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Sunday, September 29, 2013

Character Study (II+III)

  Colter drove over to Edmond's house to pick him up.  They would beheaded down to LAX to catch a flight to Costa Rica.  Colter had promised to teach Edmond to show him how to surf, and what better place to teach and learn than tropical central America?
   After a long drive discussing our adventure and frustrating security lines, Edmond and Colter were just minutes away from boarding their flight.  Several athletes seemed to be aboard this flight.  First, there was a tall, menacing looking fellow who had a red football jersey on.  He wore the number four and his last name was "cuatro."  Edmond and Colter discussed this and decided that it must be his name and his jersey, since they would remember any football player with that unique of a last name.  Across from him was an equally intimidating football player in a blue football jersey.  His jersey said "Torque" across the back.   The two seemed to know each other and were getting involved in a a staring match.  On Colter's right was a tall brown-eyed girl who, judging by her clothes and her luggage, must have been a volleyball player.  Colter couldn't help but notice her shift uncomfortably in her seat when another football player, started to flirt with her.  Colter was just about to intervene when suddenly "Torque" and "Cuatro" erupted into a full-fledged argument.
  "You got some real nerve showing up here like this." Torque said.
  Cautro coolly replied "And you, well I didn't know they let felons on international flights."
  The two kept bantering and the conversation nearly boiled over into a scuffle.  But then they were called to board their flight.  Incensed and indignant, the two went to their separate seats.
 "Wow, pretty intense." said Colter to the volleyball player who introduced herself as Maddie. She looked happy to talk to anyone other than the shady football player who persistently tried to talk to her.
  "No kidding. I just can't wait to get away from all these people and into my volleyball tournament in Costa Rica," said Maddie.
  Later on Colter discussed the situation with Edmond.  Edmond seemed to side with Cautro, who had maintained his composure better during the conflict.  Colter was put off by him though.  Sometimes, he felt, it is the composed ones that have the most to hide.  Either way, he was glad that he wasn't sitting next to either of them during the flight.

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