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Family ties are strong...

May 22, 2011 17:06

Who: vw_coyote, painhumbles, and hexyoutotuesday
When: Saturday, May 21st, evening
Where: Mercy's place
Summary: Mercy knows who has just arrived, and has invited a few people for some damned good food.
Warnings: Umm, language? Other than that... probably not.

( But brownies are the ties that bind )

gabriel/the trickster, mercy thompson, jinx

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painhumbles May 23 2011, 02:57:51 UTC

Gabriel had an... Interesting time convincing Jinx to go. See, first she didn't want to go, and then Gabriel said it was necessary for his life to have Mercy's peppermint brownies and that he'd probably drop in on his own, and somehow that changed her mind. It was cute. If you thought Fatal Attraction was sexy- granted, if the Glenn Close act looked good on anyone, it'd be Jinx.

He shoved his hands in the pockets of his jeans after waving 'hi' to Mercy and studied how Jinx reacted. Cat-girl and coyote-girl meeting for the first time. It was like a nature show waiting to happen.

hexyoutotuesday June 1 2011, 05:07:19 UTC

"Yes. You said that already." This was less of a dinner and more of a prelude to a fight. Even though Jinx lacked all social graces, she wasn't dumb. She knew exactly what she was doing, that prying into this wasn't okay in the least, and that she may get yelled at later. Scratch that, she would definitely get yelled at later.

Time to enjoy it while she could.

Ignoring the lasagna, she kept her eyes on Mercy. Her dangerously sharp shoes continued threatening Gabriel into silence. "What sort of power problem?"

vw_coyote June 1 2011, 05:18:59 UTC

Mercy wasn't meeting Jinx's eyes. Not because she had something to hide but because in her culture that was a fight. A fight that she was bound and damned determined not to have over the lovely pan of lasagna that she'd made.

Instead, she looked just slightly to the left, never making full eye contact.

So, she did as any Alpha bitch who had an upstart in the pack and she couldn't smack her into next week - something looking more appealing to Mercy every second - and merely ignored the spoiled little brat that had come to her table. That she'd invited. Then again, she'd thought she was inviting an adult, not a child who had to be nosier than was polite.

If she were a wolf, Jinx's throat would already be torn out. Luckily, the coyote was usually smarter. Although Mercy was having a very hard time not curling her lip and growling ( ... )

painhumbles June 1 2011, 05:49:44 UTC

The thing about archangels is that they're alphas. They recognize other alphas. In her pack? Jinx was alpha. In Mercy's? She was. Why he thought bringing them both together was a good idea when he knew full well, this was going to be a very unsexy bitchfight, he'd never be able to guess ( ... )

hexyoutotuesday June 1 2011, 06:19:51 UTC

Jinx's body tensed up. Her pupils shrank as she stared at Mercy. She just ignored her. Outright. Talk about a group of alphas. There was a big reason why Jinx's female friends were isolated to tomboys and children. All she could see right now that there was another girl talking to Gabriel, and he was talking back, like she didn't even exist. This was where the logical part of her system just shut down.

Now, maybe one day she'd look back at this moment and feel shame. One day beyond that, she might even laugh at it. But right now, she was nineteen, in a situation she was not at all comfortable with, her authority felt like it was being challenged, and this was the first time she had ever seen Gabriel talk to another woman like this. Before, it was all bystanders. But this was his friend. At least she was thinking clearly enough to know setting her on fire was ground for divorce ( ... )

vw_coyote June 1 2011, 06:25:54 UTC

Mercy couldn't contain the growl as the girl stomped out of the house.

Then, she calmly walked over, picked up the girl's chair, put it back under the table and sat back down. She looked at Gabriel and just raised an eyebrow at him.

"I thought you said you were dating a woman." Mercy couldn't help the jibe, petty as it was. She went back to her lasagna. "I'm planning on coming to Purgatory. Probably going to drag Rochelle with me. It's been a while since I tested my senses that far."

Keen hearing + loud music = headache.

However, she wasn't about to allow that little brat to ruin her meal. She worked hard and played with bigger girls than that one. Let her get around a single wolf, and the girl would either be dead, or learn respect. The stench of the girl's tantrum still stung her nostrils.

painhumbles June 1 2011, 16:50:08 UTC

Gabriel just sat there for a moment, tense and kind of annoyed- more at himself than anything, because, honestly, Jinx was Jinx and expecting her not to freak out was a bad call. This was up there with 'don't tug on Superman's cape, don't spit into the wind, and don't piss off an archangel' on the List of Things You Did Not Do. He might have been a little irked she hadn't held herself back, but... Again, it was Jinx. She had a different kind of mentality than Mercy. And Gabriel, having been a pack animal, and now currently the kind of animal Jinx was, understood both sides of this ( ... )

hexyoutotuesday June 1 2011, 17:54:52 UTC

In Jinx's opinion, she hadn't done all that much wrong at all. At least she had tried, which was more than she would do for anyone else. Conversation was started, and it led to a bad place. That wasn't her fault, right? Then all they did was allude to things, like some sort of inside joke she wasn't allowed in on. Like they were big, responsible adults talking about their stupid adult topics over their stupid lasagna. Maybe Gabriel would rather date her, huh? She could cook, she had boobs, and they seemed to get along great.

See? It was a perfect fucking match.

As she paced in the hallway, she got herself more and more worked up. To a point that the lights out there were flickering. So, when Gabriel suddenly appeared behind her? He didn't get the warmest of responses. She stopped moving long enough for him to spit out what he wanted to say. Then she whipped around, angry, upset, and about two seconds away from decking him.

"Dumb? Oh, this stopped being dumb a long time ago. Congratulations, you've crossed the line into mental ( ... )

vw_coyote June 1 2011, 18:54:56 UTC

Okay. Superhearing sucked. Mercy had put up with that spoiled little brat, but there were some things that she just wasn't going to let slide. That little brat had come into her house, and started having a fit because Mercy made brownies and had invited a friend over for dinner.

Christ it was like being in between Samuel and Adam. Which was exactly why she was going out into the hallway, and not staying out of it. the coyote is not always right.

"Listen, you pain in the ass child." Mercy's voice was more of a growl than she'd allowed it to be so far and she really wanted to shift to just bite the little shit. "I don't care who the hell you think you are, but you came into my house, hit my friend and rescuer and then have the nerve to call me a trashy older bitch?"

Mercy was all but shaking with the need to change. She didn't get the Rage the way the wolves did. But that didn't mean she didn't have a temper. "I'm sorry, Gabriel, but I'm going to ask you to take this spoiled little child out of here, before I do something I won't ( ... )

painhumbles June 1 2011, 19:20:02 UTC

....

Okay. That was probably not the worst situation that had ever happened to him involving two women, but it was also... Not the best. He had half a mind to defend his ego by pointing out that he didn't coddle Jinx- yes, she was being unfair, but she had plenty of reason to be. Unfortunately, angel knowledge was an unfair advantage to begin with and it wasn't like Jinx was going to broadcast her issues. And basically neither woman was handling this well. In fact, the only person in any way in the right was him. Because he didn't do anything.

Except, uh, ignore Jinx to smooth over a fire, which turned out to be throwing gasoline on said fire.

He slammed his forehead into his palm and exhaled. Right. Well, he was going to have to explain something and mend bridges- dammit, why did he have to care so much? "Jinx, I'm gonna say words that will probably make you hit me again, but can you hold off on breaking your hand on my jaw until after I'm finished?" He paused and then lowered his hand, eyes that weird cloudy blue-gray color. "

hexyoutotuesday June 1 2011, 23:43:30 UTC

This night fucking sucked. It blew. Bit. She wanted it to be over and forget about it for the rest of her life. Jinx was hurt, upset, felt like everyone was ganging up on her, and she was irrationally terrified. Sure, she and Gabriel had been through a lot together. They loved each other. She should trust him more. But with all the stupid bullshit boys put her through time and time again. Cyborg and his betrayal, Kid Flash and his cheating, Yukimi and his sudden disappearance, even that stupid kid with the freeze ray. No wonder she was so jealous she would bring things to this.

Mercy calling her a child didn't help at all. She totally missed the message about her being a rude house guest and took it as Mercy telling her Gabriel needed a woman. She called him her rescuer, which rubbed her in all the wrong ways. How dare she yell at Jinx like this. Oh, back in the day - the good old fucking days - she would just snap her fingers and break both her legs. When she was a villain. When there weren't consequences, so long as she could ( ... )

vw_coyote June 1 2011, 23:53:06 UTC

Magic.

She had gone to curl up under her bead with Mei and the cats when she smelled it.

Mercy's hackles rose. She knew exactly where it was coming from too. A growl started in her throat and she slunk out from under the bed, staring at the front door.

Her ears pinned back and her belly scraped low to the ground as she slowly moved forward. Magic didn't work on her. Not the way it was supposed to anyway. Hell, even Gabriel had had a hard time turning her back. There were things about walkers that she didn't understand, but she was coming to realize more and more.

Magic didn't work on her. Not in the traditional sense. Mercy took another stalking step forward. She was poised near enough to the door that should it get blown in, she could avoid getting hit and still have a straight shot at the bitch's throat.

Mercy didn't have any any more. The only thing left right now was the coyote.

painhumbles June 2 2011, 03:32:16 UTC

"Ladies!" Gabriel snapped, knowing instinctively Mercy had come to the door in full fursuit regalia. With no sense of self-preservation at all, he threw himself at Jinx. It was going to hurt. It was going to hurt a fucking lot, but if she broke down that door, there'd be a mess and he wasn't planning on picking up anyone's entrails tonight. Later, he'd apologize to Mercy. Later ( ... )

hexyoutotuesday June 2 2011, 04:27:30 UTC

One second, Jinx was consumed with rage, about to cause a murder scene in Anna's apartment. It was like she was taking after Sander, except there wasn't going to be enough of Mercy left to be artistic. All that power was focused on the door, then a second later...impact and SPLASH!

Note to self, the Canadian ocean was fucking freezing in May. The second they hit the water, she fought with all of her might to get Gabriel off her and make it to the surface. One of them actually had to breathe, thank you. For a moment she panicked, remembering that she hadn't the first clue how to swim, but she soon realized they were close enough to the shore that she could just stand up. Her hair and makeup were ruined, her dress clung to every curve and dip in her body, and she was sopping wet.

Shaking like a leaf in the wind, she screamed, "GABRIEL!" It sounded about as confused as angry as she looked around, water hitting her at the hips. Her heels sank into the silt below her. A million things ran through her mind, but the two most prominent ones ( ... )

painhumbles June 2 2011, 04:37:22 UTC

Two things registered to Gabriel. One: Large chest cavity wounds bleed a lot and dear God, there better not be sharks in Canada.

Two: HOLY FUCKING SHIT. SALT WATER IN WOUNDS HURTS LIKE A MOTHERFUCK.

It didn't take him long to recover enough to flail around and splash like he was drowning, which, honestly, if he was going to attract potential sharks that would be the way to do it. When he surfaced, however, he calmed himself... Or made a very valiant attempt to, as his entire body kind of hurt.

A normal person... Would be dead, however, so he counted his blessings and just stared at Jinx with half-lidded eyes, panting and trying to ignore the amount of blood in the water. "So we should probably not do the whole suburban 'invite the neighbors for barbecue' thing when we move, huh ( ... )

hexyoutotuesday June 2 2011, 06:19:41 UTC

Once she got the brains to stop splashing around looking for him, she heard his failure at recovering and whipped around to see him. It was suddenly like a big weight was taken off her chest. He was okay. Or at least okay enough to make snarky remarks. Oh god. Which meant that she probably killed his friend, or at least destroyed her home. Shit. Why did that bitch have to deserve it? Why did Gabriel think this was a good idea in the first place? He should know there was a reason Trauma was his best girlfriend.

She was about to respond to him (knowing her, with more yelling,) but watching him topple over into the water made her completely lose her train of thought. "No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, NO!"

Frantic, she waded her way over to him as quickly as she could. It was so cold. Her teeth were chattering and she wasn't sure if her lack of clothing was making it better or worse. She did her best to grab him up and pull his head above water. Lungs filled with water was not a pleasant feeling, whether or not he actually needed to ( ... )

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