H I D D E N G E M S

once nicole had gotten her memories back, the fake life had faded into the background, almost forgotten. it had always seemed hollow, like life was drifting by in a haze, a life she couldn’t quite connect with. and when she’d gotten her memories back, she knew why. “yeah, yeah i know…” she nodded gently, fingers dancing over the exposed skin of waverly’s arm. “i was a ranger…not quite a cop.” but close. but she’d signed up with woodshore police force as soon as she’d remembered who she was, and they were grateful to have her. after all, there were certain things going on in town that needed looking in to, though nicole had dedicated most of her time to helping people search for their missing loved ones. 

Beach Festival || Event Open || Charles Xavier && ??

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Charles was not a fan of beaches — AT ALL. And he knew his loathing of them had a lot to do with his memory of getting shot on one. Even so, Woodshore was a strange place. If he didn’t TRY to have fun when opportunity presented itself, he knew he was bound to get stuck in a rut. But rather than venture down to the beach where his chair was likely to be a problem, he opted for some of the other places crowded with people. The Maze Aquarium was yet another place he’d yet to visit since his arrival a few months ago and it was turning out to be a fascinating view. The ambiance from the cool colored lights accompanied by low music and the sight of marine life was just what he needed. He was careful not to bump into anyone, but those bright blue eyes of his were glued to each display as if entranced by it all.

Front Page News

@woodshorestarters·

Most days, Karen spent time in her little office at Woodshore Chronicle, editing articles and tracking interesting stories to add to her stash of front page news worthy scoops. Not today, it was too beautiful a day to spend cooped up indoors, so she was out on the street, interviewing people here and there about their thoughts on Woodshore. “Excuse me,” She tapped the person on the shoulder, her smile as polite as ever, “Care to make a comment about our lovely Woodshore?”

Dorian hadn’t intended to be so hopeful when he’d spoken but it had just came out that way. Although he’d never openly admit it, the rest of the inquisition were like a second family to him. His fingers tapped together as thought about everything they’d been through up until he’d ended up here and a faint hint of a smile began to form on his face. “I can’t say that I don’t blame you for not wanting me to leave. Things would start getting awful dull without my… Oh? Well it’d probably be easier than you’d think, definitely after this.” He turned slightly when he felt the other’s hand on his shoulder and he nodded slightly. It was true that he wasn’t everyone but having one friend was better than being alone. “I know that but you being here is better than nothing. And just how do you plan on doing that, if don’t mind me asking.”

@hiddenwoodengems· > aeryn & iden.

iden walked through the festival slowly, both hands tucked into the back pockets of her jeans. she’d peaked into the exhibit that the aquarium had set up and found it to be interesting – now, she was just trying to see if there was anything else here that interested in. it was family-oriented, impossible to ignore the fact that it may her think of zay. her daughter was… what, gone in this world? nonexistent? what about del? the thoughts are forced down again, trying to keep herself from drowning in them. “so, what do you want to do? i don’t know that i’m really the ferris wheel type.”

“—yeah, that makes you a weirdo.” she was teasing, because it was bo’s business how she choose to feed. elliot sometimes felt about bad about taking what she needed, but what else was she supposed to do? she fed little and often, doing her best not to actually hurt anyone along the way. that was the best she could do, really. “me? connections?” elliot should her head, scoffing as if the question didn’t hit her deepest nerve. “talking to the wrong succubus.” 

their brow furrowed, a frown quickly forming on her lips. there was so much in their life that had changed over the course of the last few months, but she would not have considered the care and concern that she held for her friends, especially for someone like finn, to be one of them. he would always be family to her. it was difficult for rey to see it from his perspective, because she automatically assumed a change like that was bad. “you’re still family to me, finn. i want to be there for you. i’ll always want to be there for you,” she insisted firmly. they could only hope that he would really believe her. “i didn’t think so. but i suppose i am nosy to know if you have any close friends from here.”

“oh, thank you!” ella quipped. luckily for the other, ella was petite – it would not take much effort to lift her up. the scientist took her hand, bouncing up to balance on her knee to swipe at the vial. “whew… thanks. i have a feeling if i tried to scale the shelf, it would’ve come down with me,” she said, climbing off of her. 

@hiddenwoodengems· > bo & wynonna.

a festival may not have been her usual scene, but that wasn’t going to stop wynonna from taking advantage of it and everything that it had to offer. in this case, that meant having a little too much fun with all of the food vendors that were available –– and later in the day, of course, taking advantage of the booze selection. translation: getting someone else to buy her drinks.  powdered donuts were just a part of that fun. “y’know, it’s not that hot with the beach like, right there,” she shrugged. “or maybe it’s the cold beer.”

anakin listened to the other male speak, brow furrowed as he attempted to follow the words. not a jedi, apparently – which did make since, considering the destruction that darth sidious had put him at the head of leading. but the man standing in front of him was certainly no sith lord, not tainted with darkness in the same way that he was. “then what are you?” he pressed forward with the line of questioning, remaining mostly focused on that issue. there had hardly been any room for anything between the jedi and sith in his day – one of the many, many flaws that had ultimately contributed to his fall.

a huff of air, nearly a laugh, escaped from wynonna and she nodded in agreement. when she had remembered everything up to that point, spiraling had been the only thing that she had known how to do. she’d already lost so much in letting alice be raised by aunt gus, the idea of losing her sister too… it was too much for her to handle, especially alone. but who else would she have turned to, if not her baby sister?

“um, like, i’m pretty sure i accidentally hit on a bad guy from star wars kind of weird.” not that hitting on anyone inappropriate and hot was out of the ballpark for wynonna, but the fact that he shouldn’t have even been real in their world was. speaking of… “also, i’m pretty sure i’m fuck buddies with like, lucifer. i don’t know if it’s like… our devil or another devil. but a devil who is scary good in bed.” she might as well get the lecture out of the way now and lay all her cards out on the table. “but, on the bright side, we are not the only ones equipped to handle crazy here.”

Beach || Open

Eggsy was fucking psyched. Things had been all doom and gloom with his job and then coming here while setting up a Kingsman location. He hadn’t had time for himself. He really needed some time to fucking relax. So it was time for the beach, especially with a festival going on. Maybe later he would go for some surf, maybe a dip in the water, but right now he was walking through the sand barefoot with a fruity drink in his hand. Today was good. 

“hey … can i get a boost up?” ella asked. being five foot four, it was a bit difficult for her to reach objects that SOME PEOPLE seemed to like to put on the top shelf. “i just – … i just need that vial up there.” 

the brunette chewed the inside of her cheek when bo listed all the things that one missed out on while running. yeah, elliot was aware. the things she was missing that had convinced her to agree to come to woodshore. but she wasn’t going to admit that. not yet, anyways. it seemed they both lingered on thoughts they weren’t comfortable with, she could see the ghost of emotions across the other woman’s face. a hum left elliot’s lips, head tilting. “you feeding okay?” she had no idea if the woman had someone back home she’d fed off, or if she just found strangers when the need arose. 

“You might not have to bring them back to her if she ends up show up here sometime in the near future.” Dorian shrugged slightly as he thought about the possibility of the others showing up in Woodshore. If he’d only been waiting for just a week when Kronos had shown up then perhaps it would take a little longer for the others to start popping up. At the mention of Tevinter a soft sigh escaped him and he hesitated before nodding slightly. “Honestly I don’t know. Maybe he had pressing matters to deal with involving the fade or something like that. I had been planning on going back to Tevinter after the breach had been sealed… eventually. But that kind of went out the window when I found myself here.” Although Kronos was right about not being alone anymore Dorian still felt rather alone. Perhaps he was actually missing the others more than he initially thought he had. “I know, it just doesn’t entirely feel that way though. Maybe that one week by myself here made me realize how much I would actually miss everyone after I returned to Tevinter.”

“No it’s not really but aren’t you supposed to be forgiving?  Isn’t that one of the things that comes with being in the Resistance and one of the good guys,” he said making finger quotes when he said good guys.  “Not to mention how I helped you.”  He shrugged before answering the question.  “Oh nothing much, just your word that you’ll leave me alone.  I want to be able to live my life here without being concerned that you and your friends are watching me or planning to attack.”