Post by Alex Vipond on Feb 21, 2016 17:48:12 GMT -8
MacabreSaVant: Didn't take them too long to make it back to the office. Mars had left Stacy at the front to inform the clients that Mars was not taking any meetings at the moment. Stepping on into the office, he settled down in his chair. There was another desk to the right of him that had been set up for Krystal, when she did come in to the office to work. " Drink?" He asked Alex as he was reaching down at the bottome drawer of his desk for his whiskey. –d
Alex Vipond: Alex followed Mars, parking the F-Type on the street in front of the place, and sliding out to follow him inside. As they settled into Mars' office, Alex nodded to the offer of a drink. "Oh hell yeah." Settling into the chair opposite the desk, he leaned back. "How are you holding up? It's gotta be hard, having twins. Grayson's a blessing that we wouldn't miss for the world but sleep is missed at times."
MacabreSaVant: "I'm doin' alright. Lana's doing most of the care taking since I came back to work. I help when Im home" He poured them all a drink in crystal tumblers. –d
Alex Vipond: When the glass was offered out, Alex leaned forward to accept it, a brief swirl given the amber within the crystal and then he took a sip, before leaning back. "I can't imagine having two at once. Then again, until a year ago, I couldn't imagine having one."
KrystalFlake: Sitting down in her chair she leaned back with her arms loose on the chair's and folded her hands over her stomach. One leg gracefully crossing the other she pushed off with her toe to rock the chair. "He's home more than he is working, don't let him fool you." Krystal passed on anything to drink, but then she rarely did. You know it was one of those things that was part of her quirks, if you didn't know what she was then you wouldn't know why though. [d]
MacabreSaVant: Mars grinned amusedly at Krystal and Alex. " I am when I can be. Thats whats so great about having an amazing team. Since Zero and that team has been handling other business. I have Krystal and Gage do more of the professional up front clients while well, Leland takes care of other things." Which he didnt indulge in. –d
Alex Vipond: Alex nodded to the information, not even blinking at the mention of Zero. Alex hadn't seen her since she showed up in Washington Park when he was there with the dogs. He'd made it perfectly clear then that he didn't want to see her in his vicinity until he reached out to her. Not that he expected to be reaching out to her, ever, but at least she knew her overtures were only pissing him the fuck off. Or at least she seemed to. This time. Finally. And Alex had waited for some time, after Zero had left before heading home. He had no desire to lead the woman to his doorstep. "Leland's good at taking care of other things." The ones that were best left unmentioned.
KrystalFlake: Mars didn't need to indulge, she knew what kind of person Leland was. It was probably not pretty work and it was better not to talk about it. "Oh Leland has lots of talents that no one gives him credit for. You know he is great at washing dishes and running a vacuum.. You didn't hear that from me though." Krystal could clean, but honestly she was the princess of the house and was fucking spoiled. She would make things vanish if she had the chance instead of cleaning these days. It was just part of what she was becoming accustomed to. [d]
Alex Vipond: Krystal was more like the brother from Don't Tell Mom The Babysitter is Dead. The sister asks him to do the dishes, he took them onto the roof and used them as clay pigeons and shot skeet until they were gone. "I'd ask to borrow him but Lauren might take offense." Alex nodded and then took a sip of his whiskey. "So how are you two doing, other than Leland spoiling you rotten?"
MacabreSaVant: Probably. Mars didnt know about the living situation with Leland and Krystal, or JJ. But he left it like that. He chuckled about the cleaning. " Our Pop was a Marine, he believed in the regs for the house hold and our rooms too" –d
Alex Vipond: "I... didn't have that. I mean, sure my father was no stranger to battle, but he died when I was eight. And Phillip saw to my education after that, but it was more along the lines of combat, which I was a reluctant pupil of. I was happiest with my music."
KrystalFlake: "My mother was the one that always did all of that. I was daddy's princess till he passed away. He encouraged me to use my brain not to pick up after anyone." The rocking of her office chair stopped and she unfolded her hands so that her elbow could rest on the arm of the chair and her chin rest on the top of her fist. "I do not enjoy domestic chores." She was totally Kenny, POW! And get stoned. Only her getting high usually had to do with sex. [d]
Alex Vipond: "I've actually gotten quite domestic over the years. I have found I enjoy cooking a good deal. Mostly grilling..." he added, with a shrug and a tilt of his head. "But I'm finding that I enjoy it."
MacabreSaVant: Mars was silent as they went on and on about domestication process during relationships. " I always enjoyed a good barbeque. " Mars was like the king of bbq. Texans did that year round.
Alex Vipond: "You missed some damned fine barbecue on game days." Alex nodded. "Ki would always clean up. Boy wouldn't have to cook for at least two days after a Seahawks game."
MacabreSaVant: "Im sure" Mars smiled. He stared along to Krystal a moment and then back to Alex. " So what do you know about this Tara other than she isnt willing to meet" –d
Alex Vipond: "That's pretty much it. She's a vampire about ninety years old, looks to be about twenty five to thirty from what I've been told. I really want to pay this woman a visit, but I can't fucking find her. Alea hasn't heard from her, so if she's in Seattle at all, she hasn't taken the appropriate steps to announce herself."
MacabreSaVant: "That means she's shown disrespect to the Master of the City.." Simply. " Thats punishable" –d
Alex Vipond: "Yes, it is." Alex nodded. "You'd think she'd have stopped there, first and foremost but.... Either she wasn't taught respect or she simply has none."
KrystalFlake: "This younger generation doesn't really have much respeect for thir elders either." She wouldn't give the girl as much of a passing glance, but this was Ki involved. Ki did not have a history of making good decisions. "What happened with the last one? Too age appropriate?" [d]
Alex Vipond: "Her dad is military and he was reassigned."
MacabreSaVant: Mars had to agree with Krystal.
Alex Vipond: "It was sudden and probably hurtful, and this Tara chick wiped his memory of her."
MacabreSaVant: Mars smirked. " The wiping of memories doesnt help " He knew that, it happened to him when Sebastian mind fucked him. –d
Alex Vipond: "No, all it does is leave the emotional damage there, intact, to be dealt with once the compulsion is gone. It's really no different than flipping that emotion switch. The shit is still there, it just delays the inevitable."
KrystalFlake: "That is a very powerful trick for someone that's 90 years old with a pureblood wolf." Just an observation you know. She had heard and seen Ki do some pretty crazy things that should have been beyond his capabilities. There was always a first time for everything though wasn't there? "There are very few creatures that are fully capable of erasing it all. Those you usually don't want to run into in a dark alley." [d]
Alex Vipond: "I don't know her lineage and she managed to get Ki to take his bracelet off. It was lost in the process or she wouldn't give it back, one or the other, and I gave him a new one." Alea anyone? Alex nodded to Krystal.
MacabreSaVant: Mars just sook his head. " Im going to see whats up when I can. Im sure Leland will be able to have a better leeway talking sense into Ki" –d
Alex Vipond: "He might have better luck now that he's got a bracelet on him which is another thing the girlfriend didn't like, and she tried the emotional blackmail route on him, and when it didn't seem to work, she 'left' to give him time to 'come to his senses'."
MacabreSaVant: "This vampire is just a load of trouble. Im sure.. Leland will talk to Ki.. Ill send out some feelers about this chic.. " –d
Alex Vipond: "Good, and when you find her, if you can let me know. I'll let Alea know in turn, because she's not a happy campter about it." Not that Alea was ever a 'happy camper' but at least she has moments when she's less homicidal.
KrystalFlake: "I am sure I could help if I know how the bracelet works." Yeah she had a way with people, especially men, but she was reserving that as a last resort. Leland got first crack at figuring out what was going on with Ki. [d]
MacabreSaVant: "Does she have her own people on it?" Brow rose –d
Alex Vipond: "It's basically just anti vampire brain fucking mojo." Alex paused and took another sip of his whiskey. "She's got people looking, but so far they haven't found anything. There's really just not enough to go on. I mean, I don't even have a fucking description of her."
MacabreSaVant: "I thought some Vamps had a way of feeling eachother out in the area. Like a alarm system" =d
Alex Vipond: "Yeah but feeling the presence of a vampire doesn't tell you what vampire you're feeling the presence of a vampire doesn't tell you what vampire you're feeling the presence of. That's like sticking your hand in bowl of fruit salad and knowing there's chunks in there but not which fruit is what."
KrystalFlake: "Only when they are already tied to the Master of the City are you going to pin point that vampire." Which was why hunters had to track down rogue vampires and vampires couldn't just tell them where to find said vampire. "Depends on the vampire if you even know they are in the same room too. I don't function the same as a vampire." [d]
Alex Vipond: "And if they're trying to hide their presence...." Alex shrugged. "Just makes it all the more difficult."
MacabreSaVant: Mars nodded as they explained. " Im surprised Alea hasnt gone out and forcefully taken Ki to give the where abouts of his girlfriend" –d
Alex Vipond: "Well, she's been oddly....nice, of late. I wonder at times if she hasn't been taken like one of those Stepford women...."
MacabreSaVant: Brows rose gently and he shook his head. " I would be afraid if she was"
Alex Vipond: "I'm not exactly comfortable with it." Alex knew Alea as cold, ruthless and combat ready. The softer side of Sears wasn't her style, at all.
MacabreSaVant: "I wouldnt be either.." In all honesty, it had Mars all kinds of suspicious-d
Alex Vipond: "I keep waiting for the other shoe to drop.... on the back of my neck, in fact." But so far, Alea had been strictly hands off.
MacabreSaVant: Tumbler was lifted for a slow sip and he nodded in agreement at that. Alea had been very combative and all about war for her to sit back and just relax was odd. –d
Alex Vipond: Alex lifted his own glass and took a sip and then one brow went up as a thought struck. "Unless...." He looked over at Mars. "Maybe she's getting laid. She didn't go medieval on my ass until I left her. And that would explain her ... rosy outlook of late."
MacabreSaVant: "Yeah.." Grimaced at the thought of that. " It happens. Get a good lay and everything is rose bushes and tea"-d
Alex Vipond: "Makes you wonder who the poor schmuck is." He lifted his glass again, and took a hefty drink to wipe that mental image out.
KrystalFlake: "Nothing wrong with a good fuck now and then." Just putting her two sense in, but she was pretty sure that she had never spent enough time around Alea to have an opinion about it one way or another. Then again you were talking to a succubus. Sex was part of how she fed, but it was a lot more than that too. Sitting up slowly she leaned forward and rest her arms on the desk to lean forward on them. "When you are missing something in your life and find it people tend to change. Usually temporary till the newness wears off." [d]
MacabreSaVant: "The honeymoon phase" Mars offered out. That newness was the honeymoon phase. D
Alex Vipond: "After that you either make it or break it." Alex checked the watch on his right wrist, and then drained his glass. "So how long are you in town for?" he looked between them, leaving the question out there for both.
MacabreSaVant: Mars shrugged. " As long as it takes to get this dame off Ki's nuts" Yeah, Mars had gone a little too crude when ith appens. They tend to go back to the old ways when they do the ops together. Leland and Mars that is. –d
Alex Vipond: Rising, Alex nodded. "I should be getting home, but you should swing by the house if you get a chance." Setting the glass down, Alex nodded. "And I'll let you know as soon as Edward closes escrow on a house."
MacabreSaVant: Mars gave a nod. " Sounds good bro. "Pause. He rose up to stand. " ill be here.." He offered a smile/ -d
Alex Vipond: Alex offered that one armed, shoulder bump of a hug and then he gave Krystal a hug, before heading out.