Friday in the Park with Nell

[mylandmyrules]

Nell decided that she really needed to take a bit of a break and get out of the house. After a quick stop at the Perk to get a coffee and a delicious looking pastry that she hadn't even had to make herself, she made her way to the Park where she sat on a bench by the lake.

She had a book with her to read and had a nice warm sweater on so she'd be cozy and warm. It might be an overcast day, but she loved the crisp fall air. She also just might have two small kittens tucked into the pockets of her sweater.


[Open as a park is for all your park needs or to chat with Nell.]

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[hasaknightjob]

Marc had been debating how to answer Nell's text. So, when spotting her as Steven took a walk around the park after his lunch with Watts, it was just as easy to switch over and handle the conversation that way.

Thus it was a Marc in Steven's clothing who walked up. "Hey."

[mylandmyrules]

She'd felt Steven nearby and had started to put her book down, when it suddenly was Marc instead. She finished setting the book down with her place properly marked and smiled up at him. "Hey. It's good to see you."

[hasaknightjob]

"Got your message," Marc said, chatty as always. "You still want to do that?"

[mylandmyrules]

"I do, yes," she said, then quickly added, "If you don't mind."

[hasaknightjob]

"I don't know anything about forest sprites or whatever," Marc pointed out.

[mylandmyrules]

"And why would you need to?" she asked curiously.

[hasaknightjob]

"I can't teach you anything about what to do with that," Marc said. "I don't know powers."

Sure he had his own added abilities in the suit but those boiled down to being able to do what he already knew but better.

[mylandmyrules]

"I was one when I was here before," she pointed out. "And I don't need your help figuring out how to do that sort of thing. It's the fighting I want to learn more of."

Nell gave him a wry smile. "Practiced my Tai Chi form every day for nine years. At least twice a day. M'pretty darn good at it by now."

She was also stronger and more flexible than she'd been before. And she didn't have near as much trouble facing down people who scared her, gun in her pocket notwithstanding. In fact, the more they scared her the more likely she was to mouth off. Maybe not the smartest thing, but it was her way of maybe whistling in the dark.

[hasaknightjob]

Fair enough. Except Marc knew she was still skittish and had ample reason to be after everything she'd gone through (both what she'd told him and what he could make educated guesses about). "What do you think about bringing Lana in on it?"

[mylandmyrules]

"She offered before I left and it said I thought it would be a good idea," Nell said, "but I'd rather start with just you. At least the first time. You know me and I trust you that way. Not that I don't trust her, but I'm a little skittish still and keeping an eye on two people while I'm doing it might be a lot."

[hasaknightjob]

Two people being too much made sense. That being said, "You wouldn't feel safer around her?"

[mylandmyrules]

"Than around you? Her lips quirked in a smile. "Hardly. While you are probably the most dangerous person I know, you're also the one I feel safest with."

[hasaknightjob]

Marc didn't know about most dangerous considering some of the others on the island. On the other hand Nell didn't have complete information on all the awful things Marc had done. So he figured the two extremes cancelled each other out as far as accuracy.

"Even though I'm a guy?" Marc said. Which obviously she knew but if they were having the discussion they were going to hit all the key points here. Namely as far as he knew it hadn't been women who hurt her.

[flamesburned]

Liz had been out and about and after stopping by Dwight’s store decided to go for a walk before she headed back to the apartment, she spotted Nell and waved to her, “hi Nell,” she smiled.

[mylandmyrules]

Nell smiled at her, "Hi, Liz. How are you doing?"

[flamesburned]

“I’m doing well thank you,” Liz told her with a smile, “how about you? How’s the new store coming along?”
Liz felt bad that she hadn’t had a chance to stop by yet.

[mylandmyrules]

"It's coming along really well," Nell said. "I should be ready to open in a couple of weeks."

[flamesburned]

Liz smiled, "I'm looking forward to seeing the new store," she told her, "I was actually hoping to come by and see you next week, about growing some more plants for the nursery and apartment," she explained, "I've moved back into the apartment with Prompto," she said, her smile widening.

[mylandmyrules]

"Oh that's wonderful!" Nell said. "And yes, please come by and see me. I'll find some good plants for you to start."

[flamesburned]

Liz smiled, “I got the last of my stuff from Dr. Lecter’s on Monday and Rain’s living with us again,” she added, “but I will definitely come by and see you then, the plants you helped me grow are still going well, so I think getting some more plants will be nice to help add to the apartment,”

[mylandmyrules]

"You'll have to tell me what you think of my shop, maybe take some pictures for me to hang up," Nell said. Her orange kitten decided to poke his head out of the pocket in her sweater. "Ah, one of my new kittens wants to say hello, I guess."

[flamesburned]

“I will definitely do that,” Liz promised and her smile widened when she saw the kitten, “oh you got new kittens? It’s adorable,” she looked on in wonder at the kitten, thinking back to the pictures that Hellboy had shown her of his kittens over the weekend, even though they were a few months older now.

[mylandmyrules]

"I did," Nell said. "This one is Rigel and his brother Cygnus is still sleeping."

[flamesburned]

“Oh wow, they're absolutely gorgeous, they reminds me of Hellboy’s kittens,” Liz said fondly, “one of his cats gave birth a few months ago, they’ve grown up so much since then though, he loves cats,” she explained, “he has over twenty of them,”

[mylandmyrules]

"Twenty, wow," Nell said. "And I thought my three outside cats back home were a lot. He must really love cats!"