Gabriel (Sylar) // Heroes, 3rd season (D_M version) // That Barplace

[mm_eliada]

He had been very good, staying in a cell he could easily have ripped his way out of (he's fairly sure, anyway), not demanding anything more than any of the other prisoners. He was still trying to be good, sitting cross-legged on the bench that passed for a bed and examination table here. He had a lot to think about, anyway- his family, his

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[humanfridge]

David Berman has some questions concerning this guy. Firstly, is he a newcomer? Because he doesn't seem to have seen the Window before. Also, if this is so, then why does he look vaguely familiar?

You can tell that spending time at Milliways (and with Raz specifically; it's really hard to be withdrawn around her) has been good for him, because he doesn't just sit there and wonder silently into his beer, but actually gets up, hesitantly, thinking that at least he can give the guy a hand if he really hasn't been here before.

"Not, uh, n-not many who react to it like, like, like that."

[makes_me_tick]

Gabriel turns and stares. And then he stares harder, narrowing his eyes and wondering if someone is playing a trick on him. He remembers David Berman. He still has the cryokinesis to prove it, and uses it to great effect on a daily basis.

David Berman's live presence is more of an indication that this is the Nexus than anything else. It's jarring, yes, but he'd long ago resigned himself to sometimes meeting people he shouldn't. At least it isn't Eden this time.

"No, I guess most people wouldn't," he says, the intense staring settling into a pleasant smile. "I'm something of a scientist, not that you'd be able to tell from- this." He gestures down at the dull tank top and pants issued by the Company. "But this view! It really fascinates me."

He goes back to staring at the window for a moment, then adds, "You been here long?"

[humanfridge]

That... inspection. He swears to heaven he's seen that look before, if he could only connect it to one of the hundreds of people he must have exchanged the time of day with both here and in the normal world.

He's pretty sure it made him this uncomfortable the first time around as well.

(Although 'scientist' impresses him, as do all those difficult professions that he doesn't think he'll ever quite attain. You can see that fact in the slightly increased wideness of his eyes and just-as-slightly dampened nervousness of his small, friendly smile.)

"Uh," he answers, eloquently. "A, a while. I've been here I don'. I don't know how long."

Actually venturing to move so that there is no longer a table between them, he adds apologetically: "I thought at first you w-- you wer. were new here."

[makes_me_tick]

"I am," he says, looking around with admiration. "But I've been to places like this before. The door never disappeared on me before, though. That's- rather worrying."

He's completely ignoring the stutter, unlike the last time they met. "I've heard of people being stuck before. I wonder how these places decide that, who gets to go and who has to stay."

This was starting to look serious- he'd have to apologize to his mother when he got back.

He'd been looking up at the window while he was talking. When he finishes, his gaze slides back down to David, and he smiles again. "Sorry, I should introduce myself, shouldn't I? I'm Gabriel, good to meet you." He holds a hand out to shake.

[velvet_fangs]

Somebody here definitely recognizes Gabriel.

She pauses on her way towards the fireplace, hands shoved in the pockets of her slightly battered blue jeans, and cocks her head at the spectacle of his fascination.

[makes_me_tick]

He does notice her there- eventually.

As he pulls his gaze down, he glances over to her. The vague smile stays on his face, but it sharpens into something less like awe and more like understanding. He doesn't know who she is, but it probably doesn't matter.

"Hello," he says, in a friendly enough manner. It's almost a question.

[velvet_fangs]

"Hi. New, or just really fond of the Window?"

[makes_me_tick]

"I think I'm both," he says, with a grin. He's watching her closely, which honestly probably goes without saying if she knows him already. "It's amazing. Have you been here long?"