[attr="class","callie2"] "you do, do you?" she said with a huff, before letting out a laugh.

[break][break] callie wasn't surprised that ALEXANDER STONE had read her so well. after all, she didn't make much of a surprise to hide herself.

[break][break] plus, wasn't that what a businessman was supposed to be good at? reading people?

[break][break] "are you saying you're mad?" she said, bemused. "that doesn't seem like a good trait for a businessman."

[break]

[attr="class","ooc"] m_zJJAZ5 [break]
TOTAL 170 [break][break]
ALEXANDER STONE [break]
AZ EXPLORE #1

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[attr="class","calliemoontop"]

[attr="class","calliemoon"]

"friends?"

[break][break] the sudden suggestion caught callie off-guard, quickly turning the situation on it's heel. a slight blush dusted her cheeks before her lips twisted into a grin and she let out a laugh.

[break][break] "obtaining valuables? valuables like what?"

[break]

[attr="class","ooc"] CALLISTA MOON [break]
swept under the rug

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[attr="class","callie2"] she blinks as the handshake turns into a dab — or some impromptu secret handshake. either way her knuckles rub against his briefly, her hands transitioning smoothly from one to the other.

[break][break] she laughs.

[break][break] "yeah - wouldn't believe it, would you?" her lips tilt into a smirk. "can't shoot for the life of him though. i'm a better shot than him, for sure."

[break][break] her brow arches when he mentions the word girlfriend.

[break][break] "oh," she said. "you're gay?"

[break][break] is she disappointed? she isn't sure.

[break][break] either way, callie lets out another chuckle. "same to you too. between the both of us, we gotta keep him in line."

[break][break] her lips curve into a smile before she glances back out at the rig. so far, nothing too crazy.

[break][break] "what's got a civilian like you all the way out here?"

[break]

[attr="class","ooc"] 6BV_fNDw [break]
TOTAL 299 [break][break]
aaron faust [break]
AZ GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

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[attr="class","callie2"] "oh, right. aaron."

[break][break] though the way she says it makes it seem like she won't remember it. or maybe she will. depending on how the rest of this meeting goes.

[break][break] she turns to him when he speaks then, watching the way his arms fold over his chest, then her eyes flit back up to his handsome face.

[break][break] she grins.

[break][break] "callie."

[break][break] she walks over some crumbling rock to greet him properly this time, offering a hand out to shake.

[break][break] "greyson and i are in the military together - bothering him is one of my favorite past times. how's being his roommate?"

[attr="class","ooc"] z1c2lbPu [break]
TOTAL 188 [break][break]
aaron faust [break]
AZ GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

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[attr="class","callie2"] "you're greyson's roommate, right?"

[break][break] as a part of the league, both had been sent to deploy a drilling rig to gain crystals and other resources to bring back to the science department. callie had been deployed on this civilian unit to oversee them, and also defend them from any ongoing threats.

[break][break] it was all in a day's work for someone like the officer.

[break][break] amber eyes flitted over to the field as she set off her lycanroc and fletchinder to survey the area.

[break][break] "aidan?"

[break]

[attr="class","ooc"] 9CX78lfi [break]
TOTAL [break][break]
aaron faust [break]
AZ GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

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[attr="class","callie2"] for the moment, she has no tasks at hand.

[break][break] much of the security that's needed is already taken up by people like paxton concordas or Gunner Graves . as a result, she finds herself antsy for something to do. so it's with great luck that ALEXANDER STONE calls for her, at just the right moment. so why shouldn't she accept?

[break][break] "oh, you know me so well already?" she says, arching a brow, but there's no heat behind her words. in fact, she's smirking at him as she surveys their surroundings, careful to mark down any suspicious shadows.

[break][break] "you're right, though," she said with a laugh. "i hate the office."

[break][break] "i don't know how you guys do it."

[attr="class","ooc"] 9|rBiOvj [break]
TOTAL 72 [break][break]
ALEXANDER STONE [break]
AZ EXPLORE #1

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[attr="class","calliemoontop"]

[attr="class","calliemoon"]

it takes a second for callie to get her bearings, snickering at the sight and the ridiculousness of the scenario.

[break][break] which is made even more by the refusal of the other.

[break][break] "what do you mean what churro," she balked. "the evidence is all over your face."

[break][break] impulsively, callie reached out. a thumb touched against the corner of the pinkette's mouth, brushing away stray crumbs and brown sugar.

[break][break] her brow arched.

[break][break] "so what if i was? a cop?"

[break][break] "what would you do?"

[attr="class","ooc"] CALLISTA MOON [break]
swept under the rug

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[attr="class","calliemoontop"]

[attr="class","calliemoon"]

even as she raised her pistol to the air in threatening manner, her lycanroc was quick to act too. skoll shot out like a bullet, barking with a commanding voice, as rocks split through the air in a half-moon to block off the thief from the incoming foot traffic.

[break][break] the crowd of people let out shouts of alarm, staring alarmingly at CALLISTA MOON . her casual clothes were easy enough to blend in, but her raised pistol and fierce glare were a dead giveaway to the fact that she was no ordinary citizen.

[break][break] several people immediately skirted away as callie sprinted forward and aimed to grab her shoulder, only to find herself face-to-face with the girl's wide eyes and a sprinkle of sugar-dust on her cheeks.

[break][break] callie blinked.

[break][break] "what the hell?" she said after a moment, releasing her shoulder, and then letting out a laugh. "did you just - did you just inhale that churro? whole?"

[attr="class","ooc"] CALLISTA MOON [break]
swept under the rug

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[attr="class","calliemoontop"]

[attr="class","calliemoon"]
she doesn't know him enough if she'd be surprised, but he answers the question for her anyway. she has no choice but to listen, trying to control her expressions but failing.

[break][break] "hm."

[break][break] her head tilts towards him, lips slotted into an easygoing smirk.

[break][break] "i'm not really one for clandestined meetings, but you drive a hard bargain, mr. stone."

[break][break] in the dimly lit room of his office, the officer — or former officer, really — grabs her mostly empty glass and offers it to clink alongside his.

[break][break] "you got a deal."

[break][break]

[attr="class","ooc"] ALEXANDER STONE

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[attr="class","calliemoontop"]

[attr="class","calliemoon"]

callie was in vacation mode, but she was also a war veteran. paxton concordas would've been disappointed in her if she'd been caught totally unaware.

[break][break] if she let someone rob her.

[break][break] the sudden appearance of a hand at her side immediately had the woman drop her churro out of her grip as she spun, attempting to slice her hand down on the extended wrist. but the element of surprise had worked in nabi park 's favor, allowing the other woman to easily grab her churro —

[break][break] "hey!"

[break][break] her hand flashed at her holster, pulling out her pistol.

[break][break] "halt!"

[attr="class","ooc"] CALLISTA MOON [break]
swept under the rug

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[attr="class","calliemoontop"]

[attr="class","calliemoon"]
she doesn't know him enough if she'd be surprised, but he answers the question for her anyway. she has no choice but to listen, trying to control her expressions but failing.

[break][break] "i guess when you put it that way, i get it." she didn't agree, but she at least could see where he was coming from. "i think i find the opposite comforting. i like having charge of my life, thank you. if i didn't, if some pretentious god gave me a predetermined fate, i think that's be really depressing."

[break][break] she let out a laugh.

[break][break] "you'd think the same if you knew my childhood."

[break][break] callie reached for her drink again, taking a sip, when she arched a brow at him.

[break][break] "okay, i'll play your game. if fate drew us together, then what's next?"

[break][break] "what other predestined steps are there?"

[break]

[attr="class","ooc"] ALEXANDER STONE

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[attr="class","calliemoontop"]

[attr="class","calliemoon"]

there's no time to question it. the ocean roars beneath them as callie leaps onto the back of annalise henderson's altaria, watching with wide eyes as they take off into the sky, dodging just one more ORIGIN PULSE as it rocks against the cliffside.

[break][break] a gleam of red light releases her fletchinder. the pokemon's smaller body navigates cleanly between the blasts and callie aims her pistol at the beast, shooting off a gunshot.

[break][break] it ricochets, just as gunner cuts past the other side with a STEEL WING.

[break][break] callie can taste ocean and sea as she clutches onto annalise's waist, heart in her throat.

[break][break] "what," she gasps. "what do you think made it this mad?"

[break]

[attr="class","ooc"] CALLISTA MOON [break]
the lawless sea

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