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Brenner Mahoney ([info]brennermahoney) wrote in [info]outofshadowsrpg,
@ 2016-08-25 09:28:00

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Who: Brenner Mahoney and Nadi Fujioka
What: You tell me and we'll both know.
When: Wednesday afternoon
Where: In the mean streets of Philadelphia (in the Aldi nearest Drexel. Come on.)
Rating/Warnings: Low to PG13/Warning for excessive amounts of incomprehensible Geordie speech from Brenner. I'm not going to translate because half you'll get from context, and the other half, well. The language barrier is sort of the point of this thread :P


Brenner felt good. He might only get one summer holiday while he was at Drexel, but he felt like he'd made the most of it. Today, for example, he had rolled out of bed around ten, played around on his computer for a couple of hours, and then had lunch. After the laziness of the morning, he felt like he was in the mood to accomplish something, so he got dressed (polo shirt and khakis. His mother might not be there to see him, but she was there in his head) and combed his hair neatly, and ventured outside the house.

Honestly, he didn't really go out with an agenda outside of walking a ways and seeing where he ended up. His shoes were comfortable, his tunes were good and his day was free, so he wandered down to campus, picked up the books he would need for the coming year, and wandered back to his apartment, where he dropped them off. Then he started thinking about what he wanted for dinner. A trip to the supermarket was in order, he decided, and left the apartment once more to head to the Aldi he'd found near his place shortly after moving in.

With no particular plan, he grabbed a trolley and started moving up and down the aisles, lazily grabbing things as they caught his eye. It was interesting just looking at all the packages of unfamiliar food. He'd told himself he try new things, at least a couple a week, so he tossed in a couple of bags of sweets that he'd never tasted before. He was in no hurry. He had no commitments today, no place to be, and Beau, as far as he knew, wouldn't be home, let alone expecting him. He turned the trolley, leaning on the handlebar, and started to work his way around again.


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[info]beautiful_bunny
2016-08-24 06:52 pm UTC (link)
When the guy hugged back, Nadi was sure that he caught onto the same sort of tell. This was her mate, the man that was forever. The future poppa of all her little bunnies. And he was hot! Thank the kami.

And then he spoke and all Nadi could do was stare at him for half a second. "Do you come with translation dictionary?' Was what came blurting out before she even had a chance to think weither that was rude or not.

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[info]brennermahoney
2016-08-24 06:59 pm UTC (link)
Brenner dropped his arms and felt his cheeks burn bright red. Another one who wanted to make fun of his accent. Well, if he were back on the estate, they'd be making fun of hers, he told himself.

"I'm speaking English, an' all," he said gruffly. "I can't help it if ye don't understand us."

Now that they weren't hugging, he could see the face of the girl that had thrown herself at him, and he turned even redder. She was beautiful, and he had just had his hands on her. In a completely innocent way, but still. Maybe she wasn't so bad after all, if she could get past the accent mocking.

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[info]beautiful_bunny
2016-08-24 07:10 pm UTC (link)
"You are? Sorry. English isn't my first language." She gave the excuse quick enough. And while it was true, she'd been in the US long enough to speak it fluently with only a slight accent. Nadi almost wanted to smack herself for pissing off her future husband in the first five seconds of meeting him.

"It's nice to actually meet you though. Oh em geee, right?" She stepped closer to him again and grinned."I'm Nadishiko." Nadi said as she bounced slightly on the balls of her feet, far more excited than she should be. "What about you? Full name yeah?"

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[info]brennermahoney
2016-08-24 07:17 pm UTC (link)
"Well, I am from England," Brenner said with a helpless shrug. She had so much energy, it was hard to keep up with her train of thought. Brenner still wasn't entirely sure what was happening, but he understood the request for his name easily enough.

"Uh, Brenner. Brenner Gavin Mahoney," he amended. "That's some geet walla mouthful of a name you've got there. Do... do you know'us from somewhere? Why are you so pleased to meet'us?"

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[info]beautiful_bunny
2016-08-24 07:29 pm UTC (link)
Oh! So he was speaking British English. She wasn't just going crazy at least. That was attractive at least, but she was already trying to figure out his way of speaking. He used us to refer to himself it seemed and Nadi vaguely wondered if it was kind of like the royal we. Things to ask later when they knew each other a little better.

"Mahoney.... Nadishiko Mahoney. I can live with that. It kind of has a nice ring to it." She smied at him. "Geet walla? My name is Japanese. If you want you can call me Nadi. Most people do. As for knowing you, we've just met, but I'm sure the rest of forever will give us plenty of time to get to know one another."

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[info]brennermahoney
2016-08-24 07:36 pm UTC (link)
The rest of...?!

"What are you talking about?" he spluttered. "The rest of forever... we've barely met and you're talking about forever?" He didn't bother translating himself. Anyone who could bowl up to him in a supermarket and declare that they'd have the rest of forever to get to know each other could bloody well explain herself first.

"I should... I have to pay for me things," he said finally. "If you want to explain... whatever this was, you can come with'us and, I dunno, find some bait. I'm clamming."

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[info]beautiful_bunny
2016-08-24 08:05 pm UTC (link)
"Forever, you know. The long haul? You and me are it baby? You're the one? The lucky guy I'm going to marry." She winked at him as she moved to follow him. "Yeah, I'm just about good here too. I only came to grab some sodas and cup of noodle." Cheap meals meant more money for sheet music after all.

"As for explaining, what's there to explain. The nose knows what the heart wants, right?" She winked at him, still assuming that the boy was a shifter of some sort. He'd sniff her soon enough and that primal feeling, that urge to two people perfectly paired by fate would become obvious to him.

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[info]brennermahoney
2016-08-24 08:09 pm UTC (link)
"Marry!?"

Brenner sagged heavily against the trolley and felt the blood drain from his face. He'd never even had a girlfriend, and she was talking about marriage?

"You could at least take'us out for dinner before declaring that we're going to get married," he said in a weak attempt at a joke. "I... I divvin' know if I'm ready to get married."

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[info]beautiful_bunny
2016-08-24 10:14 pm UTC (link)
"Yep. Marry. It's what people do when they find their soulmates." It was actually a little funny to see the poor man panic over the idea. Not that he could blame him all that much. It was sort of sudden and most shifters weren't just looking for their forever like Nadishiko was.


"Hey, it's not like we're going to get married tomorrow. I'm just talking about someday. Someday we're going to get married and it will be perfect.We can go get dinner first if you'd like though." She winked at him and moved to step a little closer. "Just use your nose, you'll be able to tell I'm telling the truth."

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[info]brennermahoney
2016-08-24 10:22 pm UTC (link)
"Er, right then," Brenner said, completely out of his depth. "Let'us just pay for me things and I suppose we can... go?"

He angled the trolley toward the checkout and eyed the girl - Nadi - cautiously. He still had no earthly idea what was going on here, but she seemed convinced that they were destined to be together. Putting aside the sheer utter madness of it all, she was rather beautiful. Completely nuts, perhaps, but friendly enough.

Brenner decided that there were definitely worse ways he could spend an afternoon. And then...

"Use me nose?" he repeated, confused. "Use me nose for what?"

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[info]beautiful_bunny
2016-08-25 01:53 am UTC (link)
At the suggestion,Nadi nodded and moved to walk after him and towards the registers like this was something normal, and maybe it was a bit in her mind. Nadishiko had grown up hearing how her parents met and always wanting the same thing. It was fated in the stars and meant to be.

His question surprised the poor girl though. "Yeah, use your nose. Can;t you smell it?" Maybe he had a condition with his nose. "You're my mate, that's what that scent, that feeling means."

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[info]brennermahoney
2016-08-25 02:01 am UTC (link)
"You smell like... some class of a flower," he responded honestly. "I don't know if that means anything though."

Her mate? Brenner's head was spinning slightly but for now he decided to just go with it. What he had forgotten, what he only now remembered, was that humans weren't the only people who inhabited the earth. He himself had powers, for crying out loud!

"If you don't mind'us asking, what are you?" he asked awkwardly. "You sort of caught'us off guard with all the mate and marrying talk, but you're not..." he narrowed his eyes. "You're not human, are you?"

He set his various items on the belt, watching them go through, and pulled out his wallet to pay. It was stuffed with twenties, because he had done a number of little jobs recently for which he had been paid in cash. Even after the total was read out, he was still flush with cash. He smiled to himself as he replaced the wallet in his back pocket.

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[info]beautiful_bunny
2016-08-25 03:57 pm UTC (link)
She just smelled like flowers to him? The man must really have something wrong with his nose. Maybe he had hayfever or something. But then came the question about what she was and Nadi realized that he might not be a shifter. That was a thought she'd never had. She'd always been sure that another shifter would be perfect for her.

"No, I'm not human. I'm a shifter. You are a human though?"

Nadishiko put her own purchases onto the belt behind his so she could pay for her's as well. The bottle of soda and cup of noodles would still save for later after all.

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[info]brennermahoney
2016-08-25 04:26 pm UTC (link)
"Mostly human, but I've got powers an' all," he said. Subtly, he shifted the barrier so that her drink and noodles went through with his items, and paid for them himself. Just a little display of chivalry, he thought. The longer he spent with her, the more he was warming to her.

"So... you smelled'us, and knew from that that I'm your mate, and we're destined to be together forever?" he clarified. "Get married an' all? Does that mean like..." he waited until they were out of earshot of the checkout operator before finishing his sentence. "Kissing, an' all?"

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[info]beautiful_bunny
2016-08-25 04:40 pm UTC (link)
So altered human... she could deal with that. In truth, the only thing about it all that mattered was aging and that's something that could be discussed far in the future. With her focus on that, she never even noticed that her purchase had been added to his own.

"Yuup. It's a thing, how my parents actually met too. It means that you and me are the perfect match for one another, one in a million." And then he mentioned kissing and Nadi couldn't help but think of how sweet he was. With a flirty grin, she leaned up close to his ear and whispered. "Kissing and all of that sexy." She then gave a quick kiss to his cheek and winked at him.

'So where to?"

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[info]brennermahoney
2016-08-25 04:44 pm UTC (link)
"Uh..." Brenner was mortified to hear his voice crack, something it hadn't done for years, and all Nadi had done was kiss his cheek! "Erm... let's gan yem te mine, and put me things away?"

His nerves were jingling and jangling and it was all he could do to pick up the bag of things with one hand. Boldly (and holding his breath the whole time) he reached out and took her hand, looking at her with questioning eyes. After all... she had been talking about marrying him. He guessed that she wouldn't mind a little hand holding.

"It's just a wee walk around the corner," he assured her.

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[info]beautiful_bunny
2016-08-25 05:18 pm UTC (link)
That was honestly sweet as could be. Nadi's smile grew at the crack to his voice. She wasn't going to make a deal of it since she didn't want him to feel embarassed. "Sure. Lead the way Bren?" she tested out the nickname to see if he was ok with it.

The feel of his larger hand sliding around her petite fingers made Nadi feel warm inside as she squeezed his hand and followed him happily. "Sounds good to me. Lead and I will follow. Let me just pay for my... stuff?" She realized then that her stuff was no longer on the belt but in his bag. "Or not. Thank you Brenner."

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[info]brennermahoney
2016-08-25 05:22 pm UTC (link)
"Eee, divvin' worry about it," Brenner mumbled. He led her out of the Aldi, down the street, and around the corner to where he lived.

He didn't say much on the walk, content to listen to her chatter. From the small amount of time they had spent together so far, he could tell that she had neverending reserves of chatter. He, for his part, struggled with what he could say to her that wouldn't sound pathetic or creepy. They had almost reached his building when he finally came up with something.

"You're about the prettiest girl I've ever talked to," he blurted, then blushed bright red. It had sounded far smoother in his head...

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[info]beautiful_bunny
2016-08-25 06:07 pm UTC (link)
Brenner was right, Nadi did tend to chat a lot and often. She wasn't a fan of the quiet, having grown up in such a large family. She made a quick comment about the weather and just how close he was to the market as they got to his apartment.

Shifting her violin case on her back with her free hand,she almost missed the compliment. It took her a bit off guard and drew a sweet pink blush onto her cheeks."Thanks. You're probably the handsomest guy I've talked to too. About exactly what I always hoped for, appearance wise at least.'

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[info]brennermahoney
2016-08-25 06:12 pm UTC (link)
"Eee, haddaway and loss yoursel'," Brenner said. Handsome? He was alright looking, but he wouldn't call himself handsome. "Come away oop and let'us put me things away. You can tell'us more about yourself."

He showed her into the lift, and when they got out, unlocked the door to his apartment. He was glad he'd cleaned up some before coming out, because when he'd left he hadn't at all anticipated bringing a girl back here. It was so much a bachelor pad, he just hoped she didn't think he was some sort of layabout. Self consciously, he opened a window just to make sure.

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[info]beautiful_bunny
2016-08-26 02:25 pm UTC (link)
She was going to have to start looking up European slang to understand this boy, but it would be worth it. For now, she just sort of let it run over her head and followed him into the apartment. It was nicer thank she had anticipated with a college guy.Usually they were slobs, or at least the ones she knew like her brothers.


"Do you live here alone?" She had assumed that he had no girlfriend, but what if he did and she was here? Hell that would be awkward. "And what do you want to know about me?"

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[info]brennermahoney
2016-08-27 03:42 am UTC (link)
"Ah, no," Brenner replied. "I've a flatmate, his name is Beau. Propa canny lad, that one. And, uh..." he paused, scratching his head as he thought. "I don't rightly know. It's not every day I get pretty girls running through the supermarket throwing themselves in me arms. And I reckon you want to know summat about'us, an' all."

He quickly put his things away, gesturing to the couch and inviting her wordlessly to sit down. "Would ye like a can o' pop? Or I can make us a nice milky brew. Then we can trade question for question?" He thought for a second. "I'll start. Tell'us about your family."

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[info]beautiful_bunny
2016-08-27 05:48 pm UTC (link)
"Looks like you both are pretty neat people." It was cleaner than her apartment after all. Nadi's was a bit on the messy side simply because she wasn't there enough to clean when she was busy.

"Heh, sorry about the whole throwing myself into your arms." She said, feeling a little silly for how it'd actually happened. She had expected the same thing that happened to her parents to happen to her. She'd expected another shifter and never thought it could be otherwise.

"Sure. I'd love a soda if you wouldn't mind. As for my folks, I guess they're pretty normal. I'm the youngest of 9 and the only girl. My parents and siblings all live out in Kansas right now, where my grandparents are." What about you? What's your family like?"

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[info]brennermahoney
2016-08-27 05:56 pm UTC (link)
He handed her a soda and grabbed one for himself, popping the top and taking a sip. Cautiously, he sat down beside her. "Nine? There's a geet walla family an' all. I don't have any brothers or sisters, just me mam. She's back home in Newcastle."

He studied her face, and felt himself blushing a little. She really was a very pretty girl.

"Your turn to ask something," he prodded gently. "And, erm..." He looked down at his lap, away from her face. "I divven' know much about kissin' girls. Only kissed a couple and they kissed'us first. And you want to marry'us an' all..." He shrugged helplessly. "You'll have to help'us out, I mean."

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[info]beautiful_bunny
2016-08-27 08:09 pm UTC (link)
Opening the can and taking a sip, she chuckled and nodded."Yep,there's a whole burrow of us. Most of the town we live in back home is related to us too."Because rabbits bred like mad, even shifter rabbits. "That must be nice too though, you get all the attention from your mom, but I've never heard of Newcastle to be honest."

"Hmmmm, Any relationship or significant others I should be worried about?" Though his question mostly answered that when he spoke about kissing. Nadi offered him a warm smile again and shook her head. "Dont worry about it. I am more than happy to help you out there. We can practice any time you want.":

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[info]brennermahoney
2016-08-27 08:15 pm UTC (link)
"Do they really live in a burrow?" he blurted before he could stop himself. Then he grinned sheepishly, trying to turn the conversation away from his little faux pas and back toward the conversation and her question.

"Never had a girlfriend," he confirmed. "Um... I'm guessing you don't have a boyfriend?"

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[info]beautiful_bunny
2016-08-28 12:28 am UTC (link)
"No, it's the nickname for the town." She chuckled. "Most of the town I live in is full of rabbit shifters. So it's aptly called the burrow." Nadi didn't call him out on the question though and instead gave him a warm smile to reassure him that she wasn't upset by it.

"Really?" That surprised her. He looked like someone should've grabbed him up early. "Nope. I'm free as a bird... well was before you." Because there was no going back. This was her man and that was going to be that. " So you're in college?"

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[info]brennermahoney
2016-08-28 12:42 am UTC (link)
"Well, I mean... I was only a lad back in Newcastle - that's in the North East of England, by the way - and then I packed me bags and came here. And... I think I'm a bit nerdy, if you want the truth."

Because he was going to have to tell her the nerdiest thing about him now. "I'm, erm, I'm at Drexel. Second year, when classes start up again. I'm studying... Computing and Security Technology." If she didn't run screaming from the nerdiness of that, he could bust out a little more, perhaps.

And there she went again, talking about how they were meant to be together. It was starting to grown on him, slowly. He was letting himself think about how it might be. Shyly, he looked up at her, and shifted a little closer.

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[info]beautiful_bunny
2016-08-28 01:09 am UTC (link)
"I've never been to England so that's pretty cool though. I actually spent most of my youth in Japan. My father's Japanese and my mother's american." She gave a small half shrug. English was the second language in her family, but spoken simultaneously in the house so her accent wasn't that strong.

"I don't nerdy at all, and that sounds like quite the major. I'm impressed. I'm a music major myself." She said as she finally slid the violin case from her back and put it down beside her. 'Violinist." As he scooted closer, she shifted as well, keeping her smile warm and attempting not to bounce as she did as well.

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[info]brennermahoney
2016-08-28 01:12 am UTC (link)
"And I've never been to Japan. What are the odds that we'd both end up here in Philadelphia?" He laughed, but she was shifting closer, and suddenly he didn't feel like talking anymore. He felt like seeing if she was as into this as she said she was.

He leaned in, pressing his lips to hers quickly, softly. It was an impulse, a whim, but it felt nice and he thought maybe he'd like to do it again... but he would wait to see how she responded first.

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[info]beautiful_bunny
2016-08-28 02:05 am UTC (link)
"Surprisingly small, but I'm glad we both have." She winked at him and blushed a little as she realized just how close he was to her. He was moving closer and she was excited to see just what he had in mind. So when he leaned down to capture her lips, she was quick to return the kiss.

It was a surprise just how right it felt. Nadi had always assumed that kisses were mostly the same, but this one had to be the best, or maybe it was just that she wanted it to be and thus it was. When they pulled back, she was blushing lightly and smiling shyly up at him. "So, sold on the idea of us yet?"

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[info]brennermahoney
2016-08-28 02:18 am UTC (link)
She kissed him back! Brenner's lips curved in kind of a goofy grin as they pulled back.

"I should say that it's too soon to tell," he said, "but who am I to fight this destiny thing? So... I suppose I'll just say, d'you fancy going out for dinner with me?"

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[info]beautiful_bunny
2016-08-28 03:07 am UTC (link)
That grin on his face had to be the most adorably attractive thing that Nadishiko had ever seen. So far, it looked like this was going to work out incredibly well.

"I think I would love to go out to dinner with you Brenner. Any place you'd like to go?" If not, she knew a few great restaurants that played live music that she loved.

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[info]brennermahoney
2016-08-28 03:25 am UTC (link)
"There's a lovely wee fish chip shop back home I'd love to take ye," Brenner said with a wistful laugh. "Ol' Neville's a propa canny radgie, and his hinny Barb is about the sweetest woman on earth, apart from me mam that is. But since I can't take ye doon the Toon, there's a nice wee Italian place around the corner. D'ye like Italian?"

He stood, walking over to his bedroom. He left the door open so they could still talk, and shed his polo shirt on the way in. From his closet he pulled a nicer, long sleeved button down shirt in sky blue, and a navy blue tie patterned with tiny white diamonds. He shrugged into the shirt, slung the tie around his neck, and walked back out still buttoning himself up.

"I reckon I look propa for a dinner with a beautiful lass now," he said with a lopsided grin as he finished buttons and deftly tied the tie. "Shall we?"

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[info]beautiful_bunny
2016-08-28 04:29 am UTC (link)
Nadishiko blinked as she tried to get just about what he was talking about, but it was hard. All she got was there was a place back home he wanted to take her someday and someone was really nice. "Sure, I love Italian.' She said, getting that part as well at least. Nadi really hoped that they had some form of language book or dictionary on his type of accent at the mall.

Of course all thought of what he'd been saying had been lost the moment that he pulled his shirt off and walked into his room. Thank whatever deity that had set him on her path, he was something to look at. Nadi couldn't stop herself from following after him and watching him pull a nice shirt out and a tie. All of a sudden she was starting to feel woefully under dressed.

"I'm starting to feel a bit under dressed for such a handsome man.' She said sheepishly with a light tug to her haori. "If you're ok with that though I guess I'll be alright. Lead the way?"

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[info]brennermahoney
2016-08-28 04:32 am UTC (link)
"Divvin' fret. Ye look propa canny," Brenner assured her. "It's not far from here."

Feeling bold, and sort of proud of himself, he took her hand and led her out of the apartment, locking the door behind them.

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