{"id":20815,"date":"2013-11-15T02:41:41","date_gmt":"2013-11-15T02:41:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/2013\/11\/15\/summer-and-vex-halloween-at-carpe-noctem-19\/"},"modified":"2013-11-15T02:41:41","modified_gmt":"2013-11-15T02:41:41","slug":"summer-and-vex-halloween-at-carpe-noctem-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/2013\/11\/15\/summer-and-vex-halloween-at-carpe-noctem-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer and Vex ~ Halloween at Carpe Noctem"},"content":{"rendered":"

theyrecompletelymesmerized<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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iamthefirechild<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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“I\u2019m not unarmed,” she said, “merely unweaponed. I don\u2019t study martial arts for my health. I just \u2014 it\u2019s a party, and this is your space, and your livelihood, and I didn\u2019t want to start something you couldn\u2019t countenance. Far less have the police down on you \u2014 there\u2019s just too much I don\u2019t know.” Slanting a sideways look at him, Summer added, “Is that flattery? I didn\u2019t think you went in for that. Or is there something you want?”\u00a0She ran her fingers over the faint mark on her neck, eyes sliding shut. “After all, if it had been \/you\/ biting me there, I think the outcome would have been rather different.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The Mesmer couldn\u2019t argue with her there. Martial arts were something he\u2019d looked into during high-school, and had done him quite well despite not using them in his adult-life. As she explained her reasoning, he gave a nod, \u201cThat\u2019s very … considerate of you, Summer.\u201d He paused before adding, \u201cThe police \u2018ave no reign \u2018ere. I mean, they do, but it\u2019s all show for the \u2018umans\u2026 But you \u2018ave to remember, Summer, this\u00a0is Fae feeding grounds; people are bound to react towards somebody who seems \u2018uman.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Flattery \u2018as been very kind to me in the past,” Vex joked when she asked him that, shrugging his shoulders with a quirked smile in her direction. The mark on her neck, the sight of it, upset the Mesmer, but he kept it in his head; it just bothered<\/em> him to see somebody he\u2019d started to think of as his<\/em> in the Fae Community marked up by another. \u201cHmm.. I may just \u2018ave to find out,\u201d he mused at her words, slipping closer to her on the couch. Glancing at the others in the lounge, he clapped his hands together, claiming their attention, \u201cGet on out, kiddies. Free drinks downstairs.\u201d Once the room was empty of anyone else, Vex slipped his arm around the girl with a chuckle, \u201cBut any\u2019ow\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Half-leaned over, elbows on knees, she shook her hair back, the red waves falling to the floor, still sliding her fingers over that mark. She could feel it, barely, a strangeness in the skin there, and the way it troubled Vex. Her gaze flicked up to him at his teasing reply, holding on his face when he sent the others away.<\/p>\n

“I’m not shy,” Summer said, sitting up to lean into his side. “What are you thinking, you gorgeous madman?”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

theyrecompletelymesmerized: iamthefirechild: “I\u2019m not unarmed,” she said, “merely unweaponed. I don\u2019t study martial arts for my health. I just \u2014 it\u2019s a party, and this is your space, and your livelihood, and I didn\u2019t want to start something you couldn\u2019t countenance. Far less have the police down on you \u2014 there\u2019s just too much I … Continue reading Summer and Vex ~ Halloween at Carpe Noctem<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[10,2354,953],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20815"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20815"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20815\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}