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Post by neverlandlostgirl on Feb 24, 2018 12:58:50 GMT
Anna could only smile as Axel spoke of Omar and his attempts to woo the Seelie.
"Yep, that's Aqua."
She took the momentary lull in conversation to unroll her napkin onto her lap while taking a sip of water. It really was quite the nice restaurant, casual enough to not seem overly fancy or frilly but elegant enough to make the occasion special. She was glad the Fire Demon had suggested coming here. She was always ready to try something new when it came to foods and even if it turned out to be not so good or just flat out bad, at least she could say she'd tried it once and not missed a thing. Not that she thought Tony's looked or smelled bad. Quite the opposite, she couldn't seem to stop herself from sniffing appreciatively at the air every few minutes.
"It's not them I'm worried about to be honest. I don't have to work with them like you do but I don't really know how everyone at the BPD will react once the news breaks I'm dating you."
That was true enough. She hadn't really told anyone she worked with about her relationship and she doubted anyone she had told would have passed that info on. Weiss certainly wouldn't. |
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Post by skyeknight on Feb 24, 2018 19:17:13 GMT
Small world it seemed, if their social groups crossed one another. Granted, they were all in the same town. There was bound to be some overlap. His bar wasn't far from the police office but he also welcomed cops. Even had discounts for them because they served the city. He had good booze, good food, good music and good company. He was proud of his establishment.
"Sure, I wasn't always a good guy, but I never did anything worth arrest so they shouldn't have to much of a problem.," Axel shrugged. "And I turned my life around once I realized if I kept on the way I had I'd be arrested. Unless it's the demon thing. I can't change that."
Hopefully her co-workers wouldn't give her hassle about dating a demon. He really did try to make himself a better person once he saw himself going down a bad route, dropped all of his toxic friends, even his closest dearest friend, who ended up getting arrested for trying to hold a politician hostage for change for Others. It wasn't easy to let those things go.
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Post by neverlandlostgirl on Feb 26, 2018 5:26:43 GMT
"Since we have a pretty powerful Demon working at the BPD, I don't think you'll have to worry about your own position too much. No, mostly I'm just worried about them getting too interested. Some of the officers can get a little carried away in trying to help with relationships."
Anna had a few people in mind as she spoke but didn't name any names. Honestly, she knew mostly of her co-workers would just be trying to help in their own way but this was something she needed to figure out with only one person and he was sitting right across from her.
A moment later, their waiter returned carrying their steaming orders. One look at the pizza placed in front of her made her mouth instantly start to water and the smell was intoxicating. She closed her eyes and inhaled, letting the various scents fill her nose before opening them and smiling at Axel.
"This looks great and smells even better. It's weird, but everything seems to smell so much stronger lately."
Still smiling lightly, she pulled a piece of pizza off before holding it to her lips and biting off the top. A look of pleasure immediately settled across her features.
"Mmmm!"
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Post by skyeknight on Feb 26, 2018 16:40:42 GMT
"If they're 'trying to help' it sounds like they care about you a lot." he said. "As long as I don't get anyone trying to give me some shovel talk, we're good."
Shovel talk was basically saying 'break her heart and I'll kill you'. He had gotten his fair share from his staff, but if a stranger, a friend of Anna's tried to press, then he might not take it so well. Because they didn't know him enough to judge him for it. They meant well, but some people could get too serious about that sort of thing. However, that being said, he was still glad that she had people on her side despite the whole serum incident.
"That so?" he asked. "Think it might still be that serum in your system?"
He had noticed the way she sniffed around. He wouldn't have said anything. It would have been rude to, besides, she reminded him of a little rabbit when she did sniff around over the mouthwatering scents of obscenely delicious food.
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Post by neverlandlostgirl on Mar 1, 2018 12:54:51 GMT
Anna was just nibbling the oven-hot slice experimentally, testing to see if it was cool enough to really start eating, when Axel made his inquiring. She took in a sudden breath and immediately began coughing as the food in her mouth logged in her throat.
She spent the next few seconds coughing into her napkin and then taking sips from her glass of water. Once she had managed to swallow the pizza properly, she looked up at Axel and spoke in a slightly choked voice.
"Why? What makes you think that?"
While her words were genuinely surprised, she couldn't help but think that a part of her had had the same thought. She had simply tried to ignore it, tried to chalk it up to something else. A streak of white in her hair was easy enough to deal with, but if her sense of smell had been altered it led to a bigger question. What else might have changed in her that she didn't know about?
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Post by skyeknight on Mar 1, 2018 16:34:47 GMT
"Sweetheart, you could smell a cigarette on me when I had barely gotten a few puffs out of it." Axel pointed out. "Sure, the smell lingers on people who smoke daily, but I only light up once or twice a month."
He stiffened when she had coughed, choking on her food. Luckily, she managed to recover. He didn't have to give her the Heimlich. That would be a pretty shitty date. But leave it to a demon to lower the bar. He rubbed the back of his neck and glanced to the side. He didn't do the science part of her attempt at that serum. Her miracle drug that could make an Other out of a human. Or perhaps awaken dormant genes in a human subject? He didn't know. It's why he stuck to serving cocktails and all his experiments were 'does this and this mixed together taste okay?'
"I might not have understood all the scientific stuff about your serum, but it was intended to give humans Other's abilities, right?" Axel questioned. "Maybe you're still sensitive after your treatment?"
She had injected the serum right into her blood stream. It made sense that without a full body blood transfusion there would be some remaining effects. It was like when druggies shot up. They still had the effects of the high including the cravings for more after they came down from their high. Except he really hoped that Anna wasn't going to try and go after the serum to experience that one all over again.
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Post by neverlandlostgirl on Mar 2, 2018 4:41:46 GMT
Anna dropped her gaze as Axel spoke, trying her best to listen while not letting her worries and anxieties get the best of her. And when he proposed that she might be sensitive after using the serum, she shook her head after a moments pause before forcing herself to look up into his face. She had known the time would come when they would have to discuss what kind of changes the serum had brought about in her... and the likelihood that they would be permanent.
"Yes..... yes, that's true. When I left the hospital a few months back, the doctors said that was a... a very real possibility. Only they couldn't say what the changes might be. And I don't know what they could be either. I mean, I know about my hair...."
Here she paused to twirl a single strand of the startlingly white part of her bangs around a finger before continuing slowly.
"And I guess a better sense of smell is possible, too. It's just.... I'm afraid to see what else might have changed. Don't get me wrong, I don't hold anything against Others and I did this to myself. It's just... what if I ended up with something like the bloodlust of a vampire? Or what if I turned into an animal like a were but didn't change back? Or what if Unseelie magic makes it so that anything I touch dies?"
She couldn't keep the note of fear out of her voice as she spoke, only too aware that the serum she had used on herself hadn't given her the best traits of Others but the worst. What if those traits remained? Or what if they changed her so that the thing that made her her was gone? She'd needed to talk with him about this for a long time but she had also been terrified about bringing it up. Now that the topic had finally been brought up, she wasn't sure just what to do.
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Post by skyeknight on Mar 3, 2018 19:08:43 GMT
"Anna, you're worrying about things that haven't happened yet," Axel reasoned. "If you're worried, we can find a doctor, one who can give you a second opinion."
Axel didn't have a lot of money to his name, but he was willing to pay whatever he had to for a doctor who could help soothe Anna's fears. Or if there was something to be concerned about, they could find treatment. He hadn't wanted her to be afraid. Her health was something to be concerned about considering how much that serum had wreaked havoc on her body. It very well could be that it hadn't left her entirely. Or maybe it was not yet out of her system. Either way, wishing to that damned genie wasn't going to help this time.
So Axel reached across the table, taking her hand in his. She had been afraid unseelie magic would kill the things she touched, and yet nothing happened when their hands met. Axel was willing to risk it. Besides, he could heal if he found himself some lava. It worked like a salve for him. Fire always did make him stronger. It was why many of his staff wondered why he hadn't ever become a firefighter. He could walk into an inferno unfazed.
"I'm sure you'd notice if you craved blood. You haven't had any were tendencies. And you haven't killed anything you touched." Axel said gently.
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Post by neverlandlostgirl on Mar 6, 2018 3:06:14 GMT
Anna nodded, knowing Axel was right and yet unable right then to look him in the eyes as she struggled with her own doubts and fears. She couldn't bare the thought that she might change into that monsterous being again yet like most horrible thoughts she couldn't banish it from her mind.
However, when she felt a warm hand take hers, she looked at it a moment before raising her blue gaze up to the green of the Fire Demon she loved.
His words were a comfort and his touch a balm to her worries. Just listening to his calm, slightly amused voice helped remind her that she couldn't let her fears run her life.
She managed to give him a half smile and squeezed his hand slightly.
"You're right. I guess I'm letting my worries overshadow my better thinking. It's just hard to get out of my own head sometimes."
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Post by skyeknight on Mar 6, 2018 16:41:49 GMT
"For now, let's take things one step at a time," he soothed.
And if she was worried, he would keep a sharper eye out for her. He didn't know what she had put into that serum of hers. What Others blood that also floated through her veins. But he would keep watch, make sure that if what happened before happened again, he was better prepared. All he had done was catch her last time. He had to let those two police officers take her to the hospital because he only had his motorcycle and he couldn't have subdued her and driven back into town. It left him feeling rather helpless.
He hated feeling helpless. He had wanted to save Anna from her serum but could only do a small part. But now, he was there to help her recover. She no longer looked like death warmed up. She was no longer weak and vulnerable. She was afraid, but he would be there to help however he could so she never had to feel that way again. That he promised her. He smiled.
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Post by neverlandlostgirl on Mar 10, 2018 3:59:18 GMT
Anna smiled back and for a time that was all they did, sit across from each other holding hands and smiling. To anyone else it might not have seemed like very much but to her it meant a great deal. To just know that Axel cared the way he did, that he would listen to her worries and doubts while at the same time helping to remind her that she wasn't alone in all of this. She had people who loved her, people willing to do a great deal to see her come out alright. And that was more then enough for the medical examiner.
"Well, lets dig. After all, it would be a shame to let good food like this go cold."
All the same she held on to Axel's warmer hand a moment longer before letting go and returning to her nibbled slice of pizza.
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Post by skyeknight on Mar 10, 2018 22:41:43 GMT
"Cold has never been a problem for me," he chuckled. "But you're right. It'd be a waste if we eat."
He took a bite of his food so she wouldn't have to worry. If it had been cold, he easily could have reheated it. But he didn't want to be too much of a showboat. He could heat her food if it got to be too cold for her but things were just fine. He smiled at her. She had finally relaxed a little, seemingly reassured enough that he promised he would be there to help her. If he could help her by just being there to listen, he would do it.
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Post by neverlandlostgirl on Mar 15, 2018 11:57:48 GMT
For a time the two of them simply ate their food in companionable silence, enjoying their respective dishes while also taking in the simple yet pleasant atmosphere of the restaurant. Anna found the pizza she had ordered quite delectable, picking up subtle hints of ingredients like basil leaf and the freshness of the tomatoes used in the sauce.
After eating nearly half of her food, she paused to drink some more water and continue speaking to Axel.
"So I heard through the grapevine that the Bilge Rats will be playing at the bar again now that Omar is back in action. I also heard they recently added a new member to the band, a singer."
Anna smiled as she spoke, only too aware of the fact that she knew all this already from the new singer herself. However, while Weiss had already informed her about this it was good to just talk about it with her boyfriend. In fact, it was just good to talk with him.
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Post by skyeknight on Mar 15, 2018 13:00:24 GMT
"That's right. I'm glad he's back." Axel said. "He's recovered and he can replace those temp bands I had to hire out to."
The temps were good, but they were no Bilge Rats. They had some ways to go before they reached that level of talent. Though, it was experience for them to get hired at other bars, which Axel was willing to give. He knew the importance of resumes and experience in his field. No one wanted to hire a band without even one performance with someone else. Too risky otherwise. Despite that, his regulars had been a touch peeved when Axel had hired out other bands, but he had to make a living. He had to make sure his staff was taken care of.
"The girl recently joined up." Axel shrugged. "Tiny little thing."
Granted, lots of people were tiny compared to him. Still, she looked and acted more like a dainty little princess than a singer in a group called the Bilge Rats. That being said, it was Omar's band. Axel just offered the venue. Omar could hire whomever he pleased.
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Post by neverlandlostgirl on Mar 18, 2018 3:59:01 GMT
"Sure, she might be tiny but I know for a fact that she's a lot tougher and stronger then she looks. Holding her own with Omar's band kinda proves that already, don't you think?"
Omar himself was mostly bark and no bite but some of his fellow band members could get a little rough even if they mostly meant nothing by it. Anyone looking at Weiss would probably think someone as sophisticated and 'uppercrust' as her would want nothing to do with people like those who played in the rock band. But of course they were wrong. She wasn't snobby and prideful and thought herself better because of connections or money. Everything that had happened since she had met the pale young woman only helped to prove that she was so much more then what her so-called 'parents' had passed her off as.
"And don't you think you're a little biased about the Bilge Rats? I mean, some of the performers that came in and played were actually pretty good. A little more practice and they might even be great."
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