Constantly flying around the world can be a bit tedious sometimes, even if your flying first class. Aurus had just taken a flight from spain to good old New York City, and now found himself in a limousine next to Arna, his assistant, secretary, and traveling companion.
"Once we get to the hotel, I'll leave you at your room with tonight's paperwork. I won't be staying at the hotel for long, since I have some family in the area, and they wanted me to stay with them for the week. Oh, and your fa-" She paused for a second, as she eyed Aurus daydreaming and staring at the scenery as it passed. "Hey, Nel, you paying attention?" Aurus lazily turned himself to face the blond haired bore of a girl.
"Yea, yea, sorry. That flight just took a toll on me for some reason. Maybe I'm catching a cold or something?" He sounded tired and bored, as if he didn't care for even his own health.
"Well, if you are sick, it's your loss. Try your best not to waste the vacation you worked hard for." If Aurus hadn't known Arna as well as he did, he would probably have thought she was actually being a bit caring. Arna was the antithesis of caring, a demon who reveled in Aurus' torment. The more paperwork she could have poured on him, the better.
"Thanks, Arna, you are so caring." Aurus' sarcasm rang through the limousine, while Arna simply gave off a chuckle and returned to briefing Aurus.
"Ahem, as I was saying, your father wanted me to inform you that we will be heading to Britain as soon as our little vacation is over, so that we can be present for the swearing in of the new members of the council of elders." Aurus responded by groaning in dissapproval and leaving back in his seat.
"I'm really sick of the council, they never get anything useful done, and they only make everything worse for those who follow their laws. Also, Britain is pretty boring, too."
"Stop complaining. You do this every time. You aren't a kid, Nel, you are-" She was interrupted by Aurus, who finished her sentence for her.
"My fathers right hand man, and a highly useful member of the Nel bloodline, yes I know, and can you stop calling me Nel? I have a first name too, you know." It seemed that both of them were getting a bit agitated, so they sat quietly for a number of minutes before Arna broke the silence.
"So... Why New York of all places, I mean, why not somewhere a bit more exotic?" Arna seemed to be legitmately curious.
"Arna, we've been in 'exotic' places for the last 2 months. I just wanted to go somewhere a bit more mundane and familiar for a few days and relax." Arna and Aurus fell back into their state of silence, though it was much less hostile this time around.
Finally, the pair had arrived at the hotel, and made it up to the penthouse suite in which Aurus would be staying for the next week. Arna gave Aurus a folder of documents, the paperwork he would have to finish that night, said her goodbyes, and left. Now, all that stood between Aurus and a week of rest was that folder. It laid completely still on the glass tabletop, though, for a folder, it seemed extremely intimidating. Still, Aurus perservered, making his way over to what might as well have been a portal to hell, slowly, but surely.
Aurus placed his hand on the folder, gently touching the paper material, as if it would explode if he was too harsh. He threw the folder open in one swift motion, as if to catch it off guard, and take a look at its contents. Within the folder was simply a series of papers that Aurus had to sign, and nothing else. No forms to fill out, no status reports to write. It took Aurus roughly 5 minutes to finish signing all of the papers in the folder. Arna would come to retrieve it in the morning, so Aurus simply closed the folder and left it on the table.
He had decided to go walk around New York for a little while, just to see if there was anything interesting nearby. It also turns out that constantly being couped up in vehicles makes one really want to walk around. After only a few minutes of walking, he saw something quite peculiar.
Aurus watched as a man ran, screaming, out of a bar, and into the street, as if his life was on the line or something. Aurus, obviously curious, hastily walked towards the establishment that the lunatic ran out of. In hindsight, this was an action only an idiot would take. Any sensible person would have either run in the opposite direction or called the cops.
Upon setting his eyes upon the disheveled tavern, Aurus was rather suprised by the state of the bar. It was obvious that a barfight had occured, but most barfights don't end with someone going crazy and running into the street.
"Well, whatever happened in here must have been crazy. I've never seen a guy run out of a barfight and into the street while screaming for his life before. I'd love to hear the story." Aurus stepped into the building and made his way over to the bar as he said this. He must have been some sort of crazy that night, then again, anything is better than being bored out of your mind.
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