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wod:hunter:recap:27_chapter_6 [2020/03/01 20:46] – [Sunday October 3rd, 2010] anagramofbratwod:hunter:recap:27_chapter_6 [2020/09/12 18:00] (current) anagramofbrat
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 ===== Saturday October 2nd, 2010 ===== ===== Saturday October 2nd, 2010 =====
 ==== Springfield ==== ==== Springfield ====
-[[wod:hunter:pcs:anita|Anita]] texts [[wod:hunter:pcs:josh|Josh]] her address – 27 Pine Street Court – and Josh replies, “What should I bring?” as he Googles ‘Puerto Rican hospitality.’ Anita replies in text //“She likes port. It’s sweet.”// Josh heads for the liquor store as Anita drives home. Her house is only half a mile from the botanica, and is a modest two-story home with peeling blue paint and a yard still covered with autumn leaves. The attic is storage, and the basement is mostly her grandfather’s workshop and [[wod:npcs:carlos|Carlos]]’s old room. The first floor is the living room, the foyer, the kitchen, the dining room, and the master bedroom and bath where [[wod:npcs:abuela|Abuela]] sleeps. The second floor is three bedrooms, one for Anita, one for [[wod:npcs:adela|Del]], and one that is a ‘crafts room’ despite the fact Abuela hasn’t sewn anything in years and is in denial about her troubles getting up the stairs. The home is a bit shabby on the outside, but clean and comfy on the inside, and it is very clear that many generations have grown up inside its walls. +[[wod:hunter:pcs:anita|Anita]] texts [[wod:hunter:pcs:josh|Josh]] her address – 27 Pine Street Court – and Josh replies, “What should I bring?” as he Googles ‘Puerto Rican hospitality.’ Anita replies in text //“She likes port. It’s sweet.”// Josh heads for the liquor store as Anita drives home. Her house is only half a mile from the botanica, and is a modest two-story home with peeling blue paint and a yard still covered with autumn leaves. The attic is storage, and the basement is mostly her grandfather’s workshop and [[wod:characters:carlos|Carlos]]’s old room. The first floor is the living room, the foyer, the kitchen, the dining room, and the master bedroom and bath where [[wod:characters:abuela|Abuela]] sleeps. The second floor is three bedrooms, one for Anita, one for [[wod:characters:adela|Del]], and one that is a ‘crafts room’ despite the fact Abuela hasn’t sewn anything in years and is in denial about her troubles getting up the stairs. The home is a bit shabby on the outside, but clean and comfy on the inside, and it is very clear that many generations have grown up inside its walls. 
  
 Abuela snaps to Del, “Set the table, we have a guest coming.” She says nothing further, which leads Del to assume her older brother Carlos is coming. She grumbles as she sets the extra place while Abuela stirs the pulled pork simmering in the slow cooker. Anita stays out of the way and keeps her face blank; she knows what Abuela is doing – and she approves. At 8 o’clock on the dot, the doorbell rings, and Abuela irritably snaps, “Della, get the door.” Anita waits and watches in the living room as Del matches to the door and flings it open –and stops dead when she registers Josh instead of Carlos! Josh is holding a bottle of port and flowers, and he explains that Abuela invited him to dinner. Anita recognizes the "abort/retry/fail" look on her sister’s face and snaps, “Are you going to let him in or not?”  Abuela snaps to Del, “Set the table, we have a guest coming.” She says nothing further, which leads Del to assume her older brother Carlos is coming. She grumbles as she sets the extra place while Abuela stirs the pulled pork simmering in the slow cooker. Anita stays out of the way and keeps her face blank; she knows what Abuela is doing – and she approves. At 8 o’clock on the dot, the doorbell rings, and Abuela irritably snaps, “Della, get the door.” Anita waits and watches in the living room as Del matches to the door and flings it open –and stops dead when she registers Josh instead of Carlos! Josh is holding a bottle of port and flowers, and he explains that Abuela invited him to dinner. Anita recognizes the "abort/retry/fail" look on her sister’s face and snaps, “Are you going to let him in or not?” 
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 ==== Northampton ==== ==== Northampton ====
-Back at the Troy residence, [[wod:hunter:pcs:william|William]] makes his way carefully to the kitchen and makes a light supper. He settles back on the sectional couch and watches TV as he eats. Meanwhile, at her apartment, [[wod:hunter:pcs:leta|Leta]] realizes [[wod:npcs:giuseppe|Giuseppe]] will contact [[wod:npcs:leland|Leland Overman]] next, as is standard procedure. She hears a popping sound from the kitchen, and ambles into the living room to see [[wod:npcs:abby|Abby]] still on the couch. She walks into the kitchen – and stares at the collection of bottles, jars, and cans with illegible labels that covers every available inch of space. [[wod:npcs:veltis|Veltis]] is making dinner in humanoid-rat form, and is using his tail to pop things out of his demonic pocket-realm. +Back at the Troy residence, [[wod:hunter:pcs:william|William]] makes his way carefully to the kitchen and makes a light supper. He settles back on the sectional couch and watches TV as he eats. Meanwhile, at her apartment, [[wod:hunter:pcs:leta|Leta]] realizes [[wod:characters:guiseppe|Giuseppe]] will contact [[wod:characters:leland|Leland Overman]] next, as is standard procedure. She hears a popping sound from the kitchen, and ambles into the living room to see [[wod:characters:abby|Abby]] still on the couch. She walks into the kitchen – and stares at the collection of bottles, jars, and cans with illegible labels that covers every available inch of space. [[wod:characters:veltis|Veltis]] is making dinner in humanoid-rat form, and is using his tail to pop things out of his demonic pocket-realm. 
  
 Leta swears at the clutter and Abby looks up and registers the mess. She mumbles, “I guess this means a group trip to IKEA,” before returning to her books. There is a very loud pop, and a three-foot tall cylinder filled with brackish green liquid rolls out of the pocket realm and into the living room! Tiny hands appear, pounding on the glass, before Veltis’s tail whips and drags it back into the kitchen. He shoves the cylinder back into the pocket realm and insists, “It was the 1480s. Don’t worry about it.” Enraged, Leta snaps, “You have no idea what’s in any of these things!” Veltis hotly refutes that, so Leta points to a jar and snaps, “What’s in that one?” Veltis replies, “A Hand of Glory.” Leta is thrown off-guard sat that, but recovers and points to another jar. Veltis replies, “Himalayan salt.” Leta growls, “You can buy that in stores now,” but Veltis counters, “It’s processed all to hell.” He also reveals that salt is black, not pink, and Leta grudgingly concedes that point. She does insist, “Most of this stuff is spoiled.”  Leta swears at the clutter and Abby looks up and registers the mess. She mumbles, “I guess this means a group trip to IKEA,” before returning to her books. There is a very loud pop, and a three-foot tall cylinder filled with brackish green liquid rolls out of the pocket realm and into the living room! Tiny hands appear, pounding on the glass, before Veltis’s tail whips and drags it back into the kitchen. He shoves the cylinder back into the pocket realm and insists, “It was the 1480s. Don’t worry about it.” Enraged, Leta snaps, “You have no idea what’s in any of these things!” Veltis hotly refutes that, so Leta points to a jar and snaps, “What’s in that one?” Veltis replies, “A Hand of Glory.” Leta is thrown off-guard sat that, but recovers and points to another jar. Veltis replies, “Himalayan salt.” Leta growls, “You can buy that in stores now,” but Veltis counters, “It’s processed all to hell.” He also reveals that salt is black, not pink, and Leta grudgingly concedes that point. She does insist, “Most of this stuff is spoiled.” 
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 At the Montoya residence, Del shuts the door with a look of pure spite at her older sister. Abuela snaps her fingers, and Josh follows the sisters to the dining room. They settle in as Abuela serves dinner: slow-cooked Puerto Rican pulled pork with corn tortillas, //pico de gallo//, chopped cilantro, and avocado. Josh compliments the food enthusiastically, which helps soften Abuela’s stance towards him slightly. She’s also enjoying Del’s infatuation, but Josh is kind without encouraging towards Del. He asks about the history of the Montoya Botanica, unaware he’s breached the unspoken cardinal rule of “Don’t talk shop at the dinner table.” The sisters rear back slightly, but Abuela starts discussing the shop’s history.  At the Montoya residence, Del shuts the door with a look of pure spite at her older sister. Abuela snaps her fingers, and Josh follows the sisters to the dining room. They settle in as Abuela serves dinner: slow-cooked Puerto Rican pulled pork with corn tortillas, //pico de gallo//, chopped cilantro, and avocado. Josh compliments the food enthusiastically, which helps soften Abuela’s stance towards him slightly. She’s also enjoying Del’s infatuation, but Josh is kind without encouraging towards Del. He asks about the history of the Montoya Botanica, unaware he’s breached the unspoken cardinal rule of “Don’t talk shop at the dinner table.” The sisters rear back slightly, but Abuela starts discussing the shop’s history. 
  
-Abuela tells Josh about how her father – Anita’s great-grandfather – [[wod:npcs:santiago|Santiago Montoya]] opened the store in 1912 and ran in until his sudden death in 1919. She makes a poetic reference to his death on ‘the day the angels died’ and Josh immediately recalls Veltis’s claim that no angel remained on Earth since 1919 prior to their encounter with the [[wod:npcs:cat|cat-angel]]. He wonders if Santiago Montoya was an angel himself, ((No.)) while Anita notes his reaction and decides to ask him about it later. Del misses the reaction; she’s still too stunned that Abuela is breaking her own rule, and Abuela herself is lost in her memories. She tells about how her mother took over the store, how Abuela herself grew up in it and then took it over, and how it eventually passed to Anita’s hands.+Abuela tells Josh about how her grandfather – Anita’s great-great-grandfather – [[wod:characters:salvador]]((this was originally noted as Abuela's father Santiago, which doesn't work timewise. Fixed to Abuela's grandfather, [[wod:characters:salvador]].)) opened the store in 1912 and ran in until his sudden death in 1919. She makes a poetic reference to his death on ‘the day the angels died’ and Josh immediately recalls Veltis’s claim that no angel remained on Earth since 1919 prior to their encounter with the [[wod:characters:victor|cat-angel]]. He wonders if Salvador Montoya was an angel himself, ((No.)) while Anita notes his reaction and decides to ask him about it later. Del misses the reaction; she’s still too stunned that Abuela is breaking her own rule, and Abuela herself is lost in her memories. She tells about how her mother took over the store, how Abuela herself grew up in it and then took it over, and how it eventually passed to Anita’s hands.
  
 Abuela never outright says it, but Josh cottons on to how she still considers the botanica hers, and how the massive changes and upgrades he introduced has made ‘her’ store unrecognizable. He registers how integral the botanica is to this family’s identity in the community, so he says carefully, “My previous job was at a big box store. People came in and bought things they wanted for their entertainment, and then they went home with them. There was no community. Your store is about building the community, and I’m proud to have even a tiny part of it.” It is not until he finishes speaking that he realizes he just said everything in perfectly accented Puerto Rican Spanish, and Anita curses and mutters, “I’ll have to change the sign.” Josh blushes as Della gapes at his language skills. Abuela never outright says it, but Josh cottons on to how she still considers the botanica hers, and how the massive changes and upgrades he introduced has made ‘her’ store unrecognizable. He registers how integral the botanica is to this family’s identity in the community, so he says carefully, “My previous job was at a big box store. People came in and bought things they wanted for their entertainment, and then they went home with them. There was no community. Your store is about building the community, and I’m proud to have even a tiny part of it.” It is not until he finishes speaking that he realizes he just said everything in perfectly accented Puerto Rican Spanish, and Anita curses and mutters, “I’ll have to change the sign.” Josh blushes as Della gapes at his language skills.
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 ==== Northampton ==== ==== Northampton ====
-Back at Leta’s apartment, she manages to get the fridge open, and swears when she realizes it’s already full of more bottles and jars. Veltis snipes at her as he cooks dinner, and shoves her out of the kitchen. He serves dinner shortly thereafter: South Carolina fried chicken, grits, and corn on the cob. He also passes out bottles of Coca-Cola – the original version. Leta howls, “You just gave me cocaine!” Veltis swears and grabs the bottles back. He then grabs bottles of Mexican Coke instead. They almost finish eating when the doorbell rings. Leta gets up and peers through the peephole. She hisses, “It’s [[wod:npcs:fuller|Fuller]]! Get this horde of crap out of here!”+Back at Leta’s apartment, she manages to get the fridge open, and swears when she realizes it’s already full of more bottles and jars. Veltis snipes at her as he cooks dinner, and shoves her out of the kitchen. He serves dinner shortly thereafter: South Carolina fried chicken, grits, and corn on the cob. He also passes out bottles of Coca-Cola – the original version. Leta howls, “You just gave me cocaine!” Veltis swears and grabs the bottles back. He then grabs bottles of Mexican Coke instead. They almost finish eating when the doorbell rings. Leta gets up and peers through the peephole. She hisses, “It’s [[wod:characters:fuller|Fuller]]! Get this horde of crap out of here!”
  
 There is a massive thunderclap of a pop, and then everything is back in the pocket-realm – including the book Abby was holding in her hands! Leta opens the door and greets Detective Fuller; the other woman demands, “What the hell was that noise?” Leta plays it off as the kids living downstairs, and then Fuller demands to speak to her. Leta refuses to let her inside without a warrant, but Fuller replies, “We can talk here, or down at the station.” Sighing, Leta steps inside and Fuller enters the apartment, looking around suspiciously. However, there is nothing out of place, and a tiny Veltis runs over to Leta; she scoops him up and puts him on her shoulder. There is a massive thunderclap of a pop, and then everything is back in the pocket-realm – including the book Abby was holding in her hands! Leta opens the door and greets Detective Fuller; the other woman demands, “What the hell was that noise?” Leta plays it off as the kids living downstairs, and then Fuller demands to speak to her. Leta refuses to let her inside without a warrant, but Fuller replies, “We can talk here, or down at the station.” Sighing, Leta steps inside and Fuller enters the apartment, looking around suspiciously. However, there is nothing out of place, and a tiny Veltis runs over to Leta; she scoops him up and puts him on her shoulder.
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-Josh remains at the Montoya household until 11 o’clock; he does the dishes and sheepishly asks if he can bring some of the leftover rum cake home for his grandfather. Abuela cuts him 1/4th of the cake and wraps it up. She hands it to him and he says his goodbyes in Spanish without meaning to. He drives off, and Abuela murmurs, “I have to yell at [[wod:npcs:consuela|Consuela]] later.” Anita frowns, but concedes that Consuela is among the worst of the Latinas sexually harassing Josh in Spanish. +Josh remains at the Montoya household until 11 o’clock; he does the dishes and sheepishly asks if he can bring some of the leftover rum cake home for his grandfather. Abuela cuts him 1/4th of the cake and wraps it up. She hands it to him and he says his goodbyes in Spanish without meaning to. He drives off, and Abuela murmurs, “I have to yell at [[wod:characters:consuela|Consuela]] later.” Anita frowns, but concedes that Consuela is among the worst of the Latinas sexually harassing Josh in Spanish. 
  
 Del suddenly demands, “When the fuck did you two learn German?” Anita shrugs but asks Abuela, “Were you a spy?” Abuela stares at her granddaughters and announces, “I’m going to trade both of you for that //gringo// boy.” Anita just stares at her, so Abuela snaps, “And why did you learn German?” Anita shrugs and replies, “So I can read great-grandfather’s books in the basement of the botanica?” Abuela sneers, “Well, there you go,” and Anita nods in understanding. Del asks, “What books?” so Anita describes what a book is. Del howls, “I know what a book is!” Anita shrugs and says, “Then pay attention to something other than boys and food. Josh has a girlfriend.” Del mutters something derogatory, but Anita snaps earnestly, “Do not fuck with Abby. That bitch will cut you.” Del snaps, “Are all your //gringo// friends criminals?” Anita replies, “I hang out with weird //gringos//, not criminal ones, like Peter.” Abuela cuts in nastily, “Remind me again how you met Peter?” Del turns crimson and storms out of the room to slam her door. Anita sighs but Abuela grumbles about Del being the stupid one. Anita replies, “She’s not stupid, she’s just seventeen.” Abuela glares at her and snaps, “Go to your room!” Del suddenly demands, “When the fuck did you two learn German?” Anita shrugs but asks Abuela, “Were you a spy?” Abuela stares at her granddaughters and announces, “I’m going to trade both of you for that //gringo// boy.” Anita just stares at her, so Abuela snaps, “And why did you learn German?” Anita shrugs and replies, “So I can read great-grandfather’s books in the basement of the botanica?” Abuela sneers, “Well, there you go,” and Anita nods in understanding. Del asks, “What books?” so Anita describes what a book is. Del howls, “I know what a book is!” Anita shrugs and says, “Then pay attention to something other than boys and food. Josh has a girlfriend.” Del mutters something derogatory, but Anita snaps earnestly, “Do not fuck with Abby. That bitch will cut you.” Del snaps, “Are all your //gringo// friends criminals?” Anita replies, “I hang out with weird //gringos//, not criminal ones, like Peter.” Abuela cuts in nastily, “Remind me again how you met Peter?” Del turns crimson and storms out of the room to slam her door. Anita sighs but Abuela grumbles about Del being the stupid one. Anita replies, “She’s not stupid, she’s just seventeen.” Abuela glares at her and snaps, “Go to your room!”
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 ===== Sunday October 3rd, 2010 =====  ===== Sunday October 3rd, 2010 ===== 
-At 3:10 AM, something comes flying through the bay window of the Troy household! William instinctively rolls to the floor as a body sprawls along his couch, feet in the air and head in his crotch. He registers a bloody mess of a young Asian woman, and crawls away from the sofa. The noise wakes Josh and he looks outside to see a small figure calmly approaching the house. He screams, “There’s someone outside!” as he barrels out of his room and races downstairs! William crawls to an angle where he can see outside and looks; he sees a small, female figure calmly approaching. Josh runs into the living room and sees the woman; he immediately recognizes her as [[wod:npcs:angie|Angie Nakamura]]! He grabs her shoulders and drags her inside just as the figure hops up into the bay window. There is a crack of thunder, a bolt of lightning, and the Troys see a small woman illuminated clearly; she’s wearing combat boots, ripped jeans, a spiked leather jacket, and has pale skin, blue hair, and facial piercings. She opens her mouth, and the Troys clearly see the extended fangs of a vampire!+At 3:10 AM, something comes flying through the bay window of the Troy household! William instinctively rolls to the floor as a body sprawls along his couch, feet in the air and head in his crotch. He registers a bloody mess of a young Asian woman, and crawls away from the sofa. The noise wakes Josh and he looks outside to see [[wod:characters:elisa|a small figure]] calmly approaching the house. He screams, “There’s someone outside!” as he barrels out of his room and races downstairs! William crawls to an angle where he can see outside and looks; he sees a small, female figure calmly approaching. Josh runs into the living room and sees the woman; he immediately recognizes her as [[wod:characters:angie|Angie Nakamura]]! He grabs her shoulders and drags her inside just as the figure hops up into the bay window. There is a crack of thunder, a bolt of lightning, and the Troys see a small woman illuminated clearly; she’s wearing combat boots, ripped jeans, a spiked leather jacket, and has pale skin, blue hair, and facial piercings. She opens her mouth, and the Troys clearly see the extended fangs of a vampire!
  
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