Light of May ::: an original roleplay

Who: Jonas, Cara, and Jane
Where: the theatre
When: early evening

( What makes a date... )

Who: Jason and John
When: Around 9pm
Where: John's place

Jason hadn't planned on going over to John's, he had lots of papers to grade by Monday and he'd only taken a couple little naps throughout the day, but there he was. He wasn't really dressed up, tight black faded t-shirt under his black blazer and tight black jeans no jewelry that day and no eyeliner either. He didn't hesitate as his hand raised and he knocked on the door. He just hoped John's open invitation was exactly that.

The door opened to reveal a young woman, the madame of the establishment. Jason had met her on his previous tour of the establishment. Her name was Helena, and her smile -- coy and promising -- revealed a glimpse of fang. "Jason," she greeted him, stepping aside and gesturing for him to enter. "I didn't expect you to be back so soon." She wore next to nothing. A few whispy threads of silk made up a dress which barely covered the intimate places of her body. "John's in the parlor."
( I want what you have )

For Harri/Julianna

Who: Tayne and Johan
Where: The bar/restaurant Johan is playing at
When: Night

It was almost ten before Tayne managed to get to the fancy-ass place Johan was playing at. He had actually waffled over what to wear, which annoyed him a bit, and he'd finally gone for the pants that went with the suit he had for his father's funeral and a black button-down, which he did actually own, with a cowboy hat that he thought was pretty fancy that kind of toned the whole thing to something at least a little more comfortable, in his mind.

Unfortunately, his neck was already feeling strangled, and it'd only been a few minutes of driving. Thank god he didn't own a tie. Maybe Johan would tell him it was okay to unbutton the damn thing, once he got there. Or maybe when he got there he'd get hissed at to ditch the hat and why the hell hadn't he worn a tie? Hell, he hated dressing up.

He parked, got out, and made his somewhat-tentative way inside, hoping he hadn't made a huge mistake.

( Who got a little tarnished. )

Who: Hal and Fiona
Where: Hal's car, outside the SOFD
When: 8pmish

It didn't take Hal long to find a proper shirt and drive back into Scarlet Oaks proper. It was still too bloody warm, even getting on in the evening. So he'd dressed lightly, in a pair of dark blue dockers and light blue polo shirt.

He couldn't help but wonder if Fiona had been serious about chatting him up. He had only been jesting, she was working after all. And they were going to be in his car, which was no proper privacy at all. He honestly couldn't remember the last time he'd had sex in a car. Likely uni, since Jenny hadn't been one for sex in public places. Wouldn't even take her shirt off until they were alone.

Still, he wasn't assuming and really, he just needed someone to vent to and distract him a bit. Fiona seemed all to willing to do just that, and already had really.

Hal pulled up in front the firehouse and parked, leaning over to dig his pack of Benson and Hedges Silver out of his bag. He didn't smoke very often, but when he was stressed, it helped him relax. He stepped from the car, feeding the meter before lighting up. Then he sent Fiona a text letting her know he was there.

For the hundredth time since he'd met the woman, he found himself wondering how the hell he'd ended up where he was, doing what he was. But he really couldn't find it in his heart to complain too much.

Who: Claire and Madock
When: After Madock drops of Jessalyn
Where: Their house



Once he dropped Jessalyn off, Madock drove back to his house and headed straight for Claire's room. He wasn't really sure if she'd be home yet or not. For all he knew, she could still be out with Gabe, but he knocked lightly on her door anyway. "Claire, you home?" he asked through the door. He wanted to talk to his sister, find out how she really felt about the whole thing with Gabe. Find out what he said to her too because that was kind of interesting and he was curious. But mostly, he wanted to make sure that she was still okay with moving into a house, the three of them together, after finding out Gabe liked her.

Claire was actually in bed, though she was reading rather than sleeping. She looked up from her book at the knock on her door and relaxed when she heard Madock's voice. "I'm here, come in," she called back, closing her book and scooting up on the bed to lean back against her headboard. She had a feeling he would be coming to talk to her after he got home, but she didn't know if that was her clairvoyancy or just twin intuition.

( sex talk + sister = wtf? )

Who: Alejandro and Vivienne
Where: Anywhere But Here
When: 10ish

It was the Friday of Alejandro's week-- he was too poor at customer service and too low on the bar's totem pole to merit the coveted Friday night-- and he was starting to get antsy. He had a place all picked out for tomorrow night. He wasn't hungry, not exactly, and he probably wouldn't be since he'd fed so very well the weekend before, but he was antsy. And going out and feeding helped that. So would a good lay, he was sure, but that wasn't really an option for him, now, was it? Not unless he did find someone who could tell him how to make dead flesh feel warm again....

So for now, he was dealing with his almost-empty bar, filling the basic requests of the current clientelle with an air of distraction around him, and cleaning the damn bartop for the twentieth time while his mind was on blood and death and a twisting guilt that, right then, he really wished he could ignore. It was gonna be a rotten night.

( at pissing off the undead )

Who: Claire and Gabe
When: Post pool party
Where: In the car

After the party began winding down, Claire got out of the pool for the last time and started drying off. She pulled on her shorts shortly after and threw her book and tank top in her bag. She found Gabe a few minutes later, a smile on her face. "Are you ready to head out? Or did you want to stick around a bit later?" It was going to be a busy day tomorrow, with graduation and his party, but she knew Gabe could stay up and party with the best of them from time to time, so she wanted to make sure he was ready to leave rather than forcing him to.

Gabe climbed to his feet as he saw Claire heading over, about ready to go himself. It'd been a long day and the sun made him tired, plus he fully expected to see everyone in attendance tomorrow. "I'm ready," he said, saying goodbyes to those around him then walking over to meet her. "Anyone you need to say goodbye to, or are you ready to go?" he asked, pulling on his shirt. He'd done his best to keep his shoulder covered with a towel when he was out of the pool, and now that he was mostly dry it was easy to put clothes on.

( Read more... )

Who: Day, Christian, and Hayden
Where: The car ride home and the Danui house
When: Early evening

Day made his way back to his car, patting his pockets to find where he'd left his glasses. He even had them halfway on when, as the world jumped into focus, he spotted not one person waiting against the pale blue sports car, but two. Hurriedly, he tucked the glasses away again, squinting until he made out Hayden.

Oh, joy.

Putting on a smile once more, he waved. "Hello! Am I right in guessing I'm giving you a ride home, as well?"

"Well... actually... you're giving her a ride to our house." Christian said, swallowing a little and putting on his best pouty face. "Please?" he said, sounding more than a little hopeful. He doubted that Day would say no, especially when Hayden was right there. Mostly the reason he'd had her come to the car with him in the first place.

( And Meddling Big Brothers )

Who: Kitty and Jules
When: Early evening
Where: Wonderland

Before leaving the house, Jules tried her best to cover up the bruise on her eye, but after a while gave up. It was still too deep a color for make up to really cover it enough. She'd probably get stares, but she really didn't care at the moment. She was more concerned with doing something interesting for Aiden. She'd got the thought into her head that maybe they could spice up their already fiery love life; different was the way to go and different involved a nice little trip to the local sex shop. Not that most people probably called it that, but that's what Jules referred to it as, and she was looking to find some lovely restraints of some sort. She was pretty certain that Aiden would have a field day with anything he could tie her up with.

She entered the store and made a slow sweep of the area before finally heading to the counter. "Do you carry restraints?" she questioned, arching a brow. "Like... ties, handcuffs... stuff like that?"

( Strange place to meet a friend )

Who: Ransom and Charlotte
Where: Charlotte's house
When: Evening

After all the guests had gone, Ransom stuck around Charlotte's house, helping her pick up after the party. He thought it had gone well, that everyone had had a good time, but he was glad to have the quiet now that the sun had set. The water still looked good for a dip, but he didn't know if Charlotte would be up for night swimming or not. Her parents were around and he wasn't sure it was such a good idea on that account. Also, there was something he wanted to talk to her about and he wasn't sure they needed to be in the pool for a serious conversation. Hopefully it wouldn't go too badly. With the back yard looking spotless, he returned to Charlotte's side, checking to see if there was anything else he could help with. "I think we're just about done," he smiled. "Need any help?"

Charlotte smiled as she finished throwing the last of the pool toys in the pool house and turned to face him. "I think we're done." she said. She was in a good mood, happy with how the party had gone. She'd had fun, and it seemed like everyone else did, too. She was very content with the evening. She'd heard her mom and Valen get home a while back, but they were still steering clear of the back yard. Her mom was probably hoping she wouldn't find the yard to be a disaster. "Thank you for staying."

( Talks under the stars. )

WHO: Lacy and Kalous
WHAT: Arriving in Scarlet Oak
WHEN: the wee hours of the morning
WHERE: their new condo

Lacy climbed the stairs up to their new place, looking around nervously. She glanced into dark corners nervously, glancing back down the stairs. "Papa, are you coming?" She moved to the door of their new home, pulling out her key and unlocking the door. Slowly she stepped into the foyer, looking around the rooms. It was really weird being in the town she thought of as home, but in a new house with all new, stiff... kind of ugly furniture. She poked at the couch as she passed it in the living room, then moved to check the curtains. At least they were good and heavy, no sunlight was getting through there. She heard the door open again and turned around. "Is that you papa?"

Who: Alejandro and Melia
When: Before dawn
Where: Redleaf Lake

Melia was thrilled - two humans to eat and that only on her first day! Though she knew she had to be careful, because too many missing humans and the human authorities would perhaps start to look, and this town already seemed interesting, so she didn't want to leave. Which meant she'd have to curtail her human-hunting in the vicinity, at least for a little while. She didn't really mind the swim to farther hunting grounds - variety was good for her, and it wasn't really all that long a trip. She enjoyed the exercise.

Speaking of exercise, she was busy exploring the dimensions of her new temporary home. The lake was large and deep, which suited her needs, with rich beds of kelp along the bottom, interesting rock formations to explore, and plenty of fish to sustain herself. She'd just breakfasted on the arm of the woman she'd killed and stowed the rest, along with the body of the man she'd acquired yesterday, securely on the bottom of the lake. She looked up (and up) at the dark barrier that separated her from air, just taking on a hint of silver as the dawn grew closer. In a fit of whimsy, she took off with powerful strokes of her tail, rocketing up towards the surface until she broke it, head, shoulders, tail, and more. Arching gracefully at the height of her leap, she fell headfirst back down and dove back into the water with only the tiniest of splashes.

( And Bird-Men )

Who: Hal and Harri
Where: Scarlet Oaks Clinic
When: Right around 4:00pm

( Confrontation )

Who: Jess and Tayne
When: A little after six
Where: Movies!

After Madock dropped Jessalyn off, she took a quick shower and changed into dry clothes before she took her mom's car out to meet Tayne as it neared the end of his shift. She'd had a lot of fun that day at Charlie's, and she was already looking forward to calling Madock when she got home later that night. It sounded like it was going to be a very busy weekend, but she was looking forward to it! Not only because she would get to spend time with Madock, but she would get to be surrounded by a bunch of kids from school, and like she told Day, that was always an extremely interesting time.

Tayne was just clocking out when Jessalyn drove up, and hanging up his work apron as she came in. It'd been an easy day, Thursdays often were, and there were plenty of people to help with closing, so he could slip out pretty much unnoticed if he wanted to. As Jessalyn walked in, he spotted her and waved, grinning. "Hey, just one sec, gotta tell the boss I'm off."

( Mutant claws and naked butts. )

Who: Lucia and Loren
Where: Marketplace Pizzeria, outside table (UofM)
When: Noonish

She hated biology lab. Hated, hated, hated. Why did she even have to take biology? She was a dancer. Lucia slammed her biology book closed and went back to picking at her slice of cheese pizza. It was greasy and dripping and kind of nasty, but she loved that kind of stuff. She was one of the lucky people who could eat whatever she wanted and never get fat. Her and her twin both. Of course, that probably had more to do with them being hyperactive and athletic, but neither of them had ever had a problem with their weight.

Maybe she should just ditch biology lab and go bug Maurus early? She knew he was planning on going to the mall later. They could just leave earlier. Hmm.

Who: Madock and Jessalyn
When: Afternoon - Pre pool party
Where: phonelines and out

Once he left Gabe's house, Madock headed back home and went to his room, pulling his phone out and dialing Jessalyn's number. Despite the fact that it was programmed in, he'd already memorized the damn thing. He just hoped that she wasn't busy and he didn't look like a jackass calling. Her school day should be over by now, so he listened quietly as the phone rang, pulling his drawers on his dresser open and trying to decide what trunks he was going to wear. Preferably slightly baggy ones. Wet, slightly clothed Jessalyn was sure to have his motor running even if she didn't touch him the whole afternoon.

( Read more... )

( Package Delivered to Rowena Scott )

Who: Colin and Zero
Where: Scarlet Oaks Cemetery
When: Just after dark

Some people were just assholes. Colin shifted to a crouch, brushing the grass and leaves from the knees of his jeans. He'd just finished cleaning the trash off of April's grave. Her remains had been found after he'd burned down his sire's home, along with three other victims. His sire had posthumously taken the blame, labeled a psychopath and a monster. And they didn't even have a clue how bad, had no idea he was a vampire. If they dug, they probably could find more bones and remains. But they seemed content to leave it with what they had.

At least her family had gotten some closure. He remembered the pleas of her mother on television, asking for her daughter's safe return. Poor woman, she'd been a good mom. All of April's memories of her were positive. Neither of them deserved what had happened to the poor girl. Anders had loved to torment him by making him watch the news reports about April. Bastard. He was the one life Colin never regretted taking, even for a moment. Even with him rattling around in his head with the rest for all eternity.

So having someone defile her grave with trash just pissed him off. April had been abused and mistreated by the world enough in life, she deserved some peace in death. It was the least he could do for her.

Letting out a long, useless breath, Colin carefully laid the small bouquet of flowers he'd gotten for her. Mostly irises from people's yards. They were her favorite. And a couple of lilies, for peace. He didn't know why he knew that, but he did. It was getting to the point the memories were so muddled he couldn't always tell who's they were.

Who: Dorcas and Ezra
When: Afternoonish
Where: A park
What: Ignoring dead people and trying to read.

In the shade of a tree there was a girl. That girl had bright red hair all hanging loose from underneath a top hat. She was settled sideways on a bench in the shadow of a huge tree so that her fishnet clad legs were stretched out along the seat and crossed at the ankles. She had a leather bound book on her lap and was totally into reading it. Or at least trying to.

There were three different dead people hovering around her. One was a Victorian lady that'd been around her for the past couple of days. But she was a patient sort and was quite content to just sit on the grass near the bench. The other two were arguing with each other very loudly (though no one else could hear them - stupid abilities) about traditional Judaism vs. Catholicism. That seemed to make them happy because neither of them had asked her for help yet.

She wished she could just make them shut up but that wasn't entirely in her abilities. She just did helpful things and guided. However it was getting kind of hard to read with how loud they were getting.

(OOC: Outfit!)