Keith did his best to ignore the "Becs" situation.
Last thing she needs is to worry about him glaring at her any more.
Instead he adresses the issue several of them have raised.
"A call for help, hopefully."
He didn't tell them to stay sharp. They'll either do that themselves, or they'll do something else useful.
Given diversity, don't squander it trying to get everyone in lockstep without a good reason.
Instead he looks around for anything ELSE that might spring up.
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Evelynn relaxed a little once Sally was gone, but this Becs was still nearby, and evidently interested in them. Mhairi was whispering about the Wyrd, but there was pretty much no chance her voice was going to carry past the table, so that didn't bother her much. Instead, she nudged Alex. "We shouldn't, you know, say stuff in front of other people, right?" Her voice was low, a whisper. And there was no judgement in it - just concern. "I mean, she obviously didn't get it, but you never know who else is listening..." Her head jerked meaningfully in Becs' direction. Because oh no, there was no way it was just happenstance that her interest just happened to fall on the only table of changelings in an otherwise packed diner.
But, no reason to stay focused on that. Instead, she turned to Mhairi's question and nodded. "I dunno. I mean, maybe." It was hard to justify this being the work of the Wyrd when, for the three of the five people present, this wasn't even the first time this had happened. But she did have a point - the chances of them being all here were low enough, and the chances of them all being the new changelings to the city were astronomically lower. Something was up. Although, it made her nervous to think that they were all new, and her mind returned to the concern that Becs was some kind of servant to the Keepers in disguise. Maybe this was her doing. Maybe the Wyrd had been twisted to bring them here because they thought no one would miss the new kids. She shuddered at the thought, and had to force herself to calm down. Maybe it was something malicious, but maybe it wasn't. She had no evidence either way, and there was no reason to get herself worked up over "what ifs." Especially not when there was a chance she might be able to help find these poor missing creatures.
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He found the waitress' explanation...plausible, but that didn't mean he dropped his guard. A 'ling ended up dead when they got too complacent and comfortable.
Hank's spine tingled a little as Mhairi said Wyrd publicly but he figured it would work in the context of her sentence. "I don't believe in coincidences. All of us showing up for pie, that's one thing. Five of us all coming to the same place while animals are being stolen," he distinctly avoided the word taken, no reason to jinx them, "and that definitely makes me think something's off." He looked down at the table as he took a sip of the coffee he'd gotten from the counter. Looking back up to the group he said, "should we look into it? Could affect our community."
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Alex does not deliberate for long. He'd been looking for a chance to contribute. Ramona and friends wanted to know what he had to offer. This little mystery seems like an obvious chance, even if it will likely turn out to be the work of mundane criminals, wild predators or maybe junior varsity Satanists. Showing the readiness and desire to help out still matters. And Hank was right. They were in no position to ignore a possible threat, no matter how unlikely.
"I think that would be a good idea. I worked for a newspaper in my old hometown, so I'm pretty good at records and research. That's something I can get started on later today."
And of course a day spent playing Nancy Drew would be infinitely more pleasant than what was originally on his schedule...
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Willpower"We-ah should definitely do something." Mhairi says, nodding vigorously. "Muggle-ah stuff or-ah not." if anyone overhears maybe they'd thing her or them Harry Potter fans, "Letting poor helpless an-animals...that's-that's not-ah good. Very not good." the suddenly wide-awake elemental, pushes off from her folded arms.
"Research is ah-good." she comments, not really expecting such based on Alex's muggy Summer mantle, but she didn't really know the Summer. Shouldn't presume, or judge. She hates it when others do it to her. "We could-ah talk-not me...'cause-ah...yeah...talk to the-ah owners....and uhh..." Mhairi trails off with an awkward shrug.
Beccs, being quite nosy, never stopped listening to the group of Changelings. The woman made a conscious effort to drop her Mask. There was enough random gibberish of Lost speak that she could discern what they were. What lies beneath the vagabond is Chimera. Her face was that of a fox, her hands very scaly all the way to her arms. There was also something that twitched beneath her shirt, and any guesses would assume it was a tail.
"May not be muggle-like." She whispered quietly maybe to herself but her eyes focused on Mhairi.
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Evelynn was about to drop in her own two cents about the research thing, which sounded like a good idea to her, when she saw, out of the corner of her eye, the vagabond woman's Mask drop, leaving a chimera in her place. She choked, losing her words for a moment, and covered the odd noise with a cough. "I, um, yeah, I wouldn't mind getting in on that research thing, too." Her gaze fell on Mhairi for a moment before flickering back towards the woman. She leaned towards the moonlit elemental and whispered, "Do you see what I see?"
Hank drank his coffee as Mhairi and Alex spoke. The coffee was warm and relaxing, reminding him of a life he once knew as if it was warming through his frozen heart. At Mhairi's use of the word 'muggle' he almost raised an eyebrow, not sure what it was in reference to. He couldn't recall muggle being a name for anything with their kind, but it could always be some pop culture reference he just wasn't aware of. As he watched Evelynn lean in towards Mhairi, Hank turned his head again and felt surprise and shock run down his spin. So, she's one of us after all, he thought. Suddenly any supposed coincidences didn't matter to Hank, because there was someone to question.
Turning back to the group he said, "Looks like we may have our first lead," nodding his head in Beccs direction in case anyone missed her new appearance.
Initiating handwaving of any coincidental meeting....Coincidence handwaving has been successful!
Keith was surprised by "Becs" revelation, but not disturbed.
She apparently was native to the diner, and had chosen to reveal herself to them, so her threat level was going down from a random unknown... not up.
He kept his attention on the rest of their surroundings and trusted the girls would negotiate an introduction to the creature as effectively as they had introduced themselves to him.
Who knows, maybe pretty green over there will charm her.
Hank's random similarity of appearance to his reserved adoptive grandfather led Keith to instinctively discount him as a source of social lubrication, knowing next to nothing about the man.
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The starlit elemental squeaks out a "Hi!" as she takes in the sight of the chimera; Beccs. Then a "Pull-uh pull up ah-a chair....?" which sounded more like a question, reinforced when her eyes darted around to those at their table, making sure it was alright with them.
"Yes-ah, leads are-ah good. They are of the good." she smiles at Hank, it seemed like it was.
"So-ah...Beccs? Uh....not muggle-like?" Mhairi asks with a hopeful smile, she wanted to know what's been happening to these poor animals.
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