#convo:mariah

[crowns-and-claws]

Closed starter for @muiises

Mariah took a look at her phone to read the time. It was close to three in the morning and she was alone in her and Nico's apartment. She wasn't supposed to be alone. Nico had gone out and told her he would be back around nine. That was now six hours ago. He hadn't texted or called. She had promised him that she wouldn't worry about him, so she told herself she was not going to text or call him either.

He had left her in the office that was pretty much her study room. She was adding to her thesis as well as researching and annotating the research of other space scientists before her. He knew she could get lost in her schoolwork, so he made her set an alarm so she would stop and eat dinner. With a kiss on her head, he was gone, and Mariah didn't come out of her study haze until the dinner alarm went off. She heated up some Taco Bell they had the day before and brought it back to the office so she could eat and continue working. Her eyes grew heavy, and she glanced at the time on her phone. It was after midnight, and she hadn't heard back from Nico. She moved her work to the living room so that she would be able to hear and see him when he came home, but she could only work for another ten minutes before she started to worry. She stared at her phone for another twenty minutes before turning on a space documentary that she could watch until he came home, still looking at her phone every ten minutes.

Finally, she moved one of the chairs to face the door. She swiveled in it slightly as her foot tapped against her leg. This couldn't be happening again. He said he was going to ease up. He had been so good for months. She tried to keep calm as she heard his key in the door and leaned forward as he came into view. "Where have you been, Nicholas?" she asked softly, though her face was serious.

[mariahhkenmore]

Open to All

Location: Park in Town

@maplecstarters​

“I see you, Starshine! Just be careful on those monkey bars, okay?!” Mariah called to Sabrina who was currently testing out her daredevil skills by trying to master the monkey bars. She was too small to do it, but that never stopped her before. Sabrina was determined and stubborn all at the same time. She also had a wild streak that Mariah knew came from her father’s DNA. The thought of him made her cautiously look around the play area of the park. He didn’t know she was here. She had paid a hacker to make it look like she was hopping all over the country every couple of months so he couldn’t find them. They needed to stay safe. They needed to stay here. Her eyes fell on another human sitting on the bench next to the one she was currently occupying. Social graces had never come the easiest to Mariah, but she was trying. At least it was just one person and not a large group. “Ummm...don’t take this the wrong way, but you look like you need to eat.” she said placing her book in her lap before picking up her large bag and rummaging through it. “I have a turkey sandwich, chocolate pudding, and Frozen-themed fruit snacks. Which would you prefer?”

[mariahkenmoreblog]

Where: Beck’s House in Bougainvillea Park For: Beck

Piano lessons. Mariah couldn’t even remember the last time that she had piano lessons. Maybe when she was ten? She remembered coming home and running to her dad’s home office crying that she couldn’t do it anymore. That it was taking her away from studying space and the stars and she just wanted to do more of that instead of sitting at a piano every Saturday morning. There was a talk between her parents. She knew her mother left frustrated and her father left victorious. She never touched a piano again. Until today. Her mother had strongly encouraged her to take up lessons again because she was isolating on the weekends. Her mother being the teacher and fixer that she was immediately set up lessons again so that she would have to interact with just one person hoping that it would make it easier for her to interact with more people. Even, in her thirties, her mother was asserting what she felt was best on her and Mariah went along with it grudgingly. She took a deep breath and smoothed her hair as she made her way to the house that turned out wasn’t far from her own. There were a few old pieces that she vaguely remembered playing as a child so she found the sheet music online and printed it bringing it with her to this first lesson where the teacher would assess her skills. Far quicker than she expected, Mariah found herself in front of Beck’s door. She cleared her throat softly and knocked on the door softly. 

@ofbecketts​

[crowns-and-claws]

Open Starter

Open to: males

Muse: Mariah Kenmore. Late 20s and 30s. Space Engineer

Mariah looked down. She had heard this before. It wasn't anything new. "Let me...let me just stop you right there." she said softly before looking up at him. "I get it." she shrugged. "I'm not what you're looking for. That's it, right? You don't have to do the whole it's not you, it's me speech when we both know the truth. Let's just leave it at it was nice getting to know each other and we'll see each other around." she shrugged. She was too nerdy for a boyfriend anyway. Too nerdy and too quiet and reserved. It was what it was.

@indiestarter

[crowns-and-claws]

Continued for: @missmargomuse616

Mariah scooped Sebastian up, who was giggling as he ate his ice cream, completely unfazed that he had run away from his mother and met a complete stranger. Very much like the two-year-old he was.

"Please don't scare Momma like that again, Sebastian." she told him before kissing the side of his forehead and buckling him into his stroller seat next to his sister. "Really? Are you sure?" Mariah asked as she kept searching through her diaper bag, unable to find her wallet. She knew that she had brought it. She really hoped that no one had stolen it while she was sleeping.

"We should introduce ourselves I think." Mariah chuckled. "I'm Mariah, and you've already met Sebastian, my son. And this is his sister, Seraphina." she said as she looked down at her twins in the stroller. Sebby had offered the ice cream to Sera now, and she was taking a few licks before smiling and kicking her feet happily. "Thank you again for not being a kidnapper or anything horrible. How can I repay you? There must be something."

[crowns-and-claws]

Continued for: @thxoracle

Mariah looked up, seeing Dallas staring back at her. She took a few minutes before catching her breath again and nodded quickly as she flipped her phone over. "Yeah...yeah...everything is fine." She tucked some hair behind her ear as she wiped some invisible crumbs off the table.

She never expected to be living in a town run by bikers, but everyone was very friendly so far. Dallas had been especially friendly and the twins really took a liking to him. Her head looked back down to her phone before sighing and looking over at Dallas. "My ex...he...he found us." she said quietly. She hadn't really gotten into her history with Dallas or anyone in town. It was better that she kept it to herself, but Dallas was always so kind and helpful. "I thought we got away and hid well enough so he wouldn't be able to. I guess I was wrong." she sighed softly as her eyes watered.

[crowns-and-claws]

Continued from (here) @thanaredreamtof

Mariah looked the other woman up and down cautiously. They usually had an entire press team for this. She was an engineer she did the tinkering, not the talking. However, she did remember a meeting where the team had stated that they wanted to have the engineers speak more to the press. She believed her team had chosen Beverly to speak, but as she was home sick, Mariah was her replacement. She was the only other woman on the team. Her brown eyes looked at the other woman's badge seeing that the name matched the one she had given her. "Yes, you were supposed to speak with Beverly, but she's under the weather. I'm the only other woman on the team." she nodded, twisting her hands slightly. It was a nervous habit of hers. "Should we begin here or should I take you to my office?"

[mariahhkenmore]

Open to All

Mariah switched some buttons on her mobile sound board. She was working this Halloween event. She had already taken Sabrina here and she had the time of her life dressed up like a fairy. She had the time of her life during the day and was completely exhausted when she dropped her off at her neighbors’ apartment. Now, Mariah was covering it. “Can you speak more clearly into the mic, please? I want to make sure we’re getting everything you’re saying.”

@maplecstarters​  @maplehalloween