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Two soul captures so close together! Alex was excited, as she'd not met the one Kyou had chosen for this endeavor. She'd only been informed that the woman - Genie - would be coming in at any time, since she'd succeeded in her capture. How Kyou knew, Alex herself was uncertain, but she didn't question him most of the time. The affable Italian was seated at the receptionists desk, her legs pulled up on the chair while she bit the backside of a pen. Long black hair was pulled into her staple form with the tips splayed behind her crown, wearing her standard tank top and jeans. Vibrant green eyes read over the sheet continually: this one had been pre-determined. Why Kyou had been so insistant, she didn't know, but she felt...she hoped, perhaps, this one was like her own beloved charge.

Something beautiful out of fear, she thought inwardly, glancing over to the demon. The Frei was busying himself with flipping through magazines, which amused the woman to no end. She was glad he was able to entertain himself, as she would likely go mad if she had to sit around and read magazines all day. Alex resumed chewing on the pen, a wide grin forming around the hardened plastic.

Indeed, Zul was laying on the couch on his 'stomach,' or chest, as it were, a catalogue open in front of him. His ribbon remained mostly on the cushion but trailed over the edge towards the end, wafting slowly in the air conditioned room. His chin set neatly in the palm of his fingerless gloved hand, the digits drumming over his cheek as his free hand turned the page. Most of the clothes in the catalogue were utterly ridiculous, much like the time he'd seen Shadow, but these ones were different. They were preparing for the change of the seasons, and there was something exciting about that to the Frei.

A single finger drew over the image of a smiling young woman wearing what was called a 'scarf' around her neck. It looked so soft and fluffy! He wondered if Louie would like one to sleep with, and decided to keep it in mind the next time they went shopping. It didn't hurt that the color of the scarf was the color of autumn leaves; something about the mix of orange, ochre, hay-yellow and earthen browns made him excited. Zul already made up his mind that he would enjoy this season very much!

The plastic pen was spared further destruction as Alex noticed someone approaching the desk. She sat upright although she leaned a bit on an elbow on the desk, anticipation making her eyes brighter than usual. The Italian didn't recognize the woman, and before she could greet her, the woman greeted her first - and was none other than Genie herself! Alex was near beside herself with glee, nodding and standing from her seat, extending a hand in greeting.

"I'm Alex, I help Kyou with Guardian affairs. The charmer on the couch is Zul. We're happy to have you with us, Miss Witham!" Her words were earnest and heart-felt, nodding at the woman's inquiry. "I'd be happy to take them to Kyou! I'll just need to fill out some...well, no, it's already filled out," she corrected herself with an embarrassed little laugh, lifting the paper in question from the desk, "I'll just need your signature." Shifting her weight onto her left leg, she couldn't help herself, asking, "How did it go?"

At the sound of his name, Zul turned his gaze off of the catalogue and towards the lady he was being introduced to. Vibrant blue eyes blinked a few times before offering up a smile as charming as he had been called, uncurling himself from his laying position on the couch to float upright, pressing his hand to his chest and bowing his head in greeting. He'd mostly gotten over his need to introduce himself rather than letting someone else do it for him, but it was also due to the fact that his woman was already vaulting forward on questions. Not like he could squeeze a word before she went subject hopping.

As the woman wrote her name down and began to tell her tale in the most detailed summary known to man, Alex's eyebrows slowly began to ascend into her bangs. Wide, clear eyes blinked at the laughter that followed, which earned a slight curl of her lips into a grin. She shook her head, then nodded, and then finally joined in on the laughter. "Sadly, yeah, I think I have a small understanding...I'm a zoologist by trade, so, I really do empathize there. I'm just glad you're okay, 'cept for that impressive sunburn. Do you want some aloe to take home? I think we have some around here..."

Alex had turned to look down the hallway when Genie looked over to Zul. As such, the explosion of surprise made the woman jump a good two feet in the air, startled and immediately on adrenaline. That type of exclamation usually meant danger, to her, and when she snapped her head to the side to see the source of the Guardian's fear, she was noticeably confused to see her own charge there. The 'Is that what you people make here?' suddenly made the shock all fall into place, and she could not help herself; she began to laugh, a relieved, heartfelt sound.

"You didn't...? Oh my jeebers, please, come...he wont hurt you!" Alex laughed good-naturedly, motioning for Zul to come towards them. "Miss Witham, this is Zul, he's the Raevan in my care. Zul is a Frei, he's almost a year old. I'm so sorry! I thought Kyou would have...gah, that was thoughtless of me!" A scarred palm lifted to thump against her own forehead. "Really sorry! But please, don't be afraid."

The Frei was just as flabberghasted by the woman as she was of him. That was...new. Once upon a time, he would have found such a reaction to the sight of him quite humorous, but the memory of the hatred towards him - because of his difference, the marking on his head - was still too fresh. Blue eyes blinked uncertainly at the lady his woman was calling 'Miss Witham,' not entirely confident that approaching her was a good idea. Nonetheless, his curiosity was piqued, and very slowly, he floated out of arm's reach and no closer.

"My apologies for scaring you," he put on his best polite tact and manners, tucking his wings against his back to try and lend to the idea of being harmless, "Miss Witham. Nice to meet you; I am Zul." The Frei suddenly felt very uncomfortable. He was not used to speaking of himself as though he were some decoration or something to be talked about and not talked to. Why it was bothering him now of all times, he couldn't quite put his finger on it.

A little at a loss, he lifted his hand to shake, but didn't insist upon it. He wasn't entirely sure she wouldn't flee at the closer proximity. "...Hi?" He smiled tentatively, curious gaze sweeping over her face. Part of him wanted to win her over and conquer his upset of being so disdained, but the other part...felt she had every right to be afraid of him, or that maybe, she should be. Huh. Odd.

There was no real way to explain how the woman was suddenly looking at him. He felt, perhaps, that this is what it was like to be in the lion's cage, only they were both lions from a different pride. Zul was certain that Animal Planet had prepared him for something like this, he just hadn't expected it to be with...a human. Would wonders never cease!

Blue eyes remained captured within hers when they sought his face, otherwise remaining in place, floating peacefully as if this wasn't entirely unusual. His expression was one of patience while he was scrutinized, his wings slowly unfurling from his back to beat a slow rhythm for the woman. It was the most thorough greeting Zul had ever received, and while it was quite demanding and within most personal boundaries, the demon still had no concept of such boundaries even to this day, and thus, he welcomed the studious, thorough inspection. A smart woman, he thought with a smile, appeased when she stopped in front of him again.

And then gave him the bearhug of a lifetime.

The bone of his wings shivered in surprise, the unheld hand awkardly patting her on the back in a mimicked motion that he was treating her with, force and all. "That's new!" he quipped as she pulled away, a genuine, dazzling smile flitting over his features. Oh, but this one was great! "I like you." The announcement was simple and to the point, crossing his arms over his chest and looking rather revitalized by the woman's enthusiastic greeting more than put out.

Alex finally snapped her jaw shut and schooled her blatantly shocked expression back into a semblence of normalacy once their odd, college-esque greeting had finished. Just when she thought she'd seen it all, the denziens of the Lab never ceased to prove her wonderfully incorrect. "Yeah, uh, sure, jeez, you totally got me out of left field," the Italian laughed, robustly shaking the hand that held and shook hers in return. She shook her head at the other comment with a wry grin; Zul wouldn't understand the implications, but she did, and found it quite humorous.

"He is a good sort. I'm proud of him." She smiled to her charge, that pride writ clearly on her strong features. "I'm glad you think so. I'm really eager to see what Raevan will be put in your care, Miss Witham! I'll definitely give you a call the second I know anything. But if you have any questions before that," she put the contract down and pulled a card out of the bowels of the desk, handing it over, "you can call Kyou or myself. My cell is on there and it's on all day, everyday. You're free to meet with us again, if you'd like, before hand." Her green eyes shifted briefly to Zul; Genevieve struck her as a woman who might be a bit sharper than most, who would take a better look and have more inspired questions with the right setting.

The demon, in the meantime, was running his hands over his ribbon beneath his rune. It was somewhat obvious by the Frei's uncertain expression that the joke had gone right over his spiky-haired and tri-horned head. "Things get scared out of people?" he asked curiously. Why hadn't he seen this before? Was it bad, like late-night movies that were locked by parental controls?