Event 1 - New Friends for the Holidays

[enlightenedfeline]

[The Cat appears on the bookmark screens, black fur looking slightly mussed and one ear cocked at an odd angle as if he's listening to something out of the bookmark range. He lets out a humph and a trill before focusing on the patrons that he's broadcasting to. If some of the patrons listen carefully, they will hear the sound of barking and the occasional 'meow'.]

Good day, everyone. While the portal was open to London, the Librarians received a request from some beings who were looking for a new home. Some of them are canines and felines that are similar to the creatures on most worlds. Others are more... unique. All wish to find companionship here and have asked if our patrons would take them in and befriend them. The Library will find ways to accommodate these creatures needs so there will be no concerns regarding the items required to care for them. If you would like to visit with our new guests, you may find them at the main reception hall.

[When the Cat finishes speaking, a grey Persian cat nudges him so that he can look at the screen as well.]

There is also a feline here that says his name is Church. He says his human is Jem Carstairs but he will settle for Isabelle or Alec Lightwood, or the 'Herondale boy'.

[The Cat looks at Church, canting his head toward the other feline.]

He does have a name you know and there are other Herondales that could be here.

[Church looks unimpressed in the way only cats seem to be able to master.]

Jace Lightwood-Herondale. I would appreciate one of those individuals collecting Church so he might settle in.

The other creatures are eager to join the Library community. Please come by and offer a new home to our guests.


((ooc: Players can post here to talk to the Cat about the new pets or use this post for discussions of the pets with other players. Another post will be made in the log community for those who prefer prose based rp.))

Comments

[alec_lightwood]

Noticing Jace's expression, he wonders what he'd said wrong. Jace knows he's a Herondale. That couldn't be it. "What? It's not weird that you look like one of your ancestors. I look like two of ours." Yes, theirs. They were related even if they didn't know it before.

"You chased after Church with a sword. That isn't practicing your hunting skills."

[wayfaring_stranger]

"I wasn't going to hurt him." Jace protested, turning to look at Alec over his shoulder. "If I look like one of my ancestors then the cat was the only one who knew I was a Herondale and forgot to mention it to anyone?"

And then he stopped and turned to face Alec, "What do you mean exactly by 'ours'?"

[alec_lightwood]

"I know that." He bumped his shoulder lightly against his parabatai's, giving him a wry smile. "But I don't know if Church did. You did look very convincing when you chased after him."

The comment had been one he would have made with the Jace from his time. That Jace knew about their shared ancestors and had started to learn about his family. "We're related. Generations back. You're great grandfather and my great grandmother were siblings. I have their black hair and blue eyes."

[wayfaring_stranger]

"We've been related all this time." Jace said simply, turning away. The thought actually made him feel a little better in an odd way. They were family. He didn't feel so disconnected thinking about that fact. "I had to look convincing. Demons don't fear half-hearted attempts to kill them."

[alec_lightwood]

"Jace, we'd be related even if you were a Wayland or Morgenstern. We are family even if blood didn't connect us. You are my brother." Giving him a reassuring smile Alec placed Jace's hand over the rune on his arm. "We're more than brothers, remember? That will never change. Not even death can separate parabatai."

Letting out a snort that would have had Maryse giving him a warning look, he tried - and failed - to look stern. "And you wonder why Church always claws you when you try to rub his stomach."

[wayfaring_stranger]

But it had. The memory made him feel sick and he gently squeezed Alec's arm. And then he frowned at Alec and the memory of Church always clawing him when he tried to be nice. "I was trying to apologize and be friendly."

[alec_lightwood]

Alec smiled even as he realized how much everything in Idris had effected his best friend. He almost said something to try to reassure Jace and then realized it would probably be brushed off. "I don't think Church knows how to be friendly to anyone but Jem or maybe Tessa. He'll like you better in the future."

[wayfaring_stranger]

"Do you like me better in the future?" Jace asked, thinking of everything that had happened leading up to his own death. He barely remembered Alec being apart of it all because he had been so focused on Clary and Valentine and himself. The only moment he remembered very clearly was the moment he realized how badly Alec had been hurt and that he could die.

[alec_lightwood]

For a few seconds, Alec could only think of how he used to like Jace, mentally flailing and blurting out the first thing that came to mind. "Are you going to try to kiss me again?"

Wait... no. That wasn't what Jace meant. This wasn't about Alec's teenage crush. Or Alec being in denial over his relationship with Magnus. This was something else that he didn't quite understand.

"I never stopped liking you, Jace. I was hurt but that didn't mean I liked you less or that I didn't love you." He'd tried to keep that hurt from Jace. He still did, not wanting his parabatai to feel guily for falling in love. "Why would you think I like you more in the future?"

But he couldn't help thinking of the moment when Jace had confessed how important Alec was to him. How lost he'd been without his parabatai. "I think things became easier after the second war. We went back to fighting demons, keeping an eye on the Institute. Things were normal again."