Brier/Darius

[Shava]

5 Jun 13, 01:01 AM
Darius: -headed for the black lake, dressed in swimsuit, shorts, and shirt expecting to go swimming-
5 Jun 13, 01:02 AM
Brier: She's sprawled out, arms under her head, laying in the grass at the water's edge, wondering how exactly she'd gotten, and now where exactly to go from here.
5 Jun 13, 01:06 AM
Darius: -walking down the hill, sees Brier and stops suddenly, surprised. Thinks for nearly five full minutes just standing there unaware of how odd it looks, then remembering Vin's words, walks towards her slowly thinking- okay just take this slow, it will be okay -muttering to himself before he gets closer, then clears his throat so she hears him and steps closer, looking down at her- Um. Hi Brier. How are you today?
5 Jun 13, 01:08 AM
Brier: She jolts gently at the sound of his voice, thinking for a moment she's imagined it. She raises into a sitting position and turns to smile at him after a moment's hesitation. "Hi Dar, I'm okay. How're you?" She raises her knees, wraps her arms around them loosely and gazes up at him expectantly.
5 Jun 13, 01:11 AM
Darius: -taking that as an invitation that he was okay, he sits down beside her, closer then he has i the past though a tad nervously as if willing to move away if she looks uncomfortable- Um, very good today thanks. Is this okay? I don't want to interupt you if you are thinking about something. -looks a touch pensive about going too fast-
5 Jun 13, 01:15 AM
Brier: When he sits down, she closes the distance between them, laying her head on his shoulder. At his question, a smile tugs at the corners of her lips, though she tries very hard not to look amused. "I'm always thinking about something, but you're not interrupting anything." She smiles up at him, "going for a swim?"
5 Jun 13, 01:20 AM
Darius: -feels his face heat up a tad when she puts her head on his shoulder- Oh well that's good. -nods- Yes, I was thinking it was warm. I can't stay in long unless I go under though. -is wearing a hat-
5 Jun 13, 01:22 AM
Brier: "Come on then" she stands, letting the shirt fall off her shoulders and shimmying out of her shorts. "We can both cool off for a bit." She turns her head to smile cheekily at him over her shoulder. "Right?"
5 Jun 13, 01:25 AM
Darius: -she shifts, he moves to be ut of the way then realizes she is stripping, eyes get wider as he slips his shirt off, fumbling fingers as he isn't looking at his own- Sure, that sounds good -eyes fall to her rear and his face gets redder, slips off his jean shorts revealing purple/black swim suit baggy- I'll just keep the hat on for a bit that will make it easier. -stands and walks to follow her into the water, eyes very much distracxted and not realizing he shouldn't be so obvious-
5 Jun 13, 01:37 AM
Brier: She picks her way carefully over the rocks at the edge of the water, before breaking into the water just beyond the drop off. She turns so she's facing him, catches him eyeing her, and smirks. "Enjoying the view are you?" she teases.
5 Jun 13, 01:40 AM
Darius: -follows her, stepping into the water as she speaks and face flushes more so- Um. Ah yes? -looks unsure whether he was supposed to say that or not- I just... Well I've never been with anyone in swimming except family before, you know? -hopes she figures out where he is headed with that so he doesn't have to say 'comparing'-
5 Jun 13, 01:45 AM
Brier: She laughs softly, and then gives him an apologetic smile. "I'm sorry I just..." She swims toward him until she's close enough to touch him. "I understand, I remember how strange it was to be in school with so many people after growing up with mostly my family." She shrugs, "not bad so far I hope?"
5 Jun 13, 01:49 AM
Darius: -walks in till his shoulders and head are all that stand out, hat on his head, awkward smile- Yeah it didn't seem so hard at first... -smiles shyly towards her- I guess this is bringing it home to me how different things are becoming. It all used to make so much sense to me, everything fit a pattern... -looks aside to see no one else was down here swimming right now- and I like this so far, it just feels so...unplanned.
5 Jun 13, 01:59 AM
Brier: She swims a bit closer, not quite touching him, but close enough for the kiss she's debating. She tilts her head and grins at him. "Does everything have to be planned Dar?" Her tone is almost challenging.
5 Jun 13, 02:02 AM
Darius: -as she moves closer he turns towards her more, opening up his body language without realizing it- Um, I guess not, But it feels more secure when it is. -hears the challenge and swallows, remembering what VIn asaid about 'moments' and he would feel them not hear them coming- I don't want to worry you or anything, but I feel I should kiss you now. -moves closer, leans in and gives her a kiss, remembering to turn his nose out of the way fortunately, short kiss, hesitates- I hope that's all right...
5 Jun 13, 02:09 AM
Brier: She smiles against his lips when he kisses her, wrapping her arms around his neck to pull him closer when he pulls away. "Oh I'm not worried, in fact, I think I'm going to kiss you again." She presses her lips to his, nipping his bottom lip softly.
5 Jun 13, 02:14 AM
Darius: -feels the change against his lips and realizes it feels even better, begins to use his lips more in a kiss experimentally- Oh good -smiles just before she does it as he touches her sides with his hands carefuly before sliding them around her to pull her close, realizes she is wearing not a one piece and blushes more- Oh! -about the nip- Seems you do like me, that's good. -smiles a bit stronger, feeling her in his arms- Wow, this is pretty amazing! Are all relationships this...sparking?
5 Jun 13, 02:45 AM
Brier: When he kisses her back, she responds to him, trying to let him lead as best she can. She squirms a bit under his touch, pressing herself to him but careful to keep enough distance she can still keep herself afloat. "What was your first clue?" she snarks playfully as she pulls away a bit. "I don't know about all of them, but its a good thing to have."
5 Jun 13, 02:51 AM
Darius: -feeling her push herself against him he felt his temperature go up and checked with one hand to make sure his hat was still on as he returned the kiss- Well i'm not used to this so it may have taken me a few moments. I was half afraid you would say yesterday was an accident or something. -doesn't want to let her pull back, but he does, wondering why his skin feels hot to the touch suddenly- I approve of it, that's for sure! -eyes growing a bit avid for her touch- I having you for a girlfriend, Brier! I know I don't kow much about this stuff, but it feels so wonderful...
5 Jun 13, 02:54 AM
Brier: She sees him check for his hat and smirks to herself. "An accident?" She shakes her head, looking incredulous. "Of course not, why would you think something like that?" She reaches up at his comment and presses her fingertips to his cheek gently. "You've got plenty of time to learn, I'm not going anywhere."
5 Jun 13, 02:58 AM
Darius: -looks slightly ashamed- Well I don't know. I guess... -hesitates- it seemed kind of too good to be true in a way. I mean you were so nice afterwards yesterday I thought you might be just saying that till you got away from me. I'm glad to know I was wrong. -grins stronger now- Oh that's good -arms pull her back again- Cause I like being next to you -eyes looking right into hers before he kisses her again- you make me feel happy. I don't feel that way at school much. -touches her hair briefly to get a strand out of their way then returns possessively to her waist-
5 Jun 13, 03:02 AM
Brier: Her expression softens. "I was nice afterwards because it takes two" she reminds him. "I wasn't mad at you for what happened, it was just too much too fast, y'know?" She lets him pull her close, grinning as she wraps her arms back around his neck loosely. "The feeling's mutual" she assures him, kissing him back, she moves her lips against his, tightening her hold on his neck in a reflexive effort to get closer. "Well" she murmurs, sounding a bit more out of breath than before. "I'm glad, you deserve to be happy, Dare."
5 Jun 13, 03:06 AM
Darius: -blushes now a lot- I'm sorry! I don't know what came over me, I really don't! -not panicked, but concerned she believes him- I promise to let you lead, I won't push things unless you say it's okay. -likes her tighening grip, surprised at himself- How come you feel so good, Brier? It's like I never like being near people much, but I practically want you in my clothes. -doesn't see how that sounds clearly- You deserve it too, Brier, I hope to always make you feel happy...
5 Jun 13, 03:11 AM
Brier: She bites her lip as she gazes up at him, trying not to look guilty. "Its okay, it happens." She shrugs, offering him a soft half-smile. "I don't mind letting you lead if you want to, or I can, it doesn't really matter. I don't think about it much." She wonders why she never noticed he doesn't like being near people. She flushes even as she arches an eyebrow at him. "I think me getting in your clothes is what got us into so much trouble yesterday" she reminds him, only half-guessing at his cluelessness. She brushes her lips over his temple, and then down to his jaw. "I don't think that will be a problem."
5 Jun 13, 03:17 AM
Darius: -totally misses the guilt- Well you seem to be doing pretty good at it -impressed but happily content to let her be in charge- You just tell me if there is something I should be doing cause I may not realize. -still not thinking that way- Well no, when I had my shirt off we weren't that close, but I mean like as close as possibly we could get, that's what I'm feeling. I don't know how to say it -puzzled look as he thinks about it, chewing slightly on his lip, this stops as she kisses his jaw- Gosh.
5 Jun 13, 03:22 AM
Brier: She smiles cheekily at him. "Why thank you" she teases lightly. She has to actively resist the urge to shake her head at him when he speaks next, but she's still smiling. "I know that feeling", she murmurs. That at least, was true. She pulls away only far enough so that she can meet his eyes. "Gosh what?" she tries to give him an innocent look, but her eyes are sparking mischievously.
5 Jun 13, 03:27 AM
Darius: -nods at her agreeing with him, hears her question, gives her a slow realization look- Um, wel lI hadn't realized you could kiss anywhere except the lips. And that felt ...nice... -eyes get a bit warmer at some intenal thought- Does... -swallows, meets her eyes again- does that work in more places?
5 Jun 13, 03:29 AM
Brier: She does laugh then, softly in spite of herself. "I'm pretty sure you can kiss someone anywhere you want to, Dare." She grins at him, "Like..." She trails from his jaw to his throat, from there down to his collarbone and then finally to his shoulder. "See?" She grins at him, "I'm sure it /could/ work just about anywhere."
5 Jun 13, 03:34 AM
Darius: -if he had been wearing a shirt, he would have looked too warm suddenly- Oh. -she went down his throat and his face colored a lot as his eyes got bigger- Oh. Oh my. Um. -gets bold- Here, let me try that. -kisses her cheek, then her jaw awkwardly, then skips the throat and kisses her shoulder and then makes his way up, back to the spot between shoulder and neck having missed it-
5 Jun 13, 03:37 AM
Brier: She smirks, nipping playfully at his collarbone, but lightly before leaning back up to smile into his eyes. "Be my...oh...mmmm." Her eyes slide closed and a gentle humming sound issues past her lips, reflexively encouraging him. "That...was nice." When she opens her eyes again they've darkened a shade or two. "Does that answer your question?"
5 Jun 13, 03:42 AM
Darius: -hearing her reaction, remembers those spots and returns to them with more enthusiasm- So, doing that makes you happy then? -smiles suddenly, eyes glinty- because I think you taste wonderful... -blushes at own words- i mean yes, I like doing that. -kisses her lips with considerably more interest, getting clearly much better-
5 Jun 13, 03:45 AM
Brier: Her breath hitches, and she tilts her head to allow him better access to her neck. At his comment, her eyes open and she gives him a surprised look. "Really now?" She looks more intrigued than amused. She kisses him back, less careful this time, forgetting his lack of experience for a moment.
5 Jun 13, 03:49 AM
Darius: -he nods, smiles, and then isn't somehow surprised when she starts kissing him back. begins following her lead in inteisity more, his hands sliding up and down her back between the twopieces of material, liking the feel of her before he slips away from her lips to go down her neck again and spend some time over there, building things up far more then he should without realizing it-
5 Jun 13, 03:52 AM
Brier: 'She gasps again, biting her lip hard as her eyes squeeze shut again. "Oh..oh Merlin, Dare..." she whispers. Her hands drift to his shoulders and she grips them, bracing for her quickly evaporating sense of balance. You had to say this for him, he learned and quickly.
5 Jun 13, 03:56 AM
Darius: -hearing that she like sit a lot, he continues, trying to make sure he pleases her a lot, not realizing what he is doing to her. Her grip on him makes him hesitate for only a second before he continues, working his way back up, ending with a long, three minute kiss of her lips, surprised at how much more intense she has become-
5 Jun 13, 04:00 AM
Brier: She moans then, and seems to jolt back to something resembling reality. Without warning, she turns in his arms and dashes under the water, dipping out of sight and reappearing about a foot away, breathing hard. "I...wow...you...that...Merlin..." She takes a moment to catch her breath.
5 Jun 13, 04:03 AM
Darius: -thought he was doing right and is surprised whn she turns away, ducking away under water- What-- did I...? -she surfaces speaking and he looks very puzzled, places a hand out on her shoulder with concern- I'm sorry! Did I hurt you? I didn't mean to! -is breathing heavy himself, but hasn't made the connection on what was happening-

[Shava]

9 Oct 13, 02:25 AM
Brier: She couldn't believe it....just couldn't...but with an awful, sick feeling she realized she could. It all made sense now, the looks at the party, the talk, even his attitude as they'd....yes, it all made sense. Curled up in one of the empty classrooms, she fought the urge to cry for less than a minute before the tears came. She'd given herself to him, totally, trusted him to take care of her, and instead he'd...she felt the realization like a physical ache. He'd used her, and she'd let him.
9 Oct 13, 02:26 AM
Brier Summerby: looks like
9 Oct 13, 02:32 AM
Darius: -walking through the halls, Darius was headed for a specific room and stepped inside, closing the door behind him carefully before he realized someone was in there. A glance of concern, then he realized who it was.- Hey Brier, I'mma just going to need this window for a moment then I'll be out of your way. -seeing her tears he stopped fronwing halfway across to it- Um. -blushes, hesitates- Uh. Are ah, you okay? Or is this like one of those girl things I'm supposed to shut up about?
9 Oct 13, 02:32 AM
Darius: i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa292/Shava44/Meta/LilBro/3_zpsc3543442.jpg
9 Oct 13, 02:35 AM
Brier Summerby: She looks up, startled, and wipes her eyes quickly. She tries to laugh, but manages only to offer a watery smile in response to his question. "Oh...h-hi Darius...no I...I'm fine." She takes a deep breath willing the world into focus. "My boyfriend...well...ex-boyfriend now...we...broke up...and it was ugly." Which all in all was putting it mildly.
9 Oct 13, 02:37 AM
Darius: -can see she isn't, but was raised by Lindsey- Oh okay. Do you need him hurt? -hesitates at the window not opening it yet vaguly thinking he needs to do stuff to protect her cause she is family-
9 Oct 13, 02:39 AM
Brier Summerby: She glances up, surprised when she realizes he's serious. "I...um...no...I don't think so." Though she was angry at Madden beyond words right now, she didn't particularly see the point in causing more trouble. She pushes up on the wall and stands shakily. "What did you need the window for?" She asks in an attempt to change the subject.
9 Oct 13, 02:41 AM
Darius: -nods- Okay, let me know if you do. -hesitates and then shrugs- Scavenger hunt. Vin left me some stuff to find and I need to go out the window for this one. -pulls out a rope from his backpack and ties it off on the windowframe then around his waist-
9 Oct 13, 02:45 AM
Brier Summerby: She laughs softly, "you'll be the first to know" but then she thinks of Keela and Vin and corrects herself. "Well...third." She wondered vaguely if she ought to tell Cern or not, and decided to ask Keela what she thought. "Out the window?" She approached, looking from him to the rope and then over the ledge at the ground. "Why?"
9 Oct 13, 02:48 AM
Darius: -assumed she meant his brother- Okay. -turns and finishes tying the rope- Cause he hid the clues on the outside of the building. My last one makes me think down below here on the pipes. -perfectly straight face, seems logical to him-
9 Oct 13, 02:49 AM
Brier Summerby: She tilts her head, wondering if the obvious question is necessary. "And the front door was a bad idea because...?"
9 Oct 13, 02:51 AM
Darius: -sees she is puzzled- cause people don't look up. If I climbed up the side of the school, someone would notice me on the fifth floor, gives the game away, but if I lower myself to it, much easier to hide. -pulls up the grey hood, begins to pull it more closed to hide his face-
9 Oct 13, 02:53 AM
Brier Summerby: She just looks at him for a second as it sinks it. "You're going to....SCALE the castle wall?" She gives him a look that clearly says he's lost his mind, but is grateful for the momentary distraction he's giving her. "What treasure is worth risking life and limp for exactly>?"
9 Oct 13, 02:55 AM
Brier Summerby: limb*
9 Oct 13, 02:56 AM
Darius: -nods, wonders why her voice changed- Sure, it's not hard.-gives a soft smile very shy to her second question as he sits on the window ledge- Brier, if you fear death al lyour life you'll never do anything fun. Risk is it's own reward. Besides, Vin does this all the time. -swings legs around and pulls rope taunt-
9 Oct 13, 02:59 AM
Brier Summerby: She just continues to stare at him as though he's grown another head with an even more abnormal hair color. "If your brother jumped off a..." but then he goes over and she cuts herself off from mumbling the rest. "Guess that answers that question." Still, she thought about his words in the moments he was gone. Maybe he was right.
9 Oct 13, 03:03 AM
Darius: -scales down ten feet, reaches behind a pipe and searches a few minutes and nods with satisfaction at finding the small box, comes back up fairly quick, showing he does have some physical fitness- Done. Be out of your way in a minute. -sits sideways in the window a second, only inches from her- Were you saying something when i went down?
9 Oct 13, 03:15 AM
Brier S: She watches, nervous but undeniably impressed. When he returns, she looks surprised and curious. "Wow " she murmurs before looking up at him guiltily. "It was nothing." She notices how close he is and is surprised when her body reacts. She had always had a bit of a crush on Darius, but now didn't seem like the time to be thinking about it.
9 Oct 13, 03:19 AM
Darius: -doesn't see the signs and unconciously undoes the rope sitting in the window ledge while she speaks- Okay. If you're sure. -begins coiling rope around one arm over and over as he glances at her- You sure you are okay? Your cheeks are all red. -reaches out and puts back of hand hesitantly on her cheek then her forehead briefly- Not a fever I guess.
9 Oct 13, 03:25 AM
Bri: His concern both surprised her and endeared him. It was unexpected, as was the way her skin tingled under his touch. "Oh no I'm not sick. It's probably just from earlier when I was cr-- upset." She bit her lip as the memories came flooding back.
9 Oct 13, 03:29 AM
[×] Darius: -family takes care of family in his mind- Okay. -drops the rope in his bag bending over and fastening it- Well let me know if you want anything, Brier. And I hope you feel better soon.
10 Oct 13, 12:34 AM
Brier Summerby: She opens her mouth, closes it again for a moment in hesitation before something seems to win out in her mind. "Um Darius could you..." she pauses again, takes a breath. "Could you stay?" She flushes, "I just really don't want to be alone right now, and I'm not ready to talk to my brother about it yet. I'm worried about what he might do when he finds out."
10 Oct 13, 12:36 AM
Darius: -hesitates only a second, then gives in- Um. Okay. I don't know what I can say though... -comes back over, confused apparently-
10 Oct 13, 12:38 AM
Brier Summerby: She shakes her head, "you don't have to say anything if you don't want to" she assures him. She sits in silence for several seconds before she has a thought. "Have you ever had one? A girlfriend I mean?"
10 Oct 13, 12:40 AM
Darius: -is setting his stuff down when she asks- Um. No. -looks both shy and uncomfortable suddenly, looks anywhere but at her, fiddles with the zipper on his sweatshirt-
10 Oct 13, 12:41 AM
Brier Summerby: She smiles, and there's a hard edge to it. Pulling her knees up to her chin, she wraps her arms around them, almost as though hugging herself. "Consider yourself lucky then" she assures him softly. "Relationships are more trouble than they're worth." She finds it slightly endearing that he's embarrassed, and wonders why she hadn't been smart enough to go for someone like that instead of someone as experienced as Madden.
10 Oct 13, 12:44 AM
Darius: -looks at her, seeing she looks uncomfortable- Mom and dad seem okay. Your parents seemed pretty all right with it. -pauses, curiosuly tilts head as he thinks- And Vin seems happy, though he said it was very hard at first getting Keela's attention.
10 Oct 13, 12:47 AM
Brier Summerby: She nods, smiling a bit at his mention of Keela. "Oh he had her attention right from the start" she tells him, still smiling. "She just fought it for the longest." She shook her head, "It was unbearable, watching her do it." Brier hadn't understood then, but she did now. "Okay, maybe not all relationships" she concedes, "just mine."
10 Oct 13, 12:50 AM
Darius: -understands a different way- Oh right. I guess she hid it well. I don't understand it all, but he seems to. -back to the zipper- Well just take a break from it then. Not like there's a rush or anything. Don't have to get married till after your legal anyway -shrugs-
10 Oct 13, 12:53 AM
Brier Summerby: She laughed, "I don't have to get married at all" she points out somewhat cheekily, feeling a bit more like her old self. "I'm the baby, they'll be sick of weddings by the time i get old enough." She shrugs, feeling a little better.
10 Oct 13, 12:56 AM
Darius: -brightens- Do you think they might forget? Oh no -stops and shakes his head clearly giving up on that hope- Not my mom. Besodes, I got lots of siblings
10 Oct 13, 01:04 AM
Brier Summerby: She grins, "your family? I doubt it." She smirks at him, "yes you do" she relaxes a bit more. "Its kind of nice though, having a big family. At least I think so."
10 Oct 13, 01:11 AM
Darius: -looks kind of weirded out at the thought- Yeah, not her. Dad I think isn't so pushy about it, but she is hyped up on it. She even tried to buy Vin's underwear to make him more attractive although I don't see how that would do anything. Not like you can see it. -shakes head at thoughts of his mother- He resisted though. -brightens- Yes! I like it a lot! I get to even help sometimes with my younger siblings. Dad has been teaching me how to cook for everyone too.
10 Oct 13, 01:19 AM
Brier Summerby: She smiles warmly, "you cook?" she looks impressed. "Really?" She releases her knees and crosses them indian style, unconsciously opening her posture.
10 Oct 13, 01:22 AM
Darius: Yes. -nods- Dad made arrangments for me to work with a couple of house elves here too. It's fun, but it's much harder cooking for several hundred then around thirty. I was susprised how much.
10 Oct 13, 01:24 AM
Brier Summerby: She shrugs one shoulder, "I bet. I help mum, and Keela when she visits. My aunts have their own recipes too." She smiles, feeling her first pangs of homesickness in ages. "You know Mum's half Italian right?"
10 Oct 13, 01:26 AM
Darius: -nods- That's cool. What kind of food do you all have most often? We do a lot of Egyptian and Scottish. -shakes head- Nope, I didn't know that. I've only had Italian once when your sister came for Christmas. -thinks about that- I guess I could add Arabic as well, dad likes that too...
10 Oct 13, 01:34 AM
Brier Summerby: She shrugs, "depends on who cooks, though mom's been experimenting with some of Morai's recipes lately also." she turns to look out the window for a few seconds. "Never thought I'd see another family as mixed up as mine." She turns back to him when he mentions Keela. "That makes sense, its her favorite style. I think she'd live on pasta if she could."
10 Oct 13, 01:38 AM
[×] Darius: -looks puzzled- What's a Morai? or is that someone's name? -hears the mixed up part and doesn't get it entirely- I don't know, I think it's weird to be an only child. I don't understand them. Wouldn't it be awfully lonly? -makes a face as he doesn't like a lot of people actually-
10 Oct 13, 01:38 AM
Darius: -looks puzzled- What's a Morai? or is that someone's name? -hears the mixed up part and doesn't get it entirely- I don't know, I think it's weird to be an only child. I don't understand them. Wouldn't it be awfully lonly? -makes a face as he doesn't like a lot of people actually-
10 Oct 13, 01:40 AM
Brier Summerby: She blushes, "Oh, I'm sorry. I guess its sort of like grandmother, my dad's mum." She shrugs again, "mum was an only child, and I think she always wished she'd had a bigger family, but my aunts were young when she and dad married, so I think she made do."
10 Oct 13, 01:43 AM
Darius: -enlightened, tries to remember the word- Oh. Is that -almost said Irish- Celtic? Interesting. Mom didn't have any parents, but dad did. We're supposed to avoid him. -nods to her words about her mother but still has trouble picturing it really- I wonder how your family will react this summer when they come by to visit...
10 Oct 13, 01:50 AM
Brier Summerby: She nods, "good guess, are you familiar with the culture?" She nods when he mentions his grandfather. "Dad's father is kind of an @ss too" she admits. "At least that's what I gather since I've never met him." She closes her mouth suddenly, wondering why she'd just told him that. She smirks, "Oh I dunno, I think they'll give them a run for their money in the chaos department."
10 Oct 13, 01:57 AM
[×] Darius: -shakes head no- Not really, the word just sounded like Irish people talk i guess. -looks slightly interested in the word about her grandfather- Oh? Mom's dad is like that. He was dead a long time ago, but we're not supposed to talk about him much either. -smiles shyly- You haven't seen mealtimes with us. But it will be wild. We usually have like fifty or so kids lose at once.
10 Oct 13, 01:59 AM
Brier Summerby: She arches an eyebrow at him and smirks. "Oh yeah? Well I'm Irish. How do I talk?" She gives him an expectant look. Her eyes widen noticeably. "Fifty?" She shivers at the thought. "When we're all home there might be ten" she confesses. "I can't imagine fifty."
10 Oct 13, 02:04 AM
Darius: -gives her a look, not expectig that question- Well...with a lilt, like lightly? I can hear you make certain sylables a bit different then I expect but that's just how you were raised, right? You probably have heard your neighbors enough before you came to school to get the sound of the accent. It's pretty sounding, I like it. -nods at her reaction- Yep. twenty of us with a another on the way, and then our cousins and such, we can usually field a couple of Quidditch teams to compete against each other just out of the oldest kids.
10 Oct 13, 02:07 AM
Brier Summerby: When she next spoke, she listened to her voice carefully, but she couldn't hear what he was referring to. She shakes her head when he mentions quidditch. "Keela and Cern both play, I've never been very good." She looks slightly embarrassed. "I don't really like the idea of falling."
10 Oct 13, 02:10 AM
[×] Darius: -shrugs- I watch, but that's about it. I don't know that I trust brooms so much. I prefer potions and stuff, not so much Flying.
10 Oct 13, 02:22 AM
Brier Summerby: Her expression, if possible, softened further. Most of the guys she knew made fun of her when they found out she didn't fly. "Potions?" She looks intrigued, "I like the subject too, but I'm not very good" she admits softly.
10 Oct 13, 02:25 AM
Darius: -gives her a look- Oh I have no problem with it, seeing how everything just fits together, merges into something more then itself, better, complete. It's a lot like cooking in that, finding the perfect combination which merges together. -face takes on a rather excited look which seems a tad off- I love those, so many types to! -looks at her, eyes a bit brighter- What's your favorite subject then Brier?
10 Oct 13, 02:31 AM
Brier Summerby: She nods, "do you think...could you help me some then? Cern's going to be busy with NEWT studies and I don't really want to bother him with this" she looked hopeful. Though it looked foreign on his face, she was glad to see him excited about something. It was new. She has to pause for several seconds and think about the question, after a few moments pass, she bites her lip, a habit picked up from her mother. "Transfiguration" she answers him finally. "The idea that something can completely change into something else. It kind of lends itself to the idea that nothing is exactly what it seems. You know?"
10 Oct 13, 02:39 AM
Darius: -surprised at her request, he doesn't hesitate anyway because she is family- Um, okay sure. Why not? -still feels a tad nervous about that- What, like help you with studying after class or something? -thinks about what she says- Hmm. Something from nothing is defintely magic so I can see that. I would think more that anything can become something else says we are all made of the same stuff I guess in some way.
10 Oct 13, 02:44 AM
Brier Summerby: When she turns away from the window to meet his eyes again, the sadness has ebbed, and she nods. "Yes, like that." As he speaks about transfiguration, she listens, intrigued by his opinion she looks at him thoughtfully. "Maybe you're right." She reaches hesitantly and lays a hand over his in a casual gesture. He's warm, which surprises her for some reason. "I've never thought of it that way....thanks.' She squeezes his hand before releasing it.
10 Oct 13, 02:49 AM
Darius: All right, we can try it. -he notices her paying attention to his words and feels a bit better about that part, but then she shocks him by leaning over and touching his hand. Instantly deals with two thoughts, one about jerking away suddenly in a reaction and the other one about how she was family and trustworthy, hands jerks slightly under hers in reaction and goosebumps show up on both arms as he tries not todo more, eyes fixed on her hand-
10 Oct 13, 02:52 AM
Darius: -then she squeezes it and he nearly but not quite gasps and she releases it and he freezes, unsure what to do, arms stiff- Um -has to actually think about each muscle to release one at a time before he can get his arms and hands unclenched- Thanks -forces himself to breath in once before relaxing his shoulders, still not meeting her face and seeming to be very embarassed by his own reaction- Um. Sorry. -makes his hands release and lie flat on the desk a second- I'm not. Um. Sorry. I didn't mean anything by it.
10 Oct 13, 02:54 AM
Brier Summerby: She feels the tension in his muscles almost instantly as her eyes widen and she releases him, jerking backwards as if she's been burned. "I...I'm sorry I...didn't think about..." She was at a loss. She hadn't meant anything by the contact. She appreciated his input, his presence, that was all. "Are you all right?"
10 Oct 13, 02:57 AM
Darius: -clearly tries to form words and can't really think or what to say same time- Ah. Um. -works his jaw pulls his hands onto his lap, on his pants- I'm...I guess sensitive about. Um, I'm fine. I just. -gives her a look which says he is very sorry to make her feel bad but can't stop himself- Sorry, no one touches me but my family and even though you -stops takes a breath- are, I'm not like. Used to it I guess. Sorry! -relaxes a bit more but still tense- It. It might take me awhile.
10 Oct 13, 03:00 AM
Brier Summerby: Guilt returns, and with it the rest of the negative emotions she'd put on hold. She pales, and her posture becomes guarded again. "No...I'm sorry...I didn't think anything of it and I...well...I'll remember next time."
10 Oct 13, 03:05 AM
Darius: -sees she was hurt anyway, grits his teeth- No wait. You're okay, it's me, not you. -reaches out hesitantly and touches her hand with a finger then shivers slightly and suddenly puts his hand full on the back of hers- There. -doesn't leave it there long, pulls back and flushed face- I just...Gah, I just am not used to it. Sorry, VIn can smack me up the head or hug me fine, I'm just not used to anyone else ...doing it. Kinda. -looks upset with himself, stares at hand-
10 Oct 13, 03:10 AM
Brier Summerby: She can clearly see his frustration and the realization that its not directed at her goes miles in alleviating her negative feelings. He touches her hand and she smiles encouragingly at him. "Not used to...I think I get it." She nods as if to herself before giving him a shy sort of smile. "Maybe I can help with that part." Meeting his eyes and moving slowly, she shifts closer to him and leans against his shoulder, giving him room to pull away if he needs to. She doesn't move beyond that, prepared for him to tense up again.
10 Oct 13, 03:18 AM
[×] Darius: -face flushed, nods as she repeats what he says, eyes widened as she says she can help- Um -she leans against him and he shuts down for a minute, then reopens his eyes and gives her a very very shy smile- Um. Okay that helped.
10 Oct 13, 03:20 AM
Brier Summerby: "M'hmm, told you." She lays her head on his shoulder and turns her gaze back to the window where the sun is dropping rapidly, casting the world in bright, warm color. "I'm really glad you're here" she murmurs softly, but leaves it at that.
10 Oct 13, 03:23 AM
[×] Darius: -eyes go wide when she lays her head on his shoulder, knowing he can't move now! goosebumps back and fiercly under his sweatshirt- Ah. I'm glad I could -last part sounds questioning- help somehow?

[Shava]

18 Nov 13, 02:27 AM
Darius: Sitting on the sette (he had always liked them, even though it was supposed to be a type of couch), he put his bag on the floor and pulled out a book and notes, leaning back on the sette.
18 Nov 13, 02:28 AM
Brier: She entered the commonroom, having run into Madden on the way down and taken much longer than she intended. She spots Darius and smirks. "If I jump on you will you throw water at me?"
18 Nov 13, 02:30 AM
Darius: Gives her a puzzled look then realizes she must have seen or heard them and blushes slightly as he looks down, semi-smiling. "Um... No, but I'd prefer you didn't." Moves aside some as if to say she can sit down
18 Nov 13, 02:32 AM
Arabelle: She laughs softly. "Sorry, I couldn't help it. I noticed you guys the other day and it was...you seemed...different." She doesn't know how else to say it. "I don't jump on people, no worries..." She hesitates and then corrects herself. "Well, except Luch."
18 Nov 13, 02:32 AM
Brier: ((Had two windows open it seems))
18 Nov 13, 02:32 AM
Darius: (( lol ))
18 Nov 13, 02:34 AM
Darius: Wonders how to deny that, but knows it was probably easy to see. "Anne's my sister. It's not possible to keep her from doing stuff I can safely ignore," he smiled a bit more and looked up at her. "Family...family is safe." Frowns remembering. "if not sometimes gross."
18 Nov 13, 02:36 AM
Brier: She nods, "I understand, keeping Luch from doing anything is like trying to brew masters level potions, possible but not worth the effort." She smiles, "for the most part, yes, though mine is a little...nuts."
18 Nov 13, 02:39 AM
Darius: Nods. "Little sibs are the worst, but some of the older ones can be hard to deal with too." Looks up at her again. "You won't have met her yet, but my oldest sister Char like walks around in her underwear all the time ." makes a face about it
18 Nov 13, 02:40 AM
Brier: She nods, smiling a little. "Keela mentioned her though" she points out. "I think she was kind of startled when they met."
18 Nov 13, 02:44 AM
Darius: Smirks slightly, but very reserved. "yeah, it's startling the first time. Our house is kind of chaotic with ghosts and cats and kids all over. if the house couldn't seperate us, mom would go mad I think." Wonders if he should say she and his father kinda were...
18 Nov 13, 02:48 AM
Brier: She grins, "your house sounds amazing the way Kee described it" she tells him, looking rather intrigued. "Except maybe the ghosts, seems like it'd be weird to have a bunch of them running around while you sleep." She shivers.
18 Nov 13, 02:52 AM
Darius: Shrugs "They're pretty helpful. Like cook and nana, they help alot. Then there is one who can't stop cleaning things, she's crazy. I used to play with the twins, but they only play with really little kids so only my youngest sibs can get them to play games." It seemed odd to think of a house without them. "You don't have any?" Thinks about that. "But you don't object to having the Hogwarts ones going around while we sleep. Right?"
18 Nov 13, 02:53 AM
Brier: She thinks about this. "I guess that sounds pretty cool" She shakes her head. "The house is fairly new, no real ghosts around to haunt anything." She bites her lip. "No, not really, but the castle is a lot bigger than my house too."
18 Nov 13, 02:56 AM
Darius: Looks interested. "new? Really? Never been in one of those. What's it like?" Shrugs. "Mom says it's a lot bigger then we can see, but I won't find out probably. Vin's going to be the next owner so he can though. I can only see what he and mom want me to."
18 Nov 13, 03:06 AM
Brier: She smiles, feeling a pang of homesickness. "You'd...have to see it really." She shrugs, "lots of old magic but the house itself is fairly modern-looking. Lots of white stone and big windows." She bites her lip, "if you want to see it some time, Keela told me she took Vin to the room of requirement to show him. We...could do that."
18 Nov 13, 03:09 AM
Darius: Has no idea what modern looking is, frowns trying to think of it. "What room? A place here which looks like your house?" Ponders that. Doesn't understand really.
18 Nov 13, 03:11 AM
Brier: She gives him a surprised look. "You've never been to the Room of Requirement?" She can't fathom it. "Its a room which responds to the desires of the person who enters. Like, if I needed a hiding place, it would provide me one, if you needed say a potions lab, the room could do that for you."
18 Nov 13, 03:14 AM
Darius: Listens curious. Eyes get much bigger and FAR more interested at the "responds to the desires of" part! "Really?" Straightens and looked her right in the eye, hesitations gone. She has his full attention. "A real potions lab? Wow, how have I not heard of this before? And you can show me?"
18 Nov 13, 03:17 AM
Brier: She nods, pleased to have caught his attention. "I can" she confirms. "I didn't think there was anyone these days who didn't know how to get there." She shrugs as if its no big deal. "Long as you promise not to poison anyone" she grins at him.
18 Nov 13, 03:22 AM
Darius: Defintely hooked. "Now? Or is it only avilable at certain times? Do you need to like sign up to use it or something?" Gives her a blank look. "Um..." thinks she might be teasing him. "Okay, I'll try not to for awhile." Tenuous smile hoping that was the right answer
18 Nov 13, 03:24 AM
Brier: She glances at the entrance to the commonroom and bites her lip. "We could go now, though its after curfew so we'd have to be careful." She shakes her head. "its not exactly a classroom, kind of like a secret everyone knows really." She misses the hesitation in his response entirely, laughing softly. "All right then, I guess I can accept that."
18 Nov 13, 03:27 AM
Darius: CLoses up book and shoves it in his bag, shoves it under the sette. "Okay! I'm very quiet." Listens carefully and attentively. "It sounds facinating..."
18 Nov 13, 03:32 AM
Brier: She glances around, relieved the common room itself is empty. She stands, takes his hand and crosses the room to the door. "Follow me, getting in is a bit tricky, but I know what to do." -time lapse because I don't feel like describing methodology- The door appears and she rugs him inside, closing it softly behind her. The room is split between what appears to be a basic lab and a sort of sitting area. Smiling to herself, she releases his hand. "I think we confused the room."
18 Nov 13, 03:36 AM
Darius: surprised when she takes his hand, but doesn't jerk since she is the only one who knows where to go, spends the first five minutes sneaking wondering how to ask her to let go then decides he's not worth the effort. Eyes get VERY big as they enter. "Why, this is amazing! I've never seen that door before!" Walks in, looking around at all the stuff very pleased. "Wow!, thank you!" mor eopen then she has seen him before, he gives her a very bright smile, no restrictions
18 Nov 13, 03:39 AM
Brier: She feels a slightly unexpected thrill at his reaction. When he smiles at her, she goes blank for a minute, startled, but a second later she recovers and beams at him. "No problem, glad to help." She motions to the room, "you could tutor me in potions and we'll call it even." She's only about half teasing.
18 Nov 13, 03:40 AM
Darius: it was insurance
18 Nov 13, 03:42 AM
Darius: Sees the blank look but doesn't register it so much. 'So because you were thiking of both it made a half of each? How does it work? Only from outside?" Nods yeah I know
18 Nov 13, 03:43 AM
Darius: Sees the blank look but doesn't register it so much. 'So because you were thiking of both it made a half of each? How does it work? Only from outside?" Nods eagerly. "Sure, I could do that if you want. Potions are easy for me. And this is worth a lot!"
18 Nov 13, 03:44 AM
Darius: hush this is good XD
18 Nov 13, 03:46 AM
Brier: She shrugs, "I bet it could probably change from the inside, Keela said one of her first dates with Vin they changed scenes several times." She closes her eyes and concentrates hard and they're standing on the shore of the beach back home. "See? Its all about what you're focused on."
18 Nov 13, 03:49 AM
Darius: Watches her, smiles. Looks around "Oh, do you live near a beach too? Ours is very different. Can I try?" hesitates, closes his eyes and wishes, thinking about the cliff beach very carefully, opens his eyes and beams. "Ha! I did it!!" Turns and points way up the cliff where you can see little steps going up. "Our house is way up that way."
18 Nov 13, 03:52 AM
Brier: She nods, "the house is on a cliff...well...sort of." She knew he'd see it before the wedding in a few weeks. She glances around, a bit dizzy from watching the scene shift. "How pretty!" she murmurs, following his pointing. "Ah, cool" she motions to the room in general. "Get it now?"
18 Nov 13, 03:54 AM
Darius: Nodding, he looks at the floo and concentrates and the sette they just left appears and he sits down, still beaming. "This is very cool! I guess it's a substitution for classrooms the founders hadn't thought of having? It's a very clever idea..."
18 Nov 13, 03:55 AM
Brier: She sits next to him on the sette and curls up, feet underneath her. "I never thought of it that way, but probably" she answers. She finds it slightly odd to be sitting on a sette on a beach, but oddly fun somehow. "Beats studying in the library anyway."
18 Nov 13, 04:00 AM
Darius: Curious now if there is anything written about the room, decides he will need to go read up if there is. "Very intriguing! I wonder if there is anything written about it's history anywhere. And yes, it doesn't have the books, but it would be much nicer." Glances at his pale arms. "Least I can not get sunburned here I suppose." Turns and looks right at her with a veryoopen face "This is probably the collest thing ever, Brier, thank you very much for showing me this! Did you want me to show you potions in here or somewhere else?""
18 Nov 13, 04:04 AM
Brier: She's a bit thrown off balance by the sudden change in him, but she doesn't hesitate this time. "Here is fine, makes the most sense I'd think." Especially for the kinds she'd eventually want to learn. She motions around, "this way we've got privacy and fewer distractions."
18 Nov 13, 04:07 AM
Darius: bends down and scoops up a handfull of sand, feels it falling through the fingers and stil lastonished. "Wow." Nods. "Okay. When do you want to start?" I assume not tonight." Think sof something else. "Oh, and please don't tell me sister about this., all right? She'd probably come spy on us."
18 Nov 13, 04:09 AM
Brier: She shakes her head. "I don't think I could focus on a potions lesson tonight" she confirms. When he mentions Anne she nods. "It can be our secret" she promises, "well, ours and everyone else's."
18 Nov 13, 04:12 AM
[×] Darius: Laughs softly. "No, we probably ought to get back but I'm not sure I want to leave." Looks slightly embarassed about that. "Just so long as my sibs don't come to mess about. Potions can be delicate." Gives her a smile she has very much earned. "So Vin and Keela had their first date in here? Makes sense, they could go anywhere that wya I guess." Glances around, nodding at the realization"
18 Nov 13, 04:18 AM
Brier: She doesn't grab his hand this time, knowing he knows the way back without her as a guide. She nods as she crosses to the door. "They did, Keela was on about it for days." She rolls her eyes good-naturedly. Stepping out, she motions to him to be quiet, and makes it a bit down the hall before she hears a clang of armor falling and a cackle. Eyes widening, she grabs Darius by the arm and tugs him into a nearby broom closet. Managing enough thought to close the door behind them gently. She slides down his arm to take his hand and squeezes, silently pleading with him not to say a word.
18 Nov 13, 04:19 AM
Darius: ah evil
18 Nov 13, 04:21 AM
[×] Darius: Wonders why girls are so on about dates. FOllows her out and turns, hearing sound same time realizes they might be in trouble! Pulls wand out in time to be grabbed and tugged towards a closet! As she shuts the door he lights his wand softly as her hand slides down his arm and catches his other hand. His eyes are VERY wide at the close confines!

[Shava]

6 Dec 13, 10:49 PM
Brier S: She stood near one of the fireplaces, watching the people milling around. She had considered inviting Madden, but had resisted at the last second.
6 Dec 13, 10:52 PM
Darius: Seeing her at the side, Darius walks over in his suit to greet her. "Hi brier. Nice Dress. Are you...having a good time?" That was right, wasn't it?
6 Dec 13, 10:57 PM
Brier S: She turned at the sound of his voice and flashed him a bright smile. "Oh, hi Dare. Yeah, this is incredible. You're mom did an amazing job." She seemed to realize what he was wearing. "Wow, you look great."
6 Dec 13, 10:59 PM
Darius: Looks around and smiles slightly "She likes to be surprising, usually it's not this color coordinated. We had Christmas out here this year." Blushes slightly. "Thanks. Let me know if you have any question or want to see stuff, okay?"
6 Dec 13, 11:02 PM
Brier S: She smiled, "sure, okay", then she paused, " how many ghosts are there do you think?"
6 Dec 13, 11:04 PM
[×] Darius: He smiled back stronger, more comfortable with this. "43. Well Mom says that many, I've only seen about thirty seven. She says the others don't like showing just watching. They are in the house though if you want to see one."
6 Dec 13, 11:11 PM
Brier S: She hesitated, but curiosity won. "Sure, I don't think Keela and Vin are going just yet. She went to take his hand then seemed to remember his reaction last time and changed her mind. "Show me?"
6 Dec 13, 11:13 PM
Darius: "Sure, just follow me." Walking along he leads her to the front door of the house and opens it, stepping inside. "Abraham?" The fuzzy outline appears and the man head bows to him.
6 Dec 13, 11:17 PM
Brier S: Her eyes widen. "Wow..." She murmurs. Keela had mentioned Abraham before. "Hello sir" she greeted politely.
6 Dec 13, 11:19 PM
[×] Darius: The ghost bent to her as well. "Abraham is our house ghost, He comes with the family. he's really smart and very cool! Here, watch this." Turning to the ghost he said "Abraham? I want to show her the tower room. Could you open a door to there just this once for her to see out the window?" He nods saying "Certainly Master Darius, just for her." A door opens behind him showing a very short hall.
6 Dec 13, 11:26 PM
Brier S: "Tower room?" She sounded intrigued "what's in the tower room?" She turned her attention back to the ghost. "Thank you, Abraham" She smiled brightly. ((Her diplomatic edge coming out me thinks))
6 Dec 13, 11:28 PM
[×] Darius: Leads her down the short hall shutting the door behind him and points to the window which is looking down over the greenhouse they just left by three floors. otherwise the room was an observation area with views in several directions. "See, Abraham can rearrange the house. He only lets people in places they have permission to go. So I probably can't see half the house and you can only go to the guest areas. That's how mom can keep the kids in one place easy."
6 Dec 13, 11:31 PM
Brier S: She turns in a circle, taking the room in. "So you can see things I can't?" She seems interested, "can Keela?"
6 Dec 13, 11:33 PM
Darius: thinks she missed the point and leads her over to the window. "See, we didn't go up any stairs." points down at the greenhouse three floorsbelow." he nods however to her question. Vin is the next family head so he can see it all, he probably can let Keela see a lot more too. Mom talks about places I've never seen, and yes, I can see more then you. If I ask Vin he will let me see more secrets when I get older."
6 Dec 13, 11:38 PM
Brier S: She seems to realize the point he's making. "Wait, you're right. So how did we get up so high?" Picturing her free-spirited older sister as 'Mistress of the Manor' was difficult.
6 Dec 13, 11:40 PM
Darius: A rare grin. "Abraham. he let me bring you so you could see what he can do. he won't let us do it again I bet. Next visit you will have to do the stairs like me. he just rearranges the house by mom and now Vin's requests. We think dad uses it just to avoid the stairs cause he's lazy and wants the rest of us tired."
6 Dec 13, 11:41 PM
Darius: Offers "Vin told me I could be standing next to a catapult and not be able to see or touch it. We could be in a room filled with jewels or old rare potion manuals and never know it cause we're not allowed to see it. it makes day dreams really cool here."
6 Dec 13, 11:43 PM
Brier S: She goes to the window and looks down. "Neat trick" she murmurs, and then smiles. "This is so cool!" She turns to beam at him. "Thanks Dare."
6 Dec 13, 11:45 PM
Darius: Blushes, beams, and looks at the floor all a once. "Um, thanks. Mom said I should be sure and show you stuff if you were curious about things, just so you saw where your sister would be. I guess if you wanted to visit her." Looks up carefully.
Brier S: She nods, "I'm sure I will" She wonders if that means he's only showing her around because of his mother, but dismisses the idea. "But I'll probably get lost a lot."
7 Dec 13, 08:29 AM
Darius: shaking his head he said "Oh no, Abraham won't let you get outside the areas you aren't suppose to be in so you won't get lost. But you can always ask me. I'll probably be home anytime you are visiting so just ask him for my room." he shrugged.
7 Dec 13, 11:46 AM
Brier S: "Your room?" She looked curious. She had never been in a boy's room outside of her family before. It seemed odd to get through a house by asking a ghost, but she nodded. "Okay, sure."
7 Dec 13, 12:54 PM
[×] Darius: Nods "Yes, if you ask for Abraham anywhere in the house he can open the hall to where you can find anyone, though from now on he will probably give you stairs." he smiled.
7 Dec 13, 01:18 PM
Brier S: She laughs, "we'll at least that makes things easier. I don't mind stairs, so long as they don't change like the ones at Hogwarts."
7 Dec 13, 01:20 PM
[×] Darius: He smiled at her laugh and asked "Do you want to give it a try? Just ask him for my room, that will show you how easy it is. Don't worry it's not a mess except I should warn you, my mother decorated it." if that wasn't a warning nothing was! Even a casual watcher could tell his mother was a fire sign and liked doing random, garishly bright things when she could.
7 Dec 13, 01:26 PM
Brier S: She looked a little nervous, but couldn't pass the opportunity. "Sure, okay. Do I just...say his name?"
7 Dec 13, 01:27 PM
[×] Darius: he nodded, trying to be encouraging like his mother wanted him to be. "Just like I did it earlier. he's the one of the few ghosts here who can really move things so he is always ready to help."
7 Dec 13, 01:31 PM
Brier S: She nodded, feeling a bit silly. She glanced around the room once before she spoke. "Abraham?" Her tone was soft, almost skeptical.
7 Dec 13, 01:32 PM
Darius: The ghost appeared, still dressed in his old finery and gave her an inqusitive look.
7 Dec 13, 01:38 PM
Brier S: Though she had expected it, she still looked surprised when it worked. "Can you...can you show me a way to Darius' room?"
7 Dec 13, 01:39 PM
[×] Darius: The ghost nodded. "Certainly. Here you are, Ms...?" A hall appeared behind him leading to a single door about thirty feet down on the right, no other doors visible. The bedroom i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa292/Shava44/Meta/LilBro/exp/1_zpseaa2a609.jpg would have been fine by itself (though only a bed and dresser and one chair) But Lindsey had added a magical i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa292/Shava44/Meta/LilBro/exp/3_zps5b9d8fb4.jpg light which kept points of white running around the room constantly like a slow strobe.
7 Dec 13, 02:43 PM
Brier S: "Brier" she said softly, embarrassed that she'd forgotten introductions. "Brier Summerby." She looked down the hall, feeling a bit like Alice from the muggle story. She waited for Darius to go ahead of her. "Thank you, Abraham"
7 Dec 13, 02:45 PM
Darius: Nodding at Abraham as he answered, he led the way down the hall. "There may be ten rooms down here, but since you asked for mine he removed access to the others. So no, you can't get lost here really. Opening the door he winced and hoped she remembered his mother had done the room. "If you hadn't guessed, mom has unusual taste."
7 Dec 13, 03:05 PM
Brier S: She looked around, eyes widening. "We'll, I guess that explains it" she murmured. His room was incredible, but didn't seem like him. "So did you actually pick out any of this?"
7 Dec 13, 03:09 PM
[×] Darius: Gave her a surprised look. "Well no. Why, do you get to pick out yours? I mean Vin added a piece to his, but otherwise it's all mom and dad's stuff. This was probably in storage wherever that is. We don't get to pick at school either so I kind of thought that was normal..." Looks like he had never thought about it before.
7 Dec 13, 03:17 PM
Brier S: She returns his surprised look. "Really?" She pauses, "we'll yeah, we all decorated our own rooms", she told him. "But yours is awesome."
7 Dec 13, 03:19 PM
[×] Darius: Looks thoughtful, wondering what would happen if he asked his mother. "The way she tells it there is a lot in storage, I guess I could ask to chose something. Never thought of it before." Looks at her and then the room. "Really? I always thought mom chose this much red just to prove she could do it. I think some red is nice, but it's not really..." well it was him in a way maybe' "...me so much. I guess."
7 Dec 13, 03:26 PM
Brier S: She nods, "it is a lot of red, but it's nice." She tilted her head. "What color do you like?" His bed was huge! She wondered why Lindsey would pick something like that for her son.
7 Dec 13, 03:29 PM
[×] Darius: "Most people think I love purple for some reason," he said making a face, "but black, cream, maybe that sort of brown which has gold in it, like glitter? But red is nice, just not so much of it. The bed is probably some antique type I suppose." he saw her looking at the bed so motioned "It bounces nice. My little brothers try that like every week."
7 Dec 13, 03:39 PM
Brier S: She arched an eyebrow, searching his eyes. If it had been Madden, she'd have hesitated, but Darius didn't seem to have a motive. Strange that she was alone in a boy's bedroom and wasn't nervous. She sat on the edge hesitantly. "How many little brothers do you have exactly?"
7 Dec 13, 03:47 PM
Darius: She gave him a look which he failed to understand, and then sat down. he just walked around and stood so he could face her. "Four sisters, four brothers, another on th way. Younger, that is."
7 Dec 13, 03:53 PM
Brier S: "That's just the younger ones?" She looked startled. "Woah" She met his eyes, "How many total?"
7 Dec 13, 04:29 PM
[×] Darius: Nodding at her gasp he said "We're a big family in just this branch. 8 younger four older so 13 almost 14 now. Char is the oldest Silver-Moon, Then Vin is the Head of the Silver-Moons, Seth is the oldest Silver from Dad."
7 Dec 13, 04:51 PM
Brier S: She gaped at him, then seemed to catch herself and closed her mouth. "Fourteen? Wow!" She looked thoughtful. "Wouldn't your dad be the head?"
7 Dec 13, 04:53 PM
[×] Darius: Realizing his mistake he said it differently. "Sorry, I mean of THIS generation. Dad has a bunch of brothers and sisters that's where most of the crowd down there is from. So, what are your favorite colors? Is your room anything like this?
7 Dec 13, 05:01 PM
Brier S: The confusion cleared. "Oh, right...that makes sense I guess." She shook her head, but then reconsidered. "Sort of I guess. My favorite color is blue, but light, like the sky in summer. My room is that color, yes." She hesitated. "If you ever visit, maybe I can show you."
7 Dec 13, 05:05 PM
Darius: Shrugs, sit down on the bed but not too close, hands in pockets. "Who knows? I mean, I'm sure at some point our family will go to your place just like you all came here. COuld happen. Blue is nice too, I just like it more like...cobalt? But that would be as bad as the red is here I guess...".
7 Dec 13, 05:13 PM
Brier S: She tries to picture everyone in the same place. "You're probably right" she acknowledges. "I wonder how long it will take to make enough food for that many people." Because of course, her mum would want to feed everyone.
7 Dec 13, 05:18 PM
Darius: Nods, lays back on his bed which bounces softly "Well if we can by your place it wouldn't be with all the Silvers, just our end I would think. so 16." smiles softly "that would be a funny table. You've got three siblings, right?"
7 Dec 13, 05:27 PM
Brier S: Just sixteen, she thought, like it was no big deal. There would be magic involved if they all came over, Brier was sure. "Right. Keela is the oldest, Luch is the youngest, and the one who's hitting on your sisters" and probably his brothers too for that matter, "is Cern."
7 Dec 13, 05:30 PM
[×] Darius: Grinned. "Oh no, Cern got paired with Seth so the only sister of mine he will have access to is Ash. She's nuts. If he tries anything on her he's likely to have firecrackers dropped down the front of his pants so she can laugh." Smiles, totally not getting the right kind of hitting
7 Dec 13, 05:35 PM
Brier S: "Seth's probably not safe either" she admits. "Cern will flirt with anyone as long as he thinks they're cute." She loved her brother, but she wished he'd be a little more selective.
7 Dec 13, 05:38 PM
[×] Darius: lies there looking at the ceiling tries to figure out how they got to talking about flirting. Doesn't get it. Looks confused and quiet. "um. Okay." Clearly doesn't understand. "So, um, how big is your house?" tries to steer conversation to something he might get.
7 Dec 13, 05:42 PM
Brier S: She turns to look at him, feeling awkward suddenly. "Smaller than yours I bet, but it's pretty big. We have renters who live in the parts we don't use." She's still studying him as though trying to figure out what she said wrong.
7 Dec 13, 05:46 PM
[×] Darius: Looks interested, still a trifle unsure though. "Renters? So like, it's a house with parts divided up in it?" Curious as he has never seen an apartment. "I might get the outer wall if I ask for it, but so far I think I want to try building underwater. Like the dorm. I think it would be cool." -does not realize she is trying to figure something out-
7 Dec 13, 05:53 PM
Brier S: She nods. "Dad set it up that way I think, he didnt see the point in wasting space." She speaks absently, gears still turning. "Like a house underwater? Wouldn't that be tricky?"
7 Dec 13, 05:55 PM
Darius: Nods and looks at her. "Well, yeah. But the dorm works. There has to be a way for it. Every window, looking out into fish and waves rolling by? No storms, no lightning and stuff to worry about, just peacefully quiet. No neighbors, can avoid people finding you easily. Maybe it would be shaped like a pirate ship and you could see out of the portholes so if the muggles see it they think it's just a wreck." He smiled slightly, thinking about it.
7 Dec 13, 06:43 PM
Brier: She listens, intrigued, but can't help pointing out the practical. "If it looks like a wreck, won't you eventually get treasure hunters looking to cash in?" The peaceful aspect sounded good, if a little foreign.
7 Dec 13, 07:01 PM
Darius: "Muggle repellers, the wreck would look too dangerous. Besides, how many people go the British Isles to go scubaing? Too cold a water I think. Tho..." He suddenly looked thoughtful "building it in the Bahamas or something would be really nice I guess too..."
7 Dec 13, 07:08 PM
Brier: She nods, "didn't think of that" she admits. "So you really like the water then?" She'd never given any thought to living under all the time, despite the placement of the dorm. She grins, "sure, as long as you don't mind the heat." Keela had told her about Vin's hair, and she wondered if Darius' was the same.
7 Dec 13, 07:12 PM
[×] Darius: Purses his lips. "I like water cause it's cool. Even in warmer climates it's cooler then being out in the sun and all kinds of beautiful things live in it. I might have to wear a hat a lot, but I bet it would be a house you'd spend most of your time looking out of." Gets thoughtful again. "It's beautiful over there anyway, even with a hat."
7 Dec 13, 07:33 PM
Brier: She laughed softly, unable to picture him in a hat in the first place. "So you've been then? To the Bahamas I mean?" Hard to picture him in a tropical climate really, he didn't have the look of someone who saw the sun much
7 Dec 13, 07:38 PM
Darius: Nodded. "Mom's traveling to find ghosts, she spent two summers before I went to school traveling all over south america and took me with her, then up through central." he shrugged, he was aware they were rich, his mom owned an island for goodness sakes, but he didn't realize how it worked to others eyes.
7 Dec 13, 07:47 PM
Brier: Her eyes widened, she'd done quite a bit of traveling herself during her younger years, but not much in the tropics. "And you liked it enough to want to live there?" she asked. She'd never imagined living in a place like that, so different from home.
7 Dec 13, 07:53 PM
[×] Darius: He hesitated because it wasn't the whole thing he had said really. Looking at her he tilted his head and said "For an underwater house sure. All the colorful fish and clear water. Maybe something small to visit and stay in sometimes, like a vacation place maybe even." Suddenly he sat up and forgetting how close she was he exclaimed "Oh Brier! I can show you in the Requirement room! Mom took me bubbleheading there to see fish!" He grinned a very rare grin, his eyes for once alert and interested in taking her to see what he had seen. It wasn't often that he had an idea he could actually show someone else
7 Dec 13, 07:56 PM
Brier: She listened, but when he sat up suddenly she jumped, startled, sliding off the bed in the process and landing in an ungraceful heap on the floor. She flushed dark red as she disentangled herself. Scrambling back onto the edge of the bed quickly and trying to pretend nothing had happened. "Right, you can, sure."
7 Dec 13, 07:59 PM
Darius: Startled by her fall he tried to give her a hand back up, hesitantly but it was only a hand after all. "Are you okay? I'm sorry! i just...got excited."
7 Dec 13, 08:03 PM
Brier: She accepted the hand as she pulled herself back up, the first time she'd touched him since they'd been trapped in the closet the night they'd snuck out of the dorm. She nods, still blushing. "I'm fine, I just wasn't expecting anything that sudden is all." She settles back in and releases him, trying to ignore the warm feeling traveling up her arm. "How's everything coming by the way, your...potions?"
7 Dec 13, 08:09 PM
[×] Darius: Flushed face. "Man, I'm sorry I didn't mean to startle you at all, I just got carried away." Grateful for the change of subject he sat back again, both legs up on the bed and said "Interesting actually! professor said he would have some more books available when I go back, something more challenging. I might ask the nurse for a few lessons too."
7 Dec 13, 08:26 PM
Brier: She smiled, "that's great. Are you working on anything specific?" She wondered, not for the first time, if he'd be able to help her with the glamour potions she was reading up on. She hadn't brought it up yet, but if he was really that interested in learning new ones. "The nurses? Why?"
7 Dec 13, 08:29 PM
[×] Darius: He nodded then hesitated as it wasn't exactly the most plesant of subjects. "Um well you reemmber the wallpaper stuff I told you about, I'm doing a project to see if potions dried can be used as colors for dying parts of fabric and used the same way. Like try a cheerfulness potion of a healing potion on it and see if it affects people in a room with it. That might take awhile. Why? You have something you want help with?" If he was helping her she'd learn all the faster for it being her own idea, right? "Well they use potions too." he shrugged, not willing to tell even Brier what his real interest there was.
7 Dec 13, 08:33 PM
Brier: Her mind worked over his explanation, and she nodded hesitantly as though she understood there was more than he was telling. Instead of calling him on it, however, she nodded. "So like, if you put a basic healing potion in the wallpaper in a hospital, it might help healing go faster? That sort of thing?" She paused, "Maybe, I've been reading up on health potions too, some of them can slow down the aging process, and I've been looking into that."
7 Dec 13, 08:37 PM
[×] Darius: he nodded, relieved she picked up on the nicer end of things, but she was a girl to begin with. "yes, it could be pretty interesting to see. And probably something you could make money with if you figured out the right potion process." He gave her a startled glance and then tilted his head with no aspect of fibbing said "But why? You are already pretty.." Hr shrugged. "Not like age will take that way, you'll probably get prettier still."
Brier: She nodded, "sure, I could see there being a market for that definitely." She beamed at the compliment, but realized she might have said too much. "Oh I don't mean now necessarily, but later. I've never really liked the idea of getting old. I always feel sorry for people who can't do things for themselves." There, make it sound like an independence thing rather than...well...what it was.
7 Dec 13, 08:44 PM
[×] Darius: Nods, seeing the point. "I guess." Far off look. "I...can imagine that would also be pretty popular. People seem to be really worried about it. Adults that is." Thinking of his mom. "Um, well what have you learned so far about them? I might be able to help you with some of it."
7 Dec 13, 08:53 PM
Brier: She mentally exhales, trying hard not to look relieved. Her interest in glamour potions wasn't something she talked about with anyone, most especially her family. "Sure, no one likes the idea of being dependent I think." She shrugs, "not much, most of the information I need is in the restricted section, and I haven't had a good excuse to get at it yet. But, some of the anti-aging potions in witch weekly could probably be very useful if their potency could be...adjusted." So he though she was pretty? She mentally exulted, wait until she told the other girls, they'd all balk. She smiled to herself and then at him. "Really? You wouldn't mind?" Well, that solved the problem of bringing it up.
7 Dec 13, 09:01 PM
[×] Darius: She seemed happier about his admitted interest which made him feel good. Any time someone valued your opinion it would really. "Oh I see. Hmm, I don't think many of the ones I have pulled out so far talk much about healing or anti age stuff so much. One of them might, but if I remember right it delves into the dark magic side of that. And such why not, I can see it being helpful."
7 Dec 13, 09:11 PM
Brier S: She hesitated only briefly, knowing her parents wouldn't approve. "Do you still have it?" she asked him softly.
7 Dec 13, 09:15 PM
Darius: Doesn't pause. "Oh no, they wouldn't let me bring it home for the break it's got some bad stuff in it apparently, but really that just means it can be misused. But it's on my list to check out again when I go back. I can bring it to the common room some night though if you want to read it."
7 Dec 13, 09:22 PM
Brier S: She nodded, "that would be amazing." She looked excited in spite of herself. "And you're sure you don't mind helping?"
7 Dec 13, 09:24 PM
[×] Darius: Frowns. "Why, it isn't wrong is it? You are just looking for information I have access to. I mean, if you were looking for disfiguring curses I'd be wrong I assume." though he would want to write something like that down. "It would just be between us, right? So I don't see why not."
7 Dec 13, 09:54 PM
Brier S: Thank Merlin or whoever for Darius Silver-Moon. Merry Christmas to her. "Right, but I was more so asking if you were sure you had time and such" she clarified.
7 Dec 13, 10:01 PM
[×] Darius: Glances at her, clearly thinking. 'Well yeah, if we don't go to ofast. My professor does expect things in a certain time so I should concentrate on those first too. Um." Sees the eagerness in her eyes and wonders why this is so important to her. "But it's not like it is a rush either, so what if we put aside one night a week to go through books and stuff like that? Then maybe one other night we share ideas and brainstorm it all? Would that be okay?" Does not understand he has the access she needs so there isn't a ton of choice unless she gets to him another way.
7 Dec 13, 10:17 PM
Brier S: "That would work", she agreed, eyes brighter than usual. She needed time to study for her regular classes anyway. She looked at him, noticing again how cute he was, but he seemed kind of clueless. She wondered if there was a way to get his attention. She needed to talk to Vin.
7 Dec 13, 10:22 PM
[×] Darius: She seemed okay with the idea. "Okay then, we'll see which night is the worse for homework when we get back." Looks momentarily sad. "You know, this last semester is going to be rough. Vin will be leaving at the end of it." Glances at the window and sighs, feeling what he has been afraid to say out loud. "I guess I knew he would graduate soon enough but all this..." he looked away. "I almost wish she had resisted him more. I shouldn't but I do."
7 Dec 13, 10:26 PM
Brier S: She knows how he feels, having felt the same way when Keela graduated, but she can't help feeling a little defensive. "You don't like Keela much then?"
7 Dec 13, 10:29 PM
Darius: "It's not that, she seems nice enough. And she talks to me so she's okay it's just--" Stands and steps to the window looking down at the greenhouse scowling a moment. "It's not her except that with her around I won't see Vincent so much and be able to ask him stuff, get advice form him, he'll be....gone." It seemed to really bother him. Softer then she could hear he added "I need him."
7 Dec 13, 10:41 PM
Brier S: She nods, understanding and empathy lighting her expression. "I get that. It was hard for me when Keela left. You could always write him. I know it's not the same, but it helps."
7 Dec 13, 10:45 PM
[×] Darius: He turned from the window and for an instant his face was regretful, sorrowing but he covered it and it sank away, hidden by his more normal impassive face. "We should probably head back down since we have to take the stairs." It wasn't till he was holding the door for her he looked at her and added "It won't be the same, no, but things can't always stay the same which would be better. The only constant is change." Shutting the door behind them he muttered "Somehow Ill find a way. I'm sure I can seal a letter better then anyone else."
7 Dec 13, 10:48 PM
Brier S: She frowns, catching the moment she's hesitant to say anything. She walks past him and out of the room silently into the hall. As they walk she looks anywhere but at him
7 Dec 13, 10:52 PM
Darius: Down the hall they came to a staircase and Darius said without saying the ghost's name "Going back out," and the end of the hall changed before they stepped on the stairs into one cork-screwing the other direction. Darius didn't hesitate but felt her surprise and stopped holding out a hand, mistaking her hesitation. "It's okay, really. he listens to family al lthe time so i guess I don't need to say his name except to be polite." His face looked more relaxed now as if by that hesitation she had caused him to remember to be a host.
7 Dec 13, 11:04 PM
Brier S: She faltered when the stairs changed, looking surprised when he offered his hand. She took it after a moment's hesitation, unwilling to navigate a spiral staircase in heels. She wrapped her fingers around his, seeming nervous but trying to hide it. She turned her head to smirk at him. "Any chance we could negotiate for a lift instead?" She joked.
7 Dec 13, 11:09 PM
[×] Darius: he chuckled, seeing her attempting a joke, but finding the words on his tongue anyway. "Ha, no. Abraham isn't as old as the house which is from before the Ministry, but he wouldn't know what that meant at all. Besides, we think dad has made it an order he not make it easy for us to get around with shortcuts. Vin think sit's because he likes to see us tired while he stays fresh." He shrugged, showing some amusement in his eyes and held her hand for support and comfort all the way down to the first floor again.
7 Dec 13, 11:15 PM
Brier S: "Cruel and unusual punishment" she murmured as they made their way down. When they reached the bottom, she smiled at him. "Thanks, Dare, and you know, if you need someone, you could talk to me." Her voice is soft as though she knows it's a shot in the dark.
7 Dec 13, 11:20 PM
[×] Darius: he glanced at her maybe three seconds with a blank expression and then truly blushed, even his ears and neck getting a taint. "Um Brier, I know you grew up on a farm and have brothers, but I really don't think I should ask you guy questions so much..." he coughed-laughed and then got control again in the wooden hall. "I may ask you some stuff about school though or about why some people act strange though." Looking down at her hand in his he said "Heels better now? or do you need help across the grass?"
7 Dec 13, 11:34 PM
Brier S: She tries not to smile at his embarrassment, and manages, but barely. "Right, not those, but the others I can handle." She hesitates, knowing she could manage but unwilling to let go just yet. "Help would be good actually. I'm not sure why I wore these." Because they were pretty and they matched, that was why.
7 Dec 13, 11:37 PM
Darius: Smiling he nodded at her comment about walking. "Sure, that's all right. I don't really understand why women wear those to be honest if it makes it hard to walk places. Can you explain that?"
8 Dec 13, 07:02 AM
Brier S: She had never had to explain it before, and she paused. "I guess because that's what we feel like we're supposed to do. And in my case I really do like them, I just didn't plan for walking this much." Not that she had minded it really.
8 Dec 13, 07:19 AM
Darius: Supposed to do? Supposed to have balance issues and not be able to walk everywhere? What kind of logic was that? He looked at her feet, trying to understand (mom avoided the things almost always) "I guess I find it hard to understand cause no one in my family wears them, Mom says she'd have to be threatened with a crowbar upside the head to consider it. But if you like them " he shrugged as if to say to each their own. 'I guess if yo think they are comfortable then it's good. I just prefer being able to walk everywhere without having to think if it's stable or not." He smiled and continued to let her hold his hand, finding it an oddly comforting gesture. Maybe in some way it felt like acceptance?
8 Dec 13, 09:43 AM
Brier: She giggled, "I guess when you say it like that it does sound silly." She shrugged, "I do like them, but I'll admit for this I probably should have worn something else." She hadn't taken into consideration the fact they were going to be outside. She considered, for one very brief moment, taking them off entirely, but resisted the urge, that would look silly.
8 Dec 13, 10:09 AM
[×] Darius: Shakes his head with a light smile at her words."Well it will be fine once we get back to the Greenhouse I'm sure. I think Mom might keep them she likes them so much." Opens the door and then takes her hand to lead her back around the house. "Did you like those trees?"
8 Dec 13, 10:32 AM
Brier: She nodded emphatically, "I do, they're pretty cool. Did your mom do all that by herself." He was really polite, she noticed, not like Madden who tended to assume the world should be open to him. She was a bit confused by this, since he seemed unaware of so much else.
8 Dec 13, 10:36 AM
[×] Darius: Shrugged. "I think dad was working so probably. She wouldn't let us go out there till Christmas morning so I kept seeing the lights and wondering what she had done," he chuckled. "Something about they absorb lights in the day and glow all night." Small talk small talk there had to be something else he could say to take up the time before they reached the greenhouse. You were supposed to keep talking. "I'm kind of surprised actually. usually she waits till about ten minutes before and then does everything slap dash." He frowned; he really didn't know what his mother was doing with so much planning...
8 Dec 13, 04:21 PM
Brier: She nodded, "Really? Mom's kind of crazy when it comes to Christmas, she's usually decorating by the middle of November." She laughed, "sounds like Keela, she's terrible about doing everything at the last second, drives mum crazy that way." She squeezed his hand lightly, "she did an amazing job though."
8 Dec 13, 04:29 PM
Darius: Pursing his lips, Darius glanced at her. "Ask Keela sometime. Mom is...crazy to most people, but she's more about it if it makes you uncomfortable. It doesn't need to be a season or anything, she likes pushing peoples buttons." Boy did she ever. "During the summer at least she gives us a minute warning to get out of the house when dad is home and they get all goofy about each other." rolls his eyes
8 Dec 13, 04:38 PM
Brier: She laughed, "yeah I kind of...got that impression." She wondered what Mrs. Moon would think of her. She apparently liked Keela. She wrinkles her nose, "Mum and dad aren't that...obvious. They just...disappear." For an hour, sometimes more, and once more recently for nearly a day. It wasn't that Brier minded, she was glad her parents loved each other, she just didn't want to think about them 'loving' each other. "Must be tricky to get that many people out fast."
8 Dec 13, 04:48 PM
Darius: He nodded, long since apologizing for her as to him she was a special kind of normal. He wasn't sure what she though of Brier, just had orders about her. Which was in itself peculiar and he still wondered what her thinking was in a way. "Not really. She tells the nearest one 'Out. Now. Everyone.' and word spreads pretty d@mn fast. It's why I picked up some climbing from Vin, we had to go out a window a few times and down the drain pipe. Was actually kind of fun. You can see into every part of the dorms except the Huffies and ours from the windows."
8 Dec 13, 05:12 PM
Brier: She gave him a wide-eyed look as they reached the entrance to the greenhouse. "Drainpipes? Really?" She'd climbed a few trees when she was younger, but that wasn't the same. She shot him a look. "You and Vin spy on the dorms?"
8 Dec 13, 05:17 PM
Darius: He nodded, remembering how it had been scary at first, but then he realized it was on his own power everything depended; that had been a turnabout. "Yes. Mostly around home here, but Vin showed me a lot of ways to go around the building and even up on the roof." he glanced at her, eyes blinking for a moment before he reached for the door for her. "Um, I wouldn't say spy, it was more to figure out what all the windows go to. There are a lot of unused rooms closed up you'd never find unless you figured out where they are on the blueprints."
8 Dec 13, 05:21 PM
Brier: She nodded, it still sounded like spying to her, but in a less-creepy way. She released his hand as she stepped in, glad to be on even ground again

[Shava]

17 Dec 13, 10:03 PM
Darius: Having just returned, Darius stopped in the common room to remove his coat and gloves in front of the fireplace, seeing people speaking in several places in the room. Having been in the back of the train he had been literaly one of the last students to enter the front doors.
17 Dec 13, 10:48 PM
Brier: Brier had come in with a group of her dorm mates, all asking pressing questions about whether she had spent any of her holiday with Madden. She'd been looking for an escape when Darius walked in, so she waved at him and smiled. "Hi Dare"
17 Dec 13, 10:50 PM
Darius: looks up and waves back "Hi Brier! Have a good rest of Christmas?" looks suddenly nervous as several girls turn and look at him with open mouths.
17 Dec 13, 11:47 PM
Brier: She nods, rolling her eyes at her gaping friends, secretly pleased. "Of course!" She turns her head to glare at the girls and they scatter. Turning back she approaches him. "Was yours okay?"
17 Dec 13, 11:48 PM
Darius: Feeling too focused on he shoves his gloves in his coat pocket and is about to retreat when she scatters the group and he relaxes looking around nervously. "Oh it was. It's always nice to be at home so much more there to do sometimes
17 Dec 13, 11:58 PM
Brier: She nods, "true, I had almost forgotten what it was like to be up before dawn doing chores." She gives him a curious look. "Get anything done?" She asks as casually as she can.
18 Dec 13, 12:01 AM
Darius: gives her a look. "Um, wow that's early. Is farm work that early really?" sees the look and is glad he actually has something to show for it. "Hmm, kinda. It's not much yet, but the book at home are better for this then here I think." glances around to make sure no one is close. "It would be in a cream form, once a month. Keeps the skin tight, but I still have one ingredient to figure out before I know if it works or not"

[Shava]

1 Jan 14, 06:05 PM
Brier: She was angry, no, scratch that, she was livid to the point that at one point just after it happened she'd actually broken a glass across the room just by looking at it. How dare he...how dare he even...Merlin she couldn't even think it! It had taken exactly five seconds after she found out for a plan to take shape. If he wanted to play, well fine, she could play, and she would't do it with some faceless tramp either. No, she knew exactly who she wanted, and Madden would pay dearly for betraying her this way. She crept up the stairs to the boys dorm, careful not to make much noise and marveling at the hypocricy in the lack of safety precautions on this end. She crept inside quietly, lighting the tip of her wand dimly and searching for a sign of which bed was his. She recognized the robe almost instantly. Smirking to herself, she slid out of her clothes, leaving them under the edge of the bed. There was no room for failure here, her pride simply wouldn't stand it. She climbed into his bed, and it wasn't until she got underneath his sheets she realized he was naked also. 'Well' she thought silently, that makes this easier. She straddled him, arms on either side of his head to brace against as she kissed him, fiercely.
1 Jan 14, 06:09 PM
[×] Darius: 1 Jan 14, 05:56 PM Darius: He woke up fast. Suddenly aware someone was straddling him, Darius sensitive perception had him understanding this was not an attack even as he worked to open his eyes from sleep, realizing this was different when he felt lips pressed against his. Eyes popped open and in the dark they grew wider as he realized who it must be. But why this sudden move-- his brain slightly went unfocused as the sensations in his lips caught his attention mixed with the embarrassing change in his lower extremities, something he often hid not understanding it. But the shock of her flesh on his legs near so private a place had his hands come up to move her off him and instead brushed against something so soft it immediately threw his mind for a loop. His eyes went from questioning to curious even as his hands lowered back to feel what had caught his attention...
1 Jan 14, 06:21 PM
Brier: He brushed her skin and she gasped, inhaling sharply. She hadn't expected it to be so easy. She shifted slightly, lips moving across his jaw. One hand remaining in place for balance, the other moved rather swiftly down over his chest until she found what she was looking for. Curling her fingers around him, she felt a slight burst of confidence in knowing he wanted her, even if only physically. She teased him, wanting to feel desired more than anything in that moment. To be desired, she decided, was safer than love. Love got her heartbreak and doubts, but desire gave her moments like this. She released him as he lips drifted down his throat, enjoying the feel of him underneath her and the sense of power as it returned.
1 Jan 14, 06:29 PM
[×] Darius: Her breasts sort of blew his mind as soft as they were and he couldn't imagine anything else they could be. He responded to her lips trying to mirror what she did while at the same time his fingers couldn't stop their exploration of her chest! Her hands slid over his skin exploring him as well and he gasped against her lips when she found what she sought, causing a swell from below in the embrass-- suddenly it wasn't embarrassing as it always had been but somehow ...welcome and his hands paused as the feeling wiped the rest from his mind.
1 Jan 14, 06:35 PM
Brier: She gasped into his mouth, a soft, encouraging sound. She knew he was inexperienced, and being his first, while it hadn't been her plan originally, was affirming too in a strange way. She cared about Darius, she could teach him, enjoyed thought of being his only experience, the only girl who had touched him this way. It was a feeling she would never have with Madden, she'd probably never be free of wondering which of his conquests was better. But with Darius...She found new drive, not only would she be his first, she'd be the best he ever had. Bar none. Let someone else compete with her for a change. She smiled against his lips when he reacted. Moving down his body, she ran lips and tongue lightly over his chest and his stomach before pressing a kiss to his hip. She avoided for the moment going any lower, not sure how much he'd be able to take. She worked her way back up before kissing him deeply on the lips again.
1 Jan 14, 06:40 PM
[×] Darius: She left his lips and went downwards, kissing him in places he had never thought kissing could be done and a soft but overwhelmed "brier..." escaped his lips, tinged with both amazement and awe. When she started to come back up again he moved his hands to intercept her breasts and as she kissed him, his fingers tried finding and brushing over her nips again remembering her gasp. As her lips met his they bumped noses, but he figured out turning his head and tried to give back to her as good as she had given him. The feeling of hardness he normally avoided touching swelled even more with her skin contact up and down and the edge of enlightenment was nigh on his mind.
1 Jan 14, 06:54 PM
Brier: High, not only on the sensation of his touch, but also the desire in his eyes. She felt desire for him, for this, building surprisingly quickly. The sound of her name on his lips, the awed tone, that felt good...really good. She smiled, meeting his eyes for a moment before she leaned forward, pressing her body to his for a moment as she brushed her lips across the soft skin just below his right ear. "Darius?" she whispered in a soft, teasing voice. He seemed to like touching her, and she definitely liked being touched by him. Getting an idea, she covered his hand with her own, guiding him for a moment before the sensation became too much and she bit her lip, raising her eyes to his, she kept eye contact as she raised off of him slightly, moving down his body, she brushed her lips over the tip of him.
1 Jan 14, 07:05 PM
Darius: Every move she made was like some kind of exquisite torture and he found his body straining towards her, at his name he gasped "How can you feel better then anything else in my life?" then she caught his hand and guided him to something which made his eyes go wide and suddenly he understood what he had to do! Why he had never realized it's use before, he had no idea, As she bit her lips, he realized how much plesaure he should be trying to bring her and for a moment at least, he was able to push back some of his own urge to move his finger inside of her, though when she brushed his tip he gasped and pushed at her mouth, unable to control himself in the sudden rush of extreme desire which ran through his veins. Suddenly sitting up he caught her shoulder and with eyes on fire he slid quickly to her his hand coming up to her chin as he kissed her with passion for the first time, igniting something he couldn't express behind his eyes. As she reacted his hand dropped from her chin to her right nipple, a soft caress ending with a finger on either side of one with a soft pinch, before that same hand dropped to her cleft and he caressed her wetness twice before his finger re-found the hole he found his mind thinking of most intently, trying to keep his touch worshipful as he broke the kiss saying "Please let me pleasure you, brier..."
1 Jan 14, 07:12 PM
Brier: She felt the question shoot through her, a burst of adrenaline, triumphant and hot at her success. She softened slightly kissing the shell of his ear before she moved on. All at once it was as if he seemed to come alive, as though the epiphany had finally struck. She gasped, arched against his hand as her eyes darkened. "Merlin...Darius..." she mumbled, "gods, yes...please" She was losing control, quickly, but for some reason lacked the desire or possibly the will to take it back again. The request, the simplicity, the almost worshipful tone of his voice...it did things she couldn't explain and every nerve of awareness sparked at once. She nodded, eyes closing tightly again as she fell silent.
1 Jan 14, 07:19 PM
Darius: She gasped out a word, her body somehow moving with his fingers as if knowing what he wanted to do and his mind made another connection. As she gave him permission he moved lower so she could lie down in his place as he moved his finger in and out, caressing the spot she seemed to react to the most and finding the movement thrilling somehow! As she settled and reacted, he glanced over her form with shining eyes in the darkness of the shrouded bed, sheets all shoved down over their knees as he eyes her breasts truly for the first time and, unable to stop himself, he lay beside her still working his fingers and propped on his elbow, took one nipple in his mouth to taste her, eyes closing as he automatically sucked softly without realizing why he did. He wanted to serve her, please her, want to keep him around. There was something extremely magical about her he had never realized before, but now the scent and taste of her, the sounds she made to his finger's accompaniment had every ounce of his attention, his focus and his member pulse with desire, to be allowed to join with her in a way he only half understood, but union was something he very devoutly wanted in that moment
1 Jan 14, 11:22 PM
Brier: How had things gone this direction? She hadn't expected...hadn't planned for...Merlin that felt...Bits and pieces of fragmented thoughts broke off and swirled together, chips of a bigger picture that was beginning to emerge. His lips in combination with his fingers and she she felt the anticipation, the inevitable yet unexpected climb before the fall. It was so..."Dare...stop for a minute" She breathed, chest heaving, "come here" it was a whisper, a plea almost, strange and foreign in her voice.
1 Jan 14, 11:27 PM
Darius: As her taste made a permanent home in his mind and the smell of her kept his eyes closed, he heard her breathing which was somehow encouraging and he felt good, like pat on the head good boy good. Her words, therefore caught his attention and his eyes snapped open as he released her saying softly and with wonder "Yes Brier?" and he moved up so he could see her eyes, uncertain how close she wanted him or how. He knew what he wanted to do, had the answer in his head, but he was going to be shaky about it and unsure, but her voice commanded with out a command. He wanted to please her and his expectant face looked eager to do what she needed as his body throbbed with anticipation.
1 Jan 14, 11:35 PM
Brier: She found his eyes, leaned up and kissed him, slower now and more deeply. She reached out with one hand and cupped his cheek as she kissed him, moved closer as she reached down, wrapping her fingers around him again and guiding him to her as she kissed him, she pressed her body to his, hips to hips so that he was fully inside her and gasped. He was...bigger than she had been expecting. She bit her lip, pausing for a moment and meeting his eyes again. It was a bit too late to turn back now, but still she found herself wondering how he felt.
1 Jan 14, 11:45 PM
[×] Darius: She kissed him and he kissed her back, eager and didn't stop till she wrapped her fingers around him! As she guided him he followed in relief; knowing what the right action was didn't make it easy to do. As she straddled him slowly and he felt her lips caress his inflamed member he made a small sound of startlement as his hands came up to support her over him, eyes going very wide as he felt her wrap around him down there and his eyes could not leave where part of him went as the pleasure washed through him. She was very tight around him, caressing him entirely and his hands slid to her hips, keeping her from pulling away as he moaned softly with her, his eyes crushing shut a moment before looking at her with a touch of fire. No words were necessary to say who he knew he wanted, and how much he deeply wanted her to never leave his bed.
1 Jan 14, 11:50 PM
Brier: After a moment, she seemed reassured by what she found in his expression, and she began to move, though she was unaccustomed to being on this side, Madden after all wasn't the type to give up control of the situation, she enjoyed on some basic level the feeling of being in control of this moment. It was secure in a strange way. Her eyes never left his as her breathing became shallower, more erratic as her eyes glazed over. The climb resumed, more intense for the delay and a moment later she was falling, spiraling so that her arms, which were holding most of her weight, shook with the effort of not collapsing on him completely.
1 Jan 14, 11:59 PM
Darius: As she began to move his hands loosened on her hips, his startled face at the fact repeating the action was so much more! It was only a matter of moments before both of them had trouble breathing slow and as he felt her moving faster he found himself exploding seconds before her, the double whammy of hers right after like a one two punch of stunning! As hers arms shook, he put his under her shoulders to let her down easy not minding her weight on him at all while his wide eyed face had a million sensations and thoughts whizzing through it, keeping him silent. Feeling her shake on him he slipped his hands around her and noticed immediately how extremely nice her curve felt under his hand, so he held her tight as he felt the last of his energy go into her, his toes curled and his mind awash in purpose. With effort he freed the only leg possible and kicked the sheet up enough to cover them both and as it settled he got one hand on her shoulder so he could push himself ever so slightly in further to get every bit of her he could.
2 Jan 14, 12:11 AM
Brier: She felt him supporting her, let herself down, she stayed there for several seconds, and then, kissing him softly, she felt the warm content feeling as it spread through her chest. Kissing him softly, she rolled off of him, leaning over the side of the bed, she felt around the floor for her wand. A fairly simple waving pattern and a short incantation later she rolled over again. Curled up against him, head on his chest as she exhaled slowly.
2 Jan 14, 12:14 AM
[×] Darius: Feeling her slide off him he was powerless to stop her, but he felt the loss till he saw her do something with a wand, which he felt curious, but listened. "Brier," he whispered as she laid her head on his chest to his surprise a very pleasant gesture and his hand cam e around her middle to hold her close, "What was that? With the wand?" he found his hand settled naturally on her hip and with the first even sense of contentment and belonging he had ever felt with another outside his family, he let out his breath, his lips turning to kiss her forehead, very gingerly.

2 Jan 14, 12:19 AM
Brier: "Contraception charm" she murmured, "So I don't get pregnant" She closed her eyes, less from fatigue and more just enjoying the moment. He kissed her forehead and she smiled. Her eyes opened slowly and she brushed her lips over his.
2 Jan 14, 12:25 AM
[×] Darius: Like an unseen shock, his body froze for an instant as he realized they had just had sex, which was how he had been born. the realization of this was shock, the entering of the world of adult and if that was what all sex was like OH MERLIN'S BALLS had everything just changed! he unfroze as other thoughts passed through his mind and he kissed her back slightly, amazed at how relaxed he felt with her pressed against him, no more physical secrets between them. It was-- wonderful, the best feeling in his life ever and a true smile came to his lips. "You have to be, the most amazing woman ever. I mean-- Just. Wow." he had no words for how much his life had just changed, the concepts she had just disproved, thrown over, and chopped the heads off of. The was a reordering of reality and all at her decision, her move. "How freaking powerful you are..." he said in a murmur, almost to himself.
2 Jan 14, 12:32 AM
Brier: She watched the series of thoughts as they passed through his eyes, having no idea what they were but sensing powerful forces at work in the gears in his mind as they turned. She flushed, more from pleasure than embarrassment. She arched an eyebrow at him, curious. She liked the sound of that but didn't understand where he was coming from. "Powerful?"
2 Jan 14, 12:40 AM
[×] Darius: He nodded, his eyes still seeing other things as he answered her, mind quite occupied. "I never knew how people got to be a couple, like how they wanted to be with each other. I knew mom and dad loved each other and they loved us, but it never--" he was at a loss for words. "And then you come in and take over showing me the answers in a way I could never have guessed and it's like..." He turned to her his eyes alight and facinated and inspired and all because of her. "...you just changed the world. That's such power!" He leaned closer looking into her eyes as he added "Can...can I ask you a question Brier?" He sounds like someone asking for secrets of the universe from her.
2 Jan 14, 12:51 AM
Brier: As he spoke, she felt the first pangs of guilt as she remembered how this had begun. She would never tell him, she resolved. She and Madden were over anyway, though it occurred to her what others might say, especially, oh Merlin what happened when Vin found out? And Keela? She felt panic rise, but she quashed it, focusing on his voice. "Of course, Dare, ask me anything."
2 Jan 14, 12:54 AM
[×] Darius: His eyes watched her face, more alive then she had seen before, more 'with it' then most had. "Why do you wear make up? I mean, you're already the prettiest woman in school, you don't need it." He clearly was curious and thought she had some special super secret reason for it.
2 Jan 14, 01:16 AM
Brier: She opened her mouth to answer him on automatic and then looked startled, closing it again. She paused for several seconds, first to take in the compliment and then she smirks at him. "You've never seen me without it" she points out. So logically he couldn't know if she was pretty without it.
2 Jan 14, 01:22 AM
[×] Darius: Reaching out with his free hand he shakes his head as he lets his fingers cross her cheek barely touching. "I can see past it. Your lips are like the color of dusky sunsets, that antique rose like color you get off the clouds which makes me think of beautiful places and special moments. It never stays on the whole day so I see it at meals sometimes and I always wondered why you would want to look like others do with it on since you are so unique. And it feels more real to see you without it cause the thing I like the most about you is you, not who you cover up..." His hand moved to trace her lips, one finger feather touching them as he crosses them, his eyes still curious and tickled she will let him touch her so...intimately.
2 Jan 14, 01:35 AM
Brier: She tilted her head, eyes surprised as she studied his. "That's beautiful, Dare" she murmurs, voice soft. She hesitates for several seconds, bites her lip. "Hold on" she rolls over, reaching again for her wand, she taps her face, a modified version of a scouring charm she'd found in witch weekly. She was probably going to end up sleeping here anyway. When she rolled back over she was grateful for the darkness, maybe he wouldn't even be able to tell the difference. He mentioned liking her and she smiled. "I like you too" she murmured, then a sardonic sort of smile. "Obviously."
2 Jan 14, 01:46 AM
Darius: Seemingly surprised he frowned slightly as his fingers crossed her cheek. "Is it? It's only the truth." He waited till she rolled over and did something to her face, then rolled back. "You can put your wand with mine if you like under my pillow" he offered, hoping she wouldn't have another reason to turn away from him. She mentioned liking him and he blushed slightly saying "Can you tell me why? I can't imagine how I deserved that so much." his hand and arm resettled slightly on her hip, his free hand tucking the covers in around them more to keep her warm in the coolness of the room, though where her flesh touched his he felt warmth like a special kind of magic. And even though the room was mostly dark, he could see enough to see the edges of her face were smoother now which pleased him. "Definitely beautiful, even my parents will be jealous," he said kissing her forehead and then her lips, not hard and passionate as earlier, but conveying the more graceful feelings he had for her right this moment like his words about her lips. Of all the people she could have chosen, she chose to come to him, despite his not knowing anything really about dating even. How could he not feel a special affection in his heart for that? "Brier, will you stay tonight? I promise to wake you up early so you can put it back on if you need to."
2 Jan 14, 01:56 AM
Brier: She smiled, and something in her eyes gave way, softened a fraction in a way that externally was hardly noticeable but internally was a sign of a major shift in a person's perspective. She hesitated. Her wand was precious to her, but she liked the idea of having it near. Nodding, she rolled one last time, picked it up off the floor and handed it to him. He spoke again and she flushed, not really knowing what to say to such simple honesty. "Thank you" she murmured. It was the first time she'd gotten a compliment outside her family when she wasn't made up. Relaxing against him again, she nodded. "I'll stay" she murmured against his chest, "but you don't have to wake me up. Tomorrow's Saturday, I can just sneak back to the girl's dorm and do everything there."
2 Jan 14, 02:03 AM
[×] Darius: Lifting the pillow he slipped her wand next to his ,sort of liking the idea of them together as well and then settled again. He knew there was no way he would be sleeping with such a beautiful creature lying against him, too afraid to sleep and wake finding her gone. With his hands now under the covers, one still around her on her waist, he lifted it and ran his hand up her naked back and back down, slowly and softly as he had done his brother's foreheads as toddlers when they couldn't sleep, coaxing her to relax. "I kinda want to see you before you go, wake me before you do if I sleep, okay?" He could hardly believe he would have a girl in his bed tonight against all reason and more then a bit thrilled she shared his pillow and himself as part of what she felt was comfortable. Had the world gone crazy? he had no idea but right now he'd gladly accept being insane if it kept her here with him in his arms.
2 Jan 14, 02:18 AM
Brier: She nodded, "I will" she promised. She didn't want to think about the morning right now. With the morning would come the realization of the full extent of what she'd done. But maybe, maybe it wasn't all bad. Madden obviously didn't care about her even enough not to cheat on her. Darius...Darius cared...she was positive he cared. Who else paid that much attention? And then it came to her with a sudden startling revelation that he had been watching her before tonight. Knew the color of her skin, had paid attention. No, maybe this wasn't such a bad thing after all, whatever people might say. She snuggled into him as his touch traveled over her skin, leaning up to brush her lips over his before relaxing once more. "Sweet dreams, Dare" she murmured, smiling at him for a moment before she settled in, eyes drifting closed. The rest could wait for morning.
2 Jan 14, 02:25 AM
Brier: --------Time Jump-----------
2 Jan 14, 02:28 AM
Brier: She jolts out of a dream a couple of hours later. It is difficult to see anything in the darkness, but she knows the sheets of whatever bed she's in aren't hers. She realizes she's naked and panic sets in as her eyes open wide. Madden? But no, Madden had...and it all comes back Madden and Pandora...her anger....Merlin the anger...the hurt and then....and then Darius. She exhales as the rest comes flooding back.
2 Jan 14, 02:30 AM
[×] Darius: fast asleep, Darius has a much softer aspect, almost younger looking in a way as he slept, the stress and worries washed from his face and a soft contented smile on his face. one arm under her where until she moved had been on her hip and the other as he lay on his back on his waist under the cover.
2 Jan 14, 02:37 AM
Brier: She rolls over, close enough to make out the outline of his features in the dim light. She realizes he looks so much more relaxed in sleep, the edge is gone, and for a moment she simply lays there, watching him. Sighing, she relaxes, curling into his side again she allows herself to drift off.
2 Jan 14, 02:40 AM
[×] Darius: Darius stirred slowly, feeling his arm not being moveable. before his eyes opened he reached out for the obstacle under the covers and encountered flesh which brought the entire night back again in an instant causing his eyes to open and him to roll his head over, lifting the sheet to peek at her with some amazement. Seeing her and her breasts, of course, caused an expected reaction much lower as she stirred.
2 Jan 14, 02:41 AM
Brier: She felt him stir, but it took several moments for her to reluctantly acknowledge the movement. Realizing she was half laying on him, she raised sleepy eyes to his. "Dare?" she murmurs sleepily..."what time...do I need to get up?"
2 Jan 14, 02:44 AM
[×] Darius: His face blushed as she stirred but when she spoke he leaned over and kissed her forehead saying "Not if you don't want to. It's" a glance at the clock "a couple hours till breakfast still. I don't care if you want to stay, I don't go up early in the morning anyway on Saturday. Almost no one does."
2 Jan 14, 02:48 AM
Brier: She opened her eyes slowly, disentangled herself reluctantly to stretch out, was surprised to find her muscles a bit tense, but not unmanageably so. "I'm tempted" she admits. "I never sleep in, at home I've got chores and here there's the whole bathroom space issue we talked about" She finishes her stretching, rolls onto her stomach and smiles up at him. "How did you sleep?"
2 Jan 14, 02:51 AM
[×] Darius: Watching her stretch was also an education in new things even under a sheet and Darius was no slack student. "Dad and I do the most cooking on the weekends so I only stay in bed during the week back home." he admitted softly. She smiles at him and he feels a tiny shiver run up his spine. "Probably better then my whole life. I had no idea I was so tense before..." still mystified about that part.
2 Jan 14, 03:02 AM
Brier: She nods, "I forgot about that actually. We really will have to trade off some time, I'm curious about Egyptian food" she murmurs softly. She grins at him, "glad I could help you relax" she offers almost playfully. The expression sobers for a moment, "Dare...about last night I...I didn't really mean for things to go that fast it just sort of...happened." She looks sheepishly apologetically. "Are you okay with...everything?"
2 Jan 14, 03:06 AM
[×] Darius: He smiled slightly. It was odd to be having a conversation with a woman when you were both naked, but somehow it also sort of stripped the barriers away. "I've made a lasagna so far, but that is it for Italian. You could always come down with me sometime when I get lessons from the elves." Her playful tease caused him to nod a certain light in his eyes again, but not so insistent as last night. Her next words caused him to frown confused. "Uh, you can do it slow?!"
2 Jan 14, 03:11 AM
Brier: She beamed at him. "That would be great, I could surprise Keela and Vin next time they visit." She was caught off guard by his next question and she tried hard not to look amused when she realized what had happened. "Well...yes...there are several ways you can..." She closed her mouth, that was not a conversation for now, that could come later. "What I meant was that..." Oh Merlin how did she even begin to..."Was I....was that...your first time?"
2 Jan 14, 03:14 AM
[×] Darius: He nodded, knowing Vin would be impressed she tried. "Okay then that's easy enough just let me know when you want to go and I'll take you with me." The idea there were several ways had him come up on his elbows (still leaning back) to look at her in disbelief. There was only one way they fit together after all! She stopped and restarted, seeming realizing what she was saying. "Yes. Why? Does that make a difference?"
2 Jan 14, 03:21 AM
Brier: She nods, "sounds like a plan" then hesitates at his question. "Well...not really I guess if it doesn't matter to you." She paused, bit her lip, knowing it was only a matter of time before word got out and then Merlin only knew what Madden would do. "Dare...I should...there's something you should probably know." She took a deep breath. "Do you remember Madden? The guy I told you about that I was dating?" She doesn't give him time to answer as she pushes on quickly, trying to get it out. "He...we...well we broke up. He...slept with someone else...a couple of weeks ago and..." she cuts herself off, "anyway, he's...I don't think he'll take it well that we...last night...if he finds out." She looks genuinely remorseful this time, "I just wanted to warn you in case he does something stupid."
2 Jan 14, 03:27 AM
[×] Darius: he shrugged, not knowing one way or the other. "Everyone I assume learns eventually right? I'm lucky it was someone who cared about me, right? that matters." he nodded to her question about Madden, wondering about it himself. 'you two don't date anymore? Then why would it matter?" he doesn't understand why Madden would be angry about this or that he would do something. he frowns again, clearly not getting it. "Brier, I wasn't going to tell anyone. Isn't it private? Between us?" Suddenly he moved closer to her and tried to catch her hand. "Brier. A-are we dating now?"
2 Jan 14, 03:37 AM
Brier: Her expression softens and there's an odd sort of tenderness in her eyes. "Yes, Dare, that's lucky" she says softly, wondering if Madden had ever actually cared or if it had all been an act just to..it didn't bear thinking about. She gives him a rueful look. "Let's just say I don't see him being reasonable about it. He thinks I should have forgiven him and let it go...he's probably not going to be happy that I...didn't." She nods, "of course, I didn't mean I thought you'd tell someone I just...things like this tend to get out, I was missing from my bed all night." And it wouldn't take long for it to get around that she and Madden had broken up. That was the kind of news that traveled shockingly fast. "Yes Dare, just between us." Her eyes widened, startled. "I...um...we...I don't...do you /want/ to?"
2 Jan 14, 03:44 AM
[×] Darius: Smiles when she agrees and relaxes a bit again, lying back down on his back. "So, you think he will come after me and not you?" He frowned. "Is he dangerous Brier? Did he hurt you?" There was a protective sound in his voice. Suddenly looks concerned. "And that bothers you I can see..." But why did it matter really? That part he didn't get. her next words caused him to lift the covers so he could slide over right beside her, looking up and over at her face since he was on his back and her on her stomach. "I would. You have been nothing but good for me and teaching me so many things and I have spells to tell you about too. And--" He didn't know the right words. "Something from last night is on my mind and I don't completely understand what. I think being around you and getting to know more would help me figure out what I feel. And that would be dating, right?"
2 Jan 14, 03:50 AM
Brier: She nodded, he wouldn't come after her in the way Darius meant, at least, she didn't think he would. "I...I honestly don't know" the next question made her blanch. "No...well...not physically anyway" she said softly. "I just know when I walked away from him he was angry, he does stupid things when he's angry." She skips over the comment about it bothering her. Its true of course but not something she wants to discuss. She turns her head to meet his eyes. "Yes...I guess so, I mean...I've only ever dated one person before now so I'm not exactly the expert" she confesses. "But...if you think...if you want to, then yes, we're dating." Consequences be damned. Being with Darius made her happy, and she deserved that didn't she? It wasn't like Madden hadn't moved on anyway.
2 Jan 14, 03:55 AM
[×] Darius: So he had hurt her mentally? "By...cheating?" he saw it in her eyes and knew that meant she would expect him to be with no other girl and that he had no problem with. he doubted there was another woman in the world he would trust that much. He nodded to madden doing stupid things. "All right, I will be careful." He smiled at her agreement and touched her hand. "That makes me feel happy, Brier. I hope it helps you feel that way to." he smiled, hesitantly hoping that helped make things easier to deal with.
2 Jan 14, 03:58 AM
Brier: She nodded slowly. "I trusted him" she said simply, "it was stupid really, I knew who he was before we ever...but things happen I guess" she shrugs it off. So not the time or place for those thoughts. She leaned up, kissed his cheek. "Good" she said softly. He touched her hand and she grasped his. "It...it makes me happy too Dare, thanks" She heard the sound of someone stirring and frowned, sighing. "I should probably get dressed" she tells him reluctantly. "Will I see you at breakfast?"

[Shava]

9 Jan 14, 05:47 PM
Brier: She arrives at the park and hugs Keela, feeling more than slightly nervous. She'd thought her sister would be around, but it turned out Keela and Vin wouldn't be arriving for several days. She scans the park for abnormally colored hair, wondering who would be sent to get her.
9 Jan 14, 05:49 PM
Lin: Lin pops in, sees girl by herself walks straight over. "Ah ha! There you are, Come here, Brier. Let me take a look at you!"
9 Jan 14, 05:55 PM
Brier: She looks up, slightly startled and smiles hesitantly and Lindsey. "Hi Mrs. Moon" She shoulders her bag and nods.
9 Jan 14, 05:57 PM
Lin: Glances over her and grins, nodding to say she approves. " Ready to go? Any questions? Qualms?"
9 Jan 14, 05:58 PM
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9 Jan 14, 05:59 PM
Brier: She nods, "Sure...no I...think I'm okay." Nod, smile, don't look at Lindsey's outfits weirdly, she repeated Keela's advice in her head.
9 Jan 14, 06:02 PM
Lin: Gives her the eye, nods, walks over and takes a hand on her shoulder and appirates to the island. "Well then! You know how to find him, though he redid his room. Was that your doing by any chance? Leads way to house and right inside.
9 Jan 14, 06:04 PM
Brier: The arrive and she takes a moment to regain her footing. She turns to look at the older woman wide-eyed. "He did? Really?" Then shakes her head. "I mean...I told him about my room back home and he seemed surprised I got to design it myself but...I didn't tell him anything else." She looks perplexed for a moment.
9 Jan 14, 06:07 PM
Lin: Lindsey smiles and nods. "That would be it I think." Snaps her fingers and Abraham appears. "Please show Ms Summerby to her room like I told you and then she can see Darius. You'll here the scream for supper."
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9 Jan 14, 06:17 PM
Brier: She blushes, "I um...sorry I didn't think he'd actually" she shakes her head, not really sure what to say. "Sorry" The ghost appears and she smiles hesitantly at him. "Hi Abraham" She reflexively gives Lindsey a look as though she wonders if she's real before catching herself. "All right"
9 Jan 14, 06:21 PM
Lin: "Nah, it's fine. About time he asked actually. Nothing to be sorry about. Go scoot, have fun." Waves and turns, disappearing through a door which appears.
9 Jan 14, 06:32 PM
Darius:
9 Jan 14, 06:32 PM
Brier: She nodded, smiling "Okay then" and then turns down the suddenly apparent hallway. Following the passage, she spots the staircase at the end and smirks to herself. Climbing the stairs and then down another hallway that ends in a door, she opens it, surprised and charmed by it...until she spots Darius and makes a face. "Um...hi Dare...what are you doing...here?"
9 Jan 14, 06:35 PM
[×] Darius: Sitting on the floor, hears the door opens and look up behind him. "Hi Brier." Looks confused by the question. "Um...it's my room? Mom said you were staying here, but I can get you another room I bet if I ask." Looks unconcerned, but glad to see her.
9 Jan 14, 06:37 PM
Brier: She gapes at him, looking at a loss for words for several seconds. "I um...staying...here...as in...with you?" Suddenly she remembers the things in the letter from his mother about candles and nice things and its as if something clicks into place. "I ah...well..." She just stands there, stunned.
9 Jan 14, 06:43 PM
[×] Darius: Frowns. "Is that wrong? Does it bother you?" He gets up and walks closer, looking concerned about her. "She told me last night you were, but knowing mom she didn't ask just assigned you. that's her way." he shrugged. Taking her bag from her hand he puts it on his trunk sitting in the side. "I chose new furniture! It was like you said I just asked and she let me choose." Seems proud of that.
9 Jan 14, 06:46 PM
Brier: She takes a breath. "I...not bother exactly its just....unexpected." She shakes her head, "no she didn't tell me but I um...no its fine, I'm sure it will be fine." She relinquishes her bag and seems too re-notice the room when he mentions it. "You chose all this?" She seems impressed, "this is amazing, Dare. You have good taste."
9 Jan 14, 06:52 PM
[×] Darius: Nods, seemingly not surprised. "That's mom. She doesn't do normal things I think for most people." Gives her a hug, glad to see her. "It's great to see you though, I am glad you could come!" He looked around nodding. "It's an old house, it has a lot of stuff in it." Tilts his head at her. "Do I? Well....that's good I guess."
9 Jan 14, 06:55 PM
Brier: "Keela told me" she answers, once she's finished surveying the room. She seems surprised and then elated when he hugs her and she hugs him back. When he pulls away, she's smiling. "Me too! Though I was...a little nervous about...actually talking to your mom." She glances around again. "You had all of this already?" She seems a bit boggled by that, then nods. "You do" She crosses the room and sits on the edge of his bed. "So you kept the red hmm?"
9 Jan 14, 07:01 PM
[×] Darius: Follows her to the bed and sits down on it next to her. "Oh you can talk to her about anything. I do mostly." He nodded. "I like dark colors, but I thought it wasn't good for me to live in. But this was good to keep." Looked at her curious. "I found a few things so far, but not a lot. It's been a tricky hunt."
9 Jan 14, 07:05 PM
Brier: She finds it sort of strange but also endearing he's close to his mum. "That's cool, I think maybe I should get to know her better first." She nods, "Seems like it would be depressing to live in the dark all the time" she agrees. She smiles at him, "so its a work in progress then, maybe I can help."
9 Jan 14, 07:12 PM
[×] Darius: Nodded, not knowing what else to say really. "Okay. Well...the dark is comforting, quieting. You can hide in it." He smiles nodding at the same time. "Yes, but there were a few things I wanted to ask you about it. Like, more of are you more interested in the anti-aging of the body or more the anti aging of looks?"
9 Jan 14, 07:16 PM
Brier: She looks at him, curious. "Why would you though...hide?" She seems surprised by his question, and then it takes her a minute to come up with a response. "Um...well, I'm not really worried about my body. I'm in pretty good shape so...looks I guess...why?"
9 Jan 14, 07:20 PM
[×] Darius: Glances away. "Don't you want to hide from places and people sometimes?" said quietly. But reengages with her response to his question. "Because it's two different ways. If you wanted the other it's harder to find info on but looks there are lots of things. Some of them you need another person for to cast them on you it seems."
9 Jan 14, 07:23 PM
Brier: She pauses, giving that some thought "I guess so yeah, but there aren't a lot of places to hide at home." She tilts her head, an intrigued look in her eyes. "Oh like...like an unbreakable vow? That sort of thing?"
9 Jan 14, 07:27 PM
Darius: Curious. "Really? Oh you did say it was very light and white. But there are places in Hogwarts too to hide. I use those a lot." Hesitates. "Um, not quite but close I guess. Since it's about looks..." hesitates again.
9 Jan 14, 07:30 PM
Brier: She grins, "I'm sure, I don't even want to think about how many places there are to hide in Hogwarts." She nods, "so you've been doing research then?"
9 Jan 14, 07:34 PM
Darius: He smiles slightly and nods, agreeing with her. "Oh yes, it's not hard for the visiual stuff. There are a lot of little things you have to do that add up to looks. The trick is for some of them you can't wear clothes. Like, a few of the ones you have to have someone cast on you it needs like complete skin access.
9 Jan 14, 07:40 PM
Brier: She laughs, "oh, believe me, I know. My routine in the morning takes at least an hour." Her eyes widen and she arches an eyebrow. "You have to have someone cast the spell on you...naked? What is that for?"
9 Jan 14, 07:44 PM
[×] Darius: Looks at her. "You get up at 4:30 and spend an hour? Every day?" Thinks that is kind of wild. "Well then this should not be a problem." he nods. "Skin stays flexible and tight for that one."
9 Jan 14, 07:49 PM
Brier: "Yes, I have to be ready to start chores early at home so I got used to it that way." She nods, "makes sense I guess, never heard of one that works that way, but it doesn't seem like the sort of thing you'd put in witch weekly anyway."
9 Jan 14, 07:52 PM
Darius: Curious. "You get made up to do chores? That doesn't seem right. Are you trying to impress your family?" Shakes his head. "No, this would not be in a magazine. I don't think they talk about things like this openly." Knows that he could do that for her since he had seen her naked.
9 Jan 14, 07:55 PM
Brier: She laughs, "no...I guess I just...got into the habit when I started school and brought it home with me." She gives him a curious like "things like what?"
9 Jan 14, 08:11 PM
[×] Darius: He smiles, seeing she finds it funny now that it is mentioned. "I don't think Char got into the habit of walking around in her underwear in school." Glances around before looking at her. "Um, well personal stuff down there first off, then because it costs more then some things. Like, it's not just a wave a wand, but it comes with a cost over time.
9 Jan 14, 08:16 PM
Brier: She arches an eyebrow and smirks. "I heard about that, surprised Keela when they met outside school." She looks up startled, first by the reference to private things and moreso by the word cost. "Cost? What kind of cost?"
9 Jan 14, 08:19 PM
[×] Darius: Thinks about what to say. "Well the anti aging body stuff does dark, so it has a heavy cost. That's why so many dark wizards and witches look young. The looks has lighter costs, but they still exist. Like you have to give up something to get something more." Shrugs as if to say either he could deal with.
9 Jan 14, 08:29 PM
Brier: She listens, looks as if she's listening more intently than normal. "So age magic...cosmetics...its dark magic?" She looks as though she's never thought of it that way. "Give something...like...like what?" Her mind is racing and its obvious to look at her she's thinking hard about something.
9 Jan 14, 08:34 PM
Darius: Nods, seemingly unconcerned just being sure she knows. "Yes. Well, some of it is kind of in between, something small costs, but the more impact, the darker. I assume at the most extreme it requires killing someone for it. I don't know I have not looked. But lighter stuff, say you improve the skin of your face, but maybe your joints age faster or you need to get ingredients most people would frown at? Like some of the minor stuff requires some blood."
9 Jan 14, 08:39 PM
[×] Darius: Shrugs. "I could do that, it's small enough."
9 Jan 14, 08:55 PM
Brier: Her eyes widen, horrified. "Like...human blood?" She feels sick, and it shows in her face. "I...had no idea...wow." She shakes her head emphatically. "No!.." Then softer, "I could never...that's awful!" The last part seems to register and she frowns at him. "You...would do that?"
9 Jan 14, 08:57 PM
Darius: Nods, watching her face as she reacts, curious about he reaction to the idea of darker things. Nods again at her reaction. "Well, it's for you. You worry about it and I can take some of the worry away? Sure."
9 Jan 14, 08:59 PM
Brier: She looks concerned for a moment, and then after a hesitation, it softens a bit. "I...wow, that's...really sweet." She smiles. "Thanks Dare, but I think...maybe just stuff that doesn't require...you know...actually causing someone harm."
9 Jan 14, 09:03 PM
Darius: Smiles when she does. "Oh it's okay, it doesn't hurt. " Looks interested. "Well, Okay. We can do that." Doesn't think it hurts at all when he syphens it from his housemates in school. "So I will work more on those then. Smiles to show he's following her rules.
9 Jan 14, 09:11 PM
Brier: She leans forward, brushes her lips over his and grins. "Sounds good" she looks measurably more relaxed by this point. "So what do you normally do during the summers?"
9 Jan 14, 09:58 PM
Darius: Kisses back, then grins. "Okay." Shrugs a bit, trying to think. "Well normally Vin and the others play Quidditch, I do a lot of reading or projects, sometimes I go with mom to where she does her ghost work. This summer some of us are going with her to some place in America that's sealed by the Ministry, she won't say anything else about it. Relatives come over, and of course there's an whole ilsand to play games on nd broom on."
9 Jan 14, 10:01 PM
Brier: She nods, "that's really cool magic, with the house" she shakes her head, "still weirds me out that it shows up for Keela now." She tilts her head, "so you've explored all of it then? The island?"
9 Jan 14, 10:30 PM
[×] Darius: He laughs responding with "Well she's part of the magic now. And Vin gave her the same sight he has and he owns it I guess." He thought for a moment. "Not all the house, though I can ask VIn for some things like the Library, but most of the Island yeah."
9 Jan 14, 10:30 PM
Darius: He laughs responding with "Well she's part of the magic now. And Vin gave her the same sight he has and he owns it I guess." He thought for a moment. "Not all the house, though I can ask VIn for some things like the LIbrary, but most of the Islan yeah."
9 Jan 14, 11:08 PM
Brier: What a thing, she thought, to be part of a legacy that long. Though being lady of the manner hadn't changed her sister much, save for the fact that she was, you know, carrying twins and the size of a small barn. (Courtesy of Cern) Her eyes widened, looking intrigued. "The library?" How many books, she wondered, must a place this old accumulate, and what about? She nods, "that's really cool, kind of helps me understand all the pirate jokes Keela and Vin make all the time."
9 Jan 14, 11:23 PM
Darius: Nodded. "It's not like in one place, there are like little ones scattered around. SOme of them I'm not allowed near cause their too dangerous of course, but Dad trusts me with some of them." He grinne very slightly. "We're all named after famous pirates. Mom wanted her own clan. They've been stashing stuff for the family since before the 1200s so probably we have real pirate stuff too."
9 Jan 14, 11:25 PM
Brier: She contemplates this, then smirks. "interesting thing to name your kids after, pirates." She grins, "Do you know anything about the one you're named for?" Her eyes widened, "so there were real ones, in your family once upon a time?"
9 Jan 14, 11:39 PM
Darius: "Black Bart? Yes, he captured like 400 some ships and was really good at it. He was Welsh, worked over here. Mom says Im named after him and not the Black in the Americas." Nodded and lay back on the bed putting his hands behind his head on his pillow while he spoke, getting comfortable. "Yep, back before the Ministry. They traded in dark magic and gold and prisoners who needed to disappear. They used to keep records; mom says they were pirates for about four hundred years before the Ministry,."
9 Jan 14, 11:44 PM
Brier: She listened, amused that it was like listening to a history book out loud. "Vin uses it as an excuse to pick pockets" she points out, "you don't do that do you?" She shook her head, looking a bit at a loss, "dark magic and gold and prisoners...quite the reunions they must have had" she joked.
9 Jan 14, 11:47 PM
[×] Darius: He smiled and shook his head. "No, he learned from a thief one summer, begged mom and dad to let him learn from him. He taught me how to climb walls though, I've been all over Hogwarts now." His face turned thoughtful. "Well if there are any pirates things still around they'd be in the outside wall houses. The prisoners they killed and dumped in some special well we have not found yet. I assume it's here, the records say it was in the house before this one too so it must be moveable."
9 Jan 14, 11:51 PM
Brier: Her brows rose. 'That's kind of hot' her brain chimed in unbidden and she blushed, tried to focus on something else. She gave him a startled look. "Climb walls? Like...the outside castle walls?" She gaped at him, caught herself, but still looked unnerved. "Isn't that a little...dangerous?" He continued, talking about bodies and movable parts. "So this house....there's a lot of magic here beyond...what's obvious?"
9 Jan 14, 11:57 PM
[×] Darius: Looking at the ceiling above him he nods, wondering why she sounds surprised. "Well yeah, he's been doing it for years. he leaves me clues to find the neat stuff on the outside. The roof is a really awesome place for sunset." Dangerous? "Well, yeah if you don't have someone with you who knows what they are doing sure." Now he looked up at her. "Oh sure, Vin says he thinks there are a few catapults still around no one can see and they saved almost all the dark magic they found. Mom says she still finds things she can't figure out what they do some days."
10 Jan 14, 12:00 AM
Brier: She looks at him rather like he's grown another head she hadn't previously noticed. "Why not just fly up though?" she asked, "seems safer." She looks downright impressed now in spite of herself. "You've seen the sunset...from the roof of Hogwarts?" An awed look as she considered that...hesitated a moment.. "That does sound...like it'd be something to see." Its on the tip of her tongue to ask if he'd take her, but something holds her back, namely fear of falling to an untimely death. "That's crazy" she comments, "most days I have enough trouble finding my shoes."
10 Jan 14, 12:06 AM
[×] Darius: He comes up on his elbows and just looks at her, surprised by the question. "But you can't fly everywhere, brier, so it's safer to learn to get by without it when you have it as a backup." He nods. "Sure, wanna go some time? I can get you up there easy enough." His face grows serious. I'll use a broom if it makes you feel better." The smile returns about her shoes. "Silly, why not enchant them to a shoe rack so they always return when you don't wear them?"
10 Jan 14, 12:10 AM
Brier: She'd never thought about being a place she couldn't fly, but she supposed he had a point, and she nodded. "M-me?" she murmurs, surprised. "But I can't...I've never..." She looks a little baffled, "How?" She shakes her head, "no, I'll do it you're way I just...how?" She shrugs, "mom and dad like us to do things the muggle way until we can use magic outside school, so we don't depend on it."
10 Jan 14, 12:16 AM
[×] Darius: Nodding, he showed where the lines ran on his body for a harness and belts adding "With a harness to keep you from falling and I would secure a rope up top first, and then guide you along up so there's no danger. It's not hard at all really, I thought it was pretty fun the first time." Thinks it's smart and agrees. "Sure, that's the best way. I mean, magic is easier, but sometimes like now when you can't cast outside the school it's the only way right?"
10 Jan 14, 12:19 AM
Brier: "Oh" she nodded, "Okay then" she looks relieved. "We should then...next year?" Hard to believe they'd be going into sixth in a few months. It was almost over. She nods, "right, but frustrating sometimes, though things like cooking and such, mom still does without magic, says it tastes better that way."
10 Jan 14, 12:37 AM
[×] Darius: Liking the fact she trusts him, he simply nodded. Looks interested. "Really? Like, not using a wand I assume? But a cooler and a stove are still good, right?"
10 Jan 14, 12:39 AM
Brier: She nods, "right, they just believe in doing things the old fashioned way, like...really old fashioned." She wrinkles her nose, "it takes forever, but its...really good."
10 Jan 14, 12:42 AM
Darius: Looks interested. "Do you know how they do it? Maybe you can show me something while you are here?" He shrugs, "I do most of the cooking on the off nights anyway here."
10 Jan 14, 12:45 AM
Brier: She nods, "Oh I know how, its something papa, that's mom's dad...teaches all of us." He was in his late sixties now, but due to being a wizard generally looked and behaved like a man in his forties. She shrugged, "You really want to learn something like that?" She'd never thought of finding anyone interested in that particular skill of hers in this world.
10 Jan 14, 12:48 AM
[×] Darius: Hesitantly nods. "If it's not too tricky, yes. I get lessons from the Elvs during school too. I.." Hesitates even more looking at her, thinking she might not think it a guy thing. "I'm good at cooking. Mom just feeds us cherrios."
10 Jan 14, 12:49 AM
Brier: She nods, "I remember talking about it when we first...well met isn't the right word but" she shrugs "something like that." She beams at him, "you promised to teach me Egyptian recipes, remember?"
10 Jan 14, 12:53 AM
[×] Darius: Sits up more, his arms around his knees. "Yes, I remember. I wasn't thinking about it being old style so much though." Smiles, relieved in a way. "brier, I assume we're still dating, right? Even though it's summer?"
10 Jan 14, 12:55 AM
Brier: She shrugs, "I guess we'll just see what comes out the most" then gives him a confused look. "Do you normally...stop dating people just because its summer?" She gave him a worried look. "I...had thought so...but...if you wanted to do something different." She felt very lost all the sudden again.
10 Jan 14, 12:58 AM
Darius: "I've never dated anyone before so I don't know how it works and I thought maybe you only wanted to do it at school so I thought I'd better ask so I knew." Looks worried now. "D-did I say something wrong? Cause I d-don't want to stop. I really like you, Brier, like a lot."
10 Jan 14, 01:02 AM
Brier: "You've never...dated anyone?" In retrospect after her conversations with Vin and the letter from his mother...that made sense, but to have never dated anyone at all...She exhaled, relieved. "Of course we're still dating, silly." She kissed him again, a bit longer this time as though to make her point
10 Jan 14, 01:04 AM
Darius: He shook his head, confidence vey low feeling and then she seemed relieved about something who knew what. "Oh good!" he brightened up and then she kissed him and he kissed her back, remembering what she taught him about kissing and trying to be better at it then before.
10 Jan 14, 01:06 AM
Brier: ((Oh bless it)) She pulled away, "sorry I just thought...maybe you had changed your mind" She looks very worried about this, thinking of Madden and the possibility of being rejected again.
10 Jan 14, 01:10 AM
[×] Darius: Shakes his head violently, suddenly feeling a need to assure her of everything. "Oh no! Nothing like that i just...didn't know what dating is like, Um... I probably should have asked Vin about it." Looks worried himself he might have ruined things.
10 Jan 14, 01:12 AM
Brier: She lays back next to him on the bed, "so you've really never...not with anyone?" She seems surprised by that. She laughs, "I asked Keela when I was trying to get you to notice me.." She admits, then blushes. "I mean...I asked if she knew how I should talk to you..what you liked."
10 Jan 14, 01:17 AM
[×] Darius: Assumes she means dating. "You are the only one. I've never even had a guest here before, it's always someone else's friends here." Eyes grew really wide. "Oh. Really? You asked Keela?" thinks about it and then slowly nods. "I guess Vin probably told her how to talk to me so yeah, that was a good move. You really are smart. Though, you could ask Vin too." Doesn't seem to find it odd he is talking about asking others before me. "And if they don't know you can ask me, I mean, I may still not know cause this is so....new...."
10 Jan 14, 01:20 AM
Brier: She glows with that realization. 'The Only One!' First, only, best...and she lights up inside. She shrugs, "well, she managed to get Vin's attention and I thought...maybe she could help" She smirks, "I talked to Vin too" she admits, "but sometimes its easier to talk to family...you know?" She grins, "you'll figure it out, I don't have that much experience either, just Madden really before now...though now is better."
10 Jan 14, 01:23 AM
Darius: Nods, she was smart and he appreciated that; she could teach him a lot! "Oh gosh yes! I totally understand that! I talk to Vin a lot when I have issues." Looks surprised. 'Really? You mean that? I thought you would eventually tell me what I needed to change cause you would be used to whatever he did."
10 Jan 14, 01:26 AM
Brier: She nods, "it comes in handy" then rolls her eyes. "Of course not. You're not Madden and I'm glad. We fought...all the time really. I guess I never noticed at the time." She shifts closer, lays her head on his shoulder. "I like this much better" she assures him. "I like you much better."
10 Jan 14, 01:36 AM
[×] Darius: Sees her eye roll and thinks he is defintely missing something in all this. "You dated him even though you fought? Why?" Realizing what she is doing moves his arm back so when she puts her head on his shoulder he can put his arm around her like Vin said was smart. "Really? oh. Great!" Sounds much relieved and excited. "I've never had a girlfriend, but I don't see how anyone could be as nice as you are, brier."
10 Jan 14, 01:44 AM
Brier: He puts his arm around her and she relaxes, comfortable. She laughs, "could you tell my brothers that please?" she jokes. "They call me the dark one all the time because I'm the only Slytherin" She pouts at this, "Mom says I get it from dad but he was a Hufflepuff so I don't know what she means."
10 Jan 14, 01:49 AM
Darius: A smile. "Why would they tease you about that? Don't you have any Slytherins in the family? Must be some somewhere." SMiles at the idea of the dark one. "I guess they must think my whole family is then. Did they give Vin trouble?"
10 Jan 14, 01:51 AM
Brier: She nods, "my aunts were both in Slytherin" she answers, then nods again, blushing. "Yes, both my brothers thought he was...well...they thought he had bad intentions." She bit her lip, "it was my fault really. He had a reputation and I...told them what I had heard. I didn't mean to get him in trouble I just didn't want Kee to get hurt."
10 Jan 14, 01:58 AM
[×] Darius: "Ah, that must be it. I understand it runs in families so you must be the good one." He chuckled soft just once. "Bad....intentions? I don't understand. Like, he wanted to hurt her?" That was very confusing! "Um, well you were protecting your sister so that's okay. We're very protective of family too."
10 Jan 14, 02:01 AM
Brier: She blushes, "thanks" then darker as she shakes her head. "No like...they thought he was just using her like...for...sex." Embarrassed and feeling awkward, "but he wasn't so it was fine" she says less than a second later. She nods, relieved at the change of subject. "Yes, they're crazy but they're the best, even Cern."
10 Jan 14, 02:06 AM
[×] Darius: Eyes blank for about four seconds before he remembers the pleasure of it. Stammers. "B-b-but why? That d-doesn't make sense, you wouldn't b-be liking a person if you did it just for that, r-right? And he liked-d her!" What she had just described felt somehow very very wrong to his mind. 'Cern is the one I haven't met yet I think. Luch seemed nice. I know Keela is."
10 Jan 14, 02:11 AM
Brier: She arches an eyebrow at him. "You can enjoy the physical part of sex without being attached to someone" she informs him. "Or so I've been told." She shrugs, "I couldn't fathom doing it with someone I didn't care a lot about, but some people do." Her brother included. She smiles, "they're all nice, Cern is just an arse sometimes."
10 Jan 14, 02:15 AM
[×] Darius: Looks both surprised and a little bit repulsed by the idea, but then it turns into an almost angelic delight in his eyes as he looks at her in some kind of wonder, best emotion she's ever seen on his face. "Y-you care about me? Really?" Looks like Christmas in his eyes. Delighted, he listens to the rest of what she says as if hanging on her every word. "Brier, I'm sure your brothers are great, but you have to be the ruby inn a pile of quartz. You are so ....amazing. I think I love you, if that's what this feels like in my chest." Face flushed, eyes very light.
10 Jan 14, 02:30 AM
Brier: She's caught off guard, blindsided really by the look in his eyes. It was...it almost hurt to look at him, and she felt a deep tenderness well up in her chest. His innocence...the extent of it, something in her understood now what Vin had been trying to explain but...oh the feeling of being the focus of that look. "Of course I do, how could I not?" and that she meant as sincerely as she'd ever meant anything. How could anyone not care for him? Not want to protect and admire him? He speaks again and her eyes go very wide. "L-love?" she repeats, then takes a deep breath. "You l-love me?" She stares at him in awe, a rare vulnerability lighting her eyes as she mulls over that repeatedly, replaying it over and over. "Really?"
10 Jan 14, 02:34 AM
Darius: His voice still delighted with wonder as he said "No one outside my family ever has." He nodded, half blind from what he was feeling in his heart. "I think that i s what it is, like all warm and suddenly fizzy potassium in my stomach and trembling-- well look!" he held out his hand and his fingers were trembling as if he was on the edge of something really big. He watched his hand too and then turned and kissed with more then just repeateing what she did, but doing his best to try and express how amazing and precious and wonderful she was to him.
10 Jan 14, 02:38 AM
Brier: She stops cold, looks at him as though she wonders if he could possibly be serious. Seeing no joking in his eyes she takes his hand gently as she lays there on her side next to him. "Well I do. So now that's one." She smiles softly at him when he shows her the shaking hands and nods, caught off guard again when he kisses her,but she responds, running on new emotions and an extent of approval and acceptance she's never fully felt from anyone not family; She kisses him back intensely running a hand over his cheek and up into his hair.
10 Jan 14, 02:51 AM
Darius: Knowing she really cared had certainly brought out something in him he had never realized was in there, craving it. Blown away, he kisses her with raw emotions and her response helps, even more so when she runs a hand over his cheek and into his hair. For once he feels no personal body issues at all, and when he breaks the kiss to breath again (not having learned about breathing through his nose yet) he gasps "Anything you want or need, name it and I'll do it. get it. Whatever it is."
10 Jan 14, 02:58 AM
Brier: She took a deep breath, trying to regain control of her own tumultuous emotion. Her eyes had gone dark with desiring him, the feeling of intensity had carried from emotional to physical in a span of breaths. She stared at him, eyes dark and as she searched his eyes, found only sincerity and was for the moment blown away by him, she nodded. "Same" she says simply, a breath of a word, "anything."
10 Jan 14, 03:02 AM
[×] Darius: Seeing her eyes changed he wondered about that for a instant but she nodded and spoke and he felt like they had the same thoughts, the same minds. "All I want it you, Brier Summerby, and I will be the happiest person in the world! You are all i need to be complete, I want to bury myself in you forever!" And he kissed her again, overcome by feelings he didn't even understand, just knew there was nothing else in his world for the moment but her in any way she would allow him.
10 Jan 14, 03:10 AM
Brier: She felt the rush of that as it spread through her chest, causing her heart to race and her head to rush. He kissed her again, and she responded to him, kissing him deeply but not hard as she'd done their first night together. That night she'd been angry, hurting, pride smarting. Right now she was...she was in awe, tenderness welled up with desire and need in a way that felt new and overwhelming. So she kissed and touched,, his face, his arm, drifted over his skin as though he were precious in ways she only barely had an inkling of. She barely heard him when he spoke, so focused was she on holding onto him, to this moment for as long as it would hold for her.
10 Jan 14, 03:16 AM
[×] Darius: The touch of her on him was really good feeling, he felt safe and wanted, cared for and protected and he knew she wanted to touch him. In a show of making sure she knew she could do anything she wanted, As her hands went along his arms as he spoke, he yanked his shirt off over his head and unlike his usual careful placement he dropped it where ever it fell without care, sliding down to give her closer access as he kissed her, his own hand sliding across her cheek and around her neck, holding her and joyous in his mind. Her lips were like fire and he felt that warmth suffusing in him, spreading out as her fingers drew it through his frame.
10 Jan 14, 12:22 PM
Brier: As he pulled his shirt off over his head, her eyes widened as she remembered Vin's reaction the morning after. 'You talked him out of his clothes?' Vin had sounded so shocked that Brier knew this must be a big thing for him. So as her eyes traveled over his upper half, she smiled and her lips found their way lower, over his jaw and down his throat to his shoulder where she lingered a moment reveling in the openness, in her ability to draw this out of him. See Vin? She wanted to tell him, he likes me...not what I can do to him or force out of him...just me. And her mind exulted even as she trailed her lips lower, over his chest before finally coming back up to his lips again. When she pulled away for a moment, she was breathing harder than before and her eyes shown bright with some unfathomable emotion that might have been a combination of awe and wanderlust.
10 Jan 14, 02:47 PM
[×] Darius: His eyes closed involuntarily as she explored him, causing him to sigh with longing as she touched him in different places with her lips, such a new sensation that his mind still found it wildly untamed so far. When she got back to his lips, he more gently then before returned it, reveling in the taste of her and her wanting him, seemingly like an achievement on his part in some way. This time when it broke he kissed along her jaw, down her neck, and into the top of her shirt slightly, seeking spots he had not kissed before, showing his interest in helping her as well.
10 Jan 14, 04:00 PM
Brier: As his lips drifted over her skin, her eyes closed and she inhaled deeply, a soft sigh as her lips relaxed into a smile for a moment. She seemed to realize they were well on their way to something she hadn't expected to happen while in his parents' house. Still, her fingers found their way into his hair again, marveling and reveling at the strangeness of the feel of it under her fingertips. "Dare?" she murmured, waiting until she had his attention to speak. "I love you too."
10 Jan 14, 07:01 PM
[×] Darius: as her fingers spread into his hair again, he began to realize that although his body was his own, it wasn't actually private really. He would be sharing his perception of the world with another and it was this point which made him feel more relaxed with her as well, knowing that she shared hers through to him as well. The concept actually made a great deal of difference to him and as she spoke he felt a fierce connection with her as she admitted it as well. "A kiss of her lips in answer before the boyish look was back in his face for a moment. "It's a wonderful feeling, isn't it? All my nerves seem to have gone away and left me with this great anticipation in every corner of my skin!"

[Shava]

29 Jan 14, 10:13 PM
Brier: Detention! Stupid prat had tried to feel her up and SHE was the one who had gotten detention for it. She should have told the Professor exactly where the guy had put his....Merlin on second thought, never mind. Still, she was seething as she went to the clock tower to sulk. It was nearing curfew but she didn't care. She already had detention, what else were they going to do to her today?
29 Jan 14, 10:16 PM
Darius: Walks upstairs, holding the paper, rope ove rhis shoulder as he thought he could manage another one before curfew. Walking into the clock tower he went up the steps one at a time watching his feet which is why he didn't see her til lhe was walking to the window. "Oh, Sorry Brier I didn't know you were here...."
29 Jan 14, 10:18 PM
Brier: She turned from the window with a dark look on her face, which softened slightly when she realized who it was. "Oh, hey Dare..." she takes a deep breath, tries to relax, and then arches an eyebrow at the rope. "What exactly...are you doing?"
29 Jan 14, 10:19 PM
[×] Darius: Continues to the window and looks out it before he turns to her. "Oh just finding some clues VIn left me. It won't bother you if I go out the window will it?"
29 Jan 14, 10:23 PM
Brier: She turns, giving him her full attention, eyes wide. "OUT the window?" She eyes the rope, thinks for a moment and something clicks. "You're planning to scale the wall?"
29 Jan 14, 10:25 PM
Darius: Nods as if he hadn't realized it would be that strange. "yes. he taught me to climb and he gives me scavenger hunts sometimes to test me I think. But it's easy enough. Is...is that okay? I can come back tomorrow if you feel unnerved..."
29 Jan 14, 10:28 PM
Brier: She continues to stare for a few seconds before she speaks. "No that's...that's fine I guess..really cool actually." She smirks, "hey, if you go tomorrow maybe I could go with you? It would beat serving detention tomorrow night."
29 Jan 14, 10:30 PM
[×] Darius: Nods relieved and opens the window dropping the rope on the ground as he picks up the loose end. "You need out of detention? Where will it be held?"
29 Jan 14, 10:35 PM
Brier: "Seventh floor I think. I have to polish the brooms they use for the advanced flying classes." She makes a face that communicates exactly how excited she isn't for this scenerio.
29 Jan 14, 10:36 PM
[×] Darius: Thinks. "So...you need out but they still have to look good to the eye, correct? That seems simple enough. What time do you want me to get you out?"
29 Jan 14, 10:39 PM
Brier: She gives him a startled look. "I wasn't...I mean...I was just kidding..." She pauses, "could you actually...? I mean...the detention starts at 6" she shrugs, "so any time after that."
29 Jan 14, 10:42 PM
[×] Darius: Ties the rope outside the window to the drain pipe then ducks his head and nods. "I believe so. Vin waas telling me about this new cleaning wax they ave for brooms he was running an experiment with. I can get some from him and then we can leave for say, two hours? Then return and they would think you had been there the whole time if it works the way Vin says it does. That way you have no contact with the supply." Looks as if waiting to see if this sounds good to her, one leg out the window as he ties the support rope to his belt
29 Jan 14, 10:52 PM
Brier: "That's...that would be amazing" she beams at him. Leaning forward, she kisses his cheek, looking as if she's in a much better mood all the sudden. She looks from him over the window ledge to the ground. "Wow that's...awfully high..." She bites her lip, "be careful okay?"
29 Jan 14, 10:55 PM
Darius: Eyes widen, hands goes up to cheek as she looks down and then he seems to be about to ask something but stops himself. "Um, I will be. I should only be a minute." Looks at her strangely then slips out the window and scales down and then goes sideways compartmentalizing that reaction for later as he doesn't have the time now. He is out of sight in a few seconds, but the rope continues to move back and forth before he comes back into sight coming back.
29 Jan 14, 11:01 PM
Brier: She takes a step back, watching as he descends, she wonders a bit at the moment of strangeness before he went. She hadn't meant to make him uncomfortable.
29 Jan 14, 11:04 PM
[×] Darius: Returns and grips the window ledge, pulling himself up over it easily with his arm and sits on the ledge undoing the rope. "We'll have to hurry to get back to the dorm before curfew." Winds the rope up over his arm a few times before he seems ready to go, giving her a glance and wondering if she is about to get close again.
29 Jan 14, 11:10 PM
Brier: Noting he seems tense, and berating herself for it. She wonders why a kiss on the cheek would make someone that uncomfortable. She'd thought they were friends after all. She shrugs, "you go, I really don't feel like dealing with whoever's in the common room right now." She didn't even want to look at Andrew, and now she was distracted with wondering about Darius. She frowns, watching the sun as it sinks below the horizon.
29 Jan 14, 11:14 PM
[×] Darius: Looks at her frowning. "Um okay. You sure you are all right?" Hesitates before heading for the door to leave her alone as requested

[Shava]

29 Jan 14, 11:26 PM
Brier: She sighs as the professor exits the room, heading for the cupboard. The brooms were lined up against the far wall, and from the look of things she was going to be here a while. Wax in her arms, she crossed the room and pulled a chair. Picking up the first broom, she sighed. Talking to Vin had helped her understand Darius a bit better, but she still wasn't really sure what to do with the new information, and now she was going to be stuck here half the night.
29 Jan 14, 11:28 PM
Darius: Outside the room for the detension with the window slightly cracked, sitting above the window on a gargoyle with ropes attached above where he needs them. Hears the sounds of movement below and listens careful till he hears the door close, then peeks in and sees her alone going to the brooms. Lowers himself down on the ropes and slips hands under the edge of the partially cracked window and lifts it, slipping inside and detaching the harness as she hears him. "Be right there, hang on," as he finishes removing it and then walks over to where she is digging in the pack from his back
29 Jan 14, 11:30 PM
Brier: She hears the window first, and looks up startled when it opens. Couldn't be...but it is, and as he slips inside she looks very surprised to see him. When he speaks, she can only nod as the gears in her head turn quickly, trying to process that he's there when she had really expected. "You...you're here...but..." She goes silent, looking very confused.
29 Jan 14, 11:32 PM
[×] Darius: Nods, not seeing the confusion. "I said I would be, remember?" Pulls out the box and opens the tin inside. "Vin says a finger full of this stuff down the wood and wait a minute so try to coat each broom's wood first then set it aside and go to the next and this should only take about five minutes I think." Takes a broom and demonstrates, not meeting her eyes except to check she is doing the same.
29 Jan 14, 11:37 PM
Brier: "I...yes I remember, I just..." she stops, realizing she'd been about to reveal more than she meant to. "Nevermind" she watches him and nods. "Got it" and then she mimics what he shows her. She frowns when she notices he still seems uncomfortable, but then, if he was obviously uncomfortable around her, why was he here? It made no sense to her. She focused on the brooms, all the while thinking she needed to talk to Vin again.
29 Jan 14, 11:40 PM
[×] Darius: Glances at her curiously then continues with the brooms till all of them are done then goes back to the first one which has hardened wax all down it. Shows her the tin label which has the word on it. "Just like this." waves wand, taps the wax and it falls off taking all the dirt and grime off and leaving the broom looking shined. "Perfect! Let's do all of these and then you can clean up the wax while I put them back in the cabinet."
29 Jan 14, 11:43 PM
Brier: She nods, glancing up to watch him as he shows her before she looks away again. After a couple of minutes she looks at the brooms, relieved to seem them all shined. "Okay, let me just get this cleaned up and we can go I guess." Sneaking out of this room would be tricky, but not impossible. A simple cleaning spell and the fragments of dried wax were gone. She turns, but doesn't approach him. "Thanks Darius, I really appreciate your help."
29 Jan 14, 11:45 PM
Darius: " No problem. I was glad I knew something that would work. Do you have a fear of heights?" Head over for the window to put his harness back on., picking up the ropes as he looks to her for her answer.
29 Jan 14, 11:49 PM
Brier: She gives him a startled look. "You mean we're actually..." They were on the seventh floor...in the tower...no telling how far it was to the ground...She hesitates, "not so much heights, what happens when you fall from them,,,maybe a little." She crosses to the window, making sure to be as far away from him as possible, she looks down. "You've only got one harness right? How exactly does that work?"
29 Jan 14, 11:52 PM
[×] Darius: Shakes his head as he reaches out beside the window and pulls on a rope. "No problem, this is how VIn taught me. It's safe." A swing lowers down as he pulls on the rope with two belts on it. As he pulls it to the window and lays it on the ledge he says "it's got a gimmick on the roof, you sit in it and I'll fasten these two belts around you, then I lower you to the window below and we're on sixth floor, easy."
30 Jan 14, 12:01 AM
Brier: She eyes the swing, then smirks, impressed. "Clever" she murmurs, brightening for a moment. "Okay, I trust you" She hesitates, "so I just sit in it, you strap me in and off we go?"
30 Jan 14, 12:05 AM
[×] Darius: He nods, saying "Vin taught me to scale drain pipes with it, but I'll just lower you down, it's counter weighted so it's easy." Meets her eyes solidly and with complete honesty. "I won't let anything happen to you, Brier." Has the sound of 'ever' in it. "Just sit down and I'll fasten you in and then I'll show you." When she sits down he leans in and says softly as he fastens the belt behind her first "I'm sorry about yesterday. I'm just not used to anyone touching me outside of family, but you are nearly, I should get used to that. I apologize." Seems very embarrassed.
30 Jan 14, 12:11 AM
Brier: She nods as she raises herself up onto the seat. Caught off guard by the sudden eye contact and the seriousness of the moment, she nods. "All right, Dare" She shakes her head when he speaks again. "No its...I'm sorry too. I didn't know and I shouldn't have invaded your space like that. I didn't think about it, so I'm sorry too." She hesitates, then offers him her hand to shake with a playful smile. "Friends?"
30 Jan 14, 12:13 AM
[×] Darius: See she gets his promise and believes him so feels better, more so when she accepts his apology and makes better for it, glances at her hand and nods slowly before he reaches out and takes her hand shaking it once carefully. "Friend. You will be my first one." Now looks up and gives her a tentative smile before fastening the front belt for her.
30 Jan 14, 12:15 AM
Brier: She notices his hesitation, and is therefore relieved when he takes her hand for a moment, noting that his skin is warm. She smiles back, but looks surprised as what he says registers. "Your first one...as in...ever?"
30 Jan 14, 12:19 AM
[×] Darius: "Okay, I'm going to lift you up first so you swing back, just hold onto the wall with your hands and I'll lower you and you can hold on or walk your hands down so you feel more secure, all right?" Releases her hand with a faint blush to his cheeks of embarassment. "Yes. Mom says I should trust more." Now looks embarrassed, but pulls up on another rope and lifts her up, showing he has some decent strength, then he steadies her and lowers her down to the next floor where a partly open window awaits her.
30 Jan 14, 12:24 AM
Brier: She nods, looking maybe slightly nervous. "Got it" she says softly. She smiles when he mentions his mom. "Your mom's right of course, but it doesn't hurt to be a little picky with who you trust either." She's mildly surprised by how easily he seems to manage, thinking he must be stronger than he looks. When she reaches the sixth floor window, she glances up, then back at it. Undoing the ropes securing her, she climbs carefully out of the seat, making a panicked noise when it swings a bit, and then finding her way onto the ledge and into the room, she sits in the floor against the wall, grateful to be on solid ground again.
30 Jan 14, 12:26 AM
[×] Darius: Nods. "I've never trusted anyone outside my family." then lowers her and as soon as she is in he raises the swing by rope and scales down to her after closing the window above and slides in the one beside her, clearly not bothered by the height. "There, all safe and secure. And you've gained two hours before we have to go back up."
30 Jan 14, 12:33 AM
Brier: She had not, necessarily, thought this part through. Getting out of detention was wonderful, but she'd been trying to avoid Darius since everything the night before, and even though they'd both apologized, she had no idea what to do with him now. She was worried she might do something else to bother him, and she got the feeling that was a fairly long list. "So...what were you looking for yesterday? You said something about clues?"
30 Jan 14, 12:36 AM
[×] Darius: Assuming there was somewhere she had wanted to go during detention he was no expecting her to delay leaving to speak to him. Tilting his head at her he nodded. "Yes Brier, a coin which he etched a puzzle on for me to solve to find the next part of the game. The two before that were on waterproof paper and then first was in carved wood."
30 Jan 14, 12:42 AM
Brier: She listens, smiles softly. "That's cool, like a treasure hunt?" She nods, "we used to do those, but ours weren't nearly so creative." She tilts her head, "a puzzle on a coin though? How does that work?"
30 Jan 14, 12:49 AM
[×] Darius: He nods, squating down beside her where she sat. "Kinda. They didn't start out this complex, but I keep solving them and Vincent is inventive." He shrugged. It's a set of numbers on different compass points. I have not figured out which cipher it is yet. It's harder when there are less combinations to work with like this one. May take me a few days to track it down. The first was worse, it was Etrustcan poetry and took me two week to track down."
30 Jan 14, 12:53 AM
Brier: She listens, intrigued eyes widening gradually as he speaks. "Wow that's...kind of amazing actually." She hesitates, not wanting to seem stupid but genuinely curious. "Etrustcan? What is that?"
30 Jan 14, 12:57 AM
Darius: He nods, showing some excitement in his eyes. "It is! I enjoy it. My brother is great." Nodding, he thinks for a second. "People who used to live in ancient Italy, I think it was Tuscany but I can't remember right now. He learned never to do Potion puzzles cause I answer those to ofast so he has to dig for trickier things."
30 Jan 14, 01:06 AM
Brier: She nods, "Vin is pretty cool, its been great having him to talk to, helps me not miss Keela so much with her being gone." Except of course for all the times she snuck into the school to be with Vin, and the fact she was situated in Hogsmeade anyway. She smirks at him, "of course you would" in a teasing tone of voice, feeling more relaxed than she had originally. "I might know some things he could try" she says, thinking of some of the more complicated knots her father had taught them. "what was the poem?"
30 Jan 14, 01:11 AM
Darius: Nods. He assumed everyone could tell how amazing his brother was and, of course, he knew Vin loved him. Family was everything to Darius. "He misses her. A lot." Another tenative smile at her potion mention. "About a horse that belonged to someone, not very good, but probably better in the original language. Translated into English it loses a lot I suspect."
30 Jan 14, 01:14 AM
Brier: She nods, "she misses him too, can't hardly get her to come out of the apartment during Hogsmeade weekends." She sounds slightly amused by this. She gives that some thought. "I wonder how close it is to modern Italian" she says thoughtfully. "I might could have helped with that."
30 Jan 14, 01:17 AM
[×] Darius: He nodded understanding that. Vin had not been avilable during any of those either, though he didn't understand how two people could spend so much toime together and not need a break. "They must really like that apartment. Id didn't think it was so special, but maybe it's because it's their first one?" Shrugs. "He knows I have access to you so I suspect he would not choose to make it that easy, but it might share some roots. If he does a language again I'll check with you."
30 Jan 14, 01:20 AM
Brier: She shrugs, "they're in love" she says simply, "and I suspect they enjoy the apartment because its private" She shakes her head, "Merlin knows they must spend the entire weekends making up for lost time." She nods, "I know several, and I'd be glad to help." She smiles gratefully at him. "Least I can do after you rescued me from hours of broom polishing tonight."
30 Jan 14, 01:26 AM
[×] Darius: Listens, but doesn't know anything to say about love. Or time in a marriage. "Oh ell, that stuff was only good cause Vin had told me about it the other day otherwise I couldn't have helped with that part.. Another detention I might not have any ideas for.. But I can still ask if I come across something else so thank you."
30 Jan 14, 01:35 AM
Brier: She shrugs, "all's well that ends well I guess" she points out. "It was ridiculous anyway. Andrew totally deserved it, and if the professor hadn't come out at that exact second, well..." She shrugs, "but he did."
30 Jan 14, 01:36 AM
[×] Darius: Has no idea what she is talking about and it shows in his face. Stays there squatting, wondering what to say and such. "Um okay."
30 Jan 14, 01:44 AM
Brier: She blushes, "sorry, guess I'm not making much sense am I?" She exhales, "Andrew was my boyfriend...or I guess he was...we never really talked about..." She shakes her head, "anyway, we were sort of making out yesterday and he..." She pulls a face, "went a lot farther than I was comfortable with. He wouldn't listen when I told him to back off so... I hexed him." A frown then, "The professor walked in about that time looking for someone and..." Another shrug, "the rest as they say is history."
30 Jan 14, 01:48 AM
Darius: Listens, non judgmental, till she mentions being uncomfortable. Does not understand what they were making however. "So he made you uncomfortable? Did he hurt you Brier?" Suddenly looks upset. "Wait Brier. This Andrew was causing a problem but you got the punishment? That is not right."
30 Jan 14, 01:51 AM
Brier: She nods, "you could definitely say that, yeah." She looks slightly confused. "Hurt? No...not really I was more...embarrassed than anything I guess, and maybe a little upset." She nods, "I didn't think so either, but I didn't want to have to tell the Professor what happened so..." She sighs, "not much I could do."
30 Jan 14, 01:54 AM
[×] Darius: Oh well embarrassment wasn't good, but at least she had not been hurt. "Oh, okay. What dorm is this Andrew from?" Feels sorry as she is clearly not happy. " Anything I can do?"
30 Jan 14, 01:58 AM
Brier: She looks as though she wonders why he'd want to know, but answers him anyway. "Gryffindor" she smirks, "he's a year older, but you wouldn't know it." She shakes her head, "you've done plenty, Dare, thanks." She smiles at him, "at least this way I didn't have to spend all night in detention for it."
30 Jan 14, 02:03 AM
[×] Darius: Nods. "Okay, just curious." Frowns. "Still not fair him not getting punished, Brier. Even if I am glad I could help this be easier."
30 Jan 14, 02:05 AM
Brier: She nods, "I agree, but life's not fair." She smirks, "guess I should stick to dating Slytherins. It worked out well enough for Keela." She pulls her knees up to her chest and lays her arms on them. "You have, and I'm sorry you're having to spend two hours hiding out with me" she apologizes softly. "I didn't really think that part through."
30 Jan 14, 02:10 AM
[×] Darius: Does agree life is not fair, but determines things in his power to control are important to fix. "Right. Although I understand Keela was trying not to date Slytherins." Slight smile. "Oh, I thought you had something you wanted to go to actually. We can probably sneak somewhere else if you want and then return later. I don't mind."
30 Jan 14, 02:18 AM
Brier: She smirks, "I'd never met anyone more stubborn than Keela when she makes up her mind about something" she laughs softly, "until your brother came along that is." She sounds a touch envious, "she came to her senses eventually though." She thinks about that, "no, not really I just didn't feel like spending all that time washing the smell of wax out of my hair." She gives that some thought. "We could, though I'm not really sure where this time of night."
30 Jan 14, 02:21 AM
[×] Darius: Now Darius nodded with a small chuckle. "Vin always goes after the best of what he wants, in this case he saw her as the best of what girls he had met I guess." Looks curious. "The smell gets in your hair? I had no idea." When she mentions where she might go he tilted his head at her and said "DO you have to report to him or just leave when all the brooms were done? I didn't ask. We could go to the kitchen for some hot chocolate."
30 Jan 14, 10:55 AM
Brier: She smiles then, glad her sister found someone to love who obviously thought the world of her. "Keela is pretty awesome, and Vin is pretty awesome, so I guess that works." She nods, "anything like that, cleaning supplies, the smell sticks" she answers, "its gross." She bites her lip and considers his question. "I don't think he ever actually specified" she answers, "so I guess if he says something about it I can just tell him I got done and assumed he wanted me to leave when I finished." She stands, brushes off her skirt, and nods, "Sure, lets go"
30 Jan 14, 04:33 PM
[×] Darius: He was pleased to hear she likes his brother with her sister as well. "Really? Interesting. I've never had that issue, but it's probably the hair." hearing her logic he hesitates, but accepts it (though somehow it didn't sound right) because it was her detention. Darius wondered what they were like actually and now had some idea. "Okay." Leaning out the window he tapped the rope with his wand and it wound up out of sight and he turned and walked with her towards the kitchens.
30 Jan 14, 10:55 AM
Brier: She smiles then, glad her sister found someone to love who obviously thought the world of her. "Keela is pretty awesome, and Vin is pretty awesome, so I guess that works." She nods, "anything like that, cleaning supplies, the smell sticks" she answers, "its gross." She bites her lip and considers his question. "I don't think he ever actually specified" she answers, "so I guess if he says something about it I can just tell him I got done and assumed he wanted me to leave when I finished." She stands, brushes off her skirt, and nods, "Sure, lets go"
30 Jan 14, 04:33 PM
Darius: He was pleased to hear she likes his brother with her sister as well. "Really? Interesting. I've never had that issue, but it's probably the hair." hearing her logic he hesitates, but accepts it (though somehow it didn't sound right) because it was her detention. Darius wondered what they were like actually and now had some idea. "Okay." Leaning out the window he tapped the rope with his wand and it wound up out of sight and he turned and walked with her towards the kitchens.
30 Jan 14, 10:34 PM
Brier: She nods, "is yours the same as Vin's? Keela says its like impossible to mess with." She was curious, but unwilling to push things by actually touching him. It was a long, mostly quiet walk to the kitchens, though not entirely uncomfortable this time since Brier was mostly lost in her own thoughts. When they got there, she tickled the pear and the portrait swung open. "I wonder who thought that up" she says off-handedly.

30 Jan 14, 10:47 PM
Darius S: [8:45:17 PM] Wes Mattes: He nodded but added "Not exactly, I have the same as mom's so mine heats up in the sun too. Vin doesn't have to mess with that part." The pear had always seemed curious to him, but it also seemed appropriate sort of thing. "I suspect someone with Dumbledore's humor. He seemed to like quirky things like that."

30 Jan 14, 10:56 PM
Brier: She gives him a sympathetic look. "So no beaches for you then I guess?" She smirks, "probably so, its sort of funny I guess." She steps into the kitchens, watching the few elves who are still awake and working. A small female elf in a neon purple pillow case saw them first. "We's has visitors!" she spoke in a high voice that squeaked with her excitement. A couple of other elves turned to look at the two of them, and Brier blushed. It felt strange to be the center of attention right now. "Welcomes master and misses" squeaked the elf. "My name is being Tulip" "What can I's be getting for you?" Then she paused, seeming to study Darius. "Yous be looking like Master Vincent who comes to visit with miss Keela" Her eyes widen suddenly, "oh but Tulip should not be telling misses and master that, that is a secret that is." The elf's ears flopped down and Brier felt the need to speak. "It...It's okay, This is Vincent's brother and Keela is my sister" she offers the elf a small smile. "We won't

30 Jan 14, 10:56 PM
Brier: tell anyone."

30 Jan 14, 11:03 PM
Darius: He shrugged. "Hats." Visiting the kitchens was a rarity for him, not a place he came to often, but he had been told about by VIn before. "Yes, I can bet Vin is down here a lot. " He glanced at Brier as he added "We don't have House Elves at home so he likes the attitude they have." Turning to Tulip he said "Some hot chocolate and a few pastries maybe? Please?"

30 Jan 14, 11:10 PM
Brier: Tulip, looking vastly relieved, beamed at them both and nodded so emphatically to Darius' request that her ears bounced. "Of course! Chocolate and pastries it is being." She motioned to a small table and chairs, saying "Master and misses can be having a seat over there while they wait." The elf turned to Brier and said in a loud whisper. "Such good manners this one has, just like his brother. Yous best be a smart one like miss Keela and hold on to him." Brier flushed scarlet. "Oh know...he's...I mean...we're not...we're friends." The elf gave her a frustratingly knowing look. "Miss Keela was to be saying the same thing, but looks where they is now!" A sound which must have been glee as the elf clapped her hands together and pointed to the chairs. "Now yous be having a seat like I said."

30 Jan 14, 11:17 PM
Darius: Darius nodded saying "Thank you" as he walked over by the fireplace where the table and chairs were, realizing Brier was having a private conversation with the elf so he tuned out. Why she would need to hold onto him (he assumed by an arm) he had no idea. Choosing a seat he sat down patiently till she joined him at the table. "Much nicer then sitting in a classroom polishing brooms."

30 Jan 14, 11:20 PM
Brier: Still blushing, she nods, searching his eyes, she judges that by some miracle he must not have heard her conversation with Tulip. "A hundred times better at least" she agreed. "You have got to be like my favorite person in the world right now." Then she darted a look at Tulip, who she could swear was smirking as much as an elf could smirk.

30 Jan 14, 11:23 PM
Darius: As she came over he got up, held a chair out for her, and then pushed it back when she sat, noticing her blush and wondering why it was there. "Ah well I didn't mind and it gave me a chance to do some more climbing with purpose. That means practice, always a good thing." He seemed quite pleased he was a favored person though. "Thanks!"

30 Jan 14, 11:50 PM
Brier: She was surprised by the gesture, and the words "such good manners this one has" repeated in her mind. She sat, the picture of grace thanks to etiquette lessons from her young childhood that had stuck with remarkable resilience. "Thank you, Dare" she said softly. She nods, "practice is good, sure, and the swing was a clever idea also." She glanced at the fire, watching it for a moment before she returns her gaze to him. "Do you spend much time on the roof?"

30 Jan 14, 11:59 PM
Darius: "You're welcome." SMiling slightly he agreed. "Vin is smart, but he picked that up from whoever taught him climbing." He thought about it for a moment, pursing his lips for a moment. "Pretty often, but not every day. When Vin has a challenge for me it can take a few weeks at a time. And the sunsets are nice up there."

31 Jan 14, 12:02 AM
Brier: "Keela used to call him her pirate when they were dating" she confides, grinning. "I thought she was just being cheesy, but he does have a lot of really weird skills." She looks a bit startled by how often he manages, and there is a touch of envy. "I bet. Luch and I used to climb up on the roof of the barn at home and watch the sunsets there. I wonder if they're the same?"

31 Jan 14, 12:09 AM
[×] Darius: He confirmed it. "I think she still does, I've heard talking about pirates several times recently. But mom wanted us to all be pirates." Listening to his own thoughts he decided since she was family it would be okay to say. "He got dad to let him apprentice to a thief for a few years when he was younger so he could learn stuff like that." Looks at curiously not having done anything but hear about the fact they had a farm. "I don't know. Mountains or hills around you? Here you get the sunrise and then if you are on the right spot you can see the Black Lake light up by it a few minutes later. That's pretty."
31 Jan 14, 12:17 AM
Brier: She smirks, "I'm sure you have" and then, as she listens, she becomes intrigued. "Keela told me something about pirate middle names, kind of like Dad's family with Celtic gods." Her eyes widen. "a thief? Really?" No wonder Keela had been so hesitant at first, though to be fair, part of that had been her fault. She shakes her head, "not really. We live on a cliff edge, so you can see mostly the rocks and the beach and the water." She tries to picture that, "it does sound pretty. Do you get to see it a lot?"

31 Jan 14, 12:22 AM
[×] Darius: "Yes. Vin's is Teach for Blackbeard who was Edward Teach and mine is Black for Black Bart. We all have them, but then again we're descended from pirates so it fits." He saw her eyes get wider and he smiles again, still faint. "He can pick pockets as well. He's very good. Mom encouraged it of course." A tilted head, though he saw the tray coming their way. "Every few weeks or so, depends on how I feel."
31 Jan 14, 12:29 AM
Brier: She nods, thinking it strange that a mom would encourage her son to pick pockets and the like, but, remembering the trick Vin had pulled with her case when she had gone to him about the letter, she smirked. "He is" she agreed. "He showed me once." She shrugs, "the boys all have god names. Dad's is Taranis, which is a thunder god I think, and Cernenus, which is the god of horned animals" here she seems very amused by something, "and then Luchtaine was a crafting god I think." She notices Tulip, coming with the tray and hopes to Meriln she won't say anything in front of Darius. "Here you go master and misses" she slides the plate of pasties onto the table as well as two mugs of hot chocolate. The smell alone is enough to help Brier relax. "Tulip is giving master and misses their privacy now" and with that and a slight pop, the elf was out of sight. She wraps her hands around the mug and nods. "Do you think..." she hesitates, bites her lip, wondering if she's overstepping again. "Do you

31 Jan 14, 12:29 AM
Brier: think I could go with you some time?"

31 Jan 14, 12:34 AM
Darius: Looks very interested. "So they are all gods? What about you and Keela?" Hardly seemed fair, though Brier had a nice name. He picked up the other hot chocolate and felt it warm in his hand. As he picked up a spoon to stir his whipped cream in to the drink he said "Of course. That's easy enough, but I thought you were nervous about the ropes? It seemed that way at least to me. I don't want to scare you."

31 Jan 14, 12:40 AM
Brier: She smiles, "mom named us. My name means wild Rose, and my middle name is Annabell, after my grandmother on dad's side. Keela means 'beautiful' and her middle name is Rose after mom." She shrugs, "they wanted to start traditions I guess." She nods, "I am a little, but getting to see the black lake from the roof isn't something I'll get the chance to do any other way really, and it sounds like its worth seeing."

31 Jan 14, 12:50 AM
[×] Darius: SO he did remember hearing her mother's name was Rose, apprently a popular things with her mother to have that in their names. "I like Brier, it sounds natural and unusual." Considering her brave he smiled more this time. "Good for you, Brier. Mom says everyone should face down what bothers them and not let it control them. And it is nice to see for sure. I will be glad to take you up. Just tell me when you want to go the night before when it seems the weather will be clear and I'll take care of the rest."
31 Jan 14, 12:54 AM
Brier S: She blushed, "thank you, I like it too." She nodded, an excited look in her eyes. "Okay!" Speaking of things that bothere her...she bit her lip, hesitated. "Hey Dare, can I ask you something?"

31 Jan 14, 12:57 AM
Darius: As he stirred his hot chocolate and took a satisfying sip she expressed pleasure at his name comment and he put the mug down and reached for a chocolate pastry while she asked her own. "Sure, Brier. I may not be able to answer everything you might ask, but I'll tell you why if I can not." Looks perfectly serious at her as he bites into the pastry.

31 Jan 14, 01:09 AM
Brier: She takes a sip of her hot chocolate, buying herself time to figure out how to word the question. She takes a deep breath, "yesterday, what happened...with...you and me..." She bites her lip, eyes darting to the fire again before they find his. "what did I do wrong? You seemed really bothered and I...I don't want that to happen again." If it was just the contact, the stuff Vin had talked about, she could work with that, but she was really starting to like Darius, and if it had more to do with her...well...best to know now she guessed.

31 Jan 14, 01:14 AM
Darius: Feels a bit of tension as she brings up the event, but still listens while he chews. Swallows and sits there a minute thinking what to say. "Um" She did have it seemed good intentions and she was family he reminded himself. "I-- I'm not used to people outside my family, Brier. It might take me awhile to get used to the idea of you being family, sorry, I'm just..." he hesitated "...just very private I guess. I have to get used to you being around first. It wasn't your fault, I'm the one with the problem." Looks down at the surface of the table, trying to remember all Vin had said about this.

31 Jan 14, 01:18 AM
Brier: She sits, listening, takes another sip of her hot chocolate and swallows, taking another few seconds after he's finished answering before she speaks. "Oh, okay. That' makes sense then I guess." She brightens noticeably as the realization that in order for him to get used to her being around, she has to be around more often, registers in her mind. She shakes her head, "I wouldn't call that a problem really. I had trouble during first and second year being away from home, I used to beg mom and dad to let me stay at Christmas, but they wouldn't." She shrugs, "take all the time you need..." she grins at him, "so long as I still get to go up on the roof."

31 Jan 14, 01:23 AM
[×] Darius: Realizes he is holding his breath and lets it out slowly as she accepts his answer. "First year. Yes, that was very hard. I slept on Vin's dorm room floor for the first few months." That had helped a lot actually. Glances at her and shakes his head as if to say she was being silly. "Oh you will, I said I would take you. I mean what I say, Brier, don't worry." Offers her a tentative smile and then picks up his hot chocolate for another longer sip.
31 Jan 14, 01:28 AM
Brier: She nods, "I hated sleeping in the dungeons for a long time. Especially because everyone else was up in the tower in Gryffindor." She looks, for a moment, oddly vulnerable. "I used to hate being different a lot, and then I'd get homesick because at home it was just me, Keela, Cern and Luch, not me the Slytherin and them the Gryffindors." She goes quiet, realizing how much she's told him. "So yeah, I get it I think." She brightens, though there's still a strange look in her eyes. "okay good, wasn't worried" she assures him, exhaling as she reaches for a pastry and takes a tentative bite.

31 Jan 14, 01:37 AM
Darius: Oh true. Her family wasn't around her even! "Oh ouch. I forgot you were the only one in the dorm from your family. That would be hard., at least I have all of mine in one place." Would she feel like an outsider then even in her own family? Darius shivered at the thought and put his hot chocolate down firmly. "Well you've gotten used to it now, right?"

31 Jan 14, 01:39 AM
Brier: She nods, "it is...was...is..." She shrugs, "I guess so, mostly. Its helped now that Keela married Vin so now it kind of feels like I'm not the only one in my family anymore. You know?"

31 Jan 14, 01:43 AM
[×] Darius: hadn't thought of that. Technically now his family was no longer all Slytherins and his eyes got a big surprised. "That's...an interesting thought. As if her marrying him she became a bit more Slytherin for you? Or that you now have us to be around?" If that was true then she probably needed more time around others, such as himself. He frowned thinking for a long moment before he said "Well if you ever need to talk, you know where my dorm is."
31 Jan 14, 01:46 AM
Brier: She smirks, "Keela's always had a bit of Slytherin in her, even though she won't admit it, but yeah I was more talking about having your family around, though Ash still kind of weirds me out a little" she admits. Her eyes widen, "thanks, never been in the boys' dorm before, well, except for Vin's this year, but I don't think that counts."

31 Jan 14, 01:52 AM
[×] Darius: Now he smiled. "That is the way she likes it. Ash loves making people uncomfortable." He took another pastry. "Ah yes, he has a seperate bathroom. Does that mean since Keela is back you can use his and sleep in longer?" He could see her using Keela as an excuse. "It's probably the same as the girl's side, divided by years I assume?"
31 Jan 14, 01:56 AM
Brier: She nods, "she's good at it too." She gives him a guilty look that melts into a sort of mischievous smile. "Maybe" she answers, "He gets Keela and I get to use his bathroom in the mornings" she smirks, "seems fair." At his question, she nods. "I don't think they're very different, except you know, the girls' side probably smells better."

31 Jan 14, 02:00 AM
Darius: "She practices, trying to imitate mom mostly I think." he looked fondly at the table top for a moment as he drank some more hot chocolate. Nods with satisfaction at having guessed that one. So, she was getting both that way. "Sneaky, but it works. And yes, I suspect it does." Doesn't say anything about smells, but he knows what she means entirely.

31 Jan 14, 02:04 AM
Brier: "So you're mom is like Ashlyn?" She seems very surprised by that. She nods, looking proud of herself. "Hey, he said I could use it, so long as I didn't come before seven" she defends, "and I don't, so now I get sleep and a bathroom to myself." She grins, "which officially makes Vin the best brother-in-law ever." He would, in all likelihood, also be her only brother-in-law ever, unless Luch ever tied the knot.

31 Jan 14, 02:09 AM
[×] Darius: He pursed his lips. "Let's say she takes after her a lot. Mom is...unique." He chuckled softly giving her an approving nod. "Very smart, well thought out. I bet he thought it was amusing as well when he heard you ask. Or did you just speak to Keela?"
31 Jan 14, 02:16 AM
Brier: She nods, unsure what to say to that that wouldn't sound like an insult to his mother. She pouts a bit, "he did laugh at me when I asked" she answers, "but he said yes and that's all that matters." She grins, "I asked, with Keela there so he couldn't tell me no."

31 Jan 14, 02:21 AM
[×] Darius: Nodding, Darius would have guessed Vin would find it amusing. he also realized she was a determined girl and that was important to note, remember to add to his list about her. Keela had said she could be stubborn, but if she kept going after what she wanted it was closer to determined in his mind. "Oh. And that makes it hard for him to say no?" He wasn't sure he followed that so easily; if Vin thought there was a problem he'd put an end to something easily enough.
31 Jan 14, 02:31 AM
Brier: She shrugs, "Not sure, but I figured stacking my odds couldn't hurt. Dad's easier to talk into stuff when mom's around at home so I thought I'd try it." She takes the last sip of her hot chocolate, running her tongue over her top lip when she realizes she's got some on her face. "Much better" she murmurs, then takes another bite of her pastry. Once she swallows, she beams at him. "Best detention I ever had" she jokes.

31 Jan 14, 02:33 AM
Darius: Ah now that he understood. Lindsey and Osiris defintely influenced each other, though his mother always cleared the boards for him. "I see. I hadn't thought of applying that to them." Blushing slightly he nodde dhis head yes at her detention comment. "Never had one so I wouldn't know, but I'm glad I could make things better."

31 Jan 14, 02:37 AM
Brier: She nods, "it is kinda weird thinking about my sister being married still, especially since she's going to be a mom soon." She tilts her head, "never?" She grins, "I don't get them often really, just for stuff like with Andrew or when I get caught coming back late from the Astronomy tower or the RoR."

31 Jan 14, 02:41 AM
Darius: Vin being a father did make his mind a bit hard to wrap around other stuff he had to admit. "Yes, maybe I will get to help take care of them some. By the time they are walking my mom won't have any kids left in the nursery at all so maybe." Shook his head no. "Never." SOunds like she had had several! "What all are they like? Just polishing brooms?"

31 Jan 14, 02:45 AM
Brier: She lights up when he talks about taking care of the twins. "Oh I'm so excited about that!" She nods as though affirming the fact. "I know they'll have plenty of help if they're living with your parents but I'm hoping they'll let me come visit and help some too." She frowns, wrinkling her nose. "Not exactly, but usually it is cleaning stuff that doesn't get done very often." She grins, "I got it with your dad once and he let me grade first year essays, that one wasn't so bad."

31 Jan 14, 02:55 AM
[×] Darius: Finds her reaction more then he had expected. "Oh? You want to make an impression on your nieces or something?" Seeing her wrinkle her nose and then describe his dad's as not too bad he chuckled. "I think they are supposed to convince you to behave. But you don't seem to be thinking of them that way." He looked amuse din his eyes as he glanced at her, drinking his coca down to the bottom. "I usually help with my little sibs, mostly babysitting I guess. I've never done it with babies though." Looks hesitant about the idea.
31 Jan 14, 02:59 AM
Brier: She shakes her head. "Not really, I just like kids, and since they're Keela's well...it might be fun to teach them things for her to have to deal with." She shrugs, "probably, but I'm not really misbehaving exactly, I just don't pay much attention to curfew." She nods, looking thoughtful. "I don't have much experience with babies either, but I'd rather learn now than have to figure it out later with...well if I get to have my own some day." She looks a little unsure of this herself.

31 Jan 14, 03:03 AM
[×] Darius: Hears her and imagines Ash saying it and shakes his head. "You will have to be careful. I think with Ash around they are going to be more careful about that part. I just figure being an Uncle is the closest I will ever be to it so I ought to learn as much as I can." Since he never misses curfew he's not sure what to say to that part. "But...they set us curfews for a reason, right?" The fact that any girl would potentially be a mother some day slightly made him feel creeped, but he couldn't explain why. "Makes sense. That's my thinking too."
31 Jan 14, 03:44 AM
Brier S: Her eyes widen as she thinks about what Ash might teach them. His comment about being an uncle confuses her. "You don't want kids some day?" She realizes a moment late that this is a very personal question. "Um, never mind, you don't have to answer that." She nods, glad to change topics. "Oh I know, but it's not like I'm doing anything dangerous. I just like to look at the stars sometimes, and you can't do that in the daylight."

31 Jan 14, 04:05 AM
[×] Darius: Frowns. "Never thought about it. Don't really expect anyone to be interested." Accepts the change however with a feeling of relief. Stars huh? Darius wonders if she is looking at them for their looks or the names. "Okay I can see that. Never thought about trying to see those from the roof. Might have to try that sometime.
31 Jan 14, 04:07 AM
[×] Darius: Honestly, the child question stuck with Darius for a bit. He had enough trouble imagining his siblings with kids, the idea of himself with them both scared him and puzzled him. Why would anyone want kids with him? He knew he spooked some people and figured that was his lot in life. he had never tried to get close to anyone, didn't really see the point.
31 Jan 14, 11:12 AM
Brier: She looks puzzled by that, and its on the tip of her tongue to tell him not to be so sure, but given her track record for making him uncomfortable the last couple of days, she decides against it. She nods, "you should, its not quite as nice as seeing them on the farm, but there are still loads of them." She turned her head, glancing at the fireplace and considering what he'd told her. Maybe this was what his mother had meant in her letter, helping him understand that someone was interested...and doing it in a way that wouldn't freak him out. Tricky, she decided, but couldn't be impossible. She'd have to think about it some.
31 Jan 14, 01:46 PM
Dare: Taking that advice, Darius nodded silently, finishig off his pastry and glancing into the fire next to them as he sat there, clearly thinking. "Brier. Why would they not be as good on the farm as here? We aren't near a city so the light shouldn't be an issue.'
31 Jan 14, 01:50 PM
Brier: She thought about that for several seconds. "I...I guess its hard to explain. It might not seem any different to you. I'm not sure it looks any different, but..." She pauses, "it feels different, maybe because its home or maybe because of the beach and the ocean and everything else around, but...it makes for a better atmosphere I guess than when I'm up in the tower."
31 Jan 14, 01:55 PM
Dare: "Ah, so it's a memory thing? Like, looking at the stars for you helps you remember home and so it feels more comfortable?" Suddenly realizes he had never climbed on the manor and wonders why it never occurred to him before curiously. Surely Vin had done it by now. "When I look at the stars back home I have to go outside onto the hill above the beach. The lighthouse makes it harder to see them uninterrupted though."
31 Jan 14, 01:58 PM
Brier: "Kind of I guess. I've never really thought about it before." But now that she did, that was probably it. She hadn't been to the manor at all except for the wedding, and most of that time she'd spent in the tower with him. "It must be so cool having an island all to yourself" she murmurs thoughtfully. "There's a lighthouse? I don't remember seeing that."
31 Jan 14, 02:21 PM
Dare: Satisfied they had the answer, he listened to her next point. "It's a three cornered island. The ruins on one point, the lighthouse for the muggles on another, and the muggle farm on the last. So as long as people aren't coming over on the boat from the mainland, it's pretty nice to be there. Sometimes they come over for a beach visit and we just stay inside the walls for the day. Not very often."
31 Jan 14, 02:31 PM
Brier: She closed her eyes for a moment, tried to picture what he was describing. "I've seen lighthouses before, but I've never actually been inside one. Have you?" She nods, "I love the beach at home, but its a bit rocky, the ones in the tropics are nicer I think for visits."
31 Jan 14, 02:34 PM
Dare: Thinks about it. "Not really. That one is just an automated thing, like runs itself. I think there are some on the coast you can go up inside though. I've bene on the top of ours tho. Even though it's not ours." Agrees instantly. "Ours is pretty, but too dangerous for swimming. But the ones in Key West were really nice. Mom took me there once on a ghost hunt of hers."
31 Jan 14, 02:39 PM
Brier: She makes a face "automated? So who runs the ones that aren't automated?" She nods, "mum and dad like to travel around by boat, so we've been a little bit of everywhere over the years I guess." She smirks, "now that we're all in school, they do a lot of it on their own."
31 Jan 14, 02:46 PM
Dare: Shrugs. "I don't actually know." Must be interesting to go by boat places he thought. "That must be a fun way to travel. I always thought the canal boats looked interesting." Frowns. "That must be dull not having the whole family along. Bet they miss having you all around."
31 Jan 14, 02:52 PM
Brier: She laughs, "guess I'll have to look it up some time if I want to find out." She nods, "its a really nice boat, dad likes to work on it some when he has time." She smirks, "oh I'm sure they miss us, but I think they enjoy all the alone time too. Mum got pregnant on their wedding night, so this is really the first time they've gotten to just be with each other, you know?"
31 Jan 14, 02:57 PM
Dare: "Let me know, now I am curious as well." Work on a boat? Oh she meant on the boat itself. "Ah he likes boats then? I thought he was a farmer." Looks at her puzzled, not getting it. "Um. I would think it would get dull once you were used to family around all the time. Sort of lonely." Clearly doesn't get what she means.
31 Jan 14, 03:07 PM
Brier: She nods, "I will" and then smiles at him. "Its his hobby. Farming is what he does to make a living. Working on the boat and traveling are what he and mom do just for fun." She gives him a look, wondering if he could truly be that clueless. Remembering what Vin says, she resists the innuendos that come to mind, instead, she shrugs. "They've been best friends most of their lives really, so I think they enjoy doing things just the two of them very much."
31 Jan 14, 03:16 PM
Dare: "Ah, I see. A hobby." Wonders if he should develop a hobby and isn't sure what he would choose. "What is your hobby Brier? I'm not sure if I have one..." Thinks about that and nods hesitantly as he could see the idea. "I...guess I can see that."
31 Jan 14, 03:23 PM
Brier: She thinks about his question for a few seconds. "Not really actually. Cern dances, Keela does photography, I'm not sure if Luch has anything, and I...I don't really think I have anything either." She shrugs, "I like languages, and I know several, but I'm really not sure that counts as a hobby." She nods, "its pretty cool actually, how in tune with each other they are" she says softly, "unless I'm in trouble, then it stinks because there's no getting anything past them."
31 Jan 14, 03:38 PM
Dare: Glad to hear he wasn't the only one. "Is it helpful? I mean, should I find one?" He wondered, but had to agree. "I don't think so. I mean, I speak lots of languages as well. And I cook, but those are everyday things." Ah well that was familiar at least. "Parents can get that way. But I never get that kind of attention."
31 Jan 14, 03:44 PM
Brier: She nods, "they use it as a distraction I think when life gets too stressful. Cern uses dancing to hit on girls." She pauses, "cooking can be a hobby I think if you put a lot of time into it and its more than just a means to an end. Is it something you enjoy?" She tilts her head "you don't get in trouble?"
31 Jan 14, 03:50 PM
Dare: Puzzled, Darius had heard VIn mention a mosh pit once, but this didn't sound like the same thing. "He likes to punch girls? Why use dancing? He sounds like a jerk." He nodded, but was a touch hesitant. "Um...I do, but it's like potions. It fits right it ...works. I don't know that I enjoy it so much as it's the right thing. Does that make sense?" Shakes his head no at her
31 Jan 14, 03:56 PM
Brier: She bites her lip hard, but after a moment gives in and laughs. "No no no, hit on as in flirt with, he uses it as a way to look charming." She smirks, "but yes, he is a little bit of a jerk." She nods, "it does" and then another pause, "so you don't do anything just for the fun of it?"
31 Jan 14, 04:01 PM
Dare: Looks puzzled more so. "Hitting people is flirting? What is flirting? And why is it charming?" It looked like he thought she was speaking another language. "Sounds like it." He resolved to stay away from Cern. A iffy look on his face before he answered her. "I do things that I think are entertaining, but they don't break the rules either. Vin told me I needed to be careful about doing things which broke the spirit of the rules."
31 Jan 14, 04:08 PM
Brier: She just stares for a second, then takes a deep breath. "Okay, there isn't any hitting. 'Hitting on' is another word for flirting, and flirting is what you do when you like someone and you want to see if they like you back." She shrugs, wondering how to explain this without showing him, which is still off-limits. "Like compliments and things." She shrugs, "certain people find certain things charming, like for Keela, she liked that Vin was so adventurous, and that they could have fun together, but everyone is different." She frowns at that, "he's one to talk about rule breaking isn't he?" She shrugs, "sometimes breaking the rules doesn't have to be a bad thing, it depends on why and what you're doing."
31 Jan 14, 04:24 PM
Dare: Looks still confused. "Okay. So hitting on is slang then? And flirting is what, talking to them or writing them in some way?" Charming. Interesting. "Okay so getting you out of detension is something you liked so I become charming?" Slight smile as he is teasing her. Frowns. He was fairly sure VIn didn't go around killing dogs. "Uh. Well. He's careful about which rules get broken."
31 Jan 14, 04:28 PM
Brier: She nods, looking slightly relieved. "Right" then makes a face, "sort of like..." d@mn it, how in Merlin's name was she supposed to explain this. "For example, if a person liked to hear nice things, then to flirt with them you would compliment them a lot, whereas if someone liked to be touched, you might hold their hand or hug them. Get it?" She smiles, amusement in the eyes. "Yes, very charming" she assures him. Then nods after a moment, "right, and you should definitely be careful about certain rules, especially dangerous ones, no one needs to get hurt."
31 Jan 14, 04:32 PM
Dare: Eyes get it. "Oh, I see. That makes more sense." Files that away for another time. He'd have to tell VIn he was charming. "Okay then." Shifty eyes about the hurt comment and then he nodded. "Right, No one gets hurt." Which was exactly the rule he was supposed to be careful about really.
31 Jan 14, 04:36 PM
Brier: She smiles, looking relieved and slightly pleased with herself. "Good" she glances around, realizing all of the elves are out of sight and wondering where it is they all slept at night. She'd never been alone with him before outside of their potions tutoring sessions. She ran her fingers through her hair and studied him for a moment, wondering for the first time if maybe he was gay and didn't know it.
31 Jan 14, 04:40 PM
Dare: Sees her look around and says "Did you want something else? I can call them..." He saw her looking at him then and he glanced back tilting his head at her. "Did you have a question, Brier?"
31 Jan 14, 04:50 PM
Brier: She shakes her head, "oh no, I'm fine, I was just wondering where they all go to when they're not in the kitchens." Realizing she's been caught staring, she blushes and glances down. "N-no I was just...thinking is all."
31 Jan 14, 04:53 PM
Dare: He pursed his lips. "Well the laundry the water supply, the sewer tunnel, the common room fireplaces, and the dusting cleaning while everyone is going to dorms." Frowns at her . "Oh. Okay, were you just staring without seeing? I do that sometimes."
31 Jan 14, 04:55 PM
Brier: She shakes her head to clear it, and then nods. "Something like that I guess, sometimes I zone out."
31 Jan 14, 04:57 PM
Dare: "Ah okay." he would remember that, though he suspected that if she had been thinking it was something involving that conversation they were having. he made a mental note to come back and try to figure out what that was later. "Well it's only been an hour, we have plenty of time. What else would you like to do since we have time? Or we can go back to the dorm if you feel safe enough not returning to the brooms."
31 Jan 14, 05:01 PM
Brier: She hesitated over that, already having trouble with her own thoughts, she wasn't sure being in close quarters with him was a good idea, but there was nothing that said she couldn't go back to her own dorm if things got too intense, and at least then she didn't have as far to travel. "The dorm would be good" she answered, "I'm sure it will be fine."
31 Jan 14, 05:05 PM
Dare: Nodding he said "Okay!" And stood up setting the two mugs on the plate to leave it easier for the elves and followed her to the stairs. At the stairs he found himself up front so he just headed straight up. At the top he held the door for her and then they walked tdown the hall towards the dorm.
31 Jan 14, 05:10 PM
Brier: She stood, following him out and to the stairs, taking the opportunity to let her eyes travel over him unhindered as he walked in front of her up the stairs. Merlin, there had to be a shortcut for this. Maybe the library would have something about a spell for increasing emotional awareness. That was worth thinking about. She was distracted enough she nearly bumped into him when he held the door, avoiding it at the last second, she brushed past him close enough that she could feel the warmth of him and his smell took over her senses for a few moments.
31 Jan 14, 05:14 PM
Dare: As they walked to the dorm he said "So you were asking the other day about youth products and life extension. I found a few things, but I wanted to ask you for the specific direction. Cause most of the light stuff which doesn't do a huge amount is pretty easy, but the really effective stuff comes with more of a price."
31 Jan 14, 05:16 PM
Brier: She nods, "I was" she confirms. She thinks about this, and then hesitates, "Price?" she asks softly, "what sort of price?"
31 Jan 14, 05:20 PM
Dare: Shrugs. "Oh different things. Light stuff is barely anything, but it doesn't do much either. But if you want something that say makes your skin nice and soft and lasts oh say a month? Your joints might be a bit weaker or it maybe means you will feel something else faster in your old age? Then you get into really heavy stuff later on, but everything has a price of some kind. The more the effect, the bigger the price. I wondered which you wanted me to concentrate on."
31 Jan 14, 05:22 PM
Brier: She pulls a face at the idea of the joints getting weaker, that wouldn't bode well for a cheerleader. "Maybe the lighter stuff right now" she says softly, "I don't really want to mess with anything...dark."
31 Jan 14, 05:24 PM
Dare: Nods, glad to know where the limits were really. "Okay! Just wanted to be sure what direction to head in. There's a lot of stuff to look through." As they reached the door he opened the dorm door with the password and held it open for her.
31 Jan 14, 05:34 PM
Brier: She smiles, "thank you by the way, for the help. I haven't really had time to look much with...everything going on." The first time, strangely, that she's thought about Andrew since leaving detention. She passes him into the common room, thinking she could get used to someone treating her that way. As they walked in, several heads turned to look, and she noticed the expressions on some girls' faces when they saw who she was with. Smirking, she turned to Darius. "So, dorm right?"
31 Jan 14, 05:36 PM
Dare: He shrugged, adding "Oh sure, it's kind of interesting to find out puzzles anyway so no problem." As they stepped into the common room she glanced and spoke to him and he nodded. "Sure, we can sit on my bed.." and led the way up to the dorm, opening the door to see no one there which was just as good. His curtains were open and he waved towards the bed saying "Nice, no roommate thankfully. Guys can be a pain."
31 Jan 14, 05:45 PM
Brier: She nods, "I'm sure, I should have plenty of time to look into it now." Her eyes widen slightly, but she catches herself and nods. "Sure, that works." She follows him up to the dorm, smirking at the shocked expressions on her dorm mates' faces. She grins as she crosses the room to settle onto his bed cross-legged. "Tell me about it." She glances around, "so no, not much different."
31 Jan 14, 05:47 PM
Dare: He missed her reaction to his bed, though thankfully it didn't smell like some of the other boy's beds did. You could smell him on the pillow of course still. His bathrobe and pj bottoms were still hanging on one four poster knob. he sat down across from her letting her hand the pillow saying "You can pull that up if it's easier to lean against."31 Jan 14, 05:53 PM
Brier: She does as he says, leaning back against the pillows and folding her legs underneath her. "So what other potions do you experiment with? You know other than school stuff and the beauty stuff for me?"
31 Jan 14, 05:56 PM
Dare: His face brightened as he thought about it all. "Well there are a couple of interesting older variants on calming draughts which the professor has me working on here and when I have a chance I'm following up references to a potion which supposedly made people's digestive systems run backwards which seems very complex. I had to get a restrictive sections pass for that one." He seems unphased by how that sounds. "it's a challenge and I like challenges, though I doubt the actual recipe is actually written down anywhere."
31 Jan 14, 05:57 PM
Brier: She makes a face, "run backwards??? As in..." she tries to understand, "how does that work?"
31 Jan 14, 06:00 PM
Dare: Nodding he held up his hands pointing down at his side as if up from his @ss as he made a sweeping motion upwards. "Well normally when you digest everything moves down and out, in this case anything you have in your system comes up the other way. Surprisingly distracting I suspect and sometimes deadly if the victim reacts wrong. Very tricky potion, not that like I said I will probably find all the ingredients." He mused on it for a moment then added "If you had an enemy, it would be a good way of making them regret they had ever messed with you."
31 Jan 14, 06:02 PM
Brier: She makes a grossed out face, wrinkling her nose at him. "Ewwwwww!" she shakes her head as though trying to clear it of the thought. "Dare! That's...Ewwww!" She understood the enemy thing well enough, but... "How did you even find something like that?"
31 Jan 14, 08:38 PM
Dare: Watching her reaction with interest, he understood she didn't like the thought and it was not what would be a plesant conversation probably. With that thought he looked slightly abashed, but only slightly. "Sorry, you asked and I probably should not have told you detail on the results. But it is a fascinating thing to piece together, to see how it was designed to work. The final result you might say is irrelevant to me? The satisfaction comes in the quest." He hesitated again, but decided since it didn't include the potion effects it was safe probably. "A reference in a book at home led me to one here and such. Maybe fifteen books have been needed to find the actual semi-details."
31 Jan 14, 08:41 PM
Brier: Her eyes widened, distracted by the last more than the others. "Fifteen books?" She looks startled, "all for minor details?" How driven would a person have to be to dedicate the kind of time and effort that would..."and just because its a challenge?"
31 Jan 14, 08:46 PM
Dare: he nodded in response and then thought about the answer to the end, thinking he should do better then a yes. "Partly I guess. I want to be a Potion Researcher when I am out of school, spend time discovering new versions, new potions uses and needs. Finding something like this isn't just good practice, it tells me whether I can do it. Also, knowing what has already been discovered is important to keep me from wasting time later." He frowned and then smiled a tad excited, but not showing it except his voice. "But maybe I could do a volume one day of rediscovered potions! That would be nice..."
31 Jan 14, 08:50 PM
Brier: She listens, impressed, and his fascination begins to make sense. It was important after all for a researcher to have thorough knowledge of as many aspects of the field as they could, good and bad. She thinks for a minute, "you'd be good at that" she says softly, "you're so good with potions and such." She hesitates, looking all most shy. "I want to be an ambassador, or maybe do something in the international relations office."
31 Jan 14, 08:53 PM
Dare: Being complimented for it was something he really liked and the eyes he turned on her were quite pleased. 'Thank you! It wasn't hard for me to find it pretty cool, but not everyone knows what they want to be really." Looks at her, thinking again. "Government? or just representation communications?" Studies her for a moment. "I can see people wanting you to represent them. You look pretty and smart. Are you good at deceiving people?"
31 Jan 14, 08:57 PM
Brier: "Government" she confirms, knowing she has aspirations to go farther but not sure how or in what way yet. She blushed, "thanks, but I'm thinking more of like a liaison maybe to begin with and from there..." She shrugs, "who knows?" She bites her lip, hesitates. "When I have to be I guess, comes with the territory doesn't it?"
31 Jan 14, 08:59 PM
Dare: He listened and it showed he really did. She seemed to have a good idea of what she wanted. "What do you need to do for those jobs? Learn I mean?" Thinks about her answer. "I always hear mom say that working at the Ministry is half lying your face off and the other bullying people into getting stuff started."
31 Jan 14, 09:03 PM
Brier: "You have to have a pretty thorough knowledge of everything" she told him, "including potions, but especially history of magic and muggle studies because those things are necessary when crossing cultures."

31 Jan 14, 09:05 PM
Brier: She takes a breath, "mostly, I have to have good enough marks and enough skill with communication and languages to win an internship in the department of international relations after seventh year, from there its just making a good enough impression on the right people to make it the rest of the way." She smirks, "your mum probably isn't very far off, but I don't think all of the departments are that way." Even if they were though, she could make it, she was sure.

31 Jan 14, 09:52 PM
[×] Darius: Intently listening, he nodded as she spoke at the different parts to show his attention. "Wow, that sounds like it could be tough." He smiled and added "She isn't in a department, she's in the wizigomit. She bullies anyone who crosses her path on general principals I think.You should talk to her sometime."
1 Feb 14, 12:14 AM
Brier S: "Maybe", she acknowledges, "but it will be worth it." He mentions talking to his mother and she flushes dark. "She's...kind of busy isn't she?"

1 Feb 14, 12:18 AM
Darius: Of course, following a passion would be rough. She looked nerves and he wondered why. It was just his mother. "Oh no, if she isn't off on a trip she is always answering me about stuff. Just write her. Or do you want me to help you meet her?"
1 Feb 14, 12:28 AM
Brier S: A blush as she bites her lip. "I um...sure...I can...meet her." Maybe she could talk to her about the letter.

1 Feb 14, 12:31 AM
[×] Darius: He nodded "No problem. I'll write her an owl tomorrow. She can probably tell you a lot about the Ministry. Maybe there is some list she can get you on which sas you are interested in that department to begin with." He didn't even realize what he was saying about being a pathway to her future career.
1 Feb 14, 03:50 AM
Brier: Her eyes lit up with anticipation, her earlier nerves temporarily forgotten in the face of this new development. Could there be a way to fast track her future? She didn't know much about Darius' mum other than that she liked Keela and seemed to approve of Brier herself. She worked for the Wizengamot and chased ghosts. Would his mum be more willing to help her if she succeeded in 'waking him up' like she'd asked? Worth looking into, definitely. "Do you think? Really?" The excitement in her tone is palpable and transparent. "Oh Darius that would be..." She goes to hug him reflexively and then freezes midway, moving back again. "Oops, sorry...I was just...that is so cool, Dare!"

1 Feb 14, 03:58 AM
Darius: Her sudden reaction surprised him, but he answered still. "I don't see why not. I am not guaranteeing anything of course, but mom usually can solve problems pretty well." Her stopped gesture of a hug he smiled nervously at when she stopped herself His breathing might have been a bit faster in coming as he raised his hand as if to say it was nothing. "It's okay! Really! I'm glad I can help however I can!"

1 Feb 14, 04:01 AM
Brier: She beamed at him, "of course not, but the fact you tried..." That did it, hook line and sinker. This was...he was...and now she just had to figure out how to make him realize...well...if he needed a wake up call, she'd figure that out. A grin as she nods, "you're brilliant" she assures him, "really."

1 Feb 14, 04:07 AM
[×] Darius: Now he blushed, more then a bit. "Um, ah well thanks, not sure I agree with that, it's just family. Mom always helps me out with my needs. Might as well help you as well, right?" He smiled slightly. Not sure why this was such a big deal, but that just made it more important to him
1 Feb 14, 04:14 AM
Brier: She smiles, "trust me, you are" She's practically glowing now. "Sure, long as she doesn't mind." She bites her lip, "I should probably get back to the girl's dorm, I think I might actually go to bed early tonight." She looks in his eyes and slowly, so as not to surprise him this time, she reaches over and wraps her fingers around his, squeezes gently. "You're a great friend, Dare, and this night has been a lot better than I expected it to be because of you. Thanks for that.:"

1 Feb 14, 04:18 AM
[×] Darius: Feels good to have helped. When she spoke about the dorm he nodded and said "Okay! Sounds good, I have a report to work on anyway, but you can feel free to come by whenever you need to talk, okay?" Her slow move warned him and he didn't pull away, but as she spoke he held her hand more with a relieved smile. " I was glad to help! Really glad I could."
1 Feb 14, 04:21 AM
Brier: Releasing his hand, she hops off the bed. "you did" she assures him, and then, a smile permanently placed, she heads for the door. Let them all think, say, do what they wanted, she was miles off the ground right now, and that was its own form of magic. She needed to get to bed early tonight. After all, she had some serious reading to do tomorrow!

[Shava]

1 Feb 14, 04:29 AM
Darius: Walks with Brier to the village, describing the trip Lin was taking them on that summer something about a camp at a site. When they reached the Hogs Head he poked his head in and saw his mom's hair from across the room. "There she is! Come on..." Walks over towards his mother before she stands and pulls him in for a hug, grinning at his forehead as she kisses it and hugs back, winking at Brier. "Hey Mom! Missed you... This is Brier!"

1 Feb 14, 04:32 AM
Brier: She walks next to Darius, dressed up slightly more than usual for the occasion. They reach the Hogshead, and her case of nerves intensifies, especially when she spots the hair. "Coming" she says softly, following him to where Lindsey is and smiling when she's introduced. "Hi Mrs. Moon" she bites her lip and then seems to catch herself. "its good to see you again."

1 Feb 14, 04:37 AM
Lindsey: Says softly "My little sugarbuger, you did good." Noting the manners her eyes get even more humored and she motions at the chair right beside her. "Sit sit Brier, It's Lindsey. Dare? Here," hands him a few coins and sends him to get three drinks, naming two butterbeers and a odd named drink for herself. She knew it would take the bartender a minute to find that one from past experience. As he walked away she turned to Brier and leaned over some. "So, what you think? Is he a good kid or what? What'd you use from the letter so far, eh?"

1 Feb 14, 04:37 AM
Darius: Taking the coins he nodded and quoted the order back and then walked off to the bar...
1 Feb 14, 04:40 AM
Brier: She grins softly to herself, watching them interact, only to look startled and possibly even a little panicked as she realizes she's being left alone with Lindsey. "Lindsey" she repeats obediently, remembering vaguely some mention from Keela about that. She sits, looking nervous and then blindsided entirely. "I um...nothing really. We..." should she tell about the wall scaling? Better not just to be safe. "We went to the kitchens a few nights ago, had hot chocolate and then we went back to the dorm and talked." She shrugged, "I don't want to..." she considers carefully how to say this. "I don't want to make him uncomfortable."

1 Feb 14, 04:46 AM
[×] Lindsey: makes a 'tsk tsk' sound at Brier with a grin. "Ah shame! You need to learn how to handle him, he is just a boy after all, even if he's mine. I'll show you in a bit. Does he know you are interested yet?" A glance towards where her son was at the bar and a waved hand towards the bartender, who frowned her way. "Mind you, I know why you are being careful, but you seem to be on a d@mn good start. Never had him write home about any girl yet, nor a boy either by the way." She added that last part on purpose. "I doubt he even knows boys sometimes go for boys, he seems to be as blank on that as anything else, but he does prefer girls for company when he HAS to be around people. That's why i assigned him with you for the wedding. Did you talk to him about furniture by the way?" looks curious, not angry.
1 Feb 14, 04:52 AM
Brier: At the tsk noise, Brier takes on a bashful half-apologetic look, and its on the tip of her tongue to apologize before Lin continues speaking. Her eyes widen, his mother was going to show her how to...oh this was weird beyond words! Where was Keela when she needed her...or Vin for that matter. She shakes her head at the question and it takes her a second to find her voice. "I um...I don't think so." No sense denying she was interested, moms always had a sense for that kind of thing anyway. "We haven't really...that is...it hasn't come up exactly." She blushed, looking curious but hesitant. "He wrote about me?" A small, pleased smile she's unaware of crosses her face before she flushes scarlet. Well, that answered that question. "I...o-okay, that's good to know." What else was she supposed to say? She hesitates, but answers honestly. "I asked if he designed his room, and told him about mine at home" she admits. "I think it surprised him that I picked out what went in there."

1 Feb 14, 04:59 AM
[×] Lindsey: Shakes her head. "Ah Dare..." her face has a slightly disappointed look for a moment, but recovers pretty fast. "He's an earnest kid, he is, but he has a lot to learn about the world around him yet. He can be a puzzler." She nodded wisely as if to say she knew how that went for sure. "Oh yes! First friend ever? I'm sure he spoke to Vin, but he wrote me too. I don't know what research you asked for his help with, but he's being careful to keep it quiet whatever it is. Yes, you've got his attention, he's just not sure why yet. You need to find a way to fix that. Any ideas yet?" Listens to the part about the room, the last with raised eyebrows. "Ah! So that explains that part. he asked me very politely before he came back if he could choose different things for his room. it was--" for the first time she falters, a tad unsure as she looks back at him "--surprising. You have more influence then you realize I think. be careful how you use it."
1 Feb 14, 05:07 AM
Brier: "He's incredible" she agrees, then blushes, wondering if this is something she should be telling his mother. She beamed at that, having forgotten that bit. "He's a good friend" she points out, "i'm surprised no one else has realized that yet." She wonders at the fact he's keeping it from his mum, who he seems very close to. "Mostly he's just helping me with potions. I need to get my scores up so I'll qualify for advanced next year." She looks definitely pleased by the fact his mum seems to think she's made an impression. She shrugs, "not really to be honest. I thought about just talking to him about it but..." The truth was she was fairly sure it would either freak him out or go straight over his head. To his mother she said, "I'm not sure that would go over very well." She frowns, thinking over that. What was so surprising about a kid wanting to change his room? Taking the last bit to heart, she nods, eyes sincere. "Yes ma'am" she says softly, "I wouldn't do anything that might hurt

1 Feb 14, 05:07 AM
Brier: him." She glances in the direction of the bar, finds the hair and smiles. "I promise."

1 Feb 14, 05:14 AM
Lindsey: Lin beams at Brier for the incredible comment. "I like you, Brier, you have found a secret treasure I didn't think for a long time anyone else would. You have not found the right key yet, but if you have any ideas, bounce them off Vin's noggin, he's good with locks. Straight out isn't going to do it I think, he needs shaking up somehow." Sees the frown but figures if she doesn't ask she's not handing out freebies about everything. "Your sister has made good on a few promises so I'll take your word on that. If you want to ask anything, just write, hear?" See Darius coming back and let's him put her green drink in front of her, put a bottle of butterbeer in front of Brier, then give his mom the change before she spoke again. "Here, Dare, come stand between us a second..."

1 Feb 14, 05:15 AM
Darius: Puts drinks down, then looks up at his mom and nods "Okay, mom!" walks over and smiles at Brier before turning to his mother, wondering what she wanted.
1 Feb 14, 05:20 AM
Brier: Feeling as though she's passed some unspoken test, she beams back. At the treasure comment, she smirks, remembering Keela's comments and her conversation with Darius. "Don't always have to be a pirate to see treasure Mrs...err...Lindsey" A small smile, "I'll keep trying though" and she would, she'd figure it out. A bit of a rueful smile, "Vin's a lifesaver" she admits sincerely. "I"m glad he and Keela got married." Shaking up...now there was a thought...She nods, a bit distracted, "I will" She gives Lindsey a slightly wary look, but smiles bright back at Darius when he smiles at her.

1 Feb 14, 05:25 AM
Lindsey: Winks at the girl. "That's right, it takes special eyes to find the hidden ones though." She grinned wickedly and fervently as she adds "Oh trust me, I am too. You will never now how much..." Then to Darius who she positions with barely a hand touch so he turned between them facing the table with little hesitation. "Now hold out your arm for her to touch, Dare. See Brier what i was telling you about his hair?" She took his other arm unresisting and ran her hand down his arm as she said "So close to his mom's hair, really," as she winked at Brier again looking down at the purple arm hairs. "See Dare? She's got a soft touch, don't you think?" Smiles and let's go of his arm and picks up her drink, sipping some of it as he goes back to his chair.

1 Feb 14, 05:27 AM
[×] Darius: he held out his arm for Brier with a trusting look now, mostly because of his mother's clear words. Nodding to her it was okay, he felt her fingers and did notice the difference with a slight surprise. "She has very soft hands, you're right mom. Do you use a lot of lotion, Brier?" When she releases his arm he waits till Brier's done, a slight flush in his upper cheeks as he takes his seat and a healthy swig of the butterbeer, his eyes meeting Brier's across the table.
1 Feb 14, 05:32 AM
Brier: Slowly, hesitantly, she nods, reaching out, she runs her fingertips softly over his arm the contact feeling a bit like a triumph, and the warmth of his skin taking her a bit by surprise again. She liked touching him, she realized, and wondered, in some distracted part of her mind, what it might be like to have him willingly touch her. She blushed at the thought, dropping her hand, she nods to Lin that she understands, watching the exchange between mother and son and wondering what exactly it meant. At his question, she laughed softly and a bit of the amusement from before was back. "Yes, to keep from drying out" she explains. She can sense in his expression that somehow he feels more comfortable, and the gratitude in the look she gives Lindsey cannot be overstated in that moment. It was the barrier she'd had no idea how to cross.

1 Feb 14, 05:36 AM
Lindsey: "Well then, Dare you have found a remarkable young woman here I must admit. And you are thinking about the Ministry huh? What parts are you interested in, Brier?" She listens to her talk with every evidence of paying attention as the girl put out what she wanted. "So you need to think about an internship, right?" her eyes clearly say that she is willing to make an effort if brier makes progress as well in her own goals they both share oddly. "I think that wouldn't be too much trouble. Why don't you come by for a bit this summer before we leave? get more used to the place and meet all the....kids." Lindsey is clearly mentioned the one she just had plus his older brothers and Dare's much youngr ones.

1 Feb 14, 05:37 AM
[×] Darius: Not quite sure what had happened, Dare felt something big had happened and Brier was being given the big thumbs up from his mom, someone he trusted completely. He listened as the two women spoke, sensing they had made some kind of barrier down between them as Brier seemed much more at ease. Smiling happy, he adds in his own "Oh yes Brier! I can introduce you to them all!"
1 Feb 14, 05:45 AM
Brier: She smiles, even as she blushes lightly at the compliment. Her eyes brighten, "international relations" she answers, "probably as a Liaison to start." Lin picked up on the internship and Brier nodded. "Its a long list though so I have to work really hard." Her next statements were worded carefully and the message was clear. Progress with Darius meant help from his mother, and help from his mother might mean an easier way to her goals. "Oh I would love that" she speaks, turning to Darius though she's addressing both of them. "Darius and I talked about kids in the kitchens a few nights ago." Then she blushes, "err, Keela and Vin's I mean."

1 Feb 14, 05:49 AM
Lindsey: "Yes..." she said as if thinking carefully while looking at her drink, "Tough getting those internships, but I think a little attention will help you." Lin's eyes danced as she softly cackles in her glass before another sip. "I bet you would, smart girl." Glances at her boy "So Darius? You prefer them after their babies right? Think you can try working with your youngest brother with Brier's help? She seems to be anticipating her sister's and I bet she would like the practice."

1 Feb 14, 05:50 AM
[×] Darius: Hesitates when asked, but nods slowly. "I can try. Mighht help you Brier, getting to practice, what, holding them and putting them down for naps?" Has no idea he is being waved under Brier's nose and set up for spending time around little ones on purpose.
1 Feb 14, 05:55 AM
Brier: No misinterpreting that one then... She nodded again, feeling a bit like one of those bobble-heads in Zonko's. "Anything would help" she agrees softly, not willing to look a gift horse in the mouth too closely. She bites her lip, while she wanted his mother's help, she didn't want Lindsey thinking that was the only reason she wanted to spend time with her son. "I love kids" she confesses, "I used to help Aunt Boann and Aunt Aimidd with my cousins when they were little." She smiles at Darius, "you'll be fine, I promise, and yes I could probably use the practice too."

1 Feb 14, 06:03 AM
Lindsey: Seeing Brier's face she leaned over and patted Darius on the leg saying to him "No other things happening at school then? Your climbing going well? You be sure and give your father a big hug from me, try and crack a rib all right?" She ruffled his hair with a grin and for a moment, you could clearly see their connection in the faces of both. Then turning back to Brier she spoke to Darius out loud where he couldn't see her face, to make one more firm point with Brier as her eyes twinkled in amusement. "Oh And Dare, how was your conversation with Keela? She still nervous about me or is she better now?" She listened then nodded adding with a smile "You give her a more gentle hug, let her know I send my love, all right? I'm depending on you."

1 Feb 14, 06:08 AM
[×] Darius: Having forgotten she had aunts too he perked up a bit. "So you've handled them before? Oh good!" He was always nervous about babies cause they were so fragile, whereas his toddler sibs he had no issues with. "Yes mom, Vin hasn't stumped me yet. Everythings good at school. I'll get him! He loves those..." Not knowing why she knew about his conversation with Vin's wife his face showed surprise for only a moment. "She was nervous about how you would react to Vin's words, but yes I think she's better now. I'll give her a hug. I don't want to hurt them." Meaning the babies clearly, his nephews or nieces. I won't forget, I'll be sure and let her know you love her!" He appeared cheerfully relieved there was no stress to be coming up, not having any idea he was again being used to send a message. On several levels.
1 Feb 14, 12:31 PM
Brier: She nodded, "M'hmm, babies are a lot of fun, you just have to be careful." The idea of babysitting with him in light of what had just happened began to carry new wait that made her a little nervous. An arched eyebrow as she listened to the conversation, surprised his mum new about the climbing, but then again, the more she knew about Lindsey Moon, the less surprised she was. Her eyes widened, Darius had talked to Keela? What had happened with...why didn't she know this? It was killing her not to ask, but she could draw some conclusions on her own, and she'd have to ask Keela or Vin about the rest later. At Darius response, her expression softened and she smiled. He really was a very thoughtful sort of person, and she liked that. Eyes going back and forth between mother and son for a moment, she understood one thing very clearly, if she wanted to be with Darius, however she figured out the rest, Lindsey had to like her, and in order to stay in Lin's good graces, she felt she had to come
1 Feb 14, 12:32 PM
Brier: up with a way to do as she'd asked. This woman seemed to be the magical key that opened all the locked doors in her life, a wry look for a fraction of a second. Figures it would be something like this.
1 Feb 14, 02:12 PM
Lin: Occasional glances told her that young Brier was getting the idea; Lin not only had a close connection with her young, but they were used to her questions and commands. If she managed to capture Darius, Lin would always have an effect still. Still, she wanted Brier to think of her as someone to speak with as well. "Keela is a bit edgy about our relationship, it's a daughter-in law thing. So se asked Darius some question about me...and about you." Her face was turned away from Darius so only Brier could see her eyes which with raised eyebrows seemed to say that Keela was keeping an eye out on Brier's relationships. And that maybe Brier would want to speak with her about that. Then she suddenly changed in her face and she glanced back at Darius. "Brier....have you ever gone camping? it suddenly occurs to me I have something planned this summer which cold help you i the Ministry even more so..."
1 Feb 14, 02:15 PM
Dare: Watching them talk, he had not known entirely what was up, but he was glad to see Brier was getting along with his mother. He sipped as Brier spoke about babies and responded with "I know they are fragile, that's why I've avoided it before. I'm happier when they move on their own." But when his mother mentioned camping his face lit up and he looked to brier with sudden interest and anticipation.
1 Feb 14, 03:01 PM
Brier: She nods, Keela was edgy about a lot of things, and she could understand how her mother-in-law might put her on edge even if she wasn't. Her eyes widened. "About me?" She thought about all the conversations she'd had with her sister and the blood drained from her face. What in Merlin's name had she told him? To Lin she said: "Keela means well, she's just protective." A streak which would have to be broken as soon as possible, Brier decided. She caught the look and it confirmed her thoughts, though she was startled by the next question. "Camping?" She bit her lip, "Not...not really. I mean I've slept in the barn before overnight but nothing...not really." She was definitely intrigued by the end though. "Oh?" Camping was unfamiliar, but if it meant a few more steps in the right direction...The look in Darius' face, the sudden shift in his expression, had her curious as well. She grinned at his estimation of babies. "So you like them better when they're into everything?" She grinned, "to
each their own I guess."
1 Feb 14, 03:07 PM
Lin: She made no comment, but her eyes seemed to say 'so-you-think' but she nodded as if that explained things. Stress between the two sisters was not a goal of hers, but keeping Keela from investigating and possibly interfering with Brier being with Darius was defintely her idea here. "Yes. I think it would be good for your education and, of course, you will never hear about this otherwise. You can come help Darius with the kids if you like. It will be about three weeks time though." She waited while Brier realized that was a Ministry secret comibined with three weeks of time under Lin's supervision with Darius. never let it be said Lin didn't know about temptation. "You'd have to clear it with your parents, of course."
1 Feb 14, 03:10 PM
Dare: While Darius wasn't 'on' yet, someone his own age AND a friend was a certain attraction when told he was needed to help out on one of his mother's trips. Of course, there had been some pretty fascinating places they had been in the past.. "Well yeah, then they aren't so fragile. I mean they can still get hurt, but not so easily." The warnings with little ones often involved their necks and how they slept and so many other things. "Please think about it Brier! It could be really cool!"
1 Feb 14, 03:14 PM
Brier: The woman was an enigma, though to be fair, the only real experience Brier had in dealing with adult slytherin females was her aunts, and that was very different. She was smart enough to understand the hidden message here, and aware enough to know she was being intentionally drawn. To have knowledge of ministry secrets, things other interns couldn't dream of...to have three weeks with Darius uninterrupted with his mother there to help...was it her birthday? The gears turned fast, so many possibilities lay in front of her, spread like a treasure chest, and she understood why. "That would be...incredible..." The mention of her parents dampened her spirits only slightly. That might take some doing, but her parents had met Lindsey and Darius and knowing they'd be supervised...the sound of Darius' voice drew her from her thoughts rather suddenly and she turned to beam at him. "Who's thinking? I just need to owl them. Do you know when?"
1 Feb 14, 03:20 PM
Lin: She could see the young girl thinking it through and she nearly applauded. She was sure brier knew she was being manipulated in Darius' favor, but she was willing to risk the noose. To Lin that was a good sign, someone willing to risk things on a roll of the dice to be given stuff she could use. Nodding, she patted Darius on the leg and said "Give me a goodbye kiss, Sugarbuger, I need to get moving," as she swallowed the last of the drink and set the glass down. "One week of summer break, the three weeks over in the States. You can tell them I won't be the only adult along for supervision if need be."
1 Feb 14, 03:21 PM
Dare: He beemed at her interest and nodded, standing and giving his mom a kiss on the cheek which she clearly enjoyed before she stood to go.
1 Feb 14, 03:28 PM
Brier: When Darius stood, Brier did too, watching the exchange with a slightly envious expression. She nodded, "I'll ask and I'll write you when they answer" she promised, She wasn't quite sure whether she should hug Lin, shake her hand, or salute her maybe. She took a couple of hesitant steps, deciding to chance the hug, it was the only way she could say what she wanted anyway. Wrapping her arms around the older woman, Brier whispered, "thank you" before releasing her, hoping Lin would know what she meant.

1 Feb 14, 03:44 PM
Lin:She expected the enthusiastic hug form her son and was watching to see what Brier would do when she came in for a hug she got an approving smile from Lin. Watching the family expand was rather rewarding in it's own right and for her part, Lin already was favoring the two Summerby girls. Hugging her back she kissed her on the head as she cackled out loud. Holding her in the hug a moment she looked down into the younger girl's face and winked saying "I'll watch out for you my wild rose, I take care of family," she grinned and then let her go before exiting the Hog's Head.
1 Feb 14, 03:45 PM
Dare: He watched with a smile as Brier hugged his mother and his mother said something to her with a laugh before she left. Picking up his bottle he moved to the seat she left to be next to Brier and said "See! I told you it would be no problem. I think she likes you."
1 Feb 14, 03:49 PM
Brier: The kiss on her head, and the parting shot left Brier with a rather warm, satisfied, triumphant feeling as she watched Lindsey leave. Similar to how one feels after riding a muggle rollarcoaster, exhilarated, energized, but slightly confused for a moment, not entirely knowing which way is up and which is down. Turning when Darius spoke, she smiled. "She's...something, your mum." A bright smile as he continues, "I like her too" she assured him. "Seems like you guys are really close."
1 Feb 14, 03:53 PM
Dare: Missing the meaning he nodded with enthusiasm. "She's the best." He looked happy to hear her say she liked her and nodded, more animated then she often saw him. "We are. I think sometimes she likes me the best, but she takes care of all of us."
1 Feb 14, 04:15 PM
Brier: She grins, "Seems like it" and then a rueful sort of look. "I'm pretty sure Keela is dad's favorite and Luch is mum's" she tells him, "but they'll deny that of course."
1 Feb 14, 04:17 PM
Dare: he nodded and then smiled back a bit shyly. "You can share my mom if you need to."
1 Feb 14, 04:30 PM
Brier: She grinned, "thanks Dare" then she bites her lip. "So...what's camping like? I've never really...been."
1 Feb 14, 04:33 PM
Dare: Her question makes him think. "You've never really done it before? You put up a tent to protect you from wind and rain and crawl inside. Put some big warm sleeping bags down inside. Then you can sit around a fire and roast marshmellows!" he apparently enjoyed it
1 Feb 14, 04:37 PM
Brier: "Tent" she repeats, "but then how do you...you know, shower and stuff?" The idea of three weeks without a shower has her wrinkling her nose. She brightens slightly, "that sounds like fun, we have bonfires at home sometimes when its cold."
1 Feb 14, 04:40 PM
Dare: He nods. "Well we don't everyday, but mom cheats and has a tent for that sort of stuff every few days. I think she says the point of doing trips like that is to remind you how much you really have at home and how lucky we all are." he had no idea that his mother had more tricks up her sleeve then that. "Oh we cook over them. And it's funny, sometimes the food tastes better that way. But mom brings along a man who does all of that stuff cause she can't cook."
1 Feb 14, 05:55 PM
Brier: It sounded a little gross, she couldn't help thinking, and the idea she wouldn't be able to wear makeup or...but there was still the internship to consider, and Darius...She would still owl her parents, see what they said. She nods, "I guess that makes sense, it'll be something different." She laughs, "Keela told me" she answers, "I've never cooked over a fire before though, I wonder if its very different."
1 Feb 14, 08:23 PM
Dare: "right, you should always try everything at least once. And this time you will be with us so you know you will be safe." His face cleary said she had no idea. "Oh wow, camp food is sometimes so different. Like, we take oranges and take off only a small part of the top and scoop outside the insides with a spoon for part of breakfast and then at lunch time he pours cake mix in each one and sets them in the hot colas. Later when we finish eating supper, we get our oranges back and peel them -- and orange cake! It's funny how many things can be redone that way!"
1 Feb 14, 09:11 PM
Brier S: She smiled as she listened, enjoying the more animated version his mother had brought out. A skeptical look at the cake story. "Really?" The way he talked, it did sound fun. She but her lip, looking thoughtful. "I just hope my parents go for it."

1 Feb 14, 10:00 PM
[×] Darius: Suddenly inventive, as she hesitated, he became more confident. "Well you did say you wanted to be in International Relations so you have to be able to sell stuff to people diplomatically. So maybe this is a good chance to practice?"
1 Feb 14, 10:50 PM
Brier S: She grinned, acknowledging his point. "That's true, but I I think dad will be a tougher sell than any Prime Minister." She laughed softly. "I will try though."

1 Feb 14, 10:53 PM
[×] Darius: He smiled, understanding the difference between parents and strangers. "Well we could do a pros and cons list if you want, might help you when it comes time to write them later. We could head back and sit in the dorm and work one out since I know what the camping is like."
1 Feb 14, 11:54 PM
Brier S: She thinks about this for a few seconds, and then nods approval. ""That would be great" she smiles at him. "And thanks, by the way, for setting up this whole thing with your mum. She's fantastic!" Intimidating, but fantastic nonetheless.

1 Feb 14, 11:56 PM
[×] Darius: Now he grins, obviously agreeing. "I know, Keela liked her too! I told you she was great..." He sipped up the last of his drink and asked "You want to walk back and we can start?"
2 Feb 14, 04:16 AM
Brier: Finishing hers as well, she nods. "Sure, I was going to write them tonight anyway, so the sooner the better."

2 Feb 14, 04:20 AM
Darius: Leaving the bottle, Darius stood and held the chair for her till she was ready to go then motioned for her to lead the way and they left the Hogs Head
2 Feb 14, 04:27 AM
Brier S: Whether she succeeded or not, she thought, she was going to get spoiled on his manners. As they exit, she turns to him and asks, "so how many are actually going?"

2 Feb 14, 04:29 AM
Darius: "Hmm, me and the youngerest so say, five no six under my age plus the nany and a cook. I think she may arm twist some Ministry assistant to go and keep records and she said a guide as well."

2 Feb 14, 04:45 AM
Brier: She listened, nodding as he spoke. A lot of people, but that could work to her advantage when she told her parents. Adults and young children translated, she knew to very little opportunity to get into trouble, or so she hoped. She'd never been anywhere with that many kids, however, and that made her nervous. "Six" she repeats, "plus you, your mom, the cook, the nanny, the ministry assistant and the guide makes twelve." Yes, definitely a mixed bag there. "Not all in one tent I hope?"

2 Feb 14, 04:51 AM
[×] Darius: He chuckled as they walked. "Oh no, several tents. Mom has one of her own, there will be three for the younger ones, three for the adults, one for the guide. Then she has a bathroom tent and two others all of them clumped together with a wall around the back."
2 Feb 14, 04:55 AM
Brier: She smirks, "so more like a city made of tents." She wondered off-hand which one she'd sleep in. Not the one with Darius obviously, and if his mother got her own, she thought, where would she end up? Maybe something she ought to ask his mother when she wrote later on. Then again, she didn't want to look silly, so maybe she'd just wait and see. "Should be careful then, the muggles might mistake it for a circus."

2 Feb 14, 04:58 AM
Darius: He nodded, understanding what she meant and then he said thoughtfully "Actually, mom often calls us traveling like a circus, but I think she means the chaos not the entertainment. But I get the impression from her we won't be near muggles though she didn't say. Still you could put that in your letter that it will be a good lesson in hiding amongst muggles with adults to learn from."

2 Feb 14, 05:04 AM
Brier: She laughs, "probably both" a light teasing tone as they near the castle. "So that's one for the 'pros' list" she answers, "what's next?"
2 Feb 14, 05:09 AM
[×] Darius: Never having seen a real circus, only seen pictures he doesn't make the quick connection, but that was okay. A look at her with a slight smile at the teasing sound as if he understood however helped. "Well obviously you will be learning Ministry stuff, that's a good point. Then you will be learning about a new type of cooking, over a fire, and you will be getting to know the younger part of the Silvers which you are related to through Keela so that's gotta be a good strong one too."
2 Feb 14, 03:43 PM
Brier: She listens, nods, "and there will be a lot of people around and a guide so that's good too." Safety, she knew, would be the primary concern, followed somewhat closely by concern about her relationship with and proximity to Darius. She hadn't told them much, mostly because other than how she was beginning to realize she felt, there wasn't much to tell.
2 Feb 14, 03:49 PM
Dare: He nodded enthusatically. "Yep, if she takes the kids along you know she's thought it out. And I don't know what the details are cause it's a Ministry secret she says, but it's going to be a one time chance to see something very special."
2 Feb 14, 03:53 PM
Brier: In more ways than one, she couldn't help thinking. Darius was so different around his family it was startling, though he seemed vastly more comfortable around her also now, and she understood she had his mother to thank for that. They entered the school and headed for the dungeons. As they walked, she looked thoughtful. "Speaking of kids, I wonder what will happen if the twins are born early. Vin doesn't graduate until June and Keela's got the studio." She bites her lip, wondering.
2 Feb 14, 03:59 PM
Dare: Thinking about pros and cons, he was caught off guard by the subject change and had to think a minute. ""I thought Kela said they were due near the end of the summer. They can come early?" He had not been alive yet when Ash and Seth were born so had no comprehension about baby twin issues.
2 Feb 14, 04:00 PM
Brier: She nods, "first pregnancies are early a lot" she answers, "especially if there are multiples like twins or triplets" she blushes. "I've...been reading a little about it in case...well in case something happens with Keela." Not that she had the slightest idea what she'd be able to do about it, but it made her feel better.
2 Feb 14, 04:03 PM
Dare: His eyes got a bit bigger as he thought about that. "Well surely not like months early, right? So Vin will be out of school in plenty of time for the last two months..." WOnders why she blushed, which was becoming a normal thing for him. "that's smart, where did you find the information? I should probably read that too."
2 Feb 14, 04:06 PM
Brier: She frowns, bites her lip. "It can happen, not so much with magical kids as muggles and muggleborns." Here, she made a rather strange face. "It was in the library actually, in the medical texts, there was this section of books on parenting and pre-natal and stuff." She shrugs, "maybe they had a lot of pregnant students at some point and added them, most of them looked pretty new." ((Yes, I did it, I went there))
2 Feb 14, 04:11 PM
Dare: He was quite surprised. "I never knew. I don't think I ever knew if any of my siblings were early or not." But now he looked shocked and surprised. "Pregnant students! But... but that's not something that happens except to married people! Right?"
2 Feb 14, 04:14 PM
Brier: She frowns, should she tell him this? But then, his mother wanted him to 'wake up'. "Um, Dare, pregnancy can happen to anyone who has sex. It doesn't matter if they're married or not."
2 Feb 14, 04:17 PM
Dare: Does not look pleased to hear that, despite the fact he sees no chance of him ever having sex to begin with. "Oh. Well that's not good. I shall avoid it. I don't see why anyone would until they are married anyway, it seems irresponsible otherwise."
2 Feb 14, 04:21 PM
Brier: She arches an eyebrow, thinking that's an awfully quick judgment to make. "Well..." she starts, "I haven't, but there are spells to prevent that sort of thing and..." she shrugs, "supposedly its kind of a big deal in a relationship." She remembered talking to Keela about it when she'd started sleeping with Vin, but didn't think that would go over very well in current context. If the thought sex before marriage was irresponsible, he probably wouldn't appreciate knowing his brother had done it...a lot.
2 Feb 14, 04:28 PM
Dare: Opens the door to the dorm for her and shakes his head. "I am not surprised. Might be they have much more then sliding stair spells to keep them apart. I had always wondered why the boy's side doesn't seem to be enchanted. Must be very subtle."
2 Feb 14, 04:30 PM
Brier: She laughed, "I meant to prevent getting pregnant, not sex" she clarifies, "and the boys' stairs aren't enchanted because at the time that spell was placed, it was assumed that no girl would risk her reputation that way." Slightly outdated in her opinion.
2 Feb 14, 04:34 PM
Dare: Comprehends what she means and blushes slightly "Oh! Oh sorry i took that wrong. But it does seem odd that a girl would risk it if it happens. WOuldn't that ruin school finishing up? Seems the opposite of what anyone would do." Appears very confused about the motivations in this concept.
2 Feb 14, 09:42 PM
Brier: "Well, to be fair, the chances of it happening with the charm are like next to none, something else I learned from that book. The problem happens when people forget." She took a breath, "and yeah in that case I bet it probably would."
2 Feb 14, 09:46 PM
Dare: He did not see why that would make a difference, why use the charm when avoiding the act seemed far easier. "Seems it would be easier not to engage in the risk to begin with, but maybe they just prefer acting out against the rules laid down by the adults." He shrugged and nodded at her final statement as they headed inside.
2 Feb 14, 10:44 PM
Brier: She shrugs, "maybe. I have no idea really." She follows him inside, and across the common room into his dorm, smiling to herself when she realizes she's been here twice this week. "Okay so other than the learning about ministry stuff, and the chaperons, what else?"
2 Feb 14, 10:53 PM
Dare: "Well,,,," he thought for a moment before shrugging. 'Now I seem to only think of cons. Give me a second. Though the cons I have in mind are no communication and three whole weeks."

[Shava]

2 Feb 14, 11:01 PM
Brier: She walks into the room, carrying her school bag, and for some reason staggering a bit under the weight. She felt light-headed, and couldn't help thinking she should have eaten more at lunch. She drops the bag next to a stool and raises her hands to eye level, biting her lip. They were getting worse, she could tell. The slight tinging of green had spread, darkening at the very tips. She should have brought gloves, but Darius was oblivious to a lot of things, maybe he would't pick up on it. She edged up onto the stool and the room spun as she shifted. Merlin, what was happening to her?

2 Feb 14, 11:04 PM
Dare: Arriving, Darius came in shutting the door and said "hi brier," as he came over to the stool to sit next to her on the other side putting his bag down. Turning to look at her he noticed she didn't look very stable. "You okay? Something from lunch bugging you?"

2 Feb 14, 11:05 PM
Brier: Keeping her hands carefully in her lap, she nodded. "Must be" she answered, "not feeling too well today I guess."

2 Feb 14, 11:07 PM
Dare: Frowns. "Oh well that's not good. maybe we should have done this in the dorm so you wouldn't have to walk far. I'm sorry..."

2 Feb 14, 11:24 PM
Brier: She shakes her head, "oh no, I'm sure its fine. We can do this and then I'll go to bed early tonight."

3 Feb 14, 12:05 AM
[×] Darius: Nods and pulls out some notes and sets them on the table and begins to talk to her about one of the ones they are working on that week when his eyes catch her hands and he frowns. Leaning forward he suddenly catches her hand and looks at the fingertips, then turns her fingers over noticing her index finger has the slightest smuges of something dark as if she had scrubbed her hands clean. "brier, what's going on?"

3 Feb 14, 12:08 AM
Brier: She knows the exact moment his eyes find her hands and she curses herself for not bringing gloves. Snatching her hand away, she bites her lip. "Its nothing, I was...I was painting, stained my hands, that's all."

3 Feb 14, 12:11 AM
Darius: Frowns at her words, sighs. "Brier. First off I research healer potions as wel las conditions and I'm working with a lot of nasty a stuff. I think I know what that is and if I am right unless you give me the answers I need you might be dead tomorrow. Now stop resisting and tell me when this started."

3 Feb 14, 12:17 AM
Brier: She blanches, and then the color drains from her face and her eyes go wide. "D-dead?" She exhales shakily. "L-last week."

3 Feb 14, 12:19 AM
[×] Darius: Seeing he got through he wished there was a more comfortable sitting chair and one appeared. Taking her arm he pointed and said "Sit." And helped her to the chair and sat on the foot ottoman and took her hand observing it more carefully. "Okay a week. Describe the symptoms. Beyond feeling weak and having these marks."
3 Feb 14, 12:24 AM
Brier: She allows him to help her, sits rather gratefully and hesitates. "The weakness, nausea, and starting a couple of days ago there has been some...memory loss. Like I'll be doing something and can't remember why, or I'll get to the afternoon and realize I can't remember what I did that morning."

3 Feb 14, 12:26 AM
Darius: Listens until she reaches the part about memory and his eyebrows go up. "Really? Been reading something from the restricted section or something of a dark subect matter?" He turned her hand over and pointed out the index finger. "You've been washing ink off so I imagine you sometimes lick your finger when turning pages?"

3 Feb 14, 12:29 AM
Brier: She nods, "y-yes" she answers, unwilling to tell him what. "Potions research." She looks now as if she might cry. "Yes, to separate them, its an old book and..." Oh Merlin was she going to die?

3 Feb 14, 12:33 AM
[×] Darius: Sees her nerves and wonders what to do about that not being known for being a warm individual. "Um, stay calm, Brier. I think I can stop this. See, I think you got poisoned." he shrugs and tries to hold her hand between his clumsily imitating the way he's seen people do it to be comforting. "If it's from the restricted section you need to wear gloves. Look for blacking on the corners of the pages right after you turn a book and keep your fingers out of your mouth. Some of them are really dangerous." Pats her leg with a worried smile and goes to his bag bringing it back and saying "I can give you something to blunt the worst of it though I think."
3 Feb 14, 12:39 AM
Brier: She takes a deep breath, but she's shaking. "I d-don't want to die." she murmurs. "P-poisoned?" She starts to cry, tears falling two and three at a time. She barely hears his instructions, nodding distractedly. "L-little late now." She looks up, hopeful, but still scared. "You can?"

3 Feb 14, 12:43 AM
[×] Darius: Firmly. "I won't let you, Brier." Shakes his head at her. "I meant for later, Brier, when you get to the book again." Nods as he goes through the stuff in there and pulls out a few things and sets the bag down as he heads to the table saying "Stay there a minute while I whip this up." Access the components and begins working on a small cauldron and some heat quickly.
3 Feb 14, 12:59 AM
Brier: She wipes at her eyes, smearing her makeup beyond repair and too upset for once to care. "L-later? I won't ever touch it again" she tells him, "I j-just can't figure out how to get it b-back." She nods, "not going anywhere."

3 Feb 14, 01:06 AM
[×] Darius: Nods before he gets up. "When you are ready I'll help you with that. I can carry it and you can show me where it goes." Works for a few minutes stiring stuff in and then comes back over to her and pulls out a cloth giving it to her for her eyes which he clumsily attempts to help get the worst off with. "When I give you this stuff, it's going to make the nausea go away mostly, but the weakness will be there for a week probably or so. It's had tme to get into you for awhile so it will take some time to build up some strength again, okay?" Secretly hopes the memory issues stop immediately. "We have some books like that back home, but they come with warning writing on them by some of my ancestors. Good thing I studied up s-some on poisons isn't it?" Attempts a smile to try and make her feel better.
3 Feb 14, 01:13 AM
Brier: "O-okay" she takes the cloth, surprised and oddly touched when he tries to help her. She frowns when she realizes distractedly that she's probably a mess. She nods, "o-okay, Dare, whatever you think." She nods, grateful. "very good" she agrees. Gaining a bit of control over herself, she tries for a smile and offers him a shaky one.

3 Feb 14, 01:20 AM
Darius: "I'll never understand make up." Shakes his head hoping a new subject will help her a bit. "If you need any help during the week I can help you between classes and stuff. And tomorrow I need you to go to the nurse, but this stuff will stop most of the symptoms of the poison itself. She can give you stuff to help with the weakening if you are willing to lie and tell her you got hit with a spell in class, okay?" Pats her arm and then goes back to the cauldron and pours the small amount of contents into six vials. Lets them cool as he cleans up and puts things away. Comes back with one of them, and sits down but doesn't hold it out to her yet.

3 Feb 14, 01:28 AM
Brier: She frowns, "mine is probably a mess right now, it looks better when its fixed." She nods, "thanks, I'll get by I think, but thank you." Her eyes widen, but after she listens, she nods. "I can do that" she agrees, "if you're sure she won't be able to tell..."

3 Feb 14, 01:34 AM
[×] Darius: Shakes his head slightly. "Oh I've seen you with it fixed, I just suspect you look just as good without it." He pats her leg after he comes back with the vial. "Good, she has access to stuff I don't have time or the stuff to make which will help a lot. But tonight at least you are going to let me take you back to the dorm cause this stuff will take time." Doesn't seem inclined to listen to anything else. "I'm going to give you several of these. When this one is a bit cooler you will drink it now and then another before you sleep later. Then morning, lunch and evening for the rest till they are gone, And don't forget any of them cause I'm going to ask."
3 Feb 14, 01:37 AM
Brier: A smirk as she slowly regains her bearings. "You haven't seen me without it" she points out. She nods, then abruptly stops when he starts talking about taking her back. "I can do it" she assures him, "I got here fine, there's no point in fussing over it." She didn't want to draw attention, and a part of her didn't want to acknowledge how close she might have come to dying. To his instructions, however, she nods again, feeling a bit like a naughty child. "Yes sir"

3 Feb 14, 01:42 AM
Darius: Concedes the point. "True I guess.Maybe some day you will trust me enough to let me judge for myself." Frowns at her. "I'm not fussing, this stuff is going to be running through your system fighting nasty stuff. I suspect it will be dizzying for the first little while and I can walk you back to the dorm at least to make it easier." Feels good about the 'sir' part and smiles softly before handing her the vial. "It's not nasty tasting, but it's not pleasant and yummy either. Still, get it all down and in you."

3 Feb 14, 01:46 AM
Brier: She gives him a look that clearly says she doesn't think its a trust issue, but after a moment. "Maybe" she allows. When he answers, she continues to resist. "I've been dizzy all day, Dare. I'll manage." She takes the vial and,closing her eyes tightly, downs it. It tasted like rubber smelled, bitter and dull, but not disgusting like some others. She hands him the empty vial after a moment, startled when the room starts spinning. She sways a bit but steels herself. "There, good?"
3 Feb 14, 01:57 AM
[×] Darius: Sees the spin since he is watching carefully and nods. "Good. Poison is very different from being sick. You have to fight it differently. And by the time you have three of these in you she shouldn't be able to detect anything more then basic weakening. But tonight is going to be harder I think then you realize. Might be hard to sleep for awhile, but you never know. I'm not just saying stuff to seem like a parent, brier," he says frowning remembering her insistence she would be okay.
3 Feb 14, 01:59 AM
Brier: She listens, wondering if he'd go away if she threw up on him, it was a definite possibility just now. She nods, "so I won't sleep, I'll..." Merlin she'd probably just station herself over the toilet for the rest of the night if this kept up. She closed her eyes, trying to steady herself. "I know, Dare" she says and then goes silent as another wave hits.

3 Feb 14, 02:03 AM
[×] Darius: Goes and gets his bag and hers, puts them over his shoulder and then walks back to her holding out his hand then giving her his arm. "I put the other vials in your bag wrapped in cloth. Let me know if you lose any or they get broken and I'll mix up some more. Let's get you back."
3 Feb 14, 02:06 AM
Brier: "Actually, I might just..stay here...tonight." She'd done it before, though not often, and at least that way if she needed a toilet she wouldn't have to go running for one.

3 Feb 14, 02:10 AM
[×] Darius: Looks surprised. "Oh. Okay." Takes her bag back off and sets it down right beside her chair. "Want me to stop by in the morning to make sure you are okay? Or do you just want me to go?" Thought she was telling him to leave.
3 Feb 14, 02:23 AM
Brier: She shakes her head, "I'll be fine" she promises. "I've got the potions and I promise I'll go to the hospital wing tomorrow." Losing the battle with the urge to throw up, she grits her teeth for a moment before she takes a deep breath to speak. "You can go, I'll see you in class tomorrow."

3 Feb 14, 02:25 AM
[×] Darius: Taken aback since she didn't normally act like this around him he nods and says "Okay, I hope you sleep okay later at least. Night Brier." Steps out in the hall and watches the door disappear while he stands there a minute looking at the wall, frowning before he heads to the dorm, puzzling stuff out in his head
3 Feb 14, 02:27 AM
Brier: It takes exactly seven seconds from the time she hears the door close for the toilet to appear next to her and for her to fall over the side of the chair and wretch into it. Glancing up at the ceiling, unsure for a moment, she murmurs, "thank you" to whomever might be listening.

[Shava]

3 Feb 14, 02:36 AM
Brier: She hesitates only a second before she knocks on the door to his dorm. It is mid-afternoon and she knows he has a free period. She'd looked everywhere else already, having gotten a pass from the nurse to be out of class for the week. "Dare?"

3 Feb 14, 02:40 AM
[×] Darius: hears a knock on the door and recognizes the sound of the voice. Lying on his bed face down with a tome spread out in front of him reading, pauses. "Yes Brier?"

3 Feb 14, 02:41 AM
Brier: A sudden, uncharacteristic burst of nerve. "Can I come in?"
3 Feb 14, 02:42 AM
Darius: Softly sighs, puts a marker in the book and says "Sure." Sets the book on the top of his locker as she comes in, sitting up to look at her without getting too familiar.

3 Feb 14, 02:45 AM
Brier: The object, a tiny pin hidden carefully in her sleeve, felt strange against her skin, she could feel the magic pulsing and was worried he could also. She didn't approach him like she normally would have. He'd been more or less avoiding her all week. "Dare, are you...are you mad at me?" She doesn't give him time to answer before she continues, "Because if its about how I acted the other night..." She bites her lip, "I was sick, Dare, and I didn't want you to see..." She frowns.

3 Feb 14, 02:49 AM
[×] Darius: Looking at the floor still frowns at the first part of her words. "I'm not mad at you Brier. You didn't feel well and I knew about it and you wanted me to leave so I stayed away. " Frown lessens, but he still continues. "What, see you being sick? Like my siblings, Sati who I sat up with one night when he was miserable? I've seen sick, Brier. Why would you not want me to see you that way?"
3 Feb 14, 02:50 AM
Brier: She exhales, but bites her lip, "because I had already been crying and my face was a mess and I spent the entire night getting sick over and over again." She gives him a look as if it should be obvious. "I would't want anyone to see me that way" and then, after a moment's hesitation. "Least of all you."

3 Feb 14, 03:04 AM
Darius: "I already had spoken about your make up, Brier, and I thought when people cared for family then everything was accepted." Has come to the realization it isn't which had lessened a lot of his willingness to be open automatically. Find her wishing not even family to see her a new aspect of her he was not sure he thought was likeable. "Why me?"

3 Feb 14, 03:08 AM
Brier: She comes up short on that one. "It is...it...that's not..." She leans against the wall by his bed. "d@mn it!" Frustrated, confused, fairly certain she'd trashed everything anyway, she didn't hesitate. "Because I like you, and I wanted you to like me, "but your mum and your brother and everyone else are just going to have to get over it because this is /impossible/!"

3 Feb 14, 03:13 AM
[×] Darius: Frowns again hearing her words and looks up seeing she is really frustrated. Confused, looks at her as if wondering what was so wrong. "I do like you, Brier, I thought you realized that." Now raises his eyebrows looking at her, something akin to alarm starting to show. "What? What does my mother and brother have to do with us being friends? I don't understand!"
3 Feb 14, 03:14 AM
Brier: She hears him, but doesn't speak. Trashing her relationship with him was one thing, damaging his family's was another. "Nothing Dare, they knew I was your friend and they wanted to make sure I didn't do or say anything to hurt you." A sigh as she realizes she's going to have to take all the heat for this, "they were just protecting you."

3 Feb 14, 03:17 AM
Darius: Suddenly stands, arms at his sides facing her looking especially alarmed. "But...you wouldn't hurt me, Brier! So why would they think that?!" Knows his family protects him, but doesn't understand why they would protect him against her

3 Feb 14, 03:19 AM
Brier: He stands and she straightens. "You're right, I wouldn't, but they didn't know that at first. They know Keela, and they knew I was her sister, but they had no idea who I was, so they needed to make sure."

3 Feb 14, 03:22 AM
[×] Darius: Starting to feel erosion at some of the foundations he depends on. "T-they spoke to you about that? Did they t-threaten you?!" Looks upset though trembling had not begun yet. His vision at her was shaky however.
3 Feb 14, 03:23 AM
Brier: She freezes, eyes wide. "Of course not! Dare!" Pin forgotten, she crosses the room til she's very close, looking him in the eye but doesn't touch him. "Darius, your family has been fantastic. Vin lets me use his bathroom in the mornings for Merlin's sake and your mother is helping me with my dream job." She shakes her head emphatically, "everything is fine, I was just upset, I'm sorry, for this and for the other night and...I'm just sorry."

3 Feb 14, 03:28 AM
Darius: Feels a bit more calm washing over him at her words, proving his family was still solidly all right. His breath went out, but the confusion remained. "Uh. Okay. I'm confused. You shouldn't get upset like that, Brier, it's not good." Forgetting he had just gotten so himself very rapidly.

3 Feb 14, 03:29 AM
Brier: Taking a deep, steadying breath, she nods. "Okay, what are you confused about?" She arches an eyebrow, "sorry" a rueful smile, "its been a long week."

3 Feb 14, 03:33 AM
[×] Darius: "Well one, why you would get upset, it's just me." Shrugs to show he places himself very low on the totem pole. "Two, how they can think you would hurt me. and Three, why didn't you tell me then why you wanted me to go away?"
3 Feb 14, 03:38 AM
Brier: Just him...just...Darius. He was close, close enough now she could reach him, and the pin was still there, she remembered, tucked into her sleeve. "Your my best friend, Dare, what you think matters a lot." The second answer was harder. "Well, you said you never had a friend outside your family before right?" She waits before she continues, "Some people aren't...they're selfish, and they use people for things." Something she was having to be very careful about not doing to Darius with her attraction to him and his mother's help dangling in front of her face. "They wanted to make sure I wasn't like that." She sighed again, "because I was afraid if I told you how sick I was, you'd stay."
3 Feb 14, 03:43 AM
[×] Darius: Not just friend but best friend! His eyes widened significantly. He spluttered "Best friend?" His opinion mattered? He nodded to her question. But then he shook his head giving her a slight smile again, though still a bit nervous. "Oh no one would use me Brier, I'm not significant so no issue there." Then his eyes faltered as he looked at her, nearly but not quite able to say what he was thinking. "But of course I would have stayed, Brier, I was worried about you and how well you were going to do. If you had wanted privacy that could have been done with a screen."
3 Feb 14, 03:53 AM
Brier: She nods, "best friend" she repeats. He continues, and she interrupts. "Yes you are" she frowns at him, "you're significant, important even. Dare if it hadn't been for you I'd..." She swallows hard, "I'd be dead." She nods, "I know you would have, and that's why I did it that way, no sense in both of us being up all night."

3 Feb 14, 03:58 AM
[×] Darius: He'd never even thought best friend would ever be a title he had so he felt stunned by the revelation. And then she went on telling him he was good and worth while both. Has no idea of course that without him she would never have been in danger to begin with. "If you had gone to the nurse, Brier, you'd be in good shape I bet, though the nurse might not have known this particular poison..." But something about which she is saying makes no sense to him. "I would have stayed up for you Brier, it wouldn't have been a problem." He frowned at this logic of hers.
3 Feb 14, 04:01 AM
Brier: "I would't have gone to the nurse, Dare, or if I had, it might have been too late to fix." She smiles softly, "I know you would have, but I wanted you to go back to the dorm and get rest so you'd feel good tomorrow, seemed like the least I could do."

3 Feb 14, 04:11 AM
Darius: Frowns at her and then holds up a finger. "Next time you feel bad like that or anything near that bad then, Brier, you will go to me or the nurse first thing. And if not me, then you would have to let the nurse see you when you feel bad because it's her job and your parents are paying for her in a way. But I would be a lot easier to deal with then the nurse I think." Waits till she says yes...

3 Feb 14, 04:20 AM
Brier: Relieved to be off the subject of his family, and also that he seems to understand about her choices from before, doesn't fight him on it. "Okay" she agrees, "I will." She exhales, "so, everything make sense now?"

3 Feb 14, 04:23 AM
Darius: Still can't believe he is anyone's best friend, but it definitely cracks the open door back up towards her as she probably thought. "Good. And yes I think so." Smiles a bit more.

3 Feb 14, 04:24 AM
Brier: She hesitates, now or never, she supposed. "Then, could you do something for me?" She bites her lip, "a small thing?"

3 Feb 14, 04:25 AM
[×] Darius: Nods giving her a curious look. "Sure, Brier. You feeling all better again?"
3 Feb 14, 04:29 AM
Brier: She nods, "mostly, but.." She takes another step toward him, "don't freak out" Slowly, carefully, she wraps her arms around him, realizing she enjoyed that, despite the fact it was for a purpose. Sliding the pin out of her sleeve, she brushes the back of his shirt and it attaches instantly. There, done, maybe it would help him face some of his confidence issues.

3 Feb 14, 04:32 AM
[×] Darius: As she stepped closer he tensed, but tried to mentally relax as it became apparent she just wanted to get a hug. As she slid the pin in place however something happened in the back of his mind and his otivces and interests changed as his arms came up behind her intending to just hold her at first, but by the time he made contact, his mind had shifted to a completely different purpose. A deep breath and smelling her he felt a flush in his face at the same time he kissed the side of her cheek without realizing what he had done.
3 Feb 14, 04:35 AM
Brier: He kissed her cheek, and the warmth of it, the shock of the feeling. She hadn't been quite sure what the spell would do, but this was definitely a step in the right direction, maybe things would be easier now. She released him, stepped back. She smiles at him, "much better, thanks"

3 Feb 14, 04:37 AM
Darius: when she steps back he steps forward saying "Oh good, but I am not done. Give me a moment," and he slips his arms back around her waist, feeling a desire to do so and then attempts to kiss her, managing to barely avoid bumping noses with her as he does so, surprised indeed at how much he wants to kiss her and taste her.

3 Feb 14, 04:39 AM
Brier: "Not done..." confusion, what was this? He wraps his arms around her waist again, and when he kisses her, not having time to react, she barely manages to avoid a rather painful collision, and then his lips are on hers and for a moment, she tenses before she realizes what's going on and wraps her arms around his neck, kissing him back. Okay, maybe a few steps.

3 Feb 14, 04:44 AM
[×] Darius: Finding kissing to be marvelous, he kisses more, his hands feeling her was it and deciding he liked this more then anything else he had ever experienced before. As the kissing intensified, he ran one hand up and down her back, realizing touching another didn't feel so bad at all. Fact was he rather liked it. messages from a part of himself he had never realized sent off signals began to penetrate his conscious thoughts.

3 Feb 14, 04:47 AM
Brier: He was a fast learner, she decided, which was good, because she enjoyed kissing him. As his hands began to move and the skin under his fingers warmed as the sensations registered, one hand found its way up and into his hair, she'd been curious about the feel of it for ages. Deepening the kiss, she pressed close to him, not sure how long this would last or even entirely what was happening. She probably should have done more research.

3 Feb 14, 04:52 AM
Darius: Feeling her start to move into his hair, he suddenly decided it was only right that if one explored the other should as well. And as she pressed her body into his he felt her softness and his body said 'YES' causing him to tighten his one arm now wrapped around her waist as his other went up into her hair as well, finding the tingling of her scalp under his fingers was rather nice!.He reacted to her kiss, by turning his head more and trying to get deeper into her moth as things speeded up

3 Feb 14, 04:56 AM
Brier: The feel of him against her, the triumphant adrenaline that coursed through her, combined with the relief that the whole thing had worked was a heady thing. Things were going deeper than she would have expected, but she'd spent weeks figuring this out, and saw nothing wrong with enjoying her success for a moment. She pulled away just slightly, trailing her lips from his and down to his jaw before she spoke. "Darius I....wow..."

3 Feb 14, 05:03 AM
[×] Darius: Feeling her kiss down his jaw caused his eyes to open in surprise! He had never realized you could kiss anywhere but the lips! With that knowledge, he agreed with a "Oh Brier, you are amazing..." and he took his lips down unde rher chin down the center of her throat which he knew was one of the most sensitive spots being such a vulnerability on humans. . But when he got to the base he found himself continuing till he realized he was kissing just above the edge of her shirt so he turned and came up the side of her neck following the connection between chest and neck till he reached her shoulder, encouraged by the sound of her reaction. His free hand stroked down and joined the first at the waist, but then feeling compelled, it continued down the curve of her rear, and down onto her thigh...
3 Feb 14, 05:33 AM
Brier: Yes...a very fast learner. Emotions, foreign but intense coursed through her. This wasn't like Andrew, forceful and rushed. This was...she trusted Darius, even under the spell. He wouldn't hurt her. A soft sigh, as his lips trailed and she clutched his shoulder. Surprised as his touch drifted lower, she took his face in her hands, kissing him deeply. "Dare...you...you're incredible." she murmured, a breath away from his lips a moment after she pulled back.

3 Feb 14, 05:40 AM
[×] Darius: She held onto him, a silent encouragement he could not miss. She praised him and he knew he was doing the right thing to listen to that lower voice. Which was telling him to overwhelm her with feelings. "Only because you make me that way, Brier, and I love that!" He kissed her deeply again, moving his lips against hers in a way to which an experienced kisser would have been annoyed, but to him felt wonderful! With his hand sliding down her thigh as he kissed her, he met her bare leg below her skirt and that seemed to put a fire in him as he increased his drive to impress her even more so.
3 Feb 14, 06:19 AM
[×] Darius: There was never any moment where the word 'sex' entered his mind; he was completely and utterly subsumed by the intense desire to please Brier in ways undefined, but driving. When his hand had touched her thigh he had felt the need to follow up, but touching the skin of her leg his body told him he was very close to something very important which, if he could achieve, would prove to her she wanted him. And the pulsing in his mind told him he wanted this extremely badly! The part of his body he had long been embarrassed about changing with 'the reaction' which he had never understood, now strained with a need he knew somehow was not embarrassing any more, but needful.
3 Feb 14, 12:09 PM
Brier: He spoke, and she felt a moment's hesitation. Was /she/ making him or was the spell? She took a deep breath. What if all of this, his reactions, his touch, was in response to whatever it was the spell was doing to him. Could she live with that. His touch found the bare skin of her thigh, and she gasped softly into his mouth, eyes closing, she knew she had to know for better or worse whether it was her or the spell that was making him act this way. Deepening the kiss to distract him, trailing the fingers of one hand down his arm, over the skin similar to the way she'd done at the Hogshead. The other found it sway to his back, to the shoulder she'd pinned the spelled object on. Brushing over it, she felt it detach and let it slide into her sleeve again, catching on the fabric.
3 Feb 14, 01:36 PM
Dare: Feeling her gasp, his hand continued, a short distance down her thigh and then up under her skirt to her panties, not even aware of how bold this was so much as the driving need he felt for her. She ran her hand lightly down his arm which subconciously told him she needed him to be aware of her and as she deepened the kiss he tried to follow her as best he could. Reaching the top of he panties, he hesitated as his fingers slipped over the edge like the hook on the top of the wall, not quite sure how to pull them down to reach where he knew he was needed, somehow.

[Shava]

3 Feb 14, 09:51 PM
Brier: She shifted slowly, drawn out of sleep by a strange feeling. Opening her eyes, the first thing she realized was that she wasn't alone. A moment's panic as she tried to think, and then, as is often the case, everything came back at once. She rolls over onto her side, facing him carefully, studying his face in the dim light. Reaching out, she brushes the hair away from his eyes and smiles. She had done it, had succeeded further than she could have imagined. Should she feel guilty? Maybe. Did she? No not really. He was...hers, and a wave of possessive emotions coursed through her at the thought.

3 Feb 14, 09:56 PM
[×] Darius: As he awoke, sudden as usual with realization of his personal space, he knew he had awakened because she was there and awake. There was not an emotion attached to this realization yet, just awareness of physical form. HIs eyes opened and he rubbed one eye while seeing her in the dimness looking at him. A real smile touched his lips as he cleared his eyes saying very softly "Morning" as the realizations sank in that everything was different, everything had changed, and she was the cause delightfully. Moving right up against her he slipped his arm around her middle as he looked over her face free of make up and smiled even brighter.
3 Feb 14, 10:04 PM
Brier: Blushing at having been caught watching him, she smiles sheepishly. "Morning Dare" she murmurs. He slips and arm around her and she curls into him, wincing barely as she does so and taking a deep breath. "How are you...feeling?"

3 Feb 14, 10:09 PM
[×] Darius: Sees twitch and a worried look comes into his eyes. "I did hurt you didn't I..." though less since last night when she had told him to stop worrying about it. Shyly smiles. "I'm doing amazing...now that you are here! DO all best friends do that for each other or are we more then that now?" Clearly curious.
3 Feb 14, 10:12 PM
Brier: She gives him a look that clearly tells him to stop worrying. Kissing his cheek softly, she pulls back to look at him. "The first time hurts, Dare, but I'm okay, I promise." She laughs, "I don't think so" she murmurs, "I would say this makes us more, yes."

3 Feb 14, 10:30 PM
[×] Darius: He didn't know why the first time would hurt, except for a near misjudgment at one point on angles his had been amazing! "Okay. But you will tell me if I ever hurt you." It was not a request. "Oh good cause i knew like Rhyss and Leo are best friends, but I can't see them doing this not the same parts. So what are we then?"
3 Feb 14, 10:40 PM
Brier: How, she wondered, could someone have done what they had done and still be so naturally innocent. She laughs, then goes quiet. "We are...dating?" she tests the word. "Does that work?"

3 Feb 14, 10:46 PM
[×] Darius: Smiles. "Like boyfriend girlfriend? Yes, I'd like that a lot. Do you mind?" His hand moved back and forth across her skin, still feeling the softness of her. "You really are pretty without the make up on, Brier. I like you this way..."
3 Feb 14, 10:55 PM
Brier: She nods, "yes, like that." She shakes her head, "of course I don't mind" she smiles softly at him. "I'd like that a lot too." She lays her head on his shoulder, still looking up at him. When he mentions the makeup, she makes a face. Had she taken it off last night? The whole thing was a bit of a blur. She blushes, "r-really?"

3 Feb 14, 11:01 PM
Darius: Smiles a bit more at her admitting she liked it. "Is there something special we need to do or do we just fake it as we go along?" A bit nervous about faking it as he usually has a plan. Nods very much so at her question. "Of course!" Runs his other hand up across her cheek cradling her face softly as he says with clear honest "This is the real you, the one I want to be with and love. It's you with no fakeness or anything. I don't care if you want to fib to others, but I am going to want to remember you always this way cause you're more beautiful this way."

3 Feb 14, 11:08 PM
Brier: "I really don't think there's a right or a wrong way to go about it, Dare" she shrugs, "you just...do what feels natural I think." Her eyes widen at the simple sincerity in his voice. "I...okay" She's not really sure how to respond to that. She leans into his touch, and then it registers. "L-love?"

3 Feb 14, 11:12 PM
[×] Darius: "Oh. Leans forward and kisses her softly for a minute and doesn't pull but a half inch back as he says "This feels right. And very very good." His eyes show no dishonesty as she asks with a tremble. "Yes. I've never felt like this before and it's as intense as anything I feel for anyone in my family, Brier. What else could it be?"
3 Feb 14, 11:19 PM
Brier: She kisses him back, nodding when he speaks. "It does" She hesitates. Had the spell done this to him? Or merely made him realize it? She reaches up, brushing his cheek with her fingertips as she searches his eyes. "Its your heart, Dare, you'd know better than anyone."

3 Feb 14, 11:31 PM
Darius: Feels content for the moment, but a part of him was remembering last night and the removal of so many barriers he had for his own protection. "I think it's right. I'll tell you if I think of anything else." He fell silent as she searched his eyes and he said a bit softer "Brier, what would you say it was that cause you to want you to share something so private with me?

3 Feb 14, 11:33 PM
Brier: She hesitates for a long moment, not ready to tell him the whole story just yet. "Because...because outside my family there's no one I trust more than you, Dare, and that's what we do with people we trust a lot isn't it? Give them pieces of ourselves we wouldn't give to anyone else. I wanted...I wanted to be with you."

3 Feb 14, 11:41 PM
[×] Darius: Looks impressed that she chose him and mentally vows to make sure he stays worthy of that trust. "Well I just trusted you with more then anyone else in the world, Brier. I hope I can remain worthy of your trust." Thumb slides over her cheek, feeling her skin. "You are so soft..."
3 Feb 14, 11:45 PM
Brier: She feels that, the power of it, the triumph, but something else too, something softer, warm that spreads through her chest and brings a light into her eyes. Trust...the word echoes and she knows she'll have to tell him and soon, but not just now, for a few minutes, a few hours, a day or two, she wanted to simply enjoy what was. Her skin warms under his touch and she sighs softly. "That feels so nice."

3 Feb 14, 11:53 PM
Darius: As she sighs he enjoys the sound, knowing he was pleasing her and that felt very good. "It does. I might have a hard time not wanting to do it more often. All over." His eyes were bright as his hand on her waist continued to move and his hand on her cheek still ran over ther skin. "Amazing, I don't think I ever knew girls could be that soft. That could be addictive."

4 Feb 14, 12:07 AM
Brier: "So do it then" she offers, "There are worse things to be addicted to." Another kiss to his lips before she moves to his jaw, down his throat to the curve of his shoulder, one hand drifting feather light down his arm before she entwines her fingers with his at her hip.

4 Feb 14, 12:22 AM
[×] Darius: Her touch is distracting, but even more so the fact this was no longer just his flesh, but hers. She automatically had permission he wouldn't resist and he felt the same about hers, as if he had doubled over night. Eyes widening a the realization, he makes a soft intake of breath as she moved down his arm as the realization really sank in. "Brier...I don't think I should during class." When she slips her hand in his he ran his other hand down from her cheek, over her arm, then curved experimentally around one breasts, glancing down in surprise again at the feeling. "I can not get over how different you are from me..."
4 Feb 14, 12:28 AM
Brier: She gives him a slightly confused look. "Should what?" She is distracted for a moment as his touch drifts over more sensitive places. "Different" she manages on the edge of a gasp, "right."

4 Feb 14, 12:32 AM
Darius: "Explore you." His eyes are serious in that he could see having the desire to in a very distracting way. "Well you are. Except for here," takes her other hand and cups himself below with her hand to prove the point, "here, I don't feel anything like you here." Thumbs caresses her nipple as he glances back at her face.

4 Feb 14, 12:35 AM
Brier: A surprised look, and then she grins. "I think you're right, we might just have to settle for holding hands and such in class." He takes her hand, and when her fingers find his skin she can't help lingering there for a moment, running her fingers over his flesh, reveling in the knowledge there is no part of him she is not allowed now. His caress, and the feeling of power, the intensity of the sensation is palpable. She moans softly, a shiver going through her as she reacts instinctively to him.

4 Feb 14, 12:40 AM
[×] Darius: He nods. "I'd like that. I'd like the other more, but still." Feeling her explore a bit herself causes him to tenatively grin, before he begins to realize he is growing down below. Something which used to embarrass him now felt good. "That feels really nice." and he bends his head down to kiss her while continuing to caress her nipple. he felt, well, powerful right now, as if he had been given powers he had never imagined, permissions beyond which he could have imagined
4 Feb 14, 12:43 AM
Brier: She grins, "me too, but I'm not sure everyone else would appreciate it." Emboldened, she continues for a moment before the hand comes up, over his stomach to his chest and she kisses him again, deeply, moaning softly against his mouth again at the sensations he's causing in her. "gods...Dare..." she murmurs, squirming a bit as her arousal intensifies to a point of being uncomfortable.

4 Feb 14, 12:49 AM
[×] Darius: Laughs awkwardly for a moment before kissing her. Her return kiss and reaction draw him closer in, getting a deeper kiss as well before he stops only a moment, his breath across her cheek as he says with growing emotion "I will always want you, My Brier," he says possessively at the thought of anyone else messing with her as he becomes more interested in seeing if he can have her with her pleasure this time instead of pain.
4 Feb 14, 01:21 AM
Brier: '/His/ Brier' strangely, the possessive note excites her. She wanted to be his, wanted him to think of her that way. She meets his eyes, her own wide and filled with a range of emotions. She would tell him the truth, the whole truth, tomorrow, but for now..."Yours" she confirms, wrapping her arms around him for a moment and pressing closer as she returns to kissing him.

4 Feb 14, 01:25 AM
[×] Darius: Seeing her reaction to his words, for once Darius actually felt a touch of ego increase, not something he was used to. As she wrapped around him he found himself delightedly saying "Yours as well." And then they were back to kissing and his hardness increased as he continued to caress her, softly, enjoying the feel of her in his hand and her body pressed against his. What an amazing way to wake up!
4 Feb 14, 01:42 AM
Brier: Another jolt, the feeling of control, of power, the thrill of being desired all contributing to her rather overwhelming reaction to him. She trailed her lips over his throat again, down to his shoulder and up again, across his jawline and up to the spot just below his ear. He was so...Merlin this was so...but she never fully could articulate what in fact any of it was.

4 Feb 14, 01:49 AM
[×] Darius: Feeling her emotions through her reactions was new stuff for him and it took a bit of getting used to but when he kissed her, he could actually FEEL her own delight in him and wanted to get that more. SO as he kissed her he released her hand and ran both hands over her soft skin from waist to breasts gliding across all the sensitive spots he had found last night as she kissed him all over. When he ran them back down, he made sure one of them ended up between her legs as he said "merlin how am I ever going to resist such a wonderful woman..." as he caressed her below
4 Feb 14, 01:55 AM
Brier: His touch as his hands found their way lower simultaneously came as a relief and increased the intensity of what she was feeling, she bit her lip hard and her eyes widened. "Oh" she whispered "Oh wow..." Lost for words and entirely too far gone to find them again, she contents herself with kissing him, deeply with exceptional intensity, fingers wrapping themselves around him again, stroking much less casually than before.

4 Feb 14, 02:02 AM
[×] Darius: As he reached the most curious part of her (which he hadn't even understood the form of till last night really) he completely enjoyed the 'wow' that she let out and while he didn't grin any more then he already was, he thrilled to know he could bring her to that kind of pleasure. Her kisses became much more frenetic and he felt her hands close on him, which just made the tightness there feel even more so. her hands were cool to the touch which helped since he felt he was sending off heat like mad. When his fingers slid into her easily as he stroked her, he stopped the kissing long enough to push her shoulder down so she was on her back (not roughly, but firmly taking charge in this small part) and he put a knee over her leg as his hand came free of her inner thigh. Remembering this time to start with his knees much higher up between her legs, he slid a hand down both thighs as he leaned in closer, getting near his main focus.
4 Feb 14, 02:06 AM
[×] Darius: Last night had been full of mishaps and miscalculations despite his utter enjoyment of it, he had not missed his mistakes. Last night he had managed to start with his knees at her knee height not even allowing him a partial entry. Even more so, she had not been ready enough with her legs wide and he had needed to separate her farther before he could get more then an inch inside. At that point she had been beyond voice so he had had to learn the hard way, quite literally. Now he felt more prepared and ready so his entry was smoother, more controlled, and he was able to concentrate on her reaction, moving with her instead of on his own.
4 Feb 14, 02:55 PM
Brier: He broke away and she looked up at him with wide, surprised eyes full of desire for him and for something else she had no words for. He guided her down and she let him, going back onto the bed with something akin to relief as her upper body was able to relax a bit. He spread her legs and she bit her lip, but said nothing, remembering how it had felt li
4 Feb 14, 02:57 PM
Brier: last night and wondering if it would be the same again. She was still a bit sore from the night before, but she felt...different this time, more feelings, less nervous, and everything so far had felt amazing, so she relaxed, or tried to. He entered her and she gasped, because this time it was not painful, this time it felt..he felt...and her muscles clenched around him reflexively as he moved and slowly, hesitantly at first and then with growing understanding, she began to move with him, finding something like a rhythm that worked the two of them together and felt better than anything she could have imagined.
4 Feb 14, 03:01 PM
Dare: He tried to watch her face, to judge her reactions, but his eyes kept being drawn below, still amazed at seeing himself disappear. He would never have imagined being this close with someone, this open and that made it even harder to hold back what he wanted. And when she gasped, and her hands on him tightened as well as down there, he gasped as well, knowing she not only wanted him, but desired him and that caused him to speed up without meaning to, starting to get sucked into the emotional reaction that had blown his mind last night. Before he totally began to lose it however he did manage to kiss her lips as if to say "this is all for you"
4 Feb 14, 03:11 PM
Brier: Looking up at him, focused on him and his reaction to her, she wondered if she would ever get used to him looking at her that way. She doubted it, very much so. He kissed her, and the feeling somehow more intense as everything seemed to be right now. When he pulled back her gaze was adoring, almost worshipful in its intensity. She watched his face as he sped up, knowing he must be close and enjoying almost more than the thing itself that she could do this to him, make him lose control this way. It was, she knew, something by which to feel accomplished. She bit her lip hard as the feelings became so intense she thought she might explode and then she...did. All at once, suddenly, whatever mountain she'd been climbing peaked, and her eyes went wide and startled for a moment before they closed, tightly. "Oh...oh Merlin...oh!"
4 Feb 14, 03:16 PM
Dare: As he began to lose his ability to control his speed she was looking at him with such a worshipful look, the way he felt about her that he was struck dumb for words, nothing seemed appropriate at all. And then without warning she flushed up her neck and chest even in the dimness of the curtained bed and he felt her reflexively tighten around him, her eyes closing as she reacted to something he didn't know, but felt in her reaction. Hesitating at the change, he felt rather then knew somehow he needed to slow for her for a moment and he did. Wondering big eyes questioning her completely distracted face, he hoped this was all pleasure this time and not pain, but he couldn't remember her doing this last night. And then after a moment his own pleasure began to take over him again as she continued the same and he began again to speed up, looking forward to joining her in the complete distraction of her glory...
4 Feb 14, 03:21 PM
Brier: After a few moments, when the intensity had ebbed some, her eyes opened, glazed and she looked at him, unseeing through the fog that had fallen over her gaze. He sped up again and she, after another moment, managed to find his rhythm, wanting him to experience what she had. Was that what that had been? But then, it must have, and suddenly she understood what all the fuss was about, why people risked so much. Because this, this connection of two people was...it was a powerful thing, the kind of pleasure which she had never before fathomed existed and the ability to bring it to someone else. She was...awed as the aftershocks of her reaction scorched through her.
4 Feb 14, 03:26 PM
Dare: He felt her eyes on him, but he could not open his own again, totally focused on what he now could feel coming up and finding it made him cherish every inch of pleasure until he realized the impact this time before it hit and went all the way home in her as far as he could reach as he gasped suddenly loud and strained, losing control of his ability to move. His entire body convulsed with his toes curling up as he felt every single muscle in his body work together to expend the reaction for a whole four seconds of eternal bliss and then it all was removed at once like the strings cut on a puppet as he barely caught himself from falling on her, going to his elbows as sweat came off even his hips as he shuddered in after-shock.
4 Feb 14, 03:31 PM
Brier: Watching him, there was nothing, she decided, quite so powerful as this, seeing him this way, feeling him. She was the first, and, if she could figure out how to tell him about the spell in a way that didn't make him angry, maybe even his only. Keela had never been with anyone except Vin, and they were fine. As he came down, she thought for a moment he might collapse on her, and braced for it, surprised when the impact never came. "Dare..." she leaned up barely, brushing her lips over his. "Wow..."
4 Feb 14, 03:37 PM
Dare: His eyes opened, pupils dilated as he looked at her for a moment without seeing, still feeling a lack of any form of energy in any part of his body. The weariness had worried him last night, but now he realized it was the reaction to trying his all for her and therefore normal. His stomach barely rested on her, his elbows keeping him from laying down on her entirely as he felt himself inside her still, gloriously! How could anything in life be better then this? And as his eyes focused on her as she kissed him saying things he came to realize it was because they worked together that they could create such a thin meaning joining with another was how things were supposed to be. "Brier, did I do better?" His voice, he was not surprised to notice sounded exhausted as if he had just run a marathon which in a way was true as she answered him and a smile graced his features as he bent his neck and kissed her with emotion still deep inside of him. "I want to be yours forever, My Brier, please
4 Feb 14, 03:37 PM
Dare: don't ever leave me..." His words were half pleading, half hopeful.
4 Feb 14, 03:45 PM
Brier: She smiled, eyes bright despite how tired she was all the sudden. "You did wonderfully, Dare. That was amazing!" He kissed her and she kissed him back, feeling closer to him than she had to anyone...ever. He spoke and she nodded her head in spite of what she knew she still had to tell him. "I wont, I promise."
4 Feb 14, 03:50 PM
Dare: His tired smile was still tinged with joy at her response as he said "Oh good! I wanted to make sure you felt it since you said the first time hurt..." The taste of her and the feel and smell of her all combined to bring him to a new state of personal comfort zone, knowing that inside of her was his new retreat form the world, that with her he could share everything without restriction, that she was to be his one and only just as Vin had his Keela. And in that realization it also occurred to him for the very first time ever he might have kids. THAT smacked him in the face suddenly as he realized this was sex and all she had said about it was true that teenagers did it and now he knew WHY. Stunned, her promise delivered had new meaning in his mind and he looked at her with widening eyes and a growing and broad smile. "Good! Cause I refuse to let you go, Brier Summerby, you are mine and I can't desire anyone else the way i do you! I will do anything for you, you name it and I will strive t
4 Feb 14, 03:50 PM
Dare: he most I can."

[Shava]

4 Feb 14, 03:57 PM
Dare: In the back corner of the Library Darius sat with a pile of books most based on the charms and other beauty type magic girls tended to miss, the darker more angled ones. As he made notes on the references to skin salves by a healer in 1612, he closed that one and reached for the next to follow up on the same Healer's odd discovery of a cure for wrinkles.
4 Feb 14, 04:01 PM
Brier: Brier clutched something oddly book-shaped and covered several times over in cloth in gloved hands as she entered the library. She needed to get the book back to the restricted section, As she was debating how to do so, heading for the far end, she spotted Darius and bit her lip. Should she tell him now? Just show him the spell and hope to Merlin he might understand? She took a deep breath, knowing she wasn't getting into the restricted section without help anyway. She approached the table slowly, hesitating. "Hi Dare"
4 Feb 14, 04:03 PM
Dare: Although he felt someone approaching it wasn't till she spoke that his head popped up. Upon seeing her his face broke out into a heart-warming smile of delight as he hopped up and took her arm as he kissed her in welcome saying "Come on, sit with me Brier!" and led her to the nearby seat, pulling his own closer to her as he glanced at the book in it's rough wrapping. Realizing what it must be he said "Is that it?"
4 Feb 14, 04:09 PM
Brier: Warmed by his reaction, she smiled back, but it also intensified her nerves. "This is it" she confirmed, placing it carefully on the table. She took a deep breath, now or never, maybe there was some Gryffindor courage hidden in her genes somewhere. "Dare...I need to tell you something...about the book."
4 Feb 14, 04:13 PM
Dare: His eyes looked at the book warily. Poisoned books were both interesting and not; they clearly held some magics that should be studied carefully to promote your own defenses, but their very nature was danger. She seemed nervous so he took his eyes off the book and caught up her hand, kissing the back of it before placing it on his chest above his heart (where he knew it was on the left) and smiled encouragingly. "Okay."
4 Feb 14, 04:16 PM
Brier: Deciding it would be easier to show him than to try and explain, though she'd sworn she'd never touch the thing again, she did have gloves on. Unwrapping it carefully, she flipped the pages until she found the one she was looking for. "The reason I had the book in the first place was because I was looking for a specific spell. She found the page and pointed, "to bring out repressed emotions." She looked up at him, nervous, maybe even a little scared, and definitely guilty.
4 Feb 14, 04:21 PM
Dare: Watching her unwrap it he put a hand on her wrist for a moment as she turned them to see the front page and then released her as she turned. It was an older book and the corners showed little wear and tear so he knew the poison was a magic based one. "Nasty stuff." And then she pointed out a page. he heard the words, but it didn't click in his mind why it was important. "Oh really? Emotional manipulation, that's interesting. I didn't know there were-- wait, it's an item?" he said looking closer at the writing and seeing the diagrams.
4 Feb 14, 04:24 PM
Brier: She bites her lip, "not manipulation exactly, at least, not this spell. It doesn't create anything, it just draws out what's already there if its being blocked somehow. At least...that's what I gathered." Another deep breath, anxious eyes. "Yes, its an item, in this case a pin, which I...had with me the first night we...." Another breath, "which I used on you."
4 Feb 14, 04:30 PM
Dare: Looks interested and looks over the page as she talks nodding. "Huh. Blocked? Like someone has used a charm to block or lock something away? I found a page about compartmentalized emotions ocne that was rather without detail, but I wonder if this would have countered it..." For a moment he glanced up with raised eyebrows. "You made it? Wow, brier, that's tough stuf--" breaks off as it sinks in what she is saying, face hesitates. She had used it on him. Was he emotionally blocked somehow? Well actually, in hindsight he could see that, he hadn't been responding to things like he did now, she had opened up an entire world he didn't know about. But she had 'used' it on him. His eyes went back to the page, picking out the word 'repressed' and read a little before he sat back, clearly thinking.
4 Feb 14, 04:33 PM
Brier: She nods, "like if they're pushed back in some way, unacknowledged" she confirms. She kept waiting for it to click, for him to understand, and when he did, rather than getting angry as she'd expected, he looked thoughtful. Which, she decided, was worse. "Dare I...I wasn't trying to hurt you I just...I really liked you and I...I just wanted to know if there was some part of you that liked me too, and then I found this and..." She goes silent, "I'm so so sorry."
4 Feb 14, 04:35 PM
Dare: After a long quiet moment he said "Where is it now?" Had she done wrong? She hadn't asked his permission for sure, but was the result bad? Not really, he wouldn't have found out so much-- however, she had used it for her own reasons it was true. 'Why Brier? Was it because we were having problems yester-- no, scratch that you had to spend time to make it. It's rather impressive that you made it actually as it's a tough piece of work." His voice gave no clue yet which way his thoughts were going. He didn't respond to anything but the appology in which he reached over and took her hand again, placing it back over his heart but not meeting her eyes yet as he still thought. "I... Was I that hard?"
4 Feb 14, 04:40 PM
Brier: She bit her lip, "I destroyed it, melted it down with a fire spell and threw it in the Forbidden forest somewhere. She could see the gears turning, see him thinking things over, but she had no idea /what/ he was thinking. She opened her mouth to answer him, but realized he seemed to have answered himself. The compliment surprised her, but she didn't smile, wasn't even sure she was breathing. The question surprises her, and she hesitates, unsure where his mind is, but she has nothing to lose by being honest now. "You..." she stops, starts again. "I don't know if 'hard' is the right word. You just...I didn't know how to reach you...without scaring you or freaking you out. I thought about it, for weeks I promise I tried to figure out a way to do it without magic, but I couldn't and..." She doesn't look at him, though she does wrap her fingers around his as she stares hard at the table. "I couldn't find another way."
4 Feb 14, 04:45 PM
Dare: So she had regretted it and destroyed it. Knowing her stubborn nature he thought that was a big step right there. Nods at her explanation's beginnings. "Um yes, I wasn't in a good spot, I see that now. But in my defense, I felt safe there." Eyes come up and meets hers as her hand wraps into his on his chest. "I was safe from being hurt by others I thought. But then you found a way to reach in there. I should be glad you had good intentions shouldn't I? What made you choose this one? How could you know what i was repressing?" Eyes narrow as something else occurs to him. "Hey wait a minute. How did you handle it without being affected as well?"
4 Feb 14, 04:50 PM
Brier: She nods, "I know, and I'm sorry I pulled you out, I really am, I shouldn't have...I shouldn't have done it." She should feel worse about that than she did. She bit her lip, "I didn't, but I thought if there was a chance it could work, or if it could help you feel better about yourself maybe, either way it would be good, and...so I did it." She bites her lip, still not looking at him. "I...couldn't...I was." She said simply.
4 Feb 14, 04:54 PM
Dare: Watches her and sees she doesn't regret the risk, just the offense. She had just justified using dark magic for a good end, taking risks with something which could have meant real danger for her but because it was him...she had risked it. he could feel his hand gripping hers tighter as she spoke, though he hoped not painfully. "So...you did it for my good? or for what you wanted, Brier? Which?" And then he skipped past the part where she said she couldn't know for the moment and said "And? Tell me what it did to you, Brier Summerby, I think you owe me that."
4 Feb 14, 05:01 PM
Brier: She thinks about that, really thinks for a long stretch of a moment. "Both" she admits. "I thought if I could help you...and also satisfy what I wanted to know, then...because I knew there was a chance you wouldn't feel the same way even if you understood those feelings, so there was a chance even if I succeeded there wouldn't be...so both." If anyone else had said it, she'd have snapped at them, but he was right, she owed him that, and probably more. "/Everything/" she murmured, it was like having a veil over your emotions suddenly ripped out. "Anger, joy, sadness, everything you can think of it and it was like I couldn't control it, any of it, overwhelming. I had it on for several days because I didn't want anyone to find it, so by the time I got it off, there was no repressing /anything/ anymore."
4 Feb 14, 05:09 PM
Dare: He frowned. She wasn't making it easier for him with that answer. But her other answer was better. "So, when did you take it off and why? of me, that is. After all that work and effort and decision making?"
4 Feb 14, 05:11 PM
Brier: A sheepish look. "It was only on your shirt" she answers, "so when the shirt came off, the pin came off. When I left that morning, I took it with me." For a moment she looks a bit bothered. "It wasn't there long, so I don't know how much of what happened with us was the spell and how much was...well..you...us."
4 Feb 14, 05:17 PM
Dare: Ah, the shirt which he hadn't removed till awhile after they had performed that night. He remember them realizing they were both still clothed and then sheepishly removing stuff that no longer mattered. "Well according to the magic in this," he motioned at the book, "It was always both of us, just without barriers. So you only took away our ability to hide ourselves." He frowned again. "I don't like that, but I see why you did it. But you took a big risk Brier, and not just with your self." He thought again for a moment. "I accept your apology and I'm glad you told me this, but I still think you owe me. We'll set that aside for now if you promise not to do anything like this again without telling me first."
4 Feb 14, 05:22 PM
Brier: Of course he didn't like it, but at least she could be sure that everything that had happened had been without magical influence. She nods, still staring at the wood, which was beginning to blur. "I know" She closes her eyes, barely hearing him accept the apology. She nods, "anything" she agrees. "Name it." She nods, looking miserable despite having gotten off the hook. "I promise" She felt awful and din't completely understand why. She took a deep breath and swallowed hard. "I should...get the book back."
4 Feb 14, 05:28 PM
Dare: Seeing her being miserable made him feel worse. 'Someday i will, not now. Right now I think you need to understand something more. Leave the book, I'll get it back later. Come here," He pulled her over onto his lap, something days ago he wouldn't have even contemplated but now felt right. he moved her so she was straddling him and pulled her right up against him before he looked her in the eyes, a hand on either side of her face. "Brier, that doesn't change the way i feel about you. You are an amazingly talented, smart, beautiful gir-- woman. You have opened my eyes up to you and the world and I can't be unhappy about that part, I rejoice in the fact you liked me enough to try." he kissed her, showing his own desire for her in it, feeling the fact if there weren't people here he would have taken her on the table itself. "I want you. I need you. I love you, Brier Summerby, and you'd better snap out of being sad cause I want to see that smile again that lightens the world up." Kisses her
4 Feb 14, 05:28 PM
Dare: deeply emotional.
4 Feb 14, 05:44 PM
Brier: He speaks and she looks up, confused but willing enough when he pulls her into his lap. It was comforting, having him close, but surprising also, because she'd expected him to be more angry. Aware they're in the library, but relieved not to have lost him, she doesn't resist as she straddles him, leaning into his touch on her cheek. "It..doesn't?" That got her attention and her eyes moved up to his slowly. He kissed her and she kissed him back, relief, and an intense desire to make him understand how sorry she was, how much she needed him. "I..." she stares into his eyes as the kiss breaks too. "I love you too, Darius." A soft, shaky sort of smile, born more from relief and realization. She reaches up, wraps her arms around his neck and sighs against his lips. .
4 Feb 14, 05:52 PM
Dare: he feels the relief and hopes he has gotten through to her. Her similar response about love confirms it. "Then we're good. Brier, I told you you are mine." His face turned hard for only a moment before he looked a bit humorous. "I'm not giving you up that easily." Hand slides around her rear under the edge of the table possessively as his other stays around her waist keeping her very much pressed against him.
4 Feb 14, 05:54 PM
Brier: She nods, "good" she murmurs. His hands move and she blushes, not so much for what he's done as where they are. "Dare.."
4 Feb 14, 05:58 PM
Dare: When she blushes he says in a firm tone "No Brier, no one can see right now, but I don't care. Everyone should know I am claiming you as mine. I don't want anyone messing with you." he grimly smiles and kisses her throat halfway down as he feels the full feeling of control and lust in his mind over it
4 Feb 14, 06:00 PM
Brier: Surprised by the firmness in his voice, and by his behavior, she wonders what else it is the spell might have unearthed in him. "O-okay" The smile is strange somehow and she searches his eyes for a moment. When he kisses her throat, her eyes close, and she bites her lip, trying not to make any noise.
4 Feb 14, 06:04 PM
Dare: When she submits, he feels powerful and it reminds him of something he needs to speak with her about, something she isn't aware of about him and the realization of it makes him feel a little less powerful suddenly. "Okay come on, I'll deal with the book later, there's something we need to talk about and not here. My room I think." he patted her on the @ss to get her to move and then wrapped the book up sliding it in his bag before she could object and then took a few of the others up to check out, holding her hand.
4 Feb 14, 06:07 PM
Brier: She nods, still staring at him as if she has no idea who she's looking at. "Talk about? Okay then, sure." When he moves to put the book in his bag she opens her mouth to protest it, but the moment is gone almost instantly. Following him to the desk, she stands, watching him, all the while thinking it was possible she'd done more than she'd bargained for.
4 Feb 14, 06:09 PM
Dare: He heads back to the dorm as quick as he can with her saying only "Yes, talk about. Since we're revealing secrets, I have one I need to tell you about before you decide to keep me. If you do"
4 Feb 14, 06:12 PM
Brier: A secret? He seemed hesitant all the sudden, more like she was used to. "I don't think you could tell me anything right now that would change that" she tells him, "but okay." She walks with him back to the dungeons, considering this.
4 Feb 14, 06:15 PM
Dare: Flashes her a smile as she says it, but opens the door again saying "I love to hear you say that, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed." Once they get back to his room (having passed quite a few people in the halls who clearly noticed their handholding) he motioned to the bed as he dug in his locker and pulled out a book of poetry and came to sit snuggled up beside her on the bed handing her the book. "Go ahead and look and I'll explain."
4 Feb 14, 06:21 PM
Brier: Curious, and still reeling slightly from earlier events, she nods her head. Entering his dorm, she crawls into his bed, settling cross-legged at the head of it. He pulled out a book of poetry and she arched an eyebrow, wondering if he was about to tell her he had a secret soft spot for ancient rhymes. Opening the book, she flipped through the pages for a moment, scanning them before she looks up, giving him a confused look. "Poetry?"
4 Feb 14, 06:23 PM
Dare: He nods. "It was written by one of my ancestors. it's all coded poisons. It's also why I knew what to do when you turned sick, Brier," he said suddenly nervous, "I have a real....flair for poisons. I'm like, very good at using them." Waits for the reaction.
4 Feb 14, 06:27 PM
Brier: Wide eyes and she glances at the book as though it might grow teeth and bite her, "poisons?" She looks up at him, unsure. "That's...clever I guess." Then he continues and she stops, eyes going wide. "Wait, flair for...good at.../using/ them?" She looks as if she's been hexed. "You've poisoned p-people?" She looks, at this moment, very very frightened by the concept.
4 Feb 14, 06:33 PM
Dare: Looks at her and nods, then shakes his head, but he is clearly going shy again as he speaks. "N-no, no people. I've got, uh, this thing about dogs though. they terrify me..." He looks a trifle scared too, but he holds back on it for the moment. "There are some people I've wanted to do it too personally," he frowned slightly, "But Vin convinced me not to."
4 Feb 14, 06:37 PM
Brier: She exhales, realizing she'd stopped breathing. She knew the thing about the dogs already, but wasn't sure she should tell him that. "I don't much like them either" she murmurs, trying to find her bearings and buy herself some time. "Y-you...you've thought about...wanted to...to kill..." She feels sick, "w-well, that's g-good I guess." She goes silent, deeply thoughtful. If Vin was the only thing keeping him from poisoning someone, what would stop him when his brother graduated? "B-but, he's leaving soon, so there w-won't be anyone to...to convince you n-not to."
4 Feb 14, 06:41 PM
Dare: He nods. 'Bullies. A snorer in my dorm who I can't stand. People who have shoved my face in the wall and called me names. Yes. I've thought about it. I know how I would do it too, but I have not." At her words he gives her a look of 'not smart.' "Brier. When Vin is gone if you still want me, you would tell me. I trust you, Brier, and I'm calling in that favor you owe me if you can stand it for me." Face both serious and worried.
4 Feb 14, 06:45 PM
Brier: Ah, revenge, that she sort of got. She hesitates, nods, but then, in a very small voice as though she knows he won't appreciate the question but has to ask. "So you would never...not /me/ right?"
4 Feb 14, 06:51 PM
Dare: Sitting right next to her, he felt her hesitation, knew this was a big step for her. He had always known people did not like to hear that someone poisoned people and was good at it. It was why he hid it from everyone except Vin. Even his mother suspected but did not know. Looks horrified at her words! "No Brier! Not you! You are mine, I love you!" he threw his arms around her holding her close, feeling the preciousness that made up Brier Summerby in his arms. "Only Vin thinks he knows, mom suspects. You are the only person who knows any real truth behind it." See, he seemed to say, this is how much I trust you. With my life.
4 Feb 14, 06:55 PM
Brier: The reaction, the strength of it, and then she's in his arms and all she can think about is how happy she is to be there. Still not sure about the rest, but..."Okay Dare, then...." She lays her head on his shoulder, nose in the curve of his throat and sighs. "Okay" Hesitation then, "the only one?" she murmurs, surprised.
4 Feb 14, 06:58 PM
Dare: Relief at her admittance she would deal, thankful he has someone to depend on like Vin. Knows he needs it. "Thank you, Brier, I really didn't want to lie to you." He nods to her question. "The only one."
4 Feb 14, 07:01 PM
Brier: Shifting slightly so she can press her lips to his throat without moving from his shoulder, she sighs, "and I won't lie to you either" She pauses, "so does this mean I'm forgiven?"
4 Feb 14, 07:04 PM
Dare: Feels her lips on his throat and sighs. "Yes Brier, I forgive you. Now we've both told the worst, trusted each other with the bad stuff." Holds out his arms a moment as if to show himself off. "Am I really hard to live with? For a boyfriend?" covers slip
4 Feb 14, 07:06 PM
Brier: She continues a lingering trail up to his jaw, pulling back for just a moment. "Good" she murmurs, pulling back more fully at his question, she smirks. "I suppose I'll keep you" she answers.
4 Feb 14, 07:24 PM
Dare: Grins finally and nods. 'Very good." And when she leans back and looks at him "Oh good, cause I'm not letting you go either. So no more worrying in your head, okay?"
4 Feb 14, 07:26 PM
Brier: She raises up full before sliding down into his bed, relaxing slightly before she turns to pout at him playfully. "Fine" She hesitates for a moment. "So what now?" Where exactly did two people go from a morning like the one they'd just had?
4 Feb 14, 07:29 PM
Dare: He lifts the cover for her when she moves seeing her intention and then kicks off his own shoes before getting under what he was beginning to think of as his side. "Um, maybe just some cuddling?" Looks hopeful, but hesitant.
4 Feb 14, 07:30 PM
Brier: Surprised, she just looks at him for a moment, and then moves closer, laying her head on his chest and curving into his side. "Cuddling" she repeats. "I can do that."
4 Feb 14, 07:33 PM
Dare: "The rest, I don't know. You said we had to see how things went." Puts his arm around her touches the end of her nose with a single finger "And I think you were right."
4 Feb 14, 07:36 PM
Brier: She exhales, relaxing fully. "Right" she agrees, wrinkling her nose at him when he touches it. "We'll wait and see."

[Shava]

4 Feb 14, 07:52 PM
Brier: A flash of green flame and she appears, stepping out of the floo and brushing the dust from her skirt. Taking a deep breath, she glances around before realizing Darius would likely be in his lab or in his study this time of day. Trying the study first and finding it empty, she heads for the lab, knocking softly. "Anything dangerous I should know about before I come in?"
4 Feb 14, 07:54 PM
Dare: Hearing her voice a smile comes to his face as he turns stripping off the gloves. "Nope! All clear, just writing down results."
4 Feb 14, 07:59 PM
Brier: She comes in, sliding of the pair of exceptionally tall heels she'd been wearing and leaving them by the door. She glances around the room, and, spotting him, smiles tiredly. "What were you testing today?"
4 Feb 14, 08:02 PM
Dare: Turns and seeing her slip off the heels, puts the notebook down. "Variants on the draught of peace seeing if there is a way to get something better then the calming draughts with it." Slides an arm around her middle when she is closer, giving her a welcome home kiss. "How was work today, My Wild Rose?"
4 Feb 14, 08:05 PM
Brier: Looking interested for a moment, "any big breakthroughs?" She goes into his arms, but gives him a dark look when he mentions work. "Don't ask" she tells him, and then, after a moment. "I'm going to /kill/ Smithers. Nowhere in my job description does it say I'm supposed to be running his errands, and still I spent an hour this morning picking up his dry cleaning and his coffee." She almost growls, "I"d like to drop something /in/ his morning coffee."
4 Feb 14, 08:09 PM
Dare: "Big? Not really, just a few things which might lead in the right direction. Promising though." Listens to her frustration and eyes cross partly "Why does he assume you do everything he asks?" goes thoughtful at her last words.
4 Feb 14, 08:11 PM
Brier: She smiles, "well, at least that's progress." An irritated look, "Because I do. He's in charge of who gets the staff promotions at the end of the year. If I don't do what he says, I don't get the job." Catching the look in his eye, she shoots him one of her own. "No, Dare"
4 Feb 14, 08:15 PM
Dare: Knows she finds his results interesting but not enough for doing the work herself so he smiled. "Thanks." Looks irritated as she becomes more so. "Well that's not fair that's abuse of power. Someone needs to take him down a notch then." Looks iffy as she warns him. "What? It's just a little sickness, nothing damaging. make him feel distracted..." Sees the look in her eyes and frowns. "But he's bothering you, taking advantage of you."
4 Feb 14, 08:21 PM
Brier: She nods, "I know, and its bloody awful, believe me, but its part of it, paying your dues and such." She shakes her head, "and someone might, but that someone doesn't need to be you." She tries a different track, "if, for any reason, someone figured out what happened and traced it back, it would cost me my job, and possibly more. Its not worth it, love." She smirks, "Oh, he's already feeling a little sickness" she assures him, "I got a look at the reports on international trade projections for next year. "He's going to be in really hot water." She nods, "yes, he's bothering me, but that doesn't mean I get to poison him." She shrugs, "I just have to wait until I'm a bit higher up, I can get revenge then, without drawing attention."
4 Feb 14, 08:25 PM
Dare: Shakes his head. "I know it doesn't need to be, Brier, but it could be." Personal welfare was a small thing in his mind to protecting brier who got everything h e had. "Merlin brier! If he's getting away with it with you, he's just going to do it more to the next! You are adding to his belief of superiority!" Looks as if he would say more, but hears her warning sound in her words towards him. "If you're sure..." Doesn't seem entirely convinced.
4 Feb 14, 08:29 PM
Brier: "I know it could, and believe me, I have moments where I'm tempted, but.." She sighs, "its not worth the risk, Dare, it just isn't." She wraps her arms around his neck and kisses him softly. She nods, "I know, which is why I made a point of mentioning to him during the monthly staff meeting with the head of the department that I left his dry cleaning in his office" she smirks, "they had a rather long meeting to themselves afterwards." She smiles at him, "how about once you wrap up in here, you can help me forget about it instead?" She gives him a slightly longer, more lingering kiss and a come hither sort of look.
4 Feb 14, 08:33 PM
Dare: When she mentions risk he back off the subject, giving her a long suffering look. "Well...okay. But I have a bunch I can use if you want, just tell me. What kind of coffee does he like that he keeps sending you out for?" Then smiles at her next statement. "Good for you!" Knows two methods off the top of his head that would work well on the man. Pulls off apron and tosses it on the floor, not his normal thing at all. "Wrapped," he said with some eagerness.
4 Feb 14, 08:37 PM
Brier: She grins, "you'll be the first to know I promise." Knowing she's got him distracted, she tries hard not to grin when he drops the apron to the floor. Pressing herself close, she kisses him deeply, tenderly. "It is" she pulls away, kisses his jaw softly before moving down to his throat and breathing against his skin. "Very good to be home."
4 Feb 14, 08:42 PM
Dare: Smiles as he notes she skips over the coffee question but his mind sets the subject aside for the moment to keep her from thinking he is still on the scent. Returns the kiss with interest and whispers back "So much better then potions..." as his hands run up her arms and notes that she must have left her robes at work again. "I think," he said slipping his arms under her legs and sweeping her up in his arms, "time to see if the guest room bed is good enough for our guests" since it was closer.
4 Feb 14, 08:44 PM
Brier: "That, Mr. Silver, is a very high compliment coming from you" she glances up to give him a cheeky sort of smile. He sweeps her up and she laughs softly. She turns her head and kisses him again. "Seems perfectly reasonable" with a wicked sort of look in her eyes as she grins. \
4 Feb 14, 08:47 PM
Dare: Smiles back nodding. 'Smell much better as well, taste I bet will show my favorite flavor..." laughs softly back at her and goes through the door and turns to the guest room. "Have to do these sorts of tests now before we have little kids underfoot anyway, right?" Kicks the door open and walks towards the bed with an eager grin
4 Feb 14, 08:51 PM
Brier: Another laugh as she feels the tension from the day ebbing out. She nods, "right" and then, for a moment, she thinks about that. Kids, its a big word for the two of them. For him because he hadn't thought he'd have any, and for her because, well, didn't she want to establish herself first? But the imagine of toddlers, small and smiling with her eyes and some random color variation for hair tugs at her.
4 Feb 14, 08:58 PM
Dare: "Hmm, for complete distraction," he said like he was reading a potion list, "First begin with one willing wife," sets down on bed. "Add one hundred kisses from a devoted husband," and began kissing her around her neck
4 Feb 14, 10:22 PM
Brier S: "Check" and she grins, enjoying his teasing mood. He begins kissing her and she sighs. "Mmm" and grasps his shoulders, pulling him closer. "I like this formula."

4 Feb 14, 10:30 PM
Darius: His grin was big as he lifted her back with one arm as he unzipped her dress, slipping it off smoothly from long pracice and then whispered "Strip one dress and explore."
4 Feb 14, 10:51 PM
Brier S: Shimmying out of the dress, she took his face in her hands and kissed him, smiling softly against his lips. "We're going to be late for dinner with Vin and Keela" she warns.

4 Feb 14, 10:53 PM
Darius: Momentary panic in his eyes followed by a sharp look. "You said you wanted distraction, darling, if you can't talk your sister out of being irritated then you aren't who I think you are." Runs one hand into her bra with a wink as he kisses her neck again, going down for the shoulder neck spot.
4 Feb 14, 11:07 PM
Brier S: She narrows her eyes at him, smirking. "You try talking Keela out of /anything/" she points out, but then gives in, running her hands up and underneath his shirt and sighing.

4 Feb 14, 11:12 PM
[×] Darius: He chuckles but lowers his face to her chest to help her need for speed and tickling her with his tongue. As she ran her hands under his shirt he released her with one hand long enough to run his finger down the front of his shirt with a non verbal (which would have been impossible with his current actions) and his shirt popped open for her allowing very easy access.
5 Feb 14, 12:53 AM
Brier: She gets, for a moment, an appreciative look. "Very nice" and whether she's referring to the view or the spell is anyone's guess. Leaning up, she kisses, first his throat, then down to his shoulder and beyond over his chest, hands going lower as well as she unbuttons his pants and glances up to smirk at him.

5 Feb 14, 01:04 AM
Darius: Liking the compliment, Dare worked the tounge more around her and felt her unwrapping him so released her for a moment before saying "Ah, the express postion. Since you are there, if you can grab my stirrer, I'll get the cauldron ready for the final ingredients..." And grinning at her he kissed her deeply as his fingers rand down her body headed for her legs.

5 Feb 14, 01:08 AM
Brier: She arched slightly in response, a soft moan before she began stroking him, glancing back up with a cheeky sort of smile. "Like this?" She smirks, "you know I've never been very good at potions, love."

5 Feb 14, 01:19 AM
[×] Darius: With a smile he kissed her full on the mouth in response showing he liked her handling indeed and slid his fingers down into her underwear, stroking with deft fingers, used to getting a response from teasing in the right places and familiar with the home turf indeed. When he broke the kiss for a second only he said "Oh don't worry love, I'll take care of the rest, but you assist me very well," feeling himself harden rapidly under her ministrations.
5 Feb 14, 01:24 AM
Brier: "I aim to please, Mr. Silver" kissing him back, the hand that wasn't busy down below slid up his chest, brushing his skin as she moved up to his cheek and then into his hair, enjoying the feel of it against her fingers.

5 Feb 14, 01:28 AM
Darius: He let out a moan as he decided she was ready enough for the time they had and slipped both hands down, using one to lift her back a bit si he sould slip her panties off and the other pulling them down to where a foot could hook them off the rest of the way. Her hands were very distracting indeed and his deep desires for her were kept to a boiling point as she usually had his number