01-27-2015, 12:01 PM
Lucas was impressed with the place. It looked like Nox was putting a lot of thought into it. He did find it amusing that the kitchen was the room that was finished first. He quirked an eyebrow. "Sounds like your sister runs a tight ship."
Aria's rooms seemed well done as well, though in need of more work, obviously. Nox was a curious one. He seemed to be more concerned about Aria's needs than his own sister's. Well, maybe not that. But he was attentive to her. And yet it didn't appear he had any designs on her. He wondered what she meant to him. He'd explained, but that could have been just words.
Could he have ulterior motives for wanting her there? In addition to the ones he'd mentioned? As Nox showed him about Lucas watched him. From everything he'd seen, Nox was honest. Almost brutally so. He said what he said and didn't care what people thought. At least that was the impression he'd gotten. Very likely, if he was interested he would've already hit on Aria. The fact that they worked together said that the issue had been dealt with and they had moved on.
Still....he was unsure. If he had to go with his gut, though, he grudgingly admitted, he trusted Nox. At least enough. The guy was chaos incarnate in a lot of ways. Planning just didn't seem his style. Bluntness was more his thing.
When the tour was over he went back to Aria's rooms and looked at the spaces available. The one over the bed was the largest. There was also smaller space on the opposite wall over the desk. He leaned against the desk and looked above the bed. Right now, in her old place she had the picture he'd drawn. "Let me think."
He tried to imagine what Aria might like. Memories of their hanging out came to him. Some of them were darker than others and he decided to focus on the more positive ones. Their first 'date' was one such. A date that began with going to church. Not typical. He smiled at the memory. She had been really pretty in her Asian inspired dress, complete with chopsticks in her hair.
There was something very soothing in certain Asian styles. He was reminded of Taoist art from his classes. In particular the emphasis on nature and cosmic principles. The simple, almost suggestive use of positive and negative spaces, sharp lines contrasted with impression- a landscape whose undulating hills vaguely evoke the writhing form of a dragon. One could stare at them for hours and discover something new every time. It was like looking at a Rorschach test, in some ways.
He knew what he wanted to do, what feeling he wanted to evoke. "Ok. I have an idea. Let me get some materials and I'll get started. Don't tell Aria though. Let's let this be a surprise for her."
Aria's rooms seemed well done as well, though in need of more work, obviously. Nox was a curious one. He seemed to be more concerned about Aria's needs than his own sister's. Well, maybe not that. But he was attentive to her. And yet it didn't appear he had any designs on her. He wondered what she meant to him. He'd explained, but that could have been just words.
Could he have ulterior motives for wanting her there? In addition to the ones he'd mentioned? As Nox showed him about Lucas watched him. From everything he'd seen, Nox was honest. Almost brutally so. He said what he said and didn't care what people thought. At least that was the impression he'd gotten. Very likely, if he was interested he would've already hit on Aria. The fact that they worked together said that the issue had been dealt with and they had moved on.
Still....he was unsure. If he had to go with his gut, though, he grudgingly admitted, he trusted Nox. At least enough. The guy was chaos incarnate in a lot of ways. Planning just didn't seem his style. Bluntness was more his thing.
When the tour was over he went back to Aria's rooms and looked at the spaces available. The one over the bed was the largest. There was also smaller space on the opposite wall over the desk. He leaned against the desk and looked above the bed. Right now, in her old place she had the picture he'd drawn. "Let me think."
He tried to imagine what Aria might like. Memories of their hanging out came to him. Some of them were darker than others and he decided to focus on the more positive ones. Their first 'date' was one such. A date that began with going to church. Not typical. He smiled at the memory. She had been really pretty in her Asian inspired dress, complete with chopsticks in her hair.
There was something very soothing in certain Asian styles. He was reminded of Taoist art from his classes. In particular the emphasis on nature and cosmic principles. The simple, almost suggestive use of positive and negative spaces, sharp lines contrasted with impression- a landscape whose undulating hills vaguely evoke the writhing form of a dragon. One could stare at them for hours and discover something new every time. It was like looking at a Rorschach test, in some ways.
He knew what he wanted to do, what feeling he wanted to evoke. "Ok. I have an idea. Let me get some materials and I'll get started. Don't tell Aria though. Let's let this be a surprise for her."