Shadow's Blissful Silence: Bliss walks
Briar to the door and inside, carrying more bar supplies, and boxed food from
one of his caterers. God forbid anyone have to cook. "So...." he says as he
fusses over rearranging the bar. "Drinks?"
Briar Kennedy: She herself brought a basket with a
variety of gormet coffee's in it, but it is wrapped as a gift for Aerin. She
also has a back pack. She is dressed in black leggings, her knives of course
strapped to her thighs, a pair of wrap around pants that split up the sides, her
boots, and a deep green sweater. She looks over to Bliss with a raise of an
eyebrow. "Well I have some apple juice in my backpack...." she shrugs.
Shadow's Blissful Silence: "Not quite what
I was thinking. Um...care to show me that you can kick my ass again?" Up goes an
eyebrow and he smirks.
Briar Kennedy: She sets her things down and smirks
and up goes an eyebrow. "What you think you might have an advantage now?" and
her arms cross.
Shadow's Blissful Silence: "No. But you're
less nervous while you're doing that." He shrugs. "Besides...I might be getting
out of practice. And that would be such a shame."
Aerin Thomas [PB 3]: The muffled sounds of
a Kawasaki Ninja comes from outside. Aerin pulls up to the cabin, slowing to a
stop in well-enough time. He's in his usual outfit for as of late...which means
he's changed out the trench coat for something a bit lighter. The coat is still
about the same length, but built more for movement then protection, from the
rain or otherwise. Underneath is a long-sleeved crimson dress shirt, without the
collar, and a pair of black slacks. His hair's hanging free, still dyed black,
face clean shaven. He scans his eyes about the outside of the place, watching
for anything out of the ordinary, before he relaxes and puts on a bit of a
smirk. He rolls his shoulders and heads for the door.
Briar Kennedy: "And I think you think I am nervous,
there is a difference, you know." She says and heads back for the front door and
the yard, as if accepting his challenge, and off comes the sweater for her tank
top, the sweater is so bulky after all. "What no one else will practice with
you? What a shame."
Shadow's Blissful Silence: He chuckles.
"I'm just so ashamed women can kick my ass I generally only let people I like do
i-" He blinks when he opens the door and practically steps into Aerin. "Oh,
hey." Every bit of anxiety he was trying not to show just...melts. "You've met
Briar. Briefly." He steps into Aerin and runs his head under his chin, then
steps sideways so Aerin and Briar can say hello.
Briar Kennedy: Well her on the other hand took a
step back and both of her hands went to her upper thighs in preparation, she has
a 'I am tense and ready to attack' pose, for all of 30 seconds. She does back
off from the duo though a bit more when Bliss steps to the side, so instead of
being directly behind him she is a good 5 feet back from him. She looks Aerin up
and down as she realxes some. "Hello again."
Aerin Thomas [PB 3]: He smiles a little
bit, nuzzling the top of Bliss's head, before looking over at Briar. He gives
her a little nod. "Briar. Nice to see you again. How are you?"
Shadow's Blissful Silence: "Easy,
kitten...." Bliss says quietly. "Aerin's not here to hurt you. He's okay."
Briar Kennedy: "Been better and been worse, you?"
she says tilting her head some as she tugs the tank top down before crossing her
arms. She does manage a lop sided grin for Bliss though, before looking back to
Aerin. "I guess the sparring match is off." She moves to go and sit on one of
the couches. "I know, I just was not expecting him so soon after we arrived is
all."
Aerin Thomas [PB 3]: "More better then I am
worse, for once in my life." He looks over at Bliss, then to Briar. "Hey, you
guys want to spar, be my guest. I can wait."
Shadow's Blissful Silence: "At least for
now." He moves back inside, brushing against Briar and starts fussing at the
bar. "You're not going to surprise me and ask for something ridiculous like gin,
are you?"
Briar Kennedy: She brushes her cheek against his
shoulder when he brushes against her, then she takes a seat. "Well that is
good." She says to Aerin and then shrugs. "Do not worry about it, he knows I
will kick his ass anyways, this just saves some of the bruising."
Shadow's Blissful Silence: "Yeah...she's
viscious. You should see her." He grins. "It's perfect." He turns perfectly
peacful eyes on Aerin. There is that frightening absolute certainty in them
again.
Aerin Thomas [PB 3]: "I imagine it is." He
smiles a bit and makes his way into the house, heading to the bar to pour
himself a scotch. He looks back at the two, chuckling a little bit.
Briar Kennedy: She curls her legs under her on
the couch and shakes her head. "You are only says that cause I made you fall on
your ass twice." she smirks at Aerin and waves a hand to the gift basket of
coffee's from Sacred Grounds. "That is for your household."
Shadow's Blissful Silence: Bliss settles in
the center of the couch facing the fireplace and looks back at the two of them,
his very own glass of scotch in one hand. "We brought food. She's my new plan to
make you eat. Between the two of us we can tie you down and forcefeed you." The
lazy teasing tone is no real threat. He probably doesn't mean that. Probably.
Aerin Thomas [PB 3]: "Thank you, Briar. I
appreciate that." He then shoots Bliss a mock dirty look. "We've been over what
happens when you try that, Bliss. It wouldn't be pretty." He grins.
Briar Kennedy: She looks at Bliss and raises an
eyebrow. "You and me tie him up. Gaia help us both." She rolls her eyes. "That
would be like attempting to be both the boys to take a non-messy bath I think."
She looks at Aerin then nods her head.
Shadow's Blissful Silence: "Indeed. You may
have made mention. Come sit down?"
Aerin Thomas [PB 3]: He glances at Briar
suddenly, and smiles a bit. "I think I can understand that analogy." He nods and
comes to take a seat next to Bliss.
Briar Kennedy: She keeps her eyebrow raised and when
he smiles she grins. "You haven't seen two one year old who know how to walk
attempt to take a bath, you eventually end up in the bath with them." She says
"But you should eat, I could go into the reason why but I shall save you."
Aerin Thomas [PB 3]: "Actually, Briar, I
have. Long story, though." His smile fades a bit, but is still present, to be
fair.
Shadow's Blissful Silence: Bliss makes a
soft purring sound and leans back into Aerin a little so he can see Briar and
takes a sip of scotch. "I go from being on my own to being splashed in any place
I call home." His head tilts back just a little so he can give Aerin the look
that says he is just sooooooooooo beset by all of this too.
Shadow's Blissful Silence: Aerin gets a
quick nuzzle, and sympathetic eyes, just for a few seconds.
Briar Kennedy: She tilts her head and watches Aerin
a moment before noding. "It is okay we all have long stories, most we do not
tell." She rolls her eyes to what Bliss says.
Aerin Thomas [PB 3]: He smiles a little to
Bliss and nuzzles him back, then nods to Briar. "Which is, probably, the way it
should be. Hell with the past, right?"
Briar Kennedy: She shrugs. "You cannot forget your
past. It is part of who you are no matter what." she looks to Bliss then back to
Aerin. "Just like a tree cannot forget where it came from each ring inside it
telling it where it came from, how long it has seen what it has seen. Just as
the mother has seen it all and been through it all. She cannot forget what has
happened to her, but will continue to go on as we will do too."
Aerin Thomas [PB 3]: He listens to her,
head tilting to the right slightly. Finally, he shrugs. "If you insist.
Personally, I'm fine with leaving the past where it is."
Shadow's Blissful Silence: Bliss raises
his glass in Briar's direction with an approving smile and takes another drink.
The glass of scotch seems less something he's interested in and more habit.
Briar Kennedy: "So am I, but the past does have ways
of catching up with you as well." she smiles some to Bliss as she pauses in what
she says. "Like a spiders web, each person you touch, leaves a mark with them
and with you. The lives of people become entwined, eventually we come to see
those again who we have met in this life or the next one." She shrugs. "No
matter what the past held."
Aerin Thomas [PB 3]: He frowns a little bit
at that. "Yeah. Guess so." He picks up his own glass, raising it to his lips for
a drink.
Briar Kennedy: "Sorry." she says and looks off to
the fireplace. "Its why I do not tend to talk a whole lot around people at
times." She shrugs.
Shadow's Blissful Silence: Aerin gets
nuzzled again, as Bliss murmurs something in his ear.
Shadow's Blissful Silence -> Aerin Thomas [PB 3]:
"You okay? I think she already knows the topic
might want to change a bit. But...."
Aerin Thomas [PB 3] -> Shadow's Blissful Silence:
"I'm fine, Bliss. I just...nothing. It's okay."
Aerin Thomas [PB 3]: He murmurs a respons
back, and then looks to Briar. "Don't worry about it. I'm an overly pissy old
man who gets oversensitive...you're fine."
Briar Kennedy: She looks over. "Trust me, you are
not half bad. I know a few people who are worse." She moves so she can get at
her backpack and grabs the bottle of apple juice.
Shadow's Blissful Silence -> Aerin Thomas [PB 3]:
"I know." His head still dropped back onto
Aerin's shoulder he looks up with eyes that have none of that anxious
uncertainty that crept up on him for awhile. "I love you."
Shadow's Blissful Silence: He gives Aerin
a look that Briar has rarely seen, the look for the night she tried to kill him
and the day he proposed, and slides back down to watch Briar and just rest
against Aerin after a final whisper.
Aerin Thomas [PB 3]: "You've just caught me
on a good day, Briar. Trust me, I can get crotchety with the best of them." He
smirks a bit, and reaches up to pet Bliss's hair.
Aerin Thomas [PB 3] -> Shadow's Blissful Silence:
"I know. Love you too."
Shadow's Blissful Silence: He nods and
smirks. "She lives with me. Half the time, anyway. You have nothing on me when
it comes to psychotically unstable moods and you know it. "I doubt she'll take
much offense to you."
Briar Kennedy: She leans back and watches the two of
them a moment, the slightest hints of her trying not to raise an eyebrow in
question to Bliss, but she looks to Aerin. "You should catch me on a bad day,
Bliss hasn't even seen the worst I can be from time to time." She shrugs. "Yes
well if we lived together any more than that, and we would end up killing each
other." She says the last to Bliss, as she grins, jesting, she has to be
jesting.
Aerin Thomas [PB 3]: "In all fairness...you
never saw me with Trevor, Bliss." He smirks a little bit. "When he was calling
me too bitchy...yeah."
Shadow's Blissful Silence: "By which you
mean you'd kill me. And then since you did tell me if I died you'd make me sorry
I did - and despite the fact that you killed me, you still would." He laughs
softly. "And that's why you're perfect."
Shadow's Blissful Silence: "Mmmmmm...no.
But I saw you in a LOT of moods. As I recall, we had a special kind trust going
on the night we met."
Briar Kennedy: She looks to Bliss. "No I said that
if you got yourself killed I would make you sorry you died and kill you again,
after of course enlisting your help to find your killers and killing them, that
is what I said." She nods for emphasis. "Perfection is an illusion."
Shadow's Blissful Silence: "So that makes
you killing me a really fucked up suicide pact?"
Aerin Thomas [PB 3]: He chuckles a little
bit at the interplay between Bliss and Briar, watching them quietly.
Briar Kennedy: "It is not as if I can bring you back
from the dead, you dork." she says to bliss. "But if we lived together I am sure
at one point we just might drive each other nuts enough to kill each other." She
shrugs. "Maybe I am wrong, but do you wanna chance it?" She looks at Aerin then
to Bliss. "I think we are amusing him." She takes a sip of the juice.
Shadow's Blissful Silence: "Probably not
safe. At the very least we'd have to make Rei come back and decorate again. And
I know he's never actually not busy. He just pretends to be."
Aerin Thomas [PB 3]: "Amusing?" He smiles a
bit and shrugs. "Not necessarily. Just taking a moment to enjoy some peace and
quiet."
Briar Kennedy: She frowns. "Why would he have to
come and decorate again? He just finished like not even three weeks ago." she
says to Bliss As she shifts positions on the couch. "Mmmmmmm, Sometimes I think
I remember what that is, till I get kicked in the kidney."
Shadow's Blissful Silence: "When we
destroy the apartment fighting...."
Briar Kennedy: "Oh..." another sip of the juice.
"Yeah, although I was impressed with him getting rid of the old carpet, the
dagger holes were getting annoying."
Shadow's Blissful Silence: "My brother the
genius." Bliss chuckles. "Nothing gets in the way of his artistic expression.
And if it does he just makes it part of it. He's been like that since we were
growing up. Determined."
Aerin Thomas [PB 3]: "Dagger holes do tend
to get annoying, yeah. Also...taser burns on the couch."
Briar Kennedy: "You can say that, with what he did
with the place, it looks damn good." she nods to Aerin. "Never did have the
tazer burns on the couch, but the dagger holes, they just kept getting in the
way and my foot kept catching on it from time to time."
Shadow's Blissful Silence: "And we're
trying to teach the boys not to destroy things. Which is hard when the carpet is
already a bad example. We don't want them destroying property until they're old
enough to understand moral complexity and the meaning of life. Which is
what...twelve, fourteen?"
Aerin Thomas [PB 3]: "Trust me...that's a
good thing. Those taser burns never get out...you might as well just toss out
the furniture." He looks over at Bliss. "Any number having to do with the
meaning of life has to be 42, Bliss."
Shadow's Blissful Silence: "Forty-two
months is too soon. Forty-two years too long. Much as I love you, they're gonna
have to understand by fourteen or so."
Briar Kennedy: "I am sure they can start to learn
some of that earlier on in life, just the more complexities of it not till they
are much older." She blinks at Aerin. "No you can start to learn about the
meaning of life much earlier than 42." okay so she did not see the movie or read
the books. "Although I have to say at this point, as with Penguins, once a baby
is concieved the Father should watch over it till it is born."
Aerin Thomas [PB 3]: He gives a look of
mock annoyance. "You people have to see a movie or two sometime. Maybe read a
book." He grins some.
Shadow's Blissful Silence: "I couldn't
arrange for that if I tried...."
Shadow's Blissful Silence: "I've seen
movies. A couple of them with you in a sneaky attempt to make you sleep. Or at
least stop trying to exhaust yourself to death for an hour or two." He swipes
lightly at Aerin.
Aerin Thomas [PB 3]: "See a few more." he
gently pushes Bliss and smirks.
Briar Kennedy: She laughs a bit. "If I had enough
time to watcha movie Aerin, then I could have gotten three or four other things
done in that time." She looks at Bliss. "Oh I know, wishful thinking on my part
is all. Least this time it is not a totally painful pregnancy. But my Kidneys
are going to be thanking me in a few more months."
Briar Kennedy: She smiles as she watches the two of
them interact.
Shadow's Blissful Silence: "You gonna
watch them with me?" He asks with a chuckle, settling back against Aerin. "Or am
I gonna have to do this terrible still thing all alone? I mean the monsters that
keep you from ever getting any rest might eat me if you aren't there to save
me...."
Aerin Thomas [PB 3]: "Yes, I'll happily
watch them with you, Bliss." He smirks a little bit, and looks over at Briar. "I
can imagine so. Everything's going well with it so far, then?"
Briar Kennedy: She continues to watch the two of
them and listen, then looks to Aerin and nods. "Yes so far so good, despite how
stubborn the doctor keeps saying I am over a few things." she shrugs. "She keeps
telling me even I am being a bit overly stubborn on what I do not want to know."
Shadow's Blissful Silence: His eyes
flutter closed when he gets that agreement from Aerin. "Perfect."
Aerin Thomas [PB 3]: "The gender?"
Briar Kennedy: She grins at Bliss, and nods to what
Aerin says. "Yeah, that and how many." She shrugs. "I just do not want to know
that."
Aerin Thomas [PB 3]: "Fair enough." He nods
a little. "I think how many would be good to know, for health reasons...but I
don't think the baby's sex needs to be known until needed."
Briar Kennedy: "Yeah, generally that is why you need
to know, for your health and that of the babies. But having had twins I am
taking all of the precautions associated with more than one, even if it is one.
My Doctor can't even seem to convince me what a good idea it would be to know, I
keep telling her that before recently women had babies without knowing anything
at all, and I want to keep it that way."
Shadow's Blissful Silence: "Isn't she
precious?" He takes another drink and sets the glass down without opening his
eyes.
Aerin Thomas [PB 3]: "Point." He smiles a
bit and nods. "It's your choice...I certainly wouldn't be dumb enough to stand
in your way. I may not know much, but I've learned to avoid doing that with
women. Safer for me."
Briar Kennedy: She watches Bliss. "If I didn't know
you better I would say you are drunk, but I do and I know you are not. I need to
start to fix you some teas to drink." said to Bliss, as her eyes raise to Aerin.
"They might help you too." she laughs a bit. "Yeah, good lesson to learn when it
comes to women, eventually they still will do and say things as the please."
Shadow's Blissful Silence: "Tea?" His eyes
half open. "I don't drink that so often...not lately anyway."
Briar Kennedy: "Yes tea." she says looking to Bliss.
"Then maybe you should, I know of a few that will help, or at least someone who
can help me pick out the right combo to help with relaxation and sleep."
Aerin Thomas [PB 3]: "Yeah, I've noticed
they do that." He smirks a bit to Briar. "Aggravating as it is. And no,
Bliss...I'm fine, thank you. Scotch is practically my lifeblood these days."
Briar Kennedy: "Alcohol seems to be a big cure-all
for a lot of people these days." Another sip of her juice. "It is okay, thought
I might offer at least. So how is Tori?"
Shadow's Blissful Silence: "Would I ever
argue with you?" His voice is so perfectly "innocent" as his eyes flutter back
closed.
Aerin Thomas [PB 3]: "Tori is fine. Doing
very well, actually."
Briar Kennedy: "That is good to hear. They do
tend to grow up quickly don't they?" If Bliss's arm is close to her she will
start to rub it.
Shadow's Blissful Silence: And his eyes
open again, for a moment at least, when Briar touches him. "Hey," he says
softly.
Briar Kennedy: "Hey." a tilt of her head as she
looks at him slightly concerned for him.
Aerin Thomas [PB 3]: "Yes...they do,
indeed." He leans back against the couch, smiling slightly.
Shadow's Blissful Silence: "Stop looking
at me like that. I'm fine. Everything is fine."
Briar Kennedy: She nods her head with a smile to
Aerin. then raises an eyebrow to Bliss. "I can look at you however I want to
look at you, you big lug. Yes, everything is fine." a slight sigh but she keeps
rubbing his arm.
Shadow's Blissful Silence: He frowns, then
chuckles. "Right. Everything is fine," his voice is perfectly calm, serious. He
shakes his head, absolutely puzzled by her reaction, and closes his eyes again.
Briar Kennedy: She rolls her eyes after Bliss has
his closed and gives Aerin a look like 'He is just a dork'. "So I have run out
of things to talk about." she says to Aerin. "And he is not asleep enough for us
to talk about it." she winks to show she is joking.
Shadow's Blissful Silence: He laughs
softly. "Everyone else talks about me in front of me. I'm not that sensitive
anymore."
Aerin Thomas [PB 3]: "Talk about it?" He
grins a little bit, looking at her curiously. "What exactly is this suddenly
infamous 'it' you speak of?"
Briar Kennedy: "Him....I meant him." she laughs a
bit. "If I wasn't a red head I should have been a blond."
Aerin Thomas [PB 3]: "Ahh...okay." He
chuckles at that, petting Bliss's hair. "I was curious for a second there."
Briar Kennedy: She takes another sip of her juice as
she pets Bliss's arm. "Yeah I am sure you were. Took me a second to realize what
I had said."
Shadow's Blissful Silence: "Mmmmmm...you
two are precious, you know that?"
Aerin Thomas [PB 3]: He grins a bit.
"Believe me...not the worst slip of the tongue I've heard. You tend to get them
a lot when you hang around psychotic alcoholics." He looks to Bliss. "And no,
I'm not talking about you."
Shadow's Blissful Silence: He nudges
Aerin's hand with a soft laugh. "I drink less than you do. It would hardly be
fair."
Briar Kennedy: "Yes darling, you keep saying that."
she tells Bliss "Oh I am sure it isn't the worst slip of the tongue, but I tend
to not let my tongue slip too much if I can help it." she grins. "I have spent a
good amount of time around those types, on occasion, although I just thought
they were nuts, I ddo not know if they actually were or not."
Aerin Thomas [PB 3]: "Oh, trust me. Mine
were insane."
Briar Kennedy: She nods her head. "Oh I trust you on
that one." She tells Aerin.
Shadow's Blissful Silence: "My insane
people never did things like drink." He shudders. "I'm not sure it would be
better if they had though."
Aerin Thomas [PB 3]: He smiles to Briar,
and then looks to Bliss, running a hand over his hair. "So...better?"
Shadow's Blissful Silence: "Yeah," he says
with a sigh. "A little. In case you suddenly can't guess what I'm thinking."
Briar Kennedy: She rubs Bliss' arm. "Eh don't worry
about it now." she tells him. and then looks between Bliss and Aerin. "Is what
better?"
Shadow's Blissful Silence: "Nothing,
kitten. Ignore the man who keeps saying the silly things."
Aerin Thomas [PB 3]: He smirks a little and
shakes his head before rising to refill his glass.
Briar Kennedy: "mmmmmhmmmmm." Is all she says as she
watches the two of them. When Aerin gets up she moves so that she leans over to
say something to Bliss.
Aerin Thomas [PB 3]:
d10: Per+Alert: 5,7,3,5,4,4,
Briar Kennedy -> Aerin Thomas [PB 3]: "If you do not
want me to know love I am okay with that, doesn't stop me from being curious
though."
Shadow's Blissful Silence: He chuckles.
"It's not something I can exactly explain. Don't worry about it. Uhm...let's try
for Aerin and I are very close and you and I are very close and I'm just happier
if you're in one place. Fair enough? Without getting complicated."
Briar Kennedy: "Fair enough." She says nuzzling the
side of his face before sitting back up to pet his arm once more, and as she
does so she looks over to Aerin.
Aerin Thomas [PB 3]: He looks over his
shoulder, refilling his glass, and smiles a little bit at the two of them.
Briar Kennedy: She smiles a bit. "If you had said
that in the first place to me, you really think I would have argued at all with
you?" she says to Bliss and then looks to Aerin. "I know him and I are odd,
nothing is ever dull with us."
Shadow's Blissful Silence: "Um...I don't
know. I was thinking in complicated at the time. I do that a lot."
Briar Kennedy: "Sometimes things have the simplest
answers, for what might look complicated." She smiles down to Bliss even if he
cannot see her.
Aerin Thomas [PB 3]: "You mean dull is
normal?" He blinks. "Wow, I really am out there, then."
Shadow's Blissful Silence: "And
sometimes I'm a freak. We know this."
Shadow's Blissful Silence: "Also Aerin is
a freak. But we all knew that." He nods.
Briar Kennedy: "Well based on the standard for
normal, hell yeah dull is normal." she rolls her eyes at Bliss. "Right, then you
have not met half the people I have, they are absolutly out there."
Briar Kennedy: "So to our way of thinking we are all
normal." She shrugs.
Aerin Thomas [PB 3]: "I prefer the term
supafreak, thank you very much."
Shadow's Blissful Silence: He smiles and
bats in Aerin's direction lazily. "Maybe not."
Shadow's Blissful Silence: "Do you?" He
doesn't seem to get that reference either.
Aerin Thomas [PB 3]: "Cue the Rick James
music." He snickers a little bit, turning to take a lean against the bar with
his glass in hand.
Briar Kennedy: She grins. "Oh go to sleep you." she
says to Bliss. "I promiss not to wander off this time." As if she has wandered
off before while he has taken a cat nap before, and admittedly she did once.
Shadow's Blissful Silence: "Huh?" He asks
softly. "You are both not being easy to sleep on and confusing. You need to stop
one, or preferably both of those things immediately...."
Shadow's Blissful Silence: [Last post to
Aerin.]
Briar Kennedy: "He is talking about a song," she
smiles to Aerin totally getting the reference as she likes music.
Shadow's Blissful Silence: "Don't
encourage him...now he'll expect me to understand...."
Aerin Thomas [PB 3]: "It's 70's music. Man,
am I lax on my culture lessons lately..."
Briar Kennedy: She rubs Bliss' arm. "Oh alright. I
could sing you to sleep like I do the boys.....if you wanted me to." She says to
Bliss shooting a grin to Aerin. "Hey some of us got it."
Shadow's Blissful Silence: "Whatever makes
you happy...." He says to Briar with a chuckle. "Though it's been years since
anyone's tried that."
Aerin Thomas [PB 3]: "I'm glad someone
did." He grins a little bit, watching them, and takes a sip off his drink.
Briar Kennedy: "It is worth a shot then." She says,
and moves her hand from his arm to his head and pets his hair. She looks
lovingly at him a moment then closes her e4yes a moment choosing a lullaby in
her head. And then she will start to sing, in Romani of course.
Briar Kennedy:
d10: Arete: 3,4,4,
Briar Kennedy:
d10: Arete (WP): 6,6,4,
Briar Kennedy: She continues to sing and run her
hand over his hair as she sings, concentrating on him fully for a good 10
minutes, way past when he actually fell asleep. Then she takes a deep breath and
kisses his forhead before leaning back and taking a sip of her drink.
Shadow's Blissful Silence: And...one
sleeping Bliss. Rather more quickly than normal.
Aerin Thomas [PB 3]: He raises an eye,
blinking. "Wow. Nicely done, Briar. I'm impressed."
Briar Kennedy: She smiles and keeps her voice low as
if he is just really sleeping and has not been helped along. "Thanks, learned
that my boys like to be sung to sleep so, figured it was worth a shot."
Aerin Thomas [PB 3]: "Good guess." He nods
and moves over across the room, opening the front door. He rests in the door
frame, a good way away from Briar, and pulls out a cigarette. "Is this far
enough for me to smoke, or would you prefer further?"
Briar Kennedy: "I have had worse, that is fine." she
saysabout the smoking leaning back and trying to keep an eye on Bliss as she
watches Aerin. "Yeah thought the singing would be better than dancing, I didn't
get paid to sing, I got paid to dance though."
Aerin Thomas [PB 3]: "Oh?" He smiles a bit.
"Dated a few dancers in my time."
Briar Kennedy: "Yeah one of the dancers over at Wild
cats." she shrugs. "Paid the bills and it is something that I am good at to
boot." she grins.
Aerin Thomas [PB 3]: He nods. "Good deal.
Did you enjoy it?"
Briar Kennedy: "I enjoyed the dancing, but that was
about it. Not that I am ashamed of my body or anything. Just was something to
do, that I could do." another sip of the juice. "Dancing is like feeling a beat,
a heartbeat within yourself and the music." she smiles. "I think I might have
scared bliss when he brought me up here and I danced beneath the moon, to no
other song but the beat of the earth."
Aerin Thomas [PB 3]: "Scared him?" He
tilts his head curiously. "Why do you say that?"
Briar Kennedy: She shrugs a shoulder. "Normally that
is the reaction although, I did dump the boys on him to watch as I went over to
the field, stripped out my clothes and danced away for a good half hour or so. I
didn't particularly tell him what I was doing when I did it."
Aerin Thomas [PB 3]: "Ahh...so it was the
uncertainty." He nods a little bit. "Confused him, maybe, at first. I don't know
that you probably scared him, though."
Briar Kennedy: "Okay so not scared, but he did have
an odd look on his face." She says and looks over to Bliss before looking back
to Aerin.
Aerin Thomas [PB 3]: He chuckles a little
bit. "Bliss has certain things he's come to expect out of life. When something
unexpected happens, he gets thrown a little."
Briar Kennedy: She nods her head. "So I have
noticed. Him and I seem to know just how to push each other off a little bit
from time to time. He has done a few things that have left me stunned and
speechless."
Aerin Thomas [PB 3]: "He's rather good at
that from time to time, yes. I know I've been thrown several times. Including
the first time we met."
Briar Kennedy: She nods her head and smiles
remembering something. "Yeah, it isn't a bad thing really. As I said never a
dull moment."
Aerin Thomas [PB 3]: "Not at all." He
chuckles and nods. "But then, that's not necessarily bad."
Briar Kennedy: "No, not in this case is it a bad
thing." she says with a smile and glances once more to Bliss to make sure he is
still sleeping, before moving to stand up. "Are you hungry?"
Aerin Thomas [PB 3]: "No, I'm fine,
thanks." He takes a drag off of his cigarette. "In fact...I'm going to go check
around the place. Call me paranoid...'cause well, I am. But no one's ever been
too careful."
Briar Kennedy: "Alright suit yourself." she says and
smiles to him. "I know paranoia, it doesn't hurt to be safe. Besides I am armed
90 percent of the time." she moves off towards the kitchen to get herself
something to eat though.