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@chris e。ᵈʳ.ˡᵒᵛᵉ (No hurry. College is starting back so I will be on off again)

@avril l。ᵇᵃᵇʸⁿʸˣ {} I'll reply soon!

@chris e。ᵈʳ.ˡᵒᵛᵉ (Dont worry at all and happy holidays x)

@chris e。ᵈʳ.ˡᵒᵛᵉ Avril smiled warmly "I've only spoken to him online a couple times and seen pictures. I didnt even think about whether you knew him or not before saying" she shrugged "I'm used to a small living population where we all know each othet, not a large population where not everyone knows everyone" she chuckled a little and smiled "its no big deal I'll adapt in time."
She folded her legs and nodded in agreement with the doctors last statement. "Its been very welcoming to me since I arrived so I am finding it very pleasant to settle in"

@avril l。ᵇᵃᵇʸⁿʸˣ "I understand what you mean so I'll be careful around him." The doctor chuckled and gently took the cup of water, being sure not spill any. "Thank you" He smiled and took a sip. "I had seen them before and play with a couple but I've never really owned any pets myself." Chris replied before slightly forwarding his eyebrows. "Beakhyun? I don't think I've met him before but I have yet to meet many people. But I do agree this is a wonderful place to be and there are a lot of amazing people."

{Sorry replies will be slow since it's around the holidays and sorry if it >.<}

@chris e。ᵈʳ.ˡᵒᵛᵉ Avril gave a small chuckle as she got his water "True, but I was referring to in general, now that there are puppies he is probably extra territorial which would mean no chance of getting near him" she brought over Chris' water and took a seat holding her own glass of water. "It would be fascinating to see what you think of them. I mean I grew up with Cerberi they're a norm for me, small dogs were a shock when I moved here. Specially Baekhyun's little corgi, I saw them out walking and couldnt believe dogs came that small" she softly chuckled again and shrugged "I learnt a lot the past year and I am happy to be settling in magnolia where I can learn more"

@avril l。ᵇᵃᵇʸⁿʸˣ "I will have to check with the schedule but I'm sure they can manage a few days." Chris replied as he followed her into her home. His eyes wondered about to take in the style of her home and smile when he felt a relaxing warmth about it. "Oh water if fine, thank you." He answered as he slowly removed his coat from his torso and laid it neatly on the back of a nearby chair. "I can understand that, his mate just had puppies so I would expect no less of any male regardless of what species they are." The griffin said as he set down in the chair he'd placed his coat on. Chris was an old fashion guy who had a strong belief in men protecting and caring for their families. His father had raised him to always protect women and children even if they weren't his and he took it very seriously.

@chris e。ᵈʳ.ˡᵒᵛᵉ The young goddesses smile brightened when he accepted. She hadnt had any guests yet so it was nice to be able to play host even for a few minutes. "I'll be visiting my mother in a couple of weeks, if the hospital can afford to part with you for a few days then you should come with me." She said as she lead him inside "would you like something to drink? I have water, soda, milk, juice, tea or coffee" she moved to her kitchen getting a glass down for herself while waiting to hear if he wanted anything. "And as for examining the Cerberi, I dont see that being a problem. I would recommend working with the puppies though as they are much easier to handle. Mama Cerberus would be the next easiest I would say. But Papa Cerberus is very territorial and will not like having someone new around."

@avril l。ᵇᵃᵇʸⁿʸˣ Chris listened with interested as Avril spoke about the dog like creatures. "Really? I would love to take a trip to Tartatos." He said a bit excited to possibly learn about new creatures. Chris laughed softly at the gesture she did trying to show how big a puppy was. "That's gonna be one big baby." The doctor replied. "Do you think I'd be able to get some information down on them? Like take do some exams?" He questioned. "Sorry if that's a weird." He chuckled nervously, the griffin couldn't help but want to document new experiences. Once they reached her home looked it over and smile at how cute of a home it seemed to be. Chris thought for a moment about her offer and then smiled at her. "Yeah I could for a bit." He replied not wanting to seem rude and reject her kind offer plus he found their conversation interesting.

@chris e。ᵈʳ.ˡᵒᵛᵉ Avril smiled and nodded "several really. They're cute as puppies and big monstrous dogs as adults. But they still love a cuddle, just with the right people" she chuckled "and of course they are excellent guard dogs." Avril smiled and shrugged "if you ever wanna take a trip to Tartatos I'll gladly introduce you. We actually helped one have pups not long ago so they'd still be fairly small, compared to their mama at least" and held her hand out giving roughly the indication of the height of a great dane. "The runt would be about that big" she shook her head "Not really. The Cerberi would probably be the most unique I've met. Unless you count the dead, my mother Nyx or my uncle Hades" she turned a corner and smiled seeing her humble abode. This conversation was so pleasant Avril almost wanted to lead him in a circle around until they got back to the house but she wasnt that deceitful in nature and couldnt do it. So instead she asked "would you like to come in?"

@ʰ ¹¹¹⁶ avril l。ᵇᵃᵇʸⁿʸˣ Chris looked at the woman with interested. "A three headed dog? You mean you've taken care of a Cerberus?" He said with an intrigued smile. He had read about them but he'd never seen one before so it was interesting to speak with someone who had. "I have read many books about them but I've never had the pleasure of meeting one." The doctor explained. "I agree it is fascinating." He agreed. "Have you meet many unique creatures?"

@jongin k。ʰᵉˡˡᵇʳᵒᵏᵉ Yoora hated drinking like this. It felt like such an easy out for those who wished to drown their problems away rather than facing them only to realize that nothing changed in the morning. All you were left with was a throbbing headache and overflowing regret that wasn't quite so easy to get rid of. Yet here she was mulling over an iced bourbon, index delicately tracing over the rim in disdain as the agony of her new reality was left trapped on repeat within her fragile mind. The alpha was strong, had always been more than she needed to be, always the one to look after others yet with so much instability in her life the fae had been a reminder that there could be so much to offer beyond the overwhelming smiles that drowned out the cries of her pack, the scent of burning flesh, and the strained whimpers of a pup who was far too young to carry such a burden. And now it was gone leaving behind a corrupted husk trapped between who she was and who she was meant to be.

[] Ah it's not much of a starter but ouo let the games begin haha

@chris e。ᵈʳ.ˡᵒᵛᵉ Avril shook her head and smiled warmly "No need to apologise I am fascinated with what you do. I mean. I never would be able to call myself a doctor or anything but I would be good at first aid and often had to care for an injured three headed giant dog so" she shrugged and chuckled softly. She wasnt bragging per-say it was more an attempt to lighten the mood and give some more information about herself. "The way other species work is a very interesting subject. I dont know an awful lot on it myself but I do get curious"

@frank d。ᵒᵘᵗᵒᶠˢᵖᵃᶜᵉ It took Katheryn a few seconds to catch his meaning about the consequences and chuckled a little, shaking her head. That sort of thing rarely crossed her mind while doing something and only began to sink in after the fact of her actions but maybe being around the human might train her to be a little more proactive. Awkward too was the concept or parents. Sure, her mother had been around but hadn’t exactly been maternal in any way so she never really had that central authority figure to content with either. They were very different people but the blonde was warming up to him anyway.

“You don’t have to be sorry. It is the way of the world to live vibrantly and then be forgotten when the next new thing comes along.” She reasoned as she slipped her fingers around her glass, watching the Amber liquid sinking inside. “I drink often. Daily, actually. Or nightly. Celebrating victories with heroes and gods every night is pretty much what I am used to.”

@ʰ ¹¹¹⁶ avril l。ᵇᵃᵇʸⁿʸˣ Chris thought for a moment. "I believe I have study most species but I'm sure I probably don't know about a few." He replied. "I studied more on species I have seen as patients because some species have very similar anatomy to humans while others are completely different from humans." The doctor explained before chucking softly. "I apologize if I'm speaking too much I tend to do so when speaking about my career." He stated while ruffling his hair feeling slightly embarrassed.

@katheryn w。ᵛᵃˡᵏʸʳᶦᵉᵉʸᵉˢ "Well, we didn't run because of t-that," Frank chuckled, scratching at the side of his head at the memory of the night. "We ran because of the c-consequences," Frank admitted. Even if it was the police officer sitting across from him, he didn't believe she would be able to do anything about such old events. "If we did not run away, we'd be in far w-worse trouble than just the police. Our p-parents scared us more than anything b-back then," Frank admitted with a heartfelt laugh.

"Oh boy, I'm sorry," Frank shook his head, feeling pitiful towards the others seemingly very tender past and origin. "H-Honestly, I only know superhero movies about th-those names." The drinks were placed on the counter by them. Frank nodded his head with gratitude at the bartender and took a hold of the glass of his drink. "I don't drink that o-often. But other than that, I w-work most of the time and waste my life a-away. How about you?" with an inquisitive look, Frank took the first sip.

@frank d。ᵒᵘᵗᵒᶠˢᵖᵃᶜᵉ Katheryn turned in her stool to give Frank her full attention as he recounted his own story, smiling as she could imagine a younger version of the man being just so reckless. “Did the fire scare you? Did you run?” She asked, trying to picture just how this drunken rascal would have reacted to such a thing. “Or did you sober up enough to try and fix things?”

There was a small bit of comfort knowing he wasn’t exactly judging her on the harshness of her deeds and that she appreciated. “It would be a short and sad film, really. Almost nihilistic. In the end, Christianity won anyway and no one rembers the songs to Thor and Freyr anymore.” The woman mused almost sadly, watching the bartender get their drinks ready. “So what do you do besides drinking and meet strange people off of the app?”

@katheryn w。ᵛᵃˡᵏʸʳᶦᵉᵉʸᵉˢ “Nothing in particular,” Frank shrugged recalling the events of the minor incident. “My mates and I were at this club, f-fairly young, let’s say, and it just happened. Drunk kids, a lot o-of spilled alcohol, cigarettes and electronics. You can i-imagine.” It hadn’t been done on purpose, no, but looking back at the event, it would be quite terrible under those circumstances if they got caught. Frank listened with intensity, imagining the whole scene play out as a movie. “If that were a film, I’d watch it,” he nodded his head seriously. “Wine’s not my best of options either. It’s the last resort f-for me,” and after that he went on to order the drinks from the bartender.

@frank d。ᵒᵘᵗᵒᶠˢᵖᵃᶜᵉ “A fellow arsonist, huh? What did that place do to deserve being turned to ashes?” Katheryn asked, her blue eyes sparkling with mirth even in the dim light as she looked to her companion. He might have taken her comment as a joke but the reality was that she had been telling the truth. Despite being an officer of the law, she had quite the rambunctious past and still kept that spirit glowing within her. “When I burned down the tavern last time, not the first time, it was because the proprietor actually had been behind the killings of several of my fellow pagans in the area rather brutally. But he was a Christian in a Christian town so nothing would be done about it. That’s when I burned the place down with him and his co conspirators inside using myself as bait.”

It was at that point she realized the rather dark and gruesome nature of her story and she closed , figuring she had once again said the absolute wrong thing in the modern era. “I will just have some whiskey, neat.” She replied rather quickly, hoping to skip right on past her past and onto drinks like nothing at all was wrong though she was half expecting him to get up and leave. “Wine is alright but I prefer a lot of other alcohols before I get to that.”

@katheryn w。ᵛᵃˡᵏʸʳᶦᵉᵉʸᵉˢ “Nor would it be my first,” Frank confessed with his eyes wide open and a smug smile on his lips, abusing the fact that Katheryn was indeed a police officer and still got a quite nice sense of humor. Frank bobbed his head to the music that was playing, even though he wasn’t familiar with the pop and trendy scene, he did enjoy all kinds of music. He had a strange taste in everything, which would be quite obvious from his looks, but understanding that his companion wasn’t strictly from this time, he could expect anything to come up in question. “Nice of a-at least someone to enjoy this w-world, when so many people d-detest it,” Frank got up on the stool while speaking. For a moment he read through the beverage options, deciding to go with the safest one; rum and coke. “Rum and coke. What will it be for you?” Frank asked turning his head towards Katheryn. “Just don’t tell me a f-fancy name of some wine,” he joked, laughing along.

@frank d。ᵒᵘᵗᵒᶠˢᵖᵃᶜᵉ Frank’s joke made her laugh and she gave him a rather mischievous smile in return coupled with a coy shrug of her shoulders. “The night is still young and this would not be the first bar I’ve ever put to flame.” She replied cheekily as she confidently wound her way through the crowded interior behind him, trying to understand whatever song it was they had playing over the speakers. New music was still strange to her and by ‘new’ it meant anything in the last 70 years or so but she was determined to enjoy at least some of it.

“It is a whole different world but I don’t mind this one so much. This is perfect.” The blonde half-shouted back to make sure he heard her over the din before slipping off her jacket. She placed it on the stool and then sat on the cushion, leaning on her arms against the countertop to try and read all of the labels on the alcohol behind. “So what do you drink?”

@katheryn w。ᵛᵃˡᵏʸʳᶦᵉᵉʸᵉˢ “Unless we’re here t-to burn down the place,” Frank responded to the officer’s joke, poking fun himself, yet he kept an indifferent look to maybe confuse her. He wouldn’t say anything, even if he had the guts to. He was the minority in the town and he had learnt his lesson for staring or pointing out some strange features of people that human beings would probably find odd.

“I had imagined a lot but not you a-assimilating with such surroundings,” Frank chuckled lightly and took a good look around himself. “You must come from a whole different w-world,” he cursed under his breath just after finishing his sentence, his attempt to speak clearly was failing once again. “Let’s try the bar first. We can order at least,” he smiled nodding his head towards the bar, passing between various different people and beings, some chairs that were in the way, until he laid his eyes pn the free bar stools at the almost very end of the counter. “Is it okay?” He spoke up, louder a bit to be heard over the music.

@frank d。ᵒᵘᵗᵒᶠˢᵖᵃᶜᵉ “Oh, sure! I mean, that’s what we came here to do, right?” The blonde joked lightly and flashed the male a warm smile as she followed him up the stairs, noting just how much taller than her he was. Despite being a Valkyrie and whatever her pictures might have made it seem, she was smaller than most people might assume for a warrior woman. Standing at 5’3” She was hardly a towering menace of feminine power and it was usually something that new acquaintances would remark on but she was somewhat glad that he didn’t seem to even notice.

The woman nodded in thanks to him as he opened the door and gracefully stepped inside, smirking a little at the familiar smell of alcohol and people mixed with the comforting din of music and conversation. “It’s almost like home.” She remarked, glancing back to him. “Well, the songs and stories change but not the atmosphere.” Katheryn chuckled to herself quietly at a memory that she didn’t quite want to share just then before looking around the interior. “Bar or table?”

@katheryn w。ᵛᵃˡᵏʸʳᶦᵉᵉʸᵉˢ The sound of boots clicking caught Frank’s attention and he looked up to see a walking picture from the app. Not literally, but he hoped at least for some slight change, since he definitely looked better on picture than in real life. But for the police officer, this rule didn’t seem to apply. “Hello,” Frank quickly snuffed the cigarette out against the ash bin by the stairs and smiled at Katheryn. “I haven’t at all,” he assured. “Ready to go in?” He spoke very slowly, taking his time with every word, while also marching up the stairs towards the door. With ease he opened the door, some music and commotion escaping from inside.

@frank d。ᵒᵘᵗᵒᶠˢᵖᵃᶜᵉ It had been almost a century since Katheryn had been out in the world socially so it took her a few minutes to figure out exactly what that meant in this new day and age. Without any real friends to turn to, she was somewhat at a loss until she remembered YouTube and began poking around; just because she was ancient didn’t mean she’d have to look like it. With a little bit of guidance she was able to get her clothes and makeup in order enough that she felt like a modern woman who just happened to have some retro flair. Wearing a black halter with gold straps, well-fitting jeans, boots, and a leather jacket she looked like she was ready for a casual night out at least to her.

About twenty-five minutes from the last chat between them, she strolled up to the door of the bar trying to figure out how she would find the guy. Fortunately for her, she recognized him as he stood outside and greeted Frank with a small smile and wave. “Hey! Hope you weren’t waiting too long.”

@katheryn w。ᵛᵃˡᵏʸʳᶦᵉᵉʸᵉˢ Preparing to go out was not a difficult nor lengthy task for Frank. Putting on the first clothes he spots is the go to look. He took the walk to the bar as an advantage for smoking a cigarette along the way, since he had no idea when again will he smoke again. Standing by the door, under the light of the bar sign, he carried on finishing his cigarette, waiting patiently in the cool weather outside.

@ˢʰ ¹⁰³¹ chris e。ᵈʳ.ˡᵒᵛᵉ (Its fine. I had to extend mine. Final year the life from me on a daily basis. Lets see how I manage haha)

Avril nodded and asked "Is there any species you havent studied yet?" She was curious because if it was anything along her area of knowledge she could help him to learn. Her own anatomy for example would be quite simple for her to help him with. And probably simple enough for him to follow as its similar to human anatomy.

@ʰ ¹¹¹⁶ avril l。ᵇᵃᵇʸⁿʸˣ {Sorry for taking so long I'm finally back from my hiatus!}

Chris shrugged his shoulders slightly as he walked with his hands half slide into his pockets. "I do the best I can to help." He stated before chuckling at her last question. "Well I took up studying non-humans a couple years back so I know quite a bit. I mean I live in a town full of non-humans so I have to know about their anatomy." He explained.

@akay x。ᵏᶦⁿᵈˡᵉˢˢᵏᵃʸ “Oh? So what have I done to deserve such sweet compliments?” The elf asked with an amused lilt as he leaned his head back enough to raise an eyebrow at the other. His laughter continued as Akay whined dramatically, his cheeks coloring from more than just the cold and alcohol in his system. “Mhmm, you would lose for sure, so I guess I’ll be kind to you and let you off easy this time.”

@han l。ᵃʳᶦᵉᵗᵉˢ "I'm a pretty complimentary kinda guy. When it's deserved." Akay hummed, making sure to keep himself between Luhan and the road, shielding him from the world as the strolled towards his apartment. "You wanna fight me? But I'll lose for sure! That's not fair! Look how ferocious you are?!" He whined dramatically, all while rubbing a hand over the elfs arm.