May

Blood Act I~ Ghosts of the Past

☆ Helena ☆

Helena smiled at her, her expression someone sarcastic before she even spoke. “Nah, I’m just wandering around here for no reason,” she said teasingly. “Just like taking in the views.” But before she could answer ‘truthfully’ they were interrupted. By someone she wasn’t expecting to come seek her out at any time soon. Or ever. Especially ever.

“Helga?” she asked with indignation as he purposely missaid her name. It was one thing to be called Helen, but it was another altogether for him to so mangle her name like that. “It’s Helena. It isn’t hard to remember, Athauls.” She sighed, rolling her eyes, hating that he’d gotten to her so simply. Sometimes, she really wished her father hadn’t been so insistent on that a.

“Training? With her?” she pressed, looking a little surprised by the suggestion. Not that she had issue with it, it just felt...like not the way she was expecting him to ever give in to that. Oh, he’s trying to make it miserable for me then, she thought. I’ll show him I don’t break that easily. “I’ve got nothing else going on, so why not?”

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“You look like you curled up on the floor of the engine room for a few moments of shut eye,” she said with a little smile. She really didn't look all that bad, but it was more that she knew she hadn't returned to their room the night before. “We can go out and look for what we'll need while we're in port.” She made no other comment about the what ifs. She had decided that she was staying and that seemed enough for her.

“Pretty much everything that isn't what you do or my father does,” she said with a little shrug. “Cook, clean, non technical repairs, navigate as needed, that sorta stuff. I can heft some weight pretty well, but if we're actually in need of that we hire a few dock urchins and get ‘em to help out.”

Bea nodded when Roger looked to her to confirm. “Seems there will be some shopping anyways,” she said when Roger was finished, nodding towards the other girls. “It would be wonderful if we could get a lift back with you.”

Will chuckled and stood, pulling his jacket a little closer around him. “I can certainly wait a bit. You two take the time you need. If we have to leave, I will leave word for you so you know.”

Bea stood as well, extending a hand to Will that he took and shook. “Thank you, we should be headed out now. We will let you know as soon as we do as well.”

“Safe travels,” Will said, holding his hand out to Roger once Bea had headed towards the door, trailing and waiting for her companion to join her.

⊰Manifest Anima: Planes Divided⊱

Arc 2 Day 1
{One Night in Hell club | About 4 pm }

Inside the Club
@13org @Fallenreaper

Marcus caught himself just after he turned and smiled. “That's fine with me,” he said with a smirk. And normally that was true, but maybe not so much with her. But that would be something to be addressed later. Or possibly never. He was good enough at flirting with no purpose that wasn't always easy to identify when he was doing so with sincerity or not.

“I'd love to chat more, but I've got work to go to, I'm sure I'll see you ladies around.”

He caught sight of one of the waitresses as he was going towards the back and gestured her over to him. “Hey, Rebeca,” he called to the ginger girl.

She turned from her trip back to the bar, smiling sweetly at him. “Marcus,” she said, though it was more a question of what he wanted just then.

He merely smirked and nodded his head back towards Lily and Corianna behind him. She looked past him and nodded, changing her direction and headed over that way.

“Lily,” she said with a friendly smile once she was close. “And Lily’s friend,” she went on looking at Corianna with a smile that was not just a fake customer service smile, but something rather genuine.

Blood Act I~ Ghosts of the Past

☆ Helena ☆
Back at School

Helena noted the way that she was looked at. She was sure the other girl was gawaked at for her height around others. But as she looked her over more she noted that it was much more than just her height. Her brow quirked some as she wondered what it was that had disfigured her so. And yet hadn't touched her face.

She took the offered hand in her much smaller one though she shook with a strength that her size hide. She was decently strong for her height and weight. "Well it is a pleasure," she replied with a smile, dropping her hand back down to her side before sliding both of them in through her belt. "Rather gathered you were a student though."

⊰Manifest Anima: Planes Divided⊱

Arc 2 Day 1
{One Night in Hell club | About 4 pm }

Outside the Club
@13org @Fallenreaper

Marcus looked around, trying to find Lily, after a short jump from being startled from hearing her voice so close without her being nearby. She had done that to him before, but that didn't mean that it didn't still startle him some when she did it. "Well, you know I'm a bad boy," he said with a little smile, feeling his cheeks flush slightly when he did catch sight of her. It was mightly unfair for her to look so damn good like that. "And you know that she likes bad boys."

He turned back or Corinna, catching then the sight of her hands. His blue eyes going very wide for a moment. That...that was not quite the appearance he was expecting with her face. But he couldn't deny that now that he's seen it, it didn't look out of place. He swallowed slightly, figuring if Lily was talking with her so easily, she wasn't going to be of immediate threat. Unlike Masha who might actually hurt him if he was any later. At this point in his life, things just started to go from surprising to just...whatever. Even more so the longer he worked under Masha. She seemed to draw in a very wide assortment of people. “Well this way ladies,” he said with an awkward little laugh. “You can finish this chat inside, and I won't be run through.”

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Rebeca settled herself down after making sure that everyone else had gotten what they wanted for breakfast, sitting down with her own toast and tea at last. She looked Estella over, noting her very weary expression and knowing that she hadn't made it to bed the night before made it a very understandable look.

"If you like," she started somewhat quietly, knowing that not everyone was a morning person and wanted to talk too terribly much right away, "we can put a little hammock in the engine room. The old mechanic, the one before that idiot that is, used to have one for nights that he didn't want to make the walk to his bunk. But he took it with him when be left. The hooks are still there though. If you're interested that is."

Will looked over at Roger, shrugging his one shoulder. "Hadn't really thought that far. But I'm willing to stay on a few days to give you two a lift back to London if you like. If you think you're going to be longer than that though...Might be able to recommend a friend instead."

Blood Act I~ Ghosts of the Past

☆ Helena ☆
Back at School

Helena stopped part way down the hall, distracted by the entrance of the other...well student was all she could guess until she got a better look at them. Ah yes, another student for sure. A girl (woman probably a more accurate word), and an...elf? She hummed and smiled at her when she stood and spoke to. “I’m minorly impressed,” she said with a little chuckle. “But you can call me Helena.”

She looked up at the much taller woman, not at all bothered it seemed by their very apparent height difference. She was used to tall people in her life after all. “And you are?” she asked with another little smile, pushing her glasses up her nose some.

⊰Manifest Anima: Planes Divided⊱

Arc 2 Day 1
{One Night in Hell club | About 4 pm }

Outside the Club
@13org

Marcus Grimshaw was headed in, a little late to work. He was sure he was going to get it from his boss, but he hadn’t been late before in his three months working here and he was going to be damned if he was going to get fired for his first slip up. He knew she’d probably be extra pissed at him since today was such an important day, but he also figured that she’d probably be distracted with everything that was going on, so hopefully she wouldn’t notice either. She scared him a little bit after all, and he didn’t know if he wanted to see her wrath pointed at him.

It was pretty dead, on the outside at least, at the club when he got there a little before four pm when they were set to open open at five. They were actually open now, but things really got started at five, but it was hard to tell that they were open just then. There were a few people milling about, waiting for friends, and some starting to line up that weren’t on the VIP list to wait their turn to get in.

He was walking by a particularly good looking woman when he heard her speak outloud to herself. He stopped, shouldering his bag a little bit better and smiled at her. “Well we’re open now. And if you’re interested, I can help you skip the line for sure.” He smiled at her charmingly, gesturing at the front doors and not at all worried about the fact that she was dressed to kill and he was in nothing more than a pair of tight jeans, a t-shirt and boots.

Inside the Club

Masha had disappeared back into her office again. There were calls to be made and she didn’t need the distraction of the club while she paced and smoked heavily to make sure that while she threatened people for not delivering things on time, that she did so softly, and without swearing too much, so she sounded genuinely like she’d do what she said she would do.

That didn’t mean her voice couldn’t still be heard sometimes from inside the room. Rebeca leaned up against the counter, waiting on drink orders from her younger cousin Rich. He was going on about something or another, she was just nodding her head and twisting strands of her red curls around her fingers. It wasn’t that she didn’t care, just that she was too tired to be paying full attention just that moment. “Huh?” she said when Rich said her name and snapped in front of her face.

“I said your drinks are ready,” he sighed, sliding the two beers in front of her. “The kido keep you up last night?”

Rebeca nodded and sighed, picking up the mugs. “Yeah, because you know, Friday is the best day of the week after all. And he needs to experience every single moment of it.”

Rich chuckled and smiled. “Yes well, he is his mother’s child. You brought it on yourself. It will get better though. Eventually he won’t wake you up anymore and he’ll just sneak around doing things.”

She sighed and turned away while rolling her eyes. “I’m not really certain that’s better,” she replied as she walked away to deliver her drinks to her table.

The Orb of Mysticism - 1x1 RP between May and Black Ninja

Skipping sounds good to me.

The Orb of Mysticism - 1x1 RP between May and Black Ninja

They're doing pretty good. Holiday and holiday prep just consumed a lot of my time. Trying to get presents made before it's the rush. How's things with you?