The Home

Alex watched Abby hurry away, a smirk on his face. If she was too busy to notice he was an elf, he figured he'd get away with plenty at this place. If his own home didn't want him, he'd be fine with the one he had.

He glanced at the vampire standing next to him and gave her a sly smile. "So what are you here for?"

Khloe glanced at the handsome guy standing next to her and began thinking about all the ways she wanted to destroy him. But she quickly erased those thoughts when she realized he was waiting for a response.

"I'm here because I couldn't control my thirst for Humans. I'm still trying to figure that part out." She said. When she noticed that he slowly moved away from her, she was quick to defend herself.

"Don't worry, I'm not going to do anything." Khloe said with a smile. She was doing anything in her power to not harm anyone in sight. She wasn't sure what would happen if she lost control again. She almost died the first time, she wasn't going to die a second time because of her stupidity.

Rumors had it there was another vampire staying here. Khloe decided to go find out if that was true or not. It would make her life less stressful if she had someone she could bond with.

The vampiress had sat in the right corner, not really paying any attention to the rest of the residents. She had a glass filled with the blood people had donated to hospitals, and while she drank alone her fill, she scanned the room.

Everyone was sitting in the center of the room, eating their food and chatting, but what caught her attention was the gorgeous mind reader at the end of the other corner.

The vampiress was taken in by her, and it was strange. It was like she was releasing some kind of pheromones that worked only on her, and she wanted to learn why.

''Marina!'' The vampiress called the girl's name, thinking of how to find out the reason behind her pheromones working only on her.

''Yea?'' She answered, turning to face her.

''Can you come here, honey? I want to talk to you in private.'' The vampiress smiled as the mind reader kindly obeyed.

Marina took a seat opposite from Mariaxielle and once she got comfortable, she faced her. "So, what's this about?" She asked folding her hands.

"I'm really interested in knowing how your pheromones work, mind telling me?" The vampiress was honest and that surprised Marina, but as she was about to speak, they were interrupted.

Dragging a couple of dining chairs behind her, Abbie made her way back into the eating area. She quickly found a couple of empty spaces and placed the chairs there against the wall. Spotting Ms. Hartstrong and Ms. Austin, she made her way towards them

"Hello, again. Are you finding everything alright? I brought in more chairs if you'd like to get off your feet." She pointed towards the empty cheers and tried herding them both in that direction. "Oh! Ms. Harstrong - Mariaxielle? Or do you prefer Rogue? - if I could have moment?"

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"Rogue," the vampiress said. "Everything's fine." She wasn't interested in starting a conversation with Abby right now. Her mind was occupied by Marina's charisma and its tricks.

"It won't be easy to adjust to this life style since I'm not used to it, but I'm sure it will work out just fine." Marina was a free spirit and liked having people around her. Being the social type and beautiful enough had worked to her advantage a lot of times.

Marina followed after Abby and she didn't fail to notice the annoyed look Rogue had on her beautiful face. She didn't really care that they were interrupted because she wasn't going to answer her question anyway. That wasn't the case for Rogue though. Why was Rogue interrested in her gift in the first place? Marina hadn't really used it that much... Yet.

"Oh, thank you. This'll only take a moment. There's a couple of new girls, well, one in particular..." Abby nodded in the direction of the young witch, "If you can maybe say 'hello'? She seems a little..reserved."

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Marina was quick to reply wirh a smile hugging her pretty face, "of course, I'd like to meet another face around here." Marina walked towards the girl while Abby turned to face the young vampiress.

"Don't even think of it" was all Rogue said.

Putting her hands up in mock-defeat, Abby slowly backed away before spinning around and stalking towards the far end of the kitchen. Digging through the cupboards, she search for a box of tea bags, hoping to brew a cup and grab a bite before group session resumed.

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Rogue went to grab a bag of blood and then she went quickly to a corner to have her fill. Her ears on high alert to hear everything the mind-reader would talk about so she could understand her better and maybe learn more about her gift. She wasn't really interested in anything else in here. She just had to survive this whole home project thing and have fun. Till now though, bored was all she was. 'Would someone take away her boredom?' She wondered as a sigh escaped her red lips.

Marina thought that she had to be pushy if she wanted to actually make an effort with the young witch so against her better judgement, she went to the table Lana was sitting at and with a smile on her face she took a seat as she asked, ''you don't mind me sitting here, do you?''

The witch frowned upon seeing the young woman, and with a sarcastic smile on her face she said, "of course not, but you don't mind me leaving do you? After all, I'm done here." And with that she left. That didn't go as planned, the mind reader thought.

Rollin blinked open his eyes before he shut them again with a grumble, ugh… those damn lights! He rubbed his eyes, he wasn't sure when he fell asleep, but he was sure the 'meeting' room had a couch and it was the best damn invitation the wolf ever received. He absentmindedly stood up from the stool to leave the room, only to stop when someone’s feet hit the ground for the third time.

Furrowing his brows, Rollin paused and breathed in. The werewolf tensed, one scent in particular was definitely new. A frustrated sound alerted the wolf's attention back to the female therapist, his shoulders relaxing. Her scent was what separated her from the others, because she was the only human. Rollin rubbed the tension out of his neck, and couldn't help but grin at the sight. He stood and watched the struggle for a bit before deciding to come to the rescue. He placed his hand on Abby's hip and lightly pushed her out of the way. Rollin reached up and easily grabbed the box she was reaching for and placed it on the counter.

"Wake me up when it's time to ask 'how do you feel about that?'" he mocked with a smile and stepped back.

[... so apparently I did not read Audrey's last post, cue the ]

Gasping at the sudden contact, Abby turned to see Rollin. Before she could even say thank you, he was retreating, pulling warmth with him as he moved away. The smile on his face she could only describe as wolfish, filled with mischief that mirrored the snark in his words and, maybe, a bit of playful charm. She'd have to keep her eye on that one.

"Should I brew you a cup?" she asked before he stepped too far away. "Perhaps something calming, and you could forgo the mid-day nap?

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"Forgo?" Rollin repeated, it wasn't a word he heard on a daily basis so he shrugged. He picked at his lip, thinking it over. Did he want a cup of tea or to fall asleep on a nice comfy couch?

He may have been a wild animal for a good year, but he remembered some manners — although not enough to accept her offer. "That's so very kind of you, Miss Abby," he said, his brown eyes shining, "But I'm gonna have to pass."

With a small nod at her, he turned and left the room.

Alex stood watching everyone interact with mild interest. He wasn't used to having no one's attention, and it was a little confusing. He ambled around the room slowly, investigating everyone, their smells and habits. Eventually he walked up to Marina and smiled.

"What brings you here?"

That went well, Abby thought morosely. She was sure Rollin's mood would've improved with a little food - she'd hoped that would be true for all the residents - but she'd been wrong.

Before plucking a teabag from the box, she quickly lit the burner under the teapot, and poured enough honey to cover the bottom of her mug. While the water boiled, she decided, she'd take a moment to brush up her notes before the group session resumed.

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Marina smiled up at the handsome guy, surprised a man had actually walked up to her and started a decent conversation no less. She was used to everyone bring taken in by her, but she already knew most residents there, at least the ones she was supposed to interract with, yet it was the first time she had actually seen that guy.

"Well, you know...a little bit of this and a little bit of that," she said with no care in the world before she got a bit serious. "Seems like I'm bad news," she stated before she went back to her carefree attitude, "not like everyone else here isn't, but oh well..." She didn't want to give too much information away, because even though she could always read his mind, she decided against it since it wouldn't be any fun if she started on the first day. "And you? What brought you here?

Alex smiled slightly and heaved a deep, dramatic sigh. "Oh, you know, in a battle of wills alcohol will always win." He waved his hand airily. "You don't seem like bad news. I'm sure we'll get along just fine."

He smiled charmingly and glanced around the room again, adjusting to everyone's presence. He was probably the least interesting person here, he realized as he watched everyone bustle about. A slight frown tugged at his lips as he wondered how to fix such a poor situation.

"An alcoholic, huh? I wonder how this instution will help all of us..." The mindreader hadn't thought of that till now but seeing so many different kinds of beings there and problems, it had to be tough. "Anyway, don't say later on that I didn't tell you." She reminded Alex. "I'm bad news."

Marina had this feeling that someone was watching her, but she didn't want to turn her head and look. She was sure it was vampire woman who was talking to her before. She tried to keep herself calm as she was getting to know Alex.

The vampiress was staring daggers on Marina's back while listening to her conversation with that thing. She was displeased with the situation at hand but ahe could investigate the mindreader with her good hearing. Plus she could always read the mind of eveyone else.

Alex chuckled. "I mean, what's more bad news than a mythological creature said to bring bad luck wherever they go? I suppose in the end we'll be bad news together."

He glanced over at the vampire he'd spoken to earlier and called to her. "Hey, come join our club of doom and despair. I suppose it can't get much worse?"

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"Who knows....maybe we can form a team, huh?" Marina chuckled and gave him a relaxed smile. That would be fun, she thought before she glanced over at a vampire she hadn't met yet.

Leaned against the kitchen counter, Abby quietly sipped her tea while going through her notebook. Keeping a hopefully inconspicuous eye on the kitchen, she quickly checked over her notes from the first half of the group meeting - adding new notes where needed.



There, she thought, that's a pretty good summation - at least a pretty good summation of what she learned so far. It would have to do for now. It seemed this group had its fill of short tempers, big egos, and excessive baggage, but of course, that was to be expected. Still, she found herself woefully unprepared.

She'd spent a lot of time learning about what they were (and how to control/contain them, if need be), but none of her reading could have prepared her for the actual face-to-face experience. It seemed that keeping them safe (from themselves and each other) were the least of her woes. It seemed, she thought, it would be much easier to deal with their 'monster' flaws than their human ones.

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Looking around the room, it looked like everyone was done eating and beginning to get antsy. Better get back to our session, Abby thought.

"Everyone! Hello? Hello!" she stepped to the center of the room. "Now that everyone's fed and hopefully a little rested, should we move back into the library? Yes?" Abby nodded, hands fluttering in what she hoped conveyed a 'gathering' motion. "If everyone can finish up in here, session will reconvene in five minutes. You lot can head on in as soon as you're ready. I'll go rise up the stragglers."

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