Post by Alex Vipond on Jul 21, 2013 14:38:15 GMT -8
Alex Vipond: Alex was heading out of the studio as he checked his phone. They'd been working on a cover song, and he'd missed a call during his time in the booth. Calling his voice mail, he listened to the message, and then called back, moving to his murdered out Benz that sat parked at the curb as the call rang through.
Theforgottenwolf: - He had stepped out of the library for the time being. Sitting right out front as a matter of fact. There were days he wished he was a smoker. He had read through so many books all the information was starting to run together. Not to mention it had all come from the fiction section....the heels of his boots hit against the side of the wall. When his phone rang he brought it to his ear only after looking to see who it was- " Hey" - He seemed a little calmer at least-d
Alex Vipond: They say fact is stranger than fiction. If he really wanted to get the gist of things, he'd best start reading up on Anne Rice. Alex parked the car and headed for the doors, only to find a very confused and shell shocked looking Axel out on the steps. He slowed and moved toward him, dropping down on the steps beside him. "So..." he looked over at him, one brow cocked upward in question. "It's a lot to take in. Just think how Will Smith felt after his first conversation with Tommy Lee Jones."
Theforgottenwolf: - He was in fact sitting there rather lost in his own thoughts. Hell lost period. When Alex rolled up Axle rested back some and shrugged- " At least he got a black suit out of the deal" - he glanced sideways- " It just seems so crazy..." - he was practical. Odd but it was a new affliction that had over taken him in his current state of things- " If what you say is true and I am what I am...how is it nobody knows? God know's how long I was in that hospital and somehow they couldn't tell that I dunno im part dog" - he officially felt like the most gullible kid in the world- d
Alex Vipond: "Well, yeah. But you get a fur coat. Too, once a month, you can lick your balls without falling off the couch. Win!" Okay so maybe it was too soon for that one. "They'd have to run DNA on you to even notice something was off and frankly I don't see hospitals in two bit border towns having the wherewithal to run such tests." Alex looked out over the area. "And whatever you do, do not mention this to anyone not in the know." Alex looked back at Axle, shades pulled down his nose a bit as he regarded him over the top of them. "It could be fatal, not just for you but for a lot of people."
NiteotheAngel: Kalypso would get off the bus stop in front of the library as she was starting to head inside when she came across Alex and someone knew on the stairs. She thought about picking up some more books on artists and their work. Wearing a pleated skirt with a short sleeve button down shirt with a spaghetti strapped top underneath and black thigh high boots. Long hair down for a change.::"Hey Alex and you are?":: Looking to the knew face beside Alex. She moved in a little closer for a moment before moving away as she had that look.::"Im Kalypso. People call me Kaly.":: Offering her hand to the guy.::
Theforgottenwolf: - Alex would get that deadpan stare at the ball licking comment. Usually he may have found that amusing and maybe later he would but for now he was simply trying to absorb- " Tell anyone are you kidding me?" - scofffed and shook his head- " I feel crazy enough as it is the last thing is locked up in the loony bin for claiming to be a man..wolf...beast...thing" - His face fell into his hands. He wasn't alone apparently. Perhaps that is what Bren meant..He lifted his head to see the new addition. He supposed he felt that subtle shift in the atmosphere around him before she even approached. Struggling to understand what that even meant. But it existed all the same. Inhaling smoothly as he eyed her extended hand a moment longer than he really needed to. Somewhat dazed. Go figure- " Oh. Uhm sorry I'm axle" - he took her hand. Not yet thinking that his body temp was differant then most. Unaware that Kalypso was the same as him he took it for a quick shake before releasing her fingers- d
Alex Vipond: "Yeah well, there's that too. Thorazine is not your friend, by the way," or Lithium for that matter. And all that temp business? Alex ran three degrees cooler than most, which didn't sound like much until you realized that hypothermia sets in at 95 degrees Fahrenheit. He generally kept his temp up with a healthy diet of blood, and coffee. And well booze now that he realized after seven centuries that he was no longer allergic. A human trait he'd been born with and he'd just never tried to drink any until this past year. Alex smiled at Kaly. She was learning, still a bit abrupt but at least she wasn't downright rude. Had Anna's tutelage paid off? "Axle is Anna's brother." He nodded to her, and then looked back at Axle. "Kaly is Mars and Leland's sister."
NiteotheAngel: "Nice to meet you Axle. ":: Looking to Alex.::"Any word on Mars. Because I havent seen him or heard from him. Was wondering surprised to see you. I apologize for intruding on your conversation. I just thought I would say hello and introduce myself. It would be kind of rude to walk by an not say anything.":: Shielding was still a little tricky for Kalypso although by now she hoped she had it down even a bit. As she lowered them slightly so Axle new friend and not enemy. ::"Anna will be glad to see you Im sure. She is staying with my brothers and I at our house. Unless you prefer wherever it is you are staying at now.":: Remaining standing for now as she waited to end the conversation before heading inside.::
Theforgottenwolf: - He gave Alex yet another deadpan stare. The way he just blurted it out like that. They all knew Anna. He didn't. At least not that he could remember. She was nothing more than a face in a picture attached to some serious issues of abandonment- " Marsten and Leland's sister...and this Anna is staying with you?" - he didn't speak about her like a brother would a sister. She was a practical stranger- " She's just...staying here?" - it was hard for him to wrap his head around. Even if it was to 'protect' him she hadn't done a very good job. She had just left him there! Or so ti would seem for now- " and where is she now?" - He looked between Kaly and Alex. He didn't want to relive the events of the night before so he stayed pretty calm even if Anna as a general topic agitated him and with damn good reason- " its good to meet you too Kalypso. Sorry. Been a long couple of days" - he slipped off the side of the wall to stand at that point hands shoved into his pockets-d
Alex Vipond: "She came in hot, Axle. Whatever it is that was after your family followed her here. We had evidence of that last night, but sadly I still don't know what the fuck it was." He rose as well; wasn't going to be the only one sitting on his ass. Thumbs hooked into the pockets of his jeans as he looked between them. He glanced toward the library and then looked back at Axle again. "How much did you learn in there?"
NiteotheAngel: She looked to Axle and Alex as she sighed. Realising that she had opened mouth and inserted foot. She moved over to where Axle was standing only wanting to help. But, it seems as though she only hurt and hindered things more. She would let Alex and Axle talk a bit. As she didnt say a word. She did not want to overwhelm him any more then she thought she already had. She was only trying to help.::"Well usually yes she does. But, right now she is on a road trip with one of my brothers. My brothers are good friends of hers. And they wouldnt let anything happen to her or to you. Take all the time you need. I know things can be a bit overwhelming when meeting people. I didnt even like Alex atfirst. Until my brother Mars, him and I spoke together. Anna will be glad to see you."::
Theforgottenwolf: - He huffed some getting the point that Alex was trying to make it was just hard to accept. He shrugged his shoulders. He noted the change in Kaly's stance- " Hey look im sorry. Its just me alright. You didn't say anything wrong. Im just being an asshole" - he laughed a low somewhat sad laugh- " somehow i doubt it but its fine. I'll see her when I see her. Then maybe I can get some answers...you know when she is back from her 'roadtrip'" - Yes it bothered him of course it did. All of this made him feel like he was minutes away from seeing a white rabbit and some blonde broad roaming down the street after teh same stop watch. It was surreal and bizarre. He looked to Alex then- " I just need to know I dunno more...if it is true and I am...what I am. Then how do i control it...how do i get rid of it? What does it really mean" - And just think most guys his age were just excited with a beer and a peice of ass.- " And if its after her...does that mean its after me to?" – d
NiteotheAngel: Kaly anxiously raised her hand like she was in school. She knew all those answers although some she was still figuring out herself. Looking to Alex.::" I think we need to head to my place? We can talk more there and its safe. " Honestly she didnt mean to jump in but she wanted to help and give them a place where they could talk. Looking apologetically to Alex knowing that Anna would have decked her for jumping in.::
DPearlPrince: What do you know? A library. This is one where you clog your brain with too much information, this is snoozeville. He was stopped by an average beauty of a librarian. One who requested if he could entertain the kids in one of the rooms so what the heck? And this it had all happened and now he was telling five to seven year olds about Robinson Caruso. Hands were raised as the kids asked questions, it was starting to not be so boring after all. Screams were heard and many shouting of the young just having a great time. "So you see, he certainly was a legend. A wonderful man." Whether the character was fictional or not, he didn't go on telling them that as imaginations were the best when you're small and learning. You don't go telling them such things isn't real. (d)
Alex Vipond: "Did Bren talk to you about Mars and Leland?" Alex regarded him, then looked at Kaly and gave her a reassuring smile before his eyes slipped to her throat and sort of glazed over for a moment before he pulled his gaze away and back to Axle. "You don't get rid of it. You can learn control, but you can't get rid of it. And yes. I am willing to bet that whatever wiped out your entire family is what came after her here and the only reason you're not dead is because they, it, whatever, already thought you were." And no, Alex wasn't any too thrilled with Kaly's jumping in, but he didn't say anything on it. He was too busy trying not to hear the blood coursing her veins. He drew in a slow, deep breath, held it for a few moments and let it out just as slowly. The benefits of once having dated a yoga instructor, meditation techniques that helped soothe frayed nerves.
Theforgottenwolf: - Axle just looked back and forth between the two. He shook his head some- " No Brenley didn't talk much juts said that she knew Anna and that she was staying with a couple of guys named Mars and Leland and that she had been here a few weeks" - Of course there was that small naive part of him that wanted to believe that he could be rid of it. Normal. Not a freak. But in truth it was the only time he felt normal. If only he could remember it- " So " - he looked around casually before looking back to the other two- " Me being here just intensified the crosshair's then. Whoever...or whatever it is obviously wanted us all dead for a reason. I dont know how I ended up in that hospital or how she managed to escape and avoid it but...maybe its best if im not here" - he would put together all those faces that he had met just in the last two days. Seeing them bloodied and dismembered. Perhaps the merging of a broken memory he couldn't quite grasp- " I mean if it thinks im dead maybe thats the best. For everyone" – d
NiteotheAngel: Kalypso looked to Axle.::"And what? Be on the run for the rest of your life and better for who? you? You being here did nothing of the sort dont think that way. No matter what. The only thing you did was get out of a hospital and end up here. ":: She was starting to get upset as she just left the two to talk. Not to be rude but she really didnt want to say something she would later regret. She knew the importance of family and she had a feeling of what this would mean to anna. She moved back over to a wall to cool off for a bit.::
Alex Vipond: "Mars. Not Marsten." Alex nodded. Yes, he'd picked up on that. "Perhaps some things are coming back." It was tricky, the mind and the things it could do. "Likely the amnesia was brought on by emotional or even physical trauma. The mind has a way of shutting down, blocking out things that we are not prepared to deal with until such a time as we are prepared to deal with it. Give it time. Things will come back. As for it, them… whatever thinking you're dead... It's not a notion you want to disabuse the attacker of. However, that being said, you don't want to keep running either. This thing is going to have to be faced. You and your sister will be stronger with the pack, than alone."
Theforgottenwolf: - He wasn't really prepared to be snapped at his brows furrowed together some. He wanted to snap back at her but he didn't at least not at the volume in which he wanted to- " I didn't ask for this you know...so I would appreciate it if you didn't fucking snap at me" - He said in a low growl at her....he took had to regain some composure. Looking to Alex- " Yea. Sure" - he nodded.- " I never wanted to run in the first place Alex" - just in that statement it was painfully obvious he was just a kid and he was in need of a lot. Guidance, family. Even if he couldn't grasp at the moment what he was it didn't change that he had always been. He didn't even realize what he had been craving. How he had been missing the people connection-d
Alex Vipond: "Good. We'll get you up to speed, find out where your skills lay and determine just what it is you need to learn to not only survive but to kick this mother in the ass." Alex nodded, a glance sent to Kaly, half expecting comment before he looked back at Axle.
Theforgottenwolf: - He nodded producing his phone- " And Brenley...she is like me too?" - she hadn't come out and said it but he recalled moments before everything went black that she was comforting him saying that she understood. What sort of place was this anyway. His fingers quickly moved over the text pad sending one to his new roommate of all people. saying he was with Alex and that she shouldn't worry- " So..Yoda. Where do we start?" - Alex had been the first to really give him any direction thus far so why not look to him for the answers?- " How many of them are here? I mean you say a pack but i mean how many people are we talkin about?" - The prospect of being able to not only find the truth but maybe find justice...it gave him new purpose- d
NiteotheAngel: Kaly looked to Alex as she nodded not saying a word. What was she going to say anyway. She just tried to relax and let the two talk. Sounds like Alex had Axle on the right path. Did they really need her probably not. She would most likely get in their way. She knew the importance of family. It was something that she had to learn most recently. But, she didnt want to get in their way. She knew how Axle felt too. About having all the questions. She would just mind her business and head inside. She was getting a little better about controlling her anger and her wolf. For once maybe she wouldnt be the only pup as most referred to her as around anymore.::
Alex Vipond: "We'll get you introduced to the pack. Today preferably. Full moon is tomorrow night so..." Sooner the better. Alex pulled his phone and fired off a mass text to the PTBs of the pack, explaining the situation to them. Anna's brother Axle in town. Needs help, ASAP That message would go out to Ryder, Mason, Sasha and TC. Alex slipped his phone back into his pocket and looked at Kaly as she headed inside. It seemed she was growing up. Looking back at Axle, he nodded. "Okay, first things first. Don't let your appetite grow too strong. Eat often and keep yourself from feeling hungry. No, you won't get fat..." Alex's brow rose as he regarded Axle. "You have a very, high metabolism. But you go ..." Alex looked around and then back, voice dropping, "wolf, and hungry on top of it? You could find yourself naked out in the woods and picking a park ranger out of your teeth with a twig."
Theforgottenwolf: - He nodded to him his own text being sent and his phone put back away- " And full moon is show time right?" - he was nervous. That shit hurt. He touched his abdomen once again remembering that pain that he had felt the night before the pain always came before the blackness. He took a deep breathe and knew that he was always hungry. He just thought it was the genes..he supposed he was right. When alex leaned in he glanced around as well- " Like a person. You telling me I could eat a person?" - he spoke in a hushed quick tone. When he spoke of it...his eyes widened some. He could hear a scream, taste teh blood. His hand came to his mouth. Being here seemingly unlocking something. Fear in their eyes. It was only a glimpse and then black again but it was enough for him to swallow hard- "...Alex I think I did something bad." - When he did it. He didn't know. Maybe it was a figment of his imagination. All he knew is that he needed some help. Luckily he seemed to eb int he right place- d
NiteotheAngel: Kalypso would eventually come out of the library with a few more books on Lois Royo and a couple other artists. She had them clutched and settled on her hip. Not saying a word as she moved down the stairs. Waved politely to Alex and Axle as she passed them by as she went to the busstop. Hoping that she would get to share her knoweledge with Axle of her experiences but maybe another day or something. She was smarter then she sometimes led people to believe. Man she missed Anna expecially now. She knew wherever they were they were safe. And today was an important day for the pack so they really needed to be back. Not that it mattered all that much.::
Alex Vipond: "It happens. Trust me. Doesn't make you feel any better but know that it doesn't make you a bad person, just a person in need of control." Boy did Alex know that one. Alex watched as Kaly came back out and waved in passing on her way to the bus stop. "Kaly, can we give you a lift?" Like that wouldn't look pervy, two grown men giving a teenaged girl a ride. Alex just wished he couldn't hear her heart beating; her blood pumping. He pulled his pack of gum out and pulled a fresh piece, swapping it out for the old, and then offering the pack to Axle.
NiteotheAngel: Kaly looked to Alex as she nodded.::"Yes, Thank you.":: She moved over to Alexs car. Letting Alex and Axle talk. It beats waiting on a bus. She looked to Axle.::"You are as much of asshole as I am a bitch.":: She was trying to get him to laugh or something. She just didnt like the way people dismissed her like she didnt know anything. When she knew more and understood more then most. She just figured it would be better to discuss at the house. And not on the steps of the library. Discretion was something that Kaly was trying to work on from time to time.::
Theforgottenwolf: - Axle nodded- " Still..." - he toko up that gum feeling like he was going to have to spend a great deal of time brushign his teeth. Gnawing on that gum he handed the pack off to Alex noting his breathing. He didn't attribute that to being a wolf only observant- " You okay?" - he walked toward the car along side of him. Yea Teenage girl in thigh high's no less. May as well just put them on a registry now.- " dont worry about it." - offered to Kaly letting her climb in before he followed- d
Alex Vipond: "Yeah." He nodded, though he didn't sound all that certain of it. He disabled the alarm and unlocked the car so they could all get in and Alex slid in behind the wheel. Mass. He should go to mass. He waited until everyone was in before he keyed the ignition, the pack of gum offered over to the back seat for Kaly. "Gum?" Step into my car, little girl. Want some candy? Yeah. They didn't look suspicious at all.
NiteotheAngel: Kaly smiled::"Thank you. and well mannered. You will get used to it we all have too. Sometimes my temper gets the better of me. I swear its the moon":: Smiles as she sets the books in her lap once she was settled into the car. she shook her head.::"No thanks Alex Im fine.":: She was a lot more calmer despite what happened. She moved her hair out of her face and along her shoulders so it wouldnt blow all over.::
Theforgottenwolf: - He wouldn't really catch the upswing on the joke at first. Instead keeping his gaze steady on Alex. Gnawing on that gum- " So where are we going?" - he would keep his gaze steady to the side- " And this pack is Brenley in the pack?" - He was trying to keep up at this point.- d
Alex Vipond: Alex slipped the car into gear and pulled out of the lot, heading for ... "You guys hungry?" They could get a bite to eat, or take Kaly home, or both. Hit a drive though on the way. Alex glanced to Axle and then looked back to the road. At least in the car, they had privacy, limo tint on the Benz and all. "You'll find you'll be better in control if you don't allow yourself to get hungry." The trip up from Hermosillo came to mind; Mars and Leland eating the dead. Looking back at Axle, he nodded. "Yes. One rule, in addition to not outing yourself, is to not out anyone else either. I do believe you more or less knew about Bren, however." Call it gut instinct, but there it was.