came in from a rainy thursday on the avenue

[hisdiscretion]

Who: hisdiscretion, all_sweetheart & alwaysfindsyou
When: Backdated to Thursday 3/10/11, around 1PM
Where: A burger joint!
Summary: Franz wants to make friends. He is hoping he is not totally awkward in his not-21st-Century upbringing.
Warnings: Intense frowning at those little paper cups you put condiments in! Other than that, probably nothing.

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[alwaysfindsyou]

The more Billy listened to Franz talk about the future he came from, the more Billy hoped that it wasn't going to happen to them. Not that he would be around to see it, but still, the thought of certain things going backwards instead of continuing to press forward until everyone was treated equally wasn't very comforting. But they weren't here to talk about that so Billy kept it to himself.

When Teddy commented on Franz being a baron, Billy lightly elbowed Teddy in the side and returned the grin, as if to say 'Royalty? Kind of like you'. "Yours more so than mine."

He raised an eyebrow at the tiny little bits Franz was taking. "You don't have to eat it like that," he encouraged. "Just, you know, take a really big bite. Like this." Billy took a chomp out of his own burger. He did, however, finish eating before he started talking again. "See?"

When the other listed off all the things that he did, Billy's eyes widened a little. "And you do that all by yourself? You don't have any help at all? How much free time do you have?"

He leaned forward when Franz did, grinning a little when he informed them of his power. "So you're like a walking lie detector? That's pretty cool." Someone had mentioned that some people gained powers being here when he'd first arrived so he didn't find it too surprising that Franz didn't have them before.

[hisdiscretion]

Franz shook his head, looking a little shy. He simply couldn't eat with big bites like that or overdo it, he'd only hear his mother in his head threatening to make him practice cutting meat with a book on his head, or any other number of embarrassing things.

"It's not so impressive. My father was a baron, and when he died, I became a baron."

Franz took a few more bites, trying with more gusto, but it still didn't seem quite right. He took a few sips of the overwhelmingly sweet milk shake.

"I do all of it by myself. I have plenty of free time - enough to study, and walk my dog, and... ah, attend my social life. Sleeping. I sleep a lot. Y'see, the glowing and sensing the truth? They don't seem to be directly linked. The glow reflects my emotions, but the truth stuff? It causes me pain. Whenever someone tells a lie, I feel pain. If it's small, it feels like a little pinch. If it's big, it hurts a lot more. This accumulates until I get huge migraines."

[all_sweetheart]

Teddy watches Franz's attempt to eat with more enthusiasm and hides an amused smile by taking a bite out of his own burger. He elbows Billy lightly back. "At least mine didn't come with any surprise siblings?" He laughs.

"I can appreciate sleeping a lot. I'd probably sleep entire days away if I could. Plus, I can see how that can tire you down, especially if you have run ins with a lot of liars...Which I'm hoping you don't because, first off, ouch and second, liars don't usually make up the best of company."