Xandrya

The Red Hoods: Rebirth

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Despite not getting enough sleep the previous night, Kassandra took herself out to the celebratory event. She went alone, avoiding the topic with just about anyone whom she had conversed with that day in order to dodge any level of commitment. She stood near the small crowd that had gathered in front of one of the vendors, listening to the various conversation highlights as she slowly sipped on her drink. Kassandra could have easily settled for a quiet night in, or maybe she could have gone back to the bar for a few rounds of pool, but such distractions wouldn't have been all that effective.

She stood in the same spot after ordering her second round. Since she knew one of the staff members, there was practically no juice mixed in her drink. But she had a high tolerance for alcohol given her profession, which more often than not served as curse more so than a blessing. Kassandra had skipped a meal earlier that day, and that, coupled with the diminishing tolerance for the neighboring group, prompted her to suddenly walk off to grab something to eat

Exploring the grounds a bit more thoroughly, she learned the layout quite easily. She walked back to the cafe before she heard her name being called. In response, Kassandra turned around to face the familiar voice.

"Detective Carson, what are the odds of meeting so soon?"

"Enjoying yourself, Kassandra?" he gestured at her drink with a slight nod, his voice carrying a friendlier tone than when she'd last spoken to him the previous evening.

"Yeah, something like that."

"I apologize ahead of time for having to be the bearer of bad news, but we need you for an assignment. The other individual backed out and we don't have anyone else."

"But I've been drinking..."

"Yes, I see that. You won't be going anywhere though, it's all happening within these grounds. Give me 20 minutes and then meet me behind the food carts."

Kassandra stared at him for a moment trying to wrap her head around his words. To say the encounter was strange was an understatement.

"Yeah sure, see you then," she waved, quickly heading back the way she came.

The Red Hoods: Rebirth

I'm a little behind due to work and all but I'll post tomorrow!

Post a random fact about yourself.

More often than not, my dreams create a lot of anxiety for me. For example, last night I dreamt I was trying to get away from a bomb about to go off in the middle of the small town where I'm from. As always, I run as fast as I can although it never feels fast enough. Then came the second part of the dream. Out of nowhere, I had some generic bad guy order me to my knees as he yelled at someone else. Then he turned his attention to me and told me to get into a car and drive off. I didn't want to get in the car as I knew it was rigged with a bomb, but he had a gun, so I had no choice. I drove for a few blocks then the dream ended because presumably the damn thing blew up.

The dream is kind of funny as yesterday I watched an episode of Criminal Minds involving a school shooter who also had a bomb on him. But yes, I have a ton of dreams where I'm being chased by someone or something. Or in this case, I have to do something and I'm terrified but I have no choice. I've been stabbed, shot, kidnapped, drowned, etc. I wish I could get an expert to weigh in on this. I mean, I wouldn't complain if I had at least one dream where I win the lottery but noooooo.

The Red Hoods: Rebirth

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Her eyes were red and swollen. Kassandra didn't need to get up and look at her reflection to confirm such fact; she felt it. The black satin sheet was draped over the contours of her body as she lay on one side; her short hair sprawled around her as a result of her tossing and turning throughout the night. Last night had been emotionally painful to the point that it drained her. She had been involved in a major fight with Desmond which at some point had become physical. He didn't hit her, but he did push her against the wall after she shoved him. She, however, spent hours crying over his words.

It had been roughly an hour since she'd woken up before her phone went off a couple of times. Kassandra chose to ignore it, not sure whether it was Desmond on the other end. She didn't know what to say just yet, but instead of moping around, she pushed the bedsheets to the side and got up, getting a good stretch in once she sat on the side of the bed. Kassandra sat around for a moment, contemplating what she'd do that morning when her phone started ringing. She picked it up and noticed it was a video call from Clarisse, the manager at her bar.

"Talk to me."

"Wow, rough night?"

"Yeah, killer hangover," she lied, smiling a little.

"Right. So that order you placed never came in yesterday, and I wouldn't bother you but the password to the system expired so if you could pass by real quick that'd be great."

"Gee girl, take a breath."

Both women laughed before they talked a little more as Kassandra walked around to start her morning. She would spend a little while trying to decide what to wear, as usual, but then she'd make her way down to the bar to sort out the mess from the previous night.

Post a random fact about yourself.

<Snipped quote by Xandrya>

Spit out the location of the fountain of youth you've been drinking from, woman.

@Chasebloodcrest

Over my dead body! But really, off the top of my head: not eating junk, getting exercise, sleeping good, and using a nightly moisturizer AND 4 different types of sunblock (hair, face, body, and hands).

But also genes. My dad doesn't have a single strand of gray hair and isn't bald. My mom doesn't have many grays either and they both look good for being in their late 50s.

Post a random fact about yourself.

Yesterday I went to the store to buy a bottle of wine. I headed through self-checkout and did my thing, and obviously had to wait for someone to come check my ID. She looks at the picture, looks at me, looks at the picture again, whispers, "this can't be right", and proceeds to manually type in my full date of birth for verification.

I'm 32, so I obviously got the buy the wine, but the fact that she couldn't believe I was over 21 made my night. Biggest compliment I've gotten in a while.

Post a random fact about yourself.

I'm 5'0. On my last license I had 5'3. I went to the Hard Rock with friends and a cop is checking IDs. I handed him my license and he looks at me and says, "you ain't 5'3". We both laugh and I get my license back.

My current license now says 5'0.

Post a random fact about yourself.

Speaking of kids, I was a teenager during the MySpace craze and in my early 20s I went back and read some of the notification e-mails and I could only cringe because I used to tYp3 LyK dIs. I also sent Tom a message in such format and he actually replied.

Post a random fact about yourself.

Someone on my FB shared a video of a man eating a snake's tail and it traumatized me. The snake was alive. Eating peppers reminds me of that damned video for some reason.

What Are You Listening To?

Kids these days don't know what it was to jam to this at 13 or 14 years old while trying not to upset the parents