#anywhere

Lupita is barefoot, wearing her favorite tattered jeans, and a sleeveless shirt as she takes a deep breath from her high spot above it all at the edge of the woods.

Now and then she looks down at her hands and flexes them, as if checking for something.

"I'm not even 18 and I need a good hard drink" She says

The wyrm comes in many forms, and abominations abound. But sometimes, she wishes she could unsee.

"YO!" A voice calls up.

She glances down, then "Dirk?"

"Who the fuck else. You're looking mildly hot, but also kind of revolted..." Dirk moves up.

She's actually kind of impressed by his physicality...he's a strong bastard, not Sam strong, but still.

"Yeah," She calls down to the approaching guy, "You bring that out in a girl."

"Yeah sometimes" He moves up and sits next to her, "But not today. You were upset before I came in."

"Did I INVITE you here?" She looks at him irritated.

"Wanted to return something to you" He puts something, a coin maybe up for her to receive.

And without really considering, she does.

Enchantment takes easy for many garou... Fianna light up like they were on fire, it's said...but the Bone Gnawer glows fast enough "Oh shit... it's always weird to remember what..." She looks at the redcap "GEEZUS I thought you were ugly before." Despite her bravado, the fear that gaze tries to stir in her is offsetting.

"Yeah nwo we can fucking talk with out the rules... I saw you last night... and your gang... it was fucking awesome."

"pack , we don't have gangs we have packs and..." She looks away, "you saw us do that?"

"Wipe out that clinic with the sicko docs who were doing things to women they were supposed to help? SHit yea...I don't get that Delirisous stuff... I'm as supernatural as you."

He goes on "Man, when those demon babies or whatever burst out... that was some next level shit"

Lupita looks away, "Yeah, look, trust you to get turned on by a purge like that"

"Bitch, please, you're not up here because you're sick at what you saw, not only that... or even sick at what you did..." Dirk snorts, "YHou're sick because when it started you didn't hesitate, you snarled, wolfed out and butchered it clean. Your rage owned you and you let it... "

Her lip curls at the Bitch talk, one day he's gonna use that word too easily and...but her snarl stops as she listens.

"And directed it! And it was natural and right.... you were a monster hunting monsters. I'm a cap, we can relate. "

"What you're sick about is how you felt al ittle dirty after...but otherwise? you could do it again, even easier." Dirk says "You're not sick with just what you saw and did, you're sick because you feel bad not being sick enough"

"You'ree so fucking irritating" She says.

"AND Stupid" SHe adds.

"Yup. Also I'm right" He nods

"Screw off... not everyone wants to be a monster" She says

"If you ain't who you are, using who you is to be the better whatever you can be/should be where you aat when you're at? you're no one stuck in no place" The Redcap shrugs

The girl blinks "That's... pretty wise sounding." yes, surprised.

"SOmething Frank said...kinda..." The Cap shrugs "I listen, but I don't let him know I'm listening, don't need them thinking I'm tame you know? Frank's the MOuntain... he's like the medicine worker/shaman type for the trolls... but more 'ODIIIIINNN' type priest, though I think he's methodist or something... not the 'hey yayay... hail earthmother and buffolo' type"

"So racist" She mutters.

"I hate everyone equally" He protests

THAT she has to fight a smile at

Then she sighs "Okay...so I guess that's what I have to do... accept what I am and what I do and the fact that some of it's pretty ugly...and then share the ugly with the guys who deserve it. But Gaia forbid I tell the others about it. Get my ears clipped, or mocked for wimping out probably..."

"Wolf people sound like assholes..." he says

"My tribe is the easy going one, believe it or not. " SHe says

"So..find someone else you can trust to talk to about it" He replies

"You?" She snorts, "I don't even LIKE you somedays "

"No, not me" He makes a face, "Like I give a shit about YOUR problems. Dagmar, you stupid cow, you know? Sam... talk to her...and you can talk more freely because you're enchanted. And she won't get in trouble because she didn't do it."

A startled look, "Because now I Remember she's big and blue and shit and... well...maybe. Wait? WHy did you do this and not Dagmar?"

"Because Dagmar's a troll..they got rules and stuff holding them back. Caps barely give a shit about the rules that make sense. We redcaps don't get blocked, we make a fucking hole and go through" He says clueless how muchinnundo that could be. "Now Dagmar is off the hook...and worse thing that happens to me is I get grounded by Anne Marie or a lecture from the chief which I'll ignore as soon as they turn their backs anyway. So...call her, dimshit."

"Fine... get lost though, girl time."

"i'll go...wanna make out while we wait?" He says

She actually feels..tempted. There's a depth to this mean, stupid horrifying creature...but she's got a rep to uphold, "Yeah right.. gettttoutta here before you get busted for the right of ignorance or whatever it is you're risking."

"Hey, you're worried about me," He smirks "That's like... half way to first base."

She pushes him off the ledge.

He whumps and calls up, "I'm okay"

"I know..." And she pulls her phone out to call a friend.

(end scene)

Bzzt _So... if you want, I could like.. talk _