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Svetlana Galina Artemyeva | Светлана Артемьева ([info]nemophilist) wrote in [info]nevermore_logs,
@ 2016-01-29 00:40:00

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Current mood: anxious
Entry tags:azrael, jameson kemp, lena rainmayr, roxanna fielding, svetlana artemyeva, thomas kemp

WHO: Svetlana Artemyeva, Azrael, KEMPS alllll the Kemps, Roxanna
WHAT: Making friends!
WHEN: Thursday evening
WHERE: Kemp house!
WARNINGS: CUTENESS



Svetlana had panicked for a full hour before leaving the house, trying to find the perfect outfit to wear to dinner. She was going to make friends and she couldn't meet them looking like the trash she knew she was, deep down inside. She had to fool them like she had Azrael fooled. If she could just keep up her happy-go-lucky facade, everything would be okay and then she wouldn't be so lonely all the time.

She stood beside her husband, practically shaking with trepidation. She was holding a bowl of cous cous salad in her hands and she was just praying she wouldn't drop it. "Do you think they'll like me?" She asked Azrael, but before he had a chance o answer, the door was opening.


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[info]flare_star
2016-01-28 12:06 pm UTC (link)
Jamie had seen movement from the corner of his eye, so he got up to answer the door so their guests wouldn't have to stand out in the cold. "Hey, come on in," he said, opening the door and stepping back.

"I'm Jamie, that's Roxanna over there." He pointed at the other girl, who had just come downstairs when she'd heard voices. Roxanna waved.

Azrael shook their hands. "A pleasure to meet you both. My name is Azrael, this is my wife, Svetlana."

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[info]nemophilist
2016-01-28 12:13 pm UTC (link)
Svetlana bit her lip and then curtseyed before turning bright red. "Oh my stars," she whispered, horrified at what she'd done. "I uh...I brought some salad."

Lena heard the voices and stuck her head around the door. "Oh hello! I'm Lena." She went to shake hands with both of them and to relieve Svetlana of the bowl of salad. "This is great, thank you."

Svetlana just nodded quickly.

Thomas joined them, smiling benignly. "Hello there, I'm Thomas Kemp. Dinner should be ready very soon, come in, come in!"

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[info]flare_star
2016-01-28 12:23 pm UTC (link)
"I love your hair," Roxanna told her. "It's a beautiful color."

"Yeah, please, come on inside," Jamie added. "The dining room's just through here. Do you guys want something to drink?"

"Just water for me, please," Azrael answered.

"Sure thing," Jamie said, getting some glasses down from the cupboard.

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[info]nemophilist
2016-01-28 12:30 pm UTC (link)
"I'll have what he's having," said Svetlana, always a good little wife. "And thank you very much, Roxanna. I think yours is too."

Thomas smiled at Azrael and ushered the group towards the table. They might as well take a seat and start on the bread. Svetlana took a seat only after Azrael had taken one himself. "It's so kind of you to invite us into your home."

"Of course," Thomas said, shaking his head. "It's no problem, we're glad to have you both here." He carried some bread to the table along with some butter. "Help yourselves. I'll go get the chicken."

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[info]bang_a_drum
2016-01-28 12:41 pm UTC (link)
"Thank you!" Roxanna smiled at her. Jamie handed Roxanna a glass, and she passed it to Svetlana.

"We love having people over," Jamie added. "Social butterflies, that's us."

"He'll talk to anyone," Roxanna laughed. "I do mean anyone. I have witnessed this."

Azrael smiled as he took a piece of bread. "Michael did mention that you all seemed to know rather a lot of people."

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[info]nemophilist
2016-01-28 12:48 pm UTC (link)
Thomas chuckled as he carried the food to the table, followed by Lena. "We certainly know a plethora of people, yes. Jamie goes to school with a Greek dream...something."

"And his mother is the personification of Nerd," Lena pointed out.

"Oh right, I...I always forget that," Thomas said, shrugging. Svetlana didn't really understand what that meant, but she smiled anyway. "So tell us about you, Svetlana. Where are you from?"

"I was born in St Petersburg," Svetlana explained easily enough. "And I lived there until I was 18 and then they sold me to Azrael."

Thomas had, unfortunately, just taken a drink of water. He spit it out all over his plate, soaking his bread, and went into a coughing fit. "What?!" he managed to choke out.

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[info]azraa_eel
2016-01-28 01:04 pm UTC (link)
"Spirit of fantasy dreams," Jamie added absently, gathering up plates and silverware. "But my mom is totally awesome, it's true."

In unison, Jamie and Roxanna's heads turned to look at her. "Wait, what?" Roxanna asked.

"I should explain," Azrael interjected. "I intervened when one of Hermes' granddaughters was being mugged, and he, thinking he was being generous, sent me...a wife. Which, I must admit, caught me off guard."

Roxanna banged her forehead against the wall. "Oh gods, he's such an idiot."

Azrael simply raised an eyebrow.

"He's my father. I can say that. Especially since it's true."

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[info]nemophilist
2016-01-28 01:12 pm UTC (link)
"He sent you a wife?!" Thomas said, realizing his jaw had been hanging open ever since he had stopped choking. "I- I can't- I shouldn't be surprised, the one time I met him, he hit on me in front of his wife and then she hit on me and it was very, very strange. So you-" Thomas turned his attention back to Svetlana, "you came here to marry Azrael because Hermes arranged it?"

"I was raised to be a wife," Svetlana said, as if it was something everyone did all the time. "My parents were killed when I was a baby and my Uncle took me in. He knew...how do you say...he was vor v zakone. He told me when I was old enough he would sell me. But he was killed and different men took me in. They weren't nice to me, but they still knew I could be worth money. I had to stay in a little room all the time so getting to come to America was exciting."

Lena and Thomas had, by now, dropped their forks and they were listening with horrified attention. "Svetlana, that's...that's horrible," Lena whispered.

"No, it was worse for my sister. She wasn't pretty so my Uncle turned her out into the streets. The children's homes in Russia are not nice places. At least I always had a roof over my head."

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[info]azraa_eel
2016-01-28 01:29 pm UTC (link)
"Very, very strange is a good way to describe him, yeah," Roxanna muttered, sliding into a seat next to Jamie.

"And I couldn't send her away," Azrael added. "She was afraid to go back, and for good reason. So we've been doing our best to make it work. I've been putting out feelers to see if I can locate her sister, but so far, I haven't had any luck."

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[info]nemophilist
2016-01-28 01:35 pm UTC (link)
Svetlana smiled at Azrael, ever the proud wife. And really, she was so thankful she'd been given to him. He was so gentle and careful with her. "If I'd been sent back they would have killed me," she said, matter-of-factly. "I know it wasn't what Azra planned, but he protects me."

"They would have killed you?" Lena whispered, absolutely disgusted.

"Yes. It's seen as failure. And if a man isn't happy with the woman he bought, he could potentially cause troubles for them by giving law enforcement information about them. I learned very young not to do anything to upset anyone so I could be the perfect wife. I used to talk back but I got hit so I stopped."

"And this just...happens all the time?" Thomas asked in disbelief.

Svetlana nodded gravely. "I think some people do it because they want to come to America, but others...like me...aren't given a choice. I just got lucky."

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[info]azraa_eel
2016-01-28 02:03 pm UTC (link)
"She speaks the truth," Azrael said heavily. "It was somewhat...awkward, at first, trying to adjust to living with someone who had been sent here solely to marry me. But it got easier after a while. Truthfully, it's nice to have another soul in the apartment when I get home from work. It's just been me, rattling around for the longest time."

"And believe me, if I ever figure out who they are, they're going to wish they'd never done it," he added darkly.

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[info]nemophilist
2016-01-28 02:06 pm UTC (link)
Svetlana looked back at Azrael, her smile fond and loving. "He's my best friend," she said, carefully avoiding saying he was her only friend.

"I'm glad that kind of terrible situation ended this way," Thomas said seriously. He was having a very hard time not gathering Svetlana into his arms and promising to be her father forever and ever right then and there. "Look...Svetlana, you have family here whenever you need it, alright? I mean it."

Svetlana blushed slightly, ducking her head. "That is really very kind of you."

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[info]azraa_eel
2016-01-28 02:30 pm UTC (link)
Azrael smiled at all of them. "Thank you very much, all of you," he said. "I've felt terrible keeping her inside so much, but there was an...incident a while back. Satan was involved. So this way seemed safer. But I hated keeping you away from people," he said, turning to Svetlana. "It's mostly just been me for company, I can't imagine that's all that invigorating."

"Well we're about as invigorating as it gets," Roxanna laughed. "And we like meeting new people and more less adopting them. Hell, that's how I wound up here, Lena pretty much scooped me up and installed me here."

"And it's been mayhem ever since," Jamie joked, ducking her tossed napkin.

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[info]nemophilist
2016-01-28 02:35 pm UTC (link)
Lena chuckled at Jamie and Roxanna's antics. "It's true," she grinned. "And we would love to have you any time, Svetlana."

"All this time...I never knew people were so nice," Svetlana said, sounding a little overwhelmed. "And it has been very nice, you," she said, elbowing Azrael. "He introduced me to steak and Netflix!"

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[info]azraa_eel
2016-01-29 07:03 am UTC (link)
"Yeah, you should come over whenever and we can hang out," Roxanna said, spearing some of her salad. "Watch movies or bake or something."

Azrael smiled. "There's been a lot of Netflix at our house, it's true," he agreed. "I'm slightly addicted to some of those cooking shows. And I'm glad I at least haven't been boring you to tears."

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[info]nemophilist
2016-01-29 08:05 am UTC (link)
"I would like that," Svetlana nodded. Having people to talk to was going to be so nice! She could maybe teach them a few Russian recipes as well. It would be nice to have a bit of home, even though she had never really been allowed to experience Russia beyond the little houses she was kept in.

"No, Azra," she assured him, "but I think it's good to talk to other humans too? Maybe?"

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[info]azraa_eel
2016-01-29 09:34 am UTC (link)
"Awesome," Jamie said. "Like Lena said, just come on over whenever. It's basically a revolving door of everyone we know."

"And we wouldn't want it any other way," Roxanna added. "Like you'd ever complain about your family and friends being over all the time."

"Good point."

Azrael nodded. "I certainly don't want to keep you isolated forever," he told her. "And you all seem like such welcoming, kind people."

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[info]nemophilist
2016-01-29 09:45 am UTC (link)
"So it's okay?" She asked, because she did want to make sure she didn't upset Azrael. He had been so wonderful to her and she wanted to make him happy.

"If you want to go shopping, I can take you," Lena chimed in. "We can find some awesome stuff for you!"

"Oh, I- I don't have any money," Svetlana said, flushing furiously.

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[info]azraa_eel
2016-01-29 10:01 am UTC (link)
"Of course," Azrael replied. "Whenever you'd like, everyone should have friends they can go to. And if you'd like to go shopping, I can give you some money, that's not a problem."

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[info]nemophilist
2016-01-29 10:27 am UTC (link)
"Oh dear," Svetlana said, obviously torn between the idea of going shopping, and taking money from her husband which she was taught never to do. Sure he had bought her things in the past, but she had never really had control of money like that. It was a scary and exhilarating thought. "I mean only if you think it's okay."

"If not I can cover you," Lena winked, just in case it might be somehow easier to take money from a new person. "Roxanna is now a veteran of Lena Shopping Trips."

"Thomas has the fear of Lena Shopping Trips. She would make me try on hot pants or something. Gold ones."

At that, Svetlana let out a delighted shriek of laughter and then covered her face in embarrassment.

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[info]azraa_eel
2016-01-29 11:02 am UTC (link)
"No reason why you couldn't go out and have a good time with Lena," Azrael told her. "Otherwise I'll just buy strange things to try and cook. Which...does not always work out."

Roxanna laughed. "Lena does love to dress me up," she agreed. "Which I'm pretty OK with now, though it took some getting used to after living solely in jeans and t-shirts for almost twenty years."

Jamie just laughed into his food. "I'm torn between wanting this to happen, and never wanting to see it," he informed Lena.

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[info]nemophilist
2016-01-29 11:09 am UTC (link)
"Oh it's happening now, look at Svetlana's face!" Lena giggled. "We'll drag him with us, hmm?" Svetlana giggled again and nodded.

"Oi! Peer pressure!" To Azrael he smiled and shrugged, "this is how it goes now. It's two against one. I feel you on the cooking though, some of my experiments have gone very badly." Sure that was because he couldn't always afford the right kind of ingredients and he had tried to improvise, but he wasn't going to say that now, and bring everyone down.

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[info]azraa_eel
2016-01-29 12:05 pm UTC (link)
It made Azrael happy to see her smile and laugh like that. "I'm starting to gather that," he told Thomas, amused and not really inclined to say anything against it, not if it made the two women happy.

He chuckled and nodded, sipping at his water. "I've found that if I try to go too far outside my wheelhouse, invariably, something ends up burnt. And I'm trying my best not to just burn the whole kitchen down."

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[info]nemophilist
2016-01-29 12:13 pm UTC (link)
"But you make very good steak!" Svetlana said with a grin. "They are so good."

"We should go out for a drink some time," Thomas said to Azrael with a smile. He didn't want the angel to be left out, after all. "We could drag my friend Victor out too, he's god fun."

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[info]azraa_eel
2016-01-29 12:25 pm UTC (link)
"At least I have that going for me," he joked.

To Thomas he said, "That sounds like a good idea. My coworkers are always telling me I need to get out more, but I'd gotten used to being on my own, so I didn't really do much besides work."

"Dad'll fix that," Jamie told him. "Just wait, you'll be a social butterfly in no time."

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[info]nemophilist
2016-01-29 12:38 pm UTC (link)
"And you already have the wings!" Lena added, helpfully. "Victor and Thomas are adorable besties, it's wonderful."

"She's biased," Thomas laughed.

"Is this what family is supposed to be like?" Svetlana asked, cutting through the merriment without meaning to.

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[info]azraa_eel
2016-01-29 12:56 pm UTC (link)
Azrael laughed, snorted, then coughed to dislodge the bread he almost choked on. Once he could speak again he said, "I ran into Victor a few times while he was still a detective. We weren't close, but he always seemed nice enough."

"I'm not really sure, but this is what our family is like all the time," Roxanna told her. "Loud, crazy, and always wanting to make sure that the people we care about are happy. This is the default setting, if you will."

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