Diary of a CatGurl (closed for myself and CorbetPhantom)

[AngelofDeath]

OOC:Enjoy eveyone!!!

New York 3025

Melisandra layed on the ledge of her apartment building her tail laying over the edge and her white fur shinning in the moonlight.

Sighing she looke dup at the sky. She hated her life. She was always hiding or on the run. 25 years ago a group called the Genisis Coalliton decided that anyone or anything supernatural was unclean and needed to be destroyed.

Needless to say that many of the creatures of lore and magick fled while thouhsands of other were killed, but Mel had escaped for the fact she could hide her true form. Which wasn't much different from her human one except for a few tiny details. She had large catlike feet huge paws whiskers cat ears and a tail. Added to tthat she had stips of fur running over her body over her arms legs breast and crotch.

 

[corbetphantom]

Richard Cornwallis was average. Average height, average build, average voice. He was totally unremarkable from any other human on the planet. The only thing that made him special was something he could never tell another soul: he was an undercover agent of the Genisis Coallition. He had watched as a pair of werewolves infected with rabies tore his whole family apart. They would have killed him too, except that a team of hunters had come in at the last moment and slain the beasts. Ever since then he had hunted the abominations of the gods.

Times had changed though. The monsters were clever. They hid their tracks, and to find them the hunters had to go into hiding also. They had day jobs, familes, drinking buddies.

And when the time came, they had guns, and swords and knives.

Richard collapsed onto his bed, in the apartment next to Melisandra. The two of them worked together at a little ISP called eLighting. He had developed quite a crush on the girl, whom he knew as Mel. It was he who set her up in the apartment next to his, after he discovered that she was living in a piss-poor tenament on the other side of town.

So far she had yet to return his affection, but there was still plenty of time. He was only 23, and she was only 21. There was no reason to think she would avoid his advances forever.

 

[AngelofDeath]

Mel slowly shifted forms as she ehard the door open. Even though she knew it was her brother. Danyel was only 7 and he stayed with her for the time being. Thier parents had been murder while he wass till an infant and Mel was currently trying to get himout of the city. Even at his age he could change but wasn't old enough yet to have any of the true strength or powers of thier ppl.

"Mel..." he called out ass he walekd fromt he shadows and scopped him up.

"You should be sleeping. You have school remeber?" she carrie dhim down the stairs to thier apartment.

"I wanted you." He said wrappign his arms around her.

Mel just nodded and laid him back on thier couch and pulled the blanket over him before kissing him goodnight and heading for her own bed.

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After dropping Danyeal off Mel drove to her job and her cubicle. eLightnig was an okay job. It kept her in rent money and Danyeal in clothes and food. turning her computer on She sat down sipping her coffee and looked at the stack of papers on her desk. it was going to be a long day.

 

[corbetphantom]

Richard arrived at work a little late. As usual. It didn't matter much. His job was one that the managers didn't really understand, and they didn't want to lose him, so they forgave his eccentricities. He was dressed in a white button down shirt and faded blue jeans. He stopped by Mel's cubical to say hi.

As he did, he gave her what was becoming a ritual between them: every morning he brought her a single flower that he had picked from his window garden.

"Good morning, Mel. How are you?"

 

[AngelofDeath]

Mel smiled and set the rose in an empty glass. "The usual. Nearly overslept and rushed Danyeal of to school and buried under paper-work. You?" She smiled as she turned her chair to face him.

Richard was very sweet. Whenever she saw him Mel got warm inside. As much as she wanted to be with him she couldn't. The G.c Was still around and she couldn't risk it.

 

[corbetphantom]

Richard smiled. He couldn't quite place Mel's ethnicity. She didn't have an accent, that he noticed anyway, but the name of her brother suggested some kind of rich eastern European heritage. He wondered, not for the first time, what the rest of her name was. Everyone at the office assumed it was "Mellissa" or something like that, but with her brother's name taken into consideration, Richard felt it would be some kind of travesty to give her such an ordinary name.

He could not think of any other small talk to make yet, but he was too entranced to leave, so he stood there, smiling, knowing he looked like a fool.

 

[AngelofDeath]

"Umm don't you have a meeting in like.." She looked at her watch,"Two minutes?" Mel offered up.

She wasn't used to such scrutinay except from others of her kind.She knew she was attractive and rather busty.

Richard was handsome and she knew that becuase she was a bit of a mystery he as well as several others wondered about her.

Her phone rang and she just reached over and hit the speaker phone. "Yes?"

"Ms. Dylynsky? this in Mira roberts over and 12th Elementry and I'm callign abut your brother Danyel...."

Mel snatche dteh phone up, "yes? okay what hapend? what?! i'll be right ther i understand." Dropping the phone back in place she said,"Umm i've got to run Rich, i'll talk to you later." With that she was up and gone in a flash of hair and skirt.

 

[corbetphantom]

Richard barely heard her exit line.

"Oh shit!" he exclaimed, "I forgot!"

He nodded to Mel, and caught part of the speakerphone message. Hopefully, her brother wasn't in any trouble.

He dashed off to his meeting, hoping that his tardiness would not be noticed.

 

[AngelofDeath]

after handling the matter of her brother's fight and making sure he staye din school, Mel returned to work and worked through her lunch brea to make up for missed time and then headed for the snacl machine for something remotely like food.

 

[corbetphantom]

The meeting was rough. It lasted all morning and into the afternoon. By the time it was over, Richard was practically starving. He walked off to the vending machine. He smiled when he saw Mel there. This was as good a time as any to ask: he was so worn out from the meeting that his shyness was almost totally gone.

"Hi Mel. Hey, do you want to go out for a drink after work this afternoon?"

 

[AngelofDeath]

Mel smiled and said. "I'd lvoe to but I don't drink." She grab her sandwhich from the machine and walked over to the microwave.

 

[corbetphantom]

Richard followed her, "Coffee then?" He smiled at her. "Or just dinner?"

 

[AngelofDeath]

"Look Richard you are sweet and a nice guy really. But I have a kid to be resposible for you know that. I'm not saying Danyel couldn't spend the night with his sitter. I just am not looking for anything like a relatinship. I have my reasons."

Mel sighed holding her true form back. She couldn't risk fallign fr this guy.

 

[corbetphantom]

Richard nodded, crestfallen. "Of course. You can't leave your brother. I guess I'll see you later."

He mangaged to hold his sigh until he was out of sight.

The rest of the work day passed as a dull, grey blur. He was unable to focus on his work. Even his boss noticed. He told him to relax and get a drink after work, and then went off to do whatever it was that he did.

 

[AngelofDeath]

Mel finished up her work and then drove and picked Danyel up and then heade dhome she spent most of the evening cleaning and around 8 o'clock she began to ponder what to get for dinner. They ate take out mostly becuase it was easier that way. Dan wa sin the living room doing his homework and watching tv.

 

[corbetphantom]

Richard had money, it was one of the advantages of being in a position where the boss was too afraid to fire you. Sometimes though, it was just easier to forget about all of it though. Richard took his boss' advice and went to a bar. He drank until they cut him off and then he staggered home. He went to the kitchen and made some cup-o-noodles.

He sat down in front of the tv with a bottle of Guiness and ate and drank.

 

[AngelofDeath]

After dinner Mel went upstairs to the roof as usual to sit and stare at teh stars and think of how much longer they would have to hide before they could find away out of this godforsaken city hell this world all together.

 

[corbetphantom]

Richard finished his "meal" an threw away the remnants. He sighed and grabbed the last bottle of Guiness. His show was over, and he didn't want to watch any more tv anyway.

He sighed and headed toward the roof to get some fresh air.

 

[AngelofDeath]

Hearing footsteps Mell automatically switched back. At first she thought it was Danyel but hearing how heavy the steps where she knew it was someone else. staying in the shadows she watched as Richard came outside.

 

[corbetphantom]

Richard walked to the edge of the roof and leaned against it, looking out over the city. He sighed and sipped his beer. The cool air rustled his hair as his gaze flited across the city.

 

[AngelofDeath]

stepping out she said, "night night, huh?" Mel smiled watching Richard jump as she walked over and sat on the ledge.

 

[corbetphantom]

Richard just about jumped out of his skin when he heard Mel. Then he laughed a little. "Yeah," he said, "it is a nice night." He sat next to her, but not too near: he was still in shock from this morning's announcment, and he didn't want to intrude where he wasn't wanted.

"Well, I guess you know why I'm here," he gestured to the bottle of Guiness, "But what brings youup here?"

 

[AngelofDeath]

"I come up here every night. To think and try and think of a way for a better life for me and Dan. This city it too crowded for us. I think becuase i grew up with lots of open spaces it makes me want to leave." She ran a hand through her hair. "Liusten, i'm sorry about what i said earlier. I didn't mean to hurt your feelings or anythign its just that it's been awhile since anyone has shown some genuine intrest in me and not my talents."

 

[corbetphantom]

A dirty little voice in the back of Richard's mind said "I'm sure that you have some talents worth being interested," but he managed to avoid saying it. He did say, "Yeah...I know how you feel. Those assholes at work don't really care who does my job as long as it gets done. They'd do it themselves if they had half a braincell."

He smiled, hoping to get a grin out of her. He cautiously reached a hand out and placed it on hers, hoping she wouldn't make him withdraw it.

 

[AngelofDeath]

"thats true. But i meant more than just the work thing. Its hard trying to keep it all together. I mena I have Dan to look out for as well as myself."

His hand was wamr atop hers and was a plesant distraction from thinking of the G.C.