Yes, you are just a play date to me

Emne: Yes, you are just a play date to me Tirs Dec 22, 2020 10:00 am

Place: Gaia Square
Time: 22th of December 2020, 15.30
Surroundings: Many people out buying last minute presents.
Weather: A bit snowy outside.
Clothing: Outfit + Daylight necklace
Topic for: @Maxwell
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Christmas. That time of the year had already come, this year had went so fast. It didn't really matter to Alicia however, she never celebrated Christmas - at least not like other people. Halloween was always fun to celebrate and new years time to time, it had only been going crazier through the years - she liked that. She looked around, getting an idea of just how many people who stressed around this time of the year. People who was in here to get their last minute presents, or simply wanted to quickly catch up with someone before Christmas eve. She didn't understand human nature when it came to that, but she did understand the need to be around others. As always, Alicia was looking for something or someone to catch her eye. It wasn't because she was picky, but she was a little picky when it came to her play dates. She took a slightly deeper breath in trying to pick up on the different scents around her. Fairies.. humans.. shapeshifters. She licked her lips slightly as she decided what she wanted in this moment. Then a young, quite tall shapeshifter crossed her path and she turned around looking at him with her head tilted slightly to the left. She then headed in his direction, and by accident walked into him, "oh I'm so sorry," she looked up into his eyes. "Last minute Christmas shopping?" She asked with a curious smile, helping him pick up bags if he had dropped anything. "I just got here as well, seems like I should have been earlier.. the place is packed with people," she sighed and made a choice to play the part - but then again she loved playing games.

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What a success. Another year has passed and another 22th of December where he’d managed to buy all of his presents in one day. It wasn’t because Max didn’t put any thought to his presents; It was more the executing-part that had a limp. On the other hand, he’d done it every year, and every year he got all the presents. No reason to change a system, that worked.

But it also resulted in him walking down the streets with many filled bags. He was thinking about what he wanted to eat, when he got home – maybe he could go for a hunt in the school’s kitchen to find some leftovers? – when a woman bumped in to him. Some of the bags slipped out of his hands, as he burst out a little ”Ohhhhhh..” He looked confused as he’d been so deeply buried in his own thought – the woman managed to pick up the bags before he even had the thought to reach for them. ”It was probably my fault, I’m sorry, I was all lost in thoughts,” he told her with a smile. ”Yes, same procedure as every year,” he answered her question, rolling his eyes at himself while his smile grew even bigger on his face. She looked very pretty – a dramatic kind of beauty with her long, dark hair and big, brown eyes. ”Yeah, you got to be tough to be in this game..” he commented with a spark in his blue eyes. He felt like he’d been thrown in this situation – he hadn’t planned any women to step into this day. But he didn’t mind. He was always up for some good company. ”How many presents do you have left? I just finished strong, I’m pretty experienced at this last-minute-shopping-sport.” He looked at her, trying to read this talkative stranger.

Emne: Sv: Yes, you are just a play date to me Ons Dec 23, 2020 12:52 pm

"There is a few days till Christmas, you are in your full right to be lost in thoughts," she replied with a warmer smile. People had 24 days to get presents for their loved ones, so why do it last minute? Perhaps she would never understand that, but luckily she didn't have to - only for a while at least, while she talked to this shapeshifter. "I can imagine, people begin to act all Grinchy in the lines," she chuckled a bit and shook her head a little, perhaps she was the one who was the most Grinchy after all. "Two, one for my father and one for one of my friends. But those two are always the hardest to find something for," she sighed a bit, as if it was hopeless- which it kinda was if she actually had to find something for them. "My father is like a mad scientist," she giggled a little, but it was actually a lot more true than one would put her giggle into. "I thought about giving him some cool, but I'm totally blank," she sighed and threw her arms a little out to the side. Alicia couldn't even come up with a quick solution to an idea, its wasn't really fitting suggesting a test-subject to a shapeshifter, who seemed to have a way calmer experience in life. "But since you are such an expert, why don't help a girl out? I will buy lunch and coffee," she took a deeper breath in, of course it would be easier to just compel him to follow her, but it was far more fun for her if she could just naturally get under his skin. "I will even drive you home, so you don't have to walk with all of that."

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Max laughed a little. ”You’re right, and I even earned my right to let my mind wander since I’ve finished this year’s run.” Her warm smile made him smile even more, as he looked into her dark eyes. When she made a remark of grinchy people, he laughed again. ”Yes. Why are everyone so grumpy? It’s Christmas and we have several days left…!” he said, silly, as he knew that many people wouldn’t think that several days was enough to not be stressed.

”Oh, yes, dads are the worst!” He raised his eyebrows and gave a little nod. ”They’re always like ’I just want like, some socks or a book’, but you can’t just give them that every year,” he rolled his eyes. ”Or I guess you could, but it feels like you don’t want to take pains to give him a good present. But what do you give a man who have everything and who just buys whatever he needs immediately instead of putting it on his wish list?” He shrugged and smiled at her. ”But I’d imagine a scientist would be pretty happy about books.. What kind of scientist? Physics?” he asked her curiously, maybe he could help her brainstorm.

It was like she almost read his mind as she asked him to help her. He was quite surprised of the straightforward way of her asking, but he liked it. She didn’t hide her want to socialize. ”Yeah, of course, I guess,” he answered, a little confused of course. He didn’t got asked out for lunch of strangers that often, not that fast at least. He was a little confused if she was hitting on him, asking him on a date, or if she was just very friendly. He smiled and almost shook his head a little as she offered to drive him home – he felt it was a little over the top, of course she didn’t have to do that. He didn’t comment on it because he didn’t want to embarrass her with a refusal as it wasn’t because he didn’t want her to drive him, she just really didn’t have to, he'd help her anyway even if she didn't buy him lunch.

He hitched up his bags a little, not sure what to do of those. Of course he could just keep them, it would be like if he had needed two more presents, but it was a bit unhandy. Max was friendly enough to go through unhandy, though. He felt like he was acting a bit passive because of his confusion over her bluntness. ”But hey, maybe I should introduce myself if we’re going shopping together.” He gave her a big smile. ”I’m Max.” He put down the bags to shake her hand.

Emne: Sv: Yes, you are just a play date to me Tors Dec 31, 2020 12:22 pm

She didn't really to much else but lift her shoulder to the remark, because she was clueless around human behavior on that matter. Alicia took a deeper breath in, yes dads were the worst. Not on the present buying, but always thinking they could control their young ones and know what was best for them. Alicia found herself walking down a memory lane she had long forgotten, what had happened all that time ago if her father hadn't found out she was trying to run away back then? Quickly she escaped that mind trap and came back to reality again. "Physics, everything with biology and so on, he has had years of practice and now he teach at the academy," she explained and took a deeper breath in. It wasn't really the best way to go, after all this shapeshifter looked like someone who could easily study at the academy - by means, he most likely also knew age was a special thing in the entire Athena region. Her father, Joseph Blackwood was one of the scienece teachers at the academy, why he had chosen his mad scientist path to go that way, even Alicia didn't know the answer to that.
The shapeshifter agreed to help her that was easy and made it less difficult to set her trap for the kill - but much like a cat she liked playing with her meals before eating them, if she ate them. Alicia folded her lips a little while observing his reaction to it all, she knew she was pretty blunt and straightforward, and it wasn't everyone who was just as comfortable around that kind of energy - but he seemed not to mind it, she liked that. He sat down some of his bags and presented himself while holding his hand out. Alicia took it with a warming smile, "Alicia Blackwood, nice you run into you Max," she greeted before taking her hand back few seconds after. "Do you need help with the bags?" Alicia then asked, she tilted her head a bit to the side. The vampire wasn't really big on gestures and helping others, but she did when she had to lure prey in - gaining their trust was the most important thing after all. She would carry some of them if he wanted her to, "do you live here in Aston?"

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Max’ face brightened up in a smile as she told him that her father was a teacher at the academy. He might know who he was then. Max curious mind would love that – finding joint connections with new people was a very human activity which he, as such a simple being as he was, enjoyed a lot.”Uh, the academy? I attend biology class at the academy. What’s his name?” he asked eagerly. ”Maybe he’d like an anatomy poster or something like that? Or does he got something like that already..” Every scientist should have something nerdy but still decorative in their house. Max himself had an anatomy poster of the human muscles on his wish list. He racked his brain to try and come up with more ideas.

”You could also just give him a nice, warm sweater or something like that.. I think most dads like that kind of stuff too..” His voice was a little less exited about this idea. It was a little boring. Maybe dad’s weren’t that excited about it either but after all it was still a gift.

”Alicia,” he repeated, trying her name on his own lips. ”It’s nice to meet you too.” He squeezed her hand with his own, warm one before he let go. Her scent was special, something was almost anemic about it, but he couldn’t really place it. She was probably of some kind of race that he hadn’t met before.

”No, it’s okay,” he answered her when she offered to take the bags. It was a bit stupid to refuse taking help, but it was just some kind of human instinct that made him do it. He didn’t want to bother her with his bags even though he was the one helping her. ”I live at the academy. What about you? You don’t go to the academy, do you?” he answered, as he thought a person, whose father was teaching at the academy surely would attend it. But maybe he was wrong. He hadn’t ever seen her at school in any case.

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Emne: Sv: Yes, you are just a play date to me Tors Apr 22, 2021 11:09 am

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» Play with me [cw]
» Let's play, shall we?
» Can you play on broken strings? - J.C.
» That's when the vampires come out to play ~ Bjorn
» A new one who wanna play a little? ~ Joshua