Carter Barrett

"I'm a fucking fruit bat."

[battycarterbarrett]

Redacted Audio OC

Flying Fox (Grey-headed variety) Shifter, "Freelance Accountant"

36, 5'11

Childhood friend to Christian of the Shaw Pack

Fc: Marco Mingot

Timeline:

• Christian and Carter meet and become friends

• They both have their first shift at the same time

• Christian's parents move them to/back to Dahlia and they integrate/re-integrate with the Shaw Pack

• Christian and Carter keep in touch every now and again

[rottenrhee]

my close and personal friend Christian

[battycarterbarrett]

Me yesterday: Yeah solstice!

Me today: Oh what the fuck?

Forgot solstice is backwards here.

[agnes-nielsens]

schrödinger's flirting. i mean it as much as you do

[arden-my-language]

Well, hello there~

If I knew Dahlia had sights this gorgeous, I would've come to visit ages ago.

- @battycarterbarrett

Smooth

Now who are you huh?

[battycarterbarrett]

Thank you, I try.

Carter Barrett, pleasure to make your acquaintance.

[arden-my-language]

Arden :)

So, what brings you to Dahlia, Mr. Barrett?

[battycarterbarrett]

Arden, hm? I like it.

Work, mostly.

I do happen to have an old friend who lives here, thought I'd drop in on him as a surprise.

[arden-my-language]

Well I hope the work doesn’t suck ass for you.

And that’s nice of you to visit your friend :)

You guys been apart long?

[battycarterbarrett]

Nah. I love my job, s' hardly work at all.

Yeah, actually. Haven't seen him in person since he moved here. We've kept in touch, though. And I keep up with his Insta.

[arden-my-language]

Ah gotcha gotcha

So what do you do for work, if you don’t mind me asking?

[battycarterbarrett]

Ah, a little of freelance this and that. Some accounting, modeling, and heavy lifting. It takes me all over the world, which is nice.

[arden-my-language]

Damn, pretty busy man then huh?

[battycarterbarrett]

Not too busy to take you out to dinner, Gorgeous.

If you'll pick the place. I haven't been in town long enough to know the good spots.

[arden-my-language]

Wow, really straight forward aren’t you?

I know a few good spots in Dahlia I could show you, if you’re up for it that is.

[battycarterbarrett]

I try to be, yeah.

Oh, I am absolutely up for it. Or down for it. However you want me, really.

[arden-my-language]

[She raises her eyebrow, smirking]

I’d have to check my schedule, but I’m sure I could show you around one of these days.

[battycarterbarrett]

[He smirks right back]

Are you free tonight?

[idkanamanda]

[ 2 New Text Messages]

Carter: Hi Beautiful 😎

Carter: Picked a place for dinner yet? 😉

@battycarterbarrett

Beautiful (Amanda🍓): oh hey, sorry i saw this message so late i’ve been busy lol

Beautiful (Amanda🍓): have you gotten to meet up with chrissy yet?

[battycarterbarrett]

Carter: no worries! 😎

Carter: chrissy? lol

Carter: is that what you all call christian?

Carter: yeah! we had a nice chat.

Carter: sounds like the last few years have been a rough go for him but things are looking up!

Carter: so circling back to dinner?

[idkanamanda]

Beautiful (Amanda🍓): mhm! im glad y’all had a good time :)

Beautiful (Amanda🍓): lemme check when i’m next free and i’ll get back to you!

[battycarterbarrett]

Carter: it was heaps!

Carter: not still free tonight? i'm fine with some little 24-hour spot.

[idkanamanda]

[ 2 New Text Messages]

Carter: Hi Beautiful 😎

Carter: Picked a place for dinner yet? 😉

@battycarterbarrett

Beautiful (Amanda🍓): oh hey, sorry i saw this message so late i’ve been busy lol

Beautiful (Amanda🍓): have you gotten to meet up with chrissy yet?

[battycarterbarrett]

Carter: no worries! 😎

Carter: chrissy? lol

Carter: is that what you all call christian?

Carter: yeah! we had a nice chat.

Carter: sounds like the last few years have been a rough go for him but things are looking up!

Carter: so circling back to dinner?

[arden-my-language]

Well, hello there~

If I knew Dahlia had sights this gorgeous, I would've come to visit ages ago.

- @battycarterbarrett

Smooth

Now who are you huh?

[battycarterbarrett]

Thank you, I try.

Carter Barrett, pleasure to make your acquaintance.

[arden-my-language]

Arden :)

So, what brings you to Dahlia, Mr. Barrett?

[battycarterbarrett]

Arden, hm? I like it.

Work, mostly.

I do happen to have an old friend who lives here, thought I'd drop in on him as a surprise.

[arden-my-language]

Well I hope the work doesn’t suck ass for you.

And that’s nice of you to visit your friend :)

You guys been apart long?

[battycarterbarrett]

Nah. I love my job, s' hardly work at all.

Yeah, actually. Haven't seen him in person since he moved here. We've kept in touch, though. And I keep up with his Insta.

[arden-my-language]

Ah gotcha gotcha

So what do you do for work, if you don’t mind me asking?

[battycarterbarrett]

Ah, a little of freelance this and that. Some accounting, modeling, and heavy lifting. It takes me all over the world, which is nice.

[arden-my-language]

Damn, pretty busy man then huh?

[battycarterbarrett]

Not too busy to take you out to dinner, Gorgeous.

If you'll pick the place. I haven't been in town long enough to know the good spots.

[arden-my-language]

Wow, really straight forward aren’t you?

I know a few good spots in Dahlia I could show you, if you’re up for it that is.

[battycarterbarrett]

I try to be, yeah.

Oh, I am absolutely up for it. Or down for it. However you want me, really.

[arden-my-language]

Well, hello there~

If I knew Dahlia had sights this gorgeous, I would've come to visit ages ago.

- @battycarterbarrett

Smooth

Now who are you huh?

[battycarterbarrett]

Thank you, I try.

Carter Barrett, pleasure to make your acquaintance.

[arden-my-language]

Arden :)

So, what brings you to Dahlia, Mr. Barrett?

[battycarterbarrett]

Arden, hm? I like it.

Work, mostly.

I do happen to have an old friend who lives here, thought I'd drop in on him as a surprise.

[arden-my-language]

Well I hope the work doesn’t suck ass for you.

And that’s nice of you to visit your friend :)

You guys been apart long?

[battycarterbarrett]

Nah. I love my job, s' hardly work at all.

Yeah, actually. Haven't seen him in person since he moved here. We've kept in touch, though. And I keep up with his Insta.

[arden-my-language]

Ah gotcha gotcha

So what do you do for work, if you don’t mind me asking?

[battycarterbarrett]

Ah, a little of freelance this and that. Some accounting, modeling, and heavy lifting. It takes me all over the world, which is nice.

[arden-my-language]

Damn, pretty busy man then huh?

[battycarterbarrett]

Not too busy to take you out to dinner, Gorgeous.

If you'll pick the place. I haven't been in town long enough to know the good spots.

[arden-my-language]

Well, hello there~

If I knew Dahlia had sights this gorgeous, I would've come to visit ages ago.

- @battycarterbarrett

Smooth

Now who are you huh?

[battycarterbarrett]

Thank you, I try.

Carter Barrett, pleasure to make your acquaintance.

[arden-my-language]

Arden :)

So, what brings you to Dahlia, Mr. Barrett?

[battycarterbarrett]

Arden, hm? I like it.

Work, mostly.

I do happen to have an old friend who lives here, thought I'd drop in on him as a surprise.

[arden-my-language]

Well I hope the work doesn’t suck ass for you.

And that’s nice of you to visit your friend :)

You guys been apart long?

[battycarterbarrett]

Nah. I love my job, s' hardly work at all.

Yeah, actually. Haven't seen him in person since he moved here. We've kept in touch, though. And I keep up with his Insta.

[arden-my-language]

Ah gotcha gotcha

So what do you do for work, if you don’t mind me asking?

[battycarterbarrett]

Ah, a little of freelance this and that. Some accounting, modeling, and heavy lifting. It takes me all over the world, which is nice.

[arden-my-language]

Well, hello there~

If I knew Dahlia had sights this gorgeous, I would've come to visit ages ago.

- @battycarterbarrett

Smooth

Now who are you huh?

[battycarterbarrett]

Thank you, I try.

Carter Barrett, pleasure to make your acquaintance.

[arden-my-language]

Arden :)

So, what brings you to Dahlia, Mr. Barrett?

[battycarterbarrett]

Arden, hm? I like it.

Work, mostly.

I do happen to have an old friend who lives here, thought I'd drop in on him as a surprise.

[arden-my-language]

Well I hope the work doesn’t suck ass for you.

And that’s nice of you to visit your friend :)

You guys been apart long?

[battycarterbarrett]

Nah. I love my job, s' hardly work at all.

Yeah, actually. Haven't seen him in person since he moved here. We've kept in touch, though. And I keep up with his Insta.

[christan-not-chrissy]

[A shape whizzes past with the fluttering of wings]

@battycarterbarrett

OOC-sorry my notifs wouldn’t go off!

“What the heck-“

[battycarterbarrett]

[He shifts mid-air, luckily landing on his feet as he drops to the ground, grinning ear to ear, arms outstretched]

Hey, Christian! Long time, no see!

[christan-not-chrissy]

[body slams this man into a hug]

“You fucker! Why didn’t you tell me you were in town!”

[battycarterbarrett]

[He laughs and pounds his back affectionately]

Not much of a surprise if I told you, is it?

How's it going? Update me on your life. I know insta doesn't paint nearly the full picture.

[christan-not-chrissy]

Well I survived the inversion, almost lost my girlfriend, got her back and then found out I have a son. I’m also getting sober-

[battycarterbarrett]

The Inversion? Heard something about that a few years back... Didn't know you were directly involved or I woulda reached out a lot sooner

Lost like... in the...?

Holy shit Chris! I mean good on ya for gettin sober. Especially if it has to do with the findin out.

How old's the tyke?

[christan-not-chrissy]

Yeah it was shit. Lost in like a weird messy breakup, but we’re fine now. The soberness is tied to the kid and i don’t know how he is, I met him like a few days ago

[battycarterbarrett]

Ah, that's good luck then, that you're back together.

A few days?! Wow.

And your girl, how does she feel about you havin a kid you just found out about?

[christan-not-chrissy]

It’s her kid… when we split, she moved away with her family for a while. Went through the whole thing and I had now clue.

[battycarterbarrett]

Oh. Maybe lead with that next time, bud. "Back together, our kid" y'know?

Sorry it was a rough go for the two of ya. But you said you're back together now? All's good, then?

[christan-not-chrissy]

Yeah… all’s good

[battycarterbarrett]

Well, then ya gotta introduce me to them both!

I'm gonna get goin' for now. A Dahlia beauty agreed to have dinner with me.

I'll be in town for the foreseeable future so just hit me up, more than likely I'll be free.

[christan-not-chrissy]

Sounds great. Have fun with your date-

[battycarterbarrett]

Thanks!

[He takes a few steps back, does a standing backflip into his shifted form and flies off]

[arden-my-language]

Well, hello there~

If I knew Dahlia had sights this gorgeous, I would've come to visit ages ago.

- @battycarterbarrett

Smooth

Now who are you huh?

[battycarterbarrett]

Thank you, I try.

Carter Barrett, pleasure to make your acquaintance.

[arden-my-language]

Arden :)

So, what brings you to Dahlia, Mr. Barrett?

[battycarterbarrett]

Arden, hm? I like it.

Work, mostly.

I do happen to have an old friend who lives here, thought I'd drop in on him as a surprise.

[idkanamanda]

Well, hello there~

If I knew Dahlia had sights this gorgeous, I would've come to visit ages ago.

- @battycarterbarrett

Ah good one. How many people you used that one on before?

[battycarterbarrett]

[He chuckles]

Something tells me you wouldn't believe me if I said none, so....

[He holds out his hand out, palm up]

'M Carter. And yours would be Beautiful.

[idkanamanda]

Close, just Amanda. Nice to meet you, Carter.

[She hesitates a second before shaking his hand lightly.]

Sooo, what does bring you around here?

[battycarterbarrett]

Wouldja look at that, I was right. Beautiful.

[He turns his hand slightly in her grip and presses his thumb over her fingers, lifting her hand and leaning down to touch his lips to her knuckles, eyes sparkling as he looks at her over his sunglasses before pulling away and letting her hand go.]

Pleasure to meet you as well.

I've got an old friend who moved 'round these parts a couple decades ago. Been keeping up with him on Insta for years now, and a job brought me to the area. Figured I'd drop in on him as a surprise.

[idkanamanda]

[She was a little caught off guard but, for now, she thought the polite thing to do would be to not make big deal out of it.]

Aw that’s sweet, I love surprises! Who’s your friend?

[battycarterbarrett]

[He chuckles]

His name's Christian [Redacted].

[He continues in a conspiratorial whisper]

I don't expect in a city this big that all shifters know each other, mind you.

[idkanamanda]

Oh! Funnily enough I do know him, we’re in the same pack and all, I can’t believe he hadn’t told me about you sooner!

[battycarterbarrett]

No shit? What a small world we live in. He never told me about you either. Can't blame him, though. If I were in his shoes I'd keep you all to myself too.

And like I said, it's been years since we've acrually seen each other. Just hope he hasn't forgotten me entirely.

[idkanamanda]

[She stifled a laugh.]

You have no idea. His memory isn’t that bad though, I’m sure he would remember! I could hit him up to check if you wanted.

[battycarterbarrett]

Nah. That'll ruin the surprise, Beautiful.

But if you're pulling out your phone anyway, we could exchange numbers?

And... after I track down Chris, maybe we can go for dinner? You pick the place on my dime?

[idkanamanda]

[She pulls out her phone and keeps her eyes fixed on the screen, half-worried her face will give her away.]

Mhm, we’ll see! Tell Chris I said hi when you see him.

[She then holds her phone out with her number on the screen.]

[battycarterbarrett]

[He takes a sly peek at her phone as she unlocks it and pulls up her contact. Pulling out his own phone to take down her number]

Will do!

[He types out a text message, still smiling]

Cute lil guy on your lock screen. 'S that a nephew or cousin?

[Text: Hey Beautiful this is Carter 😉]

[idkanamanda]

Mmhm, he’s certainly part of the family.

[She tries not to laugh as she reads the text and sends back a wave emoji.]

Have fun on your little reunion!

[battycarterbarrett]

Thanks. I look forward to telling you all about it over dinner.

[He chuckles and winks before walking off]

[arden-my-language]

Well, hello there~

If I knew Dahlia had sights this gorgeous, I would've come to visit ages ago.

- @battycarterbarrett

Smooth

Now who are you huh?

[battycarterbarrett]

Thank you, I try.

Carter Barrett, pleasure to make your acquaintance.

[christan-not-chrissy]

[A shape whizzes past with the fluttering of wings]

@battycarterbarrett

OOC-sorry my notifs wouldn’t go off!

“What the heck-“

[battycarterbarrett]

[He shifts mid-air, luckily landing on his feet as he drops to the ground, grinning ear to ear, arms outstretched]

Hey, Christian! Long time, no see!

[christan-not-chrissy]

[body slams this man into a hug]

“You fucker! Why didn’t you tell me you were in town!”

[battycarterbarrett]

[He laughs and pounds his back affectionately]

Not much of a surprise if I told you, is it?

How's it going? Update me on your life. I know insta doesn't paint nearly the full picture.

[christan-not-chrissy]

Well I survived the inversion, almost lost my girlfriend, got her back and then found out I have a son. I’m also getting sober-

[battycarterbarrett]

The Inversion? Heard something about that a few years back... Didn't know you were directly involved or I woulda reached out a lot sooner

Lost like... in the...?

Holy shit Chris! I mean good on ya for gettin sober. Especially if it has to do with the findin out.

How old's the tyke?

[christan-not-chrissy]

Yeah it was shit. Lost in like a weird messy breakup, but we’re fine now. The soberness is tied to the kid and i don’t know how he is, I met him like a few days ago

[battycarterbarrett]

Ah, that's good luck then, that you're back together.

A few days?! Wow.

And your girl, how does she feel about you havin a kid you just found out about?

[christan-not-chrissy]

It’s her kid… when we split, she moved away with her family for a while. Went through the whole thing and I had now clue.

[battycarterbarrett]

Oh. Maybe lead with that next time, bud. "Back together, our kid" y'know?

Sorry it was a rough go for the two of ya. But you said you're back together now? All's good, then?

[christan-not-chrissy]

Yeah… all’s good

[battycarterbarrett]

Well, then ya gotta introduce me to them both!

I'm gonna get goin' for now. A Dahlia beauty agreed to have dinner with me.

I'll be in town for the foreseeable future so just hit me up, more than likely I'll be free.

[christan-not-chrissy]

[A shape whizzes past with the fluttering of wings]

@battycarterbarrett

OOC-sorry my notifs wouldn’t go off!

“What the heck-“

[battycarterbarrett]

[He shifts mid-air, luckily landing on his feet as he drops to the ground, grinning ear to ear, arms outstretched]

Hey, Christian! Long time, no see!

[christan-not-chrissy]

[body slams this man into a hug]

“You fucker! Why didn’t you tell me you were in town!”

[battycarterbarrett]

[He laughs and pounds his back affectionately]

Not much of a surprise if I told you, is it?

How's it going? Update me on your life. I know insta doesn't paint nearly the full picture.

[christan-not-chrissy]

Well I survived the inversion, almost lost my girlfriend, got her back and then found out I have a son. I’m also getting sober-

[battycarterbarrett]

The Inversion? Heard something about that a few years back... Didn't know you were directly involved or I woulda reached out a lot sooner

Lost like... in the...?

Holy shit Chris! I mean good on ya for gettin sober. Especially if it has to do with the findin out.

How old's the tyke?

[christan-not-chrissy]

Yeah it was shit. Lost in like a weird messy breakup, but we’re fine now. The soberness is tied to the kid and i don’t know how he is, I met him like a few days ago

[battycarterbarrett]

Ah, that's good luck then, that you're back together.

A few days?! Wow.

And your girl, how does she feel about you havin a kid you just found out about?

[christan-not-chrissy]

It’s her kid… when we split, she moved away with her family for a while. Went through the whole thing and I had now clue.

[battycarterbarrett]

Oh. Maybe lead with that next time, bud. "Back together, our kid" y'know?

Sorry it was a rough go for the two of ya. But you said you're back together now? All's good, then?