[IC] Life on the Streets

[Savi]

Branna led him to a clean, nice apartment building. It was small, but her father would never catch her here. He was much more lavish than her. She walked over to the apartment 2A on the ground floor and opened the door for the young boy. The furniture inside was a love seat, an old fashioned TV, and tall chairs slid under the counter in the kitchen. She didn't decoration much for the pure fact that she liked food more than fancy furniture.

[XxLyraxX]

@The Slenderman@KatherinWinter
Estelle's eyes lit up at the mention of the surprise Roxy had gotten for her. It had been such a long time since she had had ice cream! She was just reaching for it when a knock at the door made her freeze, hand suspended in the air. She did as Roxy commanded and crouched down, hiding behind the counter as she heard the older girl approach the door and open it a sliver, demanding to know who it was. The voice that answered was male from what Estelle could hear and she listened quietly as he claimed he was 'like them' then wondering if he could come in. Estelle stayed hidden though she peeked around the counter, staring at the door and the male she knew to be standing right behind it.

[User]

@The Slenderman@XxLyraxX@KatherinWinter
The streets are always empty. Walking the bleak streets was a good thing, he had his two dogs behind him, these dogs arnt horrible. Bizarrely many stray dogs don't attack on sight and just want a hug. Walking down the more empty streets he decided he would take a short-cut down by the old ice-cream parlour, to his dismay he saw a boy standing there "Excuse me? Are you selling ice-cream?"

[Dcatanzaro682]

@Savi Ted's mouth dropped. This place was even fancier than the place he use to live in. "So I think you said something earlier about me moving in here..." he said suspiciously eying up the apartment. "What's the catch? What do you want out of this arrangement?" he asked not wanting to be suckered into committing a crime or something. He knew he could always leave the city to get away from the mob, but he wasn't dumb enough to think he could outrun law enforcement.

[Savi]

Branna smirked slightly. "Oi jist want ter 'elp yer. keep me company? 'tis a lonely warrld, sprog. sometimes de loneliness gets ter me an' oi don't want dat. nigh, wud yer loike a nice arthur power? or wud yer loike ter clap yisser room first?" She saw his eyes light up as he entered the room. He must've been out there longer than her. She knew her former connections were something to be weary about, that she had to prove herself. That was the deal. She looked at his hair and then said "Chucker yer want a bazzer?"

[KatherinWinter]

@The Slenderman@XxLyraxX
Roxy snorted in disbelief. Sure she thought they were just alike. Still she was curious. She was armed from her night out. But she had a little one she was supposed to protect. "If there is someone other then me here then you know that I am not going to let you in. Anyone with me would be under my protection. Which means your not coming in until I'm convinced that your not a threat to them.

[Dcatanzaro682]

"A Bazzer?" Ted asked trying to figure out what the lady said. He had a hard time figuring out her accent. This strange lady seems kind enough. Ted of course decided he would have to test her trustworthiness later on. But for now she seemed sane at the very least. The most difficult part of living on his own wasn't his fear of water after his near drowning incident, but actually being alone. He generally felt it at night. "Wait did you say I had a room?" he said in surprise after a few seconds of translating what the woman was telling him.

[Savi]

She blushed in embarrassment as he tried to translate. She cleared her throat and said in a perfect American accent "A haircut is a brazzer." She smiled softly and continued in the accent "yes, a room. I have two rooms, one for me and another for guests." She pointed at two doors on opposite sides of the house. "We'd have to share a bathroom though."

[Dcatanzaro682]

"Considering I haven't had a working bathroom for..." Ted quickly caught himself and looked embarrassed. He had almost revealed too much too soon. A haircut was another answer entirely. The last time he had given himself a haircut he had managed to shorten his hair, but it was anything even. He put a hand up to his head and felt how long it had gotten since then. Approximately a year had passed since he had last attempted it. "A haircut... I must look like a mess." Ted finally admitted.

[Savi]

"Definitely not. Why don't you go take a shower and see if you like your hair like it is or not. It is fine either way" she said, still holding true to the not-so-fake accent. She had perfected her accents so she could turn into anyone at any point. It was her true talent. She smiled at him and pointed to the door closest to her bedroom. "that is the bathroom over there. Hot water is left and cold water is right."

[The Slenderman]

" Trust me, Mrs. Black, I mean no harm to your peers or to yourself for that matter. Would you leave me standing outside for hypothermia to creep in on me? " He said, while trying to deduce on why she was here in the first place, there was so much other places other than this shelter. He leaned his head to the side to get at least a peek in the building, but she would probably prevent that too, so he had to reason with her to gain access to the building,

[KatherinWinter]

@The Slenderman
"I trust no one." Roxy told the man. She glared at him trying to figure out what to do with him. "Fine come in. I want to eat a hot meal for once. Estelle eat your Sunday before it melts anymore." She called to the girl as she made her way back towards the food that she had bought. She kept the nigh in her hand. She wasn't going to be stupid enough to trust him completely. She lowered herself to the floor and started setting out the food she had bought.@XxLyraxX

[Dcatanzaro682]

@Savi
Ted hadn't showered in so long, the closest thing he'd done on the streets was bathed in one of the tubs at the store, but that had been such a hassle, collecting enough water to fill two tubs and the second one he couldn't even heat with water so it was the same as if he'd bathed in the river. Cold dirty water... He had only done that three times in the time he's been on the streets, which had been many many years, and every time only because he had to impress people for some reason or another. It never worked. "I'll..." He said with a loss to words. Ted walked toward the bathroom and pulled open the door. It was a sliding door which glided just above the ground. It was a small bathroom, but large enough. As soon as you walked in there was a sink that looked like some fancy stone sitting on top of wooden cabinets. The toilet was tucked away on the other side of the sink and the shower was a bathtub shower. Ted walked over to the sink and turned one of the nobs. Water ran out of the faucet. "Actual running water". Ted said amazed. Ted quickly turned off the faucet and slid the door closed and locked it. He was amazed at actually having privacy. Well he had enough privacy anyway living alone in an abandoned store, but there is nothing to prevent somebody from walking in on him like Branna had earlier. There were two towels hanging on the towel rack. One looked recently used while the other, a nice green one, looked like it was recently washed and hung up for guests. Ted then stripped and glanced at the mirror. "wow... I really do look a mess." Ted muttered to himself. His hair was unkempt and a thick layer of dirt colored it darker than its natural color. The lower down the mirror he looked the more he disliked what he saw. His face had a layer of dirt on it. He had the appearance of an actress who had mistakenly put dirt on her face instead of powered. Everything had dirt on it, but the part of him he hated most was how unnaturally thin he was. His arms had some muscle on them because of all the work he had to do, but under the thin layer of muscle was bone. His ribs easily showed through his skin. Living on food scraps for the past few years hadn't helped Ted at all. Ted closed his eyes in discuss, turned on the shower to warm water. But since Ted wasn't used to warm water it felt like he would get cooked alive in there. He quickly switched the nob to cold water, which felt warm to him, and Ted stepped in.

Fifteen minutes later Ted got out and looked at his reflection in the mirror again. He still looked horribly thin, but at least now his hair was a dirty blond instead of brown, the dirt having been washed off, and the grime that covered his face and body was now gone. Ted quickly dried himself off using the green towel and threw on his own clothing again. Ted opened the door and walked through the door relieved to see that his host was respecting his privacy enough not to be lurking outside the door. "Your home is really nice." Ted said "Thank you for letting me wash up, I haven't had a chance to do that in years."

[Savi]

Branna smiled at him as she sat on the couch waiting for him. She got up and said "thank you." She looked at his hair and said "you look nice and clean now." Another smile appeared on her lips and she looked him in the eyes. "Would you like some food? You can have anything you want in the kitchen." She raised her hand to indicate the kitchen area when her phone rang. Her eyes widened and she looked at the phone. It was always like this. Whenever someone knocked on her door or called her house phone, she would become overwhelmed with fear of her father catching her. She shook her head and looked back at Ted. "Don't answer de dag an' bone- I mean, don't answer the phone."

[User]

Well arnt these people rude. You try to offer a helping hand or a god ole icecream and they ignore you. He had the mind to shove the short arse out the way, 'I deduce that I am in the way!' stupid kid. What with no one giving a damn about people like him or us. Does he think begging will help him in anyway? Begging isnt going to help any and will just show weakness, now im a nice guy but this kid is just standing here doing nothing. "Kid... You gonna move or ya' gunna deduce im here and move on with standing there?"@The Slenderman

[Dcatanzaro682]

@Savi Ted's eyes lit up at the mention of food. The pastry from this morning felt like millions of years ago now. If he wasn't here with this kind woman, then he would probably be snagging some bread from a street vendor or something. "If anybody asks about me or anybody living with you, please tell them nobody is." I said as I walked over to the kitchen. "I honestly don't want people knowing about me. It usually gives people ideas." Ted was now glancing through the kitchen cabinets, strong and looks like they were made of oak. Then he went and glanced in at the fridge. Ted's mouth dropped. "Do you have a food tree or something?" Ted asked astounded by all the food in the house. There were at least 10 boxes of cereal, 3 cartons of milk, a bottle of orange and apple juice. The crisper was packed with different vegetables and fruits of all color. David then grabbed one slice of every type of sandwich meat and cheese the woman had in her fridge. By the time the sandwich was put together it was about 6 inches tall. Ted started to devour the sandwich.

[XxLyraxX]

@KatherinWinter@The Slenderman
Estelle watched as Roxy allowed the male to enter the apartment. As soon as she was able to see him clearly the child disappeared back behind the counter. She crouched there for a moment before she sat down cross-legged on the floor and picked her ice cream up. It was too terribly melted and she didn't care either way. She took her spoon and scooped some of the treat up and popped it into her mouth, a happy hum echoing from behind the counter as the flavor exploded over her tongue. She continued to eat her ice cream, being careful to eat it slowly so she wouldn't get a drain freeze.

[The Slenderman]

Akise stepped in to the building and glanced around, and then made his way over to a clean part of ground and sat down and then looked at Roxy " So Roxy, how long have you been holed up in here. Also would you need someone on gathering Intel. Like your own personal detective. I'd be happy to aid you without a fee of course. " Akise smiled towards the girl whose name was Roxy and then heard someone eating something. Looks like a nice place you have Roxy, Of course a person wouldn't just have one kid in here. He thought and then got up from his seat and began to look around the interior.@KatherinWinter

[KatherinWinter]

@The Slenderman
"What would I need a detective for?" Roxy asked as she started taking out the food she had bought for her and Estelle. She couldn't imagine what she would need with a detective. Sure information could be useful on the streets but she had never had trouble getting what she needed. She knew where she could sell her goods. She knew where she could get the best goods. She had a good idea who was undercover.

[Savi]

Branna scoffed and said "Oi 'ill in me brown be tellin' anyone aboyt meself, let alone yer." She smiled as he ate and said "I'll be in de arthur power for a bit. let me nu if yer nade anythin'." She walked into the bathroom and locked the door, preparing herself for a nice shower. She always felt dirty after a night of 'work', stealing from groping men.