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[boundxkitty]

Bikini? Towel? Rock by the lake? Check. Check. Check.

Wereleopard laying out on her rock in the sun, eyes closed but ever aware of her surroundings. Tanning, enjoying the sun, being a lazy or...you know the cat she is. She's taking advantage of the sun before it sets, though odds are she'll be here a little while after it sets until the warmth fades from the rock she's laying on. The toes of one foot are trailing lazily in the water, making it clear at least that she is very much not asleep.

And being not asleep means she'd always welcome company.

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[anita_blake]

Anita has decided to check out the grounds, get a feel for them, before she finally heads back to St. Louis. It's while she's walking around the lake that she spots Elizabeth, and the Executioner makes a bee-line for the wereleopard.

[boundxkitty]

Anita's scent is easily caught on the wind. Liz doesn't actually move though, except to tilt her head slightly in the direction Anita is coming from. And maybe open her eyes to watch and see if she really is headed her way.

[anita_blake]

Oh, she's really headed in her way.

"Elizabeth," she says when she nears. "I need to speak with you."

[boundxkitty]

There's the smallest sigh from the leopard. She knew a talk of some kind was coming, between what Moon told her and Nathaniel himself had told her.

She swings her leg with enough momentum so that she slides gracefully into sitting facing Anita's approach, one leg bent the other folded under her. "Yes, Nimir-Ra?"

[anita_blake]

"Have you spoken to Nathaniel recently?" she asks, crossing her arms.

[boundxkitty]

She nods before pulling her leg in and resting her chin on her knee. "I have. Was there something specific you're referring to?"

Her tone says she knows exactly what Anita would be referring to. And that she's not exactly happy with it.

[anita_blake]

"What I asked of him with regards to Asher."

She's not going to hedge around the topic.

"During a discussion with Damian earlier, I realized, perhaps, I was being unreasonable."

[boundxkitty]

Her head tilts slightly, raising a brow.

"You mean the asking him to be an independent adult and then chaining a chaperon to him when he tries? After people have told you he's fine?"

[anita_blake]

Anita's eyes narrow.

"He hasn't exactly shown the best judgment," she snaps. "That mess in Narcissus In Chains is proof enough of that."

[boundxkitty]

"He's grown. A lot in a small amount of time since then. Jason, Asher, and I have all seen it." Liz's voice is calm, the barest hint of anger lain under that though, "But you never gave him a chance to prove it despite being told."

[anita_blake]

"Asher--"

Anita sighs, turning her face towards the lake.

"If Nathaniel is hurt, and I could have stopped it," she says tightly, her gaze returning to Elizabeth. "That's not something I want to deal with. He's my responsibility, and I need to keep him safe."

[boundxkitty]

"He's Pard. Which means Pard can watch over him just as well, was doing just fine before you hit Milliways."

She's not going to mention that until the Alphas got here, and even aside from that, the Pard/Pack here isn't all their world. It's different here. She's not changing that just because there are more from her world here and she doesn't think Jason will change and ignore those that have become Pack either.

"You don't have to deal with it." Didn't deal with the pieces after her ruling. "He has others that are more than willing to take that burden off your shoulders." Because that's, at least at times, how Elizabeth now sees that Anita sees Nathaniel. "But you have to trust that we'll have his best interests in mind and not micromanage everything."

[anita_blake]

"I don't have the best track record with you, Elizabeth." Anita bows her head for a moment. "I told Nathaniel I would protect him. And I will. Damian made me realize that I could do that and not dictate to him who he can and can't be around. I still don't trust Asher, but I know the only way to allow him to be his own man is to let him fuck up."

And then drag the wereleopard out of whatever mess he manages to get himself into.

[sliceitwithwind.livejournal.com]

Xaldin is in the lucky position of being in a non-monogamous relationship with someone who has the same taste in women as he does. What that means is that he has no problem with ogling a woman in a bikini - although he does cough to make it clear that he's there rather than ogle without saying anything.

It's probably a good thing because he's still mostly Air. His scent is faded - like someone left the room fifteen minutes ago or so and their scent is lingering instead of present. Except that he just got there.

Conundrums are fun.

[boundxkitty]

Well, ogling without notifying the person being ogled that you are there is just creepy. Where as being notified lets the ogled person decide on whether they want to cover up or not.

This person? Doesn't mind being ogled so long as you don't touch. Friends touching is fine, but strangers touching could lead to loss of limb, were...the stranger not mostly air...and that could get oddly complicated fast.

The cough has her eyes open and she may be glancing to and from looking for the source of the sound. As well as her nose flaring slightly to catch the scent of who it was that made the sound. Confused Liz is not always a happy Liz?

[sliceitwithwind.livejournal.com]

"Pardon me." he's got a deep and faintly accented voice. He's somewhere in the 6'2" to 6'3" range. He's got sideburns, dreadlocks, and a top-knot. Strange eyebrows - they have a section at the outside that goes nearly perpendicular to the rest. Pointed ears with the tip folded out - like someone bend them sideways.

Elf is not the word that comes to mind. He's just something else. "I was just passing by and wanted to admire."

[boundxkitty]

Her brow raises at him, taking in his appearance before settling back down with her eyes closed again. "Find things you like to admire often?" Curious.

If he's ever seen a cat preen at attention, this would be very similar. With a loooooong stretch. Gotta make sure the muscles don't fall asleep on her...right?

[sliceitwithwind.livejournal.com]

He had a cat once [he named her "Cat"] and has a kitten now. He's seen the movement and is perfectly comfortable admiring her as she deserves while she stretches.

"To be perfectly honest - yes. Like the Tea Ceremony each one is celebration of a moment that will never come again and should be admired in it's fullness. My name is Xaldin."

He settles cross-leg in the air with his long black 'leather' coat unzipping from the bottom enough that he can do so. He's got black trousers, knee-high black boots with a silver trim, and black gloves on. No skin shows from below the neckline.

[boundxkitty]

Her eyes open and she smiles at his words, as she's never heard something said like that. Though she finds it a little true, even if she tends to spend a lot of time out here like this.

"Even if I'm out here tomorrow in the same outfit and on the same rock?" Because she has to question. Curious as any cat at times. "I'm Elizabeth."

The sitting on air, gets idly eyed. A world of 'how' in her eyes though she doesn't actually ask at that moment.

[sliceitwithwind.livejournal.com]

"The light might be different, or you might be showing off your serratus anterior instead of your latissimus dorsi." he points out "Or I might be in a different mood and look at your hair instead of your lips."

he grins at the look in her eyes and says "Would you like to join me?" waving at the air next to him.

[boundxkitty]

She gives a soft chuckle at the medical terms instead of stomach and back. "No moment ever perfectly the same, you mean?" Just to clarify.

She shakes her head, as much as is able with it down against the rock, "Cat. Like my feet on the ground. Or in a tree." Beat. "But thanks."

[sliceitwithwind.livejournal.com]

"Exactly. Every instant unique." his grin widens and he says "My people were somewhat feline." the past tense is important "In as much as humans are simian at any rate. The offer is open if you should change your mind."

[boundxkitty]

"Like snowflakes," she grins back, catching the past tense with a curious look. "Were somewhat?" There's another stretch, this one more because a few muscles demand to be stretched than for attention. "I'll keep it in mind. And I'm no longer human. With the shifting into a large feline on occasion." and the added perks of course.

[sliceitwithwind.livejournal.com]

"I'm the last." he says quietly, good cheer dimming "My world is gone."

he shakes it off "I haven't met many shape-shifters, is it something you enjoy?"

[boundxkitty]

"Oh..." Her grin fades, replaced with a wince. "Sorry." She wouldn't have asked if she'd known.

"I love it." She smiles softly. "The politics can sometimes be a headache, but I wouldn't trade being what I am now for being human again ever. It's freeing, I think, to be able to run through a forest on four legs and experience it the proper way."