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Kess was intrigued by Elliot's description of his 'meeting with friends'. "So, it's like a Madbirds type thing?" she asked.
"Almost, but we're more family-oriented. People bring their children, though nobody under the age of two is allowed to witness this kind of meeting."
She didn't want to know what kind of meeting this was to be. "I like the idea of the animal types. What's yours?"
"I am a red wolf, canis rufus, and I go by the lupine name of Lewis." He lay back in his chair and smiled that infectiously beautiful smile. "Heh, 'what kind of animal are you?' isn't usually something you get asked on a first date! Why, what are you?"
He said 'first date'. She wanted to dance around the room. "Black she-wolf, not a wolf/dog hybrid. And my wolf name is .... Kessandra." It fit perfectly. Even if Kess had all the answers in the world, nobody would listen .... he said 'first date'. He was probably joking, but still, he said ....
"You're canis rufus too then, but a much rarer version, possibly extinct. Kessandra - I like it." He nodded. "And I get it. Cassandra, right?"
Beautiful, friendly, animal lover, intelligent, and he seemed to like her! "Yup, that's the one!"
"Planning on joining the meeting? You'll be welcome, Kessandra. We're all very friendly."
"Especially our doggy style corner!" Barstewardess piped up. "I'm the bitch who leads the wolves, the magpies and what's it called? Pica lupus?" She burst out laughing.
"It's not funny!" Elliot shouted back. He turned back to his new she-wolf. "Dan and Lily are both in TD. Dan's a wolf, Lily's a magpie. Their daughter Lucifer - erm ...."
In the back room of the F&F, a large group were assembled. Kess was enjoying sitting with Barstewardess, Dan and Lily, and most of all, Elliot. "Another rufus," said Lily, also known as 'Varastaa'. "Right up your street then, Elliot!" I hope I am, Kess thought. "I'm hoping for another bird. I thought Raven Comatose would be a raven but NO ...."
"Raven?" Kess interrupted, recoiling like a stalling car after hearing the name. "Raven - Comatose? She's here?"
"Not now, probably coming with Bikki and Joshy," Lily continued. "But seriously, with a name like Raven, you'd expect a raven! Nope, had to be a bear!"
Elliot whispered to Kess. "Don't worry about Calamity Ursa, Raven Comatose, whatever you want to call her. You can begin your apologies with her."
"Good point. Barstewardess, can you put that on the agenda? And - the pack's backing me, right?"
"Of course, Kessandra," said Dan, or 'Lýkos' as he was known. "Lewis and I will never let you down."
Kess, now 'Kessandra', stood before the now-full group. She was nervous, but had to make her statement. "Thankyou, Lewis, Barstewardess, That Giraffe Bloke and - well, everyone, for letting me in. But there's someone in particular I have to talk to. Someone - ursine?" Elliot gave her a thumbs up. Raven stared on in horror. What now?
"Calamity Ursa," said Raven, not in a good tone of voice.
"Calamity Ursa. I need to talk to you," Kess continued. "I'm sorry for everything I've done to you. I was - am - a really horrible person."
Raven rolled her eyes. "Shut up. It's all forgotten."
"It isn't, Calamity Ursa. Not by me. I'm so sorry ...."
Unexpectedly, Raven jumped up and tackled Kess - but it turned out to be just a friendly 'bear hug'. "I like being a bear," said Raven. "I'd like to thank Keppra and Kisa for introducing me to Theta Delta, and letting me be a bear. Bears can tackle wolves, bears can attack wolves .... but bears can also be friends with wolves."
Kess wanted to cry. She had her best friend back. "Thank - you ...."
The bear, however, vocally struck back. "You're not off the hook, Kessandra! Before That Giraffe Bloke and Barstewardess do your Brit Berserker, you are going to have to apologise to EVERYONE you have hurt. I'll be by your side - and it seems you've made some wolfie friends too." She pointed at Elliot and Dan. "But you aren't getting out of all this with just talking to me. Plus we have a lot of catching up to do, a few more explanations in private over why you did what you did to me, Chris, and Billy and Gemma."
"That sounds reasonable," That Giraffe Bloke, aka. Pete Firecracker and TD's leader, put in. "Are you agreed, Kessandra?"
Kess was smiling like crazy now. "Agreed. Thankyou." She shook hands with Raven, and her fellow wolves gave her a small ovation. Undeserved? Potentially ....
Now that all was sorted with Kess as Kessandra, Kess and Raven .... Pete took to the next piece of the agenda. He was usually quite a funny guy - but the humour drained from his face when he skim-read the final part of the TD meeting. "Berserker hats on," he muttered, "this giraffe is not amused." He looked at Bikki. "Keppra. Stand."
Bikki stood up, legs shaking. She felt weak whenever she wasn't dancing - but not THIS weak. Raven, still on the floor, rushed to hold Bikki's legs so that she didn't fall. "Thanks, Ursa," she said, petting Raven's head as she happily growled. 'Calamity Ursa' was in full-on polar bear mode.
"Kisa. Stand." Pete was now looking at Joshy, and watched him copy his military stance. "So. You admitted first, yes?"
Joshy gulped. "Yes. And now Keps has said it .... what can we do?"
"The thing to discuss," Pete continued, "is what caused these." Bikki turned a pinkish colour as Pete pointed at her bump - Joshy's face looked like a tomato. This was privacy invasion - but what must be done, must be done. Bikki shuddered. The inquisition was about to begin.
After a moment of silence, Barstewardess barked like a dog, and spoke up in her usual blunt manner. "Cats." She shook her head. "An' don't you dare use that extinct excuse, Kisa, yer still catty. Unlike us dogs and wolves, cats can't be trusted! It's yer own fuckin' fault an' ya should deal wiv it."
"That's just prejudiced!" Katie 'Mouschi' Kairiri, leader of the Felis group, stood up and stuck some sharp fingernails out. "It isn't a cat thing ...."
".... we all have primal instincts," the she-bear put in. "It just came naturally to Keppra and Kisa. It isn't fair to put them on the spot." Bikki wanted to cheer for Raven.
"Came naturally to HER, don't you mean?" Laura Firecracker, a cougar who called herself 'St. Laura', pointed at Bikki. "It's HER fault, Calamity Ursa. SHE abused my brother, and carries on like nothing happened, la-di-da, just another slutty day for Keppra the femme fatalis!"
"SHE DID NOT!" Joshy shouted. "Bikki - Keppra - well .... I - I love her ...."
Joshy broke down into tears.
OOC : Bit long, but I hope you liked it! (: Maybe I went a bit crazy/messy including the four stories, but I wanted some gossip. (Also needed to get the Bikoshy story on the go, so far it's been just hints around TDB and other Brisky-type stories I've started.) The "animal" group seemed more interesting than an ordinary discussion group - oh, and by the way, they're not real werecats/wolves/trouts/pies (mmm, werepie), or even real therians/lycanthropes, it's basically the Madbirds capes with a twist.
As per usual, feel free to comment, or jump your character(s) in as drinkers at the F&F or as members of TD. |
