<div align="center"><span class="bbc_u"><strong>Wednesday, January 8th - 8:17:02am</strong></span><br/><em>Front Door &gt; Kitchen</em></div><hr/><div class="floatleft">(https://www.ebony.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/omari-2.jpg)</div><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><strong>WHO:</strong> Kaine Brooks (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=316749.msg15291877#msg15291877)<br/><strong>WEARING:</strong> Shirtless, Gym Shorts, Shoes<br/><strong>DOING:</strong> Working Out &gt; Answering the door<br/><strong>NOTE:</strong> <br/><strong>TAGGING:</strong> Gia</span><br/><hr/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">   When she simply nodded yes to his not so thinly veiled question of whether she was a super or not, Kaine gave her a quick wink in return before shifting the weather. He could hear Marley in his head as he did, <em>why not just make it snow? dry wind is awful on my hair</em>. It made him chuckle to think about, but he'd known her so long and so intimately...on several levels that it was second nature to think about now. She introduced herself as Gia, and he offered a hand to shake.<br/><br/> If she'd paid close attention, she could see his hand quite literally shaking, even if only slightly. The Eclipse had done a number on him and Tristyn both, and his own issues were mainly mental. He'd never killed before that day, despite just how freakishly strong he was. But that day, he killed a <em>lot</em>. It was out of necessity to save the planet of course, but that rationalization didn't negate the fact that he was drenched in blood that wasn't his more than once. Friend or foe, by the end of the night it didn't even matter. <br/><br/>That quick flashback vanished from his mind almost instantly when he realized he had to be on his best behavior with new blood around. "You're a brave woman, Gia. Findin' us all the way out here <em>after</em> everything that's happened? Gotta be tough to hike to the Cathedral. Pleasure's mine, pretty lady. And after my lesson's over, I might make it rain." As he and Gia walked into the kitchen, there stood Marley and Eric, talking about groundhogs and the big man complaining about the wind. <br/><br/>"Eyes closed, under the sheets. After everything...I take sleep when I can get it, ya know?" he said with a smirk in his tone, but his friends would know that he'd probably taken some pills to sleep, since he could go for days without it after the Eclipse.  "Marley, Eric, this is Gia. Gia, these two help me run this place. They're family. And far as I know, we always got more room. This place is fucking massive." <br/><br/>Walking toward the fridge, he bent down and easily tilted it up to get to the Cinnamon Toast Crunch he kept there so people couldn't go eatin' his food without permission. He got two bowls, then poured himself some and Gia one as well. He even put in milk. Thankfully cows were still around, but milk was hard to get with how fucked up supply lines were. Still that government(what was left of it) funding made sure they ate good at least. <br/><br/>Finally adding a spoon, he pulled a chair over to the table and put the bowl there. "Sit. Eat. You can have some eggs when breakfast is ready, but sounds like your stomach is touchin' your back. This'll help." Walking back over to his friends, he tapped his fist against Eric's, then leaned down and kissed Marley on the forehead before leaning against the wall and starting in on his cereal. Gia already had his approval, now it was up to the others, but he had an idea that they'd say yes since...well they had never really said no as far as he could recall.<br/><br/></span><br/>