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[nothawkingbird.livejournal.com]

The Kate who strode through the door was very different from her usual self. For one thing, her expression was cold, her blue eyes bright and hard. Her mannerisms as she moved, suggesting a panther in her gait.  She only noted the door working to this place with an idle shrug, and doesn't know yet she was one of the people currently being sought as missing. She did scan her surroundings to seek out someone. No, he's somewhere else. And briefly her expression slipped into one of melancholy and worry, remembering that recent strange dream that she was sure she saw him. Only to lose him again.

The cold expression came up again, and her hand came up to move a chair closer with magic for sitting. Definitely something up with her.

(ooc: one time deal for bar, Kate with demon self in charge. Catch her if you can before she vanishes back into Shadows and plotty And this EP's open for a while for taggage..)

[tiny tag: Demeter]

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[wheatencrown]

Demeter remembers Kate, a strong woman doing her best in a hard place.

So she comes over with a smile and a pot of tea though stops at the chair moving,

"I thought you didn't have any powers?"

[nothawkingbird.livejournal.com]

Smug coldness.

"Got an upgrade," she idly replied as she leveled a gaze back at the goddess.

[wheatencrown]

"It seems to have taken your warmth. Would you like some tea?"

[nothawkingbird.livejournal.com]

"Don't need it. And don't feel like tea."

[wheatencrown]

"Who told you that?"

[nothawkingbird.livejournal.com]

Kate replied, "No one, it's just unnecessary right now. It doesn't help."

[wheatencrown]

"Warmth always helps, without plants wither and die being nothing but the shells of themselves."

[slayedthedragon.livejournal.com]

On some level Angel is picking up on the signs Kate is giving off, even though he's never met her before. But at the same time, he's been trying to figure out where this "Back Door" he keeps hearing about is, anyway, so he's a bit distracted as he comes up and asks,

"Excuse me, uh, was wondering if you could help.... Me."

Angel gives her a second look. Maybe not the friendly type after all.

[nothawkingbird.livejournal.com]

"Supposed to be in the business for it. What do you want?"

[slayedthedragon.livejournal.com]

Angel's never actually met this person before, but he still gets the sense of something being... not quite right.

"The Back Door."

"Uh... That is... Where is it?"

[nothawkingbird.livejournal.com]

She pointed toward it.

"Pretty obvious really."

[slayedthedragon.livejournal.com]

"What?" Angel turns. "Where--?"

"Oh."

"There."

"The, uh, Door. In the wall."

Well, that's a little embarrassing.

[nothawkingbird.livejournal.com]

"Not the Front Door, the door to the back. Hence back door? You're not 5 are you?"

[guppy_sandhu]

"Kate!"

Guppy sees her as he comes out of the infirmary, and dashes over. But stops when she moves the chair magically.

Is it Kate? Or someone who looks like her. But she looks so like Kate...

Confused Guppy is confused, but then he moves over.

"Kate, we've all been worried sick, are you okay? Where's Will?"

[nothawkingbird.livejournal.com]

Cold assessing look from her as she simply said, "I'm fine, just got an upgrade. And I don't know. Still trying to find him."

[guppy_sandhu]

He doesn't understand the cold look. He sits down, looking her over in concern, any signs of obvious injury, something he can understand.

"Johnny Smith said he was in a desert, near a flag, does that help?"

He still doesn't understand the cold look.

"Who gave you the upgrade? Who took you from out back to look for Will?"

[nothawkingbird.livejournal.com]

There was a hardness in her features, tense, coiled steel.

"Oh that narrows it down, to any number of worlds or shadows. So no, it doesn't. And what business is it of yours who I leave with?"

[guppy_sandhu]

"I'm your friend, remember?" Guppy says, making a note of the word shadows in his head.

"Besides, why should it be a secret? He's helping you look for Will, we also want to help you look for Will. Surely we're all on the same side here?"

He gets a portable scanner out of his bag and runs it over Kate quickly, hoping this won't result in it getting snatched away and smashed.

[nothawkingbird.livejournal.com]

"We... I have a good memory, of course I remember."

She added, "I'm on my side. And Will's. Don't bother with Branden. We're dealing with him." She eyed the scanner with mild scorn, but didn't do anything to it. It would only pick up something if it could pick up subtle spellwork, or anything of a demonic nature. Though the brainwave patterns might come off as being more complicated than a normal human, more chaotic and twinned.

[binaried.livejournal.com]

There is, by chance, a sorceror in the bar who can sense demonic things. Whether he senses anything wrong with Kate is entirely up for debate, but Merlin is watching her with narrowed, pale eyes. After a few minutes, he rises from his seat and strides over.

"Evening."

[nothawkingbird.livejournal.com]

More tension in her frame when she turned her head to glance back at him.

"Evening."

[binaried.livejournal.com]

Interesting. "How are you? Will's lady, right?"

Merlin's smile is exceptionally harmless.

He works at it.

[nothawkingbird.livejournal.com]

"More or less," she simply replied, her blue eyes hard and cold. Briefly there was a pained light to them, but it passed in moments.

[binaried.livejournal.com]

See, the Kate he remembers doesn't have eyes like lifeless sapphires. Hers are warm and vibrant and light up when her boyfriend's name is mentioned.

"It all depends on the angle, right?"

Merlin might just smell a rat.

[nothawkingbird.livejournal.com]

"Perhaps," The current version was tensing up more, her whole demeanor growing darker.