Tuesday - March 24th, 2009
Who: Declan and Jane When: Morning Where: His shower What: Declan gets a surprise visitor
"Rub a dub dub!" The voice came out of nowhere as did the woman with the full lips, mischievous grin and chestnut hair that it belonged to. She had a rubber ducky in her hand and she gave it a bit of a squeeze as she held it up in front of the man's face. And then she moved it to the side and tilted her head to regard him. "Nice package," she remarked with a grin. ~~~ Declan was under the hot spray of his shower, letting the water sluice down his body and start to wash him clean. The last thing he expected was to see a woman in the shower with him. A blonde. A woman not Keely.
Declan jumped back in surprise, crying out in rapid Gaelic and, at the comment, immediately dropping his hands to cover the goods. "Who are ye?" The water was pouring over his head into his eyes and mouth, but he didn't want to step closer because that would put him against her and to wipe his face meant removing a protective hand. ~~~ That was pretty much the type of reaction Jane was expecting and she giggled, a hand moving up to cover her mouth. When it dropped away, she was chewing on her lower lip, allowing her eyes to wash over the rest of him that she could see. "Careful there, handsome. You're going to overwater yourself." ~~~ Declan raised a hand with the intent of rudely pointing, but it bared more than his one hand could cover so he quickly dropped it back down. "I asked a question and ye dinna answer. Who are ye in me shower?" ~~~ A smile planted firmly upon her lips that would not likely leave any time soon, she casually rested back against the shower wall, not caring that her clothes were getting a bit wet. At least she hadn't popped in entirely naked. "Oooh," she began as his hand moved. "I see London, I see-" She frowned when his hand dropped back down. "Dirty tease." She giggled and then she cleared her throat and held out her hand to shake. "Jane." ~~~ Declan raised a brow at the teasing rhyme. "I know that one, and I know ye noticed the lack of what I be wearin'." Why would she sing about his knickers if he wore none? Lost in thought, it took a moment for him to notice her hand was out to shake. "Uh..." Dec glanced from her hand to his. This wouldn't work. ~~~ Jane frowned a bit though there was still a smile dancing in her eyes. "Hello. You aren't just going to leave me standing here with my hand out to shake like an asshole are you?" ~~~ A glance up had Declan spying a washcloth and he quickly grabbed it to cover himself and allow him to have one hand free. "My apologies, Miss Jane." Reaching out, he shook her hand with his now free one. "Though I know better circumstances t' meet someone." ~~~ Jane almost pouted but then she smiled as he shook her hand, a brow arching ever so slightly in response to his words. "I can't think of many." She retracted her hand after introductions were made and then crossed her arms over her chest. "By all means, don't let me interrupt you. A boy needs to get clean, doesn't he?" ~~~ Slowly shaking his head, he realized that he was having a conversation with a woman in his shower. That was NOT Keely! "Miss, with all due respect, would ye step out? I'm not accustomed to someone sharing tha space with me." ~~~ "But I just came for the show," Jane protested, a smirk forming upon her lips. "Let me guess, you have a girfriend." He was being so sweet and modest. That had to be the reason! "The last three guys propositioned me for shower sex and the one before that, well, I think he's headed to divorce court." She made a bit of a face and followed it up with, "Oops." ~~~ "Aye," Declan nodded, confirming that he did have a significant other. Emphasis on significant. Just the thought of the red headed hellion that claimed him for her own made him smile. He blinked greent eyes at the mention of shower sex. Now there was something he hadn't thought of before. ~~~ Jane rolled her eyes. "That's no fun." She exhaled a sigh and added, "I will honestly never understand the need that you.. human-types have to tether yourselves to someone else. It's totally dull!" ~~~ At the stereotype, Declan frowned. "I'm a dryad. Nature first, humanity second." Maybe it wasn't the way it seemed, but that was how he ran. His veins weren't filled with blood but chlorphyll. ~~~ "See, that just makes it so much worse." Jane contested. "Nature is all about... flourishing. It's about.. spreading your spores, your seeds, and creating new life." She smirked as she eyed him. "So why bind youself in a manner that makes that impossible?" ~~~ "Aye," Declan nodded slowly, then shook his head. She made his kind sound like floozies. "I love her. That's why." It was obvious. Why would she question it? ~~~ Jane exhaled a laugh. "Of course you do." She pushed herself off of the shower wall and then shook her head. "Love," she mused as she stepped out of the shower as he'd asked. "I don't get it. Never have and I guess I never will." ~~~ Now that she'd stepped out of the shower, he breathed a quiet sigh of relief, dropping the washcloth. "What do ye not understand?" He quickly started to wash his chest, not wanting to be a poor host and leave his guest out on her own. "Ye can use one of the towels to dry off if ye'd like." ~~~ "No need," Jane replied and then poofed out of sight for a moment. When she came back, she was perfectly dry, dressed in a new outfit all together, and her hair was darker. She strolled over to start looking through his bathroom cabinet for anything of interest but nope. He didn't even have any rubbers in there. "And to answer your question, all of it. I just... don't get it." She gave a small shrug of her shoulders. "It seems.. messy." She made a face. "And nothing lasts forever. Trust me. I've been alive long enough to know." ~~~ Dec peeked around the curtain when she disappeared, rinsing off and shutting off the water. He reached for the towel when she came back and pulled it into the stall with him to rub himself dry. "Aye, nothing lasts forever, but wouldn't ye want to enjoy someone while ye can?" ~~~ "Why enjoy someone when you can enjoy everyone?" Jane posed the question with a brow slightly arched. "Maybe I've just never been that impressed by anyone." Or perhaps all the years she had spent in servitude when she was first created had made it impossible for her to connect with anyone. "I thought I was in love once. I even tried to give him my bottle. But... that was just a spell gone wrong." She gave a slight shrug of her shoulders. "It all went away when I reversed it." ~~~ Wrapping the towel around his hips, he tugged back the curtain. "Why waste energy on people who don't appreciate it when ye can spoil someone who does care?" Stepping out of the tub, Dec fingercombed his hair. "I believe there's someone for everyone, if ye're patient." ~~~ "It's not a waste of energy when you have an endless supply." For every answer he had, she had one to follow it up with. This was not a conversation he was likely to win when it came to her. "There is not. There any many different people who fit in many different ways that can be a nice way to pass a few decades but... there's not such thing as true love. Sorry to burst your bubble, there, handsome." ~~~ Declan chuckled, not letting Jane's cynicism phase him. "I'm truly sorry ye feel that way. It must be lonely." He wanted to put on some deodorant now that he was clean, but doing that with someone around to watch just seemed so awkward. Just like getting dressed would be. ~~~ "It's only lonely when Ricky won't let me out of my bottle," she frowned. "The rest of the time, I find ways to stay entertained." She jumped down off of the counter and grabbed a towel, rolling it up as she remarked, "Like popping in unexpectedly on hot guys in showers." She then smacked him on the ass with the towel. "Ow! Hear that crack!" ~~~ Declan jumped at the crack, grateful that the towel he wore caught the brunt of the blow and not his delicate skin. His bark could take it easier. "Why?" ~~~ "Why what?" Jane wasn't following his train of thought. "Why pop in on people in the shower? Because it's amusing to see the variety of reactions. Or do you mean why did it make that sound?" She smirked a bit. "That's because you have an incredibly tight ass." ~~~ "Why the shower? And who is Ricky?" Two completely unrelated questions, but for Declan they were rather important. He needed to know if he now had to get someone to charm his bathroom and bedroom for safety's sake. ~~~ "Because people are so weird about being seen naked." Jane shrugged. "It's silly really. It's just flesh. Everyone has it. It all looks the same after a while." She smirked. "And Ricky Witt. My Master, as of present." She then added in a hushed voice, "Just don't tell him I was here though, okay? He might make me go back in the bottle and... That's really not a fun place to be." ~~~ Ricky Witt...Godric? Just to be sure, Declan sought clarification. "Godric? As for being naked, some like to keep it private and choose who may view it." ~~~ "No?" Jane suggested when he named off precisely who she was referring to. It was probably best that he not know for sure. He might tell on her then and ruin all her fun. Ricky could be a real buzz kill when the mood struck him. But she shrugged at his remark on nudity. "I suppose so. Boring people anyway. I say, if you've got it, you shouldn't be afraid to flaunt it." ~~~ Declan didn't know of any other 'Ricky's on campus, but maybe he was mistaken. "Then move to a nudist colony. I hear that it's all the rage." ~~~ "I did for a time back in the seventies." Jane gave a small shrug of her shoulders. "Loses it's appeal after a time." Tossing the towel back on the counter, she gave him a smile. "Well it was nice meeting you, strange naked man who never bothered to introduce himself, but I must be off!" ~~~ "If ye jumped into me shower, ye should know who I am." Maybe it was rude, but Declan felt he had a right not to share his name with someone rude enough to interrupt a man's shower. "Enjoy the rest of yer day, Miss Jane." ~~~ "Hmm... You may have a point." Jane smirked and then she wriggled her fingers at him in a wave before disappearing into thin air.