Azalie sighed in relief. "Thank god. By the way, Iradon and Jack knew that there was something different about you. I could tell by their behavior." She ran a hand through her long brown hair and looked at her menu once more with her hazel eyes.

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Alex heard someone come near her, her acute shifter ears picking up the sound. She turned to a boy with blonde hair, Ryland, and let out an inhuman growl. She was holding her arm. It was bleeding. She continued her growl, holding her ground. She looked wild. Of course, that was understandable. Her shifter abilities were just now kicking in.

It took a little while for his eyes to even adjust well enough to lock onto the girl. Her hair looked tossled, her chest was heaving with each breath she took; clearly she'd run a long way. He took a step back when she growled, his eyes widening slightly, not really knowing what to make of it. He didn't have a great deal of experience with non-human beings. He knew they existed, but he didn't really know anything else about them. Seeing the feral look in her eyes just made him unsure of what to do.
His first impulse was to leave the pursued, probably-not-human girl to her own devices, but then he noticed her bleeding arm. With the boldness of someone who truly didn't have anything to lose- who had just ceased caring about what became of him- he slowly approached.
"You're bleeding," he breathed as he neared, sounding a touch concerned.

        Stucka looked back at his menu and scanned the sections that scattered the page. " Well they have good instincts then." he smirked but kept his gaze on the menu. Eventually the waiter walked over and bowed slightly. "What will you be ordering this evening?" Stucka looked up and hesitated, not sure at first.

         "I'll just have a filet mignon, medium rare, and on the side Creamy Corn and Garlic Risotto." The waiter nodded and looked at Azalie. "And for you madam?" Stucka looked out the window for a moment and squinted. I swear...I saw something.... he ignored it and looked back at Azalie.

Azalie smiled at the waiter and said, "I'll have a t-bone steak, medium well. And a baked potato for the side." The reason that she got the t-bone steak was so that she could give the bone to Jack. "Oh, and mountain dew to drink." She rested her chin on her hands and looked at Stucka.

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Alex growled again, but she was brought back by the boy's voice. The reason that she was in this condition is because a man came up behind her, and a.ssaulted her, so she turned around and bit him, something that only a shifter would dare to do. The man slid out his pocket knife and cut her, giving her a nasty wound. Alex stepped back a bit from Ryland, but fell to the ground. She had lost a lot of blood.

Ryland was at her side by now, kneeling on the ground. His eyes still held a vaguely distant look to them, as if paying attention to this was the only thing keeping him tethered to reality at the moment.
"Hey, are you awake? I can help you find a doctor.."
She seemed to be fading fast, whatever she was. He was still not sure what kind of a creature would growl like that. Lycanthrope? Demon? Shifter? It was some kind of gutteral, animal noise.. he was going to assume the latter until he had the chance to ask.
The blond didn't even think about what he was doing. Offering a random stranger help instead of minding his own business. A random stranger who seemed to be wanted by the police, possibly for good reason.

        "Oh, yeah, and an iced-tea." he added, forgetting the drink. "Yes, your order shall come in a few minutes." Stucka nodded and looked back at Azalie who was looking at him. "So...what can you do, any cool powers that you can share me with? I never really met a witch before this."                                                                                                                Leans back, resting his back on the seat behind him, enjoying the peaceful quiet that sorounded him.

"Um... I can erase memories, I can form barriers, I can force people to go to sleep. I can do lots of other things, too. I just have to know the spell." Azalie tapped her fingers on the table, getting nervous. What if the fact that her brother was possessed by The Shadow slipped out? What would Stucka's reaction be?

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Alex nodded when he asked her if she was awake. Obviously, she was awake. If she wasn't she wouldn't still be panting like a dog. She let out a whine, and let herself fall from her hands and knees onto the concrete. What Ryland was thinking was true; she was fading fast.

((Bump. *Waits for Pink.*

Marshall, I can't think of anything to do with Alex...))

"I wouldn't take away your memories," Azalie said, smiling. "Then, you wouldn't remember me. You know, you're the first friend I've had in years." She sighed and tapped her fingers on the table again. "I'm sorry that shifting hurts. Speaking of shifting, what all animals can you do?" Azalie was rather interested that Stucka could shift into an animal. She was actually a bit jealous, given that she loved animals.

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Alex growled as Ryland picked her up. She struggled, but that only made her arm hurt. She whined again, and finally gave up in struggling against Ryland.

        "Well that's good to hear." Stucka thought out loud, thankful that she wouldn't do such a thing to him. The word friend made him smile, he was new to the city, he didn't have any 'real' friends until now...not to mention she's a witch. "Hm? Animals? Oh, well I can only shift into two animals right now, hopefully I can do more later."

        Stucka raised his hand slightly and put up one finger. "I can turn into a red fox, and..." raised another finger.".....a shire horse, I prefer to keep a low profile with the fox, but being a horse is pretty cool too." he then smirked thinking about it, realizing that he hasn't once shifted here yet, and wondered how that would work out.

Azalie smiled to herself. "That's cool," she said, nodding in an understanding way. She ran a hand through her dark brown hair and her stomach growled again. "You know," Azalie said, thinking, "you're really nice. Most people wouldn't come near me. But you're different. You understand." Stucka and Azalie had a lot in common. They were both on their own, they both weren't human.

        Stucka felt a small pinch like feeling in his hear when she spoke to him like that, the feeling making him smile right away. "Your a pretty nice person yourself, I mean, yeah, you probably had your fair share of bad moments...but your genuine, I can tell." The waiter came back with the food making Stucka look at him, and take his attention away from Azalie.

        "Here you go sir..." he put the food in front of Stucka, followed by his drink. "....and here is your's." he did the same for Azalie before bowing slightly once again. "Enjoy your meal." he smiled and walked off, Stucka saying a small 'thank you' before he left. "I hope your hungry." He looked at his food, it was a lot, but shifter's always seemed to have a large appetite, so he didn't mind at all.

       ((One hundred posts YAY :D ))

         Stucka at first slowly bit into his food, but then looked at Azalie when she was eating, smiling slightly when he did. He then went along, eating a bit more quickly, making sure not to choke or accidently spill his drink. Although he ate a bit slower then Azalie, he finished only a minute after her, sighing as his stomach was full of food. "Like it?" he asked, rubbing his stomach as it felt stuffed.

         The table manners was something he looked passed, he knew she probably didn't eat this type of food as she's homeless, and also because it showed how real she was. "I'm stuffed." he took a sip of the iced tea and sighed in relief again.When he looked over at her again, he managed to see a slight blush on her face making him smile to himself, trying to act as though he didn't see for her sake.