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Max narrowed his eyes at Aaron, half in disbelief and half in awe of the sheer absurdity of the situation. Someone just randomly teleported fucking alarm clocks into the middle of his living room on a regular basis? Still, Max was sure it had to be the truth; no one would make up a lie [i]that[/i] fucking stupid. His comments on the pranks were as quintessentially Retriever as Max would've expected; vampire apologism was disgusting enough when the vampires were actually well-behaved, he couldn't imagine defending some leech who really was acting shitty just because they got hit with a squirt flower or some equally mundane prank. 'Property damage' was probably a gross exaggeration by some overdramatic leech that was trying to make his mage sound like a criminal for knocking a tea cup off a table. Even if it wasn't, arson is the backbone of any good social movement.

Max couldn't be too mad about the situation though; the clock debacle had been entertaining for the short few minutes it lasted and the thought of Eris having to keep a straight face while Aaron explained what happened would probably keep him going for a few more. At least until Mabel or whatever the fuck her name was tried to talk to him. She was already getting chummy with Salem, which meant there was a good chance she might turn on Max yet.

He paced back to his spot on the couch and waited for Aaron to vacate the room before glancing to Lilie, [color=8585AD]"Do you talk about me like you apparently talk about him?"[/color] He questioned, thumbing toward Salem nonchalantly. Gossip was probably his most persistent enemy on campus, if not most troublesome. It was bad enough that talk about Eris occasionally became talk about Eris and his aloof new mage, but if there was some pale moron skipping around and telling everybody that Max 'isn't so bad once you get to know him' and 'probably won't throw things at you if you talk to him', some of the bolder ones might actually try to approach him. Plus, they might think they can crack his painstakingly crafted facade of apathy without realizing it's not a persona and they're wasting both their and Max's time.

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