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[Spottedshadow]

Alex stared at his crappy cup of coffee. He was one of the few shapeshifters that dared enter lamia territory. It has to do with my fabulous shifting ability, he thought. Alex tossed his shaggy brown hair about his eyes. Today, his hearing was extra intense. He had most recently shifted into a barn owl, so he possessed the hearing, eye sight, and the silence of one. Alex dressed simply. A black t-shirt and a pair of ripped jeans.

His hazel eyes swept the coffee shop. He could smell lamia, but it was strong even from where he was sitting. I wonder which of these people is the blood sucker... Alex grinned in spire of himself. His brown hair possessed a slight reddish tint. That was from his owl-ness.

The steam rose out of the cup, and caressed his face. Alex considered ordering some bacon to eat. He was hungry... He raised his hand and flagged down the waitress. "Could I get an order of bacon and sausage?" he asked politely. "Sure thing, doll,"

[/i] the waitress said, winking her blue eyes. Alex smiled, but he was definitely not interested. But that was the usual behavior when one was a shapeshifter.

Alex dug into his meat when it arrived. He preferred raw meat, but it would exactly be socially correct to start snacking on a raw steak... People would start to wonder what he was. People didn't snack on raw meat... Alex could hear every coffee shop conversation, his owl ears picking up all sorts of extra sounds. That is why I love birds... he thought.[/color][/blockquote]

Word Count;; 314
Muse;; It's all right...
Outfit;; Clicks!
Animal;; Barn Owl
Tags;; Open![/size]

[♫Lilly♥]

Sarah looked down at the slush that couldn’t exactly be called, Coffee. Caffeine… Blood is better. No, Red wine laced with blood is better. And I can’t get drunk, Lucky me! She thought, taking a sip of her coffee before making a face. Blood is defiantly better. She sighed, looking around the room like a lost puppy-dog.

She wrinkled her nose, Who let the animal in the city, Geez, some of us don’t carry around oxygen tanks. Or Hazard suits. She looked around the shop, stopping at the man with the black T-Shirt and ripped jeans. She smirked before looking down at her backpack. If the thing tries anything, He won’t live long. Though odds are, the worm’s carrying wood. She took another sip of the coffee, moving her hands to her lap afterwards.

Sarah tilted her head, focusing her hearing on the shapeshifter when he spoke. What ever happened to bloody steaks, Seriously, I lived with werewolves before. They love organs. She shuddered at the thought, And then look at the waitress, Ugh, This is why I like hanging out at the McDonalds eating people then walking among them. She smirked at the thought, twiddling her thumbs.

She took a breath, her stomach grumbling when she smelt ‘food’. I’ll grab a few snacks on my way out. Convincing people that the McDonalds is perfectly safe as long as they stay away at night is so easy a child could do it. She then looked down at her coffee, staring at it a few moments before picking it up and taking another sip.

Why did this coffee always have to remind her that blood was better…?

Word Count: 301
Muse : It's alright
Outfit : 'Click

[Spottedshadow]

Alex crinkled his nose. His owl senses picking up the scent of a vampire almost instantly. Wait, Lamia, not vampire, it smells a bit more alive, he thought. Alex ran a hand through his thick hair. His owl sight quickly located the girl. Good looking, of course, that was how the Night World worked. However, Alex was not interested in vampires, let alone lamia... He had to stop himself from snarling at the sight of her. It was impolite, and he was on their territory... The girl was wearing a jean jacket, denim jeans and a white shirt.

Alex, himself, was wearing his favorite green t-shirt and a simply pair of jeans. He had little choice at this time. He looked at the lamia and raised a hand, beckoning for her to join him. Alex, as a shapeshifter leader, was not used to have to do things for people. People did things for him. That was how things went.

Word Count;; 179
Muse;; It's okay...
Animal;; Barn Owl
Tags;; Sarah

[♫Lilly♥]

Sarah silently laughed, Don’t tell me it took him that long to figure out I’m here. Let me guess, He’s a fish with a brain so small everytime he goes around the fishbowl he forgot he’s been around it before. She didn’t show any idea of her thoughts on her face, however, she smiled a believable smile at him. Though, she didn’t want to smile at him. She had to keep her cool; If Tangi was her with her at the moment she would be telling her to be sure not to be mean to him, that her public face was as important as her face in Lance’s crew. But that was just Tangi’s personality; she’d be nice to anyone, just as long as they were nice to her.

She rolled her eyes at him when he beckoned her over; with a sigh she put her bag on her shoulder and carried her cup of coffee over to him. As she neared him she noticed a powerful air around, Probably a leader… She didn’t as if she could sit down, she just sat down. “Hello! I’m Sarah.” She smiled at him, Ugh, What was his name… I should know this… How can I forget the leader of the shapeshifters’ name? She held back a sigh before frowning. “I’m afraid I forgot your name...”

Word Count: 248
Muse : Could be better
Tags : Alex

[Spottedshadow]

Alex raised his eyebrows at the lamia's peppiness. He himself wasn't exactly thrilled to see her, even though he was in their territory. Well, if she'd going to act happy, I might as well try my best... he thought. Alex forced a smile on his face. The smile wasn't human though. It had the look of a bird of prey, ready at any moment to strike on its prey. However inhuman his smile looked, the lamia's was just as inhuman. She had the sickly sweet, bait smile that all vampires had. It would captivate any human unfortunate enough to lay eyes upon it.

"Good to meet you Sarah," Alex said, forcing happiness into his voice. Although, my life would have gone on just fine without knowing you... he said to himself. He knew that vampires were telepathic, but most lamia were weak. They could only merely pick up a general tone. In order for Alex to use his telepath, he had to be like the animal closest to the person he wanted to reads heart. As a stereotypical male, Alex was far too lazy to really try to figure out what someone's animal was... If he got lucky, he got lucky. "Alex. Alex Bushwar," Alex said, extending his hand for sheer politeness.

Word Count;; 260
Muse;; Eh, so so....
Animal;; Barn Owl
Tags;; Sarah

[♫Lilly♥]

He fails at the happy act. Sarah noted, smiling at him again. Though I’m not afraid of birdbrain here, regardless of the fact he’s a leader, he’s on Lamia and Vampire turf. He better stay away from the Lance’s crew, if they figure out I met him and didn’t attempt to kill him, I’m dead meat. Isn’t it odd, I’m a goner either way She tried not show her thoughts on her face but a fear filled look crossed her eyes for a moment or two before it disappeared. She shook his hand, smiling again. “It’s a pleasure to meet you as well Alex.” She responded, taking another sip of her coffee. Dang, If I don’t find any human victims tonight, I’m hitting a blood bank. This stuff is horrible, someone really needs to learn how to make real coffee. She thought, Though this stuff is better then nothing, Caffeine helps me with the cravings. She may have been a lamia for a long time – her entire life actually – she had a ‘habit’ of craving blood. It was like how some people craved chocolate and others craved spinach, she just always craved blood. It wasn’t very easy to control, but she did try her hardest to control her cravings. Some days they got real bad…

… Fortunately for her, today wasn’t one of those days

Word Count: 252
Muse : Could be better
Tags : Alex

[Spottedshadow]

Alex suddenly felt the need to change his animal. He'd gotten what he could with his owl senses, time to upgrade his nose and downgrade his ears. Alex decided on an Arctic fox. As soon as he decided in his mind and pictured his animal, his body changed slightly. His red-tinted brown hair lost it's red tint and gained a platinum blonde one. His green eyes turned to a light hazel. Alex felt his teeth grow a little sharper. His meat cutting canines sharped and poked against his tongue.

Alex loved the feeling of changing type, and feel his human body change. It was different then changing in general. All right, I'm going to cut the happy crap... Alex decided. His handsome face dropped it's lacklustre smile. A scowl appeared between his eyebrows. "All right, let's just cut the happy, smily act we're both playing," Alex stated. "I'm not happy to see you, and you're not happy to see me." Alex waved at the waitress again, signalling to have his order repeated and doubled. He understood that vampires and lamia drank blood as their food and not flesh like shapeshifters, but what could hurt?

Word Count;; 229
Muse;; Eh, it's not so good...
Tags;; Sarah

[♫Lilly♥]

Sarah smile disappeared when Alex changed his main animal, What kind of animal though, Oh please don’t tell me canine. I hate canines, foxes I can bear, wolves and dogs… well they just remind me of the past. She shuddered when she thought of her past. That’s why that kind doesn’t deserve to live good lives. She kept herself from smirking at the thought, If you can’t kill them all at least make the ones alive life’s h*ll.

She raised a eyebrow, “Your not worried about public appearances are you? Tangi wouldn’t like it much if I’m mean to you…” She rolled her eyes, “…that’s the few foolish vampires for you, too busy hugging trees to realize the wrong your kind have done… though not exactly your kind. Your family-species, the werewolves, caused a few problems for you.” Her eyes darkened with a burning hatred for werewolves before she smiled a false, cheerful smile at him. “So, Why is the shapeshifter leader in the city? Some kind of meeting going on around here or something? Since I doubt you’re here for the coffee.” Since if he did, he got jipped

Word Count: 220
Muse : It's been better
Tags : Alex

[Spottedshadow]

Alex raised his eyebrows slightly. He knew that most, even his own kind, were disturbed when he changed form. Alex could be like any animal, common, endangered, and even extinct. What most people didn't realize, humans and even Night World people were animals in their own right. Alex was a dragon shifter, his "main form", or what he was born as is simple. A large black dragon. Alex had two horns, those horns were his only weak spot. In order to dehabilitate his powers enough to harm him they would need to be removed. Fortunately, each animal that he change into moved the hidden location of his horns.

Alex shrugged. When he looked the way he did, with the power that he had, he didn't really care much for public appearance. Humans were willing to forgive good looking people, easier then they would forgive an ugly person... "Public appearance doesn't exactly mean much when you look like we do," Alex said. By "we" he meant the "Night World", but as he was in a human establishment, the name had to remain a secret. "Family?" Alex couldn't help, but laugh. "Only if you consider the IQ in the double-digits and the smell of wet dog family..." Personally, Alex didn't consider the werewolves family. Shapeshifters were, in his opinion, stronger and more stable.

"I'd prefer if you kept the official title top secret, there are too many 'people' around," Alex said. Normally, when he said 'people' he meant the Night people, but this time, he meant humans. "Nope, no meeting, no coffee." He flashed his cup of orange juice. "Sometimes it's good to get away and enjoy some greasy food."

Word Count;; 354
Muse;; It's pretty good actually...
Animal;; Arctic Fox
Notes;; The words "black dragon" are actually a link!
Tags;; Sarah

[♫Lilly♥]

Sarah rolled her eyes at him, “I seriously couldn’t care less what animal you turn into. Well… could you do me a slight favor and not turn into a wolf.” Her eyes dilated so much she lost her vision at the word. She waited a few moments as her eyes undilated themselves. “Sorry about that Alex, I’m afraid my reaction to that word is not very ‘well behaved’ for a public place. I should have avoided saying it.”

“There are still people in the world who don’t give a sh*t about appearances. Pardon my language.” She responded, her eyes swept around the café. “Though it could be worse for us, people are easy to persuade when you look semi-adorable.” She whispered, smiling at him, the look on her looked like the face of a innocent puppy-dog and it was very adorable. She couldn’t help but laugh along with him when he laughed, her own laugh sounding like the chime of small bells. “Well then I must apologize ahead of time. And don’t ask me for what I am apologizing for, You’ll see in time.” She whispered, almost too quietly for his ears to hear. She didn’t want anyone other then him to hear what she said, just in case one of Lance’s crew was in the area. She then shrugged, “I agree wet dogs stink.” She said.

“Nah, they won’t hear anything. Trust me on that.” Sarah told him, looking around the room. “Good thing you stayed away from the Micky-D’s in the Outskirts…” She started to say more when a human walked by. “I heard there’s been some bad gang activity down there, the bodies are being drained of blood. Some people are comparing it to well vampires. Ha, do they really need to come up with lies to clear they’re conscious’.” She rambled on aimlessly until the human was out of hearing distance. “… the vamps there wouldn’t take too lightly with you. Regardless of…” She held back a sigh as another human passed they’re table, starting to hum the Song That Doesn’t End. out of boredom as she waited for the new human to leave ear-shot. “…regardless of who you are, Alex.”

Word Count: 413
Notes : The link won't work for me. *huggles Alex's arctic fox form* Can I keep him?
Tags: Alex

[Spottedshadow]

ooc: *Twitch* Spotty can't do it....

[♫Lilly♥]

OOC: Do you want me to close this thread or did you find your Alex muse, Sorry for taking so long to post this, I completely forgot about this thread