cleanse my intentions

[Alette Soye Veridae]

there aint no rest for the wicked
MONEY DOESNT GROW ON TREES

the night drug on, and so did alette's failed attempts. she sat on the arm of a couch, her brow furrowed in frustration. every now and again, a drunken teen would stagger over to her, slurring drunken words. she sent them on their way indefinitely. her gaze lowered, and she stared at the half empty bottle of jack daniels clutched in one hand at the rim. the emptiness was discouraging. she felt nothing more than a slight buzz, which was remarkably dull to what she typically fancied.

she stood up with an unusual vitality, and trudged forward into the crowd of tottering teens. her sensitive ears picked up the slight sound of a heave, the werecat jumping back just in the nick of time. scoffing she turned to the culprit and fixated a menacing glare, before turning to find a different exit. not soon enough, she was alone wandering the street. the only light was from the flickering street lights and slitted crescent of a moon. the sloshing sound of the whiskey in her hands was suddenly an incredible annoyance. alette turned, bringing her arm back before thrusting the bottle at the ground.

eventually she arrived back at the house of night. pausing outside, she examined the entrance. "how obnoxious," she muttered to herself, referring to the sheer size of the gates. with a roll of her eyes, she continued inside. her body language warded others, with slumped shoulders and a grim expression. she was dressed in a simple white tank that was generous to her body, along with a pair of distressed, high waisted shorts that had a distinct floral print on one of the thigh pockets. as for shoes, she wore a pair of brown boots - however, instead of taking time to tie them up, she tucked the laces inside and rolled down the upper edges. on her right arm hung an off-white, linen bag traced with elephants horizontally along the length.

the bag swung down, and she held it by the long strap, simply dragging it along with her. groaning, she brushed her hair from her face. her breath must have wreaked of whiskey, though she payed it little attention. it very well could have been the last on her list of concerns, though she was very unaware of who else was traveling the school grounds.

t a g g e d ! z a i n w o r d s !

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[Zain Carvator]

It had been a reasonably busy day for Zain. The summer still held a lot of work for him, although not nearly as much. He still needed to mentor the werecat fledglings and hold a small summer class for those who were interested. The amount of paperwork as a simple professor had been a surprise for him as well. It seemed to grow with the summer. How he expected it to be a free summer like human teachers made him chuckle. It wasn't a ton of work but enough to keep money coming in.

"That's all for today." He thought, stacking the small pile of papers to the side of his desk. With nothing more to do he set off through the candle lit hallway. Something nice the Chicago House of Night had thought up... five certain hallways pointed in certain directions for the elements. The candles were color coordinated as well. The other hallways were only lit by few candles and fluorescent lighting. He preferred the subtle flickers.

He wore a simply outfit as usual; not that most guys fashion themselves in many accessories. A pair of nice black jeans, matching black shoes with a light blue button up shirt. His gold watch was really the only thing to stood out. He looked like a pretty average person besides the golden tattoos branded nicely around his face. The way Nyx planned his tattoos really accented him.

The warm air filled his nostrils as soon as he walked from the building. It was nice out even if windy. Alette caught his eyes. She had walked into the school grounds and off to the right of him.

"Hmm," He thought with a light sigh. She never was one to come to him and talk. He didn't know her as well as the others. Now should be a good chance to talk.

"Alette." He spoke her name in a soft tone so he wouldn't startle her as her neared closer. Air brought the smell of alcohol back to him and, again, he sighed. Try as she might it would never work in her favor. It was pointless for any werecat or vampyre to try and get themselves drunk. The only way he knew of would be a vampyre drinking the blood of a drunken human... That just wouldn't work for her either. He decided not to question her sneak out; at least for now.