solstice rpg

Who: Christian and Jesse
Where: Jesse's lighthouse
When: Late afternoon

The ferry ride home had been depressing. Christian had gone from panicked and frantic to defeated and uncertain. Obviously he had failed, and now maybe she would kill herself sooner, and it would be all his fault. He'd shooed Ava off when they got to his house-- she was reluctant, but he didn't want to face Jesse with her there-- and disappeared inside to huddle in his blankets upstairs with his kittens.

When he finally dragged himself out of the house again, the kittens came with him. He slumped down the street, out of town, and up to the covered doorway to the lighthouse with one kitten in one pocket and the other continuously trying to climb out of the other. He was the picture of misery as he knocked heavily on the door, and hunched his shoulders, fully expecting-- against all odds-- to be yelled at and punished for his failure.

( It did not go well. )

Who: Christian and Ava, and NPC Natalie Price
Where: The mainland, residential district
When: Morning

There were three Price families in Darkwater. Christian and Ava had already been to two of them-- neither of which were the right one. Christian had a headache and was feeling more than a little discouraged as they left the second and headed for the third. "Even if she is there," he began-- not for the first time, and with his hands buried in his coat pockets, wishing to hell he could have brought his kittens-- "what do I say to her?"

Ava wasn't entirely sure why she was there. Okay, so she knew why, but it was making her nervous. She had never dealt with anything like this before, but if her telepathy could come in handy, now was the time. She just couldn't help but worry about this girl, and of course Ava feared the possibility that she and Christian would only make things worse. With any luck, things would go smoothly and they would leave without feeling discouraged. At Christian's question, Ava glanced up at him with a frown. "I'm not sure. Maybe you'll know when you see her?"

( I have a secret that nobody knows. )

Who: Anna Lauren and Sam, with a cameo by Dax
Where: Dax's party
When: Evening

Anna Lauren wouldn't have thought that this many people could fit in a trailer and its surrounding yard, but evidently the flyers Dax had been putting up around town had had their desired effect. She wasn't entirely sure what she was doing here, because she barely knew the guy. Maybe she could chalk it up to not having anything else to do tonight. She still didn't have a job, and she was bored. So she was wandering around with a cup of beer in one hand, dressed in a tank top and shorts with her bathing suit underneath. She highly doubted that she'd want to swim, but it never hurt to be prepared.

Sam was making up for having sobered up earlier when Asia had gotten into trouble. He wasn't hung up on it, nothing bad had happened and he'd sent Asia on her merry way to interview people at the party so she seemed fine too. Why linger on negative things when there was no need? He had just fired off another text message to Torin to tell him he should totally come when he spotted Anna Lauren. They'd only met that one time but he already had her on a BFF pedestal and with alcohol only intensifying that, he squeaked and rushed toward her. "Oh my God it's my Be eff eff!" he shouted, not giving her much of a chance to brace herself before he'd hugged her, his bottle pressed against her back and some of the - fortunately not too sharp - spikes on his bracelet pressed against her shoulder. "You came," he laughed. "That's awesome!"

( Are there rules for bee eff eff marriages? )