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Taken at the Capitol Building in Jefferson City, MO on 4/17/12
I'm really aching for a wider lens. There are, as you might guess, only about a million steps leading up to the doors of the building, and I was standing at the very bottom and still only barely got Jefferson and the lightpost in the frame at 18mm.
This means I simply must be gifted the 10-24mm. Pretty please. :)
Finn Finistair steps up to lean against the fence and spies the small child wandering along behind them. "Whut is this," he mutters, "some bluddy sairt a parade?" He takes to a knee, opening the pack again, and withdrawing a pair of binoculars, and a small object the size of a cellular phone. He reslings his pack and glances to see if anyone else was wandering by.
Cal Mirajkar comes to a halt and lazily turns to look at the child. Tilting her head to one side and forcing a small smile, she says in her faked masculine accent "Do you needing something..?"
Finn Finistair glances up at Cal as she questions the girl. He tightens the strap on his thigh holster, and slowly stands, watching the child.
Jaina Lefevre peeks around the corners when she gets to them and waits a few steps before peeking around the corner. She watches him crouch down and looks up at Cal. "A netbook, but Mama says I gotta wait."
Cal Mirajkar raises one eyebrow at this, glancing to her Irish companion for assistance "A... Netbook? What is that?"
Finn Finistair grimaces slightly at that answer, glancing over his shoulder at the ruins, and then down the battered street toward the Legion barricade.
Jaina Lefevre steps a little closer and leans against the light post. "Is those the ones with in-fah-red? Or the night kind? Trackin' stuff or what?"
Naomi Shuffle was running on the rooftops then she notices the two from before and jumps onto the light post looking down at them she was laughing wondering why they were acting all weird. But she didn’t want to say anything just yet
Finn Finistair stares down at the young child, a look of some slight consternation on his face. "Thay're th' infra rayd toipe, lass," he answers her. "You've sayn these koinda glasses b'fore have ya?"
Cal Mirajkar smirks faintly, mildly amused by the little girl and watching her thoughtfully whilst totally unaware of the masked figure stalking around over their heads.
Jaina Lefevre nods. "Uh huh. THe ones that got the green trackin' parts is better. There's pack peoples in there. You want to meet them? They helped me when I got grabbed by the Boom Man." She glances up, and frowns. "Youse is gonna fall."
Finn Finistair frowns at the little girl, then follows her gaze up to the lightpost where the neko's legs are just visible. He sighs heavily, looking back at Cal for a moment, and then at the little girl. "Pack paypul?" he asks. "D'you mayn th' hoibrids Oi've been hearin' about?"
Naomi Shuffle hops down landing on the ground roughly on her fours. Making a soft ‘meep’ sound when she landed, but she got up and giggles as she looks at the well built man with the backpack.
Cal Mirajkar just shrugs at Finn, standing idle to let him deal with the pair, her tail flicking lazily. After a moment she mumbles to herself in Arabic absently whilst rolling her eyes.
Jaina Lefevre nods. "Yeah. They don't like it if you get in their place." She looks at the one that was on the light, then back to the funny talking guy.
River Grau skids to a stop as he sees Jaina and moves towards her. "Did you tell Bastian we were gonna beat him up?"
Finn Finistair looks down at the little girl. "An' you c'n intraduce me to onna them, can ya, lass?" he prompts the child.
Jaina Lefevre turns to look at River and rolls her eyes. "He's a shithead." Yes, Jaina swore. She looks back at Finn. "I could. Maybe. Whatcha gonna do with it?"
Naomi Shuffle she walks close to the well built make almost in your face close. She leaned in giving him a sniff, wondering if he had a friendly scent or not. Then she back up slightly and tilted her head as she looked at him
River Grau crossed his arms over his chest, "I don't care if he's a shithead, but if you're gonna start a group 'bout helpin' kids we ain't allowed to beat 'em up just 'cause you don't like him. It ain't like he's hurtin' nobody." His eyes flicked between Jaina and Finn, listening to what they were speaking about.
Finn Finistair smiles down at the girl, shrugging. "Look, talk, dail..." he says quietly. "You jest fetch one, lass, and lait me wurry about what 'appens after, eh?" He looks down at the neko...sniffing...at him. "Oi smell arroit ta you, then, lass?"
Cal Mirajkar raises her eyebrow whilst watching her fellow Hybrid get in Finn's face, a small smile quickly banished before she coughs pointedly "Is getting late, you are still wanting to venture no?"
Finn Finistair nods at Cal, "Aye," he agrees with her, "'tis a'that. Let's be off then. This shouldna' take long." With that, he pivots away from the child and the other neko, slipping between the fences and moving off into the ruins.
Cal Mirajkar follows swiftly, vaulting over the broken fence panel and ambling along after the bold Irishman.
Jaina Lefevre looks at River and crosses her arms. "I'm doin' business here. Bastian was mean t'me and lied to people. That's not helpin'." She looks over to Finn. "I could..." she stops as he walks away. "Great. You blew it."
River Grau rolls his eyes now. "He's tryin' to do business with everyone he meets with that Mills lady. An' his pay sucks. But whatever. I don't care if he was mean an' lied. Tellin' him the Tengu was gonna go after him was *wrong*. An' if this is how you're gonna treat the group, like we're gonna hurt people instead of helpin' them, I am out."
Finn Finistair crouches for a moment, raising the glasses to his eyes and scanning the horizon quickly. He speaks, without looking back at Cal, "Jest keep a shairp eye out," he murmurs, sweeping the glasses back again, this time more slowly. His finger works on a small button on the side, depressing it regularly.
Naomi Shuffle slips into the fence wanting to follow them, she would try to be sneaky though. Creeping up on the quietly as she eyes up the well built man.
Cal Mirajkar's eyes were plenty sharp, peering through the dimming twilight to see the strange hybrid following them. Reaching down with her good arm, she'd tap Finn on the shoulder gently to draw his attention "Your friend's following us." She mumbles quietly.
Finn Finistair stows the goggles and flips open the small cell-phone-like device. He looks down at it, the green display illuminating his face with a ghastly light. As he turns from side to side, he breaks out in a wide smile. He turns slowly to look behind them, squinting. "Wha' the little gairl or t'other wun?" he asks.
Jaina Lefevre mutters. "That kitty is lookin' at the funny-talk guy like she's gonna bite him." She sighs and turns to River. "You can't quit. You swore an oaf. And I told Bastian he couldn't beat me up 'cause my friends'd stick together."
River Grau shakes his head, "He ain't gonna beat you up, he told me he won't. And the oath was, we keep eachother safe from the adults. Not form a group that's mean and hurts other children 'cause you don't get along. Oath breaks, I leave." He says sternly. A hand motioned to the man in the distance. "He's still there if you wanna make your deal."
Cal Mirajkar keeps her eyes on the stranger whilst mumbling again just loud enough for him to hear "Other one."
Jaina Lefevre: "He's gotta tell /me/ he won't." She hugs her arms around herself. "Don't like you bein mean to me. He was mean and the Soz lady came in and she was scary and it was bad night. Just do whatcha want. I'm gonna go."
Finn Finistair grunts, shaking his head for a moment, peering through the gloom at the neko who'd followed. "You paypul are surely persaistant, Oi'll give ya that..." he remarks, then turns and works his way carefully down the rubble toward the shattered wall of a building. He crouches there and slips on a pair of battered work gloves.
Cal Mirajkar hesitates for a time, watching the other hybrid carefully before turning on her heel to wander down after Finn once again, glancing around as she walks for anyone else nearby.
Naomi Shuffle sighs and she walk towards no longer trying to be sneaky since she was already noticed by the man, she stood on top of that hill that the two were just on.
River Grau turns, "I ain't bein' mean to you. I'm sayin', we ain't startin' the group to be mean to other kids Jaina. The ones we don't like don't gotta be in the group, but we're helpin' everyone. Not just people that are in the group. And if that's bein' mean, fine."
Jaina Lefevre sighs. "You didn't ask. You just said. You was mean." She looks down the street and notices Kat. "River..."
River Grau: The oath is we help kids from adults. If we hurt or do somethin' to kids, that is breakin the oath. An' I am gone. ::He frowns:: Yeah, I did say. And I ain't gonna ask. You don't *ask* 'bout that kinda stuff. "Oh, gee. Jaina. Can we not hurt other kids?" ::He rolls his eyes once again, a wve being sent towards Kat down the street::
Shadowkat Wrigglesworth raises a slender brow a she heard the conversation from the kids and folded her arms infront of her chest as she walked. The tiger would think quietly to herself as she returned the wave to River. She would then keep walking unless stopped. She'd have to Conor about this little group that was forming and figure out exactly which adults was watching over them.
Jaina Lefevre looks over at Kat and offers her a little wave then looks at River. "Don't threats me. I don't like it. You wanna be nice to -everyone- now when you is mean to people all the time and sometimes -I- is the only one nice to you? Now you got a Daddy and you is gonna be mean to -me-?"
Serafina Fall skated (and lagged) straight past River and Kat, turned a bit with a flip of her ankles and perfectly straight posture. She just kept a casual roll along, flanking the side of the street and catching bits of conversation.
River Grau snorts, arms crossing over his chest. "I may be mean, but I take care of 'em. Even the people who I am mean to. First time Rai attacked me, I dragged him into church when there was gun shots. Doesn't mean I don't look out for people. And now I'm lookin' out for Bastian. He ain't gonna hurt you, and we ain't your army to threaten with. I ain't threatenin' nobody, just sayin' how it is."
Jaina Lefevre watches Fina skate by and then glances at River. "You be mean to me and you can be someone else's body guards." She looks back at Fina. "What's that?"
River Grau turns his head over his shoulder to look at Jaina. "Fine." He watches Fina with the skateboard.
Serafina Fall coasted by... again.. the end of her red hair flapping like errant memories of Pippi Longstocking. Skin was a bit dirty, greased, but she didn't seem like your bum-cum-requisite coke addicted street kid. Uh, not that there were many of those. She waited for the 'It's a Fina' response and waved, smiling with a peace sign.
Jaina Lefevre sighs. "Fine." She turns and kicks a rock, starting to walk away.
River Grau ginned as he watched the girl ride the skateboard. "That's so cool, Fina! I wanna get one!" He didn't look to Jaina as she walked away.
Serafina Fall: "I can show you how..." she replied, but eyes were on the girl tucking around the corner. ".. Think you want to fix that?"
Jaina Lefevre sticks her fingers in her pockets and keeps watching her toes as they kick stuff. Stupid gang. Stupid Bastian. He ruins everything.
River Grau shakes his head, "Nah, she's tellin' people I am gonna beat them up for her 'cause she doesn't like 'em. I'm not being part of that and she got angry when I said so."
Jaina Lefevre hears the tail end of that. "DID NOT!" she yells and keeps walking.
Serafina Fall bit her lip. Hard. It was cute, and she pawed the ground again to coast several feet forward at a grinding pace. "... Sounds like she dis-a-grees.. whyncha go talk to her?'
River Grau shouts out to Jaina, "You said you were gonna get the group to. *I* am part of the group. So you did too!" He snorts, looking back to Fina and the skateboard.
Jaina Lefevre shouts back. "DID NOT! HE LIES! THAT'S WHY I HATE HIM!"
Commercial St, Portland, Maine USA • This light post banner reminds me just how far north we are. Note the four flags in the distance.
You Need to View This One On Black.
Just because you can't see something, doesn't mean it's no there.
This is what happens when I hand my camera to my husband! He accidentally takes his self-portrait, thinking that he is turning it on.
Lightposts are decorated throughout Georgetown, DC. This one is on Wisconsin Avenue NW. Photo: 24 November 2021
Almost done now. Scenery has been added - plants, lightposts, chairs, etc. The platform is built with railings, and the awning is in place with stickers showing a train schedule. Those yellow curved panels may be the rarest pieces in the whole set - in yellow, Bricklink only shows 4 having been sold in the last 6 months! They come in white and several trans colors (including trans clear in one of the Friends sets) as well, but yellow was exclusive to this set. Another thing driving Lego's profits down on these old sets... why not use the same white panels as the other station? And then just change the white floor here to a color if you want.
These beautiful lightposts were donated and contain plaques.
Carlos Aguilar, Jr
Emma Perez Aguilar
Parents of Carlos Aguilar III
5-4-1962
County Commissioner Pct 2
Wife: Laura Elena Duran Aguilar
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