[hr][i][h1][color=dodgerblue]Lihua Zhao[/color], [color=red]Meifeng Zhao[/color], [color=9966ff] Lihn Phan [/color], & [color=B0E0E6] Kei Phan[/color][/h1][/i][i][sub][@FernStone][/sub][/i][hr][hider=Gorillaz - Doncamatic (Joker Remix)][youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPmW58Bv7kg[/youtube][/hider][hr] [i][u]Strong Gold Community, Silver Hills.[/u][/i] The music, chatting, and footsteps made the Zhao family all but inaudible to outsiders. Not that they were particularly chatty tonight. Like Meifeng wanted, they were giving the place a look. They were strolling through the whole community. The place was certainly nice. Though, Lijuan kept wanting to run off at the first interesting thing she saw - and was promptly stopped by Lihua's wrapping around the child's shoulder. They kept walking, up until a loud stomch growl came from Lijuan. Both of the Zhao women looked down at Lijuan, and the child had her hands on her stomach. "I'm [i]hungry[/i]." Lijuan whined. Meifeng shrugged as she threw Lijuan a disarming smile. "Alright, then, how about we get some food, then?" She suggested. "On me... I'm getting tired of walking around here [i]looking[/i] at the food." Lihua sighed. "... Just nothing [i]too[/i] fattening." Lihua ordered. "She [i]already[/i] eats too much." She subtly gestured towards Lijuan's growing stomach. "Hey!" Lijuan immediately snapped back. "I'm not fat!" Fists were tightly clenched. Meifeng laughed. "She already has our [i]inherent[/i] anger." She playfully said to Lihua. Prompting the matriarch to roll her eyes up into her head. "Don't encourage her...." She groaned in a slight irritation. Her eyes gazed upon the area around her. There wasn't much here that she wanted to eat. Only terrible Asian food. Her eyes landed upon a sign "Belgium French Fries." "Oh." Lihua remembered getting some of those french fries back in Verthaven. They were pretty good. "Let's get those." She pointed. "Yeah, sure." Meifeng said. The prices weren't too unreasonable. Five dollars for a tray of french fries! She stepped over to it, with Lihua and Lijuan behind her. Each of them sat down on one of the stools, and pulled her wallet out her pocket. "Alright, three or-" "Two." Lihua inserted. "I'll be sharing mine with Lijuan." "... Alright, two orders of these Belgium french fries. With the cajun remoulade on top." Which sounds weird as hell. Since Belgium [i]and[/i] France were two different countries. But whatever. She handed the woman some money, and she came back a few moments later with some french fries. Handing it to them. Meifeng didn't even waste a second in pulling a french fry and taking a bite out of it. "Mmmm.... This is good." She said with a smile on her face. Lijuan was reaching for Lihua's tray of french fries - only to get quickly deflected, and handed one from Lihua. Being dragged around by a six year old girl had worked up the appetites of all of the Phan family. It had been Kei that had ended up pushing the other two towards a 'Belgium French Fries' stall. Lihn hadn't argued, her brother was the one who knew the most about food. "Two orders of french fries," Kei went ahead with the ordering, looking at Lihn expectantly until she handed over money to the woman serving. Thanh wriggled her arms, before yawning loudly. Lihn just sighed. Her headache was getting worse. Glancing to the side, Lihn noticed a family of three who'd ordered very similarly to them. It took her far too long to recognise one of the three. Leaving collecting the fries to her brother she took a step towards the Zhao family. "I thought there was a chance I might see you here, Lihua," Lihn smiled, realising what she said probably wasn't the best greeting after the words came out. Almost immediately, Lihua stopped and turned her head towards the woman - whom she was more than content with ignoring a few moments ago. It was Lihn. One of her neighbors up in Greencrest. "Lihn," Lihua greeted her. "It's so great to see you here." "Huh?" Meifeng raised an eyebrow as she leaned back to get a good look at the lady that was talking to Lihua. From the way they were talking, they were clearly friends of some sort. Though, that's just a good sign of how much old ironsides here has changed. Meifeng couldn't help but smile a bit. "What? I leave Baybridge for like five years and you go off and make friends?" Meifeng teased. "What's the world coming to?" "I told you things change." Lihua answered, before she focused solely on Lihn. "Did I ever mention that I had another daughter?" She asked Lihn. ... Little did they know, the sneaky Lijuan started gorging herself on Lihua's fries. "Well... This is [i]Meifeng.[/i]" Lihua said. "My first daughter. You've likely seen her on the news." "Hey." Meifeng waved. "Great to meet your acquaintance." "Great to see you too, Lihua," Lihn smiled with a slight nod. "I think you mentioned her a few times." But not often enough for Lihn to remember any details. She turned to look at Meifeng. "Pleasure to meet you, Meifeng. I-" "You have any hands free to hold this, Lihn?" Kei had gotten the fries and was holding one out to his sister, taking a moment to realise he had interrupted a conversation. "Oh, sorry." Lihua just [i]had[/i] to roll her eyes. The nerve of some people. "It's fine," Lihn shook her head slightly at Kei, managing to move Thanh so she was holding her with one arm to take the fries from her brother. "This is my brother, Kei. Though I complain about him enough that most people who talk to me for longer than a few minutes find out about his existance." "Yes, I've heard of the infamous [i]Kei[/i]." Lihua said with some playful sarcasm in her voice. She smiled a bit. "Hey." Meifeng greeted him. Kei just shrugged, munching on fries, though he gave a nod in response to Meifeng. He was pretty engrossed in eating and didn't particularly care for conversation. "His infamy is increasing by the minute," Lihn laughed, nudging her brother to try and make him socialise more. It failed. "So, how long have you been back at Baybridge, Meifeng?" "A few hours, in fact." Meifeng simply shrugged. "I arrived this morning, and I've been in Greencrest the whole time." She near-somberly said. "I'm probably going to be here up until the next big shi- ehhh, [i]thing[/i] pops up and Maximilian throws me at it." Meifeng quickly corrected herself when she realized that she was in the presence of [i]two[/i] little girls. [hr][i][h1][color=springgreen]Cindy Gabrielle Keagan[/color], & [color=DarkSlateBlue]Reed Taylor[/color].[/h1][/i][i][sub][@Zombiedude101][/sub][/i][hr] [i][u]Strong Gold Community, Silver Hills.[/u][/i] "Yeah, one ice tea, please." Cindy politefully said to the vendor as she handed him three dollars that she had in pocket change, and he handed her a large container full of ice tea. She took a sip out of it from her straw as she made casual steps around the fair. It was a pain in the ass with these high heels, but she'll managed. She was a stylish woman, above all else. She took large, hip swaying steps as she surveyed the area. Giving them a brief scan before she kept moving. This place was actually great. She would have loved to visit this place on her own time... but the work of a DOVE is never over. She was taking careful, and deliberate steps as she moved through the fair. She didn't see any of the kids, but she knew that they were around here somewhere. As she took steps, she heard everyone checking in through the comms. First Alice, then Maxine, then Quentin and Reed, then Shizuka. A small smile found it's way onto her lips as she stepped toward. "Good, good." Cindy said into the comms. "Keep me posted." "You're seeing about as much as I am." Reed spoke up from behind wih a chuckle, catching her by surprise. "Oh." Cindy said as she quickly whipped around, and saw the tall figure of Reed Taylor. A fellow DOVE, and a man that she had much respect for his actions during the Verthaven disaster. She faced Reed, and then nodded her head. "It's great to see you here - in person I mean." "You too." He warmly nodded, sharing the same sentiment as she did. "How's thing been?" "Not good." Cindy sighed as she shook her head. "Right when I thought everything was starting to look up for us, the god damn Beast shows up and ruins everything." She sighed. "Some of the kids I've been watching have been getting... attacked." "Quentin mentioned overhearing some crusty fuckers over in Brookacres mentioning the Campbell kid. He's one of your cases, right?" Reed had recalled. "Yeah...." Cindy trailed off, shaking her head. "Kid's been through a lot - seven years ago NEST would have been more than content with throwing him in a cell for manslaughter." She adjusted her glasses as she looked at him. "Thank [i]God[/i] things have changed, or else he'd probably end up a Changeling or something the moment he got out." The word sent a shiver down his spine, even now. "You're doing good work, Cindy. Better than me." It made him wonder if another victim was out there tonight. "Yeah, thanks." Cindy answered. "I'm doing my best to make a difference in these kids - and it's paying off." "Don't mention it." Reed affirmed her. "Just do me a favour, keep them out of Starrybanks if you can. This case I'm working... there's a killer out there, targeting metahumans." Reed spoke in a hushed tone. "Yeah, yeah..." Cindy trailed off. Starrybanks belongs to the White Spider Society. The [i]last[/i] group of people that she wants around kids. She knows that they [i]say[/i] they don't employ kids... but, she'd be dumb as a bag of rocks if she accepted that without even an off thought. "But, can you do me a favor?" Cindy asked. "Sure." Reed nodded. "I mostly have my eye out for those aforementioned kids I have my eye out for." Cindy said. "I know we're not supposed to really... track them like this. But we're surrounded by Saviors, and you know the rumors?" The rumors about how the Saviors and the Pure are one and the same. They've been there since the Pure's conception. "I'll keep tabs on things." Reed promised her. "... You know who they are, right?" Cindy asked. "I know," Reed nodded in assurance. "Don't worry too much. I haven't lost my cop's instincts." Cindy nodded.