinking hard. Deciding to be a bit creepy, after all she HAD been cooped up in a manor for weeks, she began to circle him as she studied him from every angle.

When he asked if she wanted a clue with a smirk in place, she pondered giving him her name. Deciding she wouldn't until she knew his, she nodded once. "Sure, i'll do anything to win." She smirked back.

[Lucian Ciero]

Lucian raised his eyebrow and smirked slightly, if there was any difference between French people he sure hadn't seen it, but that could be because he had only met a few French people and they had all been the same to him.

"Maybe I should meet these French People, maybe they're not all as stuck up as they seem, or maybe not, I can't really understand their accent. I'd be saying: 'What?' 'What?!' all the time."

As the girl began to circle him Lucian smirked and looked up into her eyes with his own black ones and waited her out, it wasn't so creepy to him, in fact it was flattering:

"You know, if you take a picture it'll last longer." he smirked

Thinking up quite an obvious clue, Lucian sighed and pointed a finger at the girl: "There is a series of four muggle films with where I am from in the title, and they're all centered around water."

[Guest]

Pxyis grinned and nodded her head in agreement. "Try having your professor as one of them, I don't understand the task most of the time. It's just all 'zis' and 'zat'." Pxyis rolled her eyes.

Pxyis was interested by his shade of eye colour, it was just as rare and unique as her own stormy grey with blue flecked through them. Black was quite an un-common eye colour, and it only made her feel more certain that he was dangerous in a very secretive and mysterious way.

She felt as if he was dangerous in the type of way that made you get to know him with his easy jokes and casual stance, and the mystery surrounding him. Pxyis didn't particularly like mysterious guys, they were often hiding a secret that you didn't want to know. She preferred guys like Parker, who were caring, open and gentle.

Pxyis rolled her eyes when he commented on the picture part and chuckled lightly. "Yes, i'd love to but my camera would probably implode on the sight of your ugliness." She joked, grinning. "Im only joking." She added, just in case she offended him. Not all guys got her jokes and took them well like Parker did.

Her eyes zoned in on his finger when he pointed it at her, but she quickly returned her gaze to his face as she pondered what he had said. Her mind ran through her favourite muggle movies, and a few clicked. At the 'four muggle films' part she had narrowed it down to just one series. And it was her favourite. "You're from the Caribbean?" She asked incredulously, looking him up and down - not that she had any idea what modern day Caribbean people looked like.

[Lucian Ciero]

Lucian grinned and shook his head, he didn't understand most of his professors now but he couldn't ever hope to understand the French accent no matter how beautiful it might be to some.

"That must be hard for you, how ever do you pass their class?" he said in his drawl.

When she insulted him Lucian couldn't help put place his hand on his heart and pretend to cry silently, even though he didn't care much, he knew he was good looking really.

"You girls, you break my heart sometimes you really do!" he sniffled "But don't worry about it, I know you're just joshin' with me."

A smile broke out on his lips and Lucian nodded when she guessed right, the clue however had probably been a really big help, after all how many muggle films even reached four movies in a series?

Seeing her disbelief Lucian smirked, he was often not believed when he said where he was from. Not hard to blame people really.

"Yes I am from the Carribean, don't look like it do I? Would you have believed me if I looked more like a pirate?"

[Guest]

A breath of wind danced across Pxyis skin, completely relaxing her body as she leant against the hedge with a laid-back smile. She didn't care much for his tone of voice, but she decided to ignore it and respond instead. She examined her fingernails for a moment before looking back up.

"With my amazing skills of awesome, obviously." Pxyis said in a 'duh' tone, grinning.

Pxyis found his playful, dramatic antics somewhat funny, and she chuckled at him. It was something she also did to relax people, be over dramatic. It made people relax more around you, and not feel tense and nervous, when you acted with so much ease and relaxation.

"Who else has been breaking your heart?" Pxyis asked with a raised eyebrow, holding back laughter. She had thought that most girls would swoon for a guy like him, he was quite the looker and a charmer.

Pxyis frowned in concentration as she imagined him in Jack Sparrow's choice of pirate wear, and adding the hat as a finishing touch she burst out laughing and nodded her head vigorously.

"Oh yes, I most certainly would."

[Lucian Ciero]

Lucian raised his eyebrows and chuckled slightly, although the girl probably did pass the class with no problem it was a little bit funny to meet someone else who said they were awesome straight off the bat.

"Well there's no arguing with that then is there?" he smirked slightly.

It was a little bit relaxing for him when the girl laughed at him, it meant that things were getting a little bit less awkward, hopefully things would stay that way for a while.

"Who else has been breaking my heart? Seriously, nobody really, my life is going quite well in that department actually, what about you? Got a special guy in your life?" he winked

Unsure of what she was laughing at Lucian rubbed the back of his head and looked a little nervous, smiling slightly he asked:

"What's so funny? Did I pull an odd face?"

[Guest]

Pxyis grinned at him and shook her head. She wondered what he was doing here, but she wasn't so rude as to ask straight away when she'd only just met him.

"Nope." She smirked back at him.

Pxyis could hear rustling inside of the hedge, followed by a tiny 'meow' and her kitten's head emerged. Pxyis ignored Leilani as she blushed at him and shuffled her feet. She gnawed on her lip and took a steadying breath.

"Erm," she squeaked. "No." Her blush deepened at her high pitched voice, and it took her a moment to gain control of her voice again.

Clearing her throat lightly, Pxyis smiled at his obvious nervousness at her laughter.

"No not at all. I was just imagining you in Jack Sparrow's outfit. The hat made me loose it."

[Lucian Ciero]

Lucian grinned and looked back up at the sky, he was glad that even though they seemed to be so alike that they weren't clashing as people often did with each other when they met and they were the same confident personality.

His eyebrow raised and he looked at the cat that emerged from the fence, making a clicking noise with his tongue Lucian encouraged the cat to come towards him.

"This girl yours then? You're a very pretty kitty aren't you? M-hm, yes you are."

Looking up at the girl in front of him Lucian grinned and pointed at her, a knowing look spreading on his face as he did so:

"Are you telling a fib? You do have a guy you like don't you? Go on, tell me, you're never going to see me again where's the harm?" he smirked.

With a small accepting smile Lucian imagined himself in a pirate hat and nodded: "I think I'd look good actually."

[Guest]

Pxyis watched as he looked up at the sky, and wondering what was so interesting, she also glanced upwards. Upon discovering nothing truly captivating above, she realised he must've been thinking about something.

She looked back at Leilani as he asked if the kitten was hers, and Pxyis nodded as Leilani bounded out of the hedge and over to him like she was a puppy or something. "Yeah, this is Leilani." Pxyis introduced her, but she looked taken aback when Leilani hissed and swiped her paw at him, racing back to Pxyis and facing him with a snarl.

"Lani you go over there and apologise missy, I won't have that behaviour." Pxyis snapped at the kitten, who mewled in protest and like a grumbling child she went over to him and rubbed up against his legs, meowing at him before returning to sit by Pxyis. "Much better." Pxyis patted the kitten and rolled her eyes.

Pxyis rolled her eyes and sighed. "Alright, alright, fine." She grumbled. "I kind of like my best guy friend, but at the moment we're just friends and I don't think he'd really want to change that. It's not like im madly in love with him, I just have a tiny, TINY, little crush on him."

Pxyis chuckled. "I think you would too."

[Lucian Ciero]

Lucian smirked slightly when the cat began to hiss and spit at him, the first few times it had made him jump when animals did that but not now, the reaction was just expected now.

Baring his teeth at the cat he growled in return and was a little bit taken aback when she began to rub against his leg. Lucian gently patted her head before she ran off.

"Don't worry about it, all animals hate me for some reason, I never figured out what, but I have a pretty good idea it's just the vibes that I give out."

Smirking lightly Lucian nodded his head and began to understand a little bit more about the girl in front of him, and he thought about her situation, he was good with love after all.

"Uh-huh, small? Small being like, 'Oh I see how he can be seen as attractive' or 'Wow he's cute!' OR 'Wow...he's just wow.'?"

[Guest]

Pxyis raised her eyebrows at him as he growled back at her cat, looking completely bewildered.

"Then again, foreign men are weirdo's." She told herself, grinning at him as she rested a hand on her hip.

Pxyis nodded when he said that all animals hated, she would've been most disappointed if that had happened to her. But, sometimes animals just didn't like people, though Leilani was a fairly friendly kitten and it only made Pxyis' suspicions of him stronger, though she didn't say anything.

Pxyis inwardly groaned, she hated discussing crushes and all that, but it was nice to have someone to talk to that she knew wouldn't tell, mostly because he would never know who he was.

"Small as in he's my best friend and it kind of makes me like him cause he's a great guy but I like being friends, small." Pxyis explained.

[Lucian Ciero]

Lucian smiled slightly when he was called a weirdo, it was something that he was used to being called by both boys and girls, it seemed that in this form he could only appeal to a very few number of people, and all those people were not here at the moment.

"Not all of us, just the best. The best being me." he winked

Holding uo his hands Lucian decided that talking about this crush was probably not the way to go and after this comment he would be sure to let it slide from conversation, after all, this girl reminded him of Aquila, and he didn't want a short slap to the head.

"Right right okay, I'll get my nose out of this in a minute, but sometimes it's best to just play it out like you're doing, you don't want to lose a friend and make it awkward, but having a partner is like having a best friend, it's how it's supposed to be."

Lucian smiled, a little sadder this time, at the memory of the one person in his past that he had felt like this for, and he sighed slightly.

[Guest]

Pxyis realised that she may have offended him, she was just so used to Parker knowing that it was a joke and she didn't mean anything personal by it, so she frowned.

"It was a joke." She said with a laugh as he winked at her.

Pxyis gnawed on her fingernail as she listened to him talk, then realising it was a public taboo, she dropped her hand and instead clasped her hands together with a small smile, rocking back and forth on her heels.

She still was curious as to why this boy was here, and what his name was, but she never went first. If she knew his name, then he would be allowed to know her name, but if not then this conversation would continue being nameless. Which would be quite interesting. It normally happened in romcoms, which was one of her favourite genre's of movies.

She frowned at the sad smile, and the strange look in his eye that she knew to be remembering something sad. Curiosity got the better of her in this situation.

"So, tell me, do you like anyone? Or liked?" Pxyis asked.

[Lucian Ciero]

Lucian grinned happily and shook his head, it might have been a joke but he was still the best when it came to things like this, romance, and about being funny as he had found out lately, his new form was quite the jokester, although he liked to think he had something to do with that.

"Joke it may be but, I still think that I'm the best."

Raising an eyebrow as the girl began to chew at her fingernail, Lucian chuckled a little and watched her rock back and forth, it looked quite comical.

"You know, you can chew your nails if you want it's not like I'm going to judge you or anything. You could start quacking like a duck for all I care." he smirked.

Lucian was brought out of his thoughts by the girl asking him a question, it was one he would rather have not been asked but he knew that it was going to come up now that the topic had been started, it was only fair to ask the same question to him.

"I have liked plenty of people, I like someone very much at the moment...but...well, it's not the same." he smiled, this girl wouldn't understand it, after all, he was over hundreds of years old, but he didn't look it.

[Guest]

Pxyis rolled her eyes at his comment that he still believed himself to be the best. He thought he was the best at being a weirdo? She'd give him that award. With a short laugh, she shook her head.

"Alright, alright, you can be the best!" She surrendered, holding her hands up.

Pxyis bent her arms and placed her hands on her hips so she looked like a duck, before bending down and quacking. Standing normal again, she snorted with laughter and raised an eyebrow at his previous comment.

"Are you sure?" She asked.

Pxyis could see that her question had caused some obvious discomfort, but then again she wanted to know, it was her way of him returning the favor for her answering her questions. She sighed and brushed her hair out of her face, confused by his answer. How could he have liked many girls at such a young age?

"Oh? Care to enlighten me? Is she... dark haired? Obviously pretty to you," Pxyis tapped her chin thoughtfully. She could picture him fancying someone with fair skin and dark hair easily.

[Lucian Ciero]

Lucian nodded his head and looked proud at his achievement, he was happy to be thought of as the best in someone's eyes that wasn't in fact his own.

To tell the truth, Lucian often acted out and pretended to be confident because really he wanted people to like him, of course he thought that he was all of these things to a degree, but this body was far from the best.

"Thank you, I'll make sure that I get that printed up on a certificate in my dorm."

Raising his eyebrow as the girl actually did start quacking like a duck, Lucian snorted a little and tried to stop himself from full force laughing at the girl, he didn't want to make her feel bad.

"Well, I don't care particularily, but that was hilarious."

Lucian smiled slightly and thought about Violeta for a moment, they hadn't spoke properly in a while and that was making him slightly confused...

"She has brown hair, and yes she is fairly pale, although, I can appreciate the beauty in every lady, my friend is also very pretty and she is blonde."

[Guest]

Pxyis laughed at the proud look in his eye when she submitted to him being the best. She had taken a liking to this boy already, he was confident, funny and a jokester. It was the perfect combination of traits to make someone like you, and it was something that she found she held in common with him.

"You are quite confident." She informed him, a smile playing on her lips.

When he said he will get a certificate printed for his dorm, she laughed and rolled her eyes at him with a slight shake of her head. Wondering what school who would attend, she decided to ask.

"So, what school are you going to this new year?" She played with the hem of her shirt, prodding Leilani with her foot gently.

Pxyis smirked in achievement at the way he held back his laughter, feeling successful in making him want to laugh. She knew that she had looked ridiculous, but who was she to care?

"I know it was, it's the burden of being me. I'm just so funny." She said in a dramatic, self-important tone, as she placed a hand over her heart with a dreamy smile.

When he spoke of his crush, Pxyis felt successful in her assumption of what she had looked like. Confusion had briefly flashed in his eyes before he spoke, but Pxyis assumed it had something to do with him and the girl.

"Mhhm, just as I suspected. You are the type to go for brunette's, I can tell, and I have an eye for these things. A blonde friend, eh? My my, a ladies man aren't you?" She laughed softly, attempting to lighten the mood before asking her next question. "And tell me, what are these lovely ladies like?"

[Lucian Ciero]

The way that the girl smiled at him made Lucian grin slightly and he nodded his head, he didn't think that it was possible for him not to be confident, maybe if he really tried, but even then it would be hard not to let the odd compliment slip out.

"You have to be in this world, few people will compliment you but yourself, so you've got to learn how to do that to the best of your ability."

Lucian grinned a little more, this would freak her out big style, she's been talking to a 'German' all this time.

"I already started school last year, I attend the Durmstrang institute. Guessing you're a Hogwarts girl?" he smirked.

Snorting slightly Lucian thought if this is what he seemed like on a day to day basis, if so, he could see how he could get a little bit annoying after a while, but it was all good fun and he wasn't really like that.

"Oh dear, it's such a large burden. There there dear."

Lucian raised his eyebrow and got up from the floor walking slightly closer to the girl, looking up from under his hair and saying:

"Well, how you doin'? But seriously me and her are just friends, she's violent, and actually, a little like yourself, and the other lady, she's a real gem, really kind and polite. How about your man?"

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