The World at Her Feet

[Scott Cooper]

It had been the best day imaginable and the day he wanted to go on forever and ever. It was the travel, time change and dinner mixed with champagne that ended things though he hadn’t realised how tired he was until he had made sure that Kelle was settled for the night. He had barely managed to get himself settled before he was out like a light.

In his typical military fashion he was up early, ready, dressed and trying not to seem too eager though that all went out of the window when he grinned seeing her again as he waited in the hallway. He hadn’t any problem with her casual as long as she was happy, he wore a pair of jeans and a shirt and a light casual jacket.

“Did you sleep well?” He asked not sure if that was too intrusive for that time in the morning as he smiled. “I mean, you look beautiful today not that you didnt yesterday or well... shutting up now.” He said tripping over his own words as he wasn’t sure if she thought he was insane or just and idiot. At that point either could have been true, give him a ‘business job’ and he knew exactly what to do down to the second. Give him someone to talk to like Kelle and he was a bag of words and bumbling craziness.

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[Kelle Lindsay, EMTP]

"I slept great!" The room was luxurious, and she'd almost gotten lost in the fluffy comforter on the big bed, but it had been soft and warm and she'd barely had time to send a text to Steven and scribble in her journal before she'd fallen asleep. "All rested and ready for more."

Grinning, she hooked her arm into his. "And you are dashing, as always." He really did pull off 'casual' well, and it was good to see that he was starting to relax, sort of. She supposed that maybe he wasn't accustomed to dealing with people on a non-professional level, and to be fair, they were still learning about each other. That said, she was having a blast and hoped he was, too.

"I'm anxious to see what you have in store today," she commented as they walked toward the elevators.. Whatever it was, she didn't care, so long as it wasn't hitting a little white ball over the grass for hours, even if this was Scotland!

((Feel free to skim breakfast))
Scott Cooper

[Scott Cooper]

Scott smiled and nodded glad that she had slept, the rooms were amazing and he had to admit it was nice for a change to actually be in a place where he want waiting for the door to be broken down. A disaster to be imminent, he was a place where he could actually relax and enjoy the company of the person he was with. “Good, because we’ve got a packed day.” He explained.

“Thanks, well beautiful and dashing, think we can take on the world with that.” He said as he couldnt have been having more fun, yesterday had been a complete surprise to him and Kelle was great. The more he got to know her the better she was and the worse he felt for what he had done to her. The holiday was to get over what had happened and he was the cause of it. Talk about mixed up but then he wasn’t about to tell her that.

“Good, well I’m hoping you’ll enjoy it.” He said with a grin as he took her for breakfast. There were a few different options to eat as he opted for porridge, yes plain porridge but then it was what he enjoyed. It was nice to simply relax and eat without feeling as if he was going to fall asleep. Still once breakfast was over he made sure there was a taxi to take them to what he had planned for the day and none of it included hitting a tiny white ball across a green field. Golf was great but he was of the option it spoiled a good walk having to stop and try to hit something.

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[Kelle Lindsay, EMTP]

Kelle was indeed enjoying herself, and even though breakfast had passed quickly, it had been good and hearty -- she'd had eggs and toast, and just because it was so unusual by American standards, she had had the stewed tomato and baked beans as well.

With her hunger sated and any residual sensation of hangover quelled, she slipped into the taxi beside Scott and settled in, curious about what the first stop would be. In the mean time, she had her nose pretty much pressed to the window as she watched the scenery go by, taking in everything.

"It's gorgeous here," she declared, glancing at him briefly, then turning her attention back out the window. "And there has been so much history...Bannockburn, Sterling..." Castles, fortified manor houses and abbeys, not to mention the rolling hills and stone-fenced pastures.

Scott Cooper

[Scott Cooper]

Another day and breakfast was done, though he had to wonder about the stewed tomato and baked beans. Still it was a good choice he thought as he watched her looking out of the window, there was so much to do and he was glad that she was still enjoying it all. It wasn’t like he wanted her to hate it and she deserved something nice too.

Scott smiled as she glanced at him briefly, “It’s a lovely place and yes lots of history. Are you into your battles?” He asked her knowing she liked her history but then maybe that was something else to do in the week he thought. There were centuries of history and the manors, castles, and abbeys were only the beginning. Even within the buildings there were centuries of history with new wings added to the castles, pieces missing and the stone rubble that after years had been found to be forts or Roman era.

“So what would you say if I was taking you to a 16th-century castle with Georgian and Edwardian additions, art, relics and ornate gardens?” He asked her quoting from the website he had read, Lauriston Castle was only a short drive away and had as much history as you could pack into it.

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[Kelle Lindsay, EMTP]

“It’s a lovely place and yes lots of history. Are you into your battles?”

"Yeah, although I have to admit that I'm not too up on the Scottish sites...I mean, I know Sterling, Culloden, Glen Coe..." Well, the last wasn't really a battle, it had been more of a rout and massacre, but it had certainly been a significant event in Highland history. "But anything...it never hurts to learn! Who knows, might be 'my people' there!"

“So what would you say if I was taking you to a 16th-century castle with Georgian and Edwardian additions, art, relics and ornate gardens?”

"Eh..." She shrugged, trying not to grin like an idiot and fidget from sheer excitement. "If you want to, I guess, it's your vacation, too, right? But I was kinda hoping we could golf or play croquet or something...you know, 'Off with their heads'?"

Then she broke into a huge grin. "I think that would be amazing! Will there be ghosts, too? I don't care, I'll go anywhere that's old and with a ton of history!" 'Ghosts', she thought, were relative...she didn't really believe in such things, but if you were in the right place, with the right ambience, she did think that you could 'feel' the past.

Scott Cooper

[Scott Cooper]

Scott smiled and nodded, there were a lot of places to see and a lot of those generally not on the tourist map either. Sure all the big places where but the smaller ones where it might not have been a battle ground but the first light bulb was light or the first lift installed. “See that’s the fun part of all of this, you never know what is behind door number one and there’s every chance there’s a relation somewhere along the way.” He said with a grin, generally in the UK there was that possibility every single day.

When she said she guessed it was his vacation too he wondered if he had picked the wrong thing though he was sure that she hadn’t said golf was on her list. In fact he remembered her telling him something about spoiling the holiday though he couldnt help but laugh when she said ‘off with their heads’. “It’s happened to Mary Queen of Scots.” He said with a grin as he nodded glad that she thought it would be amazing.

At least it was the right choice he thought. “Ghosts sure all these old places have those, might even see on or hear one.” He offered with a grin not sure if he wanted to scare her or not given that she had a lot happen already. “You know those chains rattling that you can hear in the dead of night... could be all kinds of things.” He said smirking as he nudged her lightly chuckling.

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[Kelle Lindsay, EMTP]

"True...but you don't need to worry that they're towing your car from here, right?" She laughed, then added, "Or, well, there's always snow chains...or a chain saw...nah, that would sound different!"

Again, she laughed before carrying on with that train of thought. "Marley was in England, right, so we don't need to worry about him. Besides, I think the ghosts are going to be friendly and just want to know more about our fascinating lives!" With a grin, she rolled her eyes. "But yeah, poor Mary...there's a good reason not to be real royalty! I don't think it's all it's made out to be...sure, you have money and power, but you can't run around barefoot, and everyone wants to kill you!"

She glanced over at him. "Is that where we're going to be dancing?" It sounded like the ideal place, but she was easy! "So do you know it Queen Mary actually stayed here?" Poor woman, cursed to be a Stuart!

Scott Cooper

[Scott Cooper]

Scott laughed as she started talking about the different kinds of chains. “Yeah if we hear chain saws then run, pretty sure Ghosts cant hold one of those.” He said with a grin, “Then I’ve never really met a ghost so I wouldnt know but any machinery sounds and it’s game over.”

Friendly ghosts, the only friendly one he knew about was Casper though he had seen Scooby doo and well their ghosts weren’t always that friendly, same with Ghostbusters too thought he Marshmallow man wasn’t too bad. “Since you put it like that I’d like to meet a ghost to see what they make of things these days.” He said thoughtfully as he nodded about Mary.

“Exactly, not like it’s the very best of life.” He said knowing that he had money, and recent power but still people wanted to kill him at times though at least now thanks to a truce with CPD he wasn’t going to be arrested any time soon. It was just the other bad guys he needed to watch out for, go figure. When Kelle asked about the dancing he nodded and grinned.

“There is a dance there later tonight so I thought you might want to go?” He asked just to make sure as he shook his head. “No the castle was built fifty years too late for that but it has the best view of the city and what’s around it.” He said though if she wanted to see something like that then he could find several places where the queen had been.

Kelle Lindsay, EMTP

[Kelle Lindsay, EMTP]

"A dance at a castle? Perfect!" Kelle grinned widely, her wild imagination going in all sorts of directions, not that she really expected to be visited by anything other than currently living people, but it was still fun to think about the 400-plus years of people who had passed through here. And this would be her chance to get all dressed up in her new gown.

"So, what's in the mean time?" It was still early, and the day was actually mostly sunny. "More castles? Abbies? Oh, maybe some stone circles or chalk figures?" Well, she didn't want to push him, and she knew he had his own ideas, and being surprised was more fun anyway.

"I think I'd be happy just driving through all these towns, too." The half-timber buildings with thatched roofs, and the cobbled streets, the rows of hedges...it was exactly how it should be.

"'Course, I'll never complain about air conditioning and running water, but time travel would be cool!"

Scott Cooper

[Scott Cooper]

“Sure well as long as you think it’s okay.” He said grinning, well at least that was one thing done right for the day he thought. All he wanted to do was to make her happy and a dance at a castle well he was looking forward to seeing her in that dress because at the shop she was breathtakingly gorgeous. Not that she was like that all the time but he still had that image of her in his head.

“So there are a few things I thought you might like first is the Palace of Holyroodhouse and then I thought you might like to see the Honours of Scotland or the Scottish crown jewels and you can also see the Stone of Desity?” He asked as he nodded when she said she would he happy just driving through all of the towns too. He stared out at the scene for a moment trying to see it the way she did though to him this was home. “Or we can just drive if you want to?” He asked her giving her options.

“No phones or yeah time travel would be cool as long as we could take a few things too.” He said grinning sure there were a lot of things he thought that shouldn’t be around these days but then when he thought back to how it had been. It made everything look pretty great and the smaller things in life a lot easier to deal with.

Kelle Lindsay, EMTP

[Kelle Lindsay, EMTP]

"I want to see all those, of course!" She'd heard of most of what he'd named off -- who didn't know what the Crown Jewels were? Or could at least figure it out...She couldn't imagine what it would be like to wear something like that. Besides being physically heavy, to have what amounted to a mansion sitting on your head was just, well, inconceivable!

But then, she wasn't really much into precious stones except maybe for rubies and emeralds, she preferred turquoise and moonstone, simple gems for a simple girl!

"What is the Stone of Destiny?" she asked, giving him a sly grin. "If I touch it will it tell me my future? Or give me the future I wish for...I think I like that better! As long as it's not like that stone in Rome that bites your hand off if you don't tell the truth!"

Scott Cooper

[Scott Cooper]

The crown jewels had several meanings to him though the ones he was talking about were the pride of the entire country. There were many things a person could do but try to take those and it was as if you had killed someone. For pieces of carbon they held so much history and meaning to people sometimes to think that they could be worn by someone was amazing.

“We can see what they have at the place and you never know I might get you a crown.” He said grinning, oh sure if he could have pulled that heist he might have done but he knew it would be one of the gift shop replicas unless he wanted to be arrested within about five minutes.

“I wish it could tell the future but no, it was a stone that was place under the seat on monarchs that were crowned. In other words it’s to bring a person good luck and fortune.” He explained though really it would have been better if it did tell the future. “Wait a minute... there’s a stone that bites your hand off if you dont tell the truth?” He asked her, well that was a stone he was going to keep well away from he thought as he considered telling her who he really was. Then again it could wait he thought, maybe later which were famous last words but still he had time to explain himself right.

Kelle Lindsay, EMTP,

[Kelle Lindsay, EMTP]

"Yeah, in Rome someplace, it's like a big medallion on a wall, you stick your hand in..." she demonstrated, thrusting her hand forward, "and then, if you tell a lie..." The next was shouted as she suddenly pulled her hand back and jumped. "CHOMP!! No more clapping...ever!"

Laughing, she shook her head. "You wouldn't have to worry about that, though, right? Being an attorney and all." Or whatever. Again she laughed, but then she looked at him a little more seriously.

"Is that what you always wanted to be or was there something else when you were growing up. Like...cowboy or maybe a PI or something? Me, I went through a detective phase and a horse phase...I wanted to train horses, but I don't even ride, so...yeah."

Shrugging, she grinned. "I'd be a vet if I could afford it, but then I'd need a big ranch to keep all the cast-off and handicapped critters!"

Scott Cooper

[Scott Cooper]

Scott jumped when she shouted as he laughed, “Yeah Rome not a great place to go if I want to keep my hands then.” He joked though he knew with the amount of lies he had told in life already it might take his entire arm. “I bet the medallion has seen a lot in its time.” He said as he pulled his hand down into his sleeve, “Should have said that where I was last summer.” He held out his arm to her and waved it lightly as he grinned.

“Yeah I mean some lies are good I think to help people but sometimes it’s not always the right thing to do.” He said as he saw her look turn serious, did he stop her there and tell her exactly what he did for a living. Hey, well my names is actually Scott but remember that guy Russell, I’m him too and I do a lot of things none of which are really legal and recently I’ve become the owner of the mob in Chicago. Want to go on another trip with me?

No really bad idea he thought as he tried to smile. “No I didnt exactly set out to do what I did, was always that kid who wanted to see the world and imagined being James Bond... reality is tough. A cowboy I would have loved to be, open spaces, fields, cattle to chase after.” He said trying to imagine a life that was different to what he had, one where every trip might be the last or now trying to avoid CPD and figure out how to run a group of people and still appear legitimate.

“You wanted to be a detective, so why the Paramedic?” He asked curiously as he grinned, “Can’t ride, well we can change that if you want? Training horses would be great fun I could see you doing that too.” He said as he listened to her talk about being a vet too. “So what if you had the chance to be a vet would you take it?” He asked as he nodded, “At least they would have a good home with you, nothing worse than seeing them hurt or left out on their own.” He said always having had a soft spot for animals.

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