<b><a class="link link--internal" href="https://bluemoonroleplaying.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=84757&amp;pid=2043307#pid2043307">Arthur Connington</a></b><br/><b>Location:</b>Green Grotto and later his apartment, 901.<br/><b>Tag:</b>Sarah Barkleys and later his daughter, Alice Connington.<br/><br/>"Wonderful, this is a nice calm place" Arthur nodded as the girl mumbled that she was new around those parts. "It's a safe one too, good neighborhood" he added, completely oblivious to the darker side of the Gramercy Plaza. "I guess that we father's can't help but worry" he added with a smile, trying not to think too much of how things were going for his daughter now that she was away. "Celebrations are in order then, have fun, don't let me take more of your time" Arthur nodded, "I will" he added, since explaining that encounter to his daughter would be easier than telling her about the one before.<br/><br/>Picking up his needed groceries, Arthur took his time to use the shopping bout to calm down, even if the event of the upcoming night wouldn't abandon his mind. Once home he left the laptop bag on the table, properly stored his absurdly pricey groceries, and fell down on the couch. "Come on, you got to do it" he encouraged himself, picking up his smartphone and tapping on his daughter's smiling face on the agenda.<br/><br/>"Hi dad, missing me too much?" a bright voice on the other side of the phone instantly made Arthur relax his features. Even in the distance, his daughter always soothed his mind.<br/><br/>"Always sweetie, but this is not the usual meddlesome dad call" he joked, knowing that he wasn't bearing the distance with his beloved daughter all that well, but still wanted to give her space without pushing her out of his life.<br/><br/>"Nothing bad I hope" she said, although Arthur's relaxed tone helped to keep her calm.<br/><br/>"No Alice, don't worry. It can be even good. It should be" Arthur promptly added. He decided to start with the easy part. "I stumbled upon a bit older than you girl on the Grotto, she seemed to not trust the place but I assured her that if you decided that the place was to be trusted it was safe. She's new around and told me to thank my daughter so..." he explained, Alice humming affirmatively on the other side all along.<br/><br/>"That's nice but... I know you dad, you didn't call me just for that, right?" Alice poked him through the phone, even if she was miles and miles away. "There must be something else" she assured.<br/><br/>"Well, the thing is that I was writing at the Bistro..." he started, omitting the reason why he was writing there and how empty the apartment felt without her. "When a waitress and me started talking" he made a small pause, but Alice didn't seem to be wanting to interrupt him. "Her name is Cassie and it happened quickly, I was way over my head and... well, we ended up arranging to meet tonight for some drinks" Arthur confessed.<br/><br/>"That's wonderful dad!" Alice yelled on the other side of the phone, sounding delighted. "Even if it's just some drinks you never know, I said you had to get out more" she said. "You are good looking and gentle, don't worry" she added, perhaps it was that what had him nervous.<br/><br/>"So... you are fine with it?" Arthur probed, perhaps looking for a way out.<br/><br/>"Of course I am! I should be the one making that question, not you! But I haven't met anyone yet" Alice laughed on the other side, a welcomed melody.<br/><br/>"Perfect then, I won't bother you longer then. And remember, studies first" Arthur added, dads being dads after all. "See you sweetie" he finished.<br/><br/>"I'll behave, see you dad!" Alice said, hanging the phone.<br/><br/>"Mpph, whowaz dat?" a sleepy voice asked from the sheets next to Alice, waking up too late to hear a thing.<br/><br/>"Sorry! My dad was all worried because he has some sort of date at last" she answered, diving under the sheets to be face to face to share her nakedness with the bare woman under them.<br/><br/>"That mature hunk from the pictures you have all around has troubles to get a date? That can't be, I'd date him" the woman said with a smirk.<br/><br/>"Ugh, gross, shut up" Alice laughed, sealing her lips with a kiss.<br/><br/>Miles away, Arthur was sitting on the couch looking at Alice's picture on the phone, not knowing if he had done it willingly or it was just a slip of his mind. After all, Arthur didn't tell Alice that Cassie seemed to be not much older than her.