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Daniel Hawthorne:
The evening was relatively young, the weather brisk and rather wintry despite spring's supposed arrival. Nonetheless the city's denizens were still out and about, including one who slipped his way into the Elysium's main meeting area. Dark eyes scanned for any familiar faces as Daniel removed some of the cold-weather ensemble, no longer needing them now that he was inside.
Floretta Williams:
Floretta had arrived maybe a few minutes earlier at the Elysium, bearing a box with some manner of movement within, small and noisy, likely kittens. She's wearing a pair of jeans, pink running shoes with fluorescent green lacing, a frilly tanktop with a plaid shirt worn open over it. Beside her, on the chair, is Herbert, watching carefully for the content of the box.
One look toward Daniel and she's waving him over. "Oh hey there, I found a box of cute near my haven and I'm waiting for a shelter to return my call."
Daniel Hawthorne:
Daniel's eyebrow arched as the sounds of mewling hit his rather keen ears, smiling a touch as he approached where she was sitting. "That so...must've been freezing out there."
Floretta Williams:
The kittens inside the box are all black cats, sleek and black and young, some tools for grooming and food are found inside. "They were, but herbert was a good source of heat and I already checked them out for fleas."
She greets Daniel with a waves and a smile. "I gave them water, but they don't eat yet and I don't have formula or anything, so, I'm waiting for shelter for further instructions and ideas."
"How are you?"
Daniel Hawthorne:
"Doing good, all told." He peered into the box, clearly mulling whether to try and play with them a bit but holding back from doing so just yet. "Busy with work and personal studies for the most part. Yourself?"
Floretta Williams:
"Been working on what I can do with the wedding with Guy and Petra." Floretta smiles and takes some time to contain a burst of movement from one of the kittens trying to get out.
"Otherwise, I'm working on learning some fighting technique, just in case."
Daniel Hawthorne:
"That was a good chunk of my time as well. The outfits came out great, though." He nodded with a smile, moving to help corral the kitten as it made a run for it. "Oh? What sort of style, out of curiosity?"
Floretta Williams:
"More of a street style of fight, something I can use my punching dagger with if I need it. ALso, something that can somewhat help me out when I'm in swarm form" Floretta says. "Or when in my animal form too, that would help brawling a bit."
Daniel Hawthorne:
"Imagine that'd be handy, yeah. I've well-versed enough in bladework but never pursued a specific style with it. Not that I've gotten into a scrap lately, mind, but you never know." He said with a smirk, knocking on the nearby table just in case.
Floretta Williams:
"Basically, I'm trying to learn to fight dirty, no point in being fair when I'm in crisis mode." A soft shrug. Floretta manages to contain the kittens for a bit until they settle back down, then her dog goes into the box as a source of heat and additional cute.
Daniel Hawthorne:
"Mmhmm. Getting out of the situation in mostly one piece wins out over honor more often than not. Lord knows I know that." A wry smirk graced his features, his hand briefly going to his neck where the scar of one such altercation had been etched in place by the curse of his blood.
"My great-grandmother had a cat when I was little." He said quietly, almost more to himself than to Floretta, as he looked back to the box and the kittens piling up around Herbert. "It seemed to like me well enough."
Floretta Williams:
"My great grandmother's my sire, I don't think she's ever had a cat. Not the kind of person to like small creatures." Floretta says with a little smile and shrug. "Your alterations still holding up, or did it come back?" she point to her own neck.
Daniel Hawthorne:
"To each their own. I'm...curious how they'd take to me nowadays, all things considered."
"No issues there." He replied with a smile, tilting his head a bit to reveal the smooth skin that the mage's reweaving had left behind. "Been keeping an eye out for it but so far everything seems to be holding up perfectly."
Floretta Williams:
Floretta stretches her arms out and sets the box to the side gently, so as not to wake or stir the animals again, then turns her attention toward Daniel. "Good to know, Glad you got something like that done for yourself."
"Got any plans for later tonight?"
Daniel Hawthorne:
"As am I. It was a risk, not knowing how the working would react to the Curse, but it was worth taking. Having to wear sunglasses 24/7 is a fair trade for getting my voice back." He said with a smirk, shaking his head at the question that followed. "Not particularly. Victoria's out with some friends tonight but she made me promise not to go back to the studio tonight, so here I am."
Floretta Williams:
"Who's Victoria, I think it's sort of the first time I hear you talk about." Floretta stretches again, resting against the table. "Sorry if I should already know, I might have just forgotten."
Daniel Hawthorne:
"My younger sister. She came here with me from Boston to help with what I wouldn't be able to during the day. Don't think you two have met yet, though, so no worries."
Floretta Williams:
"Oh, I heard you talk about your sister, I just don't think I caught her name before." Floretta seems to make sense of the situation.
Daniel Hawthorne:
"May not have mentioned it." He nodded quietly. "We were always pretty close, even with being as far apart in age as we were, and when things happened she was the only one who really stood by me rather than pity me like our parents did. That meant a lot, and still does."
Floretta Williams:
"Your parents know about what happened to you?" She asks, making a clear gesture to her teeth, as if to indicate the vampire condition. "Or am I misunderstanding?"
Daniel Hawthorne:
"Oh, they know." He replied, a bittersweet edge to the words. "I was supposed to be brought in by my regnant, with all the usual fanfare that comes with being a new Lord in the First Estate. Instead it was a back-alley Embrace by a Haunt with so little sense that he turned himself in with the hopes of getting some sort of reward for 'saving' me and ended up ashed for the illegal Embrace for his trouble. I would've followed suit if it wasn't for Lord Gardner's patronage."
Floretta Williams:
Floretta shakes her head at the story. "That sounds like a terrible mess, I'm happy you got out of it relatively intact." (brb)
Daniel Hawthorne:
"Coming here helped with that a lot, honestly. If I'd stayed in Boston I would've been under the cloud of that whole mess, bound up in bitterness and what should - could have been." The slip of the tongue brought a small smirk to the Haunt's face, amused more than anything. "Here I was able to forge my own path forward and reclaim my Requiem as my own, and you and the others with the Ordo here helped a lot."
Floretta Williams:
"Glad that we did, If you need any specific help, just let me know!" She smiles and stretches her arms out a little bit, reaching into the box to pet the top of her dog's head in the box.
Daniel Hawthorne:
"Will do." He nodded, glancing into the box and finally getting the nerve to place his hand inside, letting the kittens get a sniff and decide if he was something they wanted to deal with or not.
Floretta Williams:
"Do you know any Animalism? It helps a bit with the animals." The kittens seems to mostly try to dodge the touch, curious about it. Herbert on the other hand seems entirely happy to sniff and request pets.
Daniel Hawthorne:
"I do not, know. Never really came up on the radar." He smiled as Herbert expressed interest, reaching over to scritch the pup behind the ears.
Floretta Williams:
"Cats are a good first animal to try to learn on, if you're interested." Floretta chuckles "Dogs are good too, but I've heard cats are easier starters. I could show you if you want."
Daniel Hawthorne:
"Maybe...I have been looking for new things to study on that front. Been focused on the more physical disciplines lately, but branching out more isn't a bad idea."
Floretta Williams:
"Yeah I ought to find some way to get either celerity or vigor, Not quite sure yet." Floretta pokes inside the box with her hand, getting smacked by one of the the kitten. "Aww, little feisty one."
Daniel Hawthorne:
"Vigor came standard on my end. Celerity took more experimenting than anything, pushing the Beast in certain ways until it responded. Took a little work but it was worth the effort."
Floretta Williams:
"Could be fun to zip around my place and be done with chores faster, depending on blood consumption, I hear its pretty bad for celerity."
Daniel Hawthorne:
"Yeah, it can be if you push for the bigger speed bump and all that. The heightened reflexes don't require vitae use, though, and can be pretty handy on their own."
Floretta Williams:
"Good to know, I'll plan bigger meals if I want to try out that one." She takes a note on her phone real quick.
Daniel Hawthorne:
"Definitely helps...as does something soft to run into if you zip across a room too fast." He added with a smirk. "Ask me how I know."
Floretta Williams:
"How do you know? And what did get broken?" Floretta asks, when prompted, with a chuckle
Daniel Hawthorne:
"Nothing but my pride, thankfully." He chuckled in kind. "Victoria still doesn't let me live it down, though."
Floretta Williams:
"Well of course, that sounds like the purpose of a younger sibling." Floretta chuckles. "From what little experience I've had with people with siblings."
Daniel Hawthorne:
"Mmhmm. We both give each other hell but it's in good spirits."
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