New Home…Again (Nox’s House)

[Nox]

Definitely don't recommend the way I had mine removed!

The guys at Dueling Dragons are good. Did my original and a new peice.


[[ ooc: this was a tattoo place owned by Lucas, ck still has NPC working there but you could just write going there if you wanted and having someone else do it, I'm sure Sergei would have hired someone else after Lucas died. ]]

[Legione Sumus]

Liam Wilson

Liam shrugged. "I've never had good luck with that myself. It's just safe here. Ya know, not anyone here is gonna call me a freak for anything I just said. We never really went to school, or had friends, and we weren't even supposed to talk about it at home. No one's going to judge me based on the fact that my foster parents were monsters. That's what scares me most. This is the first safe place we've lived. There is no threat of being eaten alive, or roasted in a fire pit. Or fattened up weeks before you turn 18 and..." his voice trailed off. "No one talks about it. Ashton and Liv were lucky, they lived past 18. They are special, can keep working for the Blackthorns with added benefits. As a foster kid we lose all monetary value when we turn 18." Liam wiped tears away and turned to stare at the TV he'd missed some things, but he could always rewind it. "Even these horror flicks have nothing on the things we've all seen."

[Elyse]

I was gonna make that joke, but dark humor is new to me. thanks - I’ll check it out. Send you a pic when I get the new ink!

I’m sure Sage has already given you and Bruno Peter’s Atharim file. I’m gonna go through it today (if I can get Sage to send it to me) and give you some annotations on his habits and methods. I’ll send it to you when I’m done. Not that I don’t trust your skills. He bit off more than he could chew by doing this. Still whatever helps.

Elyse sent a message to Sage with a request for the file. This would give Nox a little more help. She turned to Liam, and compassion hit her golden eyes. She set her wallet down in the table and went over to him.

”I can’t imagine the horrors you all went through there. I’m glad you’re out and safe here. If there is anything I can do. Just ask. she gave him an encouraging and genuine smile. ”You look like you could use a hug. Would you permit a wolf girl who genuinely means well? If not - that’s okay.” she knew trauma victims sometimes were scared to be touched.

[Nox]

Nox knew it would do Elyse good to think she was helping, but Peter Anderson would never see his face, He'd never even know he was hunted. Unless he suddenly sprouted the ability to channel like a godling, he'd only think he was having a heart attack. It was best to do it in the comfort of a nights bedrest, but this man, he'd die painfully if he had any say in the matter.

All is a help. :thumbup:

Sage immediately sent over the file with a big smoking gun emoji

[Legione Sumus]

Liam Wilson

Liam gave her a half smile. "Hugs are nice. Not something we got often. I think I've been hugged here more than I've been hugged anywhere else." Nox had allowed Liam to hug him when they were alone with Lily. He seemed to need it as much as Liam did.

Liam chuckled. "I know I sound like a fan boi, but I owe Nox my life. I own him everything. My life had an expiration date on it. I was days away from being fed a steak dinner with all the fixings. They would season and prepare me for the ritual and then..." He didn't want to think about it, to say it. but he added. "I'd only see one before me. He was friend, a brother, taught me how to please the Blackthorns. And then he was just gone, like that." Liam snapped his fingers. "I have nightmares about it. What it would feel like to have my siblings watching as Ambrose slit my throat and they watched in silent horror unable to do anything other than watch lest they find themselves at a less than glorious death." Liam took a deep breath and fought back the tears. "He saved me and I don't even know how to pay him back. He wants us to do well in school to have friends, to be normal. But how can we be normal after that?" Liam started rambling. "Maybe that's why he's having us all home schooled, and making us go to Kallisti to be around people. Kallisti doesn't seem like a place kids should be, given what ya'll do, but its so much more home than home ever was."

The movie got to one of the jump scare parts and Liam jumped on cue having caught the moment has he looked up. His heart pounding in his chest, his pulse racing, even if everything was blurred with tears. "Don't tell the others I cried." He furiously wiped the tears from his eyes. "I'm the oldest, I can be strong for them, for Ash and Liv too, they had it rough for so long. They don't need to worry about me."

[Elyse]

Elyse listened, making sure to look at him as he spoke. She ignored the sound of her wallet. Nox could wait. Liam needed her to listen. The way she had needed Sage, Mae, and Anna to listen yesterday. She didn’t hold against him his need to release all the words that he had likely kept in for so long.

The movie was Avery movie and he jumped at the appropriate time and when he as done talking, she gave him an encouraging smile and wrapped him in a hug.

”Your secret is safe with me. Just remember - there is no shame in crying.”

Elyse released the hug and gave him another smile before standing, and heading back over to where Adrian stood. ”Horror movies, eh? I’m not so big on them myself. I’m more of a science-fiction/fantasy girl myself. Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Firefly - all classics now, but I don’t know I like the old stuff. Funny thing - people always told me I looked like the mechanic in Firefly - it’s actually how I chose my stage name.” She grinned. It was a true story.

Elyse went to the fridge and open it. Adrian joined her and spoke quietly so only she could hear. ”This shit real!? This kid speaking the truth,” he said.

”Very much so. Be nice to these kids, they’ve had a really rough beginning to life.”

”Shit…] he said keeping his voice down.

Elyse pulled out some eggs and bacon. She was hungry. ”Liam, I’m going to make some eggs and bacon - you want some? How about you, big guy?” she slapped Adrian on the shoulder with a grin.

”Big guy..?”

”You call me little wolf - I call you Big Guy…seems fair,” she said smiling before turning back to Liam. ”Seriously - eggs, bacon, and I could make you some toast too?”