Victor Mendez: "Melioth" *Says an obviously tired looking Victor leaning against the wall in his alley* "If your out there answer please"

Laurel Hensley: "Nahaliel."  Well, that's a distinctly...feminine voice.  The woman who is now Melioth is in the changing room of a store, just pulling off a pink T-Shirt and looking at it with a bit of disdain.  The girl is best described as "cute"...the all-American girl next door sort. Tall and thin, with shoulder-length, dark chestnut hair and cool blue eyes, one would imagine that if she gave a big, bright smile, she'd light up the room, and then some. However, she doesn't much seem to be the type to give those wide smiles...her expressions are a bit more muted, softer. A pair of simple, unadorned glasses rest on her nose. The rest of her is fit, and well-proportioned enough...certainly not so much to be voluptuous. More athletic, though she seems to have a more scholarly look to her then a sporty look. She gives off a general feeling of being quite approachable, even if there is a keener, more discerning look in her eyes.  "Hello."

Victor Mendez: "Well you have gotten prettier" *he says with a bit of a sarcastic tone* "So what happened?"

Laurel Hensley: "I got stabbed, is what happened."  The T-Shirt is tossed aside, and she picks up a black turtleneck, distinctly Jarod-ish, and holding it up to her body to look at in the mirror.  "I'd like to say I got stabbed a lot, but I didn't.  Just the once.  There's a reason I scouted during the war, and wasn't part of the infantry, it seems."

Victor Mendez: "I know you got stabbed the question on my mind is by who?  Was it Burnham?"

Laurel Hensley: "No."  He shakes his head.  "Not a Fallen.  A fucking mortal, of all things.  And that's a mess I'm leaving for the person responsible to clean up.  It'll do her soul good, anyway, to do so."

Victor Mendez: "Allright can I ask you for a favor?  Next time you decided to go running out to play hero please dont and give me a call and ill go with you"

Laurel Hensley: She blushes a little bit, and nods.  "All right...I'm sorry."  She reaches up to curl a lock of brown hair behind an ear.  "Trust me, Victor, I'm taking a page out of my fellow Ishhara's playbooks now.  Learned my lesson."

Victor Mendez: "Good because I am your Minister of Lions for a reason, and whats more your friend dont do this to me again please" *he says his voice sounding very concerned*

Laurel Hensley: She nods a little bit and drops the turtleneck to the floor, busying herself with picking up a forest green tank top to slip on and try.  "Have you talked to any of the others since Friday?"

Victor Mendez: "I have spoken with Keiko and Urian, I think thats his name but other then that I have not ive been meaning to give Ouesti a shout"

Laurel Hensley: She gives a tiny smile.  "I've...talked with her.  She came and found the new me.  Took me home."  A brief pause, as the smile becomes a little frown.  "No one bothered to check on her to see how she was.  I think she was sitting in an alleyway for two days straight under that storm.  No one checked."

Victor Mendez: "Well I was more worried about what had happened to you" *he says with a shrug* "But I apologize for not checking on her sooner"

Victor Mendez: ((and I must pause this for now but will be able to pick it back up in a couple of hours from work))

Laurel Hensley: She nods a little bit and pulls out a cigarette, lighting it up inside the dressing room.  Regular smokes, no cloves now.  "I was just...the baby.  I was worried something might have happened to the baby, with the shock of it all and the the rain and so on.  Or what she might have done to herself."
 
 ((NP, was just trying to get this post out.  Sounds good.  :) ))

Victor Mendez: ((Cool cool ttyl))

Laurel Hensley: Heya. :)

Victor Mendez: ld you like to continue the invocation

Victor Mendez: and if so could you shoot the last couple of post over

Laurel Hensley: Sure.  :)  Give me just a couple to go to the bathroom, and scrub my mind with soap, and I'll be good.

Victor Mendez: cool cool

Victor Mendez: ping me when your ready

Laurel Hensley: Okay, am good.  Copying and pasting.

Laurel Hensley: Ravyn:     She nods a little bit and drops the turtleneck to the floor, busying herself with picking up a forest green tank top to slip on and try.  "Have you talked to any of the others since Friday?"
 
 Darkstar:     "I have spoken with Keiko and Urian, I think thats his name but other then that I have not ive been meaning to give Ouesti a shout"
 
 Ravyn:     She gives a tiny smile.  "I've...talked with her.  She came and found the new me.  Took me home."  A brief pause, as the smile becomes a little frown.  "No one bothered to check on her to see how she was.  I think she was sitting in an alleyway for two days straight under that storm.  No one checked."
 
 Darkstar:     "Well I was more worried about what had happened to you" *he says with a shrug* "But I apologize for not checking on her sooner"
 
 Ravyn:     She nods a little bit and pulls out a cigarette, lighting it up inside the dressing room.  Regular smokes, no cloves now.  "I was just...the baby.  I was worried something might have happened to the baby, with the shock of it all and the the rain and so on.  Or what she might have done to herself."
 

Victor Mendez: ((Wasnt there two others after that one?))

Laurel Hensley: ((Just the OOC, which I had cut out.  Unedited, it's this:))
 
 [12:31] Darkstar: ((and I must pause this for now but will be able to pick it back up in a couple of hours from work))
 [12:31] Ravyn: She nods a little bit and pulls out a cigarette, lighting it up inside the dressing room.  Regular smokes, no cloves now.  "I was just...the baby.  I was worried something might have happened to the baby, with the shock of it all and the the rain and so on.  Or what she might have done to herself."
  
   ((NP, was just trying to get this post out.  Sounds good.  :) ))
 [12:32] Darkstar: ((Cool cool ttyl))

Victor Mendez: *He nods a bit* "In the future I will take more care to look after her and the child should the need arise again"

Laurel Hensley: She smiles warmly, exhaling a drag of smoke as she looks up.  "Thank you, Nahaliel."  The smile quickly falters, though.  "I...I"m sorry, I wasn't accusing you.  It was...my responsibility.  I should have been looking after them."

Victor Mendez: "Yes you should have been Melioth, leave foolish displays of bravery to the first house, you have more responsibility now as a tyrant and leader then you once did" *he says calmly*

Laurel Hensley: She nods a little bit, accepting the rebuke.  "I know.  I was stupid.  Won't happen again."

Victor Mendez: "Good Melioth, you know I have faith and trust in you, more so then in any other Celestial walking creation, not since Dagans call have a placed this much faith in another"

Laurel Hensley: "I appreciate that."  Lungful of smoke sucked down, exhaled slowly.  There's a moment of silence, before finally... "So what do you think of Urian?"

Victor Mendez: "I think that during the war he was a being of glory and honor, now I do not know they abyss has changed us all so I have set up an arangement with him to get closer to him so that I can watch and learn his true motivations"

Laurel Hensley: She nods.  "I...had a bad reaction to him when we first met.  But I think you're right."

Victor Mendez: ((BRB))

Laurel Hensley: ((K))

Victor Mendez: *Victor nods* "He told me as much, why did you have such a poor reaction towards him?"

Laurel Hensley: She stups the cigarette out and starts stripping her pants off, reaching for a short but not obscenely-so pair of shorts.  "He came off al hell of a lot like Kerioth, for one.  And I mean, a ~lot.~  It was practically like a time warp.  You know how much I liked him.  And second, he was vaguely insulting, and played that 'I'm superior because I know more about you then you do about me' game."

Victor Mendez: "He was not insulting towards me in the slightest but I think it could be because he seemed slightly intimidated by me and was on my turf when we spoke" *he says as he pulls out a small block of wood and begins carveing*

Laurel Hensley: "Did he seem to know a lot about you?"

Victor Mendez: "He knew my host name, but if he knew more he didnt let on to it"

Laurel Hensley: She considers that, then sighs, tugging the shorts over her hips into place.  A hand runs through the auburn hair, and she looks at her clothes before looking up, arms spreading out as if to model.  "What do you think?"

Victor Mendez: "I am not totally sure what to think, but if you want my opinion he needs to be watched closely just as any new commer does and the only problem with this one is that he has brought friends with him. At your permission I will continue on my course of action and allow him to fund an enterprise of mine and will funnel all information and what he wishes as favors back to you"

Laurel Hensley: "Absolutely."  She nods.  "We're in absolute agreement there.  Go ahead.  Be careful, though.  He's got a lot of allies who've come into town."

Victor Mendez: "I have heared, and if it comes to that I will see the best way in which to arrange accidents for a few of them are, also you should know he is meeting with Tom but has expressed no intrest in joing Toms group but wants to know how he can be of aid to the court"

Laurel Hensley: She actually sighs at that.  "Great.  I was hoping that Thomas's Circle would be our ace in the hole if Urian turned out to be a problem.  Keiko had seemed to agree.  Apparently, Thomas is his usual spotlight-loving self, and doesn't see eye-to-eye with Keiko."  She shrugs and spreads her arms again.  "Now.  The clothes.  What do you think?"

Victor Mendez: "There clothes" *he says with a shrugs*

Laurel Hensley: She chuckles a little.  "All right."  She looks back in the mirror, turning left and right, examining herself.  "I'll talk to Cameron, Baby Death, and Phillip.  One thing Urian let slip when I talked to him just before my death scene...he seemed to think the Court was just me and Brigette.  He knows you're involved now, of course...but the others may still be a mystery.  I think we should keep someone as an Ace in the Hole, just in case.  Urian doesn't need to know our full strength quite yet."

Victor Mendez: *Victor nods* "I am in agreement, we need to have a meeting of the ministers, who ever they are now and discuss this situation since it very easily could turn towards violence and I would much rather not be caught with our pants down"

Laurel Hensley: She gives a little frown and pulls the top off, going for something a touch more low-cut.  Brigette'll like low-cut better.  "Yeah.  Meet with him first, though.  That way, we've got a better idea of what we're dealing with when we all get together."

Victor Mendez: "I intend on it, he is provideing me with a better way to feed my people, also I have plans on the creation of an actual mastion for ministrie use and plans to beef up the security of the VIP room in sanctuary" *he says as he slowly begins engraveing the block of wood*

Laurel Hensley: ((Mastion?))

Victor Mendez: (bastion)

Victor Mendez: ((and its probably not spelled correctly, its a fortified area used duting the war of wrath))

Laurel Hensley: ((Gotcha.  No bastion's exactly right, actually.  I was just confused between bastion or mansion.  :) ))  "Sounds good."  The shorts are slipped off and replaced by a short pair, and she checks herself out.  A little smile...much better.  "How so?"

Victor Mendez: "Well as it stands there is only a plaque in there to ensure non-violence and only a simple door to bust down if anyone wanted access, so I would start by fortifying the door maybe add a little steal to the outside of it to make it a bit harder to break"

Victor Mendez: "But they are plans in progress, personally I dont beleive in good intentions from our kind until they have been proven" *he says with a slight sigh* "So excuse my paranoia"

Laurel Hensley: "Paranoia excused, and even encouraged."  She strips the clothes off once more and puts on ther jeans and the pink T-Shirt she was first wearing.  "Can never be too careful, hon.  I think we've learned that one."

Victor Mendez: "So did you embody a stripper, or someone akin to Eli?" *he says watching as the clothes go off and on*

Laurel Hensley: "Neither.  A celloist."

Laurel Hensley: She looks up with a little smile.  "You thought I'd go with someone non-musical?"  A little wink.

Victor Mendez: "A celloist? Allright well as a getting better present I can make your cello sing" *he says with a slight laugh*

Laurel Hensley: "Oooh...if you could giev it a tune-up, that'd be lovely.  Laurel had no real talent with it...it's all coming from me."

Victor Mendez: *He laughs* "Allright, ill meet you up in the VIP room sometime and tune it up it will be strange to see and instrument case with an actual intstrument in it"

Laurel Hensley: She lughs a little and nods.  "I should go pay for my new wardrobe.  I'll see you later, hon.  Be good."

Victor Mendez: "Allright ill contact Urian later today and work on plan A"

Laurel Hensley: "Lovely.  See you later, Nahaliel."  She smiles and starts gathering up the clothes as the invocation cuts out.