The Long Claw

Specialist in Unique Weaponry. Guns, swords, you name it we have it. If I haven't got it- I can get it. [Dual-muse OC, for the Everchaning World RP group. Mostly within the rp group, but willing to interact with others. Tracking weirspayne]

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A Curious Meeting

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“Judging by your reaction, you aren’t a shifter like me. Or you’re at least new to it. Though I have never seen a were of any kind that can keep there clothes intact from a transformation.” Her head cocked to the side, she scented the air again, deciding he posed her no threat.

“So you’re a photographer? Must be nice.” There was nothing she could do about her nakedness, she wasn’t anywhere near where she had left her clothes. So instead she tried to make it seem as though it was all perfectly normal and offered him her hand. “Ashley Weir.”

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Scott smiled and laughed a bit.

“I’m not a weir anything, I’m a wizard with the ability to shift into a falcon. I could change into any other animal I choose but I prefer the falcon…makes for a quick departure and I keep my clothes, they transform with me so that when I shift back I’m wearing them but even if that wasn’t the case I could just summon some through magic”

Scott held his hand and shook hers.

“Scott Knightly, don’t suppose you would like some clothes. Can pop them up in no time”

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“Ah a wizard, that explains the strange scent I caught.” She smiled. “Its been some time since I’ve crossed paths with a wizard.” She nodded. “Well that certainly is convenient, I don’t have that luxury, if I don’t change out of my clothes then I shred them in the shift.”

Taking his hand she shook it firmly.

“Pleasure is all mine, and if you could that would be great, don’t fancy a public indecency charge.”

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Payne’s eyebrows rose, he certainly was more than a little impressed by this, but he wouldn’t say so. “Being shifter, gives enhanced speed, strength and durability, doesn’t surprise me he is capable.”

“Yeah just look for a Falcon right?”

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“Yeah he’s capable alright takes thing seriously and gets things done. If you ever meet him, I’m sure he will give that impression”

Scott popped his neck because it felt sore.

“Yep, a falcon, golden brown in color is how you can tell its me”

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“Sounds like my kind of guy, I appreciate that in other shifters.” Payne nodded at the description he gave of himself in falcon form.

“I’ll tell her to keep an eye out for you then. in the mean time, anything you need, I can try to supply. We cater for Hunter’s and the like as well.”

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And the little artist was doomed...|| Open

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Taking a deep breath, Ashley finished removing her clothes, her shirt folded neatly on top her jeans, followed by her pants and bra. She didn’t dare look at Ella who she was trusting with her secret. Judging the distance between herself and Ella, she took four steps back before her whole body trembled and seemed to shimmer with her power and in the next instance she was an explosion of fur and bodily fluid, coming to stand on four legs, shaking herself before dropping to her belly in a purely submissive gesture, one she hoped translated well to Ella.

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She looked away as Ashley got further undressed, a hand coming up to rub the back of her neck awkwardly as her gaze flicked between the other female and the ground. She refocused on Ashley when she heard the shuffling of her feet against the ground, her hands joining in a clutch behind her back. 

She watched Ashley’s transformation carefully, with wide eyes and a small flinch at the sudden change. She took a moment to really think about this. She knew why it was kept a secret - that much was obvious. You couldn’t go round proclaiming that you could become a lion whenever you wanted without being locked up in a mental asylum or killed. But Ashley trusted her with this, which she appreciated and she had to consider her reaction.

A little bit of surprise/shock, hint of curiosity for science reasons and then a large mixture of am I having a paranoia/shock induced hallucination because that was always something to consider. She nodded as the lioness dropped to her belly, taking a step forward. She was unsure how to proceed, what to do, biting her lip in confusion. She was hesitant to make a move for fear of doing something wrong. She didn’t look scared, or anxious, just tentative. 

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The Lioness was surprised that she had reacted so well. Seeing her take a step forward, she moved to her feet and inched forward, her long tail swinging freely behind her, trying to appear as non-threatening as possible.

Reaching her, Ashley stretched her forward to sniff at her hand, before rubbing her huge head against it, exactly like a cat. If she could have purred she would have as she began to wind her way around Ella, circling her twice before coming to sit in front of her, tail twitching beside her.

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Arms for All: || Ashley & Ella

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Yeah Ashley was definitely the reckless one, sure Payne had his moments, but more often than not it was Payne digging her out of trouble or apologising when she crossed a line. But it worked, she was action, he was words or political or diplomatic whatever you wanted to call it. “Has there ever been an action, horror and comedy film? That is what my life it.” She laughed softly.

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She laughed as well. “I don’t think there’s even a market for something like that. You never know, if you can make a story out of it, you may just have the next hit in the box office. “ She suggested with a light hearted half shrug. 

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Ashley shook her head, grinning widely.  “Oh I’m pretty sure it would be B- Movie at best.” That being that most of it sounded so farfetched that if you didn’t live in the world she lived in you wouldn’t believe it.

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Payne & Ella

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Payne let a chuckle escape, amazed out she could see right through him. “Hey I come from as pretty low as you can get, if anyone has the right to get pissed at it its me and you know what?” He looked at her a smile forming. “It doesn’t bother me in the slightest, because you don’t treat me like scum, that’s the difference between you and rich people that are snobs.”

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“I have no reason to treat people like scum, it’s ridiculous. I’ve seen a lot of different walks of life, people going through all types of great and crazy and depressing things. It doesn’t mean they’re less of a human because they’re going through all that or they’re not from my background. I’d be treating a good 90% or more of people terribly. My mum, who was raised in this tiny community in the Scottish Highland helped us appreciate what we have because we were a well off position that she didn’t have, neither did my dad. We were kids with opportunity and privilege, and we raised like we were normal kids. As my mum would say, we were brought up, not dragged up.” She nodded, her smile charming and sweet. 

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“Your mom seems like a good and wise woman.” He smiled. “If only all rich people were brought up with the same principles, the world would be a lot happier.” And that was the truth, he’d worked plenty for rich people, a hired gun or just there for a show of muscle, the rich wanted what they wanted fast and had no time for excuses, most didn’t care if you or those with you died as long as they got what they wanted, or at least the rich people he had known.

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Killer Event (2) || Payne & Ella

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“Well that’s certainly one way to deal with it. Should take you to meet a friend of mine, Rosamund, she’s in to yoga and Tai chi, says it helps keep her calm and clears her mind,.” He smiled softly, not sure what else to say without upsetting her.

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“I never could handle it subtly.” She chuckled at herself, running a hand through her hair. “Maybe I could try it. It’s better than having a mini meltdown.” She shook her head. “I always slip into Gaelic when I do that too, which is odd because that’s the only time I use it nowadays.”

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“Rosamund is a good teacher too, sweet like you with the patience of a saint.” He nodded, not wanting to talk to much about her meltdown.” So Gaelic is one of the languages you know, what other ones do you know?”

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KillerEvent (1) || Payne & Ella

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  Payne shook his head, he gamed from time to time, but games like that frustrated him, they glorified everything he hated about his life before becoming a werelion. “Learning the piano is better than gaming anyway.” He smiled and watched as she left off a few shots. “Not bad for a first time. But when you shoot, your arm needs to be straight so the recoil forces your arm up and all you have to do is bring it back down and resume shooting.”

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“That’s the same thing my parents told me for 9 years. More or less, got into art when I moved up to secondary school and it became a compulsory subject. “ She shrugged, lifting the gun again. “This is more difficult then I imagined.” She huffed, straightening her arm like he told her to.

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“Well sometimes, just sometimes parents are right.” He smirked. “And we all know what happened after that, you became a pretty damn good artist.” A light chuckle escaped him. “Once you get the hand of it, get a feel for the recoil you’ll be fine.”

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And the little artist was doomed...|| Open

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Ashley said nothing as she got in drove, sparing a fleeting glance at Ella as she wound her way down a service road, off by the river out of sight of even the most prying eyes. Pulling up she stepped from the car. “Ella you need to come out of the car, you need to know that what I’m going to show you has to be a secret and that I trust you.” She started to unbutton her shirt, kicking off her shoes.

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Ella looked out the window through her hair, not even questioning Ashley at this point. Came a split second where she considered Ashley’s comment about her naivety and how true it might have been. Luckliy it was a fleeting thought and scuttered away as quickly as it appeared. She looked to Ashley who had gotten out of the car, and listened to her words. With only a short moment of hesitation she followed, pushing her hoodie down and tying up her hair into a loose ponytail with a band she pulled from her wrist. She nodded in agreement. “Of course.” She neglected to mention that keeping secrets was easy, because it was, hiding things from her parents, her siblings, her friends. It was easy. It was simply a matter of directing conversation to a manipulable topic.

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Taking a deep breath, Ashley finished removing her clothes, her shirt folded neatly on top her jeans, followed by her pants and bra. She didn’t dare look at Ella who she was trusting with her secret. Judging the distance between herself and Ella, she took four steps back before her whole body trembled and seemed to shimmer with her power and in the next instance she was an explosion of fur and bodily fluid, coming to stand on four legs, shaking herself before dropping to her belly in a purely submissive gesture, one she hoped translated well to Ella.

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Arms for All: || Ashley & Ella

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Ashley was wise enough to know there was more meaning behind what Ella said, but if she didn’t want to tell her she wouldn’t push. “Well I guess that entirely depends on the life you lead, but I imagine it works that way for most people.”

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Whenever she lost faith in humanity, she would forever remember that there were some unsuspecting people or at least, people who knew when to not push further. Perhaps in time she would tell Ashley those stories, maybe, but not today. “Yeah, suppose it does. You see it all the time in movies and such, one is reckless and doesn’t care, while the other ends up following along after them, either apologising to all the people they offend or who owed anything they broke or just constantly coming up with ideas to dig them out of whatever mess they’ve landed themselves in.” She nodded, chewing her lip for a moment, before smiling softly. 

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Yeah Ashley was definitely the reckless one, sure Payne had his moments, but more often tan not it was Payne digging her out of trouble or apologising when she crossed a line. But it worked, she was action, he was words or political or diplomatic whatever you wanted to call it. “Has there ever been an action, horror and comedy film? That is what my life it.” She laughed softly.

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Payne & Ella

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“I never said anything about hitting them.” Payne smirked. No hitting them, would be very minimal. “No you don’t, you sound like a lady who has had the fortunate circumstances to give her an amazing upbringing and not waste it. The painting are beautiful.” He smiled as he looked around, his eyes seeing better than any humans in the dim lighting of the club.

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“I know you didn’t but it’s that look.” She smiled, pointing a finger at him teasingly. She took a sip of her whiskey, withdrawing her finger while rolling her ankle. “I guess I’m hyper-aware of my privilege and I’m constantly calling myself out on how I seemingly throw it in people’s faces unintentionally.” All it took was one mention in an argument and she’s paranoid for much longer than intended. “Thank you, I took memories from Nairn, Kensington and here for inspiration.” She nodded, smiling fondly at those memories. 

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Payne let a chuckle escape, amazed out she could see right through him. “Hey I come from as pretty low as you can get, if anyone has the right to get pissed at it its me and you know what?” He looked at her a smile forming. “It doesn’t bother me in the slightest, because you don’t treat me like scum, that’s the difference between you and rich people that are snobs.”

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Killer Event (2) || Payne & Ella

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“I know, I know. And it is going to hurt like hell for a long time, but you are a strong woman Ella, you will get through this, you will cope with this. Trust me.” He tried to soothe, tried to calm her at least a little.

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She nodded, taking a couple moments to try and calm herself, when suddenly she moved gently out of Payne’s grasp. She looked from spot to spot on the floor, breathing deeply while she tried to at least quieten herself. She bit her lip as her hands came up to tangle in her hair, this was how she eased her anxiety about exams when she was taking her GCSEs and A-Levels, by melting down completely. After a few mumbles of Gaelic, she seemed to have quietened herself down to the point where she wasn’t crying, the sobs had stopped and her breathing had slowed to a rhythm slow and steady. “I think, I think the worst of that is over.”  She couldn’t be sure, not now at least, she was pretty sure more would come when she as on her own but she wouldn’t tell him that.

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Payne watched wordlessly as she seemed to break down even further, he wanted to stop her, her calm the flow of foreign words that fell from her lips, but knew the best thing to do was to let it happen, let it just all come out. “You need to let go some more, you just go for it. Yeah?” He wrapped an arm around her shoulders and kissed the top of her head.

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She hummed softly, nodding slightly while she kept on trying to steady her composure. Her hands were still shaking a little, but she simply ignored it, deciding to simply forget that it was happening until came a time that she had a sounder mind to deal with it. “That’s how I deal with my anxiety. Came in handy with exams and all that.” She explained softly.

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“Well that’s certainly one way to deal with it. Should take you to meet a friend of mine, Rosamund, she’s in to yoga and Tai chi, says it helps keep her calm and clears her mind,.” He smiled softly, not sure what else to say without upsetting her.

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KillerEvent (1) || Payne & Ella

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“No, it really isn’t.” Even down to the heists themselves, but he didn’t think telling Ella that would go down to well. “Nightmares? Well lets try not to do that.” He mused. “Well that’s what we’re going to work on, see those targets down there, I want you to shoot them without any help first, see how well you do.”

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“It was one of the older games, one of the characters was being chased by a guy with a, I think it was an axe, or no, it was a chainsaw. I must have been 9 at the time. That’s when I started learning piano so I didn’t get to watch him play it anymore.” She shook her head. “Okay.” She nodded, biting her lip nervously. She turned and faced the targets, gun now being held up. “This is going to be fun.” She mumbled, before shooting one bullet, the recoil shaking her a little. “Oy.” She shot twice more, getting used to the recoil. She then lowered the gun. Her shots were accurate to a slight extent, one missed the body entirely while two were shown to be non-fatal. 

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Payne shook his head, he gamed from time to time, but games like that frustrated him, they glorified everything he hated about his life before becoming a werelion. “Learning the piano is better than gaming anyway.” He smiled and watched as she left off a few shots. “Not bad for a first time. But when you shoot, your arm needs to be straight so the recoil forces your arm up and all you have to do is bring it back down and resume shooting.”

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And the little artist was doomed...|| Open

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Ashley pulled back from the younger woman slightly, the safest place that she could go would be the Pride’s home. But that came with complications, most of the Pride while in the home preferred to walk around in as little as possible. And it was often that different members could be seen in animal form. But her mind was made up. “Yes- there is, but we need to make a stop first.” She motioned to her car.

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She nodded, eager to get off the street and away from people who could be disguised as a serial killer, as least Ashley knew of a safe place. At the moment, that could be anywhere and she’d be completely fine with it. She grabbed her suitcase and tugged it to Ashley’s car, putting it into the boot before getting into the backseat of her car, with a jump to her step. She wanted nothing more than to hide. She pulled the hood back over her head, slouching in her seat to avoid being seen. 

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Ashley said nothing as she got in drove, sparing a fleeting glance at Ella as she wound her way down a service road, off by the river out of sight of even the most prying eyes. Pulling up she stepped from the car. “Ella you need to come out of the car, you need to know that what I’m going to show you has to be a secret and that I trust you.” She started to unbutton her shirt, kicking off her shoes.

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“Sure, I’m sure I can make sometime for you.” He smiled softly, “I don’t think Ashley will be free, but I can ask her.”

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“Alright,” Alina grabbed a hold of her bag and tugged it off of the counter. “It was nice meeting you, Jon. Thanks for the bullets. I hope to ”to talk with you soon.” The blonde stepped back a bit and started to head out the door.

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Waiting out by the entrance of the park, Payne wondered if Alina would actually show up, as he had thought Ashley had no interest in coming out. At this rate he’d be running on his own.

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Ashley shrugged. “Not really, its a small group and they didn’t all come at once.” She paused thinking about it. “There are two other females in the group and three males. So like I said small group.” She smiled a fond look on her face, one that always came about when she spoke of her Pride. “Oh? Really? Well yeah, we can do that, though I hope you can keep up with two Lions?”

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Alina grinned. Ashley was so proud, as she should be. “Sounds like fun. And you guys are the leaders? Is there some sort of pack thing that goes on like there is with wolves or is it different?” Alina set her tinted napkin to the side. Ashley was fully clean and Alina was proud of her fine stitch work on her body. “I could try and keep up but you know, I’m not exactly a spring chicken.” She teased. “It would be nice though. I haven’t gone on a good run in a while.”

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Ashley gave her a wry smile. “Not Pack, Pride, as a lions Pride. Our structures are similar, but not as violent as wolves. They fight and kill there way to be able to challenge the Ulfric- the king. For Lions, you can just out right challenge for control and to become the Rex or Regina, King or Queen.” Ashley frowned. “You can’t be much older than me, I’m 28. “

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A Curious Meeting

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Upon seeing the Falcon transform back into human form, Ashley froze but a moment, evaluating, before she herself shifted back to her human form. Though the night was cold, it didn’t bother her naked form.

“Clearly not, nor or you. I have never seen you before are you new to the area?”

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Upon seeing the lion shift into a woman, a naked woman at that Scott turned away not wanting to be rude and stare though he had to admit it wasn’t a bad view but he did so out of respect either she didn’t know she was naked or she didn’t care.

“I guess you can say that, I’m just here for a photo shoot some fancy nancy rich kid’s sweet sixteen, his parents paid for me to be the photographer for his party. I’m taking a break and relaxing”

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“Judging by your reaction, you aren’t a shifter like me. Or you’re at least new to it. Though I have never seen a Were of any kind that can keep there clothes intact from a transformation.” Her head cocked to the side, she scented the air again, deciding he posed her no threat.

“So you’re a photographer? Must be nice.” There was nothing she could do about her nakedness, she wasn’t anywhere near where she had left her clothes. So instead she tried to make it seem as though it was all perfectly normal and offered him her hand. “Ashley Weir.”

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“Never seen a werewolf fully shift then? Most werewolves have at least the two forms, some choose to only use the one form.” It was clear he wasn’t fond of speaking about Wolves, he’d had little interaction with them and when he did it didn’t usually end well.

“Quite possible, she may come looking for you the next time she’s out.”

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“Yeah the one I know he’s a bit of a hot head and he goes full wolf.  But despite the shifting and darkness he has his heart is in the right place. He’s a samurai skilled very well in swordsmanship, an one man army, took at three dozen skilled and deadly assassins by himself and walked away with a broken arm”

Scott smiled.

“If she does…I shouldn’t be too hard to find”

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Payne’s eyebrows rose, he certainly was more than a little impressed by this, but he wouldn’t say so. “Being shifter, gives enhanced speed, strength and durability, doesn’t surprise me he is capable.”

“Yeah just look for a Falcon right?”