Stars and Souls

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Racey mimicked the shrug, “I guess you are right, but when you see it you might understand why people want it.” Everyone had different ways they saw love and not everyone saw a love like Pure and Cas’. It was like a fairy tale and Racey and her siblings got to be a part of it too and witnessed was love was.

Racey’s face stayed the same as she listened to the red head, “Being alone is not a thing I want ever. It’s not fun at all.” She drew her bottom lip in between her teeth as listened to her go on about her parents and how she was glad they were gone, “They must have been really horrible then. I’m sorry you had to deal with that, if I could I would so let you meet my parent’s but… they were murdered… it - it was a pretty hard thing to go through as teenagers.” Racey said taking the shot, this wasn’t going as planned. She was suppose to be the life of the party not the one putting a damper on everything. She poured yet another set of shots and took hers quick, grinning at Teagen’s question, before sucking the rest of the clear liquid off her lips. “It could have been better but I guess that’s what eternity is all about, right? More chances?”

Teagen shook her head, slightly amazed that this demon believed in love like humans did. Maybe it wasn’t as much that Teagen didn’t believe in it, it was more that she was scared of it. Her parents told her they loved her, but did they ever really? All love come with a price, and that’s why Teagen stayed out of the loop, strictly no strings attached.

“My parents were murdered too,” Teagen ventured hesitantly, downing her shot. She felt her on the line somewhere between tipsy and drunk and it was making her rash, quick to speak and slow to think. She could feel the rational side of her brain screaming for her to be silent, to keep her mouth shut, to make an excuse to leave, but she stayed nonetheless. She laughed to herself as she took the next shot. “I put a damper on things, my bad.” The clear liquid burned her throat. She paused, mulling once again over the thought of eternity. “Eternity is such a long time, it’s still hard to wrap my head around. I wouldn’t ever regret my decision though,” the lie slid off of her tongue easily like every lie she told.

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Racey’s eyes widened as she leaned in at Teagen, “You don’t believe in love? Holw could you not believe in that?” Racey had seen love once in her life and it was written all over Pure and Cas’ faces whenever they looked at each other. It was something Racey Racey covetted as a child but even more so in her three hundred years of being alone. But if it was came down to it she would choose her family over love anyday. Ty especially, her sister had given up so much for her and there wasn’t a thing Racey could do to ever repay Ty for everything she did for her. She would go the rest of her life never being able to pay off the debt she owed her sister and that didn’t bother her, because she knew no matter what, all that debt would do is grow because Ty would always pull Racey’s ass out of the fire.

Racey’s face fell at the sound of Teagen’s lonely life, “That sucks. I don’t know what I would do without my family.” She said taking her shot she had just poured and mustered a smile at Teagen’s joke. “That is true dog’s are dicks with fleas.” Racey smiled and chuckled, “Sure you know I need it and cheap is always a plus.” She said her eyes going black at the person watching, their stare quickly turn into one of fear and running off in the opposite direction. The steel blue returned as she poured them both another shot. “So any questions for the older demon here?”

Teagen shrugged. “I’ve yet to see it. I don’t really think it’s true, just somewhere for people to put their faith when they have nowhere else to put it.” She furrowed her brows and looked down as Racey filled the shot glasses. She thought she’d seen love, once, when her parents were younger and their love was new and so was she. As years passed the love died, until it was a dull memory, a wisp of an old dream that you thought was real but couldn’t quite remember the details. There had always been the peppy ‘I love yous’ between family and close friends when she was still a child and even a teenager, but they never had meaning behind them. She only said them so she wouldn’t look heartless and lose her friends. So much for that, she’d pushed them all away in the end anyway.

Teagen shook her head with a dry laugh. “Trust me, I’d rather be alone,” her words were only half true; she enjoyed not having to answer to anyone or cater needs, but it would be nice to have someone to talk to in a friendly or caring way now and again. She took her next shot, grimacing as she set it down. “My parents were assholes anyway, I’m glad they’re gone.” She surprised herself; maybe it was the alcohol or maybe it was the fact that Racey made it easy to talk. She didn’t often mention her parents. “How’s eternity been?” she asked half joking.

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Racey shrugged, “Well, you could always get a hunter to end it for you if you ever start neeeding transplants. All the alcohol I have consumed though, I think we age pretty well both inside and out. Unless you are talking about ‘feelings’ and what not.” Racey shivered at the thought, but smiled, feelings were a thing that her and Ty had always tried to keep intact through out their journey, “But even those are still there. They go into hiding sometimes but… they are there. You just gotta dig a little deeper to get to them, love a little harder, drink a little more. Whatever it takes I guess.”

Racey smirked and nodded, “That kiddo, is what sister’s are for. They carry you and drive you home when you’re to shit faced to see straight.” Racey stared at Teagen for a moment before shrugging and taking her shot, “I learned my lesson with whisky. I don’t even have it on special occasions anymore, its just too much of a reminder of what I let myself do over some dick.” She began pouring up the fourth round, “Nice, you’re still a young buck then huh?” Racey snickered at her joke.“Yeah, you do look pretty good for fourty-seven, who is your surgeon again?” She joked noticing someone staring at them point before giving them a pointed stare.

“Oh trust me, I’ll stick with myself. I was speaking more on the mental side, but my internal organs are still going,” Teagen sighed. That’s the one thing she enjoyed about being a demon, feelings were suppressed. She couldn’t get rid of them but she could bury them in the hole where her soul used to reside and lock them away. “I’m not one for feelings. One of the few things I like about being the way I am, I don’t have to deal with that shit, or lie and pretend I believe in love.”

She took her next shot and chuckled. “I don’t have family anymore. Not even a dog, but hey, what can you do?” she shrugged. “Dogs are a pain in the ass to take care of, and people are even more difficult.” She snorted at Racey’s joke before turning to look at who Racey was glaring at. “I’ll give you his number, he’s the best. Barely cost me anything.” she twirled her empty shot glass around her finger.

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Into the Unknown II OPEN

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Kallista had no sooner walked in the door and looked around, it was a pretty basic store, than some woman in a hurry ran into her. She was a bit taken back because she had figured the woman would move over, like normal people did, even Kallista had moved over to the side a little so that if the woman would have moved to they would have avoided each other completely. When the woman snapped at her and then glared Kallista could feel a tiny shred of annoyance throb in her temple.

“Hey look, I am really sorry.” bending down to start picking up the woman’s groceries she offered an apology. “ I really thought you would move over some too so we would avoid each other completely. But I’ll just help you pick this up.” Kallista noted the woman was a redhead, usually meant a good sized temper and she obviously had no problems being rude. She also noticed she was well dressed meaning she probably had money.Great. This would definitely be interesting and Kallista wondered if the woman would accept the apology or make a huge deal out of one little accident.

Teagen narrowed her eyes as she took the woman in. Her blonde hair and petite form gave her a delicate look, and the way she spoke didn’t help. Teagen pursed her lips at the woman. She was new around here, and she was obviously unaccustomed to the way things worked here. Teagen could fix that.

“Huh, sorry,” she snorted, rolling her eyes as the woman started to gather her groceries. “Be careful with the beer,” she warned before crouching down to grab a few things and put them back in their respective bags. She straightened quickly, frustrated. Her frustration level rose as the woman said she expected her to move over as well.

“Sweetheart,” Teagen raised a hand then let it drop to her side. A sharp undertone was noticable in her voice. “You’re new. One thing you need to know is I don’t move over. So move it or lose it, kid, it’ll help you in the long run.”

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Racey smiled and nodded, “Yeah I tend to do that, whenever I throw around my age. Just shows how truly well we demons age. I mean this it what you have to look forward too, for the rest of eternity. Think you can handle it?” She said pointing to Teagen’s svelte frame with a grin and with a nodded they headed inside agreeing with her about leaving the rocky starts behind.

“Vodka is a must in my book, you can never have to much vodka.” She said grabbing the shot glasses and finding them a table off in the back. Racey slid into the booth and began pouring yet another shot. “Beer is nice everyonce and a while, tequila yes. One of my favorites, but no more whisky for me. Those days are long gone for me.” She slid the shot over to the red head and smiled, “Good you should have. Now since I’ve told my age I think its your turn to share yours.”

Teagen shrugged. “We age well on the outside, I’m not so sure about the inside though.” She furrowed her brows in silent thought for a minute before she shook her head. She still was uneasy about eternity. She would be around forever; the thought of it made her nervous. What does one do when their life never ends?

“You say you can never have too much, but wait until later when we’re wasted,” Teagen joked as Racey poured the next round. She held the full shot glass between her fingers, looking down at the clear liquid inside. “Whiskey’s on my especially bad nights, just depends on how shit goes down.” She put the glass to her mouth and tipped her head back, swallowing the drink. She wrinkled her nose slightly and set the shot glass down. “Fourty-seven,” she sighed. “Not that old, but I look pretty damn great for my age if I do say so myself.” Her voice was light with a teasing tone to it.

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“Yes, a long, long time.” Racey said with a smirk, “Three-hundred and fifty-one years to be exact.” Racey nodded at Teagen and smiled, “I don’t get that often and I really wasn’t expecting that from you at all. Especially after all,” She rolled her finger around gesturing to the alleyway, “This.”

Racey smiled and began pouring them up another shot, “Vodka, is best to foget bad starts and memories, so is whisky. I’ve had my tango with whisky though. Strictly on clear liquors now. Except Absinthe. But that is only on the really bad days when I wanna forget my name.” Racey said with a joke as she took her second shot.

“Damn,” Teagen exhaled heavily in amazement. “Puts my time to shame.” Teagen shrugged. “What can I say? I’m full of surprises.” She glanced back towards the alleyway. “I’d rather leave the rocky start behind and lay a new one,” she laughed. “A little bit of alcohol and a few hours and I won’t even remember it.”

She picked up her next shot and swallowed it. “I haven’t had vodka in awhile; that was back in my younger days. I stick to beer now, whiskey or tequila once in awhile.” She held the shot glass, looking at his nostalgically. “I missed it, honestly.” She sat the glass down with a clink and chuckled lightly.

Cheater's Game I I Teagen + Zoe

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“I told you I wasn’t cheating!” Zoe seethed, standing up so suddenly her chair fell over. The dealer gave her a harsh look and she couldn’t stop herself from rolling her eyes. “Oh my God, it’s just a stupid chair.” She snapped, grabbing for the discarded furniture, and righting it with more force than was necessary. “This is all such bullshit.” She said, eyeing the redhead distastefully. “If anyone’s a cheater here, it’s probably you.”

She started grabbing for her remaining chips and her purse “Whatever, I needed another drink anyways” She said, turning on her heel and walking unsteadily towards the bar. To her chagrin she almost fell twice on the way there, but this drunken stupor was the least of her worries. She knew the dangers of her condition. A werewolf who was emotionally compromised could transform without warning and this woman had her blood boiling in a way she definitely wasn’t used to. ‘You can’t let her get under your skin’ she thought, desperately trying to calm herself down. ‘She’s not worth it, Zoe.’

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Teagen watched as the chair the woman had been seated in clattered to the floor with her sudden movements. She smirked, raising a brow at the young woman. She’d fired her up, and it was amusing. “Temper, temper,” she shook her head in mock disappointment. “And I thought that I was the feisty one here.” Her eyes held a triumphant light as the woman fixed her chair.

Teagen’s smug attitude changed as she heard the woman’s insult. She set her jaw, her gaze icy. “I don’t need to cheat, sweetheart. I’m not a low-tolerance girl who isn’t smart enough to know the basic rules of blackjack.”

She watched as the woman stumbled away, and she laughed coldly. “Don’t fall hon, you’ll knock the last bit of sense you have out of your brain!” Teagen felt sharp anger running through her, threatening to boil over. She couldn’t lose her cool now after she had already won.

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This woman was obviously not happy; Chris had worked there enough to hear the different tones from subtle people. Chris just kept the smile on his face and sighed inwardly. The client is always right. And Chris waited for her to make her decision and didn’t show any sign of agitation.

When she finally made her decision Chris forced a big smile and a nod, “I’ll get right to you. And it’s Chris if you really need to know,” He tilted his head and tuned on his heels to get the beer for the lady. He took a long deep breath before returning to her table and giving her the glass. “So what brings you here tonight?” he asked, like he was instructed to ask everyone that he served. Something about the dancers or something, he wasn’t really sure and didn’t really care.

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Teagen rolled her eyes as he walked away, rolling her shoulders. He was too friendly; she had a feeling it had to do with his job. Even so, the waiters here were never that friendly. It frustrated her, but overly cheery people usually did anyway.

So his name was Chris; she hadn’t seen him around here before, but that could be because she spent most of her time in the casino below the club. The flashing lights and pulsing music never appealed to her as much as the shadowy darkness below. Tonight however, she wasn’t up for gambling, so she stayed up top.

Teagen glanced up as Chris made his way back over, setting her beer down in front of her. She picked up the bottle and took a swig before resting her chin in her hand. “I’m lonely, looking for a drink, and have nowhere else to be,” she snorted. “Do single women come in here for other reasons?”

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Into the Unknown II OPEN

Kallista sat at the table in her new apartment, her hands wrapped around a mug of hot tea. She had been in Haven Hollow for almost two weeks and the only thing she had managed to make herself do was a little grocery shopping and pay for the apartment she was currently living in. Despite her mind yelling at her to stay in bed and wallow in self pity she had to get food and other necessary supplies and find a job since she now had bills to pay. She had looked through the small newspaper and there didn’t seem to be anything that called to her dance skills.

Sighing she stood up and shrugged into her light jacket in case there was a breeze. As she walked out the door she glanced around her apartment, another huge sigh escaping her before she shut the door firmly and started her walk to the store. It was only a few blocks but the walk felt like ages and she had to stop outside, leaning against the wall for a minute as she pushed the rising uncertainty down; effectively silencing the nauseous feeling she had.She told herself that she wouldn’t reject meeting new people but she wouldn’t seek them out on her own; not yet at least. With a deep breath she walked in the sliding doors, determined to get in and back out as fast as possible.

Teagen had only stopped by the store for the necessities. It had been a few weeks since she’d gone shopping and she was running low on almost everything: food, drinks, and batteries for almost all of her devices. She’d browsed through the aisles, quickly grabbing her things. It would be dark in an hour, and she wanted to get her telescope set up beforehand.

She quickly hustled to the checkout, rudely urging the cashier to hustle. She’d learned the hard way that setting up her things late was a bad idea. She wasn’t in the mood to deal with that sort of stuff again. She zoned out the elderly cashiers useless blabber as she collected her things and recieved her change.

“Thanks,” she huffed as she hustled towards the door before she realized she forgot a pack of batteries at the check-out counter. She jogged back to get them and made her way briskly to the doors. A young woman was coming through the doors, and Teagen wasn’t paying much attention to her, figuring she would get out of her way. She guessed wrong, running smack into the woman and dropping her bags to the ground. “Shit!” she exclaimed harshly. “Watch where you’re going!” She glared at the woman before crossing her arms and looking down at her scattered groceries.

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Cheater's Game I I Teagen + Zoe

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Zoe felt a shiver go straight down her spine as she looked up into the other woman’s sweet smile that did not seem to reach her eyes. Intoxicated as she was, she knew this girl meant business. She was in way over her head, but too stubborn to bail out. “I told you I wasn’t cheating, and I’m not about to start now.” She said defensively. When the dealer looked to her, she nodded, indicating her willingness to play.

She watched transfixed as the dealer quickly shuffled the cards and began dealing them out. She looked at her own and groaned inwardly. A hard 17. The safest bet, and probably the wisest, was to stand. The chances of getting anything below a five were slim, but every time Zoe looked over to see the redhead glancing at her own cards she felt very nervous. 'What if she's got something higher? What if I stand and it's not enough?' Self doubt began to gnaw at her insides and she resumed a long forgotten habit of chewing her fingernails as she pondered over her cards. “What'll it be, Princess?” the sarcastic voice of the dealer pulled her out of her thoughts. “Hit.” She said, glancing up at the other woman across the table.

Big Mistake. Zoe felt her stomach drop as she looked at the 7 of diamonds she had been dealt. “Bust” she muttered, slouching back in her chair and letting out a long sigh.

Teagen knew she intimidated the woman. Of course, that wasn’t difficult for her to do, but intimidation was key. If the woman was frightened and inebriated, it gave Teagen an advantage over her. “We’ll see, sweetheart,” the grin faded from her face as she the dealer began to pass out cards. She had the upper hand here; if she lost to the woman again, she could blame it on cheating, whether that be true or not. If the woman lost, she had nothing to fall back on, she would only look like she was trying to cover up the cheating. Either way, Teagen won.

Teagen kept a complete poker-face as she looked at her cards. She wasn’t pleased, she was stuck with a 10. It was unlikely that she could get an ace and give her a perfect blackjack, but she decided to take the risk. She looked up and smirked at the woman as she took a hit. When the dealer got to Teagen, she nodded, indicating that she wanted a hit as well.

She ended up with a 16, but despite the low number, she’d won the round after all. Most of the others around the table had busted and a few others had kept their lower numbers, not taking their chances. She chuckled dryly as the other woman lay down her bust. “Well, maybe next time, right?” she taunted, her eyes blazing in victory. “That was smart of you, to cover up your cheating with a loss. I’m impressed.” Scorn that was sharper than a knife dwelled in her voice as she ridiculed the woman’s mistake.

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Racey nodded sticking her bottom lip out in approval, “Nice, but believe me its so much more fun when they beg for mercy… or even beg for death. Torture was a huge thing back in the very back beginning.” Racey smiled watching the womans reaction and bit her lip. “I wouldn’t have told you twice.” She chuckled and smiled, “Little trick I picked up with my many, many years on this earth. Houdini was an theif. That is one thing he made sure they wouldn’t put in the history books.”

"Nice, my parents had a thing for ‘T’ names. Until they got to my brother, then it was all down hill from there. Racey… Racey Vindicta." She said with a smile as they made their way back to the main room where the dancers were dancing and the drunk men were getting either kicked out or drooling on the stage. They stood there behind the bar until Racey grabbed two shot glasses and smiled, as she grabbed her and Ty’s imported pure Russian Vodka and with a smile poured up the shots handing one to Teagen, "It’s not a beer but it will make things a lot better." She said before taking her shot and smiling at Teagen twirling the empty shot glass in her hand.

“Many years,” Teagen raised a brow, half in curiosity, half in amazement. “You’ve been around awhile then, I take it.” Teagen herself had seen quite a bit, but there was something about this woman that made her seem older, wisdom hidden behind the quirky personality she had. It made Teagen feel young for the first time in awhile.

“Racey, that’s different,” Teagen chuckled. “I like it.” She looked around the main room of the club. She hadn’t spent much time in there, more determined to get downstairs where the gambling was held. The flashing lights reminded her of her first few years as a demon, when she’d spent all of her time in clubs and bars, some of her time in the crowd and some of it on stage as well. Those days had long since passed, however the type of men that dwelled in clubs had not, with their alcohol-glazed eyes, slurred speech, and rash actions.

She followed Racey to the bar, laughing lightly as she passed her a shot. “I can live without a beer for tonight, I suppose,” she joked as she lifted the small glass to her lips and downed the liquid inside, grinning as the drink left a burning trail down her throat.

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Moving forward || OPEN

Days like today were never Kade’s favorite. It seemed like no matter what he did, he just couldn’t shake the sleep from his eyes. It was one of the first nights he got a full night sleep in as long as he could remember, which was half of the problem. He could run off minimal sleep, because he never had nightmares while his sleep was monitored. But on a night that he slept fully, he still was unsure how to adjust to that. So instead, he decided to go on a run threw the woods. His feet pounded into the earth below him, as he propelled himself faster. All senses were heightened. He could hear all of the birds in the trees around him, a creek trickling by- and other feet just behind him. Turning as he ran, he called out to the stranger. “If you’re trying to catch up, you’re going to have to move faster than that.”

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Teagen had gone with no sleep again. That wasn’t rare for her; she preferred little to no sleep most nights to prevent the dark thoughts she kept hidden from leaking out into her thoughts and making her restless. Instead, she spent the late hours working, and sometimes drinking, to keep herself busy. Usually she would be found in her lab, monitoring star charts with a six-pack nearby, however on this particular night she had chosen to make her way out into the woods; there was a clearing not far from her home that was good for tracking the stars.

She hadn’t intended to stay out all night with her small telescope and her notebook; though that’s what had happened. She’d sat from dawn to dusk, watching the distant lights that intrigued her so much with a few drinks nearby. She didn’t realize daylight was coming until the sun peaked over the horizon. She finished off her open bottle before standing and cracking her back, then started on the trek home.

She’d only walked a few minutes as a blur shot by her. She froze, watching as the man ran past. He called out to her, and she huffed. “I would love to catch up, except if you didn’t notice, I’m a bit burdened right now,” she looked at her bag that was filled with books, along with the shoulder bag that held her telescope. She rolled her eyes as she trudged along, struggling to shift her bags into a more comfortable position.

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Sing Off || Open

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Jaxson looked over the woman, she was incredibly professional looking. Had she really been there the whole time? Had he been that engrossed in his work that he had not notice there was another person in the coffee shop? Jax tried at all times to be aware of anyone in the room. Especially when it was an attractive female. He really did need to take a break.

He combed his fingers through his dirty blond hair and let out a nervous laugh. “I can’t argue with that.” He nodded in agreement. He took a couple steps towards her shoving his fist in his pocket. Looking down at what lay before her. She looked busy, like he did, but a different sort of work, he could just tell from the off glance. “Sorry for disrupting you. I suppose I just got a little stir-crazy.” He smirked a little shyly as he tapped his knuckle lightly on her table. “I’ll let you get back too it.” He ducked his head before turning away from her.

He made his way back over to his seat. Slumping down and grumbling. How humiliating, there was no possible way he could be remotely cool at this point. So instead he just cleared his throat and pretended to go back to work. Glancing sideways at her every so often.