Aubrey Gallagher

Of course she wasn’t paying attention to him, why would she? He was just the guard that was standing between her and the cafe. “The cafe is not open yet.” He repeated. “They should be open soon… it’s like they don’t realize we can’t function without coffee.”

Aubrey chuckled softly before a playful pout worked its way to her lips. “Honestly they should open earlier, no one in this town sleeps and coffee is as much in our veins as blood is.” she’d shrug her shoulders before looking over the others shoulder at the cafe. “You’re a guard, technically you could sneak us in though.” 

It was one thing for Aubrey to mishear. It was another thing entirely for her to be presumptuous. “Give me five,” she told the person on the phone, hanging it up. “Miss Gallagher, let me make something clear to you. You came in to talk to me about something, and I had to take a phonecall. This is not a therapy session. I am not a resident counselor. My other work sometimes does, in fact, take priority over your little problem. If your business can wait, which I assume it can since you were sitting and chewing gum across from me like a petulant child, it will wait. If it is important, you need to schedule it and go through the proper channels.”

Aubrey raised an eyebrow at the other before rolling her eyes at the older woman. “Are you serious right now, isn’t this town supposed to be your responsibility.” she’d speak slowly so the other could understand her. “I fully understand other things have more importance then our conversation Miss Wildes, But unfortunately it is still rude to take a phone call in the presence of others.” she’d quirk an eyebrow at the other before lightly rolling her eyes. “It’s not of high importance but i thought each resident was supposed to be special in the governments eyes.” 

Jazzy smiled at Aubrey and began to work on her drink. “Here you go.” She said as she placed the drink in front of her. “So, is there a reason you’re hiding out here?” She asked with a smile. Most people came to the bar to hide or to forget, she had learned that in the couple of years she had been a bartender. 

“I just don’t really feel like being around people i know.” she’d state before tilting her head to the side. “Being sociable is slowly killing me, i’d prefer to have a few drinks here then go back to my technology.” she answered honestly to the other. “No point pretending to be happy around people when you’re infact miserable.” 

“I apologize for the confusion,” Antonia said, putting her hand over her phone so it was clear to the person on the other end that this was not addressed to her. “But I was on the phone. Not speaking to you.”

Aubrey raised an eyebrow at the other before pouting slightly. “Don’t you think it’s a bit rude being on the phone when a resident is trying to talk to you?” she’d tilt her head slightly her eyes glancing to the device in her hand. “You could have that phonecall at anytime and you chose to have it right now in the middle of our meeting?”

Jazzy took in a deep breath and smiled at the woman in front of her. “I was asking if you wanted a drink or if you were just going to have water?” The bartender asked her again. 

Aubrey let out a small sigh before looking over at the other. “Honestly? i’d love a vodka creaming soda.” she offered the other a small smile before shrugging her shoulders. “And some water aswell would be great actually.”

Blake didn’t answer that. She didn’t need to–anyone who asked if they were cute obviously wasn’t confident enough to pull cute off. “How come you went as a ghost if you thought it was boring? I went as a flapper. You know, cute dress, fun hairstyle, fake cigarette holder.”

“Because it’s kind of dorky and i thought i’d enjoy it more.” she’d shrug her shoulders before letting out a small sigh. “You know eleven in stranger things did it so it was kind of a cross reference to the show?”

“Well considering how I’m someone that thrives off of chaos, yes. I would agree with that statement.” Zane nodded his head. Damn. After all this time, there were still people that really didn’t know him at all. “I do, yes. Which is why I make sure to do something chaotic and against the rules once a day.” He informed her. Most of those chaotic things were done with his fiancee, Bianca. But that didn’t mean he couldn’t cause chaos with someone else. “Their electronics?” Zane raised his eyebrows. He didn’t do anything like that. He usually just used his power to cut things down or he stole items from any building in the town. “Well I’d like to hear more about these electronics, first.”

Aubrey shrugged her shoulders. “You never know what people get off on around here, it’s really a guessing game.” she’d state simply before continuing. “You’re fiance sound’s lucky, if i could find some poor fool to help me cause chaos i’d be living the dream.” she’d chuckle soflt. “Well yeah, my power is technokinesis. Why not torture people through something so simple that controls everyday life?” she’d raise an eyebrow at the other before letting out a small laugh. “It’s just basic stuff, like reading emails and texts you know?”

“Too quiet.” Zane repeated and then smirked. “So you like when chaos happens?” He raised an eyebrow at her. “If you want some chaos, I can make sure that happens.” He promised. He liked chaos and he did sometimes cause it. “You are definitely right. If we are going to rot away, we might as well have fun while we do it, right?” Zane liked her way of thinking. “So, what kind of chaos do you like? I’ll see what I can do.”

“I mean its not terrible, don’t you think a little chaos is better than none?” she’d match the others raised eyebrow with one of her own. “I think if you’d cause somehting other than the steady beat of life that happens around here anyone would be thankful, don’t you think it can get a bit mundane around here?” she’d smirk before shrugging ehr shoulder. “I dont know really usually i just fuck with peoples electronics, cut there interenet time short and stuff? what else do you have in mind?”

“And what’s the reasoning behind you losing your mind? Is work hard or something?” Zane asked as he glanced towards Aubrey. Zane couldn’t help but snort and shake his head. “What, are you just waiting for something to happen?” Zane raised his eyebrows at her, genuinely wondering what was going on in her mind. He could potentially exploit it in the future.

“Boredom honestly, it’s been a bit too quiet around here for my liking.” she’d shrug her shoulders at the other. “Why not, better something happen and keep the world interesting and exciting rather than rotting away on the inside of this town don’t you think?” 

Blake nodded. “Yeah, no kidding. You’re kinda nerdy. But, like, you could pull off nerdy-cute if you wanted.” She tilted her head to the side, as if considering the issue. “Well, we’re having that Halloween thing now. Does that count?”

“Are you telling me i’m not already?” Aubrey would bat her eyes at the other before pulling her lips into a pout. “The halloween event was pretty good though, what did you end up dressing up as? I went as a boring old ghost.” she’d chuckle quietly to herself.

“A horrible ghost costume? Really?” Zane asked, chuckling softly. “You really don’t know what a good halloween party is like, do you?” He smirked. Zane was all about making decorations as realistic as possible and the way she described her halloween was appalling. “I’m good, just been working mostly. What about you?”

Aubrey grinned at the other before shrugging her shoulders. “Just been trying to keep busy and not loose my mind.” she’d smile at the other before continuing. “The stillness is making me nervous as if i’m waiting for a big storm to come. You know?”