Here's looking at you, kid [for Lara, Riley, Val]

[bachjones]

                                                                                                                                                                                                                         


As Lara had promised Bach, she had asked Riley and Valeria for their opinion on whatever had happened to him. After putting some thought into finding some time in their busy schedules (except for Bach, of course), they all managed to meet up at Lara's place today, just after lunch. 

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[bachjones]

Bach looks and feels like warmed up death. And he's kind of disappointed that they are meeting up after lunch, because he's hungry.

[asharpertongue]

When the door buzzer goes, Lara puts down her tablet and gets up to see Bach standing there looking sick as a dog. Frowning, she walks down the stairs to open the door and let him in.

"Come in, Bach." She leads then up the stairs again and into the lounge. "Sit. You look like you're going to collapse." She said, pointing at the couch. "Can I get you something to eat or drink? I have sandwiches in the fridge and some pizza from last night?"

[bachjones]

"Yeah, that sounds good." He sits down and waits for her to return.

"Cinderella still won't touch me", Bach tells the empty room. "Nothing will."

[asharpertongue]

Lara makes a sympathetic face and walks through the lounge to the open kitchen at the end of the room.

She comes back after grabbing pretty much everything in her fridge and a pitcher of water, tucking some glasses under her arms. She sets it out on the table and then sits next to him.

"That's not true." She clicks her tongue and Osha looks up from her place on her bed in front of the window. She spots Bach and scrabbles up, crossing the room to see if he has any treats. "See? Now help yourself. I can make coffee or something if you want it?"

[bachjones]

"That's a dog. And she's only here to see if I have food. Not meant to be rude."

He piles sandwiches and vegetables and works through it methodically, anything to kill the hunger. "Thank you. My last money went to Cinderella's food."

[asharpertongue]

Lara chuckled. "Maybe but she wouldn't do that if she didn't want to be around you. She's a fussy dog." As if to prove her point, Osha lays her huge head on Bach's knee, looking for fusses.

She watched him piling up food and made a mental note to send him some supplies anonymously.

[bachjones]

"She's a heavy dog." He looks at her. "Your head is probably half the weight of Cinderella. You're huge, and I know not a lot of women like to hear that, but I'm sorry to tell you."

[jiyunnies]

She's been thinking about Bach's situation since Lara came to her and Val the other day. It's definitely curious. She packed her bag with a few books for research purposes along with some ingredients for a custom potion making session if their little meeting called for one. Val would bring herbs of course. Feeling like everything was covered, Riley knocks on Lara's front door.

[asharpertongue]

Lara pushes the buzzer and the door lock for Riley. "We're in the living room. Come on up."

[jiyunnies]

She paths up the stairs, finding Lara's living room easily and comfortably as she's been in the woman's home several time.

"Hi!" She smiles at Lara but her attention is grabbed when Osha makes her presence known. Riley kneels on the ground to give her plenty of pets. "How's everything?" She asks, looking up at Lara.

[asharpertongue]

Osha abandons Bach and heads straight over to Riley when she walks in, nudging her gently as Riley pets her.

"Hey Riley. Everything's good. For me anyway." She kneels down with her and lowers her voice. "He's looking sick."

[jiyunnies]

Riley pets Osha distractedly, glancing at Bach then back to Lara. "He does. How long had he been like this?"

[asharpertongue]

Lara shakes her head. "I don't know exactly. A week at least. I looked at him a few days ago and tried to find my way in but I just slid off like everything about him had been smoothed over. I tried to call his will up with mine but there was no way in and nothing responded." She sighed. "Whatever it is that's cut him off is doing a great job of it."

[jiyunnies]

"Thats....strange," she admits, trying to thumb through her knowledge of magical blocks. "What was he doing when the block hit? I assume you've already removed your special paint."

[bachjones]

"That Riley?"

Bach feels just a little bit like hiding so he doesn't have to confront Riley with being a complete waste of time, but he's sure neither of the women would allow that. Bossy lot, the both of them.

So he straightens his scarf, ruffles his hair and greets her with a half-smile.

[jiyunnies]

She smiles brightly when she sees him. "Hi, Bach. How are you feeling?"

[bachjones]

He shrugs. "Silent. Is that a thing? Also hungry, but miss Quinn is changing that for me. Because she has food. A lot."

[jiyunnies]

"Silence is definitely a thing. I'm glad you're getting fed so well. I can still bring you food from Val's garden if you want." She moves to sit next to him. "Anything physically different?"

[bachjones]

"That would be nice. Only things I can eat raw though, please."

He scratches his temple. "You mean like, my body? I haven't had hard-ons for the past week."

[bewitchinghaze]

Val shows up at the door with a messenger bag full of herbs and various other magical implements, along with some veggies and fruits from her garden. She makes a witch mark on the doorframe to ensure any magic done inside stays inside before knocking.

[asharpertongue]

Lara buzzes her up as soon as she hears the knocking. "We're up in the lounge. Come on up." She called down the stairs.

[bewitchinghaze]

Val lets herself in, kicking off her shoes before tramping up the stairs to the lounge. She drops her bag next to the couch before giving Lara a quick hug in greeting. "I brought some fruit and veggies for you. And plenty of herbs to see what's going on with Bach, of course, but I figured you'd like the food too."

[asharpertongue]

Lara hugs her back and nods. "You know I don't actually eat vegetables unless you give them to me. So my body thanks you."

[bewitchinghaze]

Val tuts, shaking her head. "I'll make sure to send you weekly batches then. Not eating vegetables..." she scolds. "You're going to get scurvy and wither away, I hope you know."

[asharpertongue]

"What would I do without you, Val?" Lara said, kissing her friends cheek and smiling.

She led the way into the lounge and waved a hand at them. "Coffee?"