Griffen "Aconite" Aston: The cafe is called "Espresso Yourself," and on this Sunday afternoon, it's pretty empty. It's a small hole-in-the-wall place, not far from Columbia University, pupular among certain members of the schools faculty and students for it's quiet atmosphere, low prices, and staff that doesn't harass you or attempt to be cheerful. Griffen sits in a booth near the door, fairly visible, with a house coffee at his side and exams in front of him...the man is always working. Today, it's grading papers.

Tansy "Sunburst" Sansretti: Griffen's phone rings, breaking into the quiet of his grading of papers.

Griffen "Aconite" Aston: He looks over at the phone, with a trace of annoyance...that the school required him to carry one irritated him to no end. He picks it up and holds it to his ear. "Yes?"

Tansy "Sunburst" Sansretti -> Griffen "Aconite" Aston: "Hiya Ace." is all she says a smirk in her voice.

Griffen "Aconite" Aston: He freezes at something. He looks around the cafe, paranoia hitting his eyes. "Who is this?"

Tansy "Sunburst" Sansretti -> Griffen "Aconite" Aston: "It has been awhile I realize this, and maybe you have forgotten me." It is said with a hint of saddness in her voice. "It is Tansy. Mom wanted me to call you that."

Griffen "Aconite" Aston: A brief pause, and something odd flashes through his eyes, as his emotionless face breaks ever-so-slightly. "Oh. Good afternoon, Tansy."

Tansy "Sunburst" Sansretti -> Griffen "Aconite" Aston: "Good Afternoon Griffen. You know I have to say it was smart of you to not tell me the other name you go by. I would have known right off who you were then." a chuckle. "But if you have some time, I have been busy lately, and haven;t had a chance to call. Mom told me that there was something that you have of her's that I should get from you. If you have the time that is."

Griffen "Aconite" Aston: He nods slightly to that. "Of course. I am not particularly busy right now. Do you know where the Low Plaza at Columbia University is?"

Tansy "Sunburst" Sansretti -> Griffen "Aconite" Aston: "Yes, I do." there is a brief pause. "I can be there in about half an hour if that is okay?"

Griffen "Aconite" Aston: "That would be excellent." He nods to the phone. "I will see you then."

Tansy "Sunburst" Sansretti -> Griffen "Aconite" Aston: "See you then." she says and hangs up.

Tansy "Sunburst" Sansretti: Tansystill managing a walk than a waddle, even at this stage. She looks around as she goes. She is wearing a pair of pants, in black and a blue top. A black jacket tops off the outfit. Her black hair is longer hiotting the tops of her shoulders now. She looks around as he walks to the low plaza. ((And let's not forget the awareness roll))

Griffen "Aconite" Aston: d10: Per+Awareness: 2,3,3,9,2,4,7,

Griffen "Aconite" Aston: He's standing next to the fountain, a cigarette being smoked, papers now in the satchel bag in his right hand. He looks around, something gathering his attention, and he looks off into the direction of Tansy.

Tansy "Sunburst" Sansretti: One hand to her back she makes her way to Griffen, a lop sided smile on her face. "Hiya."

Griffen "Aconite" Aston: "Good day, Tansy." He nods, his face impassive as always. "It is good to see you again. How are you?"

Tansy "Sunburst" Sansretti: "I am doing okay. Getting my internal organs pummeled, but that I hear is normal." still smieling. "By the way." she reaches out and flicks his ear. "That is from my mom."

Griffen "Aconite" Aston: The cigarette, of course, is stubbed out and deposited into a pocket before Tansy can get too close. The girl is pregnant, after all. He flinches at the ear flick, raising an eyebrow. "From your mother, you say?"

Tansy "Sunburst" Sansretti: She smiles full out. "Yeah, I got a chance to talk with her, when I went to Loa Angeles two months ago." she takes a deep breath. "I went back to the Hotel....and we talked, she told me about who you were. That is when I got ahgold of who I knew and got your phone number."

Griffen "Aconite" Aston: "Ahh." He nods slightly to that, his expression unchanging. "I'm...glad you were able to speak with her. I'm sure it meant a lot to you both."

Tansy "Sunburst" Sansretti: She nods her head. "Yes I believe it did.But she made a request, and I would like to follow through with it, to get her athame."

Griffen "Aconite" Aston: He blinks to that, watching her for a long moment before he nods. "Of course. It's in my apartment...we can retrieve it now, if you like."

Tansy "Sunburst" Sansretti: A soft smile. "That would be great, thanks." she takes a step back so that Griffen can stand up without running totally into her. "I never got a chance to ask, what do you do, I mean work wise."

Griffen "Aconite" Aston: "I am teaching environmental ethics here at Columbia University, currently." He moves to lead her off, toward the faculty apartments.

Tansy "Sunburst" Sansretti: She follows, her steps slower, she nods her head. "Wow, that is cool. I have only done a little bit of teaching, mostly dancing, and yoga." a shrug of her shoulder. "But not lately."

Griffen "Aconite" Aston: "Yes, I can see where teaching either would be difficult in your...condition." He matches her pace, making sure not to get ahead as he leads her along.

Tansy "Sunburst" Sansretti: She laughs. "You might be supprised, but I can still dance, and fight, even six months pregnant." she rubs her stomach with one hand. " But I think the monsters prefer my singing to me dancing."

Griffen "Aconite" Aston: "I trust, of course, that whether you can or not, you are not fighting while you are with children?"

Tansy "Sunburst" Sansretti: She looks up to Griffen a tilt of her head. "One must do what one can, in certain circumstances. If a situation occurs that i need to protect myself and my children I will do so."

Griffen "Aconite" Aston: "We must ensure, then, that such a situation does not occur." Said in the 'brook no arguments' kind of way, as the apartments come into view.

Tansy "Sunburst" Sansretti: She nods her head, no other comment made on the subject of fighting. She never got this far in her exploring of the university campus before, so she takes the time as they walk to look around and aclimate herselfto her surroundings. "May I ask, I figured this is true, but now I am unsure. Did you come to New York tracking me or Robert?"

Griffen "Aconite" Aston: "Honestly, neither." He says it as he moves into the building, and begins to head up the stairs. "I was searching for an old cabalmate of mine and your mother's, who I hoped may have some information about Robert."

Tansy "Sunburst" Sansretti: She seems to do stairsd well, having to climb them at home helping." An old cabal mate huh? Have you found them yet?" a lop sided grin. "When we get inside i will tell you something mom said."

Griffen "Aconite" Aston: "No, I have not yet." He moves up to the apartment and opens the door, letting her in.

Tansy "Sunburst" Sansretti: "Oh, well if there is anyway that i can help I will." She walks in and looks around as she does, She heads for the couch. "Nice." she smiles to Griffen as she lowers herself onto the couch. "Okay well, Mom told me that robert found the rest of the people in her cabal, and probably me, by the things she was tied to. The Athame being one of them. " she rests her hands on ehr stomach. "So either after I left Andromeda's, or when you arrived here, he traced one or the other of us."

Griffen "Aconite" Aston: He presses his lips together at that, annoyance (guilt?) tainting his impassive expression. "I...see. That was not my intention, Tansy, of course. I had wanted to stay away from you, so that he would not find you. My apologies."

Tansy "Sunburst" Sansretti: She looks up at Griffen. "None of it was your fault, in the slightest. I was meerly mentioning it because you mentioned looking for information on Robert, and you had something in your possesion that could have led him right to you." a small sigh. as she presses her palm into the side of her stomach. "You see I now understand that i was the one who in not knowing who Andromeda was, put her life in danger, But at the time I had no knowledge of this. It was an unfortunate accident to be sure."

Griffen "Aconite" Aston: He nods a little bit. "Agreed...it was quite unfortunate." A moment's pause, a look of momentary uncertainty from the man, and then he moves toward the hallway where the bedrooms are. "Allow me to retrieve the athame."

Tansy "Sunburst" Sansretti: "Okay." she says as he leaves the room. She takes another look around. She presses a hand to her chest to stop iit from pounding. A lick of her lips, before slightly nibbling on them. waiting for Griffen t come back.

Griffen "Aconite" Aston: He returns a few moments later carrying a wooden box, about two feet in either direction, and a foot deep. He takes a seat, cross-legged, in front of Tansy and sets it down in front of him. He withdraws a key, inserting it into the lock on his side, and lifts the lid.

Tansy "Sunburst" Sansretti: Blinking a few times in supprise at how box of a box he carried out to the living room. She manouvers so that she can sit up and see what he is doing. Nibbling on her lip she remembers what it looks like how could she not now.

Griffen "Aconite" Aston: He lifts the lid, revealing a history of a cabal in photos, letters, and less enjoyably, newspaper articles of murders. The large box is fairly full of all types of papers, as well as a few other items. A silver ring, twisted into a rose that consists of rubies, with one "petal" missing. An athame, stained with dried blood. A large, battered wood-carved pentacle. A shattered wand. And other such things. "This is the history of my cabal, Tansy. And what happened to it."

Tansy "Sunburst" Sansretti: She looks into the box, noting some of the more familiar faces in there. She takes a deep breath and nods her head. "I carried with me until recently the article of my mom, as well as a few of her things." he holds up her right hand, on her index finger rests her mom's ring. "I never take it off." she looks at griffen.

Griffen "Aconite" Aston: He nods a little bit and looks at the box. A deep breath is made, and he picks the entire thing up, holding it out to Tansy. "This is yours now, Tansy."

Tansy "Sunburst" Sansretti: Stunned she blinks several times at him. "I...but" speachless, for one of the severl few times in her life. "Why would you want to give this all to me?" a frown as she takes the box in her hands. "I do not understand."

Griffen "Aconite" Aston: He's quiet for a long moment. "Tansy...I have been carrying this around with me for many years. It has been my entire life...everything that I am was based on this and the events revolving around it." He stares at the box. "Now, I am free of that life. I present to you a chance to learn of your mother, and who she and the people she cared about were."

Tansy "Sunburst" Sansretti: She set's the box to the side, her hand barely running over some of the items inside of it. "Thank you." her eyes shimmer with unshed tears, her voice showing nothing but admiration. "Mom couldn;t tell me, and I have been undecided on weather or not to ask."

Griffen "Aconite" Aston: "You are welcome." He nods a little bit. "Your mother was...a wonderful woman. And one I very much respected. I am glad that she lives on in you, Tansy."

Tansy "Sunburst" Sansretti: Her heart beats faster, as the tears start to fall from her eyes. "She was." she nods. "Do....do you know who my father was?"

Griffen "Aconite" Aston: "Your father was a Sleeper that your mother had been seeing on and off, by the name of Michael Bagher. He died approximately two months after Naomi did."

Tansy "Sunburst" Sansretti: She nibbles on her lip wiping her tears away. "Did he even know? I do not even remember him. Nothing."

Griffen "Aconite" Aston: "Yes, he did." He nods. "He and your mother ended their relationship soon after you were born. He did, apparently, know you, having come to Los Angeles to visit once or twice, though you were surely too young to remember."

Tansy "Sunburst" Sansretti: She nods her head, once more wipping away her tears again. "Thank you for telling me. My mom was a very strong woman. I only hope to one day be as strong as she was."

Griffen "Aconite" Aston: "I think you quite have that potential." He cracks a very small smile, an expression that is supportive...as emotional as the man ever allows himself to be.

Tansy "Sunburst" Sansretti: She looks over and a smile of her own appears. "Thank you. For everything." She presses the palm of her hand into her stomach wrinkling her nose and muttering in Romani. After a deep breath and slow exhale. "Oh, if you were not aware, the Union has stepped things up as of late. I do not know much of what has been going on, I have been isolated as of late. But last time I checked most of us in the city were trying to get into chantries."

Griffen "Aconite" Aston: He scowls a little bit at mention of the Technocracy, but nods. "I see. Well, then...I will have to find out what is going on." He nods to Tansy. "And you are most welcome."

Tansy "Sunburst" Sansretti: "Sounds good." another smile to him. She leans back keeping her hand pressed to where her kidneys are now. "I feel like I get to get to know my mom in a different light now, and I get the chance to know you, a chance I wish i had with Andromeda. Oh before i forget, Mom said that maybe sometime she will come and visit us."

Griffen "Aconite" Aston: He raises an eyebrow, and smiles a little. "I hope to see her, then."

Tansy "Sunburst" Sansretti: She grins brightly. "I think that would be good." She looks back over to the box, and picks up her mothers Athame, nibbling on her lip as she does so.

Griffen "Aconite" Aston: "Indeed it would." He rises to his feet, looking to her. "Do you require aid in taking the box home? I will be happy to help."

Tansy "Sunburst" Sansretti: with a sigh she places the athame back into the box and closes the lid. She nods her head. "I wasn't expecing to head back with so much. Thank you."

Griffen "Aconite" Aston: "Of course." He moves to take the box from her and locks it, before handing her the key.

Tansy "Sunburst" Sansretti: She takes the key. She will end up making sure that it get's a new special place of honor. But for now it goes next to the one Andromeda gave her in her pocket. She grins. She moves to stand up, pushing herself off the couch. "I have to ask, Whoch name do you prefer I use? Griffen Aconite, or Ace?"

Griffen "Aconite" Aston: "Griffen in public. Aconite is fine, in private." No mention of Ace in there anywhere? What a shock. He nods, and moves to the door, to open it for her and accompany her home.

Tansy "Sunburst" Sansretti: She keeps that grin on her face, she will be using Ace as a shocker for point value when needed. ((And fade))