Joshua Coil [some seedy motel]: *He is
asleep for once. Snoring softly. The tape is gonna hurt like hell. It looks like
it's already been stretched. No one is shredded, much, it seems.*
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: It was a long, long
day yesterday, and after 24 hours of consciousness, anyone would still be
sleeping. She's motionless on the bed, resting against Joshua with her duster on
the floor, sleeping peacefully.
Ashlyn Reale: Ashlyn might as well be
slumming here. Only, she's rather alone this time, just like last time. Big
difference being? This time she's bothered to bring him some damned food before
people up and forget about it. She slips on to the scene like a well meaning
idiot, testing the door handle. Big Bad Wolf? Delivery.
Joshua Coil [some seedy motel]:
d10: per+alert: 5,3,2,4,1,
Joshua Coil [some seedy motel]: *There is
a grunt, and a snort, as he shivers on the bed in annoyance. but he seems deep
in the thralls of some dream.*
Reyna Varinia Reiruno:
d10: Per+Alert: 9,1,6,6,4,7,
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: Her eyes crack open
a little bit as the doorknob turns... "Hmm?" Oh, wait...shit. Consciousness
comes flooding in, and she she sits up, looking around suddenly.
Ashlyn Reale: The doorknob turns, and the
door opens with as little of a creak as she can manage. Ash peeks in briefly,
should the door really be unlocked, and then slips into the room, nudging the
door shut behind her. No jacket, no purse. Just more fast food than she could at
all feasibly eat.
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: Hey, look, Hispanic hottie with serious bedhead. She blinks at Ashlyn, relaxing as she realizes it's her. "Oh, umm...hey." She reaches up to scratch at the back of her neck, yawning and stretching a little...still half-awake, she doesn't quite realize that Ashlyn just walked into a room where she just woke up next to a bound Joshua-in-a-blanket. "Mornin'."
Ashlyn Reale: "Oh." She blinks at Reyna
well, being here and not looking especially depressed. Door shut? It's locked
before she oh so quietly advances into the room, voice lowering so as not to
wake the Josh-in-a-blanket too early. "I didn't expect.. Do you need to catch
some real sleep?"
Joshua Coil [some seedy motel]:
d10: per+alert: 9,4,1,6,6,
Joshua Coil [some seedy motel]: *There is
a slight snort from the blanketed figure, and he shifts slightly - and not in
the bad way. His eyes open, and his lips smack. Another figure? Danger? Wakey-time
is never comfortable.*
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: "Hmmm?" She looks
around the room, then at the bed. Oh. Yeah. She blinks, a little grin on her
face as she shakes her head. "I think I'm rested enough. What time is it?"
Ashlyn Reale: "Almost noon." She nods to
Reyna, voice low. For all the good it's done her now. She looks aside to Josh
and smiles carefully. Closed lipped. No teeth, no challenge, no need to defend
except from cholesterol.
Joshua Coil [some seedy motel]: *He grits
his teeth, and he lets out a mighty yawn.* Almost noon. Dammit. Last day,
though. Should be okay. *He grunts.* Or at least I can flip out and kill other
things.
Ashlyn Reale: "Start with breakfast," she
offers him, or rather both of them, but frankly Josh is the one who might
actually need the help to eat. Poor, rage filled guy.
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: "Breakfast would be
good...soon as I get this hair to behave." She slips up off the bed with a pat
to Joshua's shoulder, clearing her throat and heading toward the bathroom, to
use the mirror there.
Joshua Coil [some seedy motel]: *He perks
up slightly.* Breakfast?
Ashlyn Reale: She struggles a little more
not to reveal her teeth smiling. "I figured you'd want something with meat. Not
the best substitute for running wild in the French countryside, but what can you
do, right?" She nods to Reyna, and heads around to the side of the bed opposite
to where she'd been resting.
Joshua Coil [some seedy motel]: *He closes
his eyes. Mmmh... running wild... French countryside... he's never been to
France, but can't help but imagine deer, falling to his teeth, wild... His eyes
pop back open.* Eggs are good too.
Ashlyn Reale: "Bacon?" she asks, sitting
carefully at the edge of the bed, bag on her lap. Now is not the time to mention
in passing the freakish mall incident.
Joshua Coil [some seedy motel]: Bacon,
steak, ham... anything, *he grumbles.*
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: A couple sounds of
frustration from the bathroom. "Oww..." Something muttered in Spanish.
Ashlyn Reale: "Don't pull!" she calls over
her shoulder to Reyna. Not hard to recognize putting one's hair through hell.
She reaches in and half unwraps a burger in which bread was an afterthought to
alternating layers of meat, cheese, and bacon. This is held and offered to josh
within biting range, as she patiently sits by to feed him.
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: "I'll stop pulling
when it starts behaving."
Joshua Coil [some seedy motel]: *Of
course he goes for that. eyes wide, almost delirious with desire. Food. Why did
he ALWAYS forget about food?*
Ashlyn Reale: She minds not to let him
choke himself half to death on this glorious specimen of carnivore snack,
smirking faintly at Reyna's retort. "You're not using the right hair products,
sweety. Brush from the bottom up and you won't get those nasty tangles."
Joshua Coil [some seedy motel]: *It should
be weird. Being fed, listening to feminine advice. Though his focus IS on the
meat. Meeeeeeeeat...*
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: "Bottom up? Huh?"
She comes out of the bathroom, hair at least tolerable, if not perfect. Her comb
looks about like it's got it's own mane of hair, as much as it stuck in the
bristles.
Ashlyn Reale: Ashlyn winces at the sight,
and focuses instead on the less painful vision of Josh tearing through the
layers. Delicate with not a single need to be so, she unwraps the last of it and
mostly just tries to keep her fingers intact. "If you start at the ends of your
hair and brush it by a few inches at a time, gradually working your way up until
you can get it all, it works. Very well. I know - my mom didn't let me cut my
hair for a -long- time."
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: She frowns a little
bit and moves to take a seat. "That sounds like it takes a while."
Ashlyn Reale: "Better than ripping out all
your hair," she rather agrees, placid.
Joshua Coil [some seedy motel]: *He licks
his lips, as the sandwich vanishes down his greedy gullet.* It takes hours for
me to get my hair right in the morning, *he adds with an arched eyebrow.*
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: "Baah. Hair grows
back." She grins a little bit and goes to get something out of the bags for
herself.
Ashlyn Reale: Ashlyn seems to have brought
with her several items - only a few sides, mostly things she suspected a wolfish
type to enjoy. Sorry, all you Boca fans. There is in there an order of fries,
and of cheese sticks for the hell of it. "All that gel? I'm not surprised."
Joshua Coil [some seedy motel]: *He grunts
slightly, and he seems quite done with the sandwich.* I'm gonna have to work out
after this is all over.
Ashlyn Reale: "Oh, please. When's the last
time you had anything to eat? You're... well, your metabolism ought to be
through the roof, considering." Another thing is pulled from the bag - she
offers the chicken sandwich to Reyna, and hauls out the still-hot breakfast
thing after all. Eggs, bacon, ham, you know the shtick.
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: Mmmm...chicken
sandwich. She takes it happily and sits down on her spot on the bed, unwrapping
and digging in.
Joshua Coil [some seedy motel]: *He tries
to look down.* Reyna brought me food. When was that?
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: "That would have
been...ummm." The other night? "Two nights ago, I think."
Joshua Coil [some seedy motel]: Oh, in that case, gimme another one, *he says, looking up.*
Ashlyn Reale: "Belated breakfast?" she
offers, unwrapping. Obviously she'd expected him to eat more, as there are still
about half a dozen things to be had in the mondo-huge bad-for-you bag.
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: She eats quietly,
reaching up to run a hand through that naughty, misbehaving hair.
Joshua Coil [some seedy motel]: Just one
more, *he says with a nod.* And then I really have to work out. I've been HERE
for the past couple days. Not much movement. Little muscle strain, but that's
it.
Ashlyn Reale: No, she cannot help a smirk
at that. "I'm sure you'll be fine. It'll do more damage to you for not eating
enough, than eating too much."
Joshua Coil [some seedy motel]: *He
pauses.* I mean no offense when I say this, but... I NEVER expected to, you
know, be hearing that from a model. *He clears his throat, again, and looks
away.* It's stress relief for the rest of the month.
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: "Sounds like a
plan, hon." She crumples up the wrapper and tosses it into the nearyby garbage
can. "You want I should undo the restraints now?"
Joshua Coil [some seedy motel]: *He
pauses, and nods.* Yeah. Might be good. *He pauses.* I have an extra shirt and
pants in the closet. Or did I forget 'em again?
Ashlyn Reale: "Sure." A little more soft
spoken. It would have been cool or evasive with anybody else - but Reyna's here,
and Josh can get scary. No tempting his temper. "Just don't go around calling me
a damned little boy, and I'm peachy keen with this."
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: For just a moment,
she considers the possibility of telling him that he's gotta wear a blanket out
of the hotel, a little grin coming to her face. It's only for a moment, though.
"No, they're there."
Joshua Coil [some seedy motel]: You don't
look like a boy, why would I? *he says with a wrinkle of his nose. And he looks
back to Reyna.* I'm gonna shower. I'll shave when I get home. And get dressed.
*He shrugs.* Thanks.
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: She nods to him
with a little smile. "Of course, hon. Any time." She reaches up for the tape.
"Brace yourself..."
Ashlyn Reale: "You wouldn't be the first."
He's not the only one wrinkling up his nose. She scoots aside on the bed, giving
him plenty of room to stumble along to the shower when he will.
Joshua Coil [some seedy motel]: *He nods,
and grits teeth. Quite calmly, really, considering.*
Ashlyn Reale:
d10: Int + Empathy + WP: 6,5,2,10,4,2,
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: The tape is peeled
back, as carefully as she can until she gets to the last layer, and then she
pulls. Band-Aid theory...do it quick, over and done with. She then moves around
to the other side, to get that binding.
Ashlyn Reale: Ashlyn closes her eyes, and
sighs out a long, slow breath. The sound, the feeling is one of infectious calm.
It's superficial, but it might (she hopes) help.
Joshua Coil [some seedy motel]: *He growls
at that, a shudder of his frame, at every movement. He can't help but look angry
at it. It hurts.*
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: A little wince at
the growl...no way around it, though. She unwraps the other length of tape, and
then the sudden pull.
Joshua Coil [some seedy motel]: *His
throat tightens, and his eyes narrow at that. A slight curl of his lip, but the
calm mood seems to be helping.*
Ashlyn Reale: Ashlyn flinches with the
yank of tape, sympathetic. One slim hand sets down onto Josh's chest in a feeble
attempt to calm or restrain him from a kneejerk reaction.
Joshua Coil [some seedy motel]: *He
grunts, and stretches. A crack of muscles that is audible, with a slight twist.*
Hrrrh...
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: She rubs his arm a
little bit. "Sorry...you okay?"
Ashlyn Reale: "Everybody okay..?" she
murmurs, hand drawing away from Josh.
Joshua Coil [some seedy motel]: *And with
that, he gets up, to head for the bathroom.*
Joshua Coil [some seedy motel]: Fine, *he
grunts, before closing the door behind him.*
Ashlyn Reale: There's no power in her
sight this time, and the artifical calm is fast fading. "That went well."
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: "Coulda been
worse." She flops down onto the bed with a sigh.
Ashlyn Reale: "You did good, kid." She
grins briefly, and stands again to offer Reyna the still-warm bag of food. "Want
me to run back home and get things set up for you?"
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: "Get things set
up?" She looks at Ashlyn, not sure what she means by that.
Ashlyn Reale: "Get things cleaned up
again, make the rooms decent. I have nothing better to do but this and wonder
what the people in the Sept need now."
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: "Ahh." She nods a
little bit. "Yeah, if you want. I'll get this place cleaned up. One more night,
but if I get to it now, there'll be a lot less to get to tomorrow."
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: She slides off the
bed, moving to pick up the pieces of tape and drop them into the trash. There's
a little smile playing over her lips as she starts to clean up a bit...one she
doesn't even seem conscious of. Not that she is ever necessarily conscious of
her perma-grins, though this one's a bit different, somehow.
Ashlyn Reale: "Assuming he doesn't break
down the door." She smirks a little, speaking softly enough that he won't hear
it over the shower. It's only half serious really, as if every time he's out of
the room, she can almost forget about the boiling Rage just beneath his surface
at any given point in time. She quiets, looking to Reyna's smile curiously.
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: "Well, yeah,
that'll pretty well fuck the deposit." She chuckles a little bit.
Ashlyn Reale: Her head tilts, and she
smiles somewhat cautiously. "Sure you're alright?"
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: "Yeah, I'm fine."
She looks at Ashlyn, smiling warmly. "Why?"
Ashlyn Reale: "No reason." Her smile warms
by degrees, melting up. The food is left aside for Josh to eventually break down
and eat. "I say we run off before he gets ideas about these two breathtakingly
gorgeous women in his room," she kids.
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: She snickers a
little at that. "Sounds like a plan. Too bad I don't have my camera with me...a
few hidden snapshots once he steps out of the bathroom would be good for years
of blackmail." A wink.
Ashlyn Reale: "Or fashion a lovely
suicide," she teases with a fashionable pose. Self-mockery? Never!
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: She laughs at that.
"Or, that, too." She smirks a little bit, picking up the duster and pulling it
on. She pulls out Harry and checks him...all good. He's slipped back into the
duster, and she looks up. "Shall we?"
Ashlyn Reale: She bobs a nod and
straightens her shirt, fussing over nonexistant lint. "Let's." A glance up
again, one back toward the bathroom, and she starts off for the seedy hotel
room's door.
Reyna Varinia Reiruno: She moves along
behind Ashlyn, slipping out behind and shutting the door.