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Thespis had returned the favor and invited Bones to his apartment. The addresses lead them to Center City, a upscale apartment complex. He gave the address to be around the upper most apartments, the decor of the building itself included several paintings, high quality furniture, wealth and taste seemed to be the overall choice in character.
Knowing the location, and THespis' job and reputation, she decided to help him out. She wore her blue dress with jewelry up the wazoo. The Obrimos' body seemed more graceful than ever, and her charisma was through the roof. She would waggle her hips in that super-model walk as she moved through the lobby with her heels.
Eventually getting upstairs to Thespis' apartment, Bones knocked on it with a a brilliant smile and waited.
"It's open," a voice called from inside
Bones flowed through the door, pirouting to close the door, letting the dress flare out a bit. She smiled as she looked for Thespis.
"Upstairs." he shouted, sure enough this was a two floor apartment, a spiral staircase in the middle of the place leading upstairs, from what Bones could see of the downstairs might speak of Thespis, but he's a Guardian so it could be not revealing of him the slightest. Plasma screen tv, pool table, vintage movie posters, some photo's are arrayed on the walls, as slightly younger Thespis with what one would assume are Los Angeles movers and shakers, small nick-knacks like a Bong on the living room table, some replica swords from Lord of the Rings and Game of Thrones are displayed on the wall, is that the Infinity Gauntlet?
She followed the voice, though she did observe the room(s) as she did, "Thes?"
Thespis was currently hanging upside down from an exercise machine, trying to pull himself up, dressed only in workout leggings, that is indeed a sixpack. "Could ya hand me some water, it's in the mini-fridge." he gestures to his head a mini-fridge in the corner of the workout room. "Welcome, hope finding the place wasn't hard." he offers, "Sorry, I like to fill in at least an hour of exercise, ya caught the tail end."
"No worries. I do my exercise on my roof in the middle of the night. Life magic can be handy..." and she moved to the fridge and bent down to open and grab out a bottle before bringing it back to her cadremate.
He managed to get down and took the bottle, giving her a nod. "So, the band needs a name." he says before taking time to look her over, chuckling, "Someone sure dressed up, you look good Doc." he grins as he drinks from the bottle, half of it already gone.
"We certainly do, and I thoguht a Talent Agent might benefit from a super graceful, super charismatic and suave woman coming to their home."
he laughs, "He would, he really would." he walks down stairs, "This will be a first for me, multi-order and all, my old group was all Guardians." he offers, "I think this will be a interesting learning experience, all the qualities of the dragon brought to the table, and the free council due to the wild cat we have."
She giggles at that and nods, following him, "They are part of the dragon, I think. A pentacle works much better to describe magic, the realms, everything, after all. Just perhaps they inherited it in a different way and time..."
A grin on her face, "What's new with you?"
"Looking into getting Kenzie work," he shrugs, "We're looking into an extra role on season sixteen of Always Sunny, at this point exposure is what we're focusing on." he sits on the couch, "Otherwise, I'm joining a Cadre with two gorgeous people, I'm starting to see why it's always sunny in Philadelphia." he chuckles, "Now we just need to think of a catchy name, something along the lines of the great teams, Justice League or Power Rangers." he laughs
"My selfish suggestion is Truth Seekers," as a blush rose at the other comments.
"Hmm," he thinks, "It's a decent name, but I always leaned to symbolic references," he pats the spot on the couch next to him, "If Truth is our theme, I would suggest. . .the Scions of Aletheia, alot of my own working mix in Greek symbolism and language," he admits
"Well, Tommy did discover those ruins," she mused, "And I'm fairly certian Aperture would be happy to go with a lot of the options. Let's just keep thinking, and we can nail it down for sure. Perhaps in time for the equinox."
"Did they now?" he raises an eyebrow, "Clearly the good doctor is talented as well as attractive, would you be willing to make a biopic?" he asks, "Truth Seekers, Scions of Aletheia," he thinks, "Light Bringers, Keepers of Knowledge." he spit balls, "Children of Veritas, Order of the Dawn."
"I like the Veritas theme. We'll have to ask Aperture," a bob of the head "You don't look too bad yourself, Mister 6 pack and smile."
"Children of Veritas then?" he nods before smiling, putting an arm around Bones, "Well, you know what they say, you can't go far in Entertainment without sex appeal, plus, have you ever lived in a coastal city, my teen years where spent around Santa Monica, if I didn't develop some kind of beach body," he laughs, "Try juggling both Drama Club and Swim Team, with the addition of apprenticing under an eccentric recluse who had a penchant for psychedelics." he continues laughing at the absurdity of his youth
A brow piqued at the arm, initially, but she settled into it naturally enough.
"I do a lot of literal juggling, pacing, climbing, and even throwing and archery these days... for my athletic pursuits. I prefer, though, the sprinting swimming, and throwing knives or darts or axes..."
A bob of her head, "Though I still keep up on my studies of martial arts and staff or knife play. So all of that keeps me in shape. WHen I don't change my shape."
"Oh! One thing I wanted to let you know, is if you had tools that you wanted perfected, I could do that for you."
"Axes?" he raises a eyebrow, "Combine with Archery and Magic, you have the post-apocalypse cleared." he jokes, "My studies currently involve the Arcana, made some progress with Forces and Time, I'm considering looking more into Fate, the basics have been useful on the job." he muses, "I looked into the Armory as you suggested, ordered some materials I need." he hints, "Oh, I suggested something to Kenzie I want to shoot by ya," he shifts, "I got two 70 inch plasma's and the latest game systems, here me out, Cadre Game nights!"
"You saw my setup full of games. I'm for it. I'll even not use forces to cheat," a wink, "ANd yeah. THere's bars that you can go to? THrow axes at targets. It's fun as hell."
"Do these bars serve mead?" he chuckles, "Please, do cheat by the way, it makes it interesting." he winks back, "I imagine we'll use your library as a hub, I still need to set up a proper sanctum, my only concern would be your father, how would you explain me and Kenzie showing up all the time?"
"Well Kenzie's moved in, so. I also have my other guest rooms, one of which is used when needed by Peri..." a scratch of her jawline, "But mainly he's kinda used to strange hours and enterances in and out. I just don't do magic on the first floor unless I know he's not around."
"So your library would be a decent hub," he nods then smiles, "If that's an offer to crash whenever, I'll take it, you and Kenzie are free to crash here if needed of course." he smiles, "It get's lonely sometimes but I think that's becoming a thing of the past." he stands up and walks to the kitchen, "I'm being a terrible host, you need something to eat of drink, I'm stocked up on soda and alcohol, also got plenty of snacks, what's your desire?"
"Do you want a room in the living area with mine, Peri and Kenzies, or one on the third? The Closest to the Bedrooms are good on the second yet, and the rooms upstairs are all open."
She smiled and was clearly making mental notes at his answers.
"Very Lucifer Morningstar, Mastigos. I desire to have some coffee and some sort of baked good if you have any."
"I'll take it in the living area, if it's dedicated mind if I stop by and add some personal touchs?" he asks as he brews some coffee, pours a whiskey for himself and brings out some Brownies, "Baked these yesterday, should still be good," he puts down the Brownies then blinks, "Ok, so the right half are space cakes, the left half are normal, just putting that out their." he says taking one from the right side and eating it
"It's yours, far as I'm concerned. Just no drugs in the house, I think..." and then munched on one of the right half brownies with the coffee.
Her eyes studied Thespis in a way that seemed more personal, and more professional both than previously. Before they were distant colleagues, now they're chosen family.
he makes a mental note at taking the right side, "Your castle, your code my lady." he smiles, "Here, recreational use is allowed and encouraged, if someone wants to stay sober that's fine as well." he says, studying his new Cadremate, "So, do you have any last questions you need of me, I'll answer anything that won't violate any previous NDA's with my own order." he says smiling at her
"No. I think. I think I"m good. Though, I'd warn you off Kenzie. I just don't think it'll work, observing some of the connections and what not. You're sweet, and she'll go with the flow, but I think it'll be a little water/oil mixture if it gets sexual."
his smile slightly falters but manages to stay, "Wow, you really know how to wait till the last minute," he chuckles, and leans back staring at the ceiling, "Care to elaborate?" he asks
"Just. SHe's very ... in the moment, very focused on the freedom of fate and time, as an acanthus. You're very focused on plans, and emotions and connections. It's kind of opposite sides of things, in its way."
"That's true, but I can also do purely physical if that's the only connection," he muses, "Let me ask you, you said your dating a vampire but you also have a benefits friendship with Kenzie, how do you do that?" he asks before sitting up, "I'll confide in you, I think I'm done 'love', it fucked me over once so the reason I'm into Kenzie, is the freedom, if it's a fast and loose thing then it won't bite me in the ass like she did." he shrugs, "But if you think I can't handle that, then I'm all ears."
"I just... I'm polyamorous. I have more love for those that I develop connections to. Sometimes it's just friends with benefits. Sometimes it's a BDSM relationship. Sometimes it's a mixture.... I'm just less worried about some things, since... Life magic."
"I'm bi and poly," he thinks, but sighs, "We're in a Cadre now, so I shouldn't hold things back, me and Kim had a connection but we had others who we would fuck, always came back to each other. . .it's just because of that her defection just, ugh." he grips his head, "I was blinded and didn't see it coming, it's my fault their dead because I didn't fucking pick up the red flags."
"Hey," she hugged him tight, "That was the past. That trauma remains, that pain remains, but you're here now. You're with us now. You're in this city now. Don't give up the Hope of love. You never know. I know a vampire and a changeling that bonded over their mutual dislike of my girlfriend."
"Hatred brings people together," he laughs, "I'm not looking for a connection anymore, I just want to enjoy myself and try to live for me, and the Cadre." he then blinks and looks to Bones, "BDSM huh, Dom or Sub?" he asks with a slight grin
"Switch. For example, Kenzie is my submissive. I am her Master. I have submissive relationships with a Lost and a Mage. More dominant with a Lost and my girlfriend..." she still held him, leaning to kiss his cheek.
"Dom," he replies smiling at the kiss, putting an arm around her, "I'll consider your advice, but I want to try the freedom and no strings she brings, I genuinely think that would be something good for me where I am at my life," he gives her a kiss on the cheek to, "Just as much as I'm wondering if you'd like some fun." he grins
"Of course. I'm just reminding you, she doesn't do relationships, and if it doesn't mesh sexually, I'd rather set the bar low and you exceed it than you get your hopes up and crash once more..."
She laughed as well as she thought, "A Mastigos, a Dom? You don't say? As to us... it's possible. I need that connection most of the time. Kind of Demi that way. Or at least be in the moment... I don't knwo. Hard to say."
"Understandable, you just seem like you can be such a good girl, or a good boy depending on how you feel," he says caressing her cheek, "But if your one for connections then maybe we can build one as we work together." he says softly, just admiring Bone's beauty at the moment
"Exactly, though I will give you this," and gave a soft kiss to his lips after the cupping of her cheek, "To keep you hopeful."
he grins at the kiss, "Well, Doc, I look forward to working with you, we should talk with Kenzie some time on the Theme and Name, Children of Veritas seems to be the main contender." he laughs, "I think this is the start of something wonderful, once we find two others for the other paths it will be perfect," he thinks, "Maybe look to the other Orders, keep up the diversity of it?"
"Indeed. And Adamantine Thyrsus would be a dream I think. Though we also have the Children of the Tree here that could fit well of course."
"One Child should be needed, do they have any Solitaire Moros?" he asks, taking a sip of his Whiskey, "Arcana skills should also be considered, I need a teacher in Prime and Life, Matter is just not for me."
"Second Degree Master Bones of Magic, Master of Prime and Forces," she quotes the first part of her title, "A pentacle or a six pointed star would be very interesting."
"Master of Mind, Disciple of Space and Forces, Apprentice of Time, and Initiate of Fate and Death," he intones, "I like a wide skill set, it comes in handy," he shrugs, "Maybe you could tutor me in Prime, always wanted a hot tutor." he chuckles
A brow piqued, and celestial fire cloaked her skin and clothing, "Like this?"
He chuckled, "No but that just shows your hotter than the sun babe." He laughs, "I would like you to teach me, would you care to learn mind, far warning, drug use was a learning tool I used and do find helpful."
"I have others teaching me Mind. Should I need it. Currently, working on my new Legacy and the way it changed my soul. Spirit is now mine, as much as Prime and Forces are..." as she looked at the EPhemeral realms, like where his Goetia resided.
He nodded, "Understood, been thinking on joining a Legacy myself, I have my eye on one in particular." He hints, if Bones was looking for N'kai, she was sitting on the couch and leaning against Thespis, looking like she's watching a soup opera that is his life
"N'Kai, my lovely. Perhaps one day you and I can spoil Adam here," she said specifically using his Name for the first time, that hint of Spatial Connections there.
She looks at her and grins, "Maybe," she purs and moves over to Bones, "Can you keep up with us pet?" She asks purring into her ear, Thespis chuckled
"I think she likes you." He smiles, "She's like a cat, she'll try to get you to play but may end up biting your hand."
"May I?" she looked to Thespis, "I have ideas."
He grins, "Be my guest, she's been uppity ever sense the move."
She took a deep breath, and used some of their combinations of various knowledges of Ephemeral, and decided to give the Goetia a bit of a boost. She spoke in High speech and pulled a (perfected) stone wand out of her satchel. And.... let the Truth of Magic spread through the area.
When it failed, Bons took adeep breath and shook her head, before trying again. This time it shook the astral twilight with it's strength, flowing into N'Kai.
Thespis would notice some of hte words being "Rank." "Bolster" etc in the High Speech.
N'kai grins wildly and predatory
"You choose well Addy," she purs, wrapping her arms around bones and nuzzling against her, "Can I keep her daddy, can I keep her, I promise I won't break her."
And just to prove they could, as N'kai touched their pattern, they pushed their energy against her. Just enough to sting. (1B)
"Remember, I am like him, and a Master at my own magics, and not bad with mind either."
Thespis laughed and N'kai winced but still held Bones
"I'm sorry mistress, I'll be good." he whined with puppy eyes, adapting
"Like I said, she's a cat. . .actually a Leopard would be a better analogy," he leans over and pats the Familiar on the head, "We've been together, god, five years?" he looks to N'kai who nods
"That would be it, since I found you sobbing on a hospital bed," he looks to Bones, "Like you said, open with your Cadre, you can share with them." she continues to nuzzle against Bones while Thespis looks evenly at the Goetia
"I would say keep your mouth shut but your right." he offers laying back and sipping the whiskey
SHe spanked the Goetia's demonic ass and then turned to focus on the Mastigos, "So right now, I coudl be a movie star, you think?" a laugh as she used her magically enhanced grace and presence to dance, much better than expected.
"I would say so, you got talent and a natural charisma, and you're knockout, a total heart throb for everyone," he thinks, "And of course perhaps you could explain as a pair of twins, but I'd be concerned if your feeling as one when the other needs to shoot." he smiles, enjoying the dance, "Doc, you and Kenzei both have this natural charisma, maybe it's what drew you to each other, but the freedom and truth you preach is what the movies need." he says getting up and getting into an invisible rhythm dancing as well, "I'm honored to work with you."
N'kai pouts at being left out
She reached behind to grasp N'kai's hand, not leaving her out in the dance.
"I know, right now it's the magic. I don't normally have it for me. No skill in oration, dance or what not... just using my supernatural grace and charisma," a giggle, "For a Truth Seeker, I do tend to fake some things."
"Truth is fluid," he offers moving closer, "My view is that we are who we say we are, our own truths is all that should matter to us," he says, "The truth is the lie we all agree on, most lies are truths we simply disagree with or reject because as Truth they are harmful or we just wish to ignore them." he says, sandwiching N'kai between the him and Bones
"Take my lovely assistant, she is truth, a being of the supernal, she is what she is." he says, petting N'kais chin, "You can ask about her, she likes you so she's fine with you poking around." he assures
"Goetia, Obviously. Not Fully supernal... and yet there's something else there. Your mind? The Astral? Where is your origin N'kay?" and she followed the question with a kiss, and not a tame one. Making out with the very goetic cooncept of sex? why not.
she moans into the kiss, "Addy just likes to build up my ego," he grins putting her arms around Bones, "Don't mind him, he's a sweet talker but knows his stuff about us." she smiles "Temenos is my home, I found Adam after the attack, imagine my surprise finding a poor young human, one so fueled by desire and duty, on the brink of deaths door, his love turning into hate, his desire for her shifiting into desire for revenge, I just had to see how it would play out!" she cackle, "So here I am, audience to the Tragedy that is Thespis the Broken." he grins
"....Pandemonium is such a weird fucking realm," she says, full Obrimos voice.
"Addy?" looks between the two, "Her pet name, or common nickname?"
"Mix between a pet name and a taunt," he admits, "Kim's pet name for me, she just likes to get a reaction out of me, but it's good, I need to be poked and prodded, if she can get me to react then anyone can." he shrugs, " and moves over to a photo, picking it up and handing it to her, about five people in Beverly Hills, in the middle was an older man who had big 'guru to the stars' vibes, amulet with some symbols that seemed Atlantean, on either side to him where four others, on the left was a Latino man, a blond woman who wouldn't be out of place on a fashion run, and on the right side was a younger Thespis, about eighteen or nineteen, and holding on to him was a Korean girl of the same age, maybe year or two older.
"The Keepers of the Key," he sighs, "Kirk found all of us, broken in our own ways and made us a unit, it was a wild time but we did good work." he smiles, "All good things come to an end though." he puts it down, "N'kai found me after the ambush, I don't know if it was due to emotion or sloppy work, but I was left breathing, "Kim said she found an artifact that needed to be taken in, her info was good so we went to extract it, but the Eye was waiting for us." he breaths, "I was in a hospital bed next thing I knew, he motions to his abdomen, "It healed thanks to some Life users, but I was fucked up pretty bad, scar tissue thankfully is gone."
She put her hand on his chest and embraced him once again, "Then you will be Adam, or Thespis or maybe Thesp to me."
"Thesp works," he smiles hugging them back, "Of course my survival eventually brought questions," he sighs, smiling at her, "As I said, guilt by association, it fucking sucks." he sits down, "Did you have a old Cadre or is this your first group?"
"FIrst Cadre, first Consilium even," she smiled to him, "i've been dedicated to the mysterium. Traveling from Caucus to Caucus. Unlike many organizations, my position is recognized globally, with certain traits."
She crawled in his lap.
he smiles and rest a head on her shoulder, "I can play the diplo game for the Cadre as well as provide resource, leave it to me to provide the cash and use my silver tongue." he says wrapping his arms around her, "I'm a pretty good agent." he chuckles, "So I can do that role."
"I also, if you can tell by the eimprovements to my house, fairly wealthy. I've a knack for investing, and I get paid well for my job. And of course paid for my Mystical job...." a shrug, "I will maintain the Home, of course, and I guess be the Heart."
"True," he admits, "I'm just used to providing resources, If you choose to be the Heart then I'll take the role of the Hand," he grins, "My Agency will be a good wealth generator, and I'm planning the foundations for the cult, the Children of the Muses," he nuzzles against their neck, "I want to make a society of artists, actors, and musicians, throw wild parties as a cover and attract folks and cultivate a circle of people who see acting as I do, I way to impose our truth on reality."
"I don't like the word Impose, but that's a matter of ORder differences, I think," she replied, stroking his hair with one hand while allowing him to nuzzle her, "You're okay cutie, you're okay."
"Shift then," he whispers, "Influence, maybe, something along those lines." he purrs a bit as she strokes he hair, "So I am cute, am I?" he teases, "You don't have to be apart of the Children, like I said, but your free to come to the parties, I still need to find people to join with me, preferably artists of some kind as well as sleepwalkers or some other supernatural."
"I would ask Ella, the Lost, as she is a Musician... Polly Romantic, Sirius' fiancee... also a musiscian. Maybe they'd be willing to help."
"Met Polly, I knew Sirius from LA, that was a surprise." he says, "I'll ask them, maybe put a post in that waffle house," he thinks, "I asked Kenzie her thoughts and want to hear yours, what's your thoughts on us Gaurdian's, the kitten seems to think we're the Trump supporters of magic." he chuckles
"I... I'm Mysterium so the destruction of some artifacts... well, I understand, as a Master of Prime, when some things need to be destroyed. Knowledge or items... but it just... it's anathema to me. I also dislike the casual nature of death. Like... I get reincarnation from a religious view or what not, but I ... I don't like anything having to die."
"I understand your views," he thinks, "It's like I told Kenzie, we fucked up Atlantis, it made the Exarchs and my extension the Abyss, I don't want to Make Magic Great Again, I want to keep it from hurting people or making monsters of men, anymore than they already are," he thinks, "If an artifact needs to be destroyed then so be it, a small sacrafice to keep the garden healthy, as for death," he stares a bit, his eyes seeming to be a pools of water, your reflection is all you can see against it, "I've killed people Bones, I remember the faces, names too if I knew theirs, but it's something that needs to be done. . .and we do it so you don't have to get your hands dirty," he turns her around on his lap so she's facing him, he looks up to her, "You and Kenzie, your souls are so filled with light and potential, you two will go on to learn and find so many mysteries of the supernal, mine's bloodstained and I'll be judged for my sins, we all will, but if it keeps you two clean, then I'm ready to do it."
"Oh, just change your religion then. There are Gods that would accept that. I've met a few. Kali is pretty nice."
he smiles, "It's not that easy, I truly believe in the Order Bones," he says cupping their cheek,"I've already made my peace with myself, please don't try to change me." he cocks his head, "If the Eye's where unnecessary, why keep them in the Pentacle?"
"I admit the need. I've seen those fall to the Seers, the Scelesti, or simply the Left Hand. And sometimes there's no way to fix what is broken. And when you have the cosmic power that we do... imprisonment? Ha."
She rocked on his lap a little bit, "There's a need. Yes. I just prefer to uplift. WIngs you know."
"And that's what makes you beautiful." he says, "Let me be the shadow to the Cadre's light, that's all I ask of you and Kenzie, let me do the dirty work so you don't have to."
"That's why I'm sending you into the waters of the Consilium Politics. Sharks that would eat me alive."
"And I'll fulfill my duty." he nods, leaning a bit close to her then stopping, an inch from her, "If any threat comes to our new family, I'll deal with it, quickly and without mercy." he whispers, a touch of ruthlessness in his voice, "And that extends to those you love and care for, same with anyone Kenzie cares about, threats to your friends and family and threats to me."
A generic pen flew from somewhere in the apartment to their hand. THen with it in hand, she focused, and it simply atomized. The molecular energy unmade.
"If someone comes for us... Mommy Panther comes out with all the claws."
"You have no idea how sexy that makes you sound," he chuckled, "I'll admit, I want to drag you to the bedroom, but like you said, you prefer a better connection." he continues to admire her, "So for now, I'm content to bask in your radiance."
"One of my girlfriends, you might remember, Umi? She taught me a trick..." and with a little life magic, suddenly she had the ears, fur, and even a tail peaking out from the dress, of a black panther/jaguar. A catgirl in person.
"It sounds hot, but does it look hot?"
he blinks and stands, lifting her, "Say anything, cause otherwise I'm carrying you to the bedroom." he says, his workout pants are any indicator he means what he says, offering Bones an out, "Otherwise say nothing."
"Anything..." and she slipped out of the grasp.
he nods, "Sorry." he says, putting his hands up, "Just. .. fuck that's hot."
"It's okay, I know I'm teasing a lot. I just... it's in my nature now, my Thespis. And we are a fairly close cadre, for not even being named."
She cupped his face, "Maybe soon, but not yet. I'm working through my self biases about your Order, and other things that still tint the lens."
"Of course." he smiles, "I can tease just as well, just a bit worked up at the moment," he places a hand on hers, "If you want it, just have to say so and if you think you don't want it, it changes nothing in my feeling or loyalty to you or the Cadre." he grins, "I do hope I prove worthy of the honor," he teases then a cackle for N'kai
"I'll be in the bag too." the succubus laughs, flying above them
"You, I might just summon to my Oneiros sometime," she teased the Goetia.
To Thespis, "Thank you, Thespis, Adam."
he smiles and gives a bow, "The play of the Children of Veritas, name pending, shall be legendary, the performance of my lifetime." he exclaims, "Thank you Bones, for giving me a new home." he smiles brightly
"I'm going to go check on Kenzie. She's probably on some high right now that she doesn't want to shake..." and she headed towards the door.
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