The "I'm Sorry" Date (Aqua)

"Wish I'd known them. They would have been a breath of fresh air" His own master was an elitist prick. But Davey had at least learned that when Omar needed a century or two of peace and alone time, it was best to give it. "So I'm taking it you've never learned your people's customs, right? you talk about your parents in the past tense so I'm assuming they passed" He paused and smiled. "I never, um...Never was raised by my own kind either. I was raised by humans and Unseelie fae. It's common for faeries to take troll children and switch them out with human children to raise as servants. More an Unseelie practice now than a Seelie one I've heard" It was still a slightly common practice, though not in America. He shrugged again. "I make myself useful. Back in my teens I was serving class to upperclass humans anyway. I'm used to it" He blinked at her and smiled. "Thanks for that. That means a lot, Officer Malone" he winked at her.

Omar winced. "I saw a troll woman convicted of stealing children in the 18th century in Romania" he said softly. "They stripped her, tied her to a pole and smeared church dirt on her till she died of 3rd degree burns. Church soil does for full trolls what iron does for you faeries. I'm so sorry if you had to watch your parents..." he shuddered. He regarded her with a mixed expression. "It's part of what Fae do. You do realize that there are two stories about how they were created, right? One says that in the war between the angels and fallen angels there was a group of angels that chose neither side. so they were cast down to earth, being too good for hell but too bad for heaven. Another says they're the children of demons and angels. I don't know if either story is true though. Either way, you fae folk are a mix of good and evil. A perfect blend of chaos"

He gave a short laugh and rubbed the back of his neck self-consciously. "No offense to you. You're great. I doubt you have a mean bone in your body. But others aren't so nice" he paused when their food and drinks were brought to them, nodded to the waitress and then continued after she left. "They also replace sick or dying faery children with human children so the humans can cure the faery babies. Or give them a good burial. But more often than not, it's taking troll children. Like me" he sighed and smiled at her. "Sorry for the heavy topics. I doubt you want to talk about this on a night out"

Whoops. Maybe he shouldn't have told her. "I uh, don't believe in church" he said with a half smile. "It's just too dangerous. I have to wear long clothes and gloves and good boots if I want to set foot on church property" He shrugged. "Church bells cause indescribable pain for me and Jane and other trolls. So I keep my distance" he laughed a little. "Hence why I'm telling you now, sweetie. Being what you are, you should know about this. Be able to make more informed choices when it comes to your kind" He wished someone had told him his heritage when he was young. He was still learning it now. "It's good to know who your people are. I ally myself with the humans but my people are Trolls, ya get me?"

He leaned back and thought before smiling.

"Red grows the rose,
red like lover's lips.
sweet are the pomegranate's pips,
sweet like my love.
honey flows amber like her hair,
the blue of a bluebird is nothing to her eyes.
Darker blue than any skies.
Inky flowers twine through skulls,
forever printed on her skin.
These are the traits does make a lover.
When I think of them, I think of her"

He paused and looked down. "... I wrote that for Jane's mother. It was going to be her birthday present but.." But he found her dead with their son in her arms two weeks before her birthday. It had been horrible. "I've toyed with the idea of making it a song, what do you think?"

"It's alright. I can understand not knowing. But I'm here if you need some clarification. Seelie and Unseelie courts work somewhat similar. The Raven Prince Madoc Morfrin or as he prefers in this day and age Arimane, the brother in law of Queen Titania. Therefore they work together closely. The inner court workings are pretty much the same" just with scarier creatures in the Unseelie court than in the Seelie. And more drab colors. "Now to figure out the tune" he said with a half smile. He picked up his coffee and sipped on it. "Any songs you particularly like? Any genre. I'm always looking for new things to learn to play for my performances" he grinned and leaned in. "Have you seen my website? It's getting over 200,000 hits a week! Pretty good for what's practically a garage band"

"I'll get out my old stuff on the courts. Maybe you can come over and I'll tell you all I can" he smirked slightly. "If I were a faery I'd say there was a price. With you lot there's always a price. But, I'm a troll. I don't believe in that" he grinned in delight. "Rock music huh? My specialty. I didn't create it but oh boy I wish I did. Do you like classic or modern or all types?" his eyes lit up at the last comment. "My album cover? I didn't think she'd actually do it, I mean, it's been a while. I can't wait to see it"

"Everything has a price with them. From say, giving a charm to a child to, well, saving someone's life" He looked down again, lost in his own thoughts. "Hm? Dinner? That'd be nice. But I can make dinner. No need to worry about it" He served faery people. It didn't seem right to have one make him dinner. "Man, I would have loved to get my hands on them. See everything he had" he said longingly before looking down at his coffee and sandwich. "We should probably eat" he said sheepishly. He had enjoyed talking to Aqua too much, but now his stomach was growling.

He laughed and shook his head. "Honey, I cooked, cleaned and taught my kids without expecting them to do a thing for me. I'm used to being asked to do it all. I don't care" He raised an eyebrow but shrugged. "How about you take me out. Your favorite place since I showed you mine. Fair's fair and since you're insisting..." she looked really happy and nostalgic and he wondered if she was thinking of memories of playing the records with her dad. "Actually...I scheduled tonight so I don't have a gig. I figured you deserved to have my undivided attention. Besides, I love poetry night. Some of the poems can be quite spectacular" he took a bite though and sighed happily. He loved coming here.