[Adara Mires] The night was cold, but the weather was nice. People were out and about, some were coming out of restaurants, celebrating mother’s day a day in advance, others are moving from club to clubs or jsut waiting aptiently in the line ups.
Adara was out to have some fun, feeling like she wanted to enjoy herself some. The brotherhood was closing for a couple of days tomorrowand hse’ll worry about where she should stay then. Everything was packed up, the notes she had written were off the board, so she only had to sleep tongith and then when she got up, leave with her things. She didn’t own a lot, so it will be easy.
Tonight the young woman wasdressed in tight dark pants, a nice green silky blouse matching her eyes, a light jacket over it and she felt pretty, so added earrings and a a matching gold necklace. No make up though, she almost never wore any. Her dark brown hair were left free, falling past her shoulders.
She stopped in fornt of one of the trendy clubs, wondering if she shoudl try this one or find a karaoke bar or something. Still she felt liek dancing so maybe this one would do the trick.
[Marni] Anne is a miracle worker with young Indy, but even she needs a night off now and then, and since Ray had to work late, tonight was as good as any. Let the Gnawer kin have a little fun exploring her new home, etc. And thus, when Indy decided that he didn’t WANT to sleep, thank you very much, Marni did what she always has done – she walked. Now, of course it’s with young Indy comfortably tucked into his sling, sucking his thumb and cooing and generally being absolutely adorable as Marni wandered the streets that have always felt more like home than anywhere else. Even Ray’s. Sometimes, especially Ray’s.
Marni is used to hiding in the shadows, but tonight she doesn’t bother. She wanders down the walk, dressed in simple jeans and a t-shirt, backpack turned diaper bag on her shoulders, her curls untamed and mussed. She’s curvy in all the right places – a little more so with the subtle enhancements pregnancy gifted her with – and cute. some say she resembles a young Jennifer Gray. She just smirks and says she’s quite content in the corner, thank you very much.
There are people out and about, trendy clubs pulsating with light and music, and Marni wanders through it all, idly bouncing the baby strapped to her chest.
[Adara Mires] She was tapping her feet to the rythm of the music pourig inside the clun but heard so easilly outside when hse felt the familair tingle of another Garou’s rage. She looked around, not recognizing a familair scent or face. Her eyes fell on the approchaing pretty woman with the young boy in a sling.
Her lips curled into a soft smile at the view of the toddler. He was much younger than Ella but he looked adorable. Her maternal and girl instinct would have her approach the woman and ask if she could tickle the baby, but well…she was Garou, a monster to humans and babies reacted badly to that.
She didn’t want to traumatize a toddler so she stayed where she was, her soft smile turning into a friendly one when she look up at the mother. In a moment she will change her path to avoid her, she was sure of that…unless she was the Garou she was sensing. It was hard to know for sure with hte crowd around.
Still she speaks “You have a beautiful boy”She says, meaning it.
[Marni] Not a toddler, but a baby. Barely 3 months old, if that, awake and nestled up close to his mama as if he belongs there- because he does. So many had said that her rage would upset the baby, that he’d have to be taken away, but they missed the obvious: That baby had been nestled up next to her rage for 9 months. The shock of oxygen was not going to suddenly make him hate her. Especially if she didn’t let it, and kept cuddling him, nursing him, loving him. Ray had been right and for once she is very, very glad he’d won her over with logic.
His hair is dark, as are his eyes, as he looks at the lights, and whatever else catches his fancy. Marni blinks as she’s spoken too, and then tips a lopsided grin, filled with Maternal pride at Adara. “Thanks. He knows it already, I think. Gonna be hell when he gets older…”
She gives Adara a longer look, and then tips her head to invite her closer. “He ain’t gonna freak on ya, chica. Come closer if ya want.”
[Adara Mires] Her smile widen. It seem the woman was the Garou she felt. She took a few steps closer and she could feel Marmi’s rage better. Yes now it was unmistakable. She stop near the mother and her baby looking at the young boy for a moment before looking up
“Hi, I’m Adara.”She offer her hand to the gnawer “Pleased to meet you and your little Angel”She said in a soft voice. “An i think oyu’re irght, he’ll be a charmer this one”
Once hands were shaken, or not, she slowly reach reach toward the baby with a hand, looknig at Marmi for permission and very delicatly caress the baby’s cheek with a fond smie.
[Marni] She does indeed shake that hand – Marni is friendly like a puppy, really, all sass and ass wigglin and adorable. And she knows it. Just like her son. “Marni. And this is young master Indy Alexander. Not..” she says, because she’s had to so often “named after Indiana Jones. Though that’d been pretty kickass too.”
She nods her permission, and Indy doesn’t shy from the touch, as Marni rubs his back and does the patented mother rock – back and forth, shifting her weight smoothly from one hip to the other.
[Adara Mires] She smiled to Marni “So if not for the action hero icon, why Indy? Any particular reason?”
Her attention turn to the baby after his mother answers. “Hello handsome”She said warmly, softly “How are you doing? Having a nice time out tonight?” She caress the baby’s cheek and hair gently, tickling him slightly on his side, careful where she tocuh the baby as some of Marni’s physical assests are nearby and well, they didn’t know each other well enough that she won’t mind Adara’s hands brushing her breasts, even if it’s to tease the baby.
“What we you two up to tonight?” She ask, looknig back at Marni.
[Marni] Her smile turns fond, wistful even. Loss shines in the darkness of her eyes as she watches Adara coo to her baby. Her voice is soft, and filled with emotion. “He’s named after my packmate, Indira.”
Anything said with that much emotion – it’s obvious that Indira is no longer her packmate – and most likely due to her death. She smiles down at her son, a sad little sigh, and then straightens her shoulders, and shakes it off, mostly, as she answers the last question.
“Just walking – he seems adverse to sleeping tonight, and I gave the nanny the night off.” she chuckles, and shrugs. “walking helps. He likes the lights and noise and smells. A true gutterking, this one.” Which is true, in oh so many ways.
[Adara Mires] She look at Marni and nod “Oh..sorry for your loss.”She said as she imagine that if Indira isn’t a packmate anymore, it wasn’t because she left for another city. “It’s a nice honor to name him after your packmate”
She press the baby’s nose slgihtly with a grinn “Beep”
Her eyes move to Marni again “Would you mind some comapny as you walk? And if your cute little monster still doesn’t want to sleep, maybe I could sing him something. I hear I have a good voice for lullabyes and such.”
She shrugh “Then again walking for some time will probably put him to sleep as well” She put her hands in her pockets, watching the Gnawer, ready ot move with her if Marni wants company
[Marni] She nods, accepting the condolences. It’s been a while now – almost a year, really – and it still seems like yesterday. It doesn’t help that she’s been near cut off from the sept, only going to moots, and otherwise pulling quite the hermit act. But that’s over now – it has to be.
So she smiles, and shrugs. “Sure. I’m sure he’d love a lullabye if he doesn’t behave himself and sleep. course, I may have to stop and give him his two am snack, but I don’t mind if you don’t. I ain’t shy.” Understatement there, to the extreme, but Adara wouldn’t know that.
But she starts to walk again, pausing only to make sure adara falls into step as invited, then smiles. “You can fill me in on any excitement I’ve missed playing mama, too, maybe. I been a bit outa the loop.”
[Adara Mires] She smiled when the young mother agreed to let her sing. She loved to do so and doing it for a baby was always fun. She fell in step with her and walked easilly, at the Gnawer’s pace. “I won’t stop you for your motherly duties. So don’t stop yourself for me.”
She seem to think about what has been happening before talking “Well someone is trying to buy the land around the gathering place, including the Brotherhood. They’re closing it down for an inspection tomorrow.”She shook her head slightly “There’s also something hunting the kin, so they have to be more careful lately. Beside that, I odn’t know, some packs were formed, some disbanded, peopel rose in rank…life as usual I guess”
She said with a warm smile.
[Marni] She chuckles, and nods. She can still see the startled look on the cub’s face when Marni expertly flipped up her shirt and nursed young Indy right there in his sling at the caern. such things have to be done, after all, and a baby is always happier with a full belly and a dry diaper.
Right now, though, he’s content with his thumb and the rhythm of the walk.
“Helped with the watchin’ of the construction site while it was still tryin’ to start up. Ain’t heard much bout it since. I’m sure the inspection’ll go good. Got it postponed enough t’make sure, I think.” Then, she chuckles. “Somethin’s ALWAYS huntin the kin. Glad my baby daddy ani’t got a speck-a-breedin, I am.”
She doesn’t have anything much to say about packs, having been packless since Mama’s betrayal, after their alpha left them to break apart, leaving them to die. She’s the last, surviving by tenacity alone, it seems. Surviving alone.
“Yeah, same shit different day, Mama Joyce always said.”
[Adara Mires] She nodded to her “Well..we still need to find someone whocan break into a safe. I know of one that mgiht hold important information in it. Sarita and Simon know about it but so far nothing has been done.”
She pass a hand in her hair “I think my roomates boyfriend is investigating something related to the construction site and that kin hunting thing. Seem like dating a cop is useul.” She grin slightly
“So, who are you packing with? I never heard anyone mention your name. So my guess would be you’re like me, packless” She ask, watching her
[Marni] She arches a brow, and then grins nice and slow. “Well, I’m better with locks n shit, but have had the occasional success with safes too. Lemme know what kind it is, an’ I’ll do some diggin and see if I can pull up any specs on the job.”
She chuckles. “I’ve kept a pretty low profile since stealin a Shadowlord kin for mate and baby daddy. Dearest darling Lukas ain’t none too fond of me, for sure. But yeah – ain’t got no pack, ain’t had any since… well. for a long time.”
[Adara Mires] She give her an exact description of the safe. Her perfect memory had burned the image in her mind.
She blinked a few time at Mani’s revelation “You did? By Gaia, that must be why he’s so protective of htem now.”She grin slightly “Imean, now I understand why he asked me if I had feeling for one of his kin I hang with. He told me he would never let one of his become a member of another’s family.” She shook her head
“I really like the kin and all, he’s a good friend, nothing more. My hmmm preferences don’t make him a good candidate”
She smiled “Anyway, I’ml ooknig to form a pack, maybe under a wisdom spirit, like Bacchus”She says osftly “If it interest you, we should hang and get to know each other..well to be honest, I’d like to get to know you better either way. You nad Indy”
[Marni] She closes her eyes committing the details to memory herself, murmuring softly as she does so. She doesn’t have a perfect memory, no, but a darn good one, truth be told.
And then she’s laughing. Her laugh is easy and true, and mirth and good humor sparkles in the depths of dark eyes. Marni’s a fun loving creature, and it all but flows off her. “Oh yeah. When I came up pregnant with the bean, here, Lukas near had a coronary. Specially as me an’ Ray, well. We wasn’t serious or nothin, but then ray chose me an we decided for Indy we’d try an’ make a serious go of it, and Lukas near blew a gasket at it all. It was QUITE the kerfluffle.”
If she seems bothered by adara’s mention of her preferences, it doesn’t show. Marni’s got quite the checkered past herself. She lifts a shoulder in an easy shrug and nods. “Might be interested – but I take it slow. was burned pretty fuckin’ bad last time, an’ ain’t about to repeat that experience. No offense, an’ all. Who else you lookin at?”
[Adara Mires] She chuckled a little at the story “I can definatly see Lukas blowing a gasket. Well, I”m happy that things have turned out ok between you and Ray. For your family’s sake”
She reach to tickle Indy a little “And don’t worry about taking things slowly, so am I. I don’t want ot ofrm a pack and disband it a month later. I want something more solid. Right now, I have talked to my roomate Kristen, fianna crescent moon, maybe Mila, a Lord Galliard, Gretel one of my sister could be a possible choice. I’m in the early stage of recruitmment. Trying to see if all prospective members can get along and not just with me you know”
She smiled softly, looking at the Gnawer.
[Marni] She chuckles. “Always a good thing. THink I know Mila – she live here in Lake View? If its the same chica, she’s our neighbor, and well – she tried to help us run a coverup op when Lukas decided to barge in on us mid coitus one night. THAT was fun.”
Not, but in retrospect, it sure was fuckin’ funny, the mad dash down to Mila’s, her running up to pretend to be the other women, Lukas’s pure FURY at their daring to see each other right after he’d blown a gasket about the pregnancy…
Yeah. It was fun.
Then, she nods, slightly. “sure, keep me in mind. We’ll hang, get to know each other, that sorta shit. Ain’t had a problem with anyone ya mentioned, but I been laying low, like i said.”
[Adara Mires] She laughed good naturelly at hte story of Lukas catching them and the cover up plan “That is..wow..really funny” She smiled warmly
“I can’t imagine his face. And poor Mila, she must have had an earful when he was done with her” She shook her head “Just wow”
She looked really amused before turning jsut slightly more serious, still looking quite cheerful “I’m glad that you have no problems so far with any of them. I hope you’ll get ot know them more soon. As ofr us, either you join me or not, I hope we’ll hang. I like you so far. It’s nice to meet someone who seem to be enjoying life and not just think of war and death”
[Marni] “Pfft.” she says, ever eloquent. “If we ain’t enjoyin life, we ain’t got shit all to fight for, do we? Something the higher ups always seem to forget.” There can be no doubt of Marni’s auspice – not at all. She revels in it, in pushing boundaries, in simply living life as it should be.
It is, after all, what they fight for.
“Sides, if I think bout that shit, then i gotta think that I might not see the bean grow up an’ change hisself, and that’d just plain suck. So we just tickle his tummy, and complain about his diapers, an’ feed him an’ love him – because otherwise, it’d be too fuckin’ depressing.”
[Adara Mires] She nodded “My thought exactly. I know I have to train hard, so I can fight better, smarter and all. But in the end, losing ourselves ot the war liek Simon is doing will be destructive. we need to remember Gaia’s beauty and how precious the gift of life is. I’m glad that you know that. And your boy will love you for remembering it too”
She smiled at the baby “And then he’ll grow beautiful and strong, like his mom and he’ll be a great warrior who’ll hopefully, remember that there’s more to his existence than death”
She caressed the top of the baby’s head
[Marni] She snorts. “Simon’s a fuckin’ douchebag.” Marni has a disturbing habit of telling it like it is.
But with a look at Indy, and Adara’s caress of that downy little head, she chuckles. “Exactly – have to remember both sides of the coin. And well, this side of the coin says I make fuckin BEAUTIFUL babies… don’t I, Indybean?”
He blinks, and yawns, and seems rather uncaring at his beautiful status, much more involved in eating his fingers and drifting toward sleep.
[Adara Mires] She chuckled at Marni’s words “You definatly can make beautiful babies.”She lean to kiss the babie’s head softly if the stop at a corner, before crossing it.
“And Simon is..well, I do get along with him, but he’s not always easy. Not sure I’d call him a douche, not with the way he acted with me, but yeah I can picture him acting like one though”
She smiled at Marni “So when not enjyoing a night out with your little man, what do you like to do?”
[Marni] “Yeah, well, I’m sure there’s someone who gets along with even the assholes. I ain’t one of them. That fucktard tries to lecture me again an’ I’m gonna kick him in the balls so hard he’ll cum everytime he swallows.” Oh there’s a lovely picture, hm?
But she grins, and shrugs. “Past three months been pretty much all about the bean – but now that he’s gettin bigger, an’ I’m branchin out again… well. I like a little bit of everything.. used to surf the subways at home – done the El here a few times too – THATS a rush…”
[Adara Mires] She blinked at the mental picture “Holy shit, I’d pay to see that” She grinned widely
“You used to surf the subway? How do you do that? I mean..is it jsut psending time in them or there’s an actualy way to surf them?”She was curious about it
“And what the El?”She was definatly interested to lear about that. Seem liek the cheerful girl might like adrenaline rushes too.
[Marni] She laughs and nods. “Actually surf’ em. Born n’ bred in NYC baby, right in the green, and me an my old crew, we’d surf the trains. Ya find a spot where ya can jump an’ scramble at the stations, an when the train stops, ya have bout a minute to get up an’ on – then it’s hold on for the ride of ya fuckin’ life..”
She nods up to the El stations a ways up the streets. “Doin it here is almost twice as much fun, since th’ trains are mostly above ground. Gotta get to the top of the platform, time ya jump just right – both gettin on an’ off. Ain’t done it for a while, an’ there’s one security dude in the Green that’d likely shoot me on sight still since I dashed past him so many times – but ain’t nuthin like the rush…”
[Adara Mires] Her eyes widen as does he smile “Oh god. You have to show me how to do it. I really really want to do that”
She was excited at the idea. It sounded dangerous but oh so fun “So what else do you do when you have free time. Any other exciting things?”
She was walking slightly sideways to look at Marni better. She glanced once in a while ahead so she won’t kiss a lamp post or anything, but she was moving easilly, un a smooth way, not stumbling once. It wouldn’t hard ot picture her holding her on surfing a subway or train
[Marni] She laughs and nods. “It’s a kick – but ya gotta promise NOT to tell my babydaddy… he ain’t as fond of my daredevil ways now that we got Indy…”
She shrugs a little, and then leans in, whispering as if she’s telling a great secret. “My deed name is Sticky Fingers… if that tells ya anything….”
[Adara Mires] She grin a little “Your secret is safe with me.”She said with a nod then tilted her head a little more
“Does it mean I should check my pockets?”She say gently shoulder bumping the Gnawer. She doesn’t seem worred that her new acquintace will steal from her. Though it means the woman is quite resourceful
“I would be curiosu to see you at work. If you got the deed name you must be pretty good at it”
[Marni] She laughs and shrugs. “S’how I met Ray, actually. I stole his Iphone. He had packman on it – I really couldn’t resist…”
She’s quite good at it, really. And doesn’t seem to be at all ashamed. She’s resourceful. She’s a Gnawer, and has had to be. Streetrat, born and bred, baby. “Indira was with me then – we was part of a pack called Spitfire. She was too – pink haired and almost as good at pickin’ pockets as me. We payed our rent that way, but always shared what we had.”
Including Ray, briefly, but well, Adara didn’t need to know that.
[Adara Mires] She smiles softly “Well that sounds like how a pack should work. What’s mine is yours, you have the others’s back, truting each other and all.”
She did grin at the pac man story “Pac man is addictive, but I much prefer tetris” She smiled, looknig at the very sleepy baby, refraining from touching him so she won’t startle him or get him more awake
“She smiled “Feel liek getting something to drink or eat? Or do you want to walk some more”
She seemed to be in good shape as most Garou were, ready to walk for however long Marni would want to
[Marni] She looks down at the sleepy infant, and nods. “I’m fuckin Beegee, baby. i’m ALWAYS hungry. It’s easier to nurse him while sittin down, too – he’ll start rootin for the goods anytime now.”
She gestures toward a little all night eatery down the way and grins. “Joe’s is there. Ain’t the ritziest of joints, but his chilli cheese fries are to DIE for…”
[Adara Mires] She smiled at Marni “Don’t worry, I’m not that fancy. I can handle dives and such. And this place just look fantastic”
She said heading there with the young mother “As long as there’s some meat on the menu, I’ll do fine” She opens the door for the Gnawer, letting her decide where to sit and sitting in front of her “I’m really glad our paths crossed”
[Marni] She grins at the Fury, and slips inside the establishment. “Hey Joe!” Now, the cook’s name ain’t Joe, but every cook that’s been in the little dive has answered to the name easily enough. and THIS Joe knows Marni. As does the gum-popping waitress, who waves. Joe peers out from the window to the kitchen and grins a gap toothed grin.
“Me an’ my friend here want some chili cheese fry heaven – and she wants meat covered with more meat if ya catch my drift… can ya set us up?” Joe nods, and adds that he’ll only do it if he gets to cuddle the baby, and the waitress rolls her eyes, but is also ooohing and ahhing over wee Indy, before she turns to get them some soda’s too. Marni heads toward a back booth where she can nurse the baby and eat and talk all without really being bothered.
“These guys were my favorite spot while I was pregnant – i craved the greasy shit here something FIERCE the last couple months… Probably why Indy was such a bruiser.”
[Adara Mires] She offered a warm smile to the cook and waitress and a little wave. She doesn’t move too close to either of htem, knowing the effect her rage had on humans.
Once she is seated she bite her lower lip ofr amoment before saying “I hope you’re hungry..because I can’t eat anything but meat. You’ll end up eating all the fries dear” She say softly with a slight blush.
It’s not that it was a secret or shameful but still, it was different than most and it kinda caused problems when it came to eating with friends or have peopel wanting her to taste something.
[Marni] She laughs and shrugs. “Girl, you CLEARLY ain’t never ate out with a Gnawer before, have ya? I figured when ya asked for meat – you’ll get a steak wrapped in bacon or some shit like that, with hamburger on top. Joe’s cool. And what fries I ain’t eat, I’ll pack up for Ray later.”
It’s easy, really. Being with marni, that is – she’s just simply good fun to be around, and easy to talk to. Even now, as she adjusts the baby, and tugs her shirt out of the way and nurses him, it’s with an easy comfort – all is right in Marni’s world, so all is simply… right.
[Marni] (aaaaaaand fade. :) )