Shredding the Veil
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Date: 01/23/2018 Time: 13:30 EST |
Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
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It's a gray winter day this Saturday in College Station at the Texas A&M Campus. Jim Gomez is passing through, and decides to go visit with some old friends. Swinging by the the Aggie Catholic Mass, March, and Rally for Life, he quickly runs into a friend, Tom. Like Jim, he's dressed casually, but with jeans and an Aggie t-shirt instead of Jim's own cargo pants. Blond hair, close cropped, no facial hair, brown eyes, soft pizza-and-beer build. "Hey Jimbo, how the hell are ya? I thought you dropped out! But you're still wearing your ring?" Tom calls out, rushing over to slap Jim on the shoulder. Jim laughs, and shakes his head. "Are you kidding? Nah, I just transfered to West Texas A&M extension, because I'm doing some service work up in Detroit, at the Ben Carson youth center." "No shit? Well I guess you still deserve your Aggie ring then. Awesome. Hey, they've got leftover coffee donuts over there. Come on. But say, I know I'm a complete asshole for asking, but why the silver ring? I thought your parents were rich." At that question, Jim stops a moment, snickering before resuming going over to the food table. He grins at the nun working the table, grabbing a napkin and a plain donut (all that's left), then a cup of lukewarm coffee. "I'm allergic to gold, Tom. So I got the silver." "Come on Jim. Prof Johnson proved that was bullshit. There's no such thing as a gold allergy." Tom retorts while grabbing the same selection of leftover goodies. At that, Jim takes a bite of the donut, pauses a moment to chew it and swallow. Then he just as deliberately swallows a mouthful of coffee before smirking. "Well, Tom, there are two possibilities here. One is that I'm a member of an ancient secret society known as the Corax, who venerate the great celestial Sun spirit Helios. We believe he gives us great power, but curses us to have problems dealing with gold. So my super powers forbid me to wear a gold ring." He pauses, and narrows his gaze. "That or I tried on my dad's Aggie ring the summer after freshman year, and it made me sick wearing it for a day. Which is it, Tom?" Tom nearly chokes on his donut. "Holy shit Jim I was just teasing, you don't have to make me feel like a complete asshole. I'm sorry." Jim snickers, and sets down his coffee to punch Tom in the arm. "You did say you were one for asking. Come on. Let's go light a candle. I've got two to light today." | |
