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Post by dakota on Apr 17, 2006 20:45:08 GMT -5
Jason thought about the video, but the puzzled look on his face gave away what he was thinking. " Maybe if I saw it." He said as they entered the shop. Alice's smile was infectious and he sprouted one of his own, but when he saw the stack of clothes she had, he let out a sigh." Guess I'll go park and make myself comfy." He rolled towards the doorway and pulled out his cellphone as she departed.
" That sounds good to me." Tyler stretched , locking his fingers behind his head and closing his eyes. " It'll take me that long to figure out how to tell Fel she isn't going and a good reason for it." He chuckled slightly," You owe me a favor for giving you that ride yesterday, how about you tell her for me so I can start running now?"
Dexy tried to stay quiet, but she couldn't help but stir. She nudged the bed slightly., growing impatient. " C'mon Maria." She said lowly. " Wake up, we need to talk, I found out why they did this to us, I think. And maybe who was behind it."
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Post by Mierin on Apr 17, 2006 20:54:00 GMT -5
Alice's smile wilts a little but she only nods and says "Ok" and heads into the change room. She quickly tries on the two tops and shorts and ascertain that they fit. She folds them neatly into a pile and tries on the dresses. They both fit and she decides to keep wearing one of them - it's white and has little blue flowers on it, and comes with a cardigan the same shade of blue as the flowers on the dress. She then tries on the other sundress, a plain red one and folds it in the pile of clothes. She then fingers the bikini and almost decides to just put it away without trying it on, but decides to try it on just for fun. It has strings that tie around her neck and a pair of shorts. It is dark against the contrast of the paleness of her skin and Alice grins thinking it looked nice.
Poking her head out the door, she says to Jason "Ok, I'm almost done. I just want your opinion on something." She then opens the door and reveals the bikini she is wearing. Alice almost looks a bit nervous as she asks "So, what do you think?"
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Post by dakota on Apr 17, 2006 20:59:01 GMT -5
" OK" Jason mumbled before dropping his cellphone as he looked up at Alice, caught off guard. He forced himself to speak as he struggled to retreive it. " Really makes me want to go to the beach." He beamed, not holding back his approval.
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Post by Mierin on Apr 17, 2006 21:11:48 GMT -5
Alice's grin returns full force and she can't keep herself from giggling at Jason's reaction. "Oh, sorry, didn't know you were still on the phone." She walks over to him and picks up the phone. Glancing at the screen, she hands it back to him. "Here you go. I'll let you finish up and I'll be out in a minute." Alice then heads back into the changing room and comes back out a couple of minutes later in the dress she had decided to wear for the evening. She then sits on one of the benches and waits quietly for Jason to finish his phone call, wondering who he was talking too and why it was so important that he felt he had to call them in the middle of their date.
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Post by Renekin Skywalker on Apr 18, 2006 10:01:34 GMT -5
William let himself fall into a light doze stretching out like a cat in a sunny widow. "Sure. I've taken bullets for you before. But I get to tell her my own way. And you know what that means." He chuckles, stretching out.
"I'm more worried about coralling Eric and Maria to focus on this next step. We probably should have gotten Jason and Alice to keep a look-out for likely places while they were in town."
William's restful look settles into a thoughtful town. "Are McCotler's boys known to recruit like we used to?"
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Post by shiivster on Apr 18, 2006 18:14:53 GMT -5
*the eyes snap open, as the field jumps up in the first panics about where she is kicks in .. and then sucks it in quick. Maria then turns the head about, trying to see what woke her and why she isn't freaked like she normally is. 'who .. ? .. oh hi Dexy'
*strange thing about Maria, the color of the eyes has returned to normal, as has the inky black skin. then as she sits up, flinches a bit and then gasps as pain washes over the back for some reason. 'glad you came back. i .. everything went rotten after you left. did you know ..? nothing, don't worry about it. if i don't say it, then he won't try to kill me. really hope someone guts the old guy soon .. cause i won't talk to him'
'sorry .. *noting the look of irritation on Dexy's face. Sparks goes quiet again and waits
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Post by dakota on Apr 19, 2006 0:06:06 GMT -5
Dexy grins and sits up. " I've got no love for him either, but we need him as much as he needs us. That old coot is a pain in the butt, but somehow he'll manage to get us all out of this mess. He's got a knack for it. Our family tried to get rid of him after he screwed up business for Uncle Ellis." She laughed " El had a fit when Black got out of the fix he set up."
" But we can talk about him later, I've got something more important we need to discuss." She reached on the bureau and took the picture of Dexy before she changed and someone else. The man bore a striking similarity to both the old Dexy and Maria. She asked lowly as she pointed to the man. " This is my cousin Tony. Have you ever seen him before?" Dexy became very serious as she looked at Maria. " I'm pretty sure he's your father."
" Are you kidding?" Tyler exclaimed. "You're about as subtle as a rhino in heat. I'll get clobbered for sure if I let you do that." He chuckled at Will. " I think the kids will do okay. They've adjusted better than I expected already. Better than Trev and Ashley did, or should I say are still doing." He rolled his eyes., then sighed at the last question. " You got me, I've avoided that jerk like the plague since I got out. And I think Jason went to him, so he won't be any help. Why, what are you scheming?"
Alice got a good look at the name Mac on the caller ID before handing it over. When she sits down, he ends his call. " Sorry." He apoligized as he tucked it in his pocket after turning the ringer off. " I like it." He smiled as he took the rest of the clothes and laid them across his lapand started towards the register. He passed them up to the clerk, and said nothing as the total began to add up. Before Alice could open her purse, he pulled out his wallet and paid cash for the clothes without making a dent in the amount of money he had.
As they rolled out of the boutique, he glanced at his watch. " Okay, where to next?"
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Post by Renekin Skywalker on Apr 19, 2006 7:11:35 GMT -5
"Well." William says, "It's more worry. Alexandra Weatherby was a hot commodity, especially after the war. All the governments in the free world tried to recruit her. Her privacy only came when we leaked a psych profile that said she wouldn't be able to cope with continued covert work after the war. She's been happy ever since."
William opens his eyes looking up. "Alice is more advanced and varied than her grandmother, and has remained hidden from the prying eyes of governments and agencies for her entire life. Probably Alexandra's influence. The first organized group to grab her will not be as nice as we have been. I owe it to Alexandra to keep our- to keep her granddaughter safe." He turns and looks at Tyler, with a very serious face. "And if she's betrayed, the ripples will be deadly."
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Post by Mierin on Apr 19, 2006 7:53:51 GMT -5
Alice looks a little uncomfortable at the total 'I could have sworn that was on sale' she thinks to herself. "Thank you," she says quietly to Jason, though she looks a bit distracted as her mind was wondering about the mysterious phone call Jason had been on while she had been getting changed.
At jason's questions about where to go next, Alice opens her mouth, intending to suggest they put the clothes in the car and then head over to the theatre. Instead, what comes out is "Who's Mac? And what did you have to talk to him or her about that was so important?" Alice winces, and then falls quiet as she wonders how Jason will answer.
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Post by dakota on Apr 19, 2006 9:57:59 GMT -5
Taken aback, Jason pulled his phone out and brought up his call log, which showed fourteen missed calls, all but one from the same Mac. " That's why I called him. Mac is one of the guys I used to work for." Jason replied, rubbing his chin with his thumb. " He wanted to tell me that someone hacked his network. He's not sure what information they got, but that my file was still in there so I should watch my back." He shrugged. " Mac's always been a worrywart, so I humoured him. Why, who'd you think I was calling?" He nudged her slightly with his elbow and a grin. " Honestly, we're out for a first date, and you think I'm cheating. Gah," he shook his head, his grin blowing out to a full blown smile as he looked up at her. " You brits are a paranoid lot, aren't you?"
" What, you think Jason would turn her over to MacColter?" Ty looked at Will wide eyed. " That's crazy talk, old man. For one he knows better than to force her into something like that, and two, he didn't that that getup he wears so he can walk. If he was going to go back to MAc, he would have taken it with him. I think Jas is sincere about his feelings for Alice. I'm more worried that whatever he did for Mac might come back to bite us. Remember how many enemies we made in the old days thanks to him?"
He paused a minutes, then gave Will an odd look. " You said our... you don't mean Alice is...?" He trailed off, the ramifications floating in his head apparent in the look he gave Will.
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Post by Renekin Skywalker on Apr 19, 2006 11:36:10 GMT -5
"Most of those enemies were political, thanks to his misdirection." William answers. "He's no fool and he has your brother in retainer, as well as such charming miscreants as Malloy under his control. Plus, he's tracked Dmitri down, and he was an unkown. So it will only be a matter of time before he finds Jason again. And he gets those two, and he'll have enough leverage to push at east the two of us around." William looks into the sky again, pensive. "The world is an interesting place, as ever, Tyler."
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Post by Mierin on Apr 19, 2006 12:33:57 GMT -5
Alice looks taken aback for a second and she stutters "I wasn't.. I mean I didn't.. " Alice scowls at Jason, but finds she can't keep it up for very long before she feels herself grinning sheepishly. "I was just curious and apparantly can't keep my big trap shut." Alice blushes a bit and stares at the ground.
After a second, she remembers something and asks "Do you mean MacColter? Is that who you were talking to? Felicia mentioned his name once, something about NSA and Control, whatever that is." Alice shrugs and then continues "I figured I'd just put this stuff in the car and then we can go to the movies, if you still wanted to go."
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Post by shiivster on Apr 19, 2006 13:12:50 GMT -5
*stares at the photo for a while and then looks up at Dexy and shrugs* 'maybe. mom said .. oh, well now i'm not sure .. but i think she said she wasn't married. so anyone could be my father i guess. your cousin? .. he's sorta nice looking. he's got kind eyes' *then sets the picture down carefully and rests her chin on the bent knees. 'i'm not sure what i can tell you. i was taken off the street. i thought it was mom. i know she got money. and there were three voices. her and two guys. i heard a bang and then .. nothing but, well the darkness and the whispers .. and that happened for years. i was little when they got me .. and big when i .. i think they let me go to die or something. dunno anything else.' *looks at Dexy, the gold eyes unblinking and then looks away. 'whoever the female was, she's the one that got paid. don't even remember how old i was. sorry' *then like a light turning on, the mopeyness is gone 'so .. tell me about your cousin Tony. if he was my dad, i think it would be nice to know something about him. something to think about when it starts to hurt again' [tag] [[ ooc - not sure she would remember - checks with memory roll =p You requested that 1 roll of a 30-sided die be rolled. Roll them bones ... your dice are Roll 1: 1.  HOLY ... well .. i guess it will hit her like a ton of bricks in the face in about the time it takes you to post a response  |
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Post by dakota on Apr 20, 2006 0:43:52 GMT -5
Dexy listened intently, as if what she was hearing made perfect sense. when Maria stopped, she couldn't hide her excitement. " It all fits. Maria, Tony had a housekeeper who kidnapped his daughter when she was a toddler. The family always assumed that she was paid off by one of Uncle Ellis' competitors, but they couldn't prove it. No one even knew where she'd gone until her body turned up on Toronto's waterfront."
" Tony's a good guy, but he's stubborn and has got a temper, just like all the Warsits." She chuckled a bit. " He's also got crappy luck with women, and he's been divorced four times, two of them to the same woman. I was only young when he split with your mom, so I can't tell you anything about her except she left because of what happened."
Dexy's mood became more serious. " You need to know something else, Maria. My family , or I should say our family is , well..." she squirmed a bit, " I might as well say it, we're a bunch of criminals. I'm not proud of it, but it's what we do, and I think your better off staying away from the rest of the family for now. It'll be hard enough to change Ellis' opinion of our kind for me to go home, let alone bring you with. I can't see your grandfather welcoming you with open arms. Not without a tranquilizer shot first anyways." She smirked, waiting for the flood of questions she expected.
Jason nodded. " Yeah, Dylin MacColter. I guess Ty and Will worked for him years ago, so that must be how she heard of him. I know Ty wasn't impressed, but hey," he shrugged, " I needed to make my own decisions." He grinned as they headed towards the exit they'd came in through. " Don't worry about it, I like that you speak what's on your mind. It'll help me figure out just where I stand." He reached in his pocket and pulled out his phone and turned it off. " No more calls tonight, I promise." He swapped the phone for his keys and handed them to her as they went outside. " I'll wait here." He said, parking alongside the door. " and then we'll go see that movie. Maybe by then you'll decide what we're going to see and stop trying to get out of this. you could have said no when I asked you out, but you said yes, so you can stop trying to back out." He grinned, twiddling his thumbs. " Come on, hurry up or we'll miss the previews."
" You still think Wraith and his cohorts are tied to Control? It doesn't fit, Mac didn't like using psychopaths before, let alone let them run an operation. I think we've got to consider them another threat." Tyler argued. " MacColter was afraid of me before I retired, and you too for that matter. He wouldn't cross us. In fact I think he's the reason that Malloy and his goons haven't tried to round us up yet. Not that I don't think that would be fun." He smirked, but it faded as Felicia hollered for Ty from the lodge.
" I'm being paged." He smirked, patting Will on the shouler as he stood up and walked back to the hose. I'll tell her now, that way I'll be healed out before we leave in the morning. ."
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Post by shiivster on Apr 20, 2006 1:36:23 GMT -5
'did he have a .. gold worm hanging from his neck? .. i remember a worm, well it looked like aworm to me. ' *then goes quiet for a while .. and then starts to snicker .. and then grins slightly 'guess i'm with the family business too .. i had to start lifting stuff .. but if they killed the housekeeper .. then whose *insert name of 'aunt'* ?
'seems i was her niece .. well until i changed that is .. before i ran away. the address was *gives it* so i dont know if that helps. i got .. figures .. i always wanted a family that would accept me. fat chance of that happening now huh? .. its okay. at least iknow that i wasn't sold by my parents .. thats okay at least. that eases the pain a little'
*looks at her knees for awhile and then looks up 'you think i can look at them from a distance at least? .. to see what i could have been? .. well looked like? .. well you know what i mean, right?
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