A city that never sleeps
The world isn't as it seems, and New Yorkers certainly know that well. While the element Asterium is not widely understood, those in the city's underground know better. For millenia, humans have known of this energy. They called those born with it in their bones changelings and mutants. Legends have told of werewolves and vampires for centuries. Those who can harness it became witches and warlocks. All they know now is that some things are better kept secret, and where else can you hide a secret better than New York City?
NEW YORK TIMES
07/07/2020 It's been (technically) our first month! Thanks to everyone who's joined us, and for more announcements, please check HERE for in-game and new developments!
17/06/2020There are staff & RP position tryouts here!
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CURRENT PLOT
We are currently starting up, and trialing some of the groups right now! There will be an upcoming plot in regards to some city shenanigans soon, but for now, we're simply fixing up the kinks and establishing roles/groups/characters. Feel free to join us! The community and the lore is still being built, and we're always open to new suggestions.
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achromatic
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Post by achromatic on Jul 22, 2020 15:18:16 GMT
nom_de_plume | < Chats | 🌸flower girl🌸 online |  |
Hey, did you get home safe? 00:00 PM ✓✓ Emeline had thought of whether to message Bea after the appointment for a while. She was sitting on her couch as the TV continued to blare whatever program Ash was watching while he made dinner, still contemplating whether to message the other girl. It just sounded so cheesy and she wasn't sure if it was weird, to ask someone she had literally just met whether she was okay. Was this breaking some sort of weird client and customer agreement? Jack had never mentioned anything and well, she wasn't about to ask Mikael. That man was grumpier the more she talked, it seemed. "Dude, just text her already," an exasperated voice came from behind her, and she turned to give the other boy a look. "How is this any of your business?" she snapped, sinking into the couch even further as Ash gave a cackle. "You've literally been typing and erasing the same fucking text for ten minutes and honestly, it's really distracting," he scoffed, "how the hell am I supposed to make dinner when the air is this thick with gay pining?" She rolled her eyes. "The only pining there is in this flat is you and most of the time it's because you can't fucking get laid," she replied as Ash gave an indignant sound. "Excuse me!" he sounded like he was offended but Emeline knew it was just the boy being dramatic, "I get laid plenty of times, thank you very much." "Okay, name five occasions you've slept with someone this past year," she smirked, looking up from the couch, to which Ash rolled his eyes and launched into a whole spiel about how he had nothing to prove. At this point, Emeline just tuned him out; it was a habit she had perfected after dealing with him for the last five or so years. Still, he wasn't wrong. She might as well send the message, right? What was the worst that could happen? She clicked send. {Spoiler}
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nom_de_plume
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Always_Player_2#9104
I know a trick to make a man's colors show / If he sees something he wants, tell him no
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Jul 22, 2020 23:42:58 GMT
Post by nom_de_plume on Jul 22, 2020 23:42:58 GMT
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Hey, did you get home safe? 00:00 PM ✓✓ yeah! with my new ink, no one dared to stop me 🥰 what are you up to? 00:00 PM ✓✓ Bea dropped her phone on her bed and buried her face in her pillow, trying and failing to ignore the way her stomach filled with butterflies. She was never one to be nervous about texting or calling other people, but something about Eme made her want to be cool and suave, two things she'd never been before in her life. An insistent headbutt against her arms made her raise her head and look into the annoyed eyes of Jiji, his tail swishing behind him. "Fine, you can have some canned food you butt." She stood up and padded across the wooden floors, her socked feet making a muted thud with each step. She kept her phone volume on but now regretted it as any sound made her look back across the small studio towards her phone. Jiji's constant insistence of canned food kept her distracted enough, however. "Here, fatty," she laughed, struggling to put the dish down before the tom cat dug in. "You're gonna end up rolling around the floor instead of walking if you don't watch it."
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achromatic
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achromatic#7519
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Post by achromatic on Jul 23, 2020 2:28:42 GMT
Emeline grinned as Bea responded almost immediately, and she let out a small chuckle. She was glad the other girl seemed to be okay with her messaging so soon after the tattoo appointment. It wasn't like Emeline to want to be friends with someone but god, she wanted to get to know Bea. The other girl was just so...charming. Not to mention she was kinda cute, wasn't she? [break][break] "Oooh, someone's in loooooove," a voice came from behind her ear and immediately she grabbed a pillow and smacked the other boy in the face with it. [break][break] "Shut up," she frowned, as she typed a quick reply back. [break][break] Ash cackled again, before returning to the kitchen counter. "You can't just keep throwing pillows at me you know," he whined, "that's really mean. What if I was holding our dinner? You could've made me drop my food." [break][break] "Then don't come so close when you're cooking dinner," she retorted with a smirk, "and what are you doing holding a pan near the couch anyway? If you stain it, you're paying for cleaning, you know." [break][break] He pouted. "Not fair, I'm just going to burn your dinner then," he stuck his tongue out. [break][break] She rolled her eyes, typing a second message. Double texting wasn't weird or anything, right? She was just used to sending loads of smaller messages instead of a longer paragraph. It felt less formal that way. [break][break] [nospaces] | < Chats | 🌸flower girl🌸 online | |
[attr="class","myreply"]Hey, did you get home safe? 00:00 PM ✓✓ [break] [attr="class","theirreply"]yeah! with my new ink, no one dared to stop me 🥰 what are you up to? 00:00 PM ✓✓ [break] [attr="class","myreply"]That's good! Thought you'd have to go fight off some ruffians on your way home 😏 8:21 PM ✓✓ [attr="class","myreply"]Nothing much, I'm not on cooking duty tonight so I'm being made to watch terrible reality TV 🤮🤮🤮 how about u? 8:21 PM ✓✓ [newclass=.theirreply]width:250px;font-family:helvetica;color:#353535;text-align:left;font-size:14px;background-color:white;border-radius:5px 20px 20px 20px;padding:10px 20px 5px 20px;margin:2px;[/newclass] [newclass=.myreply]width:250px;font-family:helvetica;color:#353535;text-align:left;font-size:14px;background-color:#DBFFBB;border-radius:20px 5px 20px 20px;padding:10px 20px 5px 20px;margin:2px;[/newclass] |
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nom_de_plume
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GMT-5
Always_Player_2#9104
I know a trick to make a man's colors show / If he sees something he wants, tell him no
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Post by nom_de_plume on Jul 23, 2020 9:15:51 GMT
[nospaces] | < Chats | 💕eme💕 online | |
[attr="class","theirreply"]Hey, did you get home safe? 00:00 PM ✓✓ [break] [attr="class","myreply"]yeah! with my new ink, no one dared to stop me 🥰 what are you up to? 00:00 PM ✓✓ [break] [attr="class","theirreply"]That's good! Thought you'd have to go fight off some ruffians on your way home 😏 8:21 PM ✓✓ [break] [attr="class","theirreply"]Nothing much, I'm not on cooking duty tonight so I'm being made to watch terrible reality TV 🤮🤮🤮 how about u? 8:21 PM ✓✓ [break] [attr="class","myreply"]i've actually got a dinner date tonight 😍 8:22 PM ✓✓ [break] [attr="class","myreply"]  [break] isn't he handsome?? sorry, he started climbing up my leg and I dropped the phone 😅 I wish I was having whatever u were having. i'm stuck on frozen pizzas right now until next week's revenue picks up. 8:26 PM ✓✓ [break] [newclass=.theirreply]width:250px;font-family:helvetica;color:#353535;text-align:left;font-size:14px;background-color:white;border-radius:5px 20px 20px 20px;padding:10px 20px 5px 20px;margin:2px;[/newclass] [newclass=.myreply]width:250px;font-family:helvetica;color:#353535;text-align:left;font-size:14px;background-color:#DBFFBB;border-radius:20px 5px 20px 20px;padding:10px 20px 5px 20px;margin:2px;[/newclass] [/div] Bea jumped when her phone tinged, leaving Jiji's food on the counter and hurrying over to her bed. She felt her face flush as she read Eme's reply, wishing her heart wasn't pounding quite as hard as it was. This was just a normal conversation over text, like what two friends do, she told herself, wishing it were true.[break][break] At Jiji's insistent mwrow of discontent, Bea unplugged her phone and brought it with her, already typing out her text. She'd show Eme just how big of an old cat lady she was. i've actually got a dinner date tonight She leaned over to snap a picture of Jiji, when the poor boy decided he'd had enough and began to attempt to climb up her leg.[break][break] "Shit, Jiji no!" she said, wincing as the rising scratch marks on her legs. Her phone clattered to the ground and, glaring at the cat the entire time, she quickly mixed up his canned food and put it down for him to eat, retrieving her phone a few minutes after the original text and adding the picture and last part. [break][break] She glanced over at the oven her pizza was cooking in with a discontent frown, but sat back down on her bed as Jiji ate, waiting for Eme's text. She wasn't sure if she was supposed to be replying as quickly as she was, but texting etiquette was weird and she didn't really have the time to sit and wait between replies. Her bed time was fast approaching at 11pm and she still wanted to talk to Emeline. |
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achromatic
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achromatic#7519
my life is just constantly existing at ungodly hours
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Jul 23, 2020 12:12:21 GMT
Post by achromatic on Jul 23, 2020 12:12:21 GMT
Emeline had given up trying to decide whether she was being too forward or not. They were friends, right? Friends texted. Friends sent each other stupid memes and asked each other about their day, even if they had just met. Just because she thought the other girl was extra cool didn't mean it was weird being friends, right? [break][break] You have a crush on her, just admit it, the voice in the back of her head spoke. God, even the voice in her head was starting to sound like her flatmate's nagging. [break][break] "Are you going to sit there and text or are you going to come have dinner?" Ash called out in a sing-song voice. [break][break] "Thanks mom," she smirked back, as she got up and headed to the small dining table they had, typing her response as she sat down. She looked up to see...a stew. Huh. "When did you make that?" she looked surprised, as Ash grinned brightly. [break][break] "Started it this morning. Thank god you have a slow cooker though. I left it cooking for a while but it should be okay. Found the recipe on Buzzfeed actually," the boy looked rather proud of himself. [break][break] "So...what is it?" she asked, spooning some into her bowl of rice. [break][break] "It's uh...oxtail with jerk pineapple sauce?" [break][break] She stopped, before looking up at him with a weird look. "Pineapple sauce?" [break][break] "You might as well try it," Ash frowned, his arms akimbo, "I mean I worked hard on it and you looked like you were excited a few minutes ago." [break][break] Emeline rolled her eyes. "I'm excited, I'm just also...surprised I guess? I don't know what it'll taste like." She reached for her phone again, sending off another quick text. [break][break] [nospaces] | < Chats | 🌸flower girl🌸 online |  |
[attr="class","myreply"]Hey, did you get home safe? 00:00 PM ✓✓ [break] [attr="class","theirreply"]yeah! with my new ink, no one dared to stop me 🥰 what are you up to? 00:00 PM ✓✓ [break] [attr="class","myreply"]That's good! Thought you'd have to go fight off some ruffians on your way home 😏 8:21 PM ✓✓ [break] [attr="class","myreply"]Nothing much, I'm not on cooking duty tonight so I'm being made to watch terrible reality TV 🤮🤮🤮 how about u? 8:21 PM ✓✓ [break] [attr="class","theirreply"]i've actually got a dinner date tonight 😍 8:22 PM ✓✓ [attr="class","theirreply"] [break] isn't he handsome?? sorry, he started climbing up my leg and I dropped the phone 😅 I wish I was having whatever u were having. i'm stuck on frozen pizzas right now until next week's revenue picks up. 8:26 PM ✓✓ [break] [attr="class","myreply"] AW BABY! He's so cute 🥺🥺🥺 what's his name??? if I ever visit I need to pspspsps your cat omg 8:28 PM ✓✓ [attr="class","myreply"]ngl I wish I had a cat but I'm never home 😭 8:28 PM ✓✓ [attr="class","myreply"]ahaha I mean, tbh, half the time food's great but sometimes Ash gets the idea to do a 'fusion' thing or whatever and honestly? it's horrible like why would anyone put blueberries in a sauce??? he said he saw it on TV once 🤮 so you know, fingers crossed it's something normal tonight 8:29 PM ✓✓ [attr="class","myreply"]uhhh he made a stew with pineapples. wish me luck xxx 8:38 PM ✓✓ [newclass=.theirreply]width:250px;font-family:helvetica;color:#353535;text-align:left;font-size:14px;background-color:white;border-radius:5px 20px 20px 20px;padding:10px 20px 5px 20px;margin:2px;[/newclass] [newclass=.myreply]width:250px;font-family:helvetica;color:#353535;text-align:left;font-size:14px;background-color:#DBFFBB;border-radius:20px 5px 20px 20px;padding:10px 20px 5px 20px;margin:2px;[/newclass] [/div][/quote][/div] |
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nom_de_plume
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She / Her
GMT-5
Always_Player_2#9104
I know a trick to make a man's colors show / If he sees something he wants, tell him no
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Post by nom_de_plume on Jul 25, 2020 8:47:44 GMT
Bea heard her phone go off a few times in quick succession while she pulled out her pizza, cursing as the pan's heat quickly seeped through the flimsy kitchen towel she used to pull it out with. After she got the pizza on a tray and cut into haphazard pieces, she picked up her phone and grinned like crazy as she read Eme's replies. [break] She burned her mouth trying to eat the pizza too quickly, and winced. Shooting off a text, she began to eat again, this time wishing she could taste the food now that her tastebuds had been seared off. "Jiji," she said softly, ignoring the fact that she kinda sounded like a crazy person talking to her cat. "I think I like her." [break] Putting her head on her arms on the table, she let out a long groan, wishing things were easier. Picturing Eme's face as she concentrated on her tattoo, she felt her heartrate pick up. Not fair. She looked down at her wrapped arm, happy - not matter how silly it was - to have a piece of Eme on her forever. [nospaces] | < Chats | 💕Eme 💕 online | |
[attr="class","theirreply"] AW BABY! He's so cute 🥺🥺🥺 what's his name??? if I ever visit I need to pspspsps your cat omg 8:28 PM ✓✓ [attr="class","theirreply"]ngl I wish I had a cat but I'm never home 😭 8:28 PM ✓✓ [attr="class","theirreply"]ahaha I mean, tbh, half the time food's great but sometimes Ash gets the idea to do a 'fusion' thing or whatever and honestly? it's horrible like why would anyone put blueberries in a sauce??? he said he saw it on TV once 🤮 so you know, fingers crossed it's something normal tonight 8:29 PM ✓✓ [attr="class","theirreply"]uhhh he made a stew with pineapples. wish me luck xxx 8:38 PM ✓✓ [break] [attr="class","myreply"]omg you have to come meet him!!! jiji loves company and if you sit down, your lap is his. my little demon of the abyss just sleeps a lot, but he'll come down to the shop with me sometimes so he can sleep in my presence which, honestly, such an honor 8:45 PM ✓✓ [attr="class","myreply"]blueberries in a sauce sound almost as bad as pineapple stew. what did you do in your past life to deserve this??? I will eat my pizza and think of you, if that makes u feel any better. next time he tries to pull a strawberry steak on you just come over my to my place and we can cry into our cup noodles together 8:46 PM ✓✓ [newclass=.theirreply]width:250px;font-family:helvetica;color:#353535;text-align:left;font-size:14px;background-color:white;border-radius:5px 20px 20px 20px;padding:10px 20px 5px 20px;margin:2px;[/newclass] [newclass=.myreply]width:250px;font-family:helvetica;color:#353535;text-align:left;font-size:14px;background-color:#DBFFBB;border-radius:20px 5px 20px 20px;padding:10px 20px 5px 20px;margin:2px;[/newclass] |
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achromatic
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achromatic#7519
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Post by achromatic on Jul 25, 2020 9:16:29 GMT
"Will you stop texting and eat your dinner?" Ash grumbled exasperatedly, as Emeline picked at her food, before glancing up at Ash. Right. Pineapples. She bit her lip, before spooning some of it with the rice and putting it in her mouth. It was...actually not bad. Hm...maybe she did judge a book by its cover a little too early. [break][break] "So what do you think?" the boy's face brightened when she began to eat. [break][break] "It's actually not bad," Emeline mused, as she took another bite. Weird, but not bad. From the looks of it, Ash took the compliment well too, as he continued to eat with a smile on his face. She sent another text, as the boy rolled his eyes. [break][break] "I literally haven't seen you so glued to your phone since I dunno–" he started. [break][break] "Don't say it," she warned, giving him a look, and he held his hands up in surrender, still chewing. [break][break] "So who is it? New tinder date? Hot guy come through the shop today? Some secret investigation that suddenly needs your help?" he chattered. [break][break] Emeline hesitated. Should she tell him? Then again, there was nothing wrong with him knowing, and well, it wasn't a big deal anyway, right? Just a cute girl at work today. "Had a client today who uh, got a flower tattoo," she started, "and I guess we're texting now? She's really cool, owns a flower shop down in Queens or something, and she apparently knows a lot about flowers and their meanings, so it might be cool to visit, you know, check out some of the flowers and get some references for my art–" [break][break] "Oh my god you like her," Ash grinned, eyes gleaming, "holy shit Emeline has a crush, Emeline has a crush!" His voice was belting out the words in a sing song tone, and Emeline's face turned red. [break][break] "It's not like that! I just–" she bit her lip, she did like the other girl, didn't she? She wasn't going to admit it but it had been a while since she had such a need to get to know someone like she felt now. Ash grinned, simply giving her a smug look, in which she grumbled another 'shut up' in reply, before glancing at her messages. Was it too forward? She really did want to visit the flower shop though. [break] [nospaces] | < Chats | 🌸flower girl🌸 online | |
[attr="class","theirreply"]omg you have to come meet him!!! jiji loves company and if you sit down, your lap is his. my little demon of the abyss just sleeps a lot, but he'll come down to the shop with me sometimes so he can sleep in my presence which, honestly, such an honor 8:45 PM ✓✓ [attr="class","theirreply"]blueberries in a sauce sound almost as bad as pineapple stew. what did you do in your past life to deserve this??? I will eat my pizza and think of you, if that makes u feel any better. next time he tries to pull a strawberry steak on you just come over my to my place and we can cry into our cup noodles together 8:46 PM ✓✓ [break] [attr="class","myreply"]oh hell yeah my goal is to pet every cat in the world and even you can't stop me 😈😈😈 8:47 PM ✓✓ [attr="class","myreply"]and yes, sounds good, make sure you get the fire chicken flavor though that's the best cup noodles no cap 8:47 PM ✓✓ [attr="class","myreply"]I mean if you're free sometime next week, you could show me the flower shop and we could grab a coffee? Or dinner? I heard Queens has a lot of good stuff. 8:47 PM ✓✓ [newclass=.theirreply]width:250px;font-family:helvetica;color:#353535;text-align:left;font-size:14px;background-color:white;border-radius:5px 20px 20px 20px;padding:10px 20px 5px 20px;margin:2px;align-content:left;[/newclass] [newclass=.myreply]width:250px;font-family:helvetica;color:#353535;text-align:left;font-size:14px;background-color:#DBFFBB;border-radius:20px 5px 20px 20px;padding:10px 20px 5px 20px;margin:2px;align-content:right;[/newclass] |
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nom_de_plume
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She / Her
GMT-5
Always_Player_2#9104
I know a trick to make a man's colors show / If he sees something he wants, tell him no
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Post by nom_de_plume on Jul 29, 2020 6:14:04 GMT
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[attr="class","theirreply"]oh hell yeah my goal is to pet every cat in the world and even you can't stop me 😈😈😈 8:47 PM ✓✓ [attr="class","theirreply"]and yes, sounds good, make sure you get the fire chicken flavor though that's the best cup noodles no cap 8:47 PM ✓✓ [attr="class","theirreply"]I mean if you're free sometime next week, you could show me the flower shop and we could grab a coffee? Or dinner? I heard Queens has a lot of good stuff. 8:47 PM ✓✓ [break] [attr="class","myreply"]ooh, sounds like a flan! 8:51 PM ✓✓ [attr="class","myreply"]*a plan lol! 8:51 PM ✓✓ [attr="class","myreply"]and you know the way to my heart 😂 if I ever say no to food or coffee, I've been replaced by a mimic or something. when were you thinking next week? i'm gonna be training the new guy for the first part of the week, but wednesday onwards should work for me! 8:56 PM ✓✓ [newclass=.theirreply]width:250px;font-family:helvetica;color:#353535;text-align:left;font-size:14px;background-color:white;border-radius:5px 20px 20px 20px;padding:10px 20px 5px 20px;margin:2px;align-content:left;[/newclass] [newclass=.myreply]width:250px;font-family:helvetica;color:#353535;text-align:left;font-size:14px;background-color:#DBFFBB;border-radius:20px 5px 20px 20px;padding:10px 20px 5px 20px;margin:2px;align-content:right;[/newclass] |
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achromatic
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achromatic#7519
my life is just constantly existing at ungodly hours
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Jul 29, 2020 10:20:25 GMT
Post by achromatic on Jul 29, 2020 10:20:25 GMT
[nospaces] | < Chats | 🌸flower girl🌸 online | |
[attr="class","theirreply"]ooh, sounds like a flan! 8:51 PM ✓✓ [attr="class","theirreply"]*a plan lol! 8:51 PM ✓✓ [attr="class","theirreply"]and you know the way to my heart 😂 if I ever say no to food or coffee, I've been replaced by a mimic or something. when were you thinking next week? i'm gonna be training the new guy for the first part of the week, but wednesday onwards should work for me! 8:56 PM ✓✓ [break] [attr="class","myreply"]  [break]sounds like a flantastic plan 😜 8:58 PM ✓✓ [attr="class","myreply"]so I'll come over on wednesday or something to visit your shop maybe? and if you're free after we can grab some coffee🥰🥰🥰 8:58 PM ✓✓ [newclass=.theirreply]width:250px;font-family:helvetica;color:#353535;text-align:left;font-size:14px;background-color:white;border-radius:5px 20px 20px 20px;padding:10px 20px 5px 20px;margin:2px;align-content:left;[/newclass] [newclass=.myreply]width:250px;font-family:helvetica;color:#353535;text-align:left;font-size:14px;background-color:#DBFFBB;border-radius:20px 5px 20px 20px;padding:10px 20px 5px 20px;margin:2px;align-content:right;[/newclass] [/quote][/div][/div] |
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nom_de_plume
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She / Her
GMT-5
Always_Player_2#9104
I know a trick to make a man's colors show / If he sees something he wants, tell him no
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Post by nom_de_plume on Aug 3, 2020 23:44:29 GMT
skippity dippity doo
Bea looked down at her phone expectantly, blowing a strand of hair out of her face when she realized the clock had yet to click over to noon. Why was time so determined to cockblock - no, clamban? there's gotta be something better - her? She chuckled to herself, surprised to find she was giddily nervous for Eme to visit. Even though she was coming to the shop, it still felt like a date.
She'd been training Sello all week, though he picked things up quickly despite his shy nature and she felt confident he had things in hand long enough for her to grab lunch with Eme. She looked up from her computer in the back room, wincing when she saw the door still askew from the intruder the week before. That had been....scary. Though Eme had shown up and supported her, she wasn't sure if that should count as a first visit to the shop.
And when Eme had used...magic? She hadn't mentioned it to Eme and Eme hadn't seem interested in bringing it up either. Maybe it was just her mind and the stress; after all, a strange man had broken into her shop and caused her newest employee to faint.
Leaning to her right, she made sure her makeup was unsmudged and poked at her hair a bit before getting up to check on how Sello was doing at the front of the shop. |
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Post by achromatic on Aug 5, 2020 14:23:31 GMT
Emeline had never been the type to obsess over things, but then again, this week hadn't really been normal. She could still remember the so-called 'incident' from last week. She had broken her personal, cardinal rule of 'don't get involved in bullshit you can't handle' and for once, she had lost her cool.
She'd never admit to anyone that it almost...scared her. Every time she lost control. She wasn't exactly the type to unravel and throw a tantrum, but there was just something about seeing Bea in that situation where she could've gotten hurt that made Emeline react so strongly. It wasn't anyone's fault that she had spent the next few days feeling absolutely miserable because everything just reminded her so much of him again. Everything was...complicated. Even more so when they had powers.
Surprisingly, Bea didn't push much that day. It was sort of the elephant in the room right now, wasn't it? On one hand, she was grateful that the other girl kept it to herself, and that she had still wanted to see her after that. If she was to be honest, she really didn't want to talk about it; there were so many loose ends and open questions that Eme couldn't exactly answer.
On the other hand, part of her just wanted to get it over with, to rip off that bandaid of 'hey actually I have superpowers I can't control' and just get that conversation done with and see how the other girl would react. It wasn't fair to put all of that on her, but...well, things were never simple in this city.
At least Bea still wanted to hang out. That was the reassurance she gave herself as she finished the last touches of her lipstick, before heading out of the station, her brisk pace leading her to the flower shop again. It shouldn't have mattered, but Emeline had decided to wear something other than her usual corduroys and t-shirts combo today; whether it was to impress the other girl or not, she'd never admit it.
She bit her lip, slowing as she neared the shop, peeking into the space, as if making sure Bea was actually there before she entered.
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Post by nom_de_plume on Aug 6, 2020 4:11:33 GMT
"Looking good, Sello!" Bea had walked through the store, happy to see the displays neat and well-stocked. The floor was clean, the customers in the store looked happy, and Sello didn't look entirely petrified. An overall good day, as far as she was concerned. Though it would be better if Eme would show up... She decided to help Sello run the register while she waited, a perfect excuse the stare out the front door for a glimpse of her friend's ebony hair.
"...that'll be $22.57," she said distractedly, carefully standing the bouquet up and securing it in a flexible plastic sheath for travel. "I hope to see you again." The woman turned around to leave, and Bea was left alone with her thoughts again. Eme wouldn't stand her up, would she? After all, they'd texted after the incident and it hadn't seemed weird. Maybe coming back to the shop make Eme uncomfortable?
Bea began to pull out her phone to text Eme and tell her they could meet somewhere else when she caught a glimpse of Eme's tattooed skin out the window. Relief flooded her, and she quickly tucked her phone away and tried to look busy. "Sello?" she called, trying to catch the boy's gaze from across the store, "Are you good to cover the store while I run to lunch? I won't be gone more than 45 minutes, and you have my private cell if you need anything, right?"
At the boy's nod, she felt a smile spread across her face, and seeing Eme peek through the front window, she laughed and waved her in. "No need to snoop around, you dork. I literally live above the store. The chances of me not being here are incredibly, depressingly low."
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Post by achromatic on Aug 7, 2020 6:40:12 GMT
She almost jumped at Bea's bright welcome before relaxing at the sight of the other girl. Okay, at least it wasn't awkward. Emeline smiled back, giving them a small wave. "Hey," she couldn't help the faint blush appearing on her face, "I just didn't want to awkwardly show up when you're not there but that's nice to know."
A tentative smirk appeared on her face. "So that means I can show up at any time uninvited?" she mused, humour on her lips, before glancing towards the other boy in the back, and the door that was still a little...shaky. At least everything seemed to be back to normal, for the most part.
"So uh, you're going to show me around right?" she grinned, "and hopefully we'll have an uneventful day compared to last week." Yeah, that had been wild. She wasn't sure if Bea even wanted to talk about it or just push it out of their memory, but hey, at least everything seemed to be in order. She had been afraid it'd be a little more wrecked but the shop seemed as lovely as any other flower shop she had been to–even more so, perhaps, because the flowers here just felt so much brighter.
Was she just thinking that because it was Bea's or was it true? She couldn't exactly tell. Still, she was excited to see what flowers the other girl had.
"How's the tattoo by the way? Healing all right?" she quipped, tilting her head a little to glance at Bea's arm.
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Post by nom_de_plume on Aug 10, 2020 4:39:44 GMT
Bea felt warmth spread across her cheeks at Eme's tease, though she quickly pushed past it to proudly stick out her arm and display her practically-healed tattoo. "It's healing great!" she said with a cheeky grin, and it wasn't a lie. There was little redness or irritation at the tattoo site, and the ink seemed to have set perfectly with no smudging or running.
"My Gran used to make this...I dunno, smear stuff that she put on my scrapes and bruises as a kid, so I whipped up some of it and gave it a try. It's been working perfectly! I really love the way it turned out. You're the best!" Impulsively, she gave Eme a quick squeeze before stepping back, bashfully tucking a piece of hair behind her ear. That was...impulsive. Oops.
"Aaaanyway," she said, drawling, "Uh, this is the shop!" She gestured at the building with both arms, pride clearly written in her features despite the remainder of a blush on her cheeks. "Sorry your first impression was so weird, but this is what it should look like normally. Sello here is the guy you met last week. He'll watch the shop while we grab lunch...unless you don't have time?" She tried to offer the other girl an out in case she didn't wanna have lunch anymore but didn't wanna say it.
"But regardless, I've gotta give a more in-depth tour. After all, you've only seen the tip of the, uh, the tip of the, um, stamen?" God! Fucking weirdo, she thought to herself, barely resisting the urge to just throw herself towards the nearest moving car.
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Post by achromatic on Aug 11, 2020 7:26:31 GMT
Bea's tattoo did look good, if Eme could say so herself. It had healed well and it just seemed to fit her so well. She was glad that the other girl liked it as much as she did; if anything, this tattoo meant a lot, considering she had gotten a friend out of it too. As much as Eme felt at home in the city, it was always tough to make new friends, especially ones she didn't already know from high school. This had been a pretty welcome experience.
A grin appeared on her face. "It looks great," she smiled, glancing at the large plants all over. Damn, she wished she could keep them alive just to have a large potted fan palm by her window like that. "They're so huge," she mused, glancing to a monsterra plant, "I'll need to buy some before I go but you'll have to teach me how to keep them alive in super specific instructions." She laughed lightly at her comment about the weird introduction. Last week had certainly been more than strange.
"Lunch sounds good," she nodded, before biting her lip at the other girl's joke. Tip of the stamen...flower jokes, how on brand, she thought with a laugh. "Well give me the full tour then," she grinned, before doing a horrible tour guide impression, "and to the left, we have...?"
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