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 Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2019 12:42 pm
He had a hard time dealing with what had happened. There were very few people involved in his universe which made them very valuable to him. One if the oldest relationships since corrupting had been Mali, and without that, he was left analyzing every one of their interactions since the very first meeting.
But in the weeks that followed, he knew Lori was still involved between them. He wasn't sure how much her twin had disclosed but he wanted to see that they were okay or if she hated him for how the relationship between her twin and him ended.
Not feeling very strong about the whole thing, he sent Lori a few messages and asked to meet as a quiet bar called the Boar's Gut. The place had a musky smell from all the exposed, repurposed driftwood they used and had carved board about the place. It was similar to a hunting lodge with worn leather chairs but less classy. Out of the people here, he was the youngest looking, sitting in the back and gesturing to Lori when he arrived. He already had a drink.
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Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2019 1:14 pm
Lori had known something had happened. Not because Landry had told her anything though. While he wouldn't talk to her about it, he sure loved to talk to Obie about it. And Obie, concerned for them both, had told her charge what had happened. She couldn't say she was completely surprised by what had happened. In some odd way she was proud of Landry for shutting it down.
She didn't know exactly what had been said, but she had hopes that at some point they could all be friends. Also, if Winter had anyone to blame for Landry's sudden change it was her. In a very indirect way, it was her fault Landry had met Gryph. In no way had she planned for the two of them to become so close, but things were happening between them now that even she was completely blind sided by. For all the complaining that Landry did whenever she had someone over, Gryph sure does spend a lot of time in their home these days.
She had not seen Winter since it had happened. She wanted to give them both some time. Mostly, she was worried that being her brother's twin it might be painful for her dear friend if she tried to comfort him. She should have reached out to him sooner though. What if he thought she hated him now? She knew he didn't have many friends. It must have hurt to think that she had just cut him off. But as more time passed it became awkward for her to try to reach out to him.
Winter was the one that reached out first and she gave him a cheerful reply to meeting up. She wasn't sure how she felt about the Boar's Gut at first. As she walked in she was very clearly out of place. Thankfully she didn't dress up. She had on some tight fitting jeans, comfortable sneakers, and a baggy sweater to keep her warm in the cool autumn air. She felt, very, very out of place still and avoided making eye contact with any of the other customers.
She waved at Winter when she saw him, but made a quick pit stop at the bar to get a drink first. While she was at it she ordered something else for Winter as well. They were out for drinks after all.
Once the bartender had them ready she walked on over at took a seat next to her old friend. Really, the first friend she had made after Cavansite welcomed her into the Negaverse. She sat the drink down in front of him and took a quick sip of her own.
Then she reached over and pulled the smaller man into a tight hug. "I'm sorry I didn't reach out first. I was worried you wouldn't want to see me...." She didn't mean to get a little sappy right from the beginning, but she did feel bad. And she definitely wanted to apologize for her crappy behavior. She finally released him and ruffled his hair a bit.
"Take this drink as a peace offering."
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Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2019 1:32 pm
Compared to the places Lori went, Winter knew his was old fashioned and away from the norm for someone his age, but he worried a younger club would be too loud and might distract the both if them from talking. There was also the worry that, with Lori's good kicks, theybwould be interrupted by people buying her drinks and hitting her up. Frankly, he just wanted her to himself right now, and this place offered that kind of solitude. He had drank here a few times when not looking for tail and the people always left him alone.
Winter was dressed in a mocha-cream colored sweater and jeans and looked comfortable for the day. It was nice out and he enjoyed wearing fabrics that fit his arms nicely whenever he was glamoured.
Taking the drink, he too leaned in and hugged her back.
"I'm glad you came. I was worried that you might not want to see me after what happened. I didn't know if Landry talked to you about anything." He said, working in the drink and glad for it. He was already buzzed. Luckily there were no DUIs for teleportation.
"I missed you. It's been a while since we talked." He took a breath. "I don't even know how to start talking about all of this. I feel we kinda left you in the dark about everything. Does it go again twin code if I say what he told me when we were still friends?" He guessed he shouldn't care now that they weren't.
"Ah, nevermind. Just - well - you know Landry and me we - well I mean not broke up cause we weren't daring or anything. I guess - stopped being friends." Even now it was hard to explain what their relationship even was.
"Am I rushing into talking about this? I haven't even seen you or asked how you've been doing?" God, he was awful at talking.
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Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2019 1:45 pm
So he had been worried that she wouldn't want to see him. Lori really did feel awful about that. He was a close friend to her and despite any awkwardness between him and her brother, she still wante dot be there for him. To smooth things out, maybe even given some time they could all hang out against like they used to. Okay, maybe not exactly like they used to. While she would have no problem enjoying another spa day with Winter, Landry might be too embarrassed to revisit something like that.
She actually laughed a little bit. "So we were both worried about the same thing pretty much? What are we? Teenagers?" She took a sip of her drink and relaxed a bit. She had been so worried, for no reason for like a month now.
"I've missed you too. And you can start anywhere. I don't know everything. Only what Landry has told Obie, which is that you 'broke up'. Those were his words too. He knows you weren't really dating. You were pretty clear about that part." It was clear that Winter was a little flustered, maybe even just a little bit tipsy.
He made her laugh again. "You don't have to worry about me. I'm doing fine. If anything I've been the perfect sister lately. Say what you need to say friend, let's get it out in the open so you can stop bottling it up." If there was anything Lori was good at, it was talking.
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Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2019 1:54 pm
He laughed a little to know they had both been a bit of a nervous mess about what to do and it out him at ease that neither one of them had answers for how to go about this. It was nice they could meet now and figure it out together.
He took another sip to steel himself and breathed out. "I really don't know how to start with all of this. Our friendship was so complex and now I've been thinking if we were friends or wishing for something more or what. I thought we were getting a handle on things and making it better but it all just exploded in an instant."
"We hadn't been talking for a while. Landry got all cut up by that plant incident. So I took him to your place and was fixing him up. Then some guy shows up and freaks out cause there is blood everywhere. Calls me a hack and that I should get him to the hospital. Like I never sewed up myself a million times but I couldn't tell some nobody human that who doesn't know about us. Anyways, Landry gets all pissed at me and I have to go to your room cause my glamour starts coming loose from all the stress. So we talk and since I can't work on him anymore, we just let the guy do his thing. So his boyfriend takes him to the hospital and I get picked up to go home. Then we don't talk or see each other. I mean, it happened before. Back when Mali needed a break from me to sort himself out." It was clear he was upset about the events of that night and he turned the glass he had around a few times in his hands. "I just wanted to be the one to help him, ya know?"
He took another drink. Deeper this time.
"But he came back with a gift and we were sitting in my room. Talking to get things back on track. Wanted to know who the guy was. What was going on. It had been nice." But he went quiet.
"Then it got bad again. Like it always seemed to do lately "
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Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2019 2:26 pm
Lori had been exceptionally good at avoiding all the trouble in Destiny City these past few months. She was still getting her work done as a Senshi, but she admittedly had been spending more time with Daphne than she had her brother. Hence, she had been absent when he had been hurt. A fact that she had screamed about into her pillow for quite a while. He was always there for her, but it never worked the other way around. It was like some big cosmic joke.
But she did know about that incident, once against thanks to Obie. Her brother really wasn't telling her much these days. He was either scolding her for something or hanging out with Gryph. Which, she was definitely happy for him and whatever they had going on. But to see Winter like this, she had some sort of an idea about what pushed them over the edge.
"Were you just generally curious about Gryph? Or....was there a reason you wanted to know more about him?" Lori gave him a little glance and took a sip of my drink. "I think....it might have seemed to Landry like you were acting a bit....jealous?" Lori was always a very honest person. It might hurt Winter to realize that there were feelings there and now nothing could happen between them. But, maybe that was what he needed. To really process how he honestly felt about Landry. They were friends, but they were both really flirty friends. Things only started getting rocky for them once Landry really admitted that.
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Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2019 2:50 pm
He leaned back, narrowing his eyes at her.
"The guy -" He started with some restraint. "-was someone I wanted to know about cause Landry never even mentions him to me. Then he shows up late at night and getting handsy Of COURSE I'd be curious to know who the hell he is. We were suppose to be friends. I thought we could talk about this stuff. So I asked. But - well ********. So - Mali and I used to be close and then I found out he liked me. And I had to tell him that I dedicated myself to the Negaverse, going through some stuff, and a lot of my decisions will be for the Negaverse. I mean my emotions aren't even the same anymore so I'm even worse off with love than before. I'm a half-youma for Pete's sake it's not like I can go anywhere and this is my family and life and he's a human that deserves someone who can be home and have a normal life and everything. And I'm a mess and know it and ******** around and he wants actual real love. I mean he deserves it and everything. So whatever - if that guy can give it to him then great. I'm happy for them. I mean he could have done a hell of a lot better cause he is top tier but whatever." He grumbled that last part.
"What I'm saying is that I bring it up and Mali gets upset. And it's always this wall with us because of the issue of romance and feelings and relationships. I wanted to be there for him to maybe help but he bit off my head and then -" He had to stop and went cold inside.
"I know I ******** up relationships. I mean obviously cause it's why you and I are talking now. But he didn't have to throw it in my face like I know nothing at all. It's as if me even hearing about the guy and him being happy might taint it for him. I thought friends were supposed to be there to support their happiness but it's as if he wanted to keep me as far away as possible."
"I know I broke his heart badly. If I could have kept him from even feeling anything in the first place then I would have. I just thought it would better telling him no back then then later. So that he could find someone and be happy but now he does and - he is just done with me now. Did he just keep me around incase we hooked up?"
He tilted his glass to see the icecube clink diwn. "I keep thinking if I just lied and said yes back then, things would be different."
"I don't get him. I really wish I did but - I think I just make him miserable all the damn time. Even if I said yes, I bet we would have just broken up."
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Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2019 6:27 am
Hm, wow. Lori had never heard Winter say so much at once. It seemed like he was guarding his own feelings a bit. Like he was trying really hard to deny a truth. It made her a little sad to think that maybe, deep down, Winter did want to have that sort of relationship with Landry. But he had been through so much in his past that he didn't trust himself to be in that sort of relationship. Part of the reason she was so promiscuous was because she didn't think she was good 'relationship' material either. Things had been hard with Daphne at first, bust she was coming around to the idea of having just one person in her life.
Winter had had that though and things had no ended so well. So she could see his reluctance to put Landry in that situation. Especially if he really did care about her twin as much as it seemed his denial implied.
And then there was her twin to consider in all of this. It wasn't that him and Gryph were in any sort of official relationship at the moment. They would have never met if she had just been home that day like she was supposed to be. But, fate had tempted her out of the house that day and the two of them had started to get close. Gryph was rather persistent, if he hadn't been so bull-headed than things wouldn't have gone as far between them as they had.
"Well. It's true you did break his heart a bit. I think....he might want to give things with Gryph a serious shot. And that, while he does have these new budding feelings for someone else, he still has them for you as well. I would think of this argument between you two as him admitting he still has feelings for you. But that he's respecting your stand in the Negaverse. He's created this distance from you so that he can finally get over you."
She sighed and took a sip of her drink. She wasn't sure she was putting this into the best words. "What I'm trying to say is. I think this distance between you two will only be temporary. Not permanent. Just like that other time, you two will be close again. The time will come when Landry can speak to you as a friend and not as something more. But I do think you both need some distance to work some things out on your own. As you both are now, your uncertain feelings toward each other will only muddle things up again."
Lori down the rest of her drink and set the glass down on the table. Then she put a gentle hand on Winter's small shoulder. "The important thing for you to understand Winter. Is that Gryph isn't your replacement. No one could replace you."
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Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2019 7:19 am
He groaned and leaned himself down onto the table to rest his head on his crossed arms. "I don't want to hear that." He grumbled.
"He already had gone away twice before and it was months before he came back. Now I wonder if he'll even want to try again. We always fight and after what he said, I'm starting to wonder if I'm even a good friend to him. I just make him angry or sad all the time. Friends aren't supposed to make you feel worse after being with him. Maybe we just aren't meant to be friends. Maybe we're just too different. Our ideals are too strong." And both if them felt very strongly about how they felt. In fact, it was their strong passion for their beliefs that caused a lot of fighting.
"I hate waiting. I just want things to be as simple as they where when we first met." He turned the beer bottle around a few times. "It's not like I don't want him to be happy. I want him to be with people who can be around him all the time and do stuff. He shouldn't be all alone like he was in his room. Gryph could really change him." But into who, he didn't know.
"He was my best friend and now he isn't here." He said with a loud sigh as he slowly sat up again, elbow to the table and head in his hand.
"Do you have any pointers. To understanding him? On how I can not piss him off so much?" He asked, wondering if being a twin and sister would give him some insight.
It was nice talking to Lori. She was easier to talk to and rather upfront about things. It was nice to just be told how it was without guessing too much.
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Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2019 12:12 pm
Ways to not piss off Landry? Honestly, she was pretty good at pissing off her twin. Still, she wasn't actually sure what advice to give Winter. There wasn't much that could be done at the moment. She honestly believed the two of them needed space, though it sucked to see her dear friend Winter in such a state over it. She knew Landry wasn't dealing with it that well either. Poor Obie had put on some weight from all their pouty, nacho time.
"I think....when you two happen to run into each other again...you should just be casual. Ya'know? No...asking about Gryph for a while. If you want to know how that's going, you can always ask me. Trust me, I'd murder anyone that hurt my brother." She said that with a totally serious look on her face. They might fight a lot and get on each others nerves, but Landry was the only family she had left. Or, at least the only family she cared about. If Gryph tried anything fishy, she wouldn't hesitate to end him on the spot. While the man was certainly the size of a bear and didn't exactly look the type to be into her brother, he was fairly gentle. As far as she had seen anyway.
"It's going to take some time. And I know it sucks and it's a lot on you right now. But he needs his space so you two can seriously be friends. I know you say he's your best friend. And that's probably true for you this whole time, but for most of your relationship Landry had always wanted something more. He needs to get over that completely before he can be around you again."
She managed to flag down the bar tender and order some more drinks. While she watched him get to work behind the bar she returned her attention to her wounded friend.
"I don't think you two will keep butting heads as much once he's over it. Because those same conversations that spark so much 'passion' between you two probably won't happen anymore. You can go on with your beliefs in the Negaverse and he can go on with his. The bottom line is, Landry does get his work done at least. And he keeps his head low. Things will be fine for him."
She thanked the server when they were brought new drink and immediately downed half of her's. She obviously had some catching up to do.
"I hate to say it. Because you don't want to hear it. But giving things time is the best way to not piss off Landry. In the meantime, I know I'm not a replacement for Landry in your life, but we can hang out whenever you want. You can talk to be about anything and I'll answer to the best of my ability!"
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Posted: Sat Nov 02, 2019 7:08 pm
He stared at her, reading her face, and attempted a small smile. "You're right. I mean, you know him better than anyone. I trust you. And I'm sorry. Ever since we met, I haven't really talked to you much. I feel like maybe we kinda got you stuck between us in this whole mess. I didn't mean to do that. Now that I think about it, we haven't got to talk alone like this before, have we?" Mali had always been with Nubi when they met. In fact, he wondered if he really knew her as well, and that was a bit sad. That he might have given Lori the cold shoulder while being with Landry so often.
"You kind if seemed to be having fun with your own people so was never sure how you felt with hanging around someone like me. I just heard things about you though your brother most of the time. Not exactly fair to you for me to whine at you when we really haven't hung out without him." He admitted, ashamed about his conduct and how he handled their friendship. She was her own person after all and he didn't need her brother around to hang out.
"Do you mind if we hang out some more then? I'd like to know more about you, and I'm getting better at being out among people. There is still a lot that is new to me that I'd like to do though. If you have any suggestions I'm all ears. I need all the distractions I can get now."
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Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2020 7:48 am
Sometimes she wondered if she knew her brother as well as she thought she did. He surprised her with his actions at times. One of those times being when he feel for 'Vit' in the first place. Landry had gone so long without falling for anyone or even interacting that much with others, that she thought it was impossible for him. She probably did know him the best out of anyone, but it had become clear to her that he hid a lot of aspects about himself even from her. That was very likely her own fault, she was a lot of personality packed into one person and it likely never gave her twin any time to be himself.
She gave a little bit of a sad smile when he mentioned that they hadn't really talked alone before While they had, it had been focused on Mali. "It's alright. I was glad to see my someone else so interested in my brother. I didn't mind trying to talk him up. I hope you now I did the same for you to my twin though. I wish things could have been different." It was sad to see them going their separate ways. Even if Winter and Her hadn't really hung out much by themselves, she still considered him a very close friend. She had touched his starseed after all, that had to mean something right?
"I can have fun with anyone! I'm a chameleon, able to blend into all sorts of social situations. But if I'm being honest, I have the most fun when I harness all that 'hidden' power inside myself and spend all night enjoying the darkness around me." A part of herself that she even kept hidden from her own brother. She didn't want him to know just how much she enjoyed her time as Nubi'. Enjoyed her time hurting others. But there was a twinkle in her eyes just thinking about it.
"I'd love for us to hang out Winter. I already think of you as a close friend. Whether it's just hitting up a bar for some drinks, or going out at night. It all sounds fun to me."
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