State of Dreaming

Serissa Branwell ♥ Daughter of Aphrodite ♥ All I really want is to be 𝔀𝓸𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓻𝓯𝓾𝓵 People in this town they, they can be so 𝓬𝓻𝓾𝓮𝓵 I live my life inside a 𝕕𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕞, only waking when I 𝕤𝕝𝕖𝕖𝕡 If I could sell my sorry ꜱᴏᴜʟ, I would have it A L L

[serissaoflove]

atomuwasuta:

Atomu shook his head although he was having trouble understanding some words he understood what she’d said. “A child can’t destroy a marriage. Even if its Omiai. What happened wasn’t you.” Atomu wasn’t sure if he parent’s had married for love, ren’ai, verses arranged, omiai, but since he was a politician Atomu assumed it would have been arranged even if western culture usually married for love. There were certain ways to keep a child marrying rich even if it was supposed to be love. 

He smiled softly not saying anything. In a sense he had some power over america and being in america also helped him realize how much of a market there was. Usually people tended to stick with one type of brand in japan but here they would go back and forth and acquiring a few assets in different place would help his company. 

“I had two half siblings who didn’t have… blood like us.” Atomu struggled with the right word to say. “They were amazing. But I have a brother here apparently I have a few that aren’t here though. It’ll be nice to have siblings again, not be completely alone.” With a fortune that made some people really never worry about money. As long as you could keep your business afloat. For Atomu the company slightly ran itself, and it was completely self sustaining. 

Serissa shrugs, “I know, but I doubt my father sees it that way. Sometimes people blame others instead of themselves.” She tells him, “but enough about my father - he’s a rather dull subject - I assure you.” She didn’t want to discuss her father much more - because it could lead into her daddy issues - and she doubted anyone needed to hear about those currently.

“Were?” She echos, it taking a few seconds for the meaning to click. “I’m sorry. I can’t imagine... I haven’t, Ches lost her brother over the new year, but I couldn’t imagine how that feels.” She admits,”Who’s your godly parent? If you don’t mind me asking.. I might know your brother, I’ve been here a bit - so I know a few people.”

[serissaoflove]

atomuwasuta:

“With the time difference, imagine i’ll get emails through the whole day.” They’d try to be considerate and email and call him when he was awake. But, they’d also contact him when they are supposed to be awake. Atomu would probably spend all night on the phone trying to deal with everything that had happened while he was gone. “Why?” Atomu asked curious his siblings did tend to try and be nice to him even if his parents neglected him slightly. “He should pay attention to you, respect you. There is always someone else who can do his work for him.” 

Atomu paused not quite sure what she was saying. He shrugged and stood up not worrying about his phone or anything else. “To try and control a few countries? Not as good as it sounds. Too much work.” He smiled and offered a hand to Seri. If they were going shopping he was going to pull out all the western manners he had. 

“Let’s go. I’ll send a few things back to japan for my friends.” If his assistants could technically be called friends. “Besides I have to buy something a gift for my new brother I’ve heard nothing about. Do you have any half-siblings?” Half, that was ultimately the reason why his parents didn’t ever want him to own the company and yet here he was and nothing could stop him. 

Serissa nods, “I guess that makes sense - if you want to go answer them at any point, I can wait.” She tells him, she was used to it anyway. “My father isn’t always the best father - I love him - please don’t me wrong, but we’re not close. Sending me away was easier then dealing with me - and considering I’m technically living proof of what destroyed his marriage - I doubt I’m always a pleasant reminder.” Her brother thankfully didn’t blame her existence for his parent’s divorce. It was all their father - she was just breathing proof of his cheating.

“I suppose I’ll have to take your word for it - I’ve never personally tried to control a few countries.” She smiles, taking his hand. She wasn’t aware he had experience with it himself - of course - but she never given it much thought either.

She nods, “I have quite a few, Aphrodite has a habit of having kids - however - I only have Ches and Kol here. I grew up with Ches, we were neighbors, so I’m considerably closer to her than Kol - but I hope to get closer to Kol at some point.” She smiles, “and then I have an adoptive brother, France, he’s my dad’s and his ex’s wife. She wasn’t able to have kids of her own - so they adopted him. Not that their marriage lasted long. She doesn’t exactly like me.” It didn’t bother her too much - in all honesty - no use mourning for a woman who didn’t want her.

[serissaoflove]

atomuwasuta:

“Seri… Your name is close to Seru which in my language means to make someone or allow them to do something. Politicians,” Atomu paused making sure he said the word correctly in English. “Are Seijika. I’m no politician. Besides why leave when I have better company here.” Atomu smiled to Seri and continued eating. “It’s beautiful. No matter which way you way it.” 

‘Does something the people doesn’t exactly like’ that was an understatement. Atomu had managed to piss off multiple generations and politicians alike. “The people emailing me right now are in Japan where it is probably 2, 3 am. I doubt your father has managed to do something as bad as I have.” 

Atomu was going to do something he didn’t necessarily want to do. Besides she wouldn’t believe him or connect the pieces so he was fine. “In western Economics you don’t like what you call monopolies. Where one person owns everything and they are the richest?” Atomu paused looking to her to make sure she was keeping up. “In Japan they are called Keiretsu where a person owns multiple companies creating one huge company they would own the steel and the technology to make say….” He grabbed his phone and held it up. “That is a Keiretsu.” 

“Mitsubishi! They are a good example they own the cars, Nikon, a glass company, banks, paper mill, electric, chemical and more.” Atomu was completely aware about how much Mitsubishi owned because they were competitors. Just as they were aware how much Mitsui owned. “I am not going to answer this,” He said as more emails popped up on screen in japanese. “Because I don’t care. Mitsubishi all of the Keiretsu they run the country. Why try?” Because he owned the second largest Keiretsu. which meant he had a slice of power he didn’t want. 

Smiling to himself Atomu looked to Seri and smiled to her. “Tell me what you want. anything within reason. No flying off to other countries before lunch, i’ll get it for you. As an usero yo your father. Ah, fuck off?” 

Serissa smiles, if he wasn’t just going to and leave, she was going to enjoy his company. When he explains what time it was for the people he pissed off, she nods, “I’m not aware of any times he got 2 or 3 am emails, however, he also shipped me off to Camp Half Blood full time the first time I stepped slightly out of line, so, we’re not exactly close. He doesn’t tend to call either.” If she wanted to talk to her father - she had to reach out to him, and even then, it wasn’t guaranteed to work - not a big deal - he’d send her money to keep her happy whenever she asked and she knew it. 

She nods, she understood monopolies. They weren’t exactly considered a good thing economically - but the materialistic part of her definitely didn’t have any objections to someone using their wealth from one to spoil her. “Well, I’m sure realistically there’s good reasons to try - but - it’s completely your call.”

When he asks her what she wants, she raises an eyebrow - only slightly, before smiling. She wasn’t going to turn down gifts- of course - although normally people didn’t off her anything until an hour at least. “You know, Ches and I were discussing going shopping - but she’s been a little... occupied lately. Would you like to get out of here and hit the mall? It would be fun!”

[serissaoflove]

atomuwasuta:

Atomu shook his head slowly putting his phone down. No need to be rude by responding to the multitude of emails. “No, it would be nice, thank you.” Atomu wasn’t sure how to continue the conversation especially since English was his second language. Starting with introducing himself seemed good, “I’m Atomu Takashi. It’s nice to meet you.” 

Now hopefully she’d introduce herself and the conversation would be a bit easier. She was beautiful, the blonde hair that didn’t just seem blonde and dyed it had browns and different shades of blonde. Her blue eyes, that was also different and very captivating. He knew he was proving some people right by thinking she was beautiful. instead of wanting a traditional Japanese girl. Who’d probably have a place in the company unlike a gaijin. 

Gaijin that almost had new meaning since now he was the gaijin not her. 

Atomu continued eating breakfast ignoring the buzzing of his phone every few minutes. He finally grabbed it and went into settings and changed it now it wouldn’t buzz every time he got an email. “Sorry.” he spoke softly not sure if it was annoying her as well but the buzzing was getting to him. he’d probably have to have a conversation with his assistant later about how many people were emailing him. 

The amount of emails were growing and it seemed unnecessary. Especially given the time zones. 

Serissa smiles, taking the seat across from him after he says she can. “It’s very nice to meet you Atomu, I’m Serissa Branwell.” She introduces herself, better not mention that she was a daughter of Aphrodite quite yet - if he figured it out - great, but sometimes it wasn’t a good starter. “Although most people call me Seri, so feel free to call me that if you’d prefer.” It was her preferred name to be honest, but she didn’t have any protests against her full name - it really depended on the person and their preferences.

Now, she imagined if someone called Ches, Hailey, it would mot be a pretty thing.

His phone keeps going off, and she doesn’t comment, doesn’t even react. It’s not her place to - and anyway, her father’s phone went off constant - normally he would have excused himself and ditched her by this point, probably called his secretary to put a car on hold for her. “It’s okay. My dad’s a politician, you get used to the constant buzzing of phones - especially when he does something the people doesn’t exactly like.” She admits, she didn’t discuss her father too often - there wasn’t much to discuss - he handed her money, she bought stuff - that was their relationship at this point.

After all, the first time she got into trouble he shipped her off to Camp Half Blood full time - there wasn’t much communication for an actual relationship.

“If you need to go handle whatever is causing all those emails - feel free. I understand.”

[atomuwasuta]

“Mendokusai,” Atomu sighed looking at the 200 some unread emails that had come in while he was having breakfast. Atomu still couldn’t believe they let him go to America, he half expected for the plane to stop on the run way and for him to be escorted back to the company. He knew he’d fail eventually so why stick around to see it happen. 

Egg. The English language was very hard. But, thankfully he got his eggs rice and miso soup for breakfast, despite the weird looks. On the other hand he was glad to have more options for breakfast, fruit, all sorts of breads, and many juices. fermented beans weren’t looking so delicious next to fried meat. 

200 the number alone seemed ridiculous and most of them were just about where he was or is he resigning from the company. The company. Not his company. But it was, it was all his and he still after a year had no way to run it. He didn’t expect for an answer to show up during breakfast but taking a step back was going to help. He didn’t want to spend another day sleeping at his desk so the investors thought he was doing a lot of work to impress them. 

Did he know how to run a multi billion dollar company? No. But there was no way he was going to resign from it, he’d be shamed in his family for generations. And he wouldn’t disgrace his family line by giving up and handing it over the one thing his family had created. Keiretsu. 

[serissaoflove]

Serissa wasn’t one for letting people eat alone - if she saw someone - she was going to sit with them at this point. This wasn’t high school - this was more like camp, where she wasn’t expected to be a perfect politician’s daughter. Never good enough for her father grade wise, never enough time for attention, but always enough money to spoil her.

She often wondered if Ches would have ended up the same if it wasn’t for Logan.

Logan, who was her friend, Logan who had died.

There’s a falter in her smile for a moment, but it doesn’t stay long. What did James say about the smile? Never let it falter too long? Regardless, it wasn’t time for mourning. She could do that along side Ches - or in her room with Ellie. Not here.

She had a public appearance to maintain.

“Hi! Mind if I join you?” She asks upon reaching the man sitting alone, her breakfast smoothie in hand. It was all she was carrying currently, her bat back in her room. She really didn’t need it at breakfast after all. No need to bash any skulls in at breakfast - or any meal for that matter.

[wesley-of-the-sea-blog]

@serissaoflove

Wes wasn’t surprised when it was announced that there would be a scavenger hunt. They weren’t surprised when their partner was revealed too. Serissa was a very nice girl, it was good that the two of them were paired up since they already knew each other well.

They had an idea on what the hint was but wouldn’t say or write anything down until they met up with their partner. They picked up a paper with the hint in case they were wrong or they had to decode it a bit more.

Now the problem would be on where Serissa would most likely be. Checking her room wouldn’t be a bad idea right? They somewhat remembered where her room was and began walking. Upon getting there they knocked on her door, knowing that this is the most likely place she’d be. 

[serissaoflove]

Serissa was going through her shirts, trying to find the best one to match her favorite pair of jeans, when she heard a knock on the door - turning away from her closet - she opens the door - it wasn’t a big deal she had a bra - smiling when she sees it’s Wes. “Hey Wes! Sorry, I might be a minute - trying to pick out a shirt.” She tells them quickly, turning around and going through her closet yet again. Once she spies one she thinks will match, she slips it on, turning around and smiling at Wes.

“Have you thought about the clue yet?” She questions - curious to see what they thought about it.

[serissaoflove]

wesley-of-the-sea:

“So did you and Ches have that sort of thing where you were great friends then realized that you were related then it made things even better?” They wondered how long it may have been for the two of them to realize that fact. “I’ve been there a few times with Rita and Stavros. There’s not that many people in Poseidon’s cabin so we all got along fairly well.”

Wes didn’t really know where anyone’s room was other than their’s, so they obviously wouldn’t know where Serissa’s was. 

“I know the struggle, but don’t worry your room is cleaner than mine. I turned over everything just to find my keys once.” Every other day their room was actually clean and sometimes it was just a mess.

“I’m ready to go but let’s make sure that we won’t get caught just to buy clothing.” They reply.

Serissa nodded, smiling, “Yes, actually, I mean it made some things a little awkward - but for the most part? It’s better.” She smiles, “I literally got one of my best friends as my sister - it’s pretty cool.” She nods, smiling, “Are you close to any of your siblings?” She asks - more curious than not. She wasn’t close to all of hers - of course, but she was close to a handful. or so.

She nods, “my father would be very upset if he saw the state of my room right now - it’s better that he doesn’t know.” She admits, she didn’t talk to him often anyway, so he wouldn’t find out.

“I doubt we’ll get caught.” She tells them, “I’ve done my fair share of sneaking.”

[serissaoflove]

wesley-of-the-sea:

“Well, on a positive note you have some half siblings here right? You’ll be able to meet up with them right?” That didn’t really come out in the way that they wanted but they knew she wouldn’t take it in the wrong way. “With the amount of people here who’s mother is Aphrodite, I can’t imagine how many others there may be.”

Wes smiles, she was truly beautiful and as said earlier even if she is the daughter of Aphrodite she looks amazing. 

“Yeah, that’s fine. Also if you need to get anything before leaving I suggest going to your room to get it.” They began walking and then realized that they didn’t know exactly where her room was. “I’d suggest that you take the lead because I’m not sure where your room exactly is.” 

Serissa smiles, “I do! I grew up with Ches actually - we’re from the same city.” She tells Wes. “It was a bit of a shock to find out we had the same mother. Ches was claimed fairly early on, actually, after... I don’t know if she talks about that, never mind.” She wasn’t sure how often Ches mentioned her parents - or if she left it up to assumption. She did’t want to mention it if the people here didn’t know she was fatherless - after all. “There’s a lot, did you ever go to Camp Half Blood? Well, there was a lot of us in Aphrodite cabin.”

She nods, money and her purse would be a good plan to grab too, couldn’t go shopping without money. “Yeah, I’d be surprised if you knew where my room was to be honest.” She smiles, Kol seemed to know where everyone’s rooms were.

But they had a habit of getting into everyone’s pants - so - that wasn’t a surprise

She leads the way to her room, opening the door and walking into it, dropping her bag on her bed. “Welcome to my room, excuse the mess, I was looking for my favorite pair of pants today.” She admits - she cleaned the majority of the mess up, and by certain standards - it wasn’t too bad - but by her father’s?

Well, he’d be upset if her room looked like it currently did.

She grabs her purse, checking to make sure she has a hundred dollars in emergency  cash on her fast before she turns back to Wes. “Ready to go?”

[serissaoflove]

wesley-of-the-sea:

“Do you know how to get in contact with her? Granted, she’ll be as busy as the rest of our parents are.” They say hoping that maybe someday she’d be able to have the experience they are able to have, meeting their godly parent. Never meeting her mother must have been harsh. “I just wish everyone has the ability to meet up with their parents like I do.” They say aloud.

Still having a slight blush on their face they state, “It may not mean much, knowing that you’re a child of Aphrodite but I need to point out the obvious that people often forget.” In Wes’ eyes Serissa seemed like one of the prettiest people he’s ever met.

“Honestly, you don’t smell that bad. Maybe if you spray on a fit of perfume you’ll be good.” They checked their pockets to make sure that they had all their important things with them. “I think I’m all set to go. I’ll wait for you if needed.”

Serissa shakes her head, “no, I don’t.” It wasn’t uncommon though - their parents chose to get in contact with their children, if they didn’t? Well - it wasn’t like you could track them down. Maybe she’d actually meet her mother one day instead of just having gotten her blessing - but - currently, it was unlikely. “I think we all wish that, it’s just - for children of gods and goddesses not in the Big Three and maybe the minor ones -it’s not always possible. You’d be surprised how many children of Aphrodite there are.”

She smiles though, nodding when they state that it was obvious. “It’s still very sweet, and always nice to hear, Wes.” She tells them. “I do appreciate it.” 

“Maybe a little bit of extra deodorant too?” She agrees, turning to her bag and taking care of both the perfume and the deodorant quickly. She then turns to Wes, grabbing her bag and putting it over her shoulder. “Mind if I drop this off in my room fast before we go?”

[serissaoflove]

wesley-of-the-sea:

“Well, I guess he is. We probably do meet up more than a few others around here, it’s just that if we ever wanted to meet up it takes a while to plan. On days that he’s free I’m busy and vise versa.” It’s true that their father could meet up more, but it just never worked out.

Wes understood her meaning perfectly. “Leave it to math and science to ruin everything you love right? I’d say that space is almost as pretty as you but if anything, um never mind. I don’t remember where I was going with this.” They try to compliment. Failing terribly. Way to make a fool of themselves. “Hopefully I’ll learn.” They add in to see if they could fix the previous conversation.

“I would always stay after school on days that the cheerleaders practiced. It just seemed so nice and happy. That’s really good, my guess is that most of the things there were higher priced.”

The extremes that the two of them would go to find a new pair of shoes and a warm jacket was somewhat funny to them. “I know we aren’t really supposed to leave but since everyone does it, we’ll be good. I may have picked up a few tactics from a friend.” They checked their pockets to make sure they were all set. Finally they could find a way to go shopping.

Serissa nods, “I’ve never even met my mother.” Serissa admits, “Aphrodite has a lot of children, I suppose she can’t meet them all.” She smiles though, while she yearned for a mother figure, she pretty much accepted Aphrodite wouldn’t be one, and loved her regardless.  “It’s good you’re able to meet up with your father - very good.” 

“Exactly.” She smiles, they thought she was pretty? Well, of course they did - she was pretty - but still, it was sweet, how they compared her to space - calling her prettier than the stars she loved so much. “Thank you, you’re very sweet.” She tells them, “and I do appreciate the compliment.”

“Good time to stay after school.” She tells them, nodding. “Extremely so, one of the best and most expensive shopping districts in the world. I normally run out of spending money when I go there - Ches too.” She smiles, “although Ches’s grandparents are a little stricter on her spending than my father is with mine.”

She grins, “good.” She walks over to where she left her stuff, grabbing her purse. “How bad do I smell? And answer truthfully. I don’t want to head out if I smell worse than death.”

[serissaoflove]

wesley-of-the-sea:

“Perhaps I should,” They reply, “I mean it won’t be that big of a deal to my father. He’d probably take a while to accept the idea but it’ll be just fine.” Poseidon had his duties and Wes knew for sure that they wouldn’t be able to talk to him anytime soon. Especially staying away from all the water. Oh well, they’d probably make it out alive.

They laugh a bit and add in a bit cheerfully, “I swear, for most people they forget math or some other idea but out of all things I forget how to walk properly. Not that math isn’t complicated but man walking can be hard.” 

The swim team back at their school was great. Especially when they won the regional and moved on to state. “Thank you. Well, I guess you have some accomplishments that you’re proud of too right? All I know is that, whatever it may possibly be I’d probably be proud of you too.” They wink back at her, smiling. 

Ah yes, the thrills of shopping. The joy of finding something that you’ll be happy with. “Sounds very entertaining. You know, if you want we could go shopping now. You said that you needed a new pair of shoes right? I could go for a new jacket or something.” Wes needed to get out more and thought that today would be a great day. Especially since they found a great person like Serissa.

Serissa raises an eyebrow, “I’m surprised. The Big Three have less kids then the rest of our parents - so I figured...” She shakes her head, “I just assumed he’d be a little more involved in your life than the rest of our godly parents.”

She smiles, “you know, my biggest disappointment as a child was the fact it takes so much math to go anywhere near space. It’s sad - space is beautiful.” Okay, that wasn’t completely true, she had a few bigger disappointments - but she wasn’t going to admit to them. “I’m sure you’ll get walking at some point htough, no matter how hard it can be.” She jokes.

“You’re welcome.” She smiles, “A couple, we won the cheerleading competition a couple times. One day I spent a whole day on 5th Avenue without running out of money - and if you know anything about 5th Ave - that’s impressive.”

She smiles, “If you want to - we could probably sneak out of here. Ches does it all the time, Ivan too.” She knew they technically weren’t supposed to go out unless for missions - but - everyone else did it? What would the harm in doing so. She really did need a new pair of shoes.

[serissaoflove]

wesley-of-the-sea:

“They are so different from each other that I don’t even know how I mix the two of them up. I should really take walking lessons as you said and stay away from the pool for at least a week.” Wes replies jokingly, again. They enjoyed the humor and knew that Serissa probably did too. (Hopefully) Because they knew there was more to come later on.

Wes had a gym back at home but it was more like a weigh lifting place. All it really had was a pull up bar and some weights. They had a treadmill there but didn’t use it that much, weigh lifting was way more fun to them.

“When I was in school I was on the track team, and surprisingly I forgot how to walk since then. The swim team looked thought of me as a legend since I was able to beat the best schools and students. But it seems a bit unfair knowing who my father is.” They reply a bit happily, “Not meaning to boast or anything like that.”

“Shopping is always fun, I used to have a thing with my friends where I’d meet up with them every other Saturday and out to the mall or get a coffee.Something little. It was fun at the time but then we lost touch.” They said.

Serissa smiles, “Can you stay away from the pool for a week? I know my mother would come down here and throw a fit if I stayed away from makeup.” She teases, okay - maybe she wouldn’t - Serissa wasn’t close to her mother - she had so many children - it was impossible to be close to her. She wished though - always hoping for a mother figure. Her brother’s parents divorced upon Serissa’s arrival - and a mother that spent time with her was a foreign concept.

But Poseidon had way less kids than Aphrodite - it was possible - just possible - that he actually would.

She smiles, “It happens - people forget things all the time - normally it’s not walking - but hey, I’m sure that happens too.” Her voice is lighthearted, playful. It was fun, just joking around with a boy. One who wasn’t interested in her just to buy her nice things and sleep with her.

“It doesn’t sound like boasting at all - that’s a good accomplishment.” She tells him, smiling.  “Honestly, sometimes it’s good to be proud of yourself.” She winks at him.

“Shopping is my lifeblood - Ches and I used to go every weekend to the mall and just spend. She had a limit - obviously -trust funds aren’t bottomless - but my father didn’t care how much I spent as long as I did my homework and stayed out of trouble like a good girl.” She smiles, “I should start that habit again - I haven’t shopped a lot since I’ve been here - and I definitely need new shoes.”

[ocean-breeze-and-honeybees]

[serissaoflove]

wesley-of-the-sea:

Wesley grinned “I understand exactly what you mean. Walking does turn out to be quite hard especially when you expect to float around all the time.” They joke. Wes was happy that Serissa wasn’t offended by the joke and that she even replied with one too.

‘My friend Rita keeps telling me to come here so I decided to listened to her for once before she tells me to come back again. Well, I guess the place isn’t that bad.” They admit. “I know, I’m part of Mist Support too and I agree. We still need a bit of training but the hunters would need more. They usually face more danger than we do.” 

“Lovely to meet you too Serissa.” Wes says back to her. They could tell that she was nice and hoped she thought of them in the same way. “So… are there any hobbies that you enjoy doing? Anything you’ve picked up over the years that you’ve been on Earth?” They ask her.

Serissa grins, “I bet it would be, swimming and walking are very different. Maybe you need walking lessons - just like how kids need swimming lessons!” She jokes, it was fun - just cracking jokes with Wes None of them were meant to be mean - of course - and if they expressed hurt over any of them, she’d stop immediately and apologize.

She nods, “it’s not too bad here - it could be a lot worse.” She admits, it was probably better than her gym at home - that being said however - she didn’t really work out too much - and her brother France was way more into music - so her gym at home really just consisted of a treadmill.

Then again, her treadmill was very nice - so - maybe not everything was better than it.

“I think I could get away with not training as much as Ches does though - I understand the whole we fight too when we need to - but - there’s also the fact that I don’t hunt monsters for a living - I fix the mist.” She shrugs, “I suppose it is good for my figure though...”

“Hobbies? Oh you know, the usual - shopping, I used to do cheerleading. I used to play softball too - because cheerleading was only during football and basketball season.” She smiles, “but shopping is probably one of my favorite pastimes. I used to spend hours shopping on 5th Avenue.”

Okay, so she came from money - it didn’t hurt anyone when she went on her shopping sprees - she was a politician's daughter - after all.

[wesley-of-the-sea-blog]

As Wes was regaining their balance they smiled a bit at her. “I’m okay, don’t worry. I guess that’s what happens when you’re so used to swimming, you forget how to walk.” They joke, hopefully not offending her in any way. They also knew that if they had actually gotten hurt there were many people here who could easily cure his wounds in a matter of minutes.

‘Serissa’ the name surely fit her and it was somewhat different, in a good way. “I’ve seen you walking around here before, I believe that you hang out around this area if I’m not mistaken.” They reply trying to remember if they saw Serissa anywhere else.

 “I know what you mean. When I was the newest one here I could barely find where anything was. But I guess my friends helped me navigate my way through.” Those days. Ah the memories and struggles, everyone here had to go through it at some point.

“Well, I’m Wesley but feel free to call me Wes.” They replied knowing that introductions were in order.  

[serissaoflove]

Serissa smiles, “I suppose it happens.” She admits. It was a good joke - and it’s clear she isn’t offended in the slightest by it. “I’m glad you’re not hurt, you may want to practice walking a bit though for when your out of the water. Swimming is great, but it doesn’t always translate well on land.” She teases - it’s playful - and she doesn’t meant to offend.

“Not always - but lately? Well, my sister - Ches - is adamant on the fact I need to practice. I tried telling her that I’m Mist Support and we don’t use combat as much as the Hunters do - but - she’s insistent.” She admits, “it’s been a bit - I didn’t come here straight away after camp - so - I need the refresher.”

She smiles, “Thanks for understanding! It can get a bit confusing - so many new faces, all new places. It can be a lot.” She was glad she had Ches though - no doubt about it. She had known the redhead a long time - so the fact that she had the girl to lean on during the adjustment period was great.

“It’s nice to meet you Wes!” She smiles, hopefully she’d be able to connect the face to the name again when she needed it.

[wesley-of-the-sea-blog]

Wes wasn’t too sure what they should do today. Say hello to Rita and Stavros? No, the two were probably busy doing something else. The pool? The idea didn’t seem to appeal to them at the moment which seemed a little weird. They decided to take a walk. Wandering around for an hour was fun but it didn’t really achieve what the had wanted. 

Upon walking around for that long they happened to find the training grounds and something struck them. Why not try and hit something? Wes headed in and looked around. It was very spacey which seemed good, you wouldn’t want to accidentally hit another person right?

Their eyes were drawn to the punching bags and they headed towards them. Upon walking there, they tripped and fell causing a loud noise to echo throughout the room.

They heard a quiet voice, whoever it was seemed surprised. Wes got up and saw that it was a woman, maybe in her early twenties. She probably paused when they heard him fall. 

“Sorry about that, I’m not very used to this place. Also sorry if I startled you, and I don’t mean that in a bad way you seem strong and brave as is.” She seemed nice and they hoped she was.

[serissaoflove]

Serissa examines the person in front of her quickly, before smiling. Okay - not a threat, definitely not someone who meant to scare her. They must have just fell - because they were getting up. “It’s fine - no worries, are you okay?” She questions, concern clear in her voice - if Wes was hurt, she was going to drag them to... Oscar was his name, right? Ches had mentioned that he was pretty much the resident healer at HI-6.

“Thanks.” She smiles, walking away from the punching bag and offering Wes her hand to shake. “I’m Serissa, I started last month. I don’t think I’ve met you yet? But if I have - I’m sorry - the first few days were so hectic, the faces are a little blurry.”  She admits.

“What’s your name? If you don’t mind me asking?”

[serissaoflove]

Serissa honestly hadn’t been on campus long at all. If she wasn’t the newest person here - she’d be surprised honestly. Ches had been ecstatic to see her, and had taken some times to work on combat with her. She claimed that everyone at HBI needed to know how to fight - and that Serissa couldn’t be rusty.

She honesty appreciated the effort.

She was practicing with the punching bag right now - her hand to hand combat was lacking - and while she wasn’t sure if punching bags actually helped? She was pretty sure that practicing was good no matter what.

She turns when she hears a noise - letting out a soft squeak of surprise. Hopefully whoever - or whatever - it was would be nice?