LAWRENCE MURPHY
Vampire
Posts: 316
Age:
106
Occupation:
Bartender
Status:
It's Complicated
Partner:
Penny Bartlett
Played by:
Jodi
how does he know who he even is?
Last seen Nov 20, 2024 15:54:32 GMT
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Post by LAWRENCE MURPHY on Feb 14, 2022 14:22:03 GMT
 There was an ID badge hanging out of her bag. Since when was there a museum in Mystic Falls? Something he’d completely overlooked whilst making his way between his apartment and the club. He didn’t spend too long looking at it as he pulled his shirt back on and rearranged his costume. Lawrence didn’t stick around to speak to Penny afterwards, nor did he bother speaking to her for the rest of the evening. In fact, he actively avoided her, finding another pretty blonde to keep him company. One that he couldn’t exactly take back to his apartment without providing an explanation as to why his blinds were tapped to the window frame. But he couldn’t let the whole thing drop. He told Penny she could keep the ring, telling himself it was just a stupid ring, yet he found himself using the computer in the bar to book himself on a tour of the museum. The very last slot of the day, on Valentine's day. Was it childish? Yes. He could almost hear Phoebe’s voice in his telling him to get a grip and ask Teddy to make him a new ring. That would be admitting defeat though. He wasn’t ready to let it drop, yet. He did however tell Penny he would aim to make her life a misery until the end of the time (or at least until got bored). Again, it was a childish response, but what else could he do? His sister had announced she was prepared to search the streets of Mystic Falls to find Penny, but that would have given the thief another reason to mock him. His little sister was coming to fight his battles. Oh, the embarrassment. Thankfully the last slot of the day was just after the sun had started to set, but that didn’t stop Lawrence hoovering in the entrance of his apartment building. Slowly he edged his arm out, mentally preparing himself for it to sizzle, but nothing came. The sun was safely on its way down and he was free to leave the building for another evening. It was tempting to not even turn up to the museum and head straight for the bar to start his night early. The thought of Penny standing there, waiting for someone to turn up, getting frustrated, brought a smile to his face as he wandered down the sidewalk. He stood outside the museum, a rush of anger flooding his body when it registered that he was going to see Penny. He quickly shook it away. He wanted Penny to be the pissed off one. Lawrence pushed the door open and stepped inside. It was somewhat quiet inside, with a few people strolling around. He pulled his phone out to check the time. Two minutes late. Even better. Blue eyes scanned the area for the blonde until they spotted her standing near a sign that read “Tours”. A smirk tugged at the corner of his lips as he stood there watching her waiting. She didn’t look as intimidating as before, in fact, she looked sweet and approachable. No doubt that would fall from her face when he wandered over to her, but he stood for a moment appreciating the softness of her features. He strolled across the large area towards Penny, “Booking for Teddy Aaronson?” He announced once he was close enough. His eyes lifted from Penny to their surroundings, “Not bad… though how much of this did you steal?” His gaze fell back on her, “I’m guessing all of it” Well, maybe half of it? “Also where's the section for Canadian history?” PENNY BARTLETT  |
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PENNY BARTLETT
Dragon
Posts: 77
Played by:
julia
Last seen Nov 3, 2024 18:33:41 GMT
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Post by PENNY BARTLETT on Feb 24, 2022 2:57:19 GMT
 ━ for a dreamer, night's the only time of day ━
Unfortunately, most of the time, they wanted her to come in when the sun was up, which meant upsetting her (backwards) sleep cycle, but today wasn’t so bad. She took over after lunch, which, for her, felt like waking up at six a.m. for regular people. It wasn’t three a.m., but it was still incredibly early.
One more, though, and she was done. If this asshole ever arrived. Penny stood by the little sign indicating the tours, trying not to wear the sour expression that radiated on the inside. The museum coordinator had done his rounds earlier, and Penny forced a toothy grin at him, which felt like it’d killed her from the inside out. Okay, fuck giving tours on Valentine’s Day; she’d much rather be in her office looking at rocks.
‘Booking for Teddy Aaronson?’
Finally. Turning with another one of those fake smiles, it immediately fell away upon seeing Lawrence. God, this guy didn’t fucking quit, did he? He was so irritating. Worse than Finn, honestly. Her lips parted in shock, and she stood there for a moment while he blabbered before her eyes rolled and she sighed heavily. “I’m not a thief.” She maintained. And, truthfully, Penny hadn’t stolen any of the things in their immediate vicinity, so, well, it wasn’t a lie.
“There isn’t a section for Canadian history because nobody gives a shit about Canadians or their fifty-year fucking history.” Penny hissed, crossing her arms over her chest. “Why the hell are you here, booking shit under some fake name? I’m not giving you a tour, Lawrence. You should find a hobby so that you start leaving me alone. I don’t have your ring.” And that wasn’t technically a lie, either. She didn’t have it on her right this second.
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LAWRENCE MURPHY
Vampire
Posts: 316
Age:
106
Occupation:
Bartender
Status:
It's Complicated
Partner:
Penny Bartlett
Played by:
Jodi
how does he know who he even is?
Last seen Nov 20, 2024 15:54:32 GMT
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Post by LAWRENCE MURPHY on Mar 12, 2022 21:35:54 GMT
Lawrence had received a questionable text off Hannya that morning with an image attached, wishing him a happy valentines day. It had been a year now since she had tarnished the reputation he had going. The good little vampire who doesn’t snack on humans, only animals. She broke him, without much of a fight from him too. Now he was a little concerned that their little love affair had been going on too long now. Phoebe had spent countless hours telling him to cut ties with Hannya, but it wasn’t that simple. She had a hold of him, offering him fresh blood whenever and truthfully he was scared of what she might do if he did try and pull the plug on their arrangement. He saw what she did to that guy in the car. The poor human's head was 2D within seconds. He resisted the urge to go and see Hannya at the club, choosing to fill his time doing something that brought a smile to his face. Wasting Penny’s time by forcing her to drag him around the museum giving him a tour. Whether she was going to actually give him the tour was up to debate. He furiously typed out Teddy’s details earlier that day into the booking form, minus the phone number. He put his real number in knowing his friend would be very concerned if started to receive random messages from the museum. Lawrence had already spent an evening explaining to Teddy that when he receives a text from someone claiming to be his bank, it might not actually be his bank. It could be a scam. A vampire who was a century-old was teaching a twenty-nine-year-old on how to use his phone. Lawrence was patient (for the most part of it). He knew just how isolated his friend was from the world whilst growing up. Phoebe and he were completely cut off from the rest of Canada until they were turned. As predicted, that smile dropped from her face when she saw it was Lawrence. “Don’t give me that look. I was enjoying the customer service smile you were giving” He knew Penny’s cheeks were probably hurting after holding that for so long before letting her face return to its usual resting bitch face. “If you say so” He muttered sarcastically, raising his eyebrows.
“Okay, well Canada has a little bit more than fifty years of history considering it was founded in 1867” He retorted, as he rocked back on his heels watching Penny, “What? Why won’t you give me a tour? That’s the whole reason I’m here” Technically not true, but a tour would still be interesting. “Come on. Show me around. I’m over the whole ring thing now anyway. Embracing my true vampire self by living in the shadows” Embracing wasn’t the correct term. He was hating it. PENNY BARTLETT |
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PENNY BARTLETT
Dragon
Posts: 77
Played by:
julia
Last seen Nov 3, 2024 18:33:41 GMT
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Post by PENNY BARTLETT on Mar 21, 2022 20:11:48 GMT
━ for a dreamer, night's the only time of day ━
“Yeah? Well, I was enjoying myself before I had to look at you again. Has anybody told you that you’re so pale you’re almost translucent? I mean, I know you’re a vampire, but you look kind of sickly.” Rolling her eyes away from him, she was set on not giving Lawrence the tour he paid for, though she didn’t put it past him to complain to her boss; he was just that petty. “Still a baby country. Wait, don’t tell me you’re Canadian,” She snorted, dark eyes ticking back to Lawrence. A bubble of laughter floated from her belly until it was barked sharply out of her mouth, truly amused to learn it. This new culture of Americans liked to tease the shit out of Canadians, and Penny wasn’t immune to the new ways of life she came across. She adapted. Plus, she’d take any excuse to bully Lawrence.
‘Come on. Show me around. I’m over the whole ring thing now anyway. Embracing my true vampire self by living in the shadows.’
She finally frowned at him despite ignoring his initial whining, catching the museum coordinator’s eye as he did another round━douche. Penny abruptly turned and began walking down the hallway she’d been stationed in front of, almost as though she was abandoning Lawrence. “Come on then.” She snapped over her shoulder and then lowered her voice once they were a few steps further in. “I highly doubt you’re ‘over the whole ring thing,’ considering your stupid little sob story on Halloween, but fine, I don’t give a shit. And if you don’t keep up, I’m leaving you behind.” Already, Penny was thinking about which section she could trap him in.
Heading through the organized exhibit routes, they came to the History of Mystic Falls first, which she promptly ignored and continued walking. “Okay, so this is the Dinosaur Exhibit. Dinosaurs existed in the Mesozoic Geologic Era, which is split into three periods: The Triassic Period, The Jurassic Period and The Cretaceous Period. Not all dinosaurs existed in the same time period, and they went extinct at the end of the Cretaceous Period. For example, the Tyrannosaurus━the T. Rex is a species of the Tyrannosaurus genus━didn’t exist until the early part of the last period, and it was the last known member of the tyrannosaurids and among the last non-avian dinosaurs to exist before extinction.” Penny frowned sideways at Lawrence after nearing a large display of a Tyrannosaurus, which looked terrifying as it loomed over their heads with giant, sharp teeth. Slowly, she looked up at it and started to grin, almost jealous of how big and scary it was. “It’s one of the best-represented theropods.” She mumbled, sounding distracted by the large display of bones, simply admiring it.
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LAWRENCE MURPHY
Vampire
Posts: 316
Age:
106
Occupation:
Bartender
Status:
It's Complicated
Partner:
Penny Bartlett
Played by:
Jodi
how does he know who he even is?
Last seen Nov 20, 2024 15:54:32 GMT
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Post by LAWRENCE MURPHY on Mar 28, 2022 13:09:06 GMT
He found it bizarre that Penny chose to work in a customer facing role when she clearly wasn’t a people person. Either that or she took some kind of disliking towards Lawrence. He hadn’t figured out why though, considering she was the one who sweetened him up so she could steal his daylight ring. She was the one determined to get under his skin at the Halloween party, pushing him to the brink of losing his temper. He wasn’t quite filled with hatred for her yet, with no burning need to rip her head off. Lawrence glanced down at the skin on his arm for a moment. Okay he was a little bit pale, but not that pale. “But you were digging this sickly pale look last time we saw each other?” There was a twitch in his lips as he tried not to smile. “Wow, you really didn’t pay any attention to our conversation when we first met. Sorry, next time I’ll turn up in my Canadian tuxedo” Too busy eyeing the ring on his finger and planning her great getaway. She started walking away from him, in a hurry, before she yelled at him to follow. He remained a step behind her, as she stormed through the hallway. “Hardly a sob story, but I knew no such story would work on you” To him it wasn’t a stupid or little story. What his parents did to him was the whole reason he fell apart in the first place, but he wasn’t to share the whole story with Penny. No doubt she’d laugh at him, probably mock him. Then his emotions might tip into hatred.
“I guess we're skipping the history of Mystic Falls today” He commented as she hurried past that section, Lawrence comfortably keeping up with her pace. Probably a baby town by her standards, as it didn’t date back to the Ice Age. They started to slow down as they neared the Dinosaur Exhibit as Penny went on to explain. “Impressive knowledge” He glanced down at her, as she was looking up at the exhibit. Admiring it, that stoney look had almost disappeared off her face. Lawrence pulled his eyes away, back to the exhibit. “Do you think they were apex predators, y’know like vampires or pure scavengers… like you” Deep down it bothered him that he didn’t know what she was, apart from something with scales. PENNY BARTLETT |
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PENNY BARTLETT
Dragon
Posts: 77
Played by:
julia
Last seen Nov 3, 2024 18:33:41 GMT
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Post by PENNY BARTLETT on Apr 4, 2022 14:50:26 GMT
━ for a dreamer, night's the only time of day ━
Ignoring the whining over his daddy issues, Penny continued on through the hallway, keeping her head up and her eyes straight ahead. “Clearly.” She muttered, “Learn about this town on your own time.” If he was going to force her to be near him, then she’d choose something interesting for them to talk about.
‘Impressive knowledge.’
Penny snorted━but didn’t bother looking at him━trying not to take it to heart. She knew she was smart, she knew her knowledge was impressive, and she didn’t need a vampire telling her as much.
She grinned anyway.
Brown eyes tracing the large bones, Penny scoffed at Lawrence’s stupid question, glancing sideways at him. “I mean… look how big they are; they’re clearly predators. It’s okay, though; I know you have a problem with size.” With a wicked look on her face, Penny turned into Lawrence, patting the button of his jeans before she slipped past him and headed towards the next exhibit.
Pushing open the door at the end of the hallway, she went into the butterfly exhibit, careful not to hold the door open for Lawrence. They were supposed to save this one for last, leaving the people on tour feeling happy and excited, but Penny didn’t want to wait━she had to do something to make this less torturous. And, apart from the geology exhibit, this had to be her favourite. Past the hallway with a dozen butterflies hanging in framed cases was the museum’s very own mini conservatory, where there were more butterflies than you could count.
Penny walked a few steps in before stopping and turning back to Lawrence, smiling genuinely. “Right, if you stay very still, sometimes they’ll land on you.” She repeated the line she always told the kids in the groups (and in the same way, too), before holding up her hand. In a matter of seconds, a Monarch butterfly fluttered down and landed on her open palm. Her smile only widened, eyes trained on the delicate little thing, still so amazed by the occurrence despite how many times it’d happened.
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LAWRENCE MURPHY
Vampire
Posts: 316
Age:
106
Occupation:
Bartender
Status:
It's Complicated
Partner:
Penny Bartlett
Played by:
Jodi
how does he know who he even is?
Last seen Nov 20, 2024 15:54:32 GMT
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Post by LAWRENCE MURPHY on Apr 20, 2022 20:55:08 GMT
The history of Mystic Falls had been rammed down his throat constantly anyway with all the little fairs they had going on to celebrate something that happened in the small town. Not that Lawrence could attend any of them anymore since they took place at the same time the sun was in the sky. But like he’d said to Penny, all that was behind him now. Time to move on even though he was the one booking a tour with her out of spite. Granted, it was a little bit sad walking around the museum with an ex one-night stand on Valentine’s Day, but when you’d lived through decades of the holiday of love it was just another date on the calendar. The parties were fun, but that was about it. Maybe he was one of those sour people who hated Valentine’s Day solely because they were single. It wasn’t as if he’d ever celebrated the day with a significant other. He and Rosie didn’t exactly shower each other with gifts and cards filled with loving messages, given neither of them had an ounce of emotion in them. They skipped past all holidays, birthdays, Christmas, and Thanksgiving. Just another day in their empty lives. Towards the end Lawrence found himself growing bored of their reckless lifestyle and frustrated at what they’d become.
“... It’s okay, though; I know you have a problem with size.”He glanced down at Penny, his lips pressed into a thin line as he wasn’t sure whether to laugh or defend himself. No, it would sound worse if he defended himself. “Listen. If you’ve got some feedback I’m all ears.” He replied, in a humorous tone as he followed her through to the second exhibit. He cast a look back towards the dinosaurs before he left. “Definitely predators though.” He commented as they left. He noticed they were skipping a few areas, but didn’t bring that up with Penny, knowing full well she’d tell him to be quiet. Do as he was told. Lawrence caught the door just before it slammed shut. “Touche.” After all, he did exactly the same thing to her in the bar, but that was different. She was being a complete bitch to him, and he was being nothing but nice on this little tour. Butterflies. Fucking everywhere. The sound of their little tiny wings flapping furiously to keep them airborne was loud once he focused on it. Almost deafening but he quickly snapped out of it when he realised Penny was talking to him. Instructing him to stand very still. Within seconds a butterfly landed on the palm of her hand. Maybe one she’d trained to impress the kids, but he wasn’t even looking at the butterfly. He was looking at Penny admiring the butterfly, just how she’d done with the dinosaurs. “Beautiful.” He spoke quietly, pulling his gaze away from Penny and onto the small little insects. He didn’t realise he had been mirroring her in standing still until a blue butterfly landed on his chest, clinging onto the fabric of his t-shirt. Slowly he raised his left hand, placing his index finger out next to the butterfly and instantly the butterfly jumped from the fabric to his finger. “I see working here makes you happy… It’s nice.” Rather than the old grumpy security guard he passed on the way in. PENNY BARTLETT |
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PENNY BARTLETT
Dragon
Posts: 77
Played by:
julia
Last seen Nov 3, 2024 18:33:41 GMT
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Post by PENNY BARTLETT on May 2, 2022 22:20:37 GMT
━ for a dreamer, night's the only time of day ━
‘Beautiful.’
She was under the impression he was talking about the butterfly, which she had to agree with━the little monarch was beautiful. They’d be a little Halloween-y if not for the white dots to break up their wings' orange and black designs, which didn’t make them any less gorgeous either way. When her eyes ticked up to Lawrence, however, she realized he’d been looking at her, which made her brows screw together. Jesus, you could steal a guy’s personal property, taunt him with it, make him burn up in the sun, and he still handed out compliments? Men these days were soft.
Ignoring that strange moment, Penny smiled instead at the little blue butterfly that clung to Lawrence’s shirt, then his finger. “That’s a Blue Morpho,” She commented lightly (as if talking too loud would scare them away), “They’re one of the largest butterflies in the world. And the dots on the outside of its wings act like ‘eyes,’ so predators think they’re bigger than they are…” How fitting.
Penny was simply admiring the butterfly when Lawrence had to go and ruin it by making a comment about her. Fucking asshole. What made him think it was okay to say something like that? And, most of all, she was pissed that he’d caught her during a vulnerable moment. Barely wasting a second, Penny raised her hand so that the Monarch fluttered away to safety, and then she decked that stupid vampire. “Don’t forget who you’re fucking talking to.” She snapped, and then stomped around Lawrence and out, leaving him in the exhibit he’d ruined for her━though she’d be thinking about that moment (and keep smiling about it) for the rest of the day.
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