[hr][i][h1][color=dodgerblue]Lihua Zhao[/color], & [color=red]Meifeng Zhao[/color][/h1][/i][hr][hider=Kid Cudi - Going to the Ceremony][youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbo3BA8jW84[/youtube][/hider][hr]
[i][u]Greencrest Heights, White Coast.[/u][/i]


The motorcycle came to a stop in front of a nice two story house with blue painted sliding.

Meifeng came off the motorcycle, with a dufflebag slung over her shoulder. It's been so long since she's been here. She's been away for like five years, making sure that the people responsible for the Verthaven disaster are brought to justice. All while keeping bastards like the Allegiance and the Pure at bay. She's walked many cities, and it looks like it ends here. At least until she's transferred to a different city, of course. For now, she was going to enjoy Baybridge for all it's worth. All of her friends are here anyway... and more than just them.

Letting out a sigh, Meifeng put her helmet on her motorcycle and stood tall. She took careful steps towards her mother's house. She slowly came to a stop at the door. She kept telling herself that it's been [i]years[/i] since she's been here - and everyone she called family and friends certainly have changed a lot. She let out another sigh, before she rang the doorbell, and mentally prepared herself.

Two sets of footsteps - one much slower and deliberate than the other - quickly approached the door, and it opened to reveal Lihua Zhao, standing tall and proud wearing a black blouse and a long and modest skirt. Her usual earrings, and bracelets. She held the door open wide as she gave Meifeng a smile.

"... Big sis!" Lijuan said with a child-like smile on her face, as she ran right on past Lihua and ran right for Lijuan. She had her arms out for a great big hug, and she embraced her sister.

"Lijuan, you've grown a lot." Meifeng said to her as she picked her up, holding her up in the air like it was nothing. She patted her sister on the back a little bit before she put Lijuan down. Lijuan smiled at her.

"It's great to see you again, Meifeng." Lihua cordially said. 

"It's good to be back." Meifeng said as she.

"Are you going to stay this time?" Lijuan asked with an excitement in her eyes.

Meifeng looked at her and smiled.

"Yeah, I'm going to be here for awhile." Meifeng cordially said to her.

"Aaaaah!" Lijuan said as she briefly hugged Meifeng's's leg

"In fact..." Meifeng trailed off as she smiled as she knelt down a bit, and then put her hand on Lijuan's head, and started ruffing her hand through it. "I'm going to spend the entire day with the two of you."

"Oh?" Lihua said, pleasantly surprised. "You're not going to run by RAVEN headquarters and catch up with your friends?"

Meifeng was silent for a moment as she looked at Lihua. "Nah, I don't have to resume duty until tomorrow - and they can wait." She then clapped her hands together. "So, anything going on?"

"Your uncle Jiao-Long is going to be throwing this[i] great[/i] big celebration to opening...." Lihua sarcastically (And bitterly) said, before she realized that she was at least going to attempt to repair their decades old relationship. "... We'll be going."

"Good, it'll be the three of us." Meifeng put her hands on her hips. "We'll be enjoying this as a family."

"That's good."

"Now, how about we get some food? On me."

"... Lijuan and I just ate." Lihua said.

"Well, we can always get it later, then." Meifeng shrugged, she looked down at her outfit. "Now, did you throw out all my clothes? All my clothes are at the apartment with Cindy."

"No, I kept them, just in case." Lihua said. "Now, come in, come in - let's get inside already... we have much catching up to do."

The three stepped inside the Zhao household.



[hr][i][h1][color=springgreen]Cindy Gabrielle Keagan[/color], & The Agents of DOVE/RAVEN.[/h1][/i][sub][i][@tsukune][/i][/sub][hr]
[i][u]RAVEN/DOVE West Coast Joint Headquarters, White Coast.[/u][/i]


"... It was really good having this conversation with you." Scarlet said, smiling at Cindy.

"Anytime, anytime." Cindy said.

"So, are you going to the Strong Gold Community opening?" Scarlet asked.

"Yeah, yeah... I have to." Cindy said with a smile on her face. "I'm going to be one of the DOVE representatives there along with Deborah and Shannon." 

"Oh?" Scarlet said.

"Yeah, working my ass off is starting to pay off." Cindy said with a smile. "I'm also going to be there to keep an eye on some of the Meta-kids... you just [i]know[/i] there's going to be some there."

"I'm not sure if I'll go..." Scarlet said. "Yeah, it's for the best if I spend some time alone."

"That's cool." Cindy said, she leaned back in the chair, and looked around. There was the usual, Samson and Drake playing pool, acting like a pair of bros. [i]Maxine[/i] walked into the room, and Cindy almost sneered. She kept her rather poor opinion of the girl to herself as she continued looking throughout the room. Alice also stepped into the room, and walked over to Max. Well, that's cool. Alice and Cindy got along, but Cindy wasn't a little girl anymore - she didn't want to judge Alice just because she talked to someone she didn't think too highly of.

"Ooooh." Cindy said when she noticed another person walking into the room. The one person she hasn't seen in awhile, and has been making waves in Asia. Shizuka Takashiro. The boy - now a man - that she fought alongside during the Verthaven disaster. Having the same old head of weird ass grey hair, and wearing a suit that did [i]not[/i] look good on him. Of course, they have some catching up to do.

"I'll talk to you later - gotta catch up with Shizuka."

"Okay." Scarlet said, as she simply went back to enjoying her food.

Nodding her head, Cindy got up off the chair, and started walking over towards Shizuka - while he was currently talking to Alice and Max, she didn't mind. "Shiz-uka," Cindy called out to him starting off. "No offense, but while you do look good in that RAVEN armor, I can't say the same about suits." Cindy said with a smile.

"How ya' been? Heard you were the star of our little "exchange program?""



[hr][i][h1][color=firebrick]Auri Auclair[/color][/h1][sub][i][@RedDusk][/i][/sub][/i][hr]
[i][u]Strongriver Plaza, Hedgemount.[/u][/i]


Right when Auri was about to finally catch some Z's, her phone buzzed and Auri let out a sharp screech of irritation as she swiped it. 

The only reason why she was answering it was because it was likely business - and the Croquetaigne sisters would be on her ass if she decided to ignore business after getting a lecture about it. She looked at the screen, and saw that it was a text from Garret. One of her lovely employees. Auri could only see part of the text. She quickly punched in her password, and read the entire text.

[pre]Miss Auclair, the liquor shipment has arrived this morning. We need your signature to finalize the deal. It 
would be great if you can make it before noon. Ps: The club called. They wanted miss Bellasquez back.[/pre]

"[i]Uuuuuuuuuuuugh![/i]" Auri loudly hissed. She just wanted to go sleep this hangover off. The God damn Society is always demanding something from her. She totally forgot about the shipment... and would have loved to hold off on it, but she has duties. It was like Viollette said; if she wants to keep enjoying the privileges of the Society - the money, the women, the men, and the parties - she'll have to start pulling her weight. Only thing was that she didn't want to start pulling her weight while dealing with a [i]hangover[/i]. 

Actually, after signing this deal, she can just go right back to her apartment, and go the hell to sleep.

Instead of texting Garrett back, she flopped out of the bed - she was completely nude, she would have to fix that - and punched in his number as she dug through her closet.

Once Garrett answered, Auri quickly greeted him with a,

[i]"Bonjour, Garret,"[/i] Auri said in French (Though, it was half-French technically), and it was clear that she was groggy, and no where near her best. "Thank you for informing me of the shipment, I will be there very, very, soon." Auri said in heavily accented English, as she quickly grabbed a dress and stepped into it. She didn't bother taking a shower since she just wanted to show up there and head back.

"I will be there to sign the papers shortly - very shortly." Only problem was that Strongbridge Plaza was far away from Starrybank - like on the other side of the God damn city. It would going to be at least half an hour... half an hour inside a dirty cab. Ugh. She wondered if she could get one of the girls to drive her there in exchange for a raise. "Just hold on, [i]s'il vous plait[/i]?"

Auri stepped out the door... her dress lazily put on. Her White Spider Society tattoo was fully exposed, and not that it didn't matter, but... she usually keeps it hidden unless she's with the Society. She felt like she was forgetting something.

"... And, yes. [i]Mademoiselle Lupe[/i] is heading back to the club now. I've had my fun with her."