Song as Old as Rhyme

[CalamityJade]

"Well, you might wanna find a place to change back before one of them spots you. Doubt Siegfried's gonna let you off the hook for just that." O shook his head. "And if the girl finds you, that'll be a different kind of hell."

[yamikuronue]

Lance winces, remembering the singular pain of having his ears and tail tugged on by a toddler. He slinks towards the house, hoping not to run into anyone between here and his upstairs Master Bathroom...

[accalia]

Lying against the wall on the upstairs hallway is a large grey, shading to white in several patches, she wolf.  The creature is fast asleep, feet twitching in time with a dream hunt, voice whimpering in a ghost of an echo of a howl from the dreaming

The past few years have not been kind to Julie, she rarely takes human shape these days and when she's awake the wolf is almost as likely to answer as the human, but she absolutely dotes on the child, and the rest of her family too. That much at least hasn't changed over the years.

[yamikuronue]

Lance slows down, creeping past Julie slowly, his paws soft on the upstairs rug. Siegfried had been awoken several times by the click of nails on the hardwood, so Lance had bought a simple, woven, un-fluffy runner to go down the hallway and provide something softer to walk on. Of course, his passing was likely to knock it askew, and Siegfried would end up righting it,  but at least he could do that at 7am instead of 3am.

[CalamityJade]

O moved after Lance as they passed Julie. He still wasn't entirely sure what happened to old werewolves. He hadn't met any before he went to prison and after it was just the two. Maybe she knew and was just trying to enjoy the time she had left. Couldn't exactly blame her for it...he also somewhat hated that he'd apparently taken this role as 'threat assessment' in such a manner that he's actually had to consider killing a couple of people that he genuinely liked for lack of better answers.

[yamikuronue]

Safely past Julie/Bitch, Lance/Wolf creeps up to the third floor and his master suite. He creeps into his room, and within a moment, passing the open doorway wearing his plush velvet robe, tying the sash. The neck gapes open just enough to reveal his hairless chest, a peek of his six-pack; the sash holds it closed enough to avoid revealing if he bothered about his usual silk boxers or just went bare.

Lance's hair, brown with natural red highlights, falls around his shoulders just as before, but it's more artful than it once was thanks to his new stylist. He had scowled at the man and instructed him not to change anything, and the man had dutifully styled the entire thing to look like Lance didn't bother with taming it, just woke up looking like a greek god naturally. He still hadn't thanked Siegfried for recommending the man. It seemed... queer to have a stylist, still, but he had to admit he looked better.

[CalamityJade]

O shook his head as Lance came back out. "Not sure where either of them are, but I hope you have something good to say about it."

[accalia]

As O speaks a soft, rhythmic thumping starts behind him. Seems his voice woke Julie, even if she makes no effort to move her tail still gives away the fact that at least one of her is awake.

[yamikuronue]

"Ehh... maybe not." He stands in front of his closet, looking past several pairs of night, tight jeans before pulling out a pair of leather pants. Hmm. With the white blouse? The one that's open almost to his naval? Yeah, that works. He rakes his fingers through his hair.

"I figured I'd go out." If he leaves now, he can hit the club just as it's getting busy, and if he plays his cards real well, he can crash in a hotel room and not come back until Monday. That should be enough time for Siegfried to be a bit less pissy, right?

[CalamityJade]

O gave something of a sigh. "Really? Don't you think that'll just make it worse?" He gave a quick glance back at the sound. Might as well make sure Julie was there rather than assume he knew what was going on.

[accalia]

Yep, Julie's behind him, she's pretending to be asleep still, but the fact that she's moved to keep sight of O and that her tail is wagging is a dead giveaway that she's awake.

[yamikuronue]

"Nah. He'll have calmed down by the time I get back, I think. I'll grab him a gift while I'm out, that might help."

[CalamityJade]

O gave a small sigh. He wasn't, however, in charge of Lance. He was going to do what he thought he should and that was usually gonna be it. Since he doubted that Siegfried would kill him or really let anyone else do it, he should just let this play out. "That'll have to be some gift, I think." He chuckled as he leaned against the door and kept an ear out for Julie moving again. He had a good guess on which of them was awake, if she was bothering with a game rather than just talking...well, that or she was bored and figured this'd be a nice distraction.

[yamikuronue]

"Yeah. I don't  know. Cufflinks?" he hazards a guess, pulling on the white top.

[CalamityJade]

"Might work. You'd have to make sure to get ones that Siegfried doesn't have." O shrugged. "Probably wanna try something a little bigger than that if you're trying to get out of trouble."