"It would appear so." Semele spoke quietly, as if the couple outside could hear them scheming from so far away. Harrison's aura was surprisingly clear, and it took Semele a few blinks to truly recognize it. Not to mention the girl's aura was positively glowing. The maenad's grin grew and her eyes flashed once more. I see…
Cat saw the grin. “I’m hoping that means something good,” she says leaning on the wall next to her. “What do you see?” She’s nosy bitch not enough to peer out a window. She wished she could turn into her snake form. She’d slither into the garden and watch.
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Harrison smiled to Cora, hiding the doubt in his eyes. "Well then, here we are." he reached into the back to take the drinks before getting out of the car. He let out a sigh, staring over his "house". You couldn't really call it a house—it was too big—however you couldn't really call it a mansion as it was too small.
Someone was watching. Two someones…
His eyes fixed on the window beside the door, noticing the two mischievous faces peering out at them. The fun was just beginning.
Semele threw a look over her shoulder at Cat before returning her gaze to Harrison–who had obviously spotted her–and winked at him. "A little bit of this and that." She said finally, responding to Cat's question. "I guarantee this should be a fun experience."
Cat didn’t realize she had been spotted. “It better be I cleaned up blood stains for her,” she said walking away. “You should probably move away from the window before they come in. Act all casual and stuff.” She walked into the living room sitting on the couch and turning on the tv.
Nas was upstairs when they heard the car. They bounded downstairs, muttering a quick charm or so to disguise their inhuman features. "Are they here? Are they here!" Nas squealed, looking absolulty ecstatic.
Rolling her eyes, Semele moved away from the door and back into the living room to take up her place in the window seat. She still had a good view of the couple outside even from here, and smiled as the young woman seemed stunned by the house itself, while Harrison's aura blushed a magnificent color. Semele noted it, a soft part of her otherwise hardened heart melting. He did deserve to feel a little proud, didn't he?
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Cora stared up at the house in shock. It took her a moment to realize Harrison had walked ahead of her and she had to run a little to catch up with him. "It's . . . certainly impressive. I can see why you have roommates. Probably get lonely otherwise." She kept staring at it as they walked towards the door, not totally paying attention to what she was saying. She looked at Harrison as they stood before the front door. "You seriously live here?"
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"Yeah, I find it hard to believe too." Harrison chuckled, turning the door handle with a nervous smile. "Time to meet some of the room mates I guess." he pushed the door open, gesturing for Cora to enter first. He looked up at the house, taking a deep breath, secrets were kept within the walls and he could only pray that she wouldn't stumble upon them when the time wasn't right.
Nas was standing there in almost a flash, looking like a twink, which they usually did, but a human twink. They had pretty good makeup and bright pink hair, along with a maroon shirt tucked into black jeans. "Hello! I'm Nas, the one who pretty much tackled him while you were on the phone!"
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Harrison instantly covered his face with embarrassment, sighing heavily. He pushed past Nas, setting her coffee down on the hallway table before making his way through to the kitchen to open the window. Just in case.
When making his way back to the hallway where Nas and Cora were, in front of the door to the downstairs lounge, the card from Lyra fell from his pocket.
Cat sat with her legs folded on the couch pretending to watch something on TV. It was some nature documentary. She glanced at the front hall passively waving at Cora. "Hey," she said before turning back to the TV. She was wearing her usual snakeskin tube top and some black shorts. She leaned on the arm of the couch.
Semele waved an elegant hand from the window seat. "Well, hello." She murmured, eyes taking in the young woman inch by inch. Seeming satisfied by whatever she saw, the maenad stood and walked to stand before her, the hand that was extended in greeting mercifully clean instead of covered in blood and/or muck of some kind. Her eyes flashed as she grinned. Of course being nice was certainly difficult, but she would try.
Cora chuckled nervously at Nas. "Oh yes. Hello." She waved to the girl sitting on the couch, then looked up in alarm when the woman stood before her and extended her hand. Something about her, in particular, put Cora on edge even more than she already was. She had been fine standing in front of the house with Harrison. She knew him, she was comfortable with him. More comfortable than most of the people she knew in fact. But here, with all these new people she froze and suddenly had nothing to say. She tried for what she hoped was a polite, friendly smile and shook the woman's hand. "Hello. I'm Cora. Nice to meet you."
"Cora." Semele purred, her gaze locking onto the young woman's as she got a taste of her aura. It was bright and lovely against the back of her tongue. Stunning. Her smile grew as her hand tightened momentarily, before releasing. Harrison was glaring at the maenad from over Cora's shoulder. "I assure you," Semele began, taking a step back. "The pleasure is ours. Welcome."
"Uh, thank you." The woman's green eyes pierced her. Cora got the distinct feeling that she was assessing her, analyzing her. Though her words were kind, they did nothing to relieve Cora's stress or make her feel at ease.
Cora was beginning to wonder if this was a bad idea. When she found out Harrison had roommates she thought she would be able to handle it. After all, she hadn't been this nervous around new people since she was a child. But Harrison's roommates were different. Something about them set off alarm bells in her head. She tried to quiet them. shut them out. 'These are Harrison's roommates,' she assured herself. 'He wouldn't live with anyone dodgy.'
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Noel who had been completely passive so far finally made a move. When he sensed some distrust in Harrison’s guest, he tapped her shoulder.
When she turned her head to him, he gave her a soft pleasant smile with his eyes closed.
”We welcome you to our not-so-little family” was written on the notebook he held up.
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Lock stood by the open window, peering in as he rested his arms on the ledge. He came to the conclusion that Cora was a pleasant looking woman, with a gentle personality, but like he, she was nervous. Why? Why was she nervous?
Cora looked down and smiled softly at the words written on the boy's notebook. "Thank you," she said. When she turned to see Noel she also caught sight of Harrison and tried not to look too relieved. She tried to convey the anxiety she was feeling around all these new people with a look, and hoped Harrison would understand and save her. There were far too many people in this room, and almost all of them were looking at her.
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Harrison let out a nervous chuckle and rubbed the back of his head. "Yeah, welcome to the mad house.." he gently laid a hand on her back and escorted her to the kitchen, closing and locking the door after them. "If you want a bit of space then the garden is pretty tranquil, there is also a library somewhere if you feel like reading." He leaned his back against the counter and looked at her before taking a deep breath. "So… How has life been treating you?"
Cora smiled at Harrison and let out a long breath as he closed the door. "Thank you." She could feel her nerves settling a little. Though Harrison made her a different kind of nervous. . . . "It's been . . . " She thought for a moment. "It's been hard, but good. My parents are the same as ever. School is great, I love it. And I'm in a spot where I can come and visit you, so life can't be so bad."
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"I'm glad to hear that. You're looking well." Harrison crossed his arms under his chest, rubbing one arm. "Remind me, what do you study again?" School of any kind was now a strange concept for Harrison, since he had already graduated and all.
(Hey, I havent been on for sometime so I'm going to drop out and just stalk if that's alright)
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(Yeah that’s alright, I understand that not everyone is on from time to time. To be honest this RP has been kind of quiet anyway…)
