Noticin' the days hurrying by; when you're in love, my how they fly
Adrian is in a clean, quiet, out-of-the-way little music store and luthier. It's well-lit and and rigidly tidy, every surface polished, instruments carefully displayed, tidily organized racks of music arranged according to genre and alphabetized as well. The Muse who owns the place emerges from the back and eyeballs Adrian with suspicion. She
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Sakura opens the door to the sound of beautiful guitar music, so she slips inside and just basks. When the song ends, she'll do things like say hello and explore the shop.
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The luthier leans on her counter, eyes closed, ignoring the bell on the door until he's finished. "God, that sound. That... What do you want? Any particular problems that need addressing?"
Adrian runs his fingers over the strings. "Just take care of her. Make her feel beautiful."
The woman holds her hands out and cradles his guitar more delicately than she would a child. (She doesn't LIKE children.) "You got it. A Hauser."
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She likes the way the Luthier handles the instrument, and she's rather hoping that the store isn't about to close for the day. She knows that look. That's the look of a woman in love with an instrument.
It's also why she's still reluctant to actually say anything.
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The woman looks up at him, a slight scowl on her face. Yes, this is his guitar, yes, he is a customer, but he's also keeping her from working on it, god. "What?"
"Cellos. I'm looking for someone who deals in them. High-quality, hand-crafted--I'm talking the finest you can find in the city."
Curiousity; Helena (yes, apparently her name is Helena) has it. "I can look into it."
Adrian drums on the counter with both hands, grinning--and oh. He recognizes this person. 'This person' being Sakura. "Ah--hi."
Well, that's not awkward.
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She walks along a path, and glances to her right at a sound coming out from a copse, up in the grassy area. She frowns slightly and strides up to it, stepping between the trees to discover two cats. There's some sort of machinery, too, and if Rachel didn't know better, she'd swear the cats were... trying to pull it away.
Well. This is Chicago.
She clears her throat. "Hi! Can I help?" It's more to get the cats' attention; she doesn't actually expect an answer.
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Ragnar, meanwhile, stares after her with a slightly bemused expression. "I had not thought anything we were doing would be cause for concern."
He looks up at Rachel. "I apologize if we disturbed you. Cy enlisted my help with this..."
Ragnar blinks at it. "...thing."
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The cat. Is talking. And all Rachel can think is, thank God this is happening today when I am much more prepared for this kind of crazy shit, than on my first day, when I would've though I'd lost my shit.
"I'm the one who should apologize. You aren't disturbing me and I just scared your friend."
She looks down at the thing. "Were you trying to move it? Can I help?"
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Ragnar gives the younger cat a baleful look. "There is no need for that. She was simply being polite."
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It's a pair of cats, but they have mindfeelings. She's seen cats before, and normal cats don't have mindfeelings. Maybe they're people who turn into animals like the bear from Los Angeles. But the bear from Los Angeles felt like a normal person, and these two don't. Luka is confused.
Well, the easiest way to figure it out is to ask. "You have funny mindfeelings," Luka says. "What are you?"
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Ragnar drops his own burden and whaps her lightly over the head. "Indeed. We are both cats, though there is no need for you to bow."
He looks up at Luka. "You sense something different about us?"
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"You have a mindfeeling, like people. Other cats don't," Luka says. "Do you turn into people, like the bear?"
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Cy preens. "Thumbs." Brief, naked, human Cy. "Thumbs!" Fuzzy, smug, kitten Cy.
"We are, however, first and foremost, cats."
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Apparently, however, the economy is down the gutter. Everyone needs jobs. Nobodies hiring. He's not discouraged though. He'll get a job in due time. Who wouldn't want to hire him? He's young, enthusiastic, sociable, and pretty damn attractive, too.
It's the cats dragging metal through Grant Park that distract him from the job searching.
"Just when I started to think I was getting used to this crazy city," he mutters, walking closer in an attempt to figure out what it is.
What could cats want with a machine? It sounds almost like it could be diabolical, like they're taking it back to their master's lair.
Jacob grimaces. I have got to get out of the superhero frame of mind. Gotta blame the angel for that.
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"Good evening. I trust we aren't taking something to which you have a claim?"
Yes, Jacob, you've just walked yourself into a pair of talking cats.
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"Holy shit," he mutters.
He looks around the park to see if anything looks fishy like cameras are poking out of the bushes or people looking over this way with smiles on their faces.
"You're playin' with me, right? I'm on one of those hidden camera shows where they make you look like a jackass in front of all these people?"
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"You are not on any kind of show of which I am aware. To which people are you referring?"
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She steps out on to the roof, and then smiles at the bustle of activity here. It's much better than occasionally wandering up here to find people looking as though they'd much rather jump off than deal with their own emptiness any longer. No one has ever jumped, at least.
...yet.
"I came up to offer any assistance that I could," Martha says once she finds Winny and Radcliffe in all the busy activity. "It looks as though you have it under control. Still. You may not need me, but I'd love to help. Mom used to have a sort of mini-garden when I was growing up. I loved working on it with her."
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She clasps Martha's hands in hers. "Thank you again for letting me do this. It's such an excellent space up here, and it seems so lonely."
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Martha squeezes Winny's hand. "It's no problem at all. I'm glad to see it getting done. It is rather lonely. I think people come up here too often brood, which is never good for anyone's well being. As we all know. The garden should bring a much more positive atmosphere to the roof. I'm excited."
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Radcliff makes an incredulous sound and stops someone from clocking Winny accidentally with a pole. "Most people don't spend as much time with plants as you."
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