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[wickedclever]

Who: Elaine, Harry, Mercy
What: Dinner
When: Wendesday evening
Where: Mercy's?
Warnings: Harry sandwiched between two beautiful, feisty women? will edit accordingly

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[vw_coyote]

After spending most of the night and day with Peter, Mercy had had to come home and clean up. Add in that she'd almost forgotten about the dinner with Elaine and Harry, and she'd been a little rushed.

She was still barefoot, and trying to herd cats. Literally. Medea and Aphrodite seemed particularly interested in twining around her ankles today. She was about to lock them in her room. Mei, at least, had settled onto his bed in the corner and was watching in canine amusement.

"You could help, you know."

Mei's ears pricked forward, but he didn't move. Typical.

Sighing, she wiped her hands off and headed for the door. "Medea!" She huffed out a sigh. She scooped up her cat, only because it was faster.

"Hi." She opened the door. "Come on in and welcome to the zoo." She said dryly. She put Medea on the floor. "Dinner's not quite ready, so come on in and make yourselves comfortable."

[dresden4hire]

"Why would I be worried? There's nothing to gang up on me about. You both adore me. I'll be fine," he said, giving her a smile.

When Mercy opened the door, Harry grinned down at her, glad to see his friend. He'd been so busy with work lately, that he hadn't had much time for, well, much of anything.

Before he could reply to her, Mouse pushed him aside and gave a happy bark, pushing his head against Mercy's hip.

"And it looks like you have one more animal to exhibit," Harry said, handing her a bottle of wine they'd brought.

[wickedclever]

There was more than one way for girls to gang up on a man, even one they adored. Maybe especially one they adored. But Elaine just smiled, as greetings were exchanged and they went inside. It was very nice indeed to have a night off work, and to be able to spend it together, with friends.

"Do you need a hand with anything, Mercy?"

[vw_coyote]

Medea wiggled and jumped down, landing on Mouse's back. Mercy just rolled her eyes. Apparently, she wasn't the proper conveyance any longer, not with Mouse here. "Hello, Mouse." She ruffled his ears with a smile. She liked the big dog.

"No thanks, Elaine. Just herding cats." She slid a glance at Medea who was purring loudly. "Literally. And Mei's not helping." she waved toward where the smaller puppy was in his bed and had started bathing Aphrodite. He looked up at his name, his ears pricked forward before going back to his very important duty.

Mercy shook her head and took the wine. "How about I open this and get us all a drink? Make yourselves at home."

[dresden4hire]

Mouse seemed more than happy to let Madea ride on him, as if it was some great honor the cat had bestowed on him. Besides, Mercy was ruffling his ears, so he was obviously pleased with that.

"How many of you are there living here now?" Harry asked as they stepped in. Harry was not against living with animals, but two was definitely his limit. He wondered just how many Mercy was going to end up with.

[wickedclever]

"Sounds good to me." Elaine wandered a little further inside.

If you asked her, Mouse was just a sucker for attention from a pretty girl. Not unlike his companion, Harry. But it was probably a good thing nobody was asking, because she had a feeling Harry would object on principle. Even if it was true.

[vw_coyote]

"Well," Mercy grinned as she opened the wine. "There's Anna and me of the mostly two-legged variety. Then there's Aphrodite and Medea, the two cats and Mei the puppy." She waved to the puppy who was cautiously crawling out of his bed to sniff at the new dog in the house.

He kept looking over his shoulder at Mercy who just poured the wine and came back into the living room. "If Anna brings any home that aren't Gabriel, well, I might have to draw the line." She paused. "Oh, and sometimes Unicorn and her spider-dog stay in the shed."

[dresden4hire]

"You realize that you sound like a crazy person, don't you?" Harry said, arching his eyebrow. "And that means a lot coming from me."

Mercy seemed genuinely happy though, which was good. He remembered how coming from her world, she was the only one like herself, and he knew only too well just how lonely that could be.

[wickedclever]

Unicorn and spider-dog. Yeah, that might have sounded a bit off the wall, if Elaine hadn't already met a Pony of the 'My Little' variety. Pinky Pie had wanted to braid each others hair and everything.

"I think 'crazy' is a subjective term."

[vw_coyote]

Mercy snorted. "Just how does it sound crazy? I'm a History geek, which explains Aphrodite and Medea. Mei, I didn't name, but Gabu did. And when he left, I kept the puppy." She shrugged. "Unicorn... helped me out. When I got beaten up by those black hound things, she healed me enough so that I could be taken to the hospital."

[dresden4hire]

"I think it's the sheer numbers," Harry said, glancing around at it all. She wasn't a crazy cat lady, not by far, but the fact that she threw around Unicorn like it was normal said something.

"Okay, and the names. And the species. Maybe the owner of the apartment a bit too."

[wickedclever]

Elaine just shook her head. The last Unicorn she'd seen had been a fae under a glamor. Or perhaps that was his true form. Who knew? Either way, he was nothing like a My Little Pony--all needle-sharp points and black, chitinous armor. She didn't care to meet him again but things were very different here.

"Of course she's crazy," she said, fetching wine from Mercy for herself and Harry, and raising her glass. "All the best people are."

[vw_coyote]

"You know, Harry, when you talk like that you sound like the Alpha." Mercy grinned. "And I don't listen to him on purpose." She waved them to seats, collapsing on her couch. Medea was purring away on Mouse like he was her personal bed. Mercy did not understand her cat at all.

[dresden4hire]

"I'll take that as a compliment, just because you didn't mean it as one," he said, taking a class of wine from Elaine and raising it as well before taking a sip and having a seat.

[wickedclever]

It was fun to watch them playing off each other, Elaine thought, laughing to herself as she sipped her wine. It was even more fun playing along with them. She'd had a dearth of friendships for most of her life, but it was a good feeling, being part of something. A very good feeling.

[vw_coyote]

Mercy raised her eyebrows. "Well, I am engaged to him, so it could've been a compliment." She pointed out. Then again, it probably wasn't. After all, she didn't listen to Adam most of the time.

"So how've you two been?"