All For Not - Wednesday

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My eyes narrow and I move towards Enid, surveying each wolf that walks in and stands there, eyeing me. "Enid...Care to introduce me to your, new friends?" I ask in more of a statement tone, nose twitching as happiness exudes from her like a tsunami like it's normal she becomes excited just from their presence.

"I'm going to assume based on our friendship though, that these ones are not on the menu...for now." My eyes careen over each face, Enid laughing awkwardly and pinching my arm, "No eating my pack mates okay."

Huffing, I look away and give a simple nod as a boy steps forward, "Hi, i'm Bruno," he smiles brightly with a sweet look on his face. I look down at his hand as it extends towards me before I take it. "You smell like my fathers hair product," I say. Enid blanches and a few of the other wolves snicker.

"Must be a cool guy," the boy says, giving a grin that makes Enid relax as he catches her eye. I look between them for a moment and make a judging noise, "No more gorgon I presume?" I say not listening for a response as her jaw drops, not expecting me to realize when she hadn't even told me, looking back at the boy as I let his hand go I direct my attention to his being, "interesting choice to mate with... How durable are your bones?" I ask him suddenly.

"I'm sorry? My bones?" His grin falters in confusion as I raise a brow. "I asked you, how durable are your bones? Do they digest well?" I say and ask all at once making Enid laugh awkwardly, "She's just joking, haha, bad humor is all."

Eyeing her with a raised brow I robotically nod, following along as I see how her reaction to my words were genuine panic. "Yes? A joke... I don't crave the flesh of others?" The boy suddenly laughs and smacks a hand on my shoulder, surprising Enid and I, "Don't sweat it, you're a phoenix right, a predator. We totally understand how it is, pack life is pretty carnivorous and protective."

Enid visibly relaxes and I blank, head tilting as I realize that the werewolves nature was similar to my own, a major reason to why Enid and I had gotten along so well also, something I hadn't considered very much hence my stunned face. "Yes... Predator..." I say before furrowing both brows, speaking fast as I turn and walk back to my little cubby like area, "They may stay."

"Wow, she's never been so welcoming before," Enid blinks rapidly, laughing awkwardly as the others venture in, now welcome. Immediately they all move around taking on separate tasks to help Enid unpack.

Suddenly Lurch comes back, stomping into the room making everyone back up and watch in stunned silence for the most part, "Woah, big dude..." Someone murmurs as he walks over towards me, setting a smaller tank on the top of my bookshelf, the length taking up at least twenty inches of the space, all for the sake of feeder fish. I whip around to look at him,meeting his eyes as he looks at me for any other jobs to be done. A smile graces my face instead as I lean over to grab something from my bag on the floor and stand again, moving to Lurch's side.

"Thankyou for your assistance Lurch, happy creation day," I say, giving a small nod while I smile with a familial tenderness and lift up the bottle of pure electrified vodka, the glass giving off little electric shocks as the liquid sparked on the inside. His face breaks out into a large toothy grin as he takes it, patting my the crown of my head with his free hand. He grunts in acceptance and turns, leaving my side to go and leave the dorm room so he could assist the others, or maybe take a few swigs of his favorite drink of choice and volt out.

My smile turns sharp at his leave, my eyes turning downward to look at the filled tank, small dull fish swimming inside. Stepping forward I tap on the glass before my smile drops and I look up, straight at the curtain, smoke billowing from my nostrils in a huff. "Enid." I say looking over as she watches.