1. are you alive? Cause this is my official "I'm actually alive" text. 2. i tried to help you up but you said "let me dance it off" ---- good plan! 3. other than the getting chased out of the building part I had a really good time with you!
all we're up to now is my gege judging my mac and cheese making. :< well after that week in bulgaria. but we got the info we needed! you read the report didn't you?
[ there is a scientist tucked away here in the netherlands, developing a life-altering drug that will surely heal the most dangerous of cancers. her research is sought after and it's up to lian and the team to make sure the information doesn't get into the wrong hands and the scientist remains protected as she continues her research.
lian's post is meant to last a year. attending university as a transfer student is easy enough and going to class reminds her of those days before she entered the agency when things were a little more normal. but normal isn't very exciting, is it? amsterdam is beautiful and seems to welcome her with open arms, regardless of who she seems to be.
with the reassurance that her charge will remain in the secure center for an extended period of time ( and her phone alerts remaining quiet ), she takes to the streets to wander in and out of shops. it's fun to play tourist and she hasn't been able to in quite a while and she quite likes that they complement her way with the language as a foreigner. yes, she knows, thank you very much, but could stand to hear it once in a while. weaving around the stacks of books arranged outside of a used bookstore, she debates with herself on the classic in her hand and the modern bestseller on the shelf. at least, until a flash of pink hair immediately catches her eye. a boy. a very cute one at that. how long has it been since a cute boy has made the back of her neck feel warm?
instead of approaching, she'll peek through the hole between the books in hopes of catching another glimpse. not her best spywork, no. ]
[ Chr'tt has been in the Netherlands for a few years longer, though he's not exactly a native himself. His ship crashed into the woods outside of Heerde, a beautifully remote location that allowed him to escape any serious notice, though local police did investigate the strange occurrence at the time. The town was quaint, but not so small that he wasn't able to slip in with the locals without raising any real concern other than the fact that he stood out from most of the population, though his clear pronunciation marked him as a native.
People shrugged it off, and Chr'tt managed to ingratiate himself with enough people to continue playing the charade of being human. The onlly reason he'd left that small town for Amsterdam is that his close friend and singular confidant, Daan Schipper, had reached the right age to enter University, and with his brilliant mind has easily managed to find himself a spot in the University of Amsterdam.
And with Chr'tt's tendency to use the still functioning computer on his ship to cheat at gaining information well beyond his ability to study he'd also managed to comfortably land himself a place as well. The two had gotten an apartment and started a life as Typical University Students.
It felt odd to continue to play this role for such a prolonged period of time, but what could Chr'tt do when he didn't have the tools he needed to repair his ship? Besides, it's not as if he had anywhere else to return to. So settling into a quiet life was nice enough, in a way.
Certainly faking human wasn't so bad when he could leisurely walk into a bookshop like this one, browse the collection, and not have about five different weapons drawn at him the minute someone put together what that pink head of hair of his meant. Bless humans and their affinity for dye.
Today has been going peacefully enough so far, and might have continued that way if not for the prickle of unease Chr'tt feels as he's thumbing through a new release, his finger stilling mid-page turn as he lifts his head up to look around.
You don't survive long in Chr'tt's line of work if you're not good at letting hunches guide you to some degree, and right now something makes Chr'tt feel like he's being watched. He puts the book down carefully, and pretends to continue browsing while in reality he's searching the shelves for anything that seems off.
It really doesn't take long at all to find a pair of eyes peaking out at him between a gap. ]
[ it's a lonely existence sometimes, pretending to be someone else to protect someone or something, but it is an honorable and exciting existence and lian wouldn't change it for the world, even for a comfortable path more traveled. she is young still and while she has had one or two whirlwind romances, nothing ever lasts as long as she would hope. nothing can ever stay anyway, not when she's busy pretending to be someone else sometimes.
but she is allowed to look, after all, being a hot-blooded young woman with eyes. so she admires the cute guy from what she thinks is a respectable distance until she looks down for maybe a second to check her phone before looking back up to find another pair of eyes staring back at her through the books. gasping, she takes one of the books in her hand and shoves it right onto the shelf between them.
god, how embarrassing!
she turns away to fuss over her little purse, rummaging for something to fiddle with, pulling out a pink lipgloss so she can at least busy herself with touching up her makeup, then onto more aimless browsing before facing this head on. oh, that was bad. that was really bad. hopefully he was weirded out enough to walk away. ]
[ The bad news is this, Chr'tt will definitely not just be walking away from this moment. As he rounds the shelves the girl certainly looks harmless enough, and his best guess is that she, a young woman who looks roughly the age Chr'tt's human form appears to be, was likely doing exactly what it is she was doing.
He knows he's a handsome man; it's the point of his species to be at least a certain degree of attractive in all forms they take on. Lian's interest isn't a surprise, but still, Chr'tt feels it's important to at least make sure that there isn't anything more insidious than what it seems.
It's why he approaches her with an easy smile, cocking his head just slightly to the side as he reaches for a book on the shelf just over her head. ]
I don't believe I've seen you in this shop before.
[ He speaks in a casual tone, starting off with Dutch, but prepared to switch languages if it seems like she's not a local. It is, after all, a city that brings in people from all over the world. Though this particular bookshop is one he's only been in once before, so it's not as if he's a regular, but he's banking on the idea that she isn't either. ]
[ she normally has more cool than this but when she's caught off guard, all she can do is roll with the punches. and besides, it's been a while since she's expressed even a flicker of interest in anyone lately. why not indulge in something, however brief?
pocketing her gloss and patting the tube against her side, she looks up at him, a little less shy than before. ]
I'm rather new to the neighborhood, [ lian answers in dutch, fluent in the language but accented curiously. between her international school education and jetsetting upbringing, she becomes hard for most people to place. ] Thought I saw something interesting at this bookstore!
1. Just woke up to the cat unconscious on my stomach, his face on my chest, purring to bring down the walls. i'm endeared, but worried ( οΈ‘ββ―ΰ·΄ οΈ‘β) 2. > nothing to do this weekend and you know what that means? > Harry Potter marathon and no pants. ( οΈ‘β’β―Ο οΈ‘β’) 3. [ text her! ]
his name is bao!! he's a stray i adopted but he tends to come and go as he pleases. ( οΈ‘β’β―β οΈ‘β’) we like to cuddle! but i don't really wake up to him. i hesitate to move ..... he's so comfy.....
Oh... Bao, like the steamed dumplings! Maybe he needs the rest. I've never met a cat before, but I know that they are very temperamental so it may be best not to disturb him.
watching the movies! it helps further separate the stuff from the author.... (β―π₯οΈ β―οΈΉ οΈ‘π₯) have you ever just sat on your bed in your undies? very liberating!!
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Date: 2019-08-31 03:49 am (UTC)2. i tried to help you up but you said "let me dance it off" ---- good plan!
3. other than the getting chased out of the building part I had a really good time with you!
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Date: 2019-08-31 04:19 am (UTC)I'm alive
bit confused as to what happened the other night
but alive
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Date: 2019-08-31 04:29 am (UTC)well maybe i have but like
WOW!
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Date: 2019-08-31 03:34 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-08-31 07:44 pm (UTC)i'm glad you're okay ^_^
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Date: 2019-09-01 01:39 am (UTC)nobody else got dragged into it either did they?
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Date: 2019-10-23 02:20 am (UTC)and i know your partner.
and i know the kind of misadventures you two usually end up on.
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Date: 2019-10-23 02:26 am (UTC)well after that week in bulgaria.
but we got the info we needed! you read the report didn't you?
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Date: 2019-10-24 01:00 am (UTC)you did very well, ani β even if i still don't know how you managed to avoid capture after your diversion-gone-wrong.
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Date: 2020-05-07 04:28 am (UTC)lian's post is meant to last a year. attending university as a transfer student is easy enough and going to class reminds her of those days before she entered the agency when things were a little more normal. but normal isn't very exciting, is it? amsterdam is beautiful and seems to welcome her with open arms, regardless of who she seems to be.
with the reassurance that her charge will remain in the secure center for an extended period of time ( and her phone alerts remaining quiet ), she takes to the streets to wander in and out of shops. it's fun to play tourist and she hasn't been able to in quite a while and she quite likes that they complement her way with the language as a foreigner. yes, she knows, thank you very much, but could stand to hear it once in a while. weaving around the stacks of books arranged outside of a used bookstore, she debates with herself on the classic in her hand and the modern bestseller on the shelf. at least, until a flash of pink hair immediately catches her eye. a boy. a very cute one at that. how long has it been since a cute boy has made the back of her neck feel warm?
instead of approaching, she'll peek through the hole between the books in hopes of catching another glimpse. not her best spywork, no. ]
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Date: 2020-05-12 06:30 am (UTC)People shrugged it off, and Chr'tt managed to ingratiate himself with enough people to continue playing the charade of being human. The onlly reason he'd left that small town for Amsterdam is that his close friend and singular confidant, Daan Schipper, had reached the right age to enter University, and with his brilliant mind has easily managed to find himself a spot in the University of Amsterdam.
And with Chr'tt's tendency to use the still functioning computer on his ship to cheat at gaining information well beyond his ability to study he'd also managed to comfortably land himself a place as well. The two had gotten an apartment and started a life as Typical University Students.
It felt odd to continue to play this role for such a prolonged period of time, but what could Chr'tt do when he didn't have the tools he needed to repair his ship? Besides, it's not as if he had anywhere else to return to. So settling into a quiet life was nice enough, in a way.
Certainly faking human wasn't so bad when he could leisurely walk into a bookshop like this one, browse the collection, and not have about five different weapons drawn at him the minute someone put together what that pink head of hair of his meant. Bless humans and their affinity for dye.
Today has been going peacefully enough so far, and might have continued that way if not for the prickle of unease Chr'tt feels as he's thumbing through a new release, his finger stilling mid-page turn as he lifts his head up to look around.
You don't survive long in Chr'tt's line of work if you're not good at letting hunches guide you to some degree, and right now something makes Chr'tt feel like he's being watched. He puts the book down carefully, and pretends to continue browsing while in reality he's searching the shelves for anything that seems off.
It really doesn't take long at all to find a pair of eyes peaking out at him between a gap. ]
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Date: 2020-05-18 01:05 am (UTC)but she is allowed to look, after all, being a hot-blooded young woman with eyes. so she admires the cute guy from what she thinks is a respectable distance until she looks down for maybe a second to check her phone before looking back up to find another pair of eyes staring back at her through the books. gasping, she takes one of the books in her hand and shoves it right onto the shelf between them.
god, how embarrassing!
she turns away to fuss over her little purse, rummaging for something to fiddle with, pulling out a pink lipgloss so she can at least busy herself with touching up her makeup, then onto more aimless browsing before facing this head on. oh, that was bad. that was really bad. hopefully he was weirded out enough to walk away. ]
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Date: 2020-05-28 04:13 am (UTC)He knows he's a handsome man; it's the point of his species to be at least a certain degree of attractive in all forms they take on. Lian's interest isn't a surprise, but still, Chr'tt feels it's important to at least make sure that there isn't anything more insidious than what it seems.
It's why he approaches her with an easy smile, cocking his head just slightly to the side as he reaches for a book on the shelf just over her head. ]
I don't believe I've seen you in this shop before.
[ He speaks in a casual tone, starting off with Dutch, but prepared to switch languages if it seems like she's not a local. It is, after all, a city that brings in people from all over the world. Though this particular bookshop is one he's only been in once before, so it's not as if he's a regular, but he's banking on the idea that she isn't either. ]
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Date: 2020-06-07 04:32 am (UTC)pocketing her gloss and patting the tube against her side, she looks up at him, a little less shy than before. ]
I'm rather new to the neighborhood, [ lian answers in dutch, fluent in the language but accented curiously. between her international school education and jetsetting upbringing, she becomes hard for most people to place. ] Thought I saw something interesting at this bookstore!
[ and she grins widely. ]
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Date: 2020-06-19 12:50 am (UTC)2. > nothing to do this weekend and you know what that means?
> Harry Potter marathon and no pants. ( οΈ‘β’β―Ο οΈ‘β’)
3. [ text her! ]
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Date: 2020-06-19 12:54 am (UTC)Is this normal behavior for him?
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Date: 2020-06-19 01:02 am (UTC)we like to cuddle! but i don't really wake up to him.
i hesitate to move .....
he's so comfy.....
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Date: 2020-06-19 01:15 am (UTC)Maybe he needs the rest.
I've never met a cat before, but I know that they are very temperamental so it may be best not to disturb him.
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Date: 2020-06-19 01:23 am (UTC)he seemed so forlorn....
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Date: 2020-06-19 12:57 am (UTC)Harry Potter...
Are you reading the books or watching the movies?
Do pants hinder your ability to do such things?
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Date: 2020-06-19 04:37 am (UTC)have you ever just sat on your bed in your undies? very liberating!!
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Date: 2020-07-12 09:54 pm (UTC)No, I have not!
Is that a common thing to do?
Maybe I should try it...
( but also now he is Thinking. )
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Date: 2020-07-12 10:01 pm (UTC)do you
get a lot of privacy?
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