Roses Are Red, Empaths Are Blue... The Cat-Man's Here, And I Can't Rhyme

[Jasper Felinus]

Jasper sat on the roof of the hut he'd temporarily been using as a hideaway. It was pretty actively snowing, but that didn't bother him much. His red suit stuck out like a sore thumb in all this snow, but it was warm.​

The former celebrity and current mercenary was always looking for a job, not that he found them very often on the outskirts of civilization. Maybe it was time to go back. To make some money in Hapes' major cities. To get out of this cold little hovel up a mountain that'd been his only escape from society.​

He decided to get ready. He strapped his guitar to his back and his knives to his belt. Now he was ready.​

[member='Ashe Ikon'] [member='Claire Ikon']​

 

[Junaan Sol]

The Lady of Red Roses sighed. She'd been working through the staff of her Hapes manor, as she did at the end of every six-month period. Unfortunately, she had to fire yet another butler. That was the eighth one! How hard was it to serve her? She only ever needed one, seeing as how the only people living in the spacious estate besides the maids was her dear adopted niece/daughter [member="Claire Ikon"]. The man had been so very rude, too. She'd done nothing to deserve that kind of behavior!​

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Ashe sipped some of her tea, looking out the window at her large and pristine rose garden. If only men could be like roses. When they grew too wild, all you had to do was trim them and keep the weeds at bay. Why was it so hard to find good help of the opposite sex these days?​

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She decided to put out another ad on the holo-net. Once again, there would have to be an interview as well as a general background check and performance evaluation. It was rather tiring, to be honest. But it had to be done. When she was finished, Ashe got up to go spend some time with dear Claire. It helped to take her mind off of things.​

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[member="Jasper Felinus"]​

 

[Claire Ikon]

Claire is still not used to all of this help and how shes being treated. Today she is being locked up in her room. Being away from people has helped calm her down some, but occasionally the girl would scream something about the same voices in her head. Seriously, this girl needs some type of help.

...Or atleast some understanding as to why this is occuring.

[member="Ashe Ikon"]
[member="Jasper Felinus"]

 

[Jasper Felinus]

Jasper was in an outlying city within a few hours. He was mostly slouching about and drinking coffee as he wandered, looking for something to do... like maybe a criminal or two to beat up and arrest for a bounty.​

He wasn't disappointed. A security alarm went off, and he downed his coffee, seeing a black-clad man running away from the scene, towards one of the richer sectors.​

[member="Claire Ikon"] [member="Ashe Ikon"]​

 

[Junaan Sol]

((OOC: On Hapes, brah! ))​

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[member="Jasper Felinus"]​

 

[Jasper Felinus]

[member="Ashe Ikon"]

((Fixed ))

 

[Junaan Sol]

Ashe gently knocked on Claire's door. She'd been sure to give the blue girl the second biggest room in the manor. For some reason, Claire was always locking herself inside it. Madame Red truly did worry for the poor child.​

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"Claire, sweetie, why don't you come out of there? It must be dreadfully boring being cooped up in that room all day. Maybe we could explore the manor? There are plenty of places for you to play and relax..."​

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The little wrist holo-computer Ashe was wearing beeped slightly. Apparently there was a disturbance downtown of some kind. Luckily for them, the estate was a ways away from the city. She ignored it and waited patiently for Claire's response.​

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[member="Claire Ikon"]​

[member="Jasper Felinus"]​

 

[Claire Ikon]

Claire had gasped and would go to get off of her bed, and over to her door. When she opens it, the girl looks utterly depressed and stressed out. "I.. I can't think... T..Too many voices.. They are everywhere... Only safe in my room... M..M..Mommy." She had painfully stated. She manages to stare up at her and into the woman's eyes.

[member="Ashe Ikon"]
[member="Jasper Felinus"]

 

[Jasper Felinus]

Jasper had always been a great jumper, and this occasion was no different. As the thief got into an airspeeder, the Felacatian leapt onto the back of it, drawing his knives and using them to get a better grip into the metal.​

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"You have two minutes to stop this thing and give me whatever you stole, or I'll kill you."​

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The criminal mutely looked back and shook his head at him, suddenly turning to aim the vehicle at a mansion that was quite visibly red. Jasper vaguely wondered who it belonged to as he watched the idiot do his suicidal dive at the building.​

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[member="Claire Ikon"] [member="Ashe Ikon"]​

 

[Junaan Sol]

Ashelooked down at Claire, both happy that she had been referred to as "Mommy" and concerned that she was still hearing these voices. She lightly placed a hand on the girl's head.​

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"Claire, do the voices ever... say anything? Words, or sentences?"​

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[member="Claire Ikon"]​

[member="Jasper Felinus"]​

 

[Claire Ikon]

Claire would go to nod her head. "M-Mhm... Y-yes. They... They sometimes speak like t-the maids... o-or even you..." The distraunt girl would state, going to flinch at the touch. She would then go down to look at her own feet.

[member="Ashe Ikon"]
[member="Jasper Felinus"]

 

[Jasper Felinus]

Jasper growled angrily as he pulled himself up onto the speeder and leapt at the criminal. He sheathed his knives and bashed the man in the back of the head with the armored part of his knee-high boots. The man crumpled, and the Felecatian pushed him into the passenger seat. The steering was jammed, and he just barely managed to crash into the flat roof of the building, rather than the side of the building.​

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"Goddammit... Who the hell's house did I even crash into?"​

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[member="Claire Ikon"] [member="Ashe Ikon"]​

 

[Junaan Sol]

Ashe was about to ask what Claire meant by this statement when a rumbling sound came from above them. It followed by the house shaking. After a few seconds, the rumbling and shaking ceased. Ashe stared at the ceiling in shock for a few seconds before turning her attention back to Claire.​

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"Uh... Why don't you wait here for a few minutes, dear? I have to... Check on something."​

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With that, Madame Red hastily made her way to the stairwell.​

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[member="Jasper Felinus"]​

[member="Claire Ikon"]​

 

[Claire Ikon]

Claire felt the rumbling too, and would look up at the ceiling. The girl would suddenly hold onto her head, and gets down onto her knees, screaming. "T-Too much! Too much!" Tears would roll down her eyes, and the girl was left alone. Clearly she needs some help.

[member="Ashe Ikon"]
[member="Jasper Felinus"]

 

[Jasper Felinus]

Jasper decided that he had to figure out what this weird guy had stolen. He searched through the man's pockets, and the speeder, and found nothing but... a really miniscule low-quality jewel. A vast amount of anger welled up inside him, and he threw the jewel as far as he could. It flew for several hundred meters before landing somewhere out of sight.​

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"Gawd-frakking-dammit!"​

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Jasper felt an overwhelming desire to kick the man he'd caught, to see how far he'd fly. Instead he simply kicked the speeder, making a leg-shaped dent where the armor of his boot hit it.​

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"Gonna get frakking arrested over nothing."​

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He sat down on the ground and tiredly waited for somebody to come up to find out what the hell was happening.​

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[member="Ashe Ikon"] [member="Claire Ikon"]​

 

[Junaan Sol]

Ashe made it to the roof just as someone started cursing. What she found.... It rocked her to her very core. It was.... A cat-man! Silky black hair, ears and tail to match! Dark-grayish skin, stripes, And those eyes... The Lady of Red Roses was turning as red as her roses wile she stared at this gorgeous stranger. All thoughts of how he'd crashed into her roof disappeared.​

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"M-my... I think I've died and gone to heaven...."​

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[member="Claire Ikon"]​

[member="Jasper Felinus"]
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[Claire Ikon]

Claire would hold onto her head, now hearing more emotions comming to her. Rather embaressing ones now. She slowly went onto her bed and lays down on it, but puts a pillow behind her head, and over her ears. "S-Stop... Stop! T-too many voices...!" She shouted out.

[member="Ashe Ikon"]
[member="Jasper Felinus"]

 

[Jasper Felinus]

Jasper looked up at the owner of the voice he'd just heard, to find an extremely attractive red-headed woman looking at him. He was glad he had enough fur on his face to cover his skin, because it suddenly felt very warm.​

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"Er... Um... Wow."​

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He felt his tail start wagging, and he was a bit too busy staring to stop it.​

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[member="Ashe Ikon"] [member="Claire Ikon"]​

 

[Junaan Sol]

Ashe fanned herself with her hand. This was similar to a dream she once had. Only it ended with her waking up to find a cat sitting on her windowsill.​

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"I suppose there's a reason for you being here? Unless that reason was to just stand there and look sexy..."​

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She'd almost entirely forgotten about Claire at this point. Yeah. Her parenting goes to crap when it comes to men.​

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[member="Claire Ikon"]​

[member="Jasper Felinus"]​

 

[Claire Ikon]

Claire screamed out again. "The voices... The voices! T-They're everywhere and won't leave me alone!" Luckily, however, they aren't utterly paralizing her like usual. Finally, the girl would scream out. "Mommy!"

[member="Ashe Ikon"]
[member="Jasper Felinus"]