Angelia Caponelli: So ang went off to meditate for a bit and sort of center herself again.

 

Adam "Fausto" Smith: ok

 

Angelia Caponelli: So she comes back a few hours after she left him.

 

Adam "Fausto" Smith: He already left to take a shower, remember?

 

Adam "Fausto" Smith: so does she text him?

 

Angelia Caponelli: *nods* She txts him when she's back basically with a "I'm back."

 

Adam "Fausto" Smith: He shows up at her apartment, freshly showered.

 

Angelia Caponelli: She smiles a little. "I'm sorry. For getting angery with you earlier." She tells him when he walks in.

 

Adam "Fausto" Smith: "It's alright.  I'm an asshole.  We both know it."

 

Angelia Caponelli: She nods a bit, "Any brilliant plans strike you in the shower?"

 

Adam "Fausto" Smith: He shakes his head.  "No.  But I sent Kris to look for Mas."

 

Angelia Caponelli: She nods a little. "I've asked my kin to keep an eye out for anything unusual though I don't know if it will help."

 

Adam "Fausto" Smith: "Siren has offered to help."

 

Angelia Caponelli: She blinks once and swollows. "I don't trust her."

 

Adam "Fausto" Smith: "I know.  I...don't know if I can trust her, either.   But I do."

 

Angelia Caponelli: "You called her while I was gone?"

 

Adam "Fausto" Smith: He shakes his head. "I stayed with her over the weekend."

 

Angelia Caponelli: She gets a slightly unfocused look.  "I see. What kind of help is she offering?"

 

Adam "Fausto" Smith: "Whatever she can.  I've not told her anything about...the situation other than I'm...probably going to die."

 

Adam "Fausto" Smith: "But she was....in my dreams while I was...under the influence of the drugs.  She...knows some things...about me."

 

Angelia Caponelli: She nods a little and moves around. "What would the ideal solution here be?"

 

Adam "Fausto" Smith: "I don't know."

 

Adam "Fausto" Smith: "Siren made me some...charms...to put my mother at peace.  Maybe you can use them...Since it doesn't look like I'll be able to get to that in this lifetime."

 

Angelia Caponelli: She closes her eyes and swollows.

 

Angelia Caponelli: "My goal as always is to keep you alive through all this. Now, either I can do that by making a deal with the dragons... some how, or you getting skinned, or we fake your death. I think that's it."

 

Adam "Fausto" Smith: ((laptop starting to over heat, swapping comps. BRB))

Reyna Varinia Reíruno: She rubs Adam's shoulderblade lightly, the bottle nestled in her lap, as she listens.

Angelia Caponelli: "Asians. Do you know anything about their Courts?"

Reyna Varinia Reíruno: A shake of the head. "'Fraid not. Never run into 'em."

Angelia Caponelli: "Then it's even more complicated. Their courts have all sorts of shifters working together. Everything is very formal and rules oriented."

Reyna Varinia Reíruno: "Ahh. Yeah, doesn't sound like my cup of tea, for sure."

Angelia Caponelli: She nods, "It's all very hard to explain."

Reyna Varinia Reíruno: She nods at that. "Explain what you two feel comfortable and able to, then."

Angelia Caponelli: She snuggles close to Adam again, "Come sit with us?" She invites, getting over her jealiousy quickly when it means comforting Adam.

Adam "Fausto" Smith: He stares at the empty fireplace, and draws in a deep breath, eyes narrowing.

Reyna Varinia Reíruno: She smiles a liitle, and nods, moving closer to them and settling lightly in against him.

Angelia Caponelli: She pulls her bottle over to take a seat, not sure how much of this she can tell or how much she needs to make it make sense.

Adam "Fausto" Smith: He glances sidelong at both women as they cuddle up to him, unsure about what that means. "It's all a very long story, and...not one for the history books...suffice to say, that a year ago, I pledged to...restore a lost General to the courts. At the time, the pledge....made sense, and I...was a different person than the one I am now. But I believed very much in the cause. And I thought...Karlos...would have finally seen the wisdom of that course."

Angelia Caponelli: (take a sip not seat... I'm feeling particularly dyslexic tonight)

Angelia Caponelli: She rests her head on his shoulder as she listens. It's his story to tell after all.

 

Adam "Fausto" Smith: "Karlos chose...instead...to restore...someone close to him, rather than the...right person for the job. And therefore betrayed me...as did the General himself."

Reyna Varinia Reíruno: She listens quietly to him, still running her hand lightly over his shoulderblade in a soothing gesture.

Adam "Fausto" Smith: "For his reward, Karlos...got pretty much what he wanted. Along with...the blessings of the spirits. And I...seeing that there was no one who would take the proper path. Took it upon myself to...restore what little I could. In the only way I could think to do it."

Adam "Fausto" Smith: "For that, I was...rewarded with months of deprivatin and...torture, along with the scorn of those who I'd so zealously fought for."

Angelia Caponelli: Ang nuzzles his shoulder lightly.

Reyna Varinia Reíruno: She purses her lips, and watches his face as he speaks.

Adam "Fausto" Smith: "And I suppose my means were extreme, but the cause was--still is--just. And I've done what I could to...absolve myself of my sins. But...redemption is not a word that seems to hold much weight when applied to me."

Angelia Caponelli: She frowns a bit but bites her tongue.

Reyna Varinia Reíruno: She frowns as well at that.

Reyna Varinia Reíruno: "All right...so where do we sit now, exactly? They want you dead, or they're going to make everyone else try and kill you?"

Adam "Fausto" Smith: "So, anyway...I pledged to restore this General before the end of the Year of the Wood over Metal Monkey. Which will be...February 8th."

Angelia Caponelli: She grimices a bit. "Though if I don't hand over what they want in 5 days they're going to ruin Fausto here."

Reyna Varinia Reíruno: "Hmmm. That's not a lot of time." She sighs. "So, is there a plan yet?"

Adam "Fausto" Smith: "There are a few options. But no plan as of yet."

Angelia Caponelli: She shakes her head a bit and takes another drink.

Reyna Varinia Reíruno: ""All right...so what are the options thus far?"

Angelia Caponelli: "Well I can kill him myself. We could fake his death. I could hand him over for certin death. Or we can arrange for excrusiating, not nessesarily survivable, torture."

Reyna Varinia Reíruno: "Well, three of those options aren't high on my list of likability."

Angelia Caponelli: "Not mine either."

Reyna Varinia Reíruno: "How viable is death-faking, then? Would they buy it?"

Angelia Caponelli: "I don't know... it would get me in the clear with my people though."

Adam "Fausto" Smith: "It would buy us some time. But it won't...absolve me of my obligations."

Angelia Caponelli: She nods to Adam. "We'll need to start working on a way to pull that off... if only to buy us time as you say."

Reyna Varinia Reíruno: She nods. "Well, that's a start. Better then death, certain death, and probable death & hideous pain." She smiles faintly.

Adam "Fausto" Smith: "Well, Jerry's gone so...that's not a viable option."

Angelia Caponelli: "I'm going to speak with the spirits before we rule that out." She smiles though sadly.

Angelia Caponelli: (15 min warning. Getting sleeeeeeeppppyyy...)

Reyna Varinia Reíruno: ((*NOD* I'm fading, too.))

Adam "Fausto" Smith: He nods. "Well, I've got some work to do, so I'll...leave for now. You two can...brainstorm and spirit talk and...see what you come up with."

Angelia Caponelli: She frowns a little, "You won't stay?"

 

Adam "Fausto" Smith: "I can't for right now. I've got to...put people on task. And...prepare for my...death."

Angelia Caponelli: She swollows and moves back so he can get up. "Come back when you're done?"

Reyna Varinia Reíruno: She looks to him and nods, understanding. "Call if you need help?"

Adam "Fausto" Smith: He nods and smiles to Ang. "I'll be back as soon as I can." He smiles to Reyna. "Take care of her for me, please?"

Angelia Caponelli: Frowns as if to say, 'I don't need to be taken care of', and takes another big drink from her bottle.

Reyna Varinia Reíruno: She gives him her lopsided grin. "Consider it done."

Adam "Fausto" Smith: He nods and pats Reyna gratefully on the knee, then leans over and kisses Ang on the cheek. "The charms are in the security safe downstairs. In case anything happens to me before this all plays out."

Adam "Fausto" Smith: He gives Reyna a kiss, too, then stands and heads toward the door.

Angelia Caponelli: She nods to Adam, "I'll make sure that's taken care of."

Adam "Fausto" Smith: ((night guys, thanks for the RP))

Angelia Caponelli: (night hun)

Angelia Caponelli: She waves to Adam as he leaves but the minute the door's shut she crawls over, puts her head on Reyna's shoulder and starts crying.

Reyna Varinia Reíruno: ((G'night!))

Reyna Varinia Reíruno: She reaches over, holding Ang comfortingly, and lets her get it all out.

Angelia Caponelli: And she'll just sob until she passes out.

Angelia Caponelli: (snugs Reyna. Night to you too.Thank you both for the RP)

Reyna Varinia Reíruno: ((Night, guys! Thanks to you too!))