May 23 13:10:12 106 P
From Chronicles
May 23 13:10:12 106 PA
Golden Carafe - Leonard's Room
Mondays. Leonard, at least, has the luxury of adjusting his schedule to mostly remove the dreaded morning from worry, by sleeping in. Currently, his day has barely begun, and he stands in the kitchen in recent completion of the morning coffee ritual.
The door closes lightly and Vixen shuffles back in, slippers scuffing along as she moves into the kitchen. She doesn't say anything, just comes in, slips around behind him and wraps her arms around his middle. The sort of thing she does when she's troubled, often laying her head by his shoulder as she is now, eyes closed.
Leonard is in mid-sip as he's wrapped, but was aware of her entrance. "Mmm... Morning." Caffeine and an embrace is a pleasant combination. The mug is set down so that he can slowly swivel-wiggle himself around to face her and return the embrace. A brow then lifts in curiosity. "Rough day already, babe?"
"I wanna ask you something first, Leo," Vixen replies, head lifted, arms relaxed as he turns to face her. "About you and that Edgar. Does it go poking in your mind at all? Can it.. listen to us through whatever link you got to it or however that works?" Her expression is a bit down, though firm as she asks this question.
The brow arches further at the unexpected question. "Well, we are linked on a profound level, so we can share thoughts, senses, and similar, yes. Why do you ask? He has remained outside of the apartment, just as you wished..." Leonard is uncertain of the sudden interest.
"Because I don't want him listening to is talking through you," Vixen replies softly. "I want to talk to just you, no one else right now. Can we do that? Cause right now I feel like I got too many ears listening to every word I got to say."
"Of course." Leonard offers a smile and a squeeze. "It is a voluntary and intentional sharing, Vix, like keying your mic for a broadcast. Nothing is constant. Is something wrong?"
"For one, someone is telling That Emayn about things I've said. Like when I said to you that I hope she takes a bullet." Her eyes narrow slightly. "Though that was before the bird came. Did you tell her that? Cause that's not the sort of stuff that needs to be shared out."
Leonard shakes his head. "I don't think that I mentioned anything that specific to her. Not that it would have been hard for her to assume as much." His embrace relaxes so that he can retrieve his cup and sip from it, a slight smile forming around the drink. "I take it that you've picked another fight, somehow?" A gentle jest, or intended as such.
"Pretty much, though it wasn't' just me," Vixen replies steadily. "I could say a lot of things, but I'll keep it simple. Emayn's still got feelings for you. And she's pretty much told me that she's waiting for us to break up so she can step in. Feels kinda like she's wanting us to break up to me, but I dunno.. maybe I 'm overreacting, but I know what I heard.. maybe I'll carry around my Camera and just let you listen to what happens next time, though I'm going to play it cool with her. Cause you know the camera don't lie. It tells what happened and nothing more."
"Really?" Leonard's brows lift once more, in surprise, and perhaps more. "I'd always thought she was more interested in play than anything real. That she was upset someone stole a fancied toy or something of the sort. Although, she was concerned of my opinion of our ...time together. What would you hope to find by recording her?"
"Maybe it is like that, I dunno. But the point is she don't have no honor when it comes to how you're supposed to be with other women. You don't poach a guy until he's broken away from a girl. I think she'll try and make things worse if we ever have a serious fight again. Not that I'm planning to, but we never did plan what happened before, did we? Maya.. I know I can trust her to not cause no problems. I'm still embarrassed about hwo I acted to her before. But this Ema girl.. she keeps her distance now, probably because she knows if she came on strong, you wouldn't take to it. But I don't trust her to be respectful of what we got. And recording how we are one on one, I wanted to do that to show you. Let you make your own decisions on how we are when you're not around. Then you can tell me what you think. I won't broadcast it.. I ain't that sort of vindictive."
Leonard sips down more heated drink as he listens. In the end, he smirks. "Vixen, you don't need to convince me that Ema is all about Ema. I did figure that out all on my own. She pursues what she wishes to, and isn't necessarily subtle about it. It takes quite the nerve and slef-confidence to do that. Maya, on the other hand, is a generous friend. Extremely energetic, but kind."
Vixen purses her lips faintly. "I guess.. still, I'm going to do it. At least until she makes a real show that she wants to be honorable and not screw me over the first chance she gets. If she does, I'll erase the whole deal. She's still a psychic and I don't yet know her capabilities and what she's willing to do. I know, paranoid. But if nothing happens, no loss no gain. She won't know about it and no one else will."
"I'm not going to object, Vix," his shoulders roll and Leonard finally sets down his cup, "although it seems a little childish, to me. I don't want everything to turn into some giant drama or blood feud or whatnot, even if the notion of my being fought over somehow is rather flattering." The smirk softens slightly to a grin.
"It's not about fighting over you, its about self defense," Vixen replies, leaning forward to brush her lips against his. It seems his lack of disagreement has improved her mood just a bit. "Trust me, I'm going to be the nice one now. And I'm going to keep track of my thoughts and observations until I know her better. That way she can't play no mind tricks on me. Paranoid, yeah. But I'd rather be paranoid and wrong than get caught flatfooted, you know? But I ain't going to let it show to her. And I'm gunna make a real effort to be nice, even if I don't trust her. That's going to be for you, cause I know you don't like seeing me fight with people. And I know you're friends with her." She pauses then and her brow furrows. "She seems to like your bird too, though. Cause when she was talking about not leaving you alone, she had Edgar in there too." A curious thing by her expression.
Leonard's lips relax further into a soft smile with the help of Vixen's own. "You seem to have quite the plan... and here I thought that I was the one to overthink things. I do consider her a friend, or a fond acquaintance at the least. The same independence that makes her trouble is also quite alluring and intriguing, at times." His head dips in a slight nod and his bemused smirk begins to make a return. "She does seem to be quite curious of him."
Vixen does make a slight face at the admiring words, but she shrugs it off a little after a moment. "And what do I got that has you here with me, instead of off with her?" She cants her head a little as she looks him in the eye. "I mean.. me and her.. we're not all that different in some ways. I'm not questioning you Leo.. but I am curious what's in that head of yours. And what you feel. I want to understand you."
Leonard attempts to offer some mitigation of the face with a pat on her hip and a grin. "You don't pack so many weapons under your pillow?" Another jest, as it's likely not the best example. "I'm not looking to run off, Vix... but there are times my curiosity does get the better of me. You have your wealth of past experiences, both good and bad, and what do I have, but a lifetime of ignored opportunities while I buried my head in the sand or peeked out the window at the storm. Maybe it's not the best time for me to feel adventurous, and it changes nothing of how I feel about you, but it's there.
Vixen purses her lips faintly. "I understand.." She considers that for a few moments. It isn't, perhaps, the best answer or the one she expected. But she accepts it. "We can talk about it more later. I don't' want to box you in.. or control you Leo. But I'm very.. selfish in my own way I guess. But we'll talk about. it." She leans in to give him a soft kiss. "Besides, I can show you a lot of other things too.. But first I have to do a broadcast." She smiles at him with a sly little lean, then eases back to get that one thing out of the way for the morning.
