Ally/Vin

[Shava]

4 Apr 14, 12:14 AM
Ally: She sat on the cliff's edge, arms propped on her knees, looking out at the water. It had been a week since she'd gone to London to meet Cameron and had her near-miss with her father. She brushed her fingers over her side touching both cloth and bare skin in the tank top she wore. She'd kept it hidden from her parents, knowing her mother would disapprove and unsure how her father would respond, especially since she was nearly positive he knew someone had been in her room that night. She wondered for a brief moment what Cameron was doing, where Aiden was. She missed them both for very different reasons, and sleeping alone after so many days with someone else had taken some adjusting anyway.

4 Apr 14, 12:19 AM
Vincent: Sent by his wife to round up the kids for a lesson in something, VIn had found the wind near the manor too much for flying so was walking fairly sure where Ally would be. spotting her by the cliff and knowing she wouldn't be able to hear him due to the surf, he walked right up to her. He was almost there when he saw the line down her side and tilted his head curious till he got closer and saw the sleeves she had tossed aside to hide it. One and one made two and he was smirking as he suddenly without much warning sat down beside her.

4 Apr 14, 12:21 AM
Ally: He sat down next to her and she jumped only slightly before she turned her head. The tattoo was gone in an instant. "Hi dad"

4 Apr 14, 12:31 AM
Vincen: He grinned at her. "Too late, saw it. Italian right?" he waited for her to react, playing his cards smooth as always, waiting for her to speak before he let her know whether she was in trouble or not

4 Apr 14, 12:34 AM
Ally: She very briefly considered playing dumb, and for a longer moment considered telling him it wasn't real, but this was her father, and she never lied to him. Withheld information in the case of Cameron in her room the one time, but never lied. The ink reappeared and she nodded. "Live with no regrets" she told him. "I thought it fit." She watched his eyes carefully, but they betrayed nothing yet. She had now idea whether she was in trouble or not, and it earned him a frustrated look. Why couldn't he have a lecturing voice like other dads?

4 Apr 14, 12:46 AM
Vincen: "Well you're not in trouble for that, but mom will have to wait a minute while we talk. COuple of issues I have with this you need to understand. Although if you had just gotten some mindless we would be having this talk in front of mom, understood?"

4 Apr 14, 12:46 AM
Vincen: *thing

4 Apr 14, 12:50 AM
Ally: She nodded. Okay, so not in trouble for the tattoo, but then, what? "Understood" Her eyes had widened slightly at the thought of having to talk about this in front of her mother, she might have even flinched.

4 Apr 14, 12:55 AM
Vincen: He nodded at her short answer, pleased with his daughter's directness and understanding. that made things so much easier. "Okay so, yes you picked something which means something, that's good. But first off, you got that before you were sixteen. And I want to remind you there's still another year of us protecting you before you are off on your own to screw up or make it as you see fit. We'll always love you, but as parents we took on a great responsibility to make sure you were just not safe, but that we would teach you about right and wrong and how to watch out for life mistakes." He breathed out, a frown appearing, though not a deep one. "Not telling me at least you were thinking about getting one feels a bit like a smack in the face with no regards about what I see my job as. Got me so far?"

4 Apr 14, 01:02 AM
Ally: She nodded. "Got you" she said, softer than before and with a bit of a guilty look in the eyes. She should have known the not telling would bother him. "I'm sorry, I just wasn't sure how you'd react and..." She'd been afraid he'd say no. Doing something she thought he might be against was one thing, going directly against him was another. She goes quiet, waiting for him to continue.

4 Apr 14, 01:06 AM
Vincen: He nodded, his frown lessening some. "Right, you did what you wanted to, knowing I might have said no to it. I totally got that part." He reached over and took her chin a second, looking down into her eyes. "But that's my choice, dearheart, and if something had gone wrong, I would consider myself having failed. That choice is not yours to make yet. My heart and your mothers also rest on those decisions and that part I am a bit angry about. Don't do something like that again without at least owling me and waiting for a response before you are legal. All right?" there was a touch of worry in his eyes.

4 Apr 14, 01:16 AM
Ally: He had a knack for getting to the heart of things, maybe she'd gotten it from him. When he took her chin, she found it hard to look him in the eye. She tried, but found her gaze darting past him, above him, anywhere but directly into his eyes. That worried look was hard to take. If it had gone...what could have gone wrong? But she knew there were a million things. If she had gotten hurt or lost. If Cameron hadn't known what he was doing. She'd trusted him to take care of her, but her father had no such assurances, and she realized she'd been a little foolish with that part. Cam was only sixteen after all, not much older than she was. He continued, speaking over her thoughts. "I won't" she told him sincerely. "I didn't mean to worry you guys. We just went to London and back, nothing..." and then she realized her mistake. She'd very clearly said 'we'. "What I mean is..." she flinched, and before she could stop herself. "d@mn it" she murmured under her breath.

4 Apr 14, 01:23 AM
Vincen: He smirked and his eyes said it all; he had already known about the boy. "Oh yeah, a bit muscled for you I would have thought. that surprised me." And his eyes also said her mother didn't know much about that prt, but VIn had already long ago set up anti-pregnancy charms under his daughters bed in particular as well as her brothers. "But thank for confirming my daughter tries to keep things from her father she thinks he will object to." Pursing his lips he said after a moment "See, if you talk to me first, I can give you a break somewhat. Without telling me, mom hears it first off. Have ou at least learned the charm by now? Please tell me I didn't raise a reckless girl."

4 Apr 14, 01:33 AM
Ally: The look in his eyes was worth a thousand words. He had known, just as she had suspected. "His name is Cameron" she shrugged. On the list of conversations she did not fancy having with her father, this was at least top ten. She wanted to deny the statement, knew that she couldn't, so she sighed. "I...." what could she say? "It just kind of happened, it wasn't something I planned on really. The thing with Cameron I mean, not the tattoo." That she had most definitely planned. There it was, her father rarely ever looked very typically father-ish, but the look on his face just then. She shrank, not out of fear but rather guilt. She hated disappointing him. Her eyes widen "mom knows?" Surely not, she'd have heard about it by now. She gives him a look, which breaks through the respectful demeanor somewhat and leaves her age showing. "You did raise a reckless girl, but not a stupid one. Yes, he taught it to me after the first..." the sentence breaks off suddenly. "I know it."

4 Apr 14, 01:40 AM
Vincen: "Good name. Hopefully more brains then he looked." Of course, Vin certainly hoped his daughter only went after quality guys. Like father like daughter, he would have to give Keela that fifty galleons. "Sort of a celebration of pulling it off I mean The tattoo of course is what I was thinking of..." She'd better not be celebrating pulling one over on her old man. Gah, was he that kind of father? He shuddered slightly. "Not yet, been trying to think how to tell her. Your answers to the rest of this conversation will influence that a lot." He laughed out loud. "Ah yes, like father like daughter. Good. Seems your mother was right who you would take after." His eyes looked suddenly worried about that, spoiling the laughte rin his face as he remembered some of what he had done.

4 Apr 14, 01:46 AM
Ally: She arched an eyebrow at him. "Of course" She shrugged, "I guess. It was kind of...heat of the moment." She felt less embarrassed than just awkward. Ally didn't embarrass easily, especially not with her father. She looked at him for a long moment, wondered what he was thinking. Long shot, but she had to try. "Couldn't we just...not tell her?" They did, after all, have a secret or two between them, but she doubted this would be allowed to that category. Her mother, she knew, hadn't been with anyone except her father, and she blanched at the idea of having to tell her she'd given her virginity to someone she didn't even love, much less intend to marry. That caught her attention, quickly, and it was obvious. "Ask away" She smirked, "Luke is just like mom, did you really think I was going to follow suit?" His face changed, the amusement faded, and she studied him. "Dad? What's wrong?"

4 Apr 14, 01:53 AM
Vincen: He looked her in the eye for a moment before he said softly "Ally. You know what I see when I see you? Not just my daring and beautiful daughter, but her bueaty reflected in your face, knowing she wanted me to be your father, cherished me for such a deep and abiding moment as that. Think about how that makes me feel, the idea of lying or concealing something from her directly, something she is as worried about as I was. Your first boy..." he sighed and shook his head. "No, this conversation will only say how I spin it." After a moment of remembering, his eyes focused back on her. "Uh, maybe someday I will tel lyou. But not this moment. Ask me again when you next send me an owl about what you are thinking of getting in trouble doing." He sighed. This was harder then he had thought it would be. "There is something else we need to talk about Ally, and it's more serious I'm afraid."

4 Apr 14, 01:57 AM
Ally: It was his romantic side, she decided, coming out in that. He was a bit surprising that way she guessed, and she wondered if it had been one of the things that drew her mother. "I...didn't think about it like that' she admitted. "Okay, I get it, you have to tell her." She sounds, if possible, even less enthused by that prospect, but she is resigned to it. She smirked, thinking of how Cameron would react to being called 'boy'. But he had said first, implying there would be more. She'd known that, of course, but she hadn't thought about it much, Cameron had a way of taking over whatever spot he was placed in in a person's life she wagered. "Okay, I will." She tensed, looking up at him with an expression that communicated just how much she dreaded what was on the other end of that sentence, "Okay"

4 Apr 14, 02:03 AM
Vincen: He nodded. "It's one of the things you learn when you pick someone for life, Ally, that you give them everything you have, every day, every second. That kind of trust should never be betrayed. Remember that and it's a lesson I am willing to see reflected in your eyes." He sighed again, feeling like he was doing that too much. "You also have a lot of my mom in you, and she has a certain disregard for all laws which she can work her way around." He pulled her into a hug and touched her nose with the tip of his finger. "I see it in your eyes, but there's a difference. She has the money, age, and will to drive it into those she has already terrorized in the past to pull off stuff she shouldn't get away with. She has a way of ignoring limits and you have some of that, but not nearly as much as she has. And she already had half the school under her thumb by your age."

4 Apr 14, 02:07 AM
Ally: She makes a face. 'For life' was a very long time. "I don't think I'll ever..." She shakes her head, "the rest of my life is really long time dad" Especially to spend with one person. She grinned at the thought of his mother, who she loved being around very much. "She's awesome" she declared, eyes bright. There was a certain envy in her look as he continued. "I bet you broke a lot of rules too" she accuses, going into his arms easily enough and softening when he touched her nose, though she wrinkled it at him. "I don't want half the school" she assured him, then couldn't resist adding. "Maybe like a quarter"

4 Apr 14, 02:12 AM
Vincen: Yeah, he could hear it in her. She was way too much like his mother and that was what scared him. "Yes wel lthe point is with this tattoo you've already broken the law, which was placed there to keep kids who couldn't change their skin from making life long marks they were stuck with, and regreting years later. Plus, to avoid that law a lot of kids went in the past to the slightly more illegal places where some of them got diseases from the needles and disfiguring, mispelled tats they couldn't remove either. Regardless, that law was there to make sure people thought first. And you didn't care it seems, you faked it and went ahead. That's the problem we have to talk about. Where people do it once, it's easier to break it again, and another maybe bigger one... And our family has a large percentage of dark wizards and witches you know."

4 Apr 14, 02:15 AM
Ally: She arched an eyebrow at him. "But I'm not those kids" she argued, feeling she had a relatively good point, "and I'm not a muggle, our immune systems are different." Another look as he continued, this one slightly offended. "Dad, I got a tattoo, its not like I've been out cursing people or something." She didn't see the connection, it was such a big leap, wasn't it?

4 Apr 14, 02:20 AM
Vincen: He shook his head. "I didn't say you so much as the law is there for a reason. And yeah, I did do a lot of stuff I should have gottne my behind smacked for, but none of them were the law in truth." Rules at school were something he wasn't going to go into. "Take the forbidden forest. There are a number of reasons to keep kids out of there, including the ones that suck your organs out through their fangs and eat you alive before there could be any possibilty of escape. You don't know all of those till the seventh year classes, but the rule is there to protect you for that very reason. When you edge or work your way around it, you expose yourself to things we can't protect you from. And if you go in the forest and survive by luck of the moment, don't you think you'd be tempted to try it again?"

4 Apr 14, 02:23 AM
Ally: She listened, she really did, and when he had finished she was forced to admit he had a point, grudgingly. "Probably" she admitted. Her eyes told him she understood what he was trying to tell her. "So how do you distinguish between the ones that are breakable and the ones that aren't?" She'd never have asked her mother this question, but she expected her father to understand what she meant.

4 Apr 14, 02:29 AM
Vincen: Pursing his lips, Vin removed his finger from her nose and tapped his own head. "Unfortuantely experience. I pushed a lot of boundaries, but I never completely broke the laws and you know what? I got the best reward in the world for that." he touched her cheek with fingers ever so lightly as his voice dropped. "I got the chance to have you as my daughter." The implication was deep; if Vin had been a law breaker, he would never have won Keela and never had Ally and her brother. It also implied that the holding back led to greater rewards. "We've always had law breakers in our family, love, but I can show you the historyof most of them. They had horribly tough lives and lost limbs, eyes, legs, all kinds of tortures and pursuits. They lived rough and got rough because of it. And you have a chance still to toe a line to some degree and still have things the way you'd like them within reason. Cross the Ministry and things go downhill pretty fast. I can't protect you from all of that, only help, you understand me? Even your grandmother doesn't have enough weight to throw around to get you out of anything, though she'd like to think so. And she nearly died after each child she had because of some of that..."

4 Apr 14, 02:34 AM
Ally: What he was telling her was a great deal to take in and it did, as intended, sink in and take root somewhere deep down, a reminder that there were consequences for her actions, sometimes those consequences were much bigger than she was willing to face. "I'll be careful, and I won't do anything illegal again, I promise." She meant it. Breaking school rules was one thing, but she had begun to realize breaking the law was another. She snuggled into his chest, more child than woman in that moment despite her recent experience. "I"m really sorry I scared you" she told him.

4 Apr 14, 02:50 AM
Vincen: This time the words stuck and he hugged her tightly as she responded, making sure she felt the fact he still loved her, not needing to say the words with this one. He kissed the top of her head and whispered to her ear "Well that's good. I can accept your word. I trust you, Ally, to find your own way, but I'm going to take care of you as long as I can, you know. But yes please, don't scare me too much, all right? If I had gone down that track, you wouldn't be here. WHo knows what miricle you will have of your own if you remember it? I want you to be as blissfully in love as I am. Really." And when he released her he stood, helpined her up. "Come on. We're going to go back and you are going t hug your mother very tightly and she's going to teach you and your brother something and then tonight once you've gone to bed I'll talk to her."

[Shava]

4 Apr 14, 04:33 PM
Vincen: There were a few times VIncent had thought about going up from his shop to intercept his daughter in and out of classes, but this had to be a new one. Going to the gate ne leaned against it and settled to wait, suspecting they wouldn't be gone a long long time, just part of the morning. He remembered being a teenager; it went far faster then later on when you discovered real tenderness. Looking around, he waited.

4 Apr 14, 04:40 PM
Ally: She approached the gate, startled to see a figure at the gate. She glanced at Cameron out of the corner of her eye. "Someone's there" she murmured softly, another few feet and she could make out the hair. Every muscle in her body went tense and she bit her lip. This was not going to be fun. When she was within speaking distance, she met his gaze, conscious of her still-flushed face and bright eyes. "Hi dad, I guess I don't have to ask what brings you here..."

4 Apr 14, 04:51 PM
Vincen: Seeing them approach he already had spotted his daughter in advance. He had a moment to examine the young man and figure he could see what she found so tempting about the boy, "Ally, Cameron. Cameron I won't say I'm tickled to meet you, but I do like seeing your face instead of your back across our yard. I think by invitation next time if you don't mind. Why don't you go ahead and head on back. Ally and I have a conversation to finish now that the deed is done."

4 Apr 14, 04:53 PM
Ally: She flinched, watching as Cam disappeared. She turned to her father, knowing she was in trouble, and prepared to face the music. "If I tell you I'll probably never see him outside school again, would that help at all?"

4 Apr 14, 04:57 PM
Vincen: The smile wasn't exactly pleasant, but it wasn't full of anger so much either. "Oh no, I don't think it will make much difference right now I think, but I appreciate you saying it." Stepping closer and ignoring for the moment her hands he reached out and touched her neck, sliding his hand around it as he touched his forehead to hers. "So. Seems saying goodbye to someone involves a lot more physical interaction then it did when I was a boy." And he sniffed once to show he could smell the boy on her still and what that meant to remove all illusions.

4 Apr 14, 05:01 PM
Ally: There was a strangeness in his expression that didn't bode particularly well. She gave him a cautious look, not so much afraid as nervous. "I had a feeling you were going to say something like that" she answered. He spoke, and though she rarely ever did, Ally blushed. So much for skirting around things. Still, there was no use in trying to divert him either. "It...wasn't exactly part of the original plan" she says in response. That was true, it hadn't been, though even she had to acknowledge it had been a possibility. She got the point, he knew exactly what she'd been up to, could still smell Cameron on her, and there was no point being anything but honest. "Like I said, last time" Not that it helped anything, but she felt it was worth stating.

4 Apr 14, 05:05 PM
Vincen: Seeing her blush he was glad she at least knew that what she had done was a wrong thing in his eyes. "I see, going to a guy's house to see his place it didn't fit into your thinking that his bedroom was probably what he wanted to show you the most? Interesting." Motioning to the grass beside the gate he commanded "Sit. We have stuff to talk about, but first, did you learn anything from this?"

4 Apr 14, 05:27 PM
Ally: She bit her lip, something else she had in common with her mother. "He...told me it wasn't why he brought me..." she began, and after a moment added hesitantly, "but I knew it was a possibility, yes." It had been a really amazing bedroom, but that wasn't information she figured her father wanted to hear. She did as he told her, frowning at the commanding tone in his voice. She was really in trouble. Despite her tendencies, she was rarely ever in real trouble with her father. At his question, she was tempted to rattle off something wise-sounding, but instead, she hesitated. Had she learned something? She nodded to herself before she met his eyes again. "I learned that physical relationships without emotional strings are easier said than done" she answered. "I learned that I should probably be more careful who I trust that way."

4 Apr 14, 05:33 PM
Vincen: He muttered "Thank Merlin..." and then assumed a more serious face. "All right we need to talk about motives I think. I don't think you realize how differently guys mind's work even with this recent experience. First off, guys, and I know this far better then you so just listen a minute all right, guys are focused after puberty on sex. As in every other few minutes they are thinking about it or feeling the urges. It's biology. It's how the race has managed to over populate and prevent it's own destruction. And it can be ignored and control by guys, but the majority can't get that into their heads until their twenties usually. There are a few rare exceptions, but if you ask them, I bet you ten galleons each of them will admit truthfully it's on their minds a lot, even the ones not doing anything about it. If they are honest. Maybe you might have seen some evidence of it, but gals while just as intense, can go a lot longer without being constantly thinking about it several times a half hour."

4 Apr 14, 05:40 PM
Ally: She grinned, then seemed to catch herself and it disappeared. She did listen, though as conversations went, this wasn't her favorite. "I know guys have sex on the brain all the time" She smirked, thinking of Olivier and Ryan, but also of Cameron. "Trust me" But then her expression became thoughtful, curious. "What does that have to do with this?"

4 Apr 14, 05:44 PM
Vincen: "Good. But I doubt you think of that when you listen to what a guy tells you either do you? I don't mean the obvious ones who try to get you to make out, but the truly hidden wolves of which I happened to be one back then. It took me a whole year to catch your mother, but I promise you, Ally, my intentions were not honorable. They were get her in my bed just more permenantly. I wanted her hooked, unable to see that what she was being led to might not be in her best interests." He paused to let that sink in before he added "And Cameron's moves sound very familiar to me. I could have written him a playbook he would have liked."

4 Apr 14, 05:49 PM
Ally: She arched an eyebrow. She didn't know anyone like that, did she? Cameron was obvious, some others as well, and the vast majority seemed utterly clueless. She thought of Aiden. "There are exceptions though aren't there. Like Aiden?" She was surprised when he spoke about her mom. "Not in her best interest? What do you mean?" She shrugged, "Cameron and I were friends, I know what he is, and I never thought he was anything else." Another shrug, "not like it matters anymore anyway." The more she thought about it, the more she doubted they'd have anything to do with one another after tonight. She wrinkled her nose, "dad, that's gross" The idea of Cameron taking lessons from her father. She shook her head as though the thought could be shaken out of her mind.

4 Apr 14, 05:54 PM
Vincen: He smile then first time in the conversation. "I know it doesn't sound very reasonable to you and maybe not even possible right now, but trust me when I say I have been that type. I see in Cameron in just a few seconds what I recognize. You might not have anything else to do with him, but I assure you today was about sex more then anything else in some way. And yes, there are exception and you should be paying more attention to them then the wolves. Just promise me you will think about this before you reject it out of hand. I'm not trying to scare you away from guys, but realize that not all the wolves are easy to spot. Got me?"

4 Apr 14, 06:02 PM
Ally: She frowned at that. Had Cameron manipulated her? 'I promise I'm not trying to get you into bed' he had said, but hadn't he? And with no resistance at all despite what he'd said about wanting to work things out with...realization dawned, and with it a combination of hurt and anger. She thought about the picture she'd so carefully placed in her bag, the letters she still had. If her father was right, he had planned the whole thing, and she had walked right into it thinking she knew what she was getting into. When she met his eyes again, her expression had changed drastically. "I...understand" and she did, much better than she had a few moments before.

4 Apr 14, 06:09 PM
Vincen: He saw the look in her eyes change and he nodded, quite seriously. "So the answer to if you are in trouble is yes, but you can work it off on the next break. For right now wise up, kiddo. Learn to watch out for yourself. We'll deal with the rest at home, not out in front of the rest of the world, got it?" This was about family now, very important.

4 Apr 14, 06:14 PM
Ally: She just looked at him for a second. "I think I just decided to stay home over Christmas" she mumbled. Talk about something to look forward to for the next three months, and it wasn't like he ever forgot anything. She sighed, "got it" she sounded miserable. Now she had her thoughts to deal with, the fallout of what she now understood about Cameron, and that to look forward to on top of everything else. The glow went out in seconds.

4 Apr 14, 06:22 PM
Vincen: he ruffled her hair with affection before he pulled her in for a hug. "Well remember, revenge is a dish best eaten cold, Ally. Take your time before you react first. Diving right in with anger is a good way to give others a weapon to use back." As a parent he didn't care for the punishment side of things, but he knew it had to be done as well. "When you need me, you know where I am, tough stuff. And no, this was between us, not your brother or your mother. Let's keep it that way so don't give mama any hints to work with."

4 Apr 14, 06:33 PM
Alleana: She took a deep breath, tried to focus on what he was saying. "I feel really stupid right now" she admitted. She looked up at him. "Yeah, I know" The expression softens slightly. And then becomes incredulous. "Really?"

4 Apr 14, 06:37 PM
Vincen: Poking her in a ticklish spot lightly he chuckled. "Because we understand each other and I trust you to use your head. But if you do something we hear about, your mother is going to get involved. You want that? Or you want to pretend I gave yo advice over a rough patch and things are okay again and you're paying me back for something else during Christmas?" He only waited a moment before muttering "Choose wisely."

4 Apr 14, 06:48 PM
Alli: She giggled, another rarity, listening as he spoke. 'No contest' she thought to herself. "Should I start thinking of something to owe you for now?"

4 Apr 14, 06:54 PM
Vincen: Feeling accomplished that he had wised up his daughter and gotten her brain working again he wondered how many hormone-laden conversations he was going to have with either her or her brother. He wasn't looking forward to them, especially the ones with his son who got too much of his mother in him. Somewhere, nature was laughing her green @ss off at him. He glanced up and stuck out his tongue just in case. "Sure, why not. But you can do it in school. I think this is long enough for him to have gotten all the way back." Pulling her back he kissed her forehead and touched his forehead to hers. "Remember, don't do anything to draw too much news towards us, tough stuff. ANd before you ask I don't mind if that kid Aiden comes by during Christmas break. You may want company for a break by then." Standing again he hugged her and then pushed her towards the open gates, watching til lshe was surely on her way.
4 Apr 14, 07:02 PM
Alli: She arched eyebrow when he stuck his tongue out at the sky but didnt ask.she knew he was telling get to stay out of trouble, but what she heard was 'don't get caught.' He kissed her forehead and she sighed. "Love you, dad." She frowned at the mention of Aiden, but nodded. "Okay" she stood, and hugged him briefly. "See you later" She had never been more grateful for a few minutes to herself.

[Shava]

31 Jan 16, 03:56 PM
Ally: Ally had barely made it through the front door when she called out: "Abraham!" The ghost appeared "welcome ho--" She interrupted. "I need dad" she told him. "Tell him its important."
31 Jan 16, 03:59 PM
Vincent: The ghost nodded and a door appeared on the wall behind him. When she opened the door she saw Vin laid back in an overstuffed chair reading a thick tome. He glanced up and then did a double take seeing her. "Ally? Everything all right?"
31 Jan 16, 04:05 PM
Ally: She stood in the doorway grinning. "Hi dad, everything's fine." The mischief was clearly apparent in her eyes. "I need you to help me find something." Here, she bounced into the room, radiating excitement. "Got any wedding bands around? "
31 Jan 16, 04:08 PM
Vincent: He sat up a bit more as she bounded in saying everything was okay. He was about to refute that verbally when she mentioned what she was there for. Then he sat up all the way saying "Wedding? Come here!" and reached out, catching her by the waist to pull her onto his lap. Looking her in the eye for a half a minute, he then broke into a smile. "So, he asked you?
31 Jan 16, 04:14 PM
Ally: She went eagerly and settled into his lap. Well, as much as Ally ever settled. "Nope" Eyes bright, she gave him a conspiratorial look. "I'm going to ask him." Her excitement rang through every word. "Aunt Brier is already working on the portkey." She realized that there was no wondering who she meant, and she almost laughed.
31 Jan 16, 04:16 PM
[×] Vincent: For a moment Vin gave her the eye then he laughed. "Good girl. So you need rings, huh? Not going to have something oddball thrown together?" Figures she had already gotten Brier into the plot. Vin was amused
31 Jan 16, 04:21 PM
Ally: A nod, "of course" she agreed, "but..." Here she shrugged. "I read up on wedding traditions yesterday. The ring idea just seems...right. Besides, if we get married in China they're big on tradition anyway." She wrinkled her nose. "Its a compromise...sort of."
31 Jan 16, 04:23 PM
Vincent: He blinked. She read up on traditions? He felt a bit surprised but ralied. "Truth, the CHinese people do have long history with ceremonies." He hesitated. "You are just proposing, right? Cause your mother wold be pretty upset if she didn't get to be there for a ceremony like this. I think we both would."
31 Jan 16, 04:29 PM
Ally: She bit her lip, suddenly bearing a strong resemblance to her mother when she was young. "I don't know" she answered honestly. "I was thinking we might do the legal part just us, and then have the full ceremony with everyone. " She gave him a look, "the actual ceremony will take forever to plan and..." She smiled, "I don't want to wait."
31 Jan 16, 04:33 PM
[×] Vincent: Vin watched her, hoping Keela would be able to understand that part. "All right. And of course you don't," he added shaking his head. "So what are you looking for, sets, random rings, something with history, simple, give me something to work with here."
31 Jan 16, 04:39 PM
Ally: Shecstuck her tongue out at him. "You didn't either" she reminded him. "History, uniqueness" She arched a brow at the word simple and laughed.
31 Jan 16, 04:43 PM
Vincent: He made a face at her and patted her butt to tell her to get up. "Okay, I wasn't sure if you wouldn't go simple or what. So probably gold, gems and old. I know where to start at least. Male or female one's first?""
31 Jan 16, 04:48 PM
Ally: She bounced up easily, rocking back on her heels. "His" she answered without hesitation. She wasn't sure what she wanted, but she felt certain she would know it when she saw it. "How long did it take you to find mom's?"
31 Jan 16, 04:57 PM
Vincent: He shook his head. "No time. I gave her the one she was destined to have. It belonged to my great-great grandmother." It had still been in her room too which made it all the better. he led the way to the door saying "Abraham, the green and brown print room please." Opening the door she saw a room she knew nothing about, very victorian gentleman's looking.

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31 Jan 16, 05:02 PM
Ally: She looked between her father and the ghost before she followed her father into the new space, taking it in curiously. "Seriously " she began, "how big is this house? "
31 Jan 16, 05:04 PM
Vincent: A slight smile as he didn't tell her the answer, knowing she couldn't find it anyway. "Enough." He went to the wardrobe and tried three drawers before he pulled out a ring box and showed her a bunch of misc silver and bronze (1 copper one) together in a men's jewelry box.
31 Jan 16, 05:08 PM
Ally: She groaned, "you're never actually going to give me a straight answer are you?" He showed her the box and she studied the different styles , running her fingers over a few. Ultimately however, she shook her head. "Not it" She glanced around the room again. "Have you seen all of it?"
31 Jan 16, 05:11 PM
[×] Vincent: He laughed and shook his head. "your uncle Dare and I spent six months once trying to catalog it all and ended up skimming most of it cause there was too much junk here. I'm not about to tempt you with how much there is, love." He ruffled her hair and pulled another box out passing that over while he put the first one back. This one had mostly gold rings and gem rings in it and bands.
31 Jan 16, 05:36 PM
Ally: "I'd be home more often " she argued, but then she sighed good naturedly. Something in this box caught her eye, a simple gold band with words engraved. She held it up to her father. "Do you know anything about this one?"
31 Jan 16, 06:19 PM
Vincent: he chuckled at her attempt, glad when she clearly gave up. A glance at what she pulled out and he shook his head. "Too many piece to know, but I can look it up in our notes if you want. Looks like it might be important."

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31 Jan 16, 06:25 PM
Ally: She turned the band around, not sure what the words meant. "Sounds good" she agreed. "You and uncle Dare really spent six months going stuff?" She looked disbelieving for a moment. "Find anything interesting?"
31 Jan 16, 06:30 PM
Vincent: "Okay, female next then if you like that one enough." He nodded looking tired at the thought of what they had done. "It was a beast. the layers of things here is crazy." He heard the words in her mouth, but knew she couldn't really find them so it was safe enough. "Thirty people, a still loaded flaming catapult, some version of greek fire still active, oh the list goes on and on."
31 Jan 16, 06:44 PM
Ally: "I think so, yeah" she nodded. As he ran through the list of haphazard items, her eyes widened. "No way" she looked at him disbelieving. Her expression turned sulky. "Why can't I see? I /am/ the oldest" she pointed out. Stupid gender biased inheritance rules. She pouted. "Luke won't have any idea what to do with a flaming catapult" she mumbled petulantly.
31 Jan 16, 06:50 PM
[×] Vincent: He headed back towards the door as he talked, glancing back at her. "Yes way. And Luke doesn't get to see them either, actually. Well, not for hopefully a couple of dozen years. I'm not sure I'm quite ready to deal with a flaming catapult either, especially since it was shoved into a bathroom." He led the way back into the first room, shut the door behind them and said "Abraham? The boys playroom please?"
31 Jan 16, 06:54 PM
Ally: She looked only slightly mollified by this information. Smiling softly, she followed him out of the room, her movements almost more of a dance than anything that might be considered walking. She arched a brow. "The playroom? Really?" A brief shrug. "I guess organizing things has never been a pirate's forte." For herself, Ally never organized anything, but it was oddly comforting to think it might be genetic.
31 Jan 16, 07:06 PM
Vincent: he shrugged. "We call it the playroom because the boys seem to play ball in there constantly more then anywhere else in the house." The door opened again and they walked into what Lindsey had always said she had heard had been closed for nearly a hundred years before her time. "Around over here on the dressing table is where we left most of it." Across the room he pointed at largely over-piled box on the table. "Dig away. We removed most of the dark stuff we found, Dare is good at that stuff."

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31 Jan 16, 07:10 PM
Ally: She followed his gaze to the box and nodded. The mention of dark items barely earned a reaction. While Ally wasn't particularly interested in the dark arts, she knew that many of her ancestors had been, and that some of the things they had treasured were still hidden in the house and on the island. "Someday I'd really like to know what he does in his lab all day" she admitted. She had tried multiple times to sneak in as a kid, but there were so many protective wards on the room she had always been thwarted. "You'd think he might actually like to come out into the sun every now and then." She began rummaging through the box in question, studying a piece here or there as she did. "Was it ever weird? Mum's sister being married to Uncle Dare?"
31 Jan 16, 07:16 PM
[×] Vincent: Vin shrugged. "Sometimes I think it's better not to delve too deeply into that," he said thinking of Brier, "but not because it's dangerous, but too revealing. Some secrets should be kept." A laugh and a smirk one after the other. "No. Well it was odd seeing the way Darius was in love, I admit, but one look at his face holding her hand and it was enough. Nothing felt weird after that. Most of us deeply cheered her on."
31 Jan 16, 07:26 PM
Ally: She thought about that and nodded. Everyone was entitled to their privacy after all. It didn't mean she was any less curious. She frowned at that. "Was he one of those super mushy types?" She looked and sounded as though she couldn't quite believe such a thing would be possible. Ally smirked, "I bet he never had a chance" she grinned. Aunt Brier was infamous for going after the things she wanted. It had served her very well professionally speaking, and Ally assumed the same could be said of her time at school.
31 Jan 16, 09:53 PM
Vincent: "He's the least romantic person I've ever met. With Brier you have to know it's there to tell. Anyway, he never looked at her romantically till she got through tohim. And that part I don't know about." He wasn't sure exactly what had happened.
31 Jan 16, 10:05 PM
Ally: She laughed, "the least? Really?" She thought about it. Uncle Dare was introverted certainly, but she had never doubted that he cared about her, or anyone for that matter. He even sort of had a soft spot for her mum. She shrugged one shoulder. "I can understand that. I never saw Aiden romantically either until...well, until we were older." Though she knew her father was aware she'd had sex, she still found it a little odd to talk to him about.
31 Jan 16, 10:17 PM
[×] Vincent: He pursed his lips watching as she dug through the box. "It's hard to explain. It was more in Brier then in him, the beginning. With you too, I think it was that he never brought it up for fear of losing you so of course you never saw it."

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30 Mar 16, 05:36 PM
Ally: She danced into the store, nearly bouncing in her exuberance. The rest of the students were walking around gazing in windows and shopping, but Ally was on a mission. "Hey dad, got your note. What's up?"
30 Mar 16, 05:38 PM
Vincent: Finishing up explaining why the young man could not buy a love candle, he glanced at his daughter as she danced across the shop with a grin. "Be right there," he said motninong towards a stool and finishing up with his warning before getting a floor employee to take over. Walking to the back he said to her "How's school going?"
30 Mar 16, 05:46 PM
Ally: Ally smirked at the boy, and when she knew she had his attention, she put an extra sway into her hips as she walked away, enjoying the knowledge that he was watching her every move. Perched on the stool a moment later, she considered the question. "Pretty good I guess, same as always." She study his face, but as usual he gave nothing away.
30 Mar 16, 05:48 PM
[×]Vincent: Vin quirked an eyebrow up. "Nothing unsual? What's your main amusement these days outside of classes?" He knew her grades were good, that wasn't in question.
30 Mar 16, 05:53 PM
Ally: She mentally went through all of the rules she had broken in the last few weeks , but couldn't think of any that might offend him. The amusement question however caught her off guard. "Did one of the teachers send something home?" she asked carefully.
30 Mar 16, 05:57 PM
Vincent: He shook his head and chose the chair next to hers and turned putting a leg of his on either side of hers, taking her hands in his. "Not exactly. See, I've heard a bit about your social activity recently and I want to talk to you about that."
30 Mar 16, 06:05 PM
Ally: Her eyes widened. "My social..." she had no doubt what he was referring to, but now she was concerned about exactly what he had heard."Heard from who?" If it had been a student there was no telling what he had heard
30 Mar 16, 06:09 PM
Vincent: He chuckled. "Oh no, sources get to be kept safe. I enjoy getting to hear about what you do and you remind me a lot of myself in school." He raised a finger however. "Except things are a bit different for you and I want to make sure you get that before this goes much farther."
30 Mar 16, 06:19 PM
Sofia: She made a face at him, though not a disrespectful one. "Well, if you heard something from a student its probably an exaggeration" she answered. When he mentioned things being different, she arched a brow. "Because I'm a girl?"
30 Mar 16, 06:23 PM
Vincent: He had been expecting the face and she didn't disappoint. Vin chuckled softly. "Of course it's exaggerated. It's you, Ally-love." He ruffled her hair a bit then became a bit more serious. "Only partially. Though you'd better be careful about keeping yourself safe from having kids early or I'll show you what a real punishment is as only I can make one up," he didn't really have to narrow his eyes at her on this, but he did just in case it helped, "but no, I'm talking reputation."
30 Mar 16, 06:26 PM
Ally: "Dad!" Here, she was genuinely surprised. "I haven't...not that I don't already know the charm, but I haven't got there yet." She gave him a slightly offended look. "I wouldn't keep that from you." Not the first one anyway. That was big, or so she had been told. She shuddered only half theatrically at the idea of his concept of a real punishment. "Before the nine months are up or after?" She shook her head, realizing now wasn't the time. "I got it, really." Another brow arch, longer this time. "I have your last name" she reminded him. "And Ma's"
30 Mar 16, 06:29 PM
[×]Vincent: He nodded. "Good. I always knew you were smart. Keep it up." He patted her leg. "Not exactly what i meant. I had a bad enough rep in school, but you may not have thought about something else about reputations. And the last thing I want is for you to stab yourself in the foot without thinking ahead." He leaned over a bit more, trying to come across more casual.
30 Mar 16, 06:33 PM
Ally: Relaxing some, she smiled at him, though she smirked when he mentioned his school reputation. She was familiar with that on all sides. People still talked about the infamous Silver-Moons, especially in Slytherin. She tilted her head, curious. "Stab myself? In what way?" She squeezed his hands. "Serious isn't a good look for you dad, what's bothering you?"
30 Mar 16, 06:37 PM
Vincent: Looking her in the eye he got to the point. "Someday there may be someone you find yourself caring for a lot, maybe even someone to spend the rest of your days with." He hesitated then shrugged. "Maybe. We know it's always possible anyway." He held her hands a bit tighter. "Having a lot of lovers before hand, or even just a rep for it, can cause those people to avoid getting too close o you. It's a sort of thing some families warn their kids about. I'd hate for you to finish your experimenting and then realize you scared away the one you actually want."
30 Mar 16, 06:42 PM
Ally: She opened her mouth to tell him she wasn't the kind of person to go looking for a lifetime situation with anyone, but she closed it again. It /was/ possible, she reasoned, and did she really want to throw the possibility away completely and develop a reputation for being the kind of person who couldn't be trusted long term? She hesitated, "Mom trusted you though" she argued softly, the one counter argument she had for him. "And she's only ever been with you hasn't she?"
30 Mar 16, 06:46 PM
Vincent: he could see her taking the point in, but then she brought up the most imperfect example, possibly because she didn't realize the root of that particular situation. "Your mother didn't spend a year running away from me just because I was a bad boy, Ally, she spent it running because I had a rep for chasing girls and going from one to another." He reached out and touched her forehead right in the middle. "You exist only because I chased her for a very long time. Ask her sometime. She was scared of being used."
30 Mar 16, 06:50 PM
Ally: At that moment, Keela poked her head in, took one look at father and daughter and bit her lip just as she had when she was Ally's age. Crossing the room, she leaned down to give Vin a peck and straighten Ally's hair from where her father had mussed it before. She had caught only part of the conversation, but had little trouble discerning the rest. "Best risk I ever took" she said softly. She leaned down and looked into her daughter's eyes. "Be a risk Ally, but be the kind that's worth it." She straightened. "I'm going to get food, want me to bring you both something back?" Ally nodded, "Surprise me" she murmured, but her eyes were thoughtful.
30 Mar 16, 06:54 PM
[×]Vincent: Vin caught Keela's hand before she could move away kissing her palm right in the center. "It took a lot of convincing to get her to take a risk too." She moved away and Vin caught Ally's hand and turned her palm up, kissing hers in the middle as well. "And I'm very particular about my personal treasures of which you are one of the most delightful, Ally-love, but I'm serious. I don't want you to ruin the opportunities in the future you may want. Leave your options open on purpose, don't blow up the bridges, okay?" His eyes looked concerned for her.
30 Mar 16, 06:59 PM
Ally: Keela didn't resist when Vin captured her hand, and in fact leaned down to give him a longer kiss than was strictly necessary, causing Ally to look away and her hair to tinge an embarrassed bright pink at the ends. Still, she giggled softly when her father kissed her hand as well. "Aren't you guys getting too old for that?" she complained. Keela winked and left the room. She sighed, conceding the point. "Okay dad" She hesitated, bit her lip in an exact and unknowing imitation of her mother, and finally asked what she considered a very difficult question. "If it hadn't been for Ma..." she glanced away from him. "Would you still have married mom?"
30 Mar 16, 07:06 PM
[×]Vincent: He shook his head. "You're never too old to embarrass your children. And I like your mother far too much to tell her no either." he winked. Her question was, to him, a very expected one though he wasn't sure she ever would have asked out loud. "Certainly, though it would have taken me a lot longer, cost me a lot more pain and trouble, and the pursuit would have taken years longer. No, waiting till much longer would have been a mistake. Too often after school you never see those people again. You think you will be always friends and then they are gone for years and you wonder what happened to them..." He shook his head with a sigh. "Its a very different world after graduation."
30 Mar 16, 07:31 PM
Ally: "Yes sir" something else she didn't say very often. Her parents weren't big on propriety for propriety's sake as long as she was respectful. "An unbreakable..." she broke off suddenly. "So did you fulfill it, or did Luc?"
30 Mar 16, 07:34 PM
[×]Vincent: He shrugged. "That's the nasty part I guess. Mom was never sure i it was possible to finish it nor how far the magic would accept it. I might have, your brother might have, or maybe neither of us have and we're just extending her life. Because it's not a curse it's sort of too open ended. We think she's safe, but we'll never really know till she passes on some day naturally." He rubbed the back of his head. "I have not spoken to your brother about it yet. Figured I would wait till he found someone if he does."
30 Mar 16, 08:11 PM
Ally: Something tugged at the back of her mind, but she didn't look at it too closely just yet. "So as long as the Moon line keeps going, Ma is safe?" Her eyes widened, "but...aren't we technically the only Moons?" What if Luc didn't have kids? The gears started turning. She nodded. "But what if he doesn't..? Or doesn't have kids?" Her voice was small, worried. "If my kids had my last name, would it work?"
30 Mar 16, 08:22 PM
Vincent: he waggled a hand back and forth. "That's what we think right now. It's not something that we can find out from magic experts about or talk about without giving away who it's about see?" He nodded, seeing the idea percolating in her head even before she voiced it out loud. A twist of his mouth even before she had the whole thing out. "Well the idea here is that if he just lives a long time so the possibility he can have kids is out there it might be enough, The problem is we really don't know for sure on anything." A shrug and he hugged her tightly whispering in her ear "Ally love, never do something for another if it changes your whole life. Only do it if you really want to, do you hear me? Your gran really loves you and yes she wants grandkids, but don't run full into the breach just because of that, alright?" He gave her the eye, seeing what she was thinking and knowing how attractive it would sound to her. "At least wait to decide till you find a guy who would give you kids you would really enjoy having for life, okay?"