More Meteor Showers Bring Even Stranger Powers. (O/A)

[Rikki Tikki Travi]

Freya looked down at her hands, and then back up at Liam. Her faced turned red with more anger than embarrassment. She yanked herself out of his grip and got into his face.

"How the ******** would you know?! Thinking you know everything, with your smug a**! Think you can open the book of my life, turn to page 853, and think you've got me all figured out?!"

She stepped away from him and paced in a circle a few times while she rustled her hair with her nails again. "Goddamnit! Who the ******** do you think you are to tell me when I'm done suffering?! If I've died twice, and I'm still here, then it means I've got more to do! So don't...don't ******** love me. It's a waste of your time. Thanks for saving my life after killing me. Thanks for the ham. We're square."

She took two steps toward the door, and all the drinking caught up with her at once. Her equilibrium went haywire, and she tripped over her own feet. "GAH FU-!!!"

She hit the ground with her knees first, and then brought her chair down with her as she fell. There was no winpering or crying that time. Not like when Fenris found herself in a similar situation. She huffed and threw a hand up. "Little help?"  

[Nova Blancke]

"I don't think I can stop with that.." Liam replied a bit more hesitant than before.

He then watched her try and stomp off before falling down. He couldn't help but a smile a bit to himself. Perhaps it was best to drop the subject, He took a deep breath.

Walking over he grabbed her hand to help her up.

"Can I....interest you in some bandages and Dessert?"  

[Rikki Tikki Travi]

Freya, her face now flush with drunken embarrassment, sighed heavily and muttered, "Yeah okay."

Once she was helped back into her chair, she helped herself to some more wine. She had always like red wine, even before she was old enough to drink it. Of course she knew that wine was accessible to anyone, but she always thought it looked very fancy. It had it's own glass, a whole job class dedicated to analyzing it's flavor, and it smelled lovely. So very fancy.

The sting of the previous conversation was still there, but she was determined to end the meal woth some dignity. She turned her head toward Liam and asked, "So, what's fer desert? Puddin'? Cake? Häagen Daz?"  

[Nova Blancke]

Liam was not going to mention the drinking anymore. She seemed to like the wine as Okami told him.

He was cleaning up the table, bringing the plates back to the kitchen.

"Yes, cheesecake actually. A Yoghurt-Ricotta Cheesecake with some strawberries on top. Otherwise it would look a bit bland and boring."

He carried it over with the plates and forks hovering behind him. Telekinesis is quite a useful ability to have.

"Do enjoy."  

[Rikki Tikki Travi]

Freya was a bit perplexed by his description. She never wctually took the time to learn what a cheesecake is comprised of. She only knew that she never had a cheesecake that was just okay. They were either awful or amazing. She could tell that Liam put a lot of work into the main course, but making desserts were another matter. She did like the way it looked though. Very fancy.

She shifted a strawberry half off of the top with her fork and stared at it for a moment. She saw two strawberry halves. She covered her left eye and cut a small piece off of the side with her fork. She then pierced it and cut a piece of the cheesecake in the same manner so she'd get a bite of every flavor. When the dessert hit her palette she knew it was a hit. She hummed pleasantly and picked up her wine glass.

"Y'know what I like 'bout this cake, Lamb. Other than the taste. It looks fancy. Jus' like this glass of red wine. Makes me feel like a fancy lady. Like from one of those books Stone Cold Jane Austen wrote. Which is neat, cuz I'm not a fancy lady. But I can be. Check this out."

She stood up, a little uneasy at first, and held her wine glass delicately. She then cleared her throat and took a few deep breaths. Her posture, poise, and facial expression changed completely. What she displayed was her honed ability to play a role for the sake of subterfuge; even when she saw double.

"There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My ferocity always rises with every attempt to eliminate me." she said in a perfectly posh British accent.

She then snickered and completely broke character. "Y'see that. Fancy as ********. Imma faaancy lady."

Somewhere, far from that room, Okami wondered if Freya had drank enough read wine to reach her "Fancy Freya" stage.  

[PixelMuse]

Rikki Tikki Travi

"Yes, yes, and I remember. No, what I speak of is the topic that you're dodging. I've only been with you for a short while, but from waht I've heard you say it seems you are the one who breaks up, and not the one who is broken up with. I don't know how many men you have dated, but I sense that this has been the way of things for quite some time. I believe it is this denial that has delayed the manifestation of your mask. If you cannot be honest with yourself, then you cannot become terminal."

“With my relationships, yes it is often that I end up breaking up because I’ve caught him in the act of cheating. It seems to more likely to happen while I’m on a long mission. There tends to be very little communication due to the nature of it all. They get board, lonely and shall we say unfulfilled and then I finally come home.”

“Foolishly thinking. Every. Single. ********. Time. That for once I’d be welcomed home. Glad that I came back alive and we would have sweet passionate sex because it would have been too long…”

“Instead. Every. Single. ********. Time. I come home. He’s in bed with another girl and he says some bull shitty thing like ‘I didn’t think you’d be making it back’. Heck it gets so predictable Freya could guess what sort of thing the guy says when he gets caught.”

“Yet for some reason I’m supposed to be ‘okay’ with that in order to be honest with myself to go terminal? Sure, whatever. If you ask me I’m already being honest with my self by breaking up with bastards who truly don’t appreciate how awesome I am. And despite breaking up with them I still would do the right thing and lay my life on the line to save them. Yet somehow that’s just me being cowardice. Okay.”

“It seems to me I would be more in denial by holding on to a guy that doesn’t care about me.”

This was increasingly frustrating and even made even less sense. “Why are you so damned determined to have me go back to Theonis? IT DID NOT WORK!”  

[Nova Blancke]

"Lamb?" Liam said softly to himself in confusion. But then he enjoyed her little act and couldn't help but smile and chuckle a bit.

"Yes, Quite so you are, my lady." Liam replied with a similar accent. "Fancy as ********" He took a sip of his wine.

So this is what Okami meant.  

[Rikki Tikki Travi]

"One. I'm not asking you to 'be okay' with it. That's actually not healthy in most cases. For example, Alec hides a darkness that he refuses to fully address. He is aware of it, and it frightens him on many degrees. He needs to acknowledge it's presence within him, accept that it's a part of who he is, and then work through it. If Kerana were not present in his life, I doubt he would ever come to terms with it. That's not to say you need a significant other to achieve your own truth, but there is no shame in seeking the council of your friends and family. Found or otherwise."

"Two. Being afraid and being a coward are two different things."

"Three. I said nothing just now about getting back together with Theonis."

"And four... She paused for moment and asked in a tone of fascination and interest with a hint of incredulity, "Truly, it happened every time with every man?"

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Alec was legitimately taken aback for a brief moment. He had never seen Kerana so upset, and he froze for a moment as he thought of what he could do to assuage her guilt ans comfort her. Going on instinct, he put his arms around her and held her snugly. His roght hand went to the top of her head and he started to stroke her hair from the top her her head go the back.

"No no no. If anything it got us to recognize it earlier that we would've. Also, like I said, I peaked. She still has a chance to beat this. Just-"

A commotion came from down the hall. A roar echoed, "What happened?! Where is she?!" There was the sound of many instruments and machinss being knocked around before it fell silent again.

Rydia returned with a team of medics and one specialist. They immediately got to work They ushered Ravan, Rydia, Alec, and Kerana out of the room. Rydia began to pace around nervous while she flapped her hands. "On my mother's eyes, I almost got her killed."

Alec asked, "What exactly happened, and what was that sound earlier?"

"That was Heather. She was asleep in one of the exam rooms. I think she felt what happened to Deora. Their polar connection. They had to sedate her to make her calm down."

Rydia went on to explain how a she deflected a bullet meant for her onlt for it to end up in Deora's chest.

"If Kerana hadn't been there. Gods, what did I almost do?" she said through huffs and tears.

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"Hell yeah! I am fancy as *hic* ********. Y'know what else I c'n do that's fancy? ********' dance. Thaaaas right. I got fancy a** footwork too. Ugh, 'cept it don't work with just one peoples. Stand up fer a sec and c'mere. Imma learn you a thinger two 'bout dancin'."  

[Nova Blancke]

Seeing as Freya being as drunk as she was, he doubted she had any coherent sense of timing or rhythm. But perhaps she could still dance better than him. After all....he had never danced before nor taken the time to learn about it. There other subjects that were of more interest of him.

"Very well." Liam responded  

[Rikki Tikki Travi]

Freya chuckled and waved her finger at Liam. "Hehehe, I know that look. You don'...hol' up."

She reached back to her plate of cheesecake and took the dish into her hand. She held it with her left hand while she used the right one to pick it up and eat as she spoke. "Ho man, dis is sho good. *swallow* Wha was I sayin'? Oh yeah!. You don' thin I can do a fancy dance dis drunk. Well jokes on you, you pretty pretty man you. *bite* I go dat mushle memry. S'not like I'm gonna be doin' improov, emprahv...random dancin'. *swallow* Jus' three simple steps."

She put her place of dessert back down and wiped her hands on her shirt. She took a deep breath, grabbed his left hand with her right, and guided his right hand to her left shoulder blade. She then placed her left hand on his right shoulder and slurred, "Dis issa waltz, Fancy dance fer soshal events. Naow, you in da poshishun of the leader, so I'm s'posed to follow, but you dun' know s**t so follow me fer now. Ish three steps. Herr we go."

Like with her performance earlier, she moved with a slow fluidity that belied her level of intoxication, counting all the while. Unlike her normal demeanor, she was patient and soft spoken. Though she did still swear on occasion when he stepped on her feet.

"Okeh. Now you do tha leadin', an' I'll follow. 'Member, tree shtepsh"  

[Nova Blancke]

He raised an eyebrow at Freya before she started her explanation. Were his thoughts so obvious to her? But still, he was glad that his cooking was to her liking. He remembered someone saying that you should find someone to cook for.

Perhaps it was the alcohol that was disrupting his ability to properly move but he did step on her foot one time. Something he lamented. But he did perfectly memorized the three steps and got into the rhythm. Being this close to her was something he liked. Even if she was drunk, even when she said he shouldn't love her, her words and actions didn't help as they seemed to run into opposite directions. When she told him to lead, he did and looked her into her eyes, her perfect silver eyes, while reciting the one, two, three. But eventually stopped saying it.  

[Rikki Tikki Travi]

Freya's eyes wandered with her mind for a bit as Liam led. Then it occured to her what she was doing, and how close she was to him. Her alcohol addled brain made her lower her guard. She looked into his eyes as he gazed into hers. She begam to hyperventilate, her heart beat rapidly, and she felt a lump in her throat. Actually, that lump tasted like-

Her eyes went wide and her pupils contracted. She took half a step back, tossed her head forward, and threw up on Liam's feet and floor.

"Oh, oh ********. Sorry. I-*hurp*...I need help gettin' to da terlet. Ah s**t."  

[Nova Blancke]

Whatever moment there was when they locked eyes lasted forever in his mind, until he saw her expression change. For someone like him, despite slightly alcohol induced, things seemed to go in slow motion. Reacting quickly, he tried to take a step back to avoid the....dinner he had prepared.

"Oh....oh that is...a waste" Liam managed to reply as he used a combination of telekinesis and Anna's power to rid himself of the return to sender meal. It truly was a waste.

But he guided her quickly to the toilet and rubbed her back as she proceeded to shout at the toilet instead of his feet. Rubbing her back a bit he spoke with a bit more concern.

"Freya....this isn't healthy..."