Erica sets her cup down gently.she briefly gets lost in fantasies of burning the house down,or having it bulldozed. Its abandoned state probably did nothing to hide its notorious past. " I have never been to el Paso. Is it in the deserty part? I have only been to Austin several times for gigs." Erica knew enough about Texas to know it had beaches and forests, along with the desert. Erica refills faith's cup with a little smile. She loved meeting new people,and this was pretty much meeting faith all over again." If it's not too nosey,what sort of family do you have? Other than Takara,I just have my sister." She frowns at the mention of Germany. She fully understands faith not wanting to be in Germany anymore. Its too fresh.

She considers what faith says and nods in agreement. " I completely understand that. I am not all that fond of Osaka. I like it better than places like Tokyo. But I was ready to get out of Japan when I was 16 or so. My first time in the USA, I was in Vegas with my father. It is just astounding the open space there." Erica,unlike mariko had always had a romantic view of America,she found it to be just like th movies,and pretty much totally embraced the culture. " your parents...do not approve of your life? " Erica inquisitively asks. She couldn't grasp the concept of parents not doting on their kids every move. Erica pours another glass of sake for herself and offers faith another refill. " brothers are wonderful. Especially older ones. We...had one." She says,quickly drinking her drink. She was unsure of just how much of what was said to nichole made it to faith.so she figured it was possible faith already knew. She gives an impish smile of her own. In regards to the kobayashi sisters preference. " oh,I'm more of anything goes,no matter what's between the legs.well not now of course." She gives a ltitle giggle as she thinks of nichole. " mariko....in retrospect,probably always was into girls,but wasn't as accepting of herself." She adds.

Erica laughs softly and refills faith's cup. " you are putting away the sake like a pro. You sure you aren't actually in Japan to kill a man named bill?" She takes a smaller sip of her drink now. The really hard things were already said now that jiigen was mentioned." Faith." Erica states very seriously,and slightly drunk. " that is the most depressing thing I have heard all day. I want to take you to downtown Tokyo and let you be among the masses. I guess everyone likes a chance. I grew up stacked on top of each. Other. I want to spread out.I think the lack of space is what contributed to having bonsai boobs." She pauses briefly,thinking she heard a child stirring,but it was just her imagination. " fuck them,then. You have done very well without them. They will totally regret it on their death beds. No matter what,your kids are your Kids. " she sadly says. It pained Her to think how parents could just disapprove so deeply of their children. It was unforgivable. .unless ones child turned out like Hitler or dahmer. She smiles politely at faith after the mention of her brother.maybe one day she would tell the story,but enough death had already been discussed.besides,faith probably didn't want to hear anyways. " really?" Erica says in surprise,sh had always thought faith was straight. " life is too short to only have half the banquet." She giggles loudly." Do...do you think you are ready to date again?" She asks carefully. She swirls her drink before looking up. She may have crossed a line,but she did have concern for Faith's well being. Feeling responsible for it and all.

" you are a hero to me!" erica chuckles. "until now,it was just me taking care of all four. not that i havent loved every minute of it,but whew!" she wipes her forehead dramatically. nichole had told her she could let castor's mother keep them,but it was important to erica to show that she could handle it." you may not be kicking gogo's ass bad ass,but you are cutting sofie's arms off bad ass.". she nods with certainty. she had seen faith at work,and she was a real super woman in action. it was nice to have something in common. she loved most of tarantino's films,especially kill bill. through her sister,she had great love for samurai films. she laughs at faith's sisters in small chesthood comment. "at least your's had room to grow! mine were compressed in the over populated city. i could be rocking triple d's right now! i'll never know what my true potential was." she looks down in mock dismay. a few hours before,they were at each other's throats. now they were drinking and talking boobs. she was missing out on this the entire time? she inwardly kicks herself again for the many times like this she probably robbed herself of. "you are welcome" she nods with a smile. she knew enough of the music industry to know that NOBODY had a good childhood. except for she and mariko. erica nearly shoots sake out of her nose when faith winks at her. that was the most unexpected thing that happened all day. "as if nichole isnt going to kick my ass enough for drinking around the babies? now you are winking at me?! she doubles over in laughter,faith totally becoming one of her favorite people ever.erica wants to bolster faith's ...faith in love. erica being someone that just loves people in love,but remember's faith is way younger than she is. "yeah,go out there and sow some wild oats. at least for a little bit. then,you'll find that certain someone who just...." she cant find the word she is looking for,so she just shudders.

erica giggles and returns faith's toast. it was very rare that she let faith do so much as feed takara,not because she felt faith would harm her. but mainly to cut off any awkwardness. the times takara got caught in the herd with her siblings though? faith was a godsend. " after taking care of 4,i could understand not wanting any of your own! they are good babies,but such a handful." erica looks towards the room and sighs contentedly. nichole's interview reminded erica of a time she would rather forget. how could she have almost left takara all alone? erica leans more on the sink,absolutely loving how faith had no problem sitting her happy butt on what was probably very expensive counter top. it came with the house,so erica had no idea its value. but the action was still just as charming. erica's shoulders shake with her giggle. "maybe the desert sun dried them out.you evolved smaller ones so that your stomach was not deprived of vitamin d. go evolution!" erica squeals a little and takes another sip. "try being asian. you get the peds AND the basement dwelling creeper nerds.i looked 12 until i was about 19. i actually had someone try the puppy thing on me." she says,rather seriously. even now,erica could probably easily knock 10 years off her age and nobody would think otherwise. erica gives faith a joking wink of her own before refilling their glasses. "we could probably totally get away it. like knock everything off the counter level making out.. nichole would think we were trying surprise her." she pretends to scoot closer to faith before leaning back against the sink. she hoped nichole trusted her as much as she trusted nichole. erica would believe the reptoid conspiracy before she would buy nichole cheating on her. "maybe you need new hunting grounds if you get the bad shudder men.oh! i can go with you and be your wingperson. big game hunting safari in osaka!" she makes her hands like she is firing a rifle. she considers for a while. "yeah,the domesticated feeling can be quite a shock. you bring kids into the picture and...." she and nichole werent married,and probably never would be. but erica did take it just as seriously. as someone who,like the impression she got from faith,did who and what the want,that domestication can be hard.

Sam hears Evalyn upstairs and smiles. Not only was he already awake, but he hadn't really gone to sleep yet. He had several nights in a row where he couldn't sleep, and then finally he would pass out for 20 hours or so. It wasn't the healthiest way to go about living, but it was a cycle that he had gotten used to. When he notices that Evalyn is up and around, he moved from the living room to the kitchen, and starts brewing some coffee.

"Good morning, beautiful," Sam says back as he feels Evalyn's arms around him. He kisses the top of her head, giving her a quick squeeze, before going to the cabinet and getting out two coffee cups. "How do you like your coffee again, Ev?"

"Ohh... I haven't gone to sleep yet," Sam admits with a small laugh as he prepares Evalyn's coffee for her. He wraps one arm around Evalyn's waist and pulls her closer to him as he works on their breakfast, smiling pleasantly. "You're pretty cute looking yourself, though, sweetheart."

"Nah, I don't, uh... I don't really sleep much sometimes," Sam says back with a shrug. If he had been to a psychologist, they would have told him that he was having a manic episode - but Sam didn't really believe in psychology, and he since he wrote the most during these manic moments, he didn't want to get rid of them. "Well, you always look cute to me, darlin'," he says as he hands her her cup of coffee and then leans against the kitchen counter.

Evalyn looks at him a little worried. "Oh you sure your ok, I mean is it normal for you to not sleep?" When he says she always looks cute she smiles. "Your to kind babe". She then kisses him.