Devil's Nest, Monday, 07/21

[bitten_notshy]

Jack's way into the club this morning was blocked by a pile of unmarked cardboard boxes. (He would have sniped at Tiny about not having moved them, but sniping at Tiny had never accomplished anything in all their time together. Jack preferred to suffer in silence.)

Once he opened one, he found it was full of orange and black crepe streamers and plastic jack-o-lanterns. The second box yielded fake cobwebs, complete with rubber spiders, while the third held cardboard ghosts, mummies and vampires to stick on the walls and -- just in case Jack had missed the theme -- a banner reading, "HAVE A SPOOKTACULAR HALLOWEEN."

He laughed for a moment, fist over his mouth, then put the decorations up. He sensed a themed drink night coming on.

Welcome to Halloween in July!
Specials: Black Devil Martini
Smoking Skulls Shots
Morgue-a-Rita
Free drink if you come in costume!

[OOC: Open bar, no OCD!]

Comments

[justlurkinghere]

"...come in costume?" Really, Jack? Really? "It's July."

[bitten_notshy]

"That will make it more fun to laugh at people who do it," Jack said, with what he thought was impeccable logic.

[justlurkinghere]

Suuuuure it was.

"Uh huh."

[bitten_notshy]

Jack laughed a bit. "Besides, maybe there are people in town desperate to play dress-up in public. This is doing them a favor."

[justlurkinghere]

"You could try hosting a costume party," Derek suggested, taking a seat at the bar.

[bitten_notshy]

"Maybe," Jack said, looking around the bar. "I haven't thrown a party in a long time. Maybe it's past due. Do we know anyone who's having a birthday?"

[justlurkinghere]

"I'd have to check." Who didn't enjoy a good party? Where you could lurk creepily in a corner, that is. "I need you to keep an eye out for someone."

[bitten_notshy]

"Sure, who?" Jack asked, body tensing.

Please don't let this be someone who wanted to kill them all horribly. Just for a change.

NFB

[justlurkinghere]

Derek snarled at the squirrels until they took off before answering that. "A student. Her name is Kira Yukimara. She's... changing."

He made a face because that wasn't really the right word for it.

"Coming into her abilities."

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[bitten_notshy]

"Our kind of abilities, or something else?" Jack asked carefully. He almost assumed it was something else; if it was a werewolf Derek might have just said. And possibly already bought her a celebratory leather jacket.

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[justlurkinghere]

"Kitsune. Hopefully her mother will explain things to her before it goes much further, but..."

What was up with parents in Beacon Hills constantly hiding important things from their kids?

Other than the Sheriff. Who was awesome.

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[bitten_notshy]

"But if she stays here, she's our problem at least some of the time," Jack sighed. "Hopefully she'll have decent control."

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[justlurkinghere]

"They're less animalistic than werewolves," Derek replied. "Live for ages."

He shrugged. "They can hide what they are when they get older, but right now she's like a light show if you or me look at her."

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[bitten_notshy]

"Is it fireworks or more of a glow?" Jack asked, because it was the only question to come to mind. He'd given up being surprised at strange new creatures in town.

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[justlurkinghere]

Derek huffed a laugh at that. "Glow. It's her aura."

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[bitten_notshy]

"Huh," Jack said, and leaned back, idly tapping his fingers against the shelves behind the bar. "What's she like? And don't say foxy, please."

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[justlurkinghere]

"Nice. Doubt she'll cause trouble." No, that was all her mom.

Also, Derek had the urge to buy her a leather jacket.

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[bitten_notshy]

"So she'll be an easy one to look after," Jack surmised. "Unless she's just waiting to try to kill us all."

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[justlurkinghere]

"Unless that yeah," Derek replied. "Try to avoid that."

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[bitten_notshy]

Jack pretended to pout. "Not like they normally give us much warning," he said.

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[justlurkinghere]

Derek rolled his eyes at that. "We missed a full moon with that weekend."

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[bitten_notshy]

"We did," Jack said, then ventured, "But it was almost fun, wasn't it? I liked being a detective again."

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[justlurkinghere]

"You could probably do that here," Derek replied. With all the mysteries they had. Look at all those mysteries.

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[bitten_notshy]

"Could, but I'm happy working here and going to school for now," Jack told him. "Maybe someday, though. If Eric moves on, or if I give up on law school."

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[justlurkinghere]

"Why if Eric moves on?"