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Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2017 11:52 pm
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When he had not heard from her, after stating whom she was going to be with for a while, Jeremiah ended up calling. He had not, of course, expected to get a hold of Fox's mother but he had. The brief conversation made him miss his own mother more fiercely than he expected (because, for him, he had lost a mother and gained one all at the same time).
Still, he had taken note that the young woman - though clearly not with it - was safely tucked away.
It was why, come the next day mid-morning, there was a steady yet firm knock upon the door. The kind of knock that did not even sound like the police (and if it sounded like anything, it was somehow a very polite, formal knock).
He was not, as he stood there, going over all the reasons in his mind why it was a bad idea that he had allowed her to handle this case in the first place. While this situation would test her, see her potentially find herself and her courage- The thoughts were pushed away. At least for now.
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Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2017 6:04 am
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"I'm...yeah, I'll call it that." she replied, a little more flatly than she would have liked as Bento arched her back and bumped her entire side into Fox's face, purring up a storm. After a moment, she perked up, crawling up Fox's shoulder, around the back of her head, and to her other shoulder, looking at Jeremiah and meowing.
"No, Bent-"
And there she went, jumping from Fox's shoulder to Jeremiah's, bumping herself against his face and purring before settling in. Fox sighed. "Do you need me to get her for you?" she asked as Bento just contentedly purred. She had a new high place. Life was good.
"You can come in, you're...not intruding." She mentally added 'Vampire' to her list of Jeremiah-is-a-mythical-magical-creature list.
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Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2017 10:10 pm
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"You are in one piece and able to answer the door. That, for me, is alright. Though your reaction does tell me something happened," replied Jeremiah. He did not even miss a beat as Bento made herself at home on his shoulders. His hand came up out of reflex, not to steady, but to scratch under her chin and rub her head.
Someone was apparently used to cats doing this.
"It's fine, she's not bothering me one bit." Then he let out a breath. "You'll have to forgive me, Miss Bliskiss. It isn't anything other than how I was raised." One waited until they were lead by either servants or the house owner. Still, once allowed he stepped further in and turned to look at her once more.
A hand was kept on Bento, slowly petting without thought.
"Did I wake you?"
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Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2017 8:34 am
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And in .2 seconds, Jeremiah was now Bento's new best friend (though everybody was Bento's best friend). The feline purred contentedly, leaning her head against Jeremiah's as he scratched her chin, tail practically hugging his neck in joy. "OK. Well let me know when you're ready to be liberated she's....clingy." As Fox said this, Bento began to mindlessly knead at Jeremiah's shoulder. She was the happiest cat.
"It's fine." VAMPIRE "I don't have anything I'm hiding in here so I don't mind you making yourself at home." Fox's apartment wasn't exactly minimalistic, but rather than clean it looked somewhat unlived in (outside of obvious marks left by a cat jumping and climbing on everything).
She shook her head. "No. I've been up focusing on not having my breath stolen by the lovelump on your shoulder." Bento bumped against Jeremiah's head again and amped up her purr volume as though to confirm that yes, she was the lovelump. She was the fuzziest sweetest lovelump ever. "In bed, but not sleeping. It's fine. I can..." she frowned, "at least walk without assistance at the moment." Though unintentional, she couldn't help but rub the mark on her wrist with her thumb idly.
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Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2017 12:50 am
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Jeremiah's expression was still laser focused, especially when she hid her wrist. "Things ... happened." His head shook. "We are not in the department, Miss Bliskiss, and you have likely crossed a line I would have preferred you did not. One where the case is not so easily handled by the means at your disposal or the department. However, I did knowingly let you handle the case even knowing where it may lead."
A breath was let out.
"There is magic in the world, of which you know, but then I have a feeling you know that there's also another world tucked around Ashdown now. If only because Renard is likely just like his daughter and when someone comes looking for for answers, he will show them something extraordinary that changes their entire view." His head tilted, studying her for a moment. "So how changed is your world, Fox?"
It was deliberate, the shift to first names, because a line had been crossed. One from work to ... well, his other work.
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Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2017 1:46 pm
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Jeremiah was pulling his phone out, unlocking it and then bringing up the image gallery. There were several pictures on there of what looked like a dreary, drab version of downtown Ashdown. One of them, in fact, was the department building next to City hall.
"Some part of me thinks you encountered a very particular place as other ashdown, as it's called, is not so bad. It's simply what you find there." The phone was held out for her to look at the pictures, Jeremiah's other hand resting against Bento a moment while he leaned forward.
Sitting back, a breath escaped. "I have, due to recent investigations on my part, been made aware of the cage you speak of. In fact, I am wanting to open said cage and free Liam Noor but you, I don't think, have the means to do so. You would need magic and you haven't discovered yourself with any have you?
"The cage that I speak, the one we are all in, is not the same," he clarified. Jeremiah, of course, apparently had gathered information about Liam Noor himself. "It is tied together, however."
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