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</div></div><br/>Lilly Vander gave a less than ladylike snort at being compared to his own feline companion. Even as a joke, she found it distasteful.  Unsure at first in how to reply to the vampire's absurd question, because of course she would. Lilly knew with how he'd acted so far not to take it as a personal insult, mocking her proud lineage that he understood nothing about. Hell, he probably had little knowledge about the endless conflict between mother Gaia and the vile Wyrm, and as she's come to learn, few leeches did. "In the most basic of senses, I suppose." A dry chuckle as she popped her knuckles absentmindedly. Her pace increased with every couple of steps, checking to see that Louis was keeping up, he was more than physically capable to do so, but she wondered if he wasn't too indolent to keep lockstep. "I'm a Simba, a werelion...ess" She began, adding the feminine suffix to her title in an awkward slurring of the word.<br/><br/>The pair was close now, two metahumans able to cover ground far quicker than any human. The laeline that Theo had tapped into, called to the primal nature of Lilly Vander, her skin prickling at the pure magical essence washing over her.<br/><br/>No, it was screaming at her. Something was clearly wrong, though Lilly had neither the upbringing nor training of such matters to understand why. So it simply bothered her greatly, the closer they got to the source of the disturbance.<br/><br/>A steady buzz within the breast pocket of her jacket caused Lilly to fish out her phone and scan the message scrolling across the display.<br/><br/><i>Mr. J: Picking up police scanners. Activity on the docks, warehouse sector L. If it's you, there better be a damn good reason you're being so loud. If not, don't butt your nose in it.</i><br/><br/>Scoffing, the huntress stowed the phone, but not before putting it on silence.<br/><br/>"The two of us are just some innocent bystanders passing by for a quick look. I'm not going in looking for a fight, but if one finds us, don't worry, I have enough in me to cover your share of a scuffle." She was ahead of Louie, so her cocksure grin was hers alone, she might have talked a big game about not searching out conflict, but her quickening pulse and slow, steady clenching of her hands said otherwise. After her encounter with Louie, there was no question in her mind that Lilly was ready to blow off some steam if the opportunity knocked.<br/><br/>Rounding a final corner brought them to the site of the incident that Theo had inflicted upon a dumpster and the wall of one of many abandoned warehouses. Just in time to catch some words of wisdom from a certain pink pixie cut sporting wayfarer.<br/><br/>"Pipsqueak is right, hardly alone after a racket like that, and definitely time to go." Surprisingly, Lilly managed to remain composed despite another fucking vampire mucking about in her general locale. She cocked a thumb back in the direction of sirens which were absolutely drawing nearer; she guessed a handful of minutes. "Are we all going to the obvious meetup? Or somewhere else?"<br/><br/>Reigniting her cigarette which had gone out, she wouldn't be deterred from, as Silky put it, sticking her nose in this steaming mess. There was no immediate threat to be had here, and if her instincts were correct, this was important, and would still likely end up with everyone at the bar. Lilly gave a slight motion of her hands for Louie to stick with her for a little while longer.<br/><br/><a class="username" data-user-id="6446" data-username="@Braxton" data-xf-init="member-tooltip" href="https://blackdahliaroleplaying.com/members/6446/">@Braxton</a><br/><a class="username" data-user-id="634" data-username="@Villains" data-xf-init="member-tooltip" href="https://blackdahliaroleplaying.com/members/634/">@Villains</a><br/><a class="username" data-user-id="7082" data-username="@Lurktastic" data-xf-init="member-tooltip" href="https://blackdahliaroleplaying.com/members/7082/">@Lurktastic</a>