Your fate is in my hands.

The name is Lani Fayte, CSI of Storybrooke. I'm 21 years old and I know everything there is to know about this little town. Dare to test me?

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Back Up Plan || Chase & Lani

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"I have two," Chase followed, a wicked grin on his features. He fell silent for a few steps, but he’d found a better way to bother her than through words. Reaching out, he traced a single finger along her spine, from the top of her neck to the small of her back, a completely innocent smirk on his features. Maybe it was a death wish, maybe it was his being a nuisance, but he loved seeing how far he could push people, how mad he could drive them. And she was very obviously affected by his presence, his words, his touch. Maybe it wasn’t specific to him, maybe it was. But this amused him either way. The wicked grin had returned to his lips again, and he continued to follow, only a few steps behind the woman, reaching out to tug at a lock of hair again, waiting to see how far he could push her before the reaction changed, for better or worse. Hopefully a step closer to insanity.

[sealyourfayte]

Lani kept her eyes forward without looking back or even remotely acknowledging his presence. Though her movements were tense and annoyed. As his hand moved down her spine she clenched both of her fists against her side. debating turning around and taking a swing at his pretty little face. She ignored it though, as best she could. Her teeth clenched, when he took the brief moment of reprieve and just followed her. However when her hair was tugged again she spun around and slapped his hand away from her. "Don't touch me" She was just annoyed at this point because she was annoyed. She was actually a fair bit over being started but now he he just wouldn't go away. She wanted to get rid of him. But the only ideas going throug her head simply wouldn't do.

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Back Up Plan || Chase & Lani

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"I’d take it off for you if I could," he all but sang the words, "but it’ll pop right back on when I get bored of being headless." Maddie had told him on many occasions that he was absolutely mad, that he seemed to have lost his head, but the best people were absolutely bonkers, so he never minded much. "But there are only a few screws loose, not enough to have my head rolling." The grin on his features only stretched when she alluded to his favorite tale, that of Alice’s adventures in Wonderland, and he stepped closer to the woman. "If the Queen commanded it, who am I to protest." Of course no one would succeed in actually getting his head off, he was adamant about being the only one able to do that to himself. There was a way out of everything, even a guillotine, or an executioner’s block. "Perhaps she would, perhaps she wouldn’t," a wild, mischievous look appeared in his eyes, complimenting the grin, "but she’s always been a cowardly bitch." Chase stepped closer to the woman once again, hand coming up to tug rest on her neck, before he tugged at a strand of hair, "And I don’t seem to have the sense to remember to fear things."

[sealyourfayte]

Lani waved off his idiotic babbling that made her head hurt. She signed, staring at him with annoyance burning in her eyes. Wanting to slap him, or perhaps hang him with his thread. That would be amusing. Her thoughts might be morbid but when you were so unaffected by death it didn't really take much to push someone like her that far. She wouldn't act on it but the annoyance manifested itself quite easily. "She wouldn't." She stated simply. Shrugging his hand off she slapped the back of his hand. "Clearly. Touch me again and you'll lose your hand." She hissed, turning, sliding the book back on the shelf and leaving the aisle. Turning to leave the library she was glad she didn't get anymore books. She was done dealing with The Cheshire Cat. And wondered if a pair of Cheshire colored gloves would look good.

[sealyourfayte]

Boooreddd! || Lani and Floyd

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"What about ‘em?" he asked, eyebrow quirking, making sure to hide that he was fazed by her knowing all that, "Tiffany’s never been a friend, reluctantly accepts that she knows me, and’s stuck as long as she hangs with Richard. And he’s too busy with some mystery girl and college and real life shit to be a bro, so I guess he’s out too. Family doesn’t count, though, you’re stuck with ‘em no matter what, and they don’t help me plot. Aren’t real friends." Crossing his arms over his chest, he came up with a possible explanation for her knowledge, "Where d’you work, anyway?"

[sealyourfayte]

She knew the answer. She knew all of the answers... but she had to pretend like she didn't. Apparently, in this world, knowing everything was creepy or something a stalker would do. Neither of which she was trying to be, though creepy was definitely in her capabilities. She shrugged once he was done babbling about friends and family. Crossing her own arms over her chest she raised an eyebrow at him. "That's for me to know and you to wonder about." 

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Java Jabber || Vannie & Lani

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"What?" Vanessa turned to the lady then turned back to her video. Tapping her space bar to stop the YouTube video, she turned back to the redhead. "Sorry. What did you say? Hey…" she tilted her head slightly, "are you a natural red head? Or is that dyed? It looks like it could go either way. I’m curious. I’ve thought about dying mine cotton candy pink and blue before! But my dad almost fainted." She shrugged slightly. "Anyway, what’d you say?"

[sealyourfayte]

Lani eyed the younger girl with mild annoyance as she had to pause the music just to hear. Why was that acceptable in a coffee shop. But then she blinked slowly as the girl just... kept talking. Asking her about her hair. That was... weird. "It's natural." She said simply. Not commenting on the rest of it. "I asked you to use headphones, or turn it off." She motioned to the computer. "It's loud." She bit out the words with annoyance. 

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WHAT IN TARTARUS IS THAT? | Lani and Colette

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Sitting down, Colette shook quite a bit of salt onto her eggs, then a little bit of pepper. She smirked. The town was over due for some chaos. And she was hoping it was enough to make a certain handful of individuals sweat. Her head snapped back up, eyes tearing from the quick meal to look at Lani with confusion. She rolled her eyes, letting it pass, and shrugged. “That’s if they realize who we are.” She cut into her toast and egg and took a small bite. “How many statues have you seen that ever accurately portrayed our god appearance? Or portraits? No one knows what they’re staring down their noses at. Literally.” She sighed, the thought of the town whining at them boring her within seconds. “Besides, as humans we’re allowed rights. Since we can’t zap them to shut up and be grateful to be alive, we can simply walk away. I will.”

[sealyourfayte]

"That's true. But, I'm certain that one or two will figure us out. The Queen knows, as does Rumpelstiltskin. Plus, our last name is Fayte..." She laughed. That one was a bit obvious. It wasn't like she could change it thought. Well she could, it was possible. It was just such a trivial matter, even as simplistic and obvious as it was it wasn't worth her time to change it. "How many statues accurately represent any gods though?" Then again, even they themselves took different forms at times. Whatever worked best. "Then again, I believe I have lost faith in the intelligence of this town...." She laughed.

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Little Black Dress || Grand Ball || Lani and Aisa

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"Honestly, I’m drooling. Dead at your feet." Aisa turned a little, giving her sister a little more attention. This was supposed to be a fun night, at least for the younger two. So Aisa put in the effort, simply because she loved Lani.

The maddening fuzziness could wait. 

"Has anyone asked for your phone number yet? Or, perhaps, tried to play knight in shining armour?" she grinned. Mortals could be so silly, especially men when confronted with a woman endowed like her sister..

[sealyourfayte]

"Good, everyone should be." She laughed. Her sisters were her favorite people in the world. She was glad not even Regina had tried to separate them. If the curse had done that she was quite certain that the evil queen would be dust by now. Which, perhaps was why she hadn't even tried to and left them as sisters. And alone. Lani would say she was grateful, but that would be giving Regina much too much power.

"I've had a lot of eyes on me... I believe i intimidate them. The only one who's tried was Minthe... That was... interesting but even she can pick up when someone isn't interested. Apparently I wasn't fun enough to play with..." She grinned, knowing exactly how to rid herself of that unwanted nuisance. "What about you? Have you gotten a dance yet?"

[nikochatz]

Lives to Waste || Niko & Lani

[nikochatz]

“Does anyone?” He fell into a momentary silence after saying that. Colette was his favorite person in Storybrooke who stood taller than up to his waist. She was now one of the people he’d protect, too, though he was certain that in the other world, she wouldn’t need him. But she was such a small human here, and a guard cat wouldn’t hurt. And it gave him an accuse to spend more time with her. “I suppose the reason they don’t care is because they’re not guaranteed that tomorrow in anyway. I’d be less eager to plan if I was so mortal, too. but I have nine lives, not one.” Seven left.

“Can’t be completely gone,” he agreed, nodding slightly, “Call me if you’re scaring the Queen? I can’t say I wouldn’t find watching that the perfect afternoon.” He’d never had any personal problems with Regina Mills, but he didn’t like her anymore than the rest of the town did. She’d trapped him hear, kept him from his feline form. “And more willing to believe.”

[sealyourfayte]

"Oh there are plenty, many just wish to be kept busy..." She shrugged slightly. She was well aware of the many, many workaholics who resided in the town. Even she could be considered one honestly. She would rather work and sit idly bored. "That would make sense... but some could still benefit from planning. Even in the short time available to them."

"I'll be certain to do that, would you want in on intimidating Rumpelstiltskin I can do that too." She was far too amused by how easily those two were to bend to their will. Though the Fayte sisters rarely had such trouble with anyone... it was often slightly more difficult in this world. But, the two that knew of them were so easily manipulated. "That's quite true."

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Java Jabber || Harrison & Lani

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"Huh?" Harrison said dumbly; looking up from his phone. His scanned the coffee shop to find the person talking. Harrison found the source and stared nervously at the redhead. Glancing down to his phone, then at her as he repeated the process a few more times. He groaned when he noticed that his ear-buds weren’t connected to his phone like he thought it was. That would explain why he thought the volume was off.

"I’m s-sorry," Harrison stressed sincerely. Fumbling with his phone, Harrison clumsy tried to turn off the video he was watching. "I didn’t know, I swear! I’m incompetent and stupid." He refused to meet her eyes as a familiar heat slapped on his cheeks. 

[sealyourfayte]

She stared at the young man with a rather unimpressed expression as he seemed so absorbed in his noise maker that he didn't really register what she said. She sighed gently, he was too awkward to be truly mad at. He wasn't doing it just to piss her off, or anyone else, it wasn't just being completely rude like others might. He was genuinely that awkward.

Lani offered a soft smile. "It's okay, calm down." She held up her hands to slow him. "It's just a bit distracting..." She looked back to her screen before sighing in defeat. "I"m not in the mood to work anyway." She didn't really need to. The middle Fayte sister knew all she needed to know and staring at a computer screen wasn't helping matters.

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Back Up Plan || Chase & Lani

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“Eye of the beholder,” he purred, only growing smugger as she continued to snap at him, “On anyone but you, it seems, this is considered annoyance.” Chase was aware that the polite thing for someone to do was apologize. But he didn’t want to, there was something almost dangerous about this girl, and the only emotion it brought out in him was amusement, when he bothered her. And there was always the matter of wanting to figure out how she knew him. Curiosity killed the cat, and though Chase wasn’t a cat, he was curious. “I think you’d enjoy it,” he grinned,bowing his head towards her, “Off with my head, off with yours, it looks like one of us is looking it, for sure.”

[sealyourfayte]

She nearly hissed as he just kept at it. Ignoring most of what he said. She wasn't sure she cared enough to bother. He wasn't worth it she was just feeding his amusement. Which was precisely what she didn't want to do. However, it wasn't in Lani's personality to just let him go either. She stepped back, not wanting him even remotely close to her personal space. "I do quite like the idea of you losing your head." Despite it not actually being possible. "Just off with yours, Chase. Not even the queen of hearts would dare touch me." It would be a lot more menacing in her past life... She was now annoyed at the stupid reference she'd made. 

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Back Up Plan || Chase & Lani

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Quirking an eyebrow he only grinned wider, “And annoyance is all I know about you,” he couldn’t help but chuckle, “a fair trade.” A saner person would think that a stranger knowing a lot about them was bad. Luckily for them, he wasn’t quite on the so-called “right” side of insanity. “Cute?” he rolled his eyes, “Now why would I think that? Amusing. Clever. But cute is for children and puppies. I prefer cats, anyways.” A slightly louder laugh passed his lips as she somehow thought to reference his and Maddie’s favorite book, Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland. “I’ve been told it was never screwed on to begin with. Can’t remove what was never attached~.”

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"You don't even know that. You know you startled me. That's it. Don't think yourself so smart." She shot back. Ugh! And to think, she'd actually found him amusing before she'd met him. She hated being startled. So few managed it, it always threw her off. She didn't comment as he went on about cute and clever or whatever it was he was spouting. "Do you want to tempt me?" She would never actually harm him but threats spilled out easily from her pursed lips. 

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Maybe? (Storybrooke Ball) || Milo and Lani

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"Easier said than done" he murmured. "I guess you have a point" he said with a nod. Though he didn’t really understand what she meant by the old times, he had lived in Storybrooke since he was born and he never remembered any balls and such. Maybe she was from somewhere else. "Yeah, this is nice for a small town"

[sealyourfayte]

"You're right, and I suppose I can't talk. I don't really do people so." She shrugged, not really minding all that much her lack of friends. "I always have a point though." She watched a few couples dance about the dance floor. Twirling one another and spinning. "For a small town, I suppose." 

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Lives to Waste || Niko & Lani

[nikochatz]

"I don’t plan on ever hurting her," he raised an eyebrow at the smirk, "Not in this life, or the others." He’d already almost hurt her, upon their first meeting, and now that he actually knew her, it was one of his biggest regrets. But he had met the most interesting person in Storybrooke through that, so he couldn’t bring himself to wish it had never happened in the first place. “I suppose we could, but it’s a bit harder to do when you’re mortal, and only have so much time to make life worthwhile. We’d rather try to impact the current world than think of things that will happen generations from now.”

"As long as you have that," he smiled when she laughed. That was good. Laughter was good. As a cat, he’d never had much power to maintain fear, being so small, so for him it always had, and always would be better to remain invisible. "Children really are amazing," he nodded in agreement, thinking of Coraline and Wybie, in both words, "Much smarter than adults. Especially human adults."

[sealyourfayte]

"Good, I don't like doing extra work." She left it at that. He knew who they were, he'd be the world most idiotic being to try to mess with them. That much she was certain of. And even Niko Chatz and his human memories knew better than to mess with a fate. Everything knew tempting fate went badly for you. There was a reason for that. "I suppose you're right... but, sometimes a little thought today can improve your tomorrow."

"I'm afraid it's not quite as powerful here. But the most important woman in town knows not to test us, so I suppose it's here to some degree." Oh, wouldn't she love to have a few people in town understand the power of the trio of sisters who aided Storybrooke's legal system. "That's because they're not so close minded and are more willing to see what's in front of them than what they want to see."

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Back Up Plan || Chase & Lani

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"Of course," he purred at her extremely vague response, a grin stretching over his features at her undisguised frustration. There was nothing Chase loved more than getting a response out of people. Well… almost nothing. "And why not," he reached forward to pluck the book out of her hands, turning it so he could see the title, if she wouldn’t answer his question, "How fine you look when dressed in rage, it’s a shame you can’t see for yourself," he commented as he turned the book over in his hands, skimming the back cover, just barely glancing up at the girl, "It’s not very polite to know my name, but not tell me yours, you know."

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Lani crossed her arms over her chest at his remark and simply rolled her eyes. Ignoring everything he said save for the last bit she smirked at him. "That's okay, I don't mind. And I know a lot more about you than your name." She rose her eyebrows at him. "You think you're all sorts of cute don't you? One of these days you're going to tick off the wrong person and-" She drew her finger across her neck. "Off with your head." That would amuse her usually, but right now she was just annoyed he'd gotten the jump on her and was able to startle her. 

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Java Jabber || OPEN

"If you're going to keep listening to that do you think you could put in headphones?" It was almost painful to keep herself from making a rude remark. But she liked this coffee shop and had no plans of getting herself kicked out. It was easier than at home because no one was there, and she had a constant supply of coffee here. Really it was perfect for the young coffee addict's work. She always tipped well. And though there were lots of people around her, it was generally quiet. Just... apparently not tonight. For someone had decided that playing some sort of video without headphones was a good idea.

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Back Up Plan || Chase & Lani

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The sun did not shine. It was too wet to play. So Chess had found himself in the library, his back up for when it was too gross for the park, and he didn’t have any classes to go to. Most of the day had been spent curled up in a corner with the old, dog eared copy of Alice in Wonderland that he and Maddie had been using for years. But he knew the tales by heart, and it hadn’t taken very long to get through it, leaving a whole afternoon for him to fill. 

Standing up, Chess walked around for a bit, trying to figure out what genre he wanted, before he got distracted. Grinning, he silently crept up behind the person, making sure they weren’t at all aware of his existence, much less his encroaching presence. Until he was standing less than a foot away, directly behind them. “What’re you reading?” he asked, innocently enough, though he was almost certain that the unexpectedness of the question would catch them off guard and scare them. He needed something fun to happen in the quiet room.

[sealyourfayte]

Lani loved reading, even if she knew what happened in each and every book she touched, there was still something that she enjoyed about it. Of course this left her seeming to read rather quickly, since she recalled the words more than she read them. But, it was on a quiet, dreary evening that she found herself in Storybrooke Public Library. Enjoying the upgrades Belle had established since it's opening.

She stood glancing over a book, scanning the first few pages of the book. Should she take it home? She could just read it here and be done with it. She jumped before she could make a decision. Cursing her momentary lapse of attention on the rest of the room. "A book." She turned to face him doing nothing to hide her anger. "Chase Thomas don't you ever do that again."

[sealyourfayte]

Boooreddd! || Lani and Floyd

[floydotis]

Floyd stuck his hands in his pocket, offering her a look of bemusement, “Friends? Why?” Maybe it was an odd question, for most people, but it was completely valid for Floyd. With Richard always busy now, and everyone else seeing him as a nuisance, he didn’t have many friends to hang out with. Messing with people was how he got attention, of some kind, and social interaction, and a feeling of presence. It was the one time he didn’t feel entirely invisible, whether he wanted to be or not. The downfalls of being a prankster.

[sealyourfayte]

"Because that's what they're for. Apparently." She shrugged. "You know, talking and... stuff." She didn't really have friends. Her sisters were the closest thing she had and she loved them. But all of them had their own jobs and those usually kept them busy. "I don't know, I'm usually too busy with work to bother with friends. You have friends, What about Richard? And Tiffany? Your Cousin?" She smirked. Mind games. That was her favorite.

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Lives to Waste || Niko & Lani

[nikochatz]

"If I ever hurt your sister," he met the Fate’s gaze, not backing down, despite the knowledge of who she was and what she was capable of doing, "I’ll willingly hand myself to you on a silver platter." Colette had proved herself to be a friend, possibly more, as well as the most interesting person in sleepy, little Storybrooke. Cursed or otherwise. He’d already almost hurt her once before, though that one was on her. A omniscient being should know better than to even seem like a threat to the kids around him. Joke or otherwise. It wouldn’t end up very funny to either party. But it wasn’t an experience he ever wanted to repeat again, now that he knew who she was, in more than just a before-the-curse sense. Niko nodded slightly, moving simultaneously, almost mirroring the Fate, "I’m going to assume that’s a trouble you don’t have, but us mortals, feline or human, deal with it."

"As long as you have the power to maintain it, I suppose so," Niko half shrugged. He was a lone cat. He could instill fear, but other than in the hearts of his enemies, he didn’t see much of a purpose to it. Fear was temperamental, it changed as one’s power grew, and another’s weakened. Not something the cat was willing to risk. Perhaps it was a bit better for gods. "Humans have tried breeding it out," he shrugged, "just as they try to do with other species. It’s a good reason never to rely on a grown human. The children still have some hope."

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"Good, that'll make our life easier." She smirked. Unphased by his show of bravery. Because if he hurt Colette... and then ran? He would likley wish he'd never existed in the first place. The Fates were fair, but hurt one of their own and that tipped the scales against you. And they would make sure justice was paid no matter what you did. " I suppose your right, but many of you could simply learn to look at the bigger picture. That would make a world of difference."

"I was born with the power to maintain it." She couldn't help a slight laugh at such words, it was true. "Quite literally." She'd never really known anything else. All she knew was the love of her sisters, and the fear of everyone else.  "The children see so much more than anyone gives them credit for. More so than those who feel they know oh- so much."