Backdated to the morning of the 26th [video]/[action]

[la_matrona]

[ever since the change, she had spent so long in her apartment, not knowing what to do about it, afraid and entranced by it-- the sensations that she never thought she'd feel again, the hunger, the thirst, air in her lungs and a heart that beat. But after so long, even she couldn't cope with the loneliness.

And so appears on the video, chin lifted, shoulders squared, eyes wary and surprisingly fleshy]

I am looking for something to do for... fun. [she hesitates as she says the word as if she's not said it in a while. Usually she has fun with her familia but as no one is here she feels as she did long ago, unmoored, unattached, uncertain] Or at least something interesting.

[she has no more to say than that and so will leave it there. Later on, however, she will be wondering about Genessia, Attleton or Fayren, a red shawl on her shoulders, nibbling on this or that or catching her reflection in shop windows and staring]

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Re: Video

[youfool]

As you wish, ms. Rivera.

[Werewolves making strong, Spanish R's are a sound to behold. He figures doing something selfish for pleasure would be too hollow for Halloween. Maybe...]

Mm. Do you like children?

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[la_matrona]

[she'll accept that, if only because the gringo doesn't know the difference between a single and married woman]

Si. Why?

Re: Video

[youfool]

[Yeah he's been on the receiving end of that jokey insinuation tyvm]

Do they reciprocate?

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[la_matrona]

Si. [just what is he getting at?]

Re: Video

[youfool]

I si. Well then, this might be right in your wheelhouse. I'm the lone volunteer at the KH Home, and the children outnumber the adults ten to one. It's very trying odds. They're working me like a dog!

[rimshot]

At least the head caretaker can enjoy some respite, however slight. Still, I'm but one werewolf. If you've not yet grown tired of playing house, you might play it here.

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[la_matrona]

[that is not quite what she had in mind to do and she's not up to running an orphanage.]

I suppose I could see what they need. [though she views herself as more providing rather than directly taking care of. She's never considered herself to be the best mother, at least not in the warm maternal sense. They would all fall in line after Coco like ducklings but as for herself... She can only see hardship]

Re: Video

[youfool]

[The staff would likely assign her tasks more menial until she proved herself fit for more; perhaps very soon, if she proved popular.]

Wonderful!

[He took it as a full-throated "yes", natch.]

Oh, I hope they assign you kitchen duty. I'm excellent at that, of course, but I wouldn't mind eating someone else's cooking for a change. It's been a dog's age since I've had Mexican.

[But if nothing else she'll decrease his substantial workload, providing for some precious goofing-off time.]

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[la_matrona]

I meant I would help them balance their books if they needed it or perhaps set up a charity drive. I've raised two generations of my own familia and that is enough for anyone.

[which is only a lie in that she would be happy to raise many more generations of her familia, but not so much outside of it and certainly not cooking for anyone, least of all him]

Re: Video

[youfool]

Aww, that's no fun. Still, musn't look a gift skeleton in the mouth. Er, woman. Whatever help you bring will be more than before, eh? Speaking of which, they may be tugging my tail now.

[The little brats.]

Thanks for whatever you offer. Good morning, ms. Rivera. Let me know should be up to something more personable, won't you?

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[la_matrona]

Why? [that she couldn't get] What interest could you possibly have in me?

[she knows she's not the easiest to get along with and doesn't have a large amount of patience for anyone-- so this baffles her]

Re: Video

[youfool]

Let me count the ways!

[He starts bending digits.]

• "Tame the shrew" is a fun game.


• Just about everyone's interesting, yourself included.


• You're in more of a position of enjoyment than usual, and it'd be a great pity to waste it.


• It'd be novel to see how you are in a new light.


• I've never spent much time with you, new or otherwise.


• You seem so miserable all the time; thus, I'd like to make you happy.


• I really would like to eat your cooking very much.

[Seven, the perfect number! That should cover it.]

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[la_matrona]

[is she a shrew? Quite probably. And it's certainly not the most insulting thing she'd ever be told; but it reminds her again why it just doesn't pay to try and make attachments outside of the familia]

I am not, nor ever will be, your project.

[and she ends the feed]