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MYSTIQUE / raven (andproud) wrote in marinanova,
@ 2013-07-02 20:09:00

Entry tags:

aidan reilly, helix wamtani, raven darkholme, spike, zelgadis greywars

[video]
[Baby it's cold outside! Raven's cheeks are still flushed pink though snowflakes have melted from her hair after coming inside. She's in a warm looking turtleneck and sporting a smile for the camera, long blond hair half-swept back. When she gives a little wave it's easy to see her nails are painted festive colors of rich red and dark green.]

Merry Christmas! The snow's so... refreshing, isn't it? I want to build a snowman. Has anyone built one yet? Anyone want to? It seems like so much fun.

[Private to Helix]

Hi. I wanted to... say thank you for y'know, training me. I have a gift for you and Aidan. [She scratches her nose, eyes slightly averted from the screen.] If you both don't mind.

[Private to Zelgadis]

... Hey. Happy Holidays. Are you busy tonight?

[Private to Spike]

Hey, you. Do vampires celebrate holidays?

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	reaction tags are the bomb chipswiththat 2013-07-03 11:16 am UTC (link)
	[ The number you have dialed can not be reached at this moment. Please try again later. ] (Reply to this)

	[private] bluemoondog 2013-07-03 05:50 pm UTC (link)
	Oh, uh, it's no problem. Thanks, we don't mind. I can uh... come pick it up or if you want to bring it over? I have something for you too. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	[private] andproud 2013-07-03 06:09 pm UTC (link)
	[Those are magic words, Helix. She grins.] I can bring it over, where abouts are you guys? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[private] bluemoondog 2013-07-03 06:14 pm UTC (link)
	Uuh well our place is in Sector 2 but if it's easier to just meet somewhere like at the coffee shop or something? I can drag Aidan along. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[private] andproud 2013-07-03 06:27 pm UTC (link)
	Alright. I can meet you there in the next twenty minutes, maybe? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[private] bluemoondog 2013-07-10 03:02 am UTC (link)
	Sounds good, we'll see you there! [Flash forward and Helix will arrive with Aidan at the coffee shop.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

> action

andproud
2013-07-14 04:56 am UTC (link)

[And Raven will be waiting, rosy cheeked and long blond hair in curls but not dressed too festive yet. Her mittens are green, if that counts, though they're already on a booth table's edge along with a cellophane wrapped giftbasket for the boys bedecked with a giant red and green bow.

Perhaps her cheeks are still rosy because she feels a wee bit giddy. She waves from the booth.]

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	Action! (Helix-->Aidan-->Raven?) bluemoondog 2013-07-19 01:08 pm UTC (link)
	[Helix will wave in return before taking Aidan's hand and leading him over to her booth. He sets her gift down awhile. It's a nicely wrapped box with a bow.] You guys want something to drink? [He'll go get'em.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	/sliiiides on in redclayheroics 2013-07-19 02:41 pm UTC (link)
	[ This could've been awkward if Aidan hadn't already thought to get Raven something. The present is a lot smaller, tucked into a white box with a ribbon around it and he subtly slides it onto the table next to Helix. ] Coffee, if you don't mind. Black. [ A smile before he turns his attention to Raven. ] Hey Raven. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	insert threesome joke andproud 2013-07-22 07:19 pm UTC (link)
	[Grinning.] Cocoa for me would be great, with extra marshmallows. It's nice to see you guys. [Gesturing to the booth bench across from her. Sit!] How are you doing? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	two guys walk into a bar, the girl ducks. IDEK it's a joke at least bluemoondog 2013-07-24 11:39 pm UTC (link)
	Sure thing. [Helix will wander off to go grab those drinks, you two can talk amongst yourselves for a bit.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	redclayheroics 2013-07-25 10:22 am UTC (link)
	I'm doin' fine, thanks. [ A bright, reassuring smile at that! He hasn't done as well as he's pretending, but who needs to know about that. ] How've you been? It's been a while. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	andproud 2013-07-26 06:09 am UTC (link)
	Oh, pretty good. [She says, tapping her nails on the table top. She gestures to Helix, who went off to grab drinks.] He's helping me get in shape lately, actually. [A softer way to phrase 'training for self defense'.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	redclayheroics 2013-07-26 11:04 pm UTC (link)
	Really? I didn't know that. [ Which isn't surprising. There's still a lot about Helix he doesn't know. ] How, uh... how's that goin'? You two didn't really seem t' get along all that well before. [ Is he beating you. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	andproud 2013-07-27 07:50 pm UTC (link)
	[She scratches her neck.] Good, I think. We uh, sort of made amends talking about 'Slime Goblins' and stuff. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	redclayheroics 2013-07-27 09:43 pm UTC (link)
	[ Quirks a brow. ] Slime-what-now? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	andproud 2013-07-29 07:34 am UTC (link)
	I don't know, you'll have to ask him. [She laughs. And because she got to know him, she confides in a lower voice:] He's sweeter than he seemed at first. Just had to get to know him. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	redclayheroics 2013-07-31 12:26 am UTC (link)
	See, that's what I keep tellin' people and no one believes me! [ Whisper. Definitely doesn't want Helix overhearing. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	andproud 2013-07-31 06:13 am UTC (link)
	Maybe if he didn't make such charming first impressions it'd be easier. [Playfully said.] Anyway, he's really helping me out. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	redclayheroics 2013-07-31 06:13 pm UTC (link)
	You're not wrong 'bout that... he's stubborn like a donkey stuck in a swamp. [ Spoken like a true hick. ] I'm glad you got to see that side of him though. He must really like you. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	andproud 2013-08-08 06:06 pm UTC (link)
	[She laughs, but looks downward. You think so? She's not used to having friends.] This conversation never happened though, right? [Grinning; Helix doesn't need to know at all.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	redclayheroics 2013-08-09 04:45 pm UTC (link)
	No no... heavens no. It'd probably be best for all of us if we pretended this never happened. [ A conspiratory grin! ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bluemoondog 2013-08-14 07:14 pm UTC (link)
	[Best keep it down cause here comes the blue boy now. He's toting three hot drinks for the lot of them. Coffee for he and Aidan, hot cocoa with extra marshmellows for Raven.] Here ya go. What were you guys talking about? [Sipping his drink.] (Reply to this) (Parent)

	voice / private _incurable 2013-07-10 08:02 pm UTC (link)
	Hi. [Zelgadis does not sound great. His usually smoky voice is now clogged and raspy, his words punctuated with muffled coughing.] I don't have anything to do. Did you need something? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	andproud 2013-07-13 07:17 pm UTC (link)
	Well... [Excuse her while she toys with her hair unseen for a second.] It's the holidays, y'know? I... got you something. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	_incurable 2013-07-14 06:59 pm UTC (link)
	[A pause, which eventually gets filled with a forced-sounding cough.] I have something fr you, too. It's not much... [Not enough is what he wants to say.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	andproud 2013-07-14 07:25 pm UTC (link)
	[You know you just made her grin, right.] Can't be worse than my gift-- anyway, do you want to come to my place and swap gifts? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	_incurable 2013-07-14 07:28 pm UTC (link)
	I... [No cough in this pause, he's really thinking.] I don't want to get you sick, is all. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	andproud 2013-07-14 07:42 pm UTC (link)
	Lucky for you I rarely get sick at all. My place. I'll have chicken soup waiting. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	_incurable 2013-07-14 07:44 pm UTC (link)
	[Another hesitation, but as usual he can't tell her no.] Okay. I'll be there. [And he will, in a few minutes, cold and wet and looking like a week-dead drowned animal.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

andproud
2013-07-14 07:49 pm UTC (link)

[And Raven will have chicken soup waiting, granted it's more or less from a can and barely heating up by the time he shows up on her doorstep. She hurries to open the door, giving Zelgadis a grin. Still in her morning clothes, she hasn't decided what to wear to Jack's party yet later on. She waves him in.

Her house is more or less the same as it was before, a little tidier at first glance with a whole lot of things stuffed away in rooms unseen. ("Cleaning".) A tiny two foot Christmas tree sits by a gas fireplace, where a few pieces of tinsel cling to the branches and red and green baubles are already decorating it. Mantle's got tinsel as well, and a hanging red stocking. Traditions, okay?]

Hi! Come on in, soup's almost ready... should be ready, anyway.

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_incurable
2013-07-14 07:59 pm UTC (link)

[He pauses before entering, as her looking so gorgeous shocks him out of all his senses in one fell swoop. But after a second the idea of a warm room overrides his short circuit and he follows her inside.]

Uh, thanks.

[From his cloak, he pulls out a small box, miraculously dry despite the state of the rest of him, which he offers to her without comment (though with a significant flush). Inside is a pendant that he made himself, using his newly acquired metalworking skills.]

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andproud
2013-07-14 08:26 pm UTC (link)

[Her grin blossoms into a smile at the box, which she takes with a twinkling of excitement in her eyes and gestures towards the modest living room. She'll lead him in and set the box down on the coffee table, where the handle of a giftbasket tucked between it and the couch is seen and a lumpy green bundle is still skewered with knitting needles.

She blushes.] I um, well... I'm going to finish that. [She says pointing at what was eventually to turn into a wonderful (debatable) green scarf if it had been more than 1/4th the way done.]

I promise. So in the meanwhile I grabbed this too. [She lifts up the basket and sets it down on the table.]

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	_incurable 2013-07-14 08:35 pm UTC (link)
	[He offers a smile of his own at the unfinished scarf, somewhere between touched and slightly placating.] It looks warm. And the coffee... [Well, they both know he likes it.] Thanks. [He looks awkwardly at her, waiting for her reaction to his gift.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	andproud 2013-07-14 09:02 pm UTC (link)
	[She'll perch lightly on the sofa's edge, beaming at him.] There's cocoa in there too, so now you have to try marshmallows... [She sets the box he gave her in her lap, gently looking down as she opens it. Her smile falters, only to have her lower lip fall down in slight surprise.] Oh, it's beautiful. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	_incurable 2013-07-14 09:05 pm UTC (link)
	[A convenient, or well-placed, cough enabled him to hide his face as she reacts. When his hand moves, its to rub the back of his neck.] I didn't have much time, but I thought red... for your hair... (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	andproud 2013-07-16 03:04 am UTC (link)
	[Her smile broadens, and she lifts out the pendant to cup it in her hand. She strokes it with her thumb, admiring it.] I love it. It's beautiful Zel, thank you! [She stands up, looking his way. There is a hug incoming.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	this is the best icon. _incurable 2013-07-22 10:55 pm UTC (link)
	I'm glad you li... [Whoa, incoming! He puts his hands up, trying to stop her! Not because he doesn't... want her to... but because] W-wait! You'll get sick! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	it is! andproud 2013-07-23 04:27 am UTC (link)
	[Evades hands, wraps arms around his neck and squeezes. She hangs off him, grinning.] Shush, silly. It's really hard for me to get sick, so don't worry. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	_incurable 2013-07-23 07:48 pm UTC (link)
	B-but--! [He relaxes after a second and returns the embrace with familiar tentativeness that says he's nervous about pinching or bruising her.] Silly, reckless woman. If it gets broken somehow, let me know and I'll fix it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	andproud 2013-07-24 07:35 am UTC (link)
	I will... [She says, for a beat looking up at him in their embrace. And then she blinks, looking startled.] Oh, the soup - something's burning! [Regrettably she jerks back from the hug, to stumble off into the kitchen for the soup she forgot she'd left on the stove. Not tasting much might be an upside for you tonight, Zel...] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	_incurable 2013-07-26 01:02 am UTC (link)
	[He blinks in stunned silence at her abrupt departure, then chuckles as he shakes his head and follows her.] You didn't have to. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

andproud
2013-07-26 06:14 am UTC (link)

I said I would! [She says, grabbing a pot holder and trying to move a pot from the hot burner to a cold one. The contents sizzle and spit and she grazes her fingertips against the hot steel with an under-breath gasp and a quick recoil of her hand.

She glances to him over her shoulder, brow creased.] But you don't have to eat it. I... don't usually cook much, but I thought 'what could go wrong with soup?' and well...

[Something went wrong with soup.]

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	_incurable 2013-07-28 11:50 pm UTC (link)
	[Zelgadis uses his unprotected hand to pick up the pot and mvoe it to a cool burner.] Do you have a bowl? [Yep, he's going to eat it. She made it so that's that.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	andproud 2013-07-31 06:16 am UTC (link)
	[She watches him do that with a flicker of surprise in her eyes, before she settles back a fraction of a second later into relaxing when she recalls he's in no danger of being burnt. She's by the tap running cool water on her fingers before she reaches for a bowl, sliding back towards him.] If anything moves in it you can put your spoon down... deal? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	_incurable 2013-08-06 06:35 pm UTC (link)
	[A little smile.] Fair enough. But it's just overboiled, there's nothing wrong with it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	andproud 2013-08-08 06:07 pm UTC (link)
	Famous last words. [She laughs, fishing out a spoon for him as well.] (Reply to this) (Parent)