safe and sound

Katherine Therese Messer. Thirty-one. Human. Mechanic at BH Automotive. Dependent blog for bartonhollow-rp.

[katherinemesser]

tanyamcfee​:

“Yeah I sure that it does, unless somebody played a prank on me and switched it to decaf,then I would be very annoyed at that.”She admitted,letting a small chuckle escape her lips. “Hey sometimes it’s better to play it safe than to be too forward. I used to be like that and it never ended well.” She replied to her. “More than three times? Wow that person really must have liked the Bee Gees then, but I mean there is a limit, there is such a thing as too much Bee Gees.”

~

“Yikes. Let’s not hope that’s not the case.” Chuckling lightly she nodded again, “Oh really? What happened? Of course, you don’t need to tell me if it’s too private. I’m always too nosy for my own good.” Laughing, Katherine nodded, “I mean, there should be limit like all good songs. There’s gotta be a time when listening to the same songs over and over again lose their excitement.”

[katherinemesser]

elizabethdelxpole​:

Elizabeth smiled faintly. “Yes, the singer,” she said. She tried not to wrinkle her nose at the mention of being a mechanic. Even all these centuries later, the upbringing of a noblewoman still lingered in her mind. She couldn’t imagine working with her hands. Getting dirty. “I don’t think I could figure all that out,” she admitted. “Cars still seem a bit newfangled to me.”

~

“Ah, well, it came with experience. Been in the auto shop watching my dad since I could remember.” She smiled at the redhead, “Cars are easy when you’re used to it. You just have to drive often to get the hang of it. But in a town like Barton Hollow, it’s easy just to not have a car at all. Which I wouldn’t recommend because it’s bad for our business.” Clearing her throat, she had to ask, “Cars weren’t a thing back then wasn’t it? If it makes you uncomfortable, you don’t have to answer.”

[katherinemesser]

tanyamcfee​:

Tanya let a small chuckle escape her lips before she smiled. “Don’t worry about me, I’m just waiting for the two cups I had before work to kick in, although they are working very slowly.” She replied. “Ah I’m sure that it will work on him, especially if you are playing it safe.” She said. “Disco? I think I would have preferred disco over the noise they were playing, not sure what it really was. Hopefully somebody else around was pissed too so I can get a good night sleep tonight. “

~

“Well, I hope the two cups kick in faster or else you’d be in trouble.” She nodded, smiling a bit. “That’s me, Miss Play-It-Safe. I don’t think I can be too forward.” It was something that she claimed that she used to be. But now, she can’t be too sure. As she spoke, Katherine couldn’t help but nod and laugh. “Yeah, I guess it’s more bearable than anything else. But Bee Gees being played more than three times, I think I can never get Stayin’ Alive out of my head.”

[katherinemesser]

krakludo​:

“Let’s take a look,” Ludo said, eyeballing the gash on her hand. “Stitches it is then!” He summarised, gathering together the necessary equipment. “Seems strange that an experienced mechanic such as yourself would have this type of injury. Was something on your mind?” He asked.

Katherine let out a dejected sigh. “God, I didn’t want it to come to this,” she pouted, offering her hand for him to stitch up. “I was... distracted.” Being the only one at the shop, she usually had more focus on the task at hand. But her father had fallen ill that evening, she couldn’t think of anyone else. Of course the doctors said he was fine, that all he needed was rest, but it didn’t stop KT from worrying about him. Hence the slicing of the hand. “It’s gonna hurt isn’t it?”

[drkrakludo]

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Ludo nearly spilled his coffee as he opened the door of the consultation room, a stack of papers in his other hand. It had been a busy morning already at Wentworth Memorial, and his mind was scattered. He sat down at his desk, rolling up his sleeves and looked at the nervous patient in front of him.

“What can I do for you today?” He asked, gathering focus. 

@bartonstart​

[katherinemesser]

“I- uh.. I was coming in to see if you can help me.. I cut my hand very bad and I-” KT hissed at the pain a cloth covering her left palm. “Work-related accident.” She offered an explanation, “I was being stupid and wasn’t looking what I was doing and then sliced my hand. I don’t know if I need stitches or not.”

[katherinemesser]

alphasrighthand​:

     “I’m not being spiffy. Yet? That implies that you think I’ll tell you what you did wrong.” Dante’s tone was blank, unwavering with any detectable emotion. Hatred boiled inside him, hidden deep under his grumpy demeanor. “Are you telling me you spill coffee on so many people that you don’t remember if you spilled coffee on me or not? No, I don’t want another cup and my shirt doesn’t need to be dry cleaned. Sounds like you have a long night ahead of you, doesn’t it?” 

“Yes, you’re being spiffy. It’s in your tone and in your face. Because it’s all monologue-y and your face is all scrunched up with your brows together and shit.” Katherine pointed out, “Yes, yet. Because I’m going to annoy the shit out of you until you either kill me or tell me what it is that I had obviously done.” Sighing dramatically, “Yes, it will be a long night because you’re not helping me in this situation.”

[katherinemesser]

elizabethdelxpole​:

Another faint smile touched Elizabeth’s lips as the young woman spoke. “Like Tunstall?” she said, wondering if she was dating herself even in the modern era. “I see,” she said. Frankly she wasn’t particularly interested, although she thought education for women had made such huge strides since her time it was a shame when others shirked that opportunity. “It is,” she agreed. Her eyebrows lifted as the girl spoke. “So what do you do?” she said, her lips twitching. “Apart from inserting your foot into your mouth, I mean.”

“You mean the singer right? Cause I had to think who were referring to.. I only know one song of hers, unfortunately. I have no time to broaden my music taste.” Katherine scratched the back of her head and grinned. She was thankful that the other woman didn’t take offense. Or she’s a really good actress. Or she has shitty observation skills. “I’m a mechanic at the auto shop. Not the greatest I could’ve been like the old ladies at brunch would say, but I manage to pay the bills. And it’s not illegal so I think I’m good.”

[katherinemesser]

tanyamcfee​:

“Coming right up. Ah I’ve been in your situation before,best to play it safe for now. Is it your friend or a crush?”She asked as she began to make the coffee. “Eh not really, thought I would be coming into work with a headache thanks to my very loud neighbours.”

“Thanks. You know, I could buy you a cup yourself. You looked like you could use it?” At the question, she could feel herself redden. “Um, both? We work together and he’s usually up at the shop before me so I thought coffee would be a good offering in the morning. He doesn’t usually come here so I’m sure I’m safe.” Nodding, she replied, “Ah, I get that. A few months back someone rented the apartment above us that played disco 24/7. Like nonstop. My dad and I couldn’t sleep a wink. Good think we weren’t the only ones pissed cause they stopped after a few days.”

[disastri]

❛ Love is never simple. Not that I’m any expert. ❜  @katherinemesser

     “I’m glad you have enough sense to know that you’re no expert.” Dante spat, the words filled with a hatred for the woman and her kind. It wasn’t Katherine’s fault that she was born a human but the werewolf wasn’t able to look past that flaw. 

[katherinemesser]

“No need to get spiffy with me. I didn’t even know what I did wrong yet. Did I accidentally spilled coffee on you at one point and an apology isn’t enough? Do you want another cup? Cause I certainly repay your coffee and offer dry cleaning your shirt or something. You have to tell me or else it’ll keep me up at night.”

[jayexsosa]

There was nothing worse than going to work on only a few hours of sleep. It wasn’t her fault,she normally went to bed early,but her neighbours had other plans. She was a music lover herself,but the level they were playing it at would have woken up the hole neighbourhood if it had gotten a bit louder. Tanya was running on two cups of coffee to keep herself fully awake,much like the people that were coming in to the cafe. The brunette had gotten into work on time and finished up her own cup of coffee before she started to work. 

Thankfully she was able to fully stay awake during the first hour,most of the customers grabbing their coffees before work. She watched it slow down a little while,enough that she could cover her mouth and yawn getting a stare from the person walking to the counter. “I’m sorry,didn’t get much sleep last night. What can I get you?” 

@bartonstart​

[katherinemesser]

“Two black coffee please. And a few packets of cream and sugar. I’m not exactly sure how he likes his coffee. So... yeah.” Katherine said with a smile. Then when the barista apologized she waved it off. “It’s fine, we all have our days. I hope the late night almost no sleep was worth it though.”

[katherinemesser]

elizabethdelxpole​:

Elizabeth just raised an eyebrow at the younger woman’s statement before shrugging. “I’m sure,” she said. “Yes, that’s right.” She nodded as she spoke, a brief smile touching her lips. “Though some do call me Elizabeth.” She tilted her head. “You’re not a college student now?” She certainly knew the other wasn’t a librarian.

“Hello Elizabeth. Nice to meet you. You can call me KT.” Katherine smiled and offered a free hand. “I’m not. Actually I stopped after freshman year.” She said, offering a further explanation if needed. But didn’t say it out loud because she had the feeling the other woman wouldn’t be interested in her life story. “So... It’s a wonderful weather. Day off? Or just getting away from the stuffy library,” then quickly realized that she called it stuffy, “I mean, I didn’t mean it like that it’s just... Okay I’ll stop putting my foot where my mouth is.”

[katherinemesser]

ofroanscott​:

If anything that made him laugh more, especially seeing the way she smiled despite mocking being offended. “It’s fair turn around, you’ve been asking things about me, I get to ask more about you.” He smirked, “Well I guess the annoying little shirt head of a sister,” He teased her with a glimmer in his eye. “Or at least if I had had any siblings. Curse of being an only child with a lot of cousins and distant relatives.” He hadn’t actually been asking for that reason. Not that he didn’t think she was sweet and he liked spending time. But he had his own set of issues that trumped anything she could reasponibly come up with. 

“I think you have me beat again. Home schooled, didn’t deal with the usual high school stuff. No proms or anything. I did go to a school dance once. Homecoming I think?” His head tilted he thought about it. “We moved around a lot. But we got to know some of the local kids and we were invited to go. It was…fun, I guess.”

Roan countered with. “You follow the law right? I mean, you stop at red lights in your car or attempt to follow the rules about crossing the street at crosswalks. It’s the same thing, supernatural or not. If you break a law you have to answer for it. Just like if you speed or run a red light you get a ticket and might have to go to the police station.” 

“Aw. You care.” She looked at him with a soft smile on her face. For added effect she put her hands under her chin and looked at him with wide eyes. Laughing softly, she shared, “I don’t have cousins or other relatives too. I mean, My parents were only children and so am I. So...” She trailed off with a shrug. “You like me, Roan. Aww.” She went right back to teasing. As much as she liked to nonchalantly talk about herself and her life story, she didn’t like people’s pity or maybe it was sympathy? Either way, she didn’t need either one. “Don’t worry. My heart’s not broken by it. I’m hurt, but I can live,” she continued. 

“Here I think being home schooled is awesome. We could’ve switched childhoods.” Despite not wanting to change how she grew up, she did - at that time - wanted to be raised differently. “School dances were not my thing. I had horrible experiences during school dances despite going there without a date.” Remembering the unfortunate dances she’s been to made her pout at the memories. “My first kiss was during Homecoming and let me tell you... being home schooled was a better option.”

She tilted her head, listening to him, nodding along the way. “Well, that makes total sense. I just thought people would you know, resist more. Especially if they have abilities. Makes me feel small in the grand scheme of things. Wow, that’s some existentialist crisis shit right there.” Katherine smiled at him again. Remembering the pizza that was almost forgotten, she took a bite and moaned softly. “I really love this place.” She sighed, sinking next to him in the booth. “So... is the pizza good or what?”

[katherinemesser]

ofroanscott​:

The waitress returned with their ordered food and he gave a quick thanks as the pizza slice was there in front of him. But Roan made no move to eat it; Katherine not so careful as she confirmed first he wasn’t a vampire but then discovered the hot food that bit her mouth. He chuckled, “Sorry, honestly I’m not laughing at you, i’m laughing with you.” This was so perfectly normal and he loved it.

“Well, they should be grateful I work the early shift. I don’t see any of them getting out of bed at the crack od dawn to open up the shop.” He responded light heartedly. Honestly, if that was the worst they said about it skipping around town with some torrid love affair he would take it. “Now that you’re bringing it up, how come you’re not seeing anyone?” 

Roan shook his head, “Not a bad thing, just, I don’t know, figured there were better things to be doing with your time. But I get it, you’re best friend, you want to understand them.” He didn’t know many in the other packs; they all tended to keep to their own except for the off passing in town with each other. “Yeah they behave. It’s like any other town. We all have laws that we have to obey. If you step out of line there’s consequences to actions. Probably the only exception is that, each species has a delegate that reports to the mayor who leads the human faction and you’re held accountable by all of them.”

“No. You don’t see me laughing. It’s definitely at me.” Katherine pretended to be offended but offered the contrary due to the smile on her face. At his remark, Katherine nodded. He did take the early shift, opening the shop before anyone does and she would find him working on a car already despite her coming into work every day fifteen minutes early. “Well, that’s true. I do love my beauty sleep,” she mused before eyeing her pizza, gauging if it wouldn’t burn her tongue again. 

“Again, you and your changing the subject.” Pretending to sigh dramatically, Katherine shrugged. “Honestly? No one’s asked. I mean I had a boyfriend but that’s like almost three years ago?” Letting out a hollow chuckle, she remarked, “Since then no one asked me.” Her brows furrowed, wondering the same thing. “People like to see me more as a shop girl and-or annoying little shit head of a sister more than anything.” Then she smirked. “You know if I didn’t think you’re seeing someone, I’d take that as a subtle way of you checking to see if I’m single or not.” The blonde laughed, “Kidding, totally kidding. Would not get in bed with a married person. Nope. 0/10 would not do it.”

“I didn’t go out much as a kid. I mean, high school was different - everyone trying to fit in and all that - but there are some days where I don’t feel like going out so I stay home and read. I try to beat that dumb blonde stereotype. Even when I was trying to be a college student.” Katherine nodded along. She knew there were more than one pack; she just didn’t know how many there were. But she was in no hurry to find out. “Really? That sounds very... the word is escaping me. But is it effective?” People aren’t all the same, some would adhere to the rules, some would not. How would one person, one representative to the whole race in Barton Hollow be able to control or rather make them abide said laws?

[ofchasekemp]

Chase had been in town for about three months now; his younger brother had been working at city hall and had disappeared. He had come looking for anwsers. He worked as a Deputy Sheriff and that let him havd access to files that the piblic didn’t. Plus, his family name, came with a lot of resources that not everyone was aware of. If you were a hunter, you knew the ‘Kemp’ Family name. Everyone else, he was just another mundane in a town of the supernatural.

It was night fall though. Most people didn’t stay out late on their own because again, werewolves, vampires and fairies, oh my! He walked through an alley between the buildings and he might havge only been human, but he had years of training. Call it a six sense, someone or something was following him. He reached under his jacket and his hand wrapped around the hilt of a short blade. 

“I know your there.” He said in the darkness. “Might as well stop following me and lurking. Come on out.”

@bartonstart​

[katherinemesser]

It was her usual route, being in the alleyway. To be perfectly honest, it wasn’t the best route in a town where someone can kill you at night and no one would see your body for days. But this was the quickest route home. Her father was waiting or probably passed out on the couch watching true crime documentaries. “Sorry. I wasn’t lurking, I swear. Or even following you. Nope, not what I was doing. At all.”

[katherinemesser]

ofroanscott​:

“Well, safe-ish, when you live in a town full of supernatural and once a month the town goes full on lockdown with the full moon.”  He smiled at how endearign she sounded about the whole food thing. He didn’t really bother with it, had never really had a reason to learn how to cook. It would be a change from what he was use too. 

Roan shifted a little as she broke into his personal space staring into his eyes for too long a moment. It was awkward but he went with it. “What’s the diaignosis? Not a vampire?” He askked and shook his head ot her question. “No. no contacts. Sorry, there just my own eyes.” He offered letting her dowen gently in the playful game they had going. “My significant other? Yeah, they definitely don’t exisit, no matter what you hear the guys say at the shop. I think I heard the  I am secretly stashing a wife  and kids….hooking up with some guy at the motel every night.. I guess I should be flattered that I’m of such interest to be talked about.”

He laughed at being called old, he definitely didn’t feel like he was. “It is what it is.” Everything had changed coming to Barton Hollow. “I’m suddenly imagining you sitting at home with a tower of books about werewolves as you pour over every page.” He mused with the imagery. “You said your friend turned at thirteen. What happened to them? Are they in a pack here in town?” His head tilted in curiosity. “Our end of the bargain? You mean with the treaty? Isn’t everyone following it pretty much? The laws apply to everyone in Barton Hollow. Peace between all species.”

“That is true.” Katherine gave a small laugh at his remark. “As safe as one can be in this town right? Honestly, I’m expecting some sort of The Purge alarm sound blasting before the full moon.” Chuckling at her own remark she noticed the waitress coming over with their order. Thanking her, she let the pizza cool for a moment before grabbing a slice, not bothering with a knife and fork. “Not a vampire, sadly.” She pretended to sigh dramatically, only to immediately return the pizza slice on the plate due to its heat. “Ow, ow, hot.”

“Aw. I was hoping you had one. At least one of us is getting some.” Letting out a playful wink, she blew on the pizza before taking the crust first carefully. Once the warmth is tolerable enough, she turned to him to continue talking. “You can’t blame them. You’re always out by five. They can’t talk about me since I’m boring and annoying so they’d rather not take any interest with me.” Katherine shrugged before blowing again on the pizza before taking a tentative bite.

“You say that like it’s a bad thing. I just happened to have a best friend who is one so it made me curious.” Which she could practically confirm his theory. It was definitely like that. “He did. And he’s part of the Crescent pack.” She shook her head. “I mean, I don’t know much about the packs and covens here in Barton. I kinda want to know if they need to behave or something bad is going to happen to them or something.” 

[goldlila]

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[katherinemesser]

starprotector​:

the question said aloud made kay - in that moment, for just a moment - wish that they could speak to animals like some of their fae friends. kneeling low, they patted lightly, smiling wide. “ i wonder too, ” they agreed. “ animals almost always go by two names - the one we give them, and the ones they give themselves. ” a slight pause, realizing that maybe that was an odd thing to say. “ at least, that’s what i’ve heard, ” they added with a laugh. “ do you have any pets at home ? ” the owner was probably around somewhere, probably looking for the fluffy pup too, but it was always fun to pretend.

“Is that it? That’s brand new information. Very cool.” Katherine smiled, nodding. “It’s a strange but very cool information. Now to figure out what name this little fella calls themselves.” At the question, the blonde shook her head. She glanced around hoping to find its owner. No luck yet. “No pets allowed in the apartment building I’m in, sadly. What about you?”