Lakes and Rivers

When the world is against you, you learn to find a way

[lakebarrow]

cxtaliina:

“…That looks really good….” She mumbled while her hand subconsciously continued to stroke her pet Golden Retriever on the head. The animal was also staring at the burger in the woman’s hands. Catalina had came in here out of curiousity and to pass a bit of time before she went to find her girlfriend. The smell of the food - or maybe it was the fries had captivated her so now, she was sitting here trying to decide what she really wanted to eat. “… Is it good?”

Lake narrowed her eyes at the dog but didn’t move. She knew the thing wasn’t going to attack her, but a dislike for dogs came with the territory when you shapeshift into a cat. It was in her blood, her bones. So she sat, tense, as she tried to answer the girl. “It’s greasy, and about as unhealthy as physically possible, which means it’s great. But if you’re some kind of health nut, I’d definitely not recommend it...or this place in general.”

[lakebarrow]

embryxnewton:

“No… I just.. I thought that burger would be mine since I’ve been sitting here for an hour already waiting…” She frowned as she looked at waitress who had her back towards her now that she had walked away. “…Now I don’t know if I want to wait for it anymore…” Nor did she want to call on the waitress again because she seemed a bit busy… 

“Shit...what’d you do to piss off the lady?” Lake asked, her eyebrow raised. Waiting an hour for food, Lake only had to wait 20 minutes. That girl must have pissed someone off.“I mean, at this point, I think you have to keep waiting. It’s a point of pride by now.”

[lakebarrow]

flxrenciavelazquez:

“No. I was just wondering how the hell you could eat that burger? The last time I had it, it was dry as fuck - that patty should not exist. That or the fucking cook here hates my guts.” She growled as she suddenly sent a glare towards the kitchen even though there was no way the cook could see her.

“I’m going to be very honest with you... I didn’t come here for gourmet food. I came here for something so greasy that it’s probably illegal in a bunch of other countries. Y’know, the shit that makes McDonald’s seem like it’s the healthiest restaurant in the world.” Lake shrugged, ignoring the other girl’s hostility. “Can’t imagine why he’d hate you... y’know, unless you told him his food was crap or something.”

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atlas-caro:

Atlas hadbeen working as a coroner from sometime, not shy on detective skills, he reliedon these abilities far more frequently than he ever thought to use his magic.As such, the demon was quite observant and he wasted little time in turning hisperceptive eye towards the girl who, despite her proximity, seemed a million milesaway. Her eyes were trained towards the water in an almost hypnotic-like state,startled by his words as if she’d been quite suddenly and violently pulled fromher dream.

A smiletugged lightly at the corner of his mouth, he averted his gaze from the womanand turned it back on the lake in front of them. Their common ground. AbsentlyAtlas lit a smoke and took a long, contemplative drag, one benefit ofimmortality happened to be he didn’t need to concern himself with the drawbacksthat poor decisions had on a mundane’s health. “If only it were so simple.”Atlas said easily, the truth was, what he reallywanted to do was feel someone’s heart stop beating beneath his hands just one more time: to give in to everyimpulse he felt just looming beneath the surface. At times it was all he couldthink about, other days were easier than others, but after a long night nothingever restored his faith in himself quite like watching the sunrise.

The man standing near her was something of a mystery to her... There was a sense of calmness to him, yet she felt like there was so much more to him. She didn’t like that, the hidden. Shaking herself out of it, she focused on his words. “It is that simple, or it can be.” The words left her quiet, breathy, and she hated that. She was supposed to be stronger than that, but the water drained her. She wanted to run from it, to run to the closest bar and drown in a different kind of liquid. “You can’t let the world choose for you, or you wake up one day realizing your entire life was spent doing everything for everyone else, and nothing for you. So you take that opportunity you want and you run with it, screw literally everyone else. You’re the only one that matters.”

The words had rushed out before she even knew she had said them. Pushing some hair out of her face, Lake took a deep breath and tried to get her heartbeat back to normal. “Or y’know, you could roll with things the way they are and die miserable, that’s up to you really.”

[lakebarrow]

nancymiddleton:

“No?” Nancy replied, raising a brow at the woman. She hadn’t even realised she’d been staring at her for the last few minutes. “Sorry, I guess I kind of zoned out… and I didn’t realise I was staring.”

Lake shrugged, rolling her eyes. “Yeah, well it’s creepy, so maybe stop that.” She sighed, taking another bite of her burger. “Look, you want a fry or something? I don’t bite...unless you bite first.”

[lakebarrow]

Lake was starving. She’d slept for most of the day, and had a long night ahead of her at the Canopy Club, but right now, right now she just wanted a burger. So here she was, sitting in a booth at the most unhealthy burger joint in town, tapping her nails on the table as she waited for her food to be finished. Lake sighed, looking around the place before her eyes landed on someone looking her way. Before she could react, the waitress placed her food in front of her, and Lake made quick work of taking the first bite of that burger she craved. But still, she could feel eyes on her. “Do you have a problem or something?”

[lakebarrow]

athenaxrendall:

Athena wasn’t new around town. She knew her way around and even knew the shortcuts . Today was no different. She made her way towards Bridgeport Bar to open. It was early, 10AM and Athena was not a morning person. She was almost at work when she realized something was off. Athena rolled her eyes and looked down, searching in her bag. She didn’t have her wallet. “Fuck.” She stated out loud. She went to turn around and immediately bumped into someone and fell backwards. Her bag flew off her shoulder and everything was thrown out of her bag. “Great.” She said reaching towards all her stuff. 

Lake had been taking a shortcut back to her apartment after getting off from work, ready to have a long nap before going out that night. She was looking down at her phone, ordering a pizza online that would hopefully arrive at her door shortly after she herself did when she felt someone collide with her. “Shit,” she swore as she dropped her phone, falling backward herself. “Watch where you’re going, would you?” She hissed, picking herself up and looking at her phone, hoping she’d added no cracks to the screen.

[lakebarrow]

tonyxwright:

Anthony has just wrapped up his 24 hour shift at the firehouse, yet sleep could not find him. He had laid awake in bed for hours trying to fall asleep yet yield no success. With a soft sigh he pushed himself off his bed and pulled on a hoodie, sliding into a pair of his favorite jeans before leaving his loft and finding his way to the streets. The shapeshifter wandered down to the local bar, figuring some beer might help him pass the time as the the sun begun to set. 

Finding a seat towards the end of the bar Anthony sat alone, ordering a bud light while his eyes darted to the patrons around him, unsure if her recognized anyone. A local DJ was beginning to set up his set as a figure approached him from behind, his senses unsure of who exactly it was he decided to amuse them. “I hope you’re here to buy the next round..” he muttered under his breath.

Lake had not had a good day. She’d had to wake up early for a shift at work, gotten yelled at by a customer for mixing up an order, and her old and beat up tv had decided to stop working. As she sat alone in her apartment, staring at the blank wall, she realized just how much she needed a drink. Quickly she grabbed her coat and sprinted out of the place.

Walking into the bar, she headed to where she could see an open seat. As she walked closer to the bar, she could hear a man sitting on his own speak to her. She smiled, sliding into the seat next to him and calling over the bartender. “Two bud lights, thanks.” She sighed, waiting for the guy to come back with her drink. “So, I bought this round, you get the next?” She smirked.

[lakebarrow]

atlas-caro:

Despite his predilectionto solving crime and generally contributing in a positive way to humanity,Atlas wasn’t fond of most people. In fact, being in their presence was a bitdraining and worrisome. It had been half a century since his last episode andhe had no intention of losing control ever again: avoiding people was animportant catalyst in that. Plagued by nightmares that only seemed to get worseupon coming to Fallcrest, Atlas considered himself lucky if he got a couple ofhours of sleep each night.

The hourswhere he couldn’t sleep made his living quarters feel as if the walls werebeginning to close in around him. Currently staying at the Radcliffe, Atlas leftthe hotel shortly before dawn with the intention of getting into the officeearly enough to plug through the mountain of backlogged information he stillwanted to get through. It was no big surprise that mysterious deaths anddisappearances were a trademark here, but if he could identify accurate causesof deaths that weren’t chalked up to generic ‘animal attacks’ then Atlas mightbe able to identify a pattern.

Insteadhowever, Atlas found himself wandering a bit, finding his way to a particularlyscenic body of water as he watched the sun slowly rise over the waters. Hestood at the water’s edge, looking out into the distance and tried to workthrough the barrage of images his nightmares plagued him with. Violence.Violence. Violence. It was ever-present, and yet here in this moment Atlascould feel a distant tug of tranquility: some light at the end of the tunnel. “It’sbeautiful, isn’t it?” Atlas posed, suddenly aware through the sound of fallingfootsteps that someone was lingering close by, perhaps drawn by the same sight he saw now, “the dawn promises hope for a new day,too often I think I take it for granted.”

Lake wasn’t usually an early riser, but for some reason today seemed to be a much different case. Or maybe it wasn’t, after all, was it considered rising early if you hadn’t fallen asleep at all? She’d been out all night, still getting acquainted with the town, and she wasn’t ready to return to her very empty apartment just yet.

She’d found herself walking for a while, drowning out everything and everyone around her. She hadn’t realized where she was walking until the sound of the waves reached her. The lake. She’d been avoiding this place since arriving, not wanting to lay eyes upon her namesake, and yet here it was, more beautiful than anything she’d seen before. It felt wrong. Was this what her mother had thought of when she had named her? This tranquility?

Lake’s head snapped around when she heard someone speak to her. She’d been so focused on the water, she hadn’t even realized she wasn’t alone. “Yes, I suppose it is.” The water felt like it stared into her soul as the sun started rising from it. “The days will come no matter what, we just have to take hold of them ourselves. What we take for granted is not the new day, but a new day we get to see. We should spend them as we see fit, doing what we want to do.”

[lakebarrow]

ooc;

Hello everyone! 

My name is Jessica, I’m 19 years old (I think I made a typo in my application and said I was 18 but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯), I use female pronouns, and I’m in the EST timezone. I’m so excited to be here with all of you and to introduce you to my beautiful trash baby Lake. I’ll post a small bio for her later, but what you should no is that she’s been through some difficult things in the past and has learned to look out for herself and do whatever it is that she wants, or no reason other than because she wants it, as no one else will do that for her. Feel free to send me a message if you want to make a connection.