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 Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2011 3:25 pm
Mark blushed harder. "Eee! she squealed teasingly. Her ears finally perked and her eyes widened. "Crap, change back. Someone's coming upstairs," she said, sulking a little. Honestly it was about time to change back any way, running around in that form was tiring and her energy was running pretty low.
She returned to normal, her hair falling out of the ponytail, her chest feeling less constricted than in the chest bindings, and back into her school uniform which she'd been wearing before. After school crime busting, who needed club activities? Not that she'd stopped going to the gym or football....unfortunately it would look too suspicious if she suddenly stopped one if not both. Bah, it would be nice if she didn't have to do so much running around.
"And uh.....for the record....I do purr. O-only sometimes," she added, blushing harder.
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Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2011 3:36 pm
It was so so nice for the short period of time. Being so close to Mark made her feel warm and relaxed. It was a pity that...someone was coming? Eolande looked around and listened. She didn't hear anything herself. Wow... Those ears of Marks must have been very keen! Eolande touched her sunglasses and felt that cool sensation run off her like cold water. She gave a small shiver as she warmed back up. She never felt cold in her magical form, but oh she noticed it when she changed back!
Eolande ran her fingers through her hair and looked sadly at Mark "Aw...I wish I could have heard it. Maybe later we can like...go out together? I need someone to work with when I change." She started to explain, then paused. What if someone walked in on them while talking about their magical things?
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Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2011 3:48 pm
"No way! It's super embarrassing!" she whined. "I've gotten pretty used to how my muscles react, but I can't for the life of me control my ears, tail, or purring....my tail kinda moves with whatever is comfortable and, ugh, my ears! It's really hard to say something when your ears show that you're clearly lying!" she said, sulking a little. It really wasn't as cool as Eolande seemed to think it was. And her outfit wasn't nearly as hot as Eolande's.
"....so....I think I remember you mentioning something about a cake~?" she said excitedly. She loved Eolande's cooking! It was so nice! "I am so jealous of you, I couldn't cook to save my life," she laughed. "My brothers always tease me that I'm not allowed in the kitchen...but it's fine, Jules and mom do most of the cooking. Tabs occasionally helps out but he's not as good at it as mom and Jules....not as bad as me or dad though," she laughed.
"Hey, brought you--" Julia stopped to look at Mark. He cocked a brow at her sudden appearance but shrugged it off. His family was too weird to worry about things like that. "Brought you something to drink while you waited....hope you didn't mind me letting her in," he said, noting Mark's grin. Nope, she didn't mind. He shrugged and set down the tray of tea, there were two cups but only one had been poured, presumably so Mark could have one when she got home.
He paused before leaving to eye Mark. "Can you please stop climbing trees to get into your room? People are going to think you're a burglar or something." He sighed and left the two to their little tea party.
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Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2011 4:13 pm
Maybe Mark just had a hard time seeing how special she was. Eolande could appreciate that. Until she had met Mark she had never thought anything about herself was special in the least. "You just need time to get used to them is all." She started to say. What more could she offer? Sure she found Mark's form beautiful, but she was not certain how she could convince her friend to see it her way. It would just have to take time?
"Cake! Yes..I made..." Oh no... While mark carried on about her jealousy, Eolande dropped to her knees and opened her backpack. The white Tupperware container she had placed the cake in had brown smudges all over the inside. Tears immediately budded in the corners of her eyes as she took it out slowly. "I...I ruined it..." Oh she felt so bad! She had smacked Mark, nearly killed her, and ruined her love cake! When the door opened to the room, Eolande was quick to wipe the tears from her eyes and she glanced up at the slightly surprised Julia. She was silent as the elder brother would drop the tea off, then cutely scold his sister for climbing in the window. Eolande glanced at Mark and held the container up towards her after Julia left. "It was supposed to have a little heart made of chocolate covered wild strawberries. I picked them all myself too. Now it's all ruined."
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Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2011 4:26 pm
(Stupid DBZ Abridge Dx I'm now picturing Yamcha saying 'Gay')
Mark started to panic a little. Crap! If she hadn't thought it would be such a hot idea to climb through her ******** window this never would've happened! Eolande's cute gift wouldn't be ruined, she wouldn't have nearly been knocked out a window, and her brother wouldn't have yet another thing to nag her about! CRAP!
Solutions....solutions....ah! She stuck a finger into the battered cake and licked if off. "Tastes perfect to me," she said, offering a grin. "Thanks for making it for me, it was really thoughtful," she said. To be fair she honestly didn't mind it being a little beaten up, it was still a gift of their....friendship? Hearts were for friendship and platonic love, right? Mark was pretty used to and comfortable with the idea of same-sex couples....but she was willing to be Eolande was a little more reserved about that than her. Thus; yes. Platonic love was most likely.
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Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2011 4:37 pm
The urge to cry was slowly fading. Particularly since Mark did not seem upset over the small cake not being perfect anymore. Eolande was just glad she had the foresight to put it in the Tupperware instead of wrapping it in plastic. It would have gotten all over her cloths then. Eolande folded her backpack closed and pushed it against the wall, hopefully to be forgotten until much later.
"I...I am glad." She murmured. Eolande turned towards the tea and quickly picked up the cup. Now that Julia was gone, she didn't feel uneasy that someone was going to pop in on them. She wanted to talk more to Mark but...about what? Still holding her cup, she moved to sit down on Marks bed. "I..hope your also okay with me stopping by. It's just...my dad is going to be gone all night again and I didn't want to sit in a empty apartment." her lips perked up somewhat. "If I had known you were a magic girl too I would have asked to come with you. What are your powers?"
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Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2011 7:24 pm
Mark grinned and grabbed one of the spoons for the sugar and took another bite. It really was quite good, Eolande really worked hard to make things Mark would like...it was so sweet of her.
"Don't be silly, you're welcome here any time," she said happily. "The only powers I get are kinda boring....my senses sharpen and my body reacts faster than normal," she shrugged a little. "If I stay took long like that I get exhausted and a migraine, everything sounds too long, everything looks too sharp...it's kinda cool at first plus great for seeing in the dark, but I've seen cooler powers," she said, pouting a little. "What about you? What can you do in that form?"
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Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2011 8:07 pm
Eolande moved...a little closer to Mark. She did not bother with the tea. All she could do was watch Mark eating her cake and felt such satisfaction. As her friend spoke so about her powers, Eolande shook her head back and forth a little bit. "I like your powers Mark. I would really like having powers like that. She smiled a bit more and tucked some of her hair behind her ear as she tried to imagine Mark all curled up and cute looking like a kitty.
"Mine? Oh...it's not...great." She replied slowly. "I can turn into..uhm..a shadow?" She shrugged her shoulders a little. "I mean, I can't touch anything, and nothing can touch me. But the light...it can kinda hurt if I get exposed to direct sunlight. it makes me change back."
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Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2011 7:12 am
"Ugh, no way. My powers suck so bad! I mean I look like...well like THAT and if something startles me, I some times accidentally attack....I mean, I've gotten better at holding myself back, but my body just reacts. Plus the migraines are total s**t." Perhaps it was one of those grass is always greener things. Then again she had yet to do anything simply for the sake of being a cat and enjoying it in that form. She kind of....liked that she could stop crimes and protect people. It made her feel like she didn't wrestle and kick box for nothing. It meant she wasn't just another teenage dirtbag baby. (*brick'd*)
When Eolande mentioned the shadow aspect Mark couldn't help but feel relaxed. It meant that Eolande could run...it meant she wouldn't get hurt. Knowing that things couldn't hurt her somehow put such a sense of ease in her mind....the idea of her also having powers honestly worried Mark, it made her a target...but at least she was a target that couldn't be hit by anything less than light. "That's a really cool power though! I mean, I've seen people with powers to heal and support others, they're really useful! I guess some people just are built for being meat shields and others get powers to protect them and do things they can't." She grinned. "I bet you must be like, the best at sneaking into places and things."
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Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2011 6:26 pm
"Oh no no no!" Eolande was so so quick to speak up. How could Mark say such things about her form? Eolande stepped up towards Mark and reached up to place her hands upon her shoulders. Eolande's smile was small, but honest when she looked with admiration upon Mark. "Your form looks so exotic. It's got this wild beauty, like looking at a wild big cat. I think you looked wonderful Mark. I wish I could have seen you like that a little longer." She had looked so lovely...still, as she considered the attacking bit, she tilted her head.
"Perhaps it is a instinct thing? Besides, it really does seem like you have gotten a handle on it. I mean, you didn't try to hurt me at all when I hit you with my bag." She tried to offer a brighter look on the subject. The migraines though did concern her some. "Headaches? Do you want me to rub your neck?" Eolande turned a little and waved a hand towards the bed. "If you lay down I can rub your neck and you can tell me more?" Plus..she liked the idea of being cuddly on the bed. It was part of why she had come here yeah? To spend time with Mark...who knew? Maybe they would get so relaxed they would fall asleep and snuggle! Eolande's cheeks flushed a bit with that simple happy thought. Eolande shook her head a little, to clear it of her desirous thoughts.
"My power is...well. Useful." She would admit with a small smile. Eolande couldn't help but feel the small desire to brag a little. "I was able to sneak into some stores and get some things I had been wanting." She admitted with a tiny hint of pride. "No one could see me, I left no signs I had been there, it was such fun too!"
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Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 12:16 am
Mark froze and jerked back. "Whoa, what?" she asked, voice suddenly taking a stern tone. Little did she know that the bracelet she only took off for work was just such ill gotten booty.
Maybe it was that her parents raised her knowing the value of hard work, but things like stealing really got to her. Mark worked hard for any money she got so she could spend it how she wanted, she knew the value of working even if the work was hard, sweaty, and left her sometimes irritable. It meant that she could go into a store and buy something she wanted, plus since she worked for the money it made her treasure it all the more. She hated the idea of someone taking something like that for granted....it was even worse when it was one of her own friends.
"Please.....please tell me you're joking..." she said slowly, eyes desperate to disbelieve. Eolande was a sweet girl wasn't she? She wouldn't do something like that, right? It made her stomach knot up just thinking about Eolande doing something like that...it just wasn't right.
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Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 12:00 am
The change in Mark's tone and attitude was something like having a glass of hot water thrown on your back. Not cold. No...cold was more born of fear. Hot water was more like shame and the realization that she had been caught doing something very wrong. Eolande's smile died as she looked at Mark. That pleading look made her feel the absolute worse.
"I..." She started, then stopped. How did she respond to that now? She never should have said anything! Eolande dropped her gaze and fell mute for a few moments. "I wasn't hurting anyone..." She finally whispered in shame. She didn't want to see the look in Mark's eyes. She did not want to see the anger or disgust she feared would come from her.
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Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 3:08 am
"Eolande, stealing is never okay. If you lie to someone you aren't physically hurting anyone....but what about what it does to you? Or how it hurts someone emotionally? What if you stole from a small business? That hurts their profit margin. What if everyone just took one thing from a big chain like Sears. It's just one thing, right? But if everyone took one things there wouldn't be anything left."
Her brows set and she sighed, hanging her head a little. She was so disappointed in her friend....how could she think it was okay? "I just spent the day running around catching people that stole or hurt others....I....I really don't want to chase someone down and see your face..." she said sadly, her chin flat against her chest as she stared downwards. What should she do...? Should she turn Eolande in? Tell her to return what she stole? Jesus....she wasn't good with things like this...she was good at tangible problems she could distance herself from.
It hit her just then. Aphrodite had mentioned not all the girls like her would be good. It never crossed her mind Eolande wouldn't be on her side....
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Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2011 2:24 pm
The argument that Mark offered was one she had heard before. The 'It wasn't hurting anyone' claim had been used by those involved in petty theft for years. It wasn't something new. In fact, it was a line her own father had used a few times when she overheard him talking to clients. 'It won't hurt anyone! Relax, the government will never even notice!' Still, some part of her knew that this did not make it right. It was just so easy to ignore that little voice when you were alone and didn't think anyone would catch you. If she had not made this slip up, mark never would have known after all. She would have kept right on snatching the things she thought she deserved, or figured wouldn't hurt anyone if it went missing.
Eolande felt tears in her eyes and reached a hand up to quickly wipe them away before they started to streak down her cheeks. "I'm...I'm sorry Mark. I'm really sorry. I just...I'm sorry. I won't do it anymore. I swear I won't." She promised with a tight feeling closing around her throat.
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Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2011 4:55 am
She ran a hand through her hair, eyes still averted. What could she do? She didn't want to hate Eolande...she was so sweet and thoughtful and.....and a thief.
She finally looked to Eolande again, her brows knit together. "This is the kind of thing I like," she said, holding the rather mangled cake as if it were the most precious thing to her. "I like having a friend that will go shopping with me or make me sweet treats or just keep me company.....but.....I'm not sure if I can trust someone that steals. I mean....what if you can't stop stealing? What if you escalate in crimes? Am I going to need to chase after you and put you away?"
Her eyes drifted away again. She didn't think her heart would be able to bear it if the next person she needed to catch was Eolande....she would have to fight her, hurt her...put her in a prison surrounded by light so she couldn't turn into shadows. Urgh....why would Eolande use such an amazing power for something that would hurt others? She could use it to spy on big criminals...all Mark could do was catch criminals in the act.
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