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Irene Adler (makethembeg) wrote in wariscoming,
@ 2012-01-17 22:55:00

Entry tags:

irene adler, lexi branson

Who: feelingepic and makethembeg
What: Shopping!
When: Early afternoon, January 17th
Where: Lobby, moving to appropriate shops around Lawrence
Rating: TBD
Status: In progress

The woman drummed her fingers against the desk and frowned. She had expected Sherlock to turn up - Moriarty without Sherlock was a world without sense - but she hadn't expected the lack of recognition. Having read through the message board thoroughly, she did understand that people from any world and any time could be pulled through the mysterious "seal", but it hadn't occurred to her that he would arrive from before their meeting.

She still hadn't decided whether she was happy about the situation or not. As she had said to Moriarty - Jim, she reminded herself, if he was going to call her Irene she was determined to call him Jim - she had a chance to start over. But it smarted that he didn't know what he'd done to her, how thoroughly he'd crushed her. Still though. No doubt she'd soon do something to put herself in his path, and this time she wouldn't make the same mistakes. Although she did hope for a chance to smack those glorious cheekbones again. Hard enough to bruise.

An email told her Jim had replied to her latest message, and she smiled as she read the contents. Excellent. Funds were on the way, and the sooner all the equipment needed was acquired, the sooner this place could be left behind.

She sent a quick note to Lexi and headed down to the lobby to meet "T*Rock", who turned out to be a scared looking, rather respectable young man with a delightful envelope of notes for her. A brief period of teasing and the hand over was done with, and she headed back to her room to change for the shopping trip. She'd bought a few passable items of clothing in Walmart with her gift card - they really were well prepared for new arrivals, and she had to admit that their generosity was surprising - so she pulled on tight black leggings, a soft black polo neck and knee high black boots. Hair in a severe top knot, make up muted but perfect, she checked the boards one last time then headed back downstairs to meet Lexi.

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feelingepic
2012-01-22 09:20 pm UTC (link)

Her partner. Oh she'd had quite a few over the centuries but she'd never loved until Lee. She hadn't planned it either. He was mortal, but they'd talked in a speakeasy in the 20's and life had changed that night. She'd eventually told him what she was, left the decision up to him and he'd taken it. He'd followed her into immortality and they'd been inseparable ever since. "I've been with other people since, so has he, but he's not here, and as long as he's not here, I wouldn't, y'know? But yes, he's my partner. And if I could have him here, things would be perfect."

But that was the least of the weird in a world with potential antichrists and the face of her killer walking around in triplicate.

"Oh very" she said by way of explanation. "I approve of Jules as it happens, she's dating Sam's brother. That family is special in many ways." she added. And they were, lovely but sometimes weird even to the vampire girl. She explained more about the various people around Lawrence while Irene tried on all the various outfits and wound up deciding on only one item. Not a huge surprise.

Lexi looked across the street to a shoe shop. "Could try there, then there could be coffee?" she suggested. They'd been in two shops so far. That was clearly enough for coffee.

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makethembeg
2012-01-22 10:12 pm UTC (link)

Irene only smiled as she explained about Lee. If she wanted to be faithful to her missing lover then that was her choice, as ridiculous as it was.

"They do so sound interesting."

Now a shoe shop she could handle. "Perfect. A cup of tea wouldn't be unwelcome."

8 or 9 pairs later and she settled on two sets of ball-shattering stilletos, and one pair of knee high leather boots. They continued the idle chatter about the inhabitants of this strange situation, and Irene found herself getting more and more intrigued. Such a wide client list, and the potential...maybe her change in circumstance wasn't a terrible thing after all.

"Lead on my dear. Possibly somewhere that does pastries as well as coffee?"

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feelingepic
2012-02-05 01:22 am UTC (link)

Interesting wasn't the word she'd have gone for but they were good people, which meant a lot in the grand scheme of things, given where they'd found themselves having the natives actually care about the rest of them was pretty damn important. That and the whole, getting along with people thing. Bar the crazies, but there were always crazies, Lexi had managed to get through her very long life avoiding them.

Shoes and tea sounded like a good way to kick off the day though.

She'd helped as much as she could in picking out the shoes but Irene most definitely knew what she wanted and what she liked. She'd picked out the best and Lexi had to admit she was more than impressed with the choices. She'd picked up a pair of heels herself nothing as fancy as she had but it was a good decision.

"There's a place just down the road. Been told its pretty damn awesome but y'know, not usually able to wander around while its open." She started to walk toward it, swinging her bag back and forward as she walked.

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makethembeg
2012-02-05 05:07 pm UTC (link)

Adler followed Lexi to the coffee shop, watching her swing her bag in wry amusement. "It really is hard to imagine not being able to walk in the daylight" she stated, just as they reached the door. She walked in before Lexi got a chance to reply, and looked around for the most private table. If they were going to continue talking about the complex and her unusual state of existence, privacy was probably a good idea.

She found a booth tucked away in the corner and raised an eyebrow at the vampire. "This seems suitable, yes?" She'd already scanned the menu behind the counter and saw they had Twinnings Breakfast tea as a 'special', which she approved of. Tea from home would be very welcome.

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