WHO: Starfire and whoever she runs into
WHERE: Pick a place, any place.
WHEN: Pick a time, any time.
WARNINGS: None as of yet.
SUMMARY: Some days Kory gets sad and ends up wandering around until she finds something or someone she finds comfort in. Or someone she can be righteously angry at and beat the shit out of.
FORMAT: Para that will probably
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Although really, when someone like Kory was in the general vacinity, Connor would have to be blind not to look. And Connor wasn't blind; he nearly broke his neck looking up at her.
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She generally tried to play in streets that seemed momentarily empty, and that was half the fun of it, seeing how long she could carry on the game before someone showed up. But occasionally-and this seemed to be one of those "occasionally"s- she would become absorbed in the game and someone would catch her playing.
The embarrassment and surprise are clear on her face, but she tries for friendly politeness anyway. "Ah... Hello."
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In the back of his head, a voice that sounded an awful lot like his Ma's snapped, "Put your fucking eyes back in your head, boyo," and Connor really did try. But it was kind of impossible not to stare. He'd never seen anything like Kory before in his life.
It helped too, that he wasn't getting weird, sinful flashes from her. He was kind of relieved, actually. It was getting tiresome, watching other people's sins playing out in his head.
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"My name is Starfire... What's yours?"
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"Oh! These markings. These are tattoos, aren't they?" She brushes her fingers over the letters, supremely delicate, as if her touch might hurt.
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"Aye, tattoos. I've a few of them." He answers, and Mother Mary, she's strong. Stronger than any woman Connor's met back home, and Connor'd met some very, very muscular women.
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She's seen tattoos before, of course, but none nearly within reach as his and none quite like the one she's touching now.
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"No, not a priest." He tells her, grinning. "Just a lowly worker in a meat-packing plant."
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"But what do you do when you've used up all the beads?"
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