[hr][i][h1][color=Yellowgreen]Fiona Ashley Barrett[/color], & [color=#8B5F65]Livrelle Alendier[/color].[/h1][sub]Written in collaboration with [@sakurasan].[/sub][/i][hr]


"O-Oh?" Fiona promptly stuttered as she was approached by this strange woman. Well, not particularly strange - but tall as her, and Fiona's height. She looked up at the woman, and wondered what had attracted her attention to [i]her[/i]... Other than the cloak she was wearing to hide her hideous form from the world. The words that she said weren't exactly uplifting - nor welcomed. They just made Fiona all the more aware that she was different.

"Ummm...." Fiona trailed off, her insectoid voice was becoming more apparent. "I... thanks?" She said at the wonderful comment - she didn't want to be rude. "I... I'm glad you aren't disgusted, or trying to attack me, at least."

“Hm? Your welcome.” She says to the girl, looking her up and down with curiosity. 

“What. How old are you? Like 16?” Livrelle asked, lifting an eyebrow.  

"Seven...." Fiona's voice faded as she looked off to the side for a second. "... I'm seventeen, so you aren't that far off." Fiona looked off to the streets, and saw that people were starting to stare at them. She could hear their voices mention the stranger in a cloak... and the weirdo talking to her. It made her uneasy. She focused on the woman, and could hear her very heartbeats, and smell her... metal scent. No, not metal. Fiona knows what blood smells like - almost like this woman was trying to cover it with some perfume. It made Fiona even more uneasy.

"Can we... can we go somewhere more private?" Fiona asked

Livrelle took a long drag before lowering it back down. She threw the cigarette onto the ground and crushed it. Livrelle then looked back up at the seventeen year old. She had probably made her feel nervous with the way the was but it didn't matter. Somewhere private? Sounded curious but honestly she didn't care as of now.

"I just got off work so I suppose." Responded Livrelle, taking a step forward. Her eyes averted over to a Pure that she say walking down the Alley. She then turned back to the girl.

Fiona heard something about the Pure, too, and fear overcame her, albeit briefly. It overcame any and all paranoia about this woman, and made her terrified about the Pure that are nearby. If they find her, they'll kill her. The Pure have no tolerance about the normal-looking Metahumans... they'll have less tolerance about her.

"Y-yeah... anywhere's fine." Fiona said.

Livrelle sighed, having forgotten that they would probably kill her if they saw how she appeared. This girl was walking bait. And here she was wanting to just explore the district that was around her job. 

"Turn around. Lower your head just a bit but not too much because that's suspicious. Walk." Livrelle says, turning around smoothly and walking down the alley. Her white Lamborghini was parked nearby so they could just get in the car.

"My place, that alright? Unless you've got a place near here." She says to her, looking at the female from out of the corner of her eye.

"No, no, I don't have anything to do." Fiona quickly threw her head down, and kept quiet as she followed behind the woman.

"Good." Livrelle murmered, her car coming into view now. She took her keys out and unlocked the car, going over to the drivers side. Livrelle then unlocks the passenger side, expecting her to get in.

Fiona quickly hopped in without a word... what a nice car. She looked at the stranger - she didn't even know her [i]name[/i] and she was getting in her car - but she had some confidence at least. Fiona could put up a fight if necessary.

“Livrelle Alendier. My name. And yours is?” she asks, only turning her head to her for a split seconds before beginning to drive. 

Awkwardly, Fiona shifted her weight before facing the woman - now introduced as Livrelle.

"[i]Fiona,[/i]" Fiona answered.

Livrelle looked back over at her and nodded. She would have asked another somewhat pointless question but honestly, as of now, she didn't have any good ones in mind.

"I'm not good at [i]conversations.[/i] Did you have somewhere that you were headed? I could take you if you want." Livrelle says, looking back at the front.

"Well... you see...." Fiona trailed off, unsure of whether or not she should be telling her. "I'm... looking for another Metahuman. A longtime friend of mine that went missing last week." She explained.

Livrelle looked over at her yet another time. Someone going missing? That must blow. The only people that ever went missing around her home town were felons and nobody actually cared about that. 

“Alright. Any specific place you want to check?” She says.

"Ummm..." Fiona trailed off. "He was last time seen in Oakdell... Starrybanks? I don't know this city that well, but I swore I heard something about Starrybanks."

"Starrybanks? Not too far. Alright we'll head there." 

Fiona nodded her head.