˖⁺‧₊ ☾ The Wolves Among Us | Open & Accepting

[Nyverria]

Rhaevyn Kenway
〖Female〗〖Alpha〗〖26〗
〖Mentions: Here〗
〖Location: Home〗
〖Tags: Open〗

BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! The sound of the alarm clock had gone off at exactly 8:00 A.M as shown on the clock. Rhaevyn reached over to turn off the clock and sat up in her bed as she tiredly looked around her bedroom. 'Perhaps some others are awake as well.' she thought to herself as she got up and made her way to her closet. After rummaging through her clothes for a moment she threw on a black V-neck t-shirt, dark blue skinny jeans and black leather boots. Rhae wasn't really wanting to be dressy today but she may have to head into town later in the day if need be.

A slight sigh escaped her breath as the alpha sat down at her desk to fix her hair. It has only been four days since the lose of her mate and brother. She lazily pulled her hair into a half up half down style and proceeded to fix her bed before leaving her room. The alpha wasn't sure if anyone else would be up just yet, so she headed into the kitchen to start some coffee. Rhaevyn had just put a ban on no shifting just yesterday as a way to keep their wolves hidden from the savage soldiers called "Guardians."

Just thinking about those murderers made Rhae's blood boil. The alpha watched as the coffee maker poured coffee into her coffee cup she had grabbed from the cabinet, and there written on it said, "World's Best Boss" but the word boss was crossed out. Jaidyn, her brother had written the word "Alpha" instead and from that day, Rhaevyn had always used this coffee cup.

[Consulting_Angel]

Flynn Johnstone
25 | Male | Subordinate
Location: Home/His Room
Tagged: Open

Flynn slept until almost nine. He did not set an alarm, tending to just wake up whenever he happened to - unless someone was to wake him up themselves, of course. He lay in bed for a few more minutes, listening out for any other activity happening in the rest of the house. Things were tense, to say the least. There was a heavy air about the wolf pack, especially given the attacks and murders of pack members - most recently the Alpha, Rhaevyn, losing her mate and her brother. He tried to be the sort of person that lightened the mood, tried to keep spirits up, but that was becoming harder and harder to do - half the time, he didn't even try because it didn't feel like the right time to do so.

Anyway, Flynn eventually got out of bed, and got himself dressed - a white checked shirt, dark blue jeans and a denim jacket, with black hi-tops. While he got ready, he put on some music, some classic 80's rock that usually got him pumped. Normally, he'd have the volume loud enough to be heard through the house, but given the current situation, he had the volume fairly low - certainly loud enough to be heard clearly from across his room, but nowhere near his typical house-shaking volume. The sound was never loud enough to draw unwanted attention anyway, but he figured it was perhaps not appropriate to have loud at this time.

He hummed along to the music as he styled his hair - as to make it appear as though it was effortlessly cool - and once he was done, checked himself out in the mirror for a little while before finally turning the speakers off. Flynn grabbed his skateboard, and left his room, startking to make his way down the stairs.

Cassandra Joyce
25 | Female | Delta
Location: Home/Kitchen
Tagged: Rhaevyn/Open

Cassandra had been awake a little early - around half seven. She struggled to sleep too much nowadays, concerned over the safety of the pack and fighting with herself between getting rest and keeping watch all night. The compromise was waking up earlier than most of the others so she could keep an eye out for any dangers. She had gotten dressed, a simple black slip dress, black tights and combat boots, along with a grey jacket and patterned scarf, and then went outside. First, she'd walked the perimeter around the cabin, just keeping a careful eye out for any disturbances that may have happened in the night, or for any unfamiliar scents that would indicate someone who shouldn't have been nearby had been there. Fortunately, she hadn't picked up on anything, and so she'd spent some time on the porch, keeping watch, in case there was something she'd missed.

After she was satisfied, Cassandra had gone back inside, where she had gone into the kitchen to begin breakfast. As it was still quite early, she assumed most of the pack wouldn't be up just yet, but for those that would be waking up about now, she didn't mind making a little something. First, she mixed up a large amount of pancake batter, and then set it next to the stove while she heated up a couple of frying pans - in the second one, she would be cooking some bacon, for which she'd taken a pack of bacon rashers out of the fridge. Then, she had two empty plates, ready to load up with prepared pancakes and bacon.
Once the oil in both pans were hot, she started on simultaneously tending to the food cooking in them.

Before long, Cassandra heard someone walking down the stairs and entering the kitchen. She turned towards the person entering - the Alpha, Rhaevyn, and so she nodded politely. "Good morning. Breakfast if you'd like it." She said, and set the first plate of prepared pancakes on the table, shortly followed by another plate of bacon. Then, she got another two plates and carried on cooking.

Dylan Forrester
26 | Male | Combat Medic
Location: Guardian Base
Tagged: Open

An early start in the Guardian's Base. Dylan hadn't thought that the Guardians would be posted up here for as long as they had now - a few months - but Black Hallows was evidently teeming with werewolves. Already, several werewolves had been taken out, and there were clear reports of there being many more. The main priority, it seemed, was for the Guardians to capture the other Alpha of the pack. Dylan had not done any of this hunting himself, he remained towards the back of the team and would only move forward if there was a Guardian casualty during a hunt - of which there had been a few. For most, his quick intervention had saved the lives of the Guardians, and they recovered with the Doctor in the medical bay. There were just a handful that he hadn't been able to save in time... it was something that disturbed him. Such losses wouldn't have happened, he was often told by a higher up, if the werewolves weren't so violent and vicious. He had no reason to not believe this. After all, he'd seen it himself, the attacks from the werewolves.

Dylan had got dressed, a simple black t-shirt and trousers, ready to put his gear over them later on for when there was another hunt - apparently there'd been quiet from the werewolves, but there were hopes of finding them to make a surprise attack - and then went for breakfast. He went with something sustaining - oatmeal with cinnamon sugar and acai berries - and sat down to eat.

[Spiritstar3]

Jessii Robins- f- 28- mother- pan demi; Rhaevyn, open- mate: open- pups: Sienna, Skyy wants more- family: dad x mom: older sister, older trans sibling, younger brother, younger sister; aunts and uncles and cousins and second cousins- Tags: kids/ others

The paler peachy skinned beauty hummed as she woke up. She’d gotten used to sleeping in, once she’d hit twenty two years of age. However, after having kids four years ago, that had changed. She’d managed to revert back to how shed once been. sleeping in until ten or noon had become her usual, but not anymore. She’d probably gotten in trouble a few times for it, too. Shaking her head, she hummed quietly as she opened her eyes. Light brown eyes surveyed the room, but she knew it was safe.

She knew there couldn’t be any humans here. Shaking her head at herself, she smiled to herself, but then sighed a bit. She brushed back longer wavy or curly ginger hair. She went to change into some day clothes, and then looked towards her kids. They were allowed to sleep with her, or in an adjoining room. Either way, she was looking at them now, as she’d went to them. She got them up and changed. She brushed their hair, then headed for the stairs, saying “Hey<“ to Flynn along the way then going to the kitchen.

Sienna Robins- genderfluid (f)- 4 y- pup- ???- (dad), Jessii: Skyy- Tags: family/ others

The pretty little peachy skinned one whined a bit in her sleep. They moved around a bit, but when a little hand reached over to theirs, they stopped. She settled back down as Skyy held her hand. She yawned a bit, despite not being awake, or at least not fully awake. Their reddish brown hair fanned out on the bed. Her hair was straight, and went past her shoulders. She smiled a bit in her sleep, then her expression went neutral again. She didn’t whine anymore, though she did move around a bit.

This showed she was starting to gain consciousness. Her twin was also moving around a bit, and making small little noises. Soon enough, lighter brown eyes opened, as mama came over to them and woke them. She put them both in cute shirts with wolf pups on them. They wore pants or shorts. She also put overalls on the two of them, Sienna having dark red and Skyy having dark blue. The twins were taken to get their hair brushed. They were then placed on either side of her, and led towards the stairs, then the kitchen.

Skyy Robins- genderfluid (m)- 4 y- pup- ?? (homosexual when older)- same: Sienna- Tags: family/ others

The adorable little peachy skinned one was fast asleep. However, they seemed to be in tune with their twin sibling. As soon as Sienna started to whimper, Skyy put a hand out. They placed their hand on hers, since their beds were just close enough or they even shared a bed. They were still toddlers, so that would be fine. Either way, he held her hand and continued to sleep. She quieted down after a moment. They smiled a bit in their sleep, as he heard no more whimpers from his sibling.

They were smaller than Sienna, and slender. They always would be smaller than their twin, and she might even have a growth spurt as a teenager. Anyhow, the ashen blonde one yawned a bit. As their twin moved around, they started to as well. They made small little noises as they moved and stretched. When mama roused them, they finally opened their eyes. She changed them to day clothes, then brushed their hair. The shoulder length haired, blue and brown eyed one rubbed their eyes as they were led to the stairs then the kitchen.

Maxx Jeagar- m- 24- omega- bi; Flynn, Cassandra- mate: open- pups: none- Korin x Pennie: Lettie and Liem, Mary (his twin), Nina and Niko (20), Onni and Orri (14) ; probably has uncles and aunts and cousins and second cousins- Tags: other omegas

The handsome, tanned one sighed a bit as he laid in his bed. The nice lipped and nailed one really didn’t want to get up… Being he was fully blind in one eye, and partially blind in the other, it wasn’t nice. Many of the pack weren’t so nice to him. The bright spot in his life were Jessii and her pups. Those three were actually nice to him, which only made sense as two of them were pups. He smiled a bit as he thought of them. He then shook his head and looked around his room, before sitting up.

He, Rosa, and Faelyn all had their rooms together, since they were all omegas. He glanced towards the walls a moment. He knew the two were there, probably as nervous and worried as him. Shaking his head, he combed at neck length slightly curly or wavy hair. His brownish hair was such a nice color. As were his blue eyes, despite one being fully clouded/opaque. The other had a clouding or film as well, but only a bit of one. He got changed into a red shirt and some shorts or pants.


Rose Rivera- f- 30- Guardians Tracker- bi; Rio maybe- lover/significant other: open- kids: she has none at moment- Rory x Rene (both 50) : Ramond (m; 31), Ryliie and Ryland (f, m; 20)- Tags

The lighter complexioned beauty hummed quietly a bit. She laid in her bed, and yawned once, twice, then shook her head. She blinked blue-green eyes. Her lashes, being longer, brushed against her skin a moment when she blinked like that. She licked her lips, which were very nice to look at. She then got up and went to get changed, and wondered a moment. Would they get to do anything today? Would they get to track those dangerous, pesky werewolves, or were they going to wait and watch?

Shaking her head, she hummed to herself. Once changed, she went and sat at her vanity, brushing out her long and curly red hair. She put some hair clips into her hair. She then put two hair bands in her pocket, because if they went on a mission she’d need her hair bands. She did her hair whenever doing her tracking business. She’d either pull it back and secure it then braid it and secure it again, or do twin tails. Except, not the usual kind of twin tails. She’d do them downwards instead of up.

Ashe Lynx- m- 36- Guardians guard- homosexual; Neon perhaps, open- lover/significant other: open- kids: none at moment- Adam x Anne (both 62) : Ayla and Abramm (38), Adda (30), Aric (24), Ares (18)- Tags

The handsome and cute man sighed. He yawned for like the fourth time that morning, and shook his head a couple times. The guard stretched his arms, then put them back to his sides. He stretched his legs a bit, then straightened them out, back to how they’d been. He was still in his bed, by the way, and shook his head a second time. The ashen haired one finally sat up. He combed at the curly hair, which went to his lower neck. He then sighed again, and got up from his bed finally, getting himself moving.

Blue-gray eyes stared at himself in the mirror in his room. He took his glasses off their tray, and placed them back upon his face. He only did so after actually changing his clothes, though. He grabbed his goggles as well, just in case of anything. He grabbed his bag, which had his contacts in them. He wore those whenever they were going out to deal with werewolves. It wouldn’t do to wear glasses, as they could get knocked off. Then he’d have a very bad time, so that’s why he wore contacts at times.

[iqtrash]

Desmond Clearcreek
26 | Beta | Single
tags: Cassandra & Rhaevyn | mentions:
location: forest -> home

Des had awoken promptly at 4am from his internal time clock, and with nothing else to do at those early hours he went on a run. In all honesty, as much as it was a run, it was a patrol that took far too long in Des’s opinion. He hated how slow he was in this form, how after only an hour he could feel himself beginning to tire in his very soul. He ran throughout their entire boundary, pushing himself to the point where he was slightly panting as he pushed open the door to their shared home after 7am. He raised the bottom of his dark tank to wipe away the sweat pooling on his face as he stepped into the kitchen.

“Good morning.” He smiled at Cassandra and Rhaevyn who were already in the space, finding himself gravitating towards the table of food. “Cassandra did you need any help?” He glanced over his shoulder at the delta. Des knew he looked a mess from his run and the fact that he was only in a simple tank top and shorts, his skin flushed and humming for a shift, but even as his stomach rumbled he felt the urge to find something helpful to do.

Luna Clearcreek
26 | Subordinate | Single
tags: | mentions:
location: home

Lu curled in on herself, burrowing deeper into the soft blankets of her bed. She could hear the early risers beginning to stir within the home, soft murmur's could be heard through the walls and the wafting smell of breakfast. Sighing she stretched, slowly climbing from bed. Deciding on a simple summer dress to wear she quickly changed and quietly left her room.

Faelyn Aspen
23 | Omega | Single
tags: Maxx | mentions:
location: home

She could hear Maxx getting ready in the omega’s shared sleeping space. Yawning she rolled onto her side to face the other omega, dark circles underneath her weary eyes.

“Good morning Maxx.” Her voice was soft but she was certain the other would head her. She rubbed her eyes to attempt to awaken a little more, but her very bones were tired. Nothing was the same anymore. She was still finding her footing her, as a mateless omega, she grieved for her lost loved ones daily. There was an emptiness left in their wake, each day a struggle to began. Yawning yet again, she climbed out of bed ready to dress and ignore the aching within her chest.

Lincoln Evergreen
30 | Soldier | Single
tags: | mentions:
location: base

He had been stationed for the last few hours as the one to patrol the perimeter. He thought that was stupid, but orders were orders. The next shift had taken over just moments prior, and with the early morning light he pulled out his polaroid of Lyla. A warm smile graced the handsome mans face as he brushed his thumb over the photo of the smiling little girl. It was her that he did this all for, for other children like her, no one should suffer. He sighed sliding the photo back in to its place on his person, heading inside to search for some food.

[SaphiraBrightscales]

Eliyra (Lyri) Zimod
18 ☾ Female ☾ Iota
Single ☾ Pansexual
Location: Bedroom -> Kitchen
Mentions:
Tags: Cassandra, Rhaevyn, Desmond

Eliyra yawns slightly as she wakes up to see that she left the little reading light on her bed on and the book she was reading the night before next to her hands. A soft groan comes from her as she stretches out to turn off the light before debating on going back to sleep for a few more hours. That was not possible since a glance at her clock told her it was a bit past eight in the morning and the small of cooking was starting to drift up to her room. Getting up with a sigh, Eliyra stretches before grabbing a light green t-shirt and a pair of grey leggings before quickly getting changed. After brushing out her long ginger hair and using a white fabric headband to keep it out of her face, the small female makes her way down to the kitchen.

Eliyra immediately spots Cassandra, Rhaevyn, and Desmond as she enters and gives the trio a small smile of greeting as she get the electric kettle going so that she could make herself a cup of tea. The young female preferred tea over coffee since coffee doesn't seem to agree with her. She glances at the plate of pancakes and bacon on the table before taking out a bag of English breakfast tea and grabbing her usual mug as she waits for the water in the kettle to heat up

Edmun (Ed) Wyther
27 ✦ Male ✦ Tracker
Single ✦ Bisexual
Location: room -> dining room
Mentions: Dylan
Tags: open

Edmun has been up since first light, silently working on a jigsaw puzzle to clear his mind. While his sleep was decent, it wasn't the best and it was a nightmare that had chased him from sleep, resulting in the puzzle he is working on. A quick glance at his phone alerted him that the others would be up and about or getting close to it so he gets up with a stretch. Edmun wasn't entirely sure how long he has been up and honestly didn't care as he changes into a pair of dark brown cargo pants and a black t-shirt. The shirt itself can be changed quickly or even covered up depending on their plans for that day. Brushing out his hair and beard, pulling the former into a low ponytail, the tall tawny skinned male glances around his organized room before making his way to the kitchen.

Apparently someone else is already up because the smell of oatmeal reached him right when he entered the kitchen. Not bothering to look around to see who else was already up, Edmun strides towards the freezer where he pulls out one of the Jimmy Dean frozen bacon breakfast bowls. After prepping it, Edmun glances around the kitchen, zoning out for a moment until the ding of the microwave alerted him, that his food was ready. Turning around, he grabs it out of the microwave and grabs a spoon as he makes his way to the dining room. Edmun catches sight of Dylan as he enters the room but pays him no mind as he goes to an empty spot at the end of the table.

[Queen of flames]

Pandora Heartshell
[female | 18 | Private | Guardians | Pan |Crush - open | tags - ]
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Yawning, the long, black haired young woman got out of her bed and took her time to prepare to the morning. She got to her wall calendar to see if she had anything special for today, which she didn't have. A thought escaped from her as she thought about how boring today would be. Hopefully, something will happen, or at least she could have some task to do. She hated days when there was nothing to do and she could not do things she wanted to do as she was not sure if she could be needed somewhere at that moment when she could be doing something fun by herself.

Rio Ichimoto
[female | 32 | Scientist | Guardians| Bi | crush - open | tags - ]
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She got up to her bed, did fast showerings and put her lab clother up. She took her long hair in a ponytail and left her room to go to the lab. Her eyes looked to some others she saw as she walked forward to the larger rooms, with some computers on. She was not really a morning eater as everything she ate in the morning seemed to come up, so she ignored breakfast. She usually got only coffee or tea in the morning and maybe a little bit later she could eat a sandwich or a yugurt.

Neon Alexander Omura
[male | 36 | Doctor | Guardians | Demi | crush - open | tags - ]
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As a doctor, he almost had his very own studio apartment, living room, with bedroom, small kitchen and even a bathroom, there was a door to go to the other room which was more like his work room, with a small lab. There was a larger lab downstairs, behind locked doors. Only he, the captain, the scientist and some of the scientists assistants where able to go there, anyone else could need some on them to be with them. There was once a traitor who stole things from the lab, so it is closely monitored who goes and why they go.

Ace Augustus Noble
[nonbinary male | 23 | Subortinate | Silentcrown Pack | Demi - homo | crush - open | tags - ]
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He was an adult and a subordinate of the pack, but still, he shared a room with his younger sister, the Omega. They were always being close and he didn't see any problem with them to go to the separare rooms as they where both used to be together and knows each others daily rhythms. thought if they going to be assigned to someone or they found a mate, then one of them might need to leave the room, but for some reason, his sister didn't seem to be in their room that much, and he didn't really know why.

Rosa Octavia Noble
[female | 21 | omega | Silentcrown Pack | Pan | crush - open | tags - ]
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She walked to get some fresh air on the balcony; it was a new day, and new things were to be done. Sometimes, she wondered what life could be if she was for some other rank. as an omega, she felt like a slave sometimes, but she was not scared for her pack mates at all. She would stand up for herself if needed to be, but usually, she tried to keep her mouth shut and only listened with much of any reactions, which did work on times as it sure annoyed those who thought to be better than her. She tried to avoid the alpha and some of the others as she walked back into the house and got to the bathroom to do some of her morning duties.

Claudiu Remedy
[male | 40 | Upsilon | Silentcrown Pack | Pan | crush - open | tags - ]
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He left the Pack's house early in the morning, before the forest was even awake, and the only voices being heard was the sound of the Owls. He did that always, every morning to do his scoutings as the pack's Upsilon and likely the one of them to be killed to those skilledfull humans. Though as long it made his pack to be in safe he didn't mind to take the bullet, but he didn't also want to disobey his alphas olders about shifting into the wolf form. Scouting as a wolf could be much easier and faster, but now he walked around the forest with his two human legs with shoes he still found rather unconfortable, but as the ground was very ustable so walking with bare foot could not be an opsion.

[Spiritstar3]

Jessii Robins- f- 28- mother- pan demi; Rhaevyn, open- mate: open- pups: Sienna, Skyy wants more- family: dad x mom: older sister, older trans sibling, younger brother, younger sister; aunts and uncles and cousins and second cousins- Tags: kids/ Cassandra, Desmond, Eliyra, Rhaevyn

The paler peachy skinned beauty smiled at her two kids. They weren’t very happy about being woken up…but what toddler ever was? Shaking her head, she got them up and ready. She then headed out of the room, which was either her own or shared with other mothers. The redhead hummed as she walked. Skyy wanted to be carried, so she picked him up. She carried him, while also holding Sienna’s hand and keeping her close. She heard Sienna giggle a bit as they walked along, heading for the kitchen.

She found some of the others there, and smiled at them all. She saw Cassandra, Desmond, Eliyra and their alpha female, to be more specific. She blushed as she looked at the alpha…She shook her head, and looked away for a moment, willing it to leave. She then smiled as she raised her head, saying “Good morning. How are you all this morning?” she asked. She didn’t really know what else to ask or say at the moment…Saying good morning and asking how they were seemed to be a start, at the very least.

Sienna Robins- genderfluid (f)- 4 y- pup- ???- (dad), Jessii: Skyy- Tags: family/ others

The reddish brown haired and lighter brown eyed one yawned. She put her hands up, to tug at her hair a bit before dropping her hands again. The little one then looked over to their sibling. The two were genderfluid, though didn’t actually know the word. They just both knew sometimes they wanted to be called he. Sometimes they both wanted to be called she. They didn’t know how to articulate what they were…If someone called them the wrong thing, though, they’d tell them No. They’d let the person know it was wrong. They’d both say what they wanted to be called, he or she, on any given day. The two, right now, wanted to be called one a girl and one a boy. Sienna waved to the adults as mama brought her and Skyy into the kitchen.

Skyy Robins- genderfluid (m)- 4 y- pup- ?? (homosexual when older)- same: Sienna- Tags: family/ others

The adorable little ashen blonde one yawned a bit. The shoulder length haired, blue and brown eyed one let out a tiny sigh. They whimpered a bit, and shook their head a couple times. They looked over at their sibling, as Sienna looked at them. He then looked at his mama. She led the two kids out of the room, and he decided he wanted to be held by her. He reached up his little hands, and mama picked him up. They made a happy little sound, snuggling into her and closing their eyes. They tried to sleep for a bit longer, like this. However, once at the kitchen mama started talking, so they opened their eyes again. They looked around at all the adults there. They felt a bit shy, so they hid a bit but still looked at the others.

Maxx Jeagar- m- 24- omega- bi; Faelyn, Flynn, Cassandra- mate: open- pups: none- Korin x Pennie: Lettie and Liem, Mary (his twin), Nina and Niko (20), Onni and Orri (14) ; probably has uncles and aunts and cousins and second cousins- Tags: other omegas

The handsome, tanned one yawned a bit. The brownish haired and blue eyed one shook his head, then glanced around. His gaze fell upon Faelyn, who was honestly quite pretty in his eyes. He did have a crush on Cassandra, but didn’t think she’d ever see him this way. He had a bit of a crush on Flynn. Faelyn was really pretty, though. He could say he had a crush on her. Shaking his head, he hummed a small sound, then smiled as he heard Faelyn was saying something to him right now.

He nodded to her, and said “Good morning. Did you.. sleep okay?” he asked her, as he cared about her and Rosa, as fellow omegas. He smiled a bit as he looked at her. He then glanced around the room a moment more, before shaking his head a bit.



Rose Rivera- f- 30- Guardians Tracker- bi; Rio maybe- lover/significant other: open- kids: she has none at moment- Rory x Rene (both 50) : Ramond (m; 31), Ryliie and Ryland (f, m; 20)- Tags

The lighter complexioned beauty hummed quietly a bit. She blinked blue-green eyes, then let out a small sigh. She shook her head a couple times, and decided she should go get breakfast. She didn’t feel very hungry…but maybe when she got there she would. The curly haired redhead smiled to herself a bit. She headed for the shared dining area, and looked around as she went. She wondered if Rio would come to the dining area. She then shook her head at herself, and headed into the dining room.

Ashe Lynx- m- 36- Guardians guard- homosexual; Neon perhaps, open- lover/significant other: open- kids: none at moment- Adam x Anne (both 62) : Ayla and Abramm (38), Adda (30), Aric (24), Ares (18)- Tags: Lincoln

The handsome and cute man sighed. He blinked blue-gray eyes, and checked that everything he needed was in his bag. He then carried his bag with him, as he tended to do. He always kept the bag with him, in case they got sent out for a mission right after a meal. That or anything else, wherever he went he had it. He hummed quietly as he headed for the dining area. He found Lincoln also headed there, so he said “Hey, Lincoln. How has your morning been so far?” he asked him, deciding to start a conversation.