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Post by McKenzie Carter on Oct 12, 2016 20:27:48 GMT -5
She nodded as he mentioned that there were a few paintings he had been working on. "Maybe that's why your eyes look like so many different colors," she found herself saying in a soft voice, not layered with her faux flirting at all. She cleared her throat, letting him finish about how he was finishing choosing frames and asked if she had a chance to look at them. "I haven't! Been a bit distracted," awe, there we go, her little trace of falsity was back. Thank goodness.
She reached over to the seat and looked at the frames, picking a few up one a time until she found a dark wood one that was absolutely gorgeous. In fact, the wood reminded her of the trees back home, and if that wasn't perfect she didn't know what was. "This one is amazing," she said softly, before holding it up to him, "I like this one."
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Post by McKenzie Carter on Oct 11, 2016 8:25:24 GMT -5
He was having trouble getting words out for a minute and his little goofy grin caused her to smile even more, breaking into a real grin for a second before he moved away, nearly tripping over a chair. She covered her mouth to stifle a laugh. She'd never really spent time with someone so... cute, in a quirky way. Her ex was Ezra for the gods sake and he was nothing like Austin. She was relieved to be making a friend like this, even if it was outside the norm for her.
She sat down while he ordered the coffee and smiled gratefully at him upon his return, taking the mug gently as to not burn herself. She nodded, "I'm sure it's lovely," she said, setting her mug in front of her and giving it a moment to cool down. He asked how her afternoon was, and she shrugged, "I'm not sure if you did ask, no. But that's all right," she chuckled. "It was fine. "I just got some rest and did a little bit of training..." in fact, she hacked at a dummy with her two short swords for a good hour, but that wasn't necessarily important. "And yours?"
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Post by McKenzie Carter on Oct 3, 2016 10:47:45 GMT -5
Mac bounced excitedly on her toes when he implied the coffee was just as good as the décor. He seemed at ease here, in a way, and she liked that. She stepped forward, smiling widely, as he asked what her favorite drink was. She ignored his gesture to sit for a moment in order to place a hand on his arm, "that's so sweet. I'll take a caramel macchiato. I'm traditional," she giggled, giving his arm a little squeeze before moving to take her seat. Really, Mac liked to think of herself as unique more than traditional, but when it came to coffee she just loved the basics. They reminded her of home. Seattle was famous for coffee on a rainy day, after all. |
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Post by McKenzie Carter on Oct 3, 2016 10:32:45 GMT -5
Mac saw his fist clench and she knew she had won this one. She didn't let out her sigh of relief yet, though. She wanted to wait to see what he was going to do first. She wasn't safe until he walked out. He ran his hand through his hair and she held her breath a little more before answering. "I will. Have a nice..." day? Week? Life? She shook her head, turning away from him. "Bye," she finished. She needed to talk to Cheyenne. Maybe she should learn some of that karate. She was a good hand to hand fighter, sure, but maybe she needed to use those kicks more. Heaven knew Ezra could use a kick in the head.
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Post by McKenzie Carter on Sept 30, 2016 14:01:43 GMT -5
Mac giggled as he seemed to excited about going to the cafe. He was so nice and easy to read, at least that's what she gathered, that she almost felt bad that she wasn't being completely herself with him. She was just so used to her act that it was like second nature to her. Granted, she was getting more comfortable with this honesty thing today. "Coffee is totally my thing," she assured him.
He said she didn't have to worry about him but let her help anyway. Well, offered but didn't make a move to do anything right away. Then she moved forward as he offered her some frames to hold. "Of course, any time," she said.
She followed his lead and nodded as they entered the shop. They found a table and she set the frames down gently on the seat. "This is a cute place, isn't it!?" she said happily.
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Post by McKenzie Carter on Sept 16, 2016 14:02:22 GMT -5
Mac wasn't surprised that he didn't stop talking, but she was surprised that he had the nerve to touch her. She spun to face him, attempting to shrug his hand off her shoulder harshly. What? He wanted to know how he could show he was sorry? Take her to that restaurant. "No thanks," she muttered slowly, blinking rapidly. Then she swallowed hard before speaking again, "I don't know what you can do, Ez," she winced at calling him that. "Maybe we can try again another day but... I just got back. I need to see Cheyenne. She'll give me some perspective on all this," yes, she was name dropping.
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Post by McKenzie Carter on Sept 16, 2016 13:56:19 GMT -5
Mac grinned as he corrected her name to the nickname. Oddly, though she oddly didn't mind him saying her full first name, but she wasn't about to tell him that. Not yet, at least. Then her gaze shifted to the frames as he shifted them. "Coffee at the cafe sounds perfect," she said sweetly, "can I carry anything for you?" she offered, reaching her hands out towards the frames. There it was again. Her sweet side showing. Not the fake sweet, the real one. She decided it wasn't worth the effort to act as much anymore as her fingers grazed one of the frames, "I feel bad making you carry it all." She looked up at his face, smiling softly.
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Post by McKenzie Carter on Aug 29, 2016 8:39:28 GMT -5
Ezra's voice softened and that just caused her heart to ache. She didn't realize that she was slightly leaning toward him, but only just a bit. He might notice, though, because he always had an eye for details like that. At least when it came to them he did. He was even right, in a way, that they did what they had to. That they had to know when to think of themselves... still, she would have told the others to go ahead and stayed, at least until she found a body.
She sighed, paused, then took in a deep breath before speaking, "it doesn't matter now, Ezra. Thanks for coming by," she turned around, back toward her back, and continued unpacking, acutely aware of his presence but not saying anything further to him just yet...
(we don't have to end it yet haha she's just being stubborn.)
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Post by McKenzie Carter on Aug 29, 2016 8:27:42 GMT -5
Mac only partially considered this a 'date'. In reality, she would probably treat it was one because that was in her nature, but she also kind of liked the idea of just making a friend first... but that wasn't in her nature. It was almost seven, but Mac took her sweet time finishing up getting ready. She had her hair braided down to one side and wore a loose cotton white blouse with a short jean jacket and dark skinny jeans with short boots. Her make up was the usual- just subtle browns and tans to compliment her face rather then complicate it.
She was excited to pick out a frame for her drawing. She was a bit nervous about telling him her story but... it had been so long since she'd shared it with anyone. She almost was even a little excited about having someone else who knew the truth. Depending how much of the truth she ended up sharing.
Two to seven she arrived at the meeting place, grinning at him as he stood there, frames under his arm. "Austin! Glad you made it. Hope you haven't been waiting long?" her voice was back to it's usual syrupy sweetness, the honesty sapped right out of it.
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Post by McKenzie Carter on Aug 12, 2016 11:30:15 GMT -5
She smiled and nodded as he started to confirm the idea. He seemed to be unable to say the word 'dinner' without a stutter, but that was okay. His cheeks were reddening and she bit her lip to stifle a chuckle. She nodded at his suggestion about bringing a few frames, getting something to eat and having story time. "That sounds perfect," she responded. Then she did the typical Mac thing and kissed his cheek before standing up, "we'll meet back here at seven sharp. See you then, Austin," she tossed him a signature wink before turning away to walk on.
As she left, she chewed on the inside of her cheek nervously. Was she really going to tell this total stranger her story? Well, it'd been a while since she'd trusted anyone... why not now?
(the end! unless you want to do one more post. do you want to start the dinner one or should I? also, random side comment, I dropped Pan so if you want Callum McCaullife back have it it XD)
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Post by McKenzie Carter on Aug 12, 2016 11:21:11 GMT -5
As his hands lifted in surrender she took a step back, oddly afraid of those hands right now. He moved towards her slowly and she stopped, holding her ground again. She narrowed her eyes as he started to speak about Washington, but her gaze softened slightly when he explained that she wasn't there... on his side. That they thought she was dead. Then he brought of the Cyclops which made her eyes narrow angrily again. "I don't care,"s he said harshly. Of course she cared that they would have been killed, but right now her emotions were running too high for her to think about that clearly. Especially since she knew that anyone else's boyfriend would have come after them, no matter what. "Aren't you just so lucky and special for living through that. Good for you. I still had to fight that Cyclops when I got out," she explained, her attempt to stay calm completely gone now, "and I got past it. You couldn't do that. I could. I was always a better fighter than you. If you were under there-" her voice cracked, "if you had been buried I would have dug until my fingers bled to find you. I would never, ever have left you behind. Never," she took a few breaths to steady herself, which actually seemed to work. Then, oddly, she smiled, "but that doesn't matter now. I didn't need you. Any of you."
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Post by McKenzie Carter on Aug 6, 2016 19:26:36 GMT -5
She shrugged at his words about her having an eye to detail. "Oh, it's nothing special," she just spent so much time there and etched it into her brain when she ran away... since she knew that she could never go back. She chuckled as he explained it was a pencil sketch, "oh, yeah, sorry," the lines were so perfect that it looked like it could have been painted, blended with water rather than with a pencil. That took some skill. He said he would wrap it up and get it framed and what not and she grinned, "if you have time, that'd work fine," she said.
Then he brought up a deal and she looked back up at him. His question, about telling him the story behind it, caused her stomach to lurch. She furrowed her brows and chewed her lip for a moment in concentration. Some other campers knew her story... but not many. She found herself giving a short nod. "Okay. But not here," she started. She gently placed a hand on his arm, "how about you get that frame and meet me somewhere say... around dinner time?" she suggested. |
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Post by McKenzie Carter on Aug 6, 2016 17:32:34 GMT -5
She felt her fists starting to clench the more he talked, but she kept her tone even. "Interesting. Right," she muttered as he chuckled and stepped closer. She froze, leaning back a little. At his words, she raised an eyebrow. "Washington treated me better than you did, you mean," she said, her eyes narrowing. "I'm fine," she said then, straightening up so she wasn't leaning away anymore.
Looking into his eyes just made her stomach tighter and it made her want to vomit. She held her ground now, or tried, but she could already feel her eyes shaking and her lip almost quivering. It took all her energy to hold still.
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Post by McKenzie Carter on Jul 29, 2016 19:06:29 GMT -5
She smiled wider as he said that he was glad she liked it. Of course he would be, any artist liked being told they did well. He offered his name, Austin, and she chuckled at his mentioning being distracted. She had gotten distracted too, of course, at the thought of having a painting of home. She didn't know why she didn't think of it before.... maybe because it was bittersweet. She could never go back, so there was a definite darkness to having the painting, but it was also nostalgic and even comforting. She was wrapped up in that thought, watching him work on it more and she almost missed his asking her what her name was.
"Oh, I'm McKenzie," she said swiftly. That was weird, she never introduced herself as McKenzie anymore. She cleared her throat, "Or Mac. Either one," she said, looking down at the paper again, "so, how long does it take to dry and what do I owe you?" she asked, keeping her eyes on the painting for now.
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Post by McKenzie Carter on Jul 21, 2016 11:21:04 GMT -5
Mac was glad to be back, for the most part. She was horrified at the idea of seeing Ezra again, but she tried to push those thoughts aside... yeah, right. He was all she could think about. She was to give a debriefing to the Praetors once she was all settled and gathered her bearings.
She was sitting on the bed, face turned away from the door in order to look out the window. Her shoulders were hunched forward and she sighed, just in time to be startled by a voice that she knew well.
She spun around, a glare on her face. "Are they? Didn't think you listened to those," she said.
Breathe. Just breathe.
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