Strangers by the Lake {Hoshi}

[Hoshimi Aoki]

Everyone had skills. Be it from the ability to just listen, or the ability to strive and succeed, abilities that were apparent to just the one person. Sure they may overlap who and where it was in your personality with others, but the way that these skills were used was what distinguished your characters. That is what Hoshi believed anyway. It wasn't how you did something, it was how you did it. It didn't matter to Hoshi if you were utter crap at something, if you were trying your hardest and you were giving it your all, you earned Hoshi's respect. It wasn't that one had to be the best. It was that they were trying. That was really all that mattered.

Hoshi went quiet as she waited for her companion to speak and reveal just what her hobbies and skills were. Hoshi raised an eyebrow at the silence she was greeted with, it was almost as if Delilah had seemed almost hesitant to tell her. Hoshi had to smile as she was victorious when Delilah finally gave in and started to talk. Hoshi raised an eyebrow herself as Delilah explained what she had done. “ That's...” Hoshi was almost at a loss for words. She knew she could never do that sort of thing, it was not really her cup of tea. The most exercise she really did was exercises and the occasional run. Luckily Hoshi's metabolism was high so it really wasn't a problem. Hoshi smiled as she went to finish her sentence. “Amazing. I know I could never do that. I don't have it in me.” Hoshi readily nodded at the job change. “You should do something you love,” Hoshi gave a small smile and looked over at the persona across from her. “ That is what I do, never really considered anything else.”

Hoshi nodded at the others admission of being single. From the sounds of it she didn't let others in easily, but for some reason Hoshi was different. Hoshi really did admire the woman's earnestness, her truth behind her words. The woman had been nothing up upfront and honest to her and Hoshi appreciated that. Most people today would have made up some lie or another, and tried to cover up what they were talking about. It was interesting that Delilah was becoming someone who was able to tell her the truth. Not many people would do that, at least not in their own admission.


Hoshi thought about her own relationships. They tended to not last long and there was only a small chance. She as described as too cold. Too icy. No one could break her ice palace she had built and it eventually wore them down. It didn't help that none of her family knew that she was a lesbian. Especially when her sister kept setting her up on blind dates. That just made it worse, as she then had to make the men get the idea she wasn't into them without letting her family know. To her family she had extremely high standards. They just didn't understand. It wasn't like her job left many options either. Every once in a while Hoshi would go out to the club. It wouldn't be her normal person, she would be different, and if something happened? So be it.

She understood single, it was her language and there was nothing wrong with it. “There is nothing wrong with being single, many people today are. It is not as if the right one just comes along and shows up out of the blue.” That didn't happen and was in fairy tales. Stuff like that was useless and devoid of any practical purpose. “Life isn't a fairytale.”

OOC:
I'm really sorry about this being so late! Ill try to reply faster next time!

[Delilah Pryce]

Delilah shrugged her small shoulders in a quite disagreement with Hoshi's assessment about life. "Life might be more like fairy tales than you think. The originals, the old school ones, are more darker and tragedy filled than the sweet photo copies we tell children today. Stories full of monsters abducting little girls in the woods, witches casting dark spells on the country side, sending every cowering in fear.....Sort of reminds me of today," Delilah said as she stared at the blanket she and Hoshi sat on. If anyone knew tragedy, it was Delilah. She had been both the ravaged little girl and the big bad wolf. "As for someone showing up out of the blue, I'm not sure your opinion on that is right either. I mean, we've just met and already we're sharing lunch. I don't know about love though, but a special someone could come along, someone you might want to waste a moment of your life with for a while," Delilah finished, looking back up to Hoshi with just a hint of a smile.

Delilah had never been in a permanent relationship as she had never witnessed one as a child. Between the fighting between her parents and the perverted treatment at the hands of her own father, Delilah only really knew violence. Sure, she had had some one night stands and a few flings which lasted some odd months but none of them had she ever intended to more than just that. She didn't like being alone all the time, but she couldn't have someone tied up around her feet either. Delilah was like a mistreated animal, wild and nervous, but at the same time, looking for someone to be nice to her.

"So.......What do you think of Pilot Ridge? And I don't mean that tourist bull crap the Chamber of Commerce spoons out. I'm talking about the real Pilot Ridge, the town which isn't spoken of out loud," Delilah said, shifting her weight around trying to find a more comfortable sitting position. Pilot Ridge was heavily populated by meta-humans but the normal populace seemed not to loudly voice any concern. While Delilah generally didn't involve herself in the debate of meta and regular human, she was curious of Hoshi's opinion. So far, Hoshi seemed the accepting sort instead of some petty bigot.

[Hoshimi Aoki]

Hoshi listened carefully considering what she was saying in her words that were talking to her. Ah, the Grimm, As the original's they were far more scary and far more terrifying then what was being put into kids today. She supposed it was sort of familiar, but she also knew that it wasn't Those creatures may have existed in the dark and daylight, but they didn't anymore. Or so she liked to think. Today there was a different sort of monster out there. Not a... nightmare. Things today were Grimm yes, but they weren't nightmares. Monsters would always exist. They would exist to showcase the light and the hero. They had to to give the way to the people who had to be in the spot light. Hoshi didn't like being in the spot light, she was happier staying in the shadows. Did that make her a monster? “I guess we just differ in opinions after all. You're interesting. Thus, you have warranted my thoughts. Maybe it was or wasn't a chance meeting.”


“ I honestly am not able to tell you about the special someone thing. Wouldn't it just be a waste of time? We are always as humans complaining we don't have enough time. So why should we waste our time on trivial things such as love?” There was no need to waste a moment. If time was wasted nothing would get done and if nothing got done then everyone was just lazy. Hoshi wasn't lazy. “Anyway that person hasn't come along yet for me, and for some reason I don't seem them coming along at all.” Hoshi gave a dark chuckle and sipped her tea. Really it would have to be a saint to put up with her.

Hoshi eyed her as she was asked what she thought of pilot ridge. What did she mean? For the most part Pilot Ridge was as he chamber described it, a quaint little village with no problems. Shaking her head at the thought she smiled over at Delilah.” You aren't asking the right questions my dear. You are supposed to ask, What do you think of the over abundance of Meta's? That is what you are supposed to ask.” Grinning Hoshi looked at Delilah, “ In answer to the question you meant to ask, I really have no opinion. My sister is dating a meta, and they are humans just like us, only with different genetics I assume.”

[Delilah Pryce]

Hoshi gave Delilah much to ponder over, both her words and her over all attitude. Hoshi was rather straight forward with her speech and she didn't seem the sort to be intimidated easily or even at all. Delilah liked a woman who was strong, in one way or another. It wasn't often she found someone who was the real deal when it came to having a strong character. Sure, there were all sorts of women out there who lead on like they were bad ass and were capable of doing anything and everything, but ninety-nine percent of those women would crumble in the face of real fear and adversity. Delilah had her fears as everyone did, but the beast which surfaced in the face of those fears often got her through the pain and fear. Hoshi though, seemed different in that aspect as well. She had a strong tone in her voice and her look which indicated someone who had their thoughts and ideas securely locked on target.

True love and the whole idea of love at first sight didn't have a place in Hoshi's world, nor did it for Delilah. Delilah developed infatuations not love. Chance meetings, that was an idea which was mixed for Delilah. She really didn't have a stance on religion and so believing in some supreme being setting out your entire path before you was sort of ridiculous to Delilah. She simply believed people were drawn toward one another because they subconsciously gravitated toward what they were missing in their life. Delilah craved attention and Hoshi's inquisitive attitude supplied that attention. Delilah even blushed at being called interesting.

Delilah laughed a little as Hoshi called her out on her little wordplay. Hoshi picked up keenly on what Delilah had been hinting at and her response to the question only made Delilah chuckle a bit more. "Like us eh?," she asked, arching an eyebrow in a rather silly manner, as if she were having a chat with an old friend, indicating she was rather comfortable with Hoshi at the moment. "And what makes you think your not in the presence of a meta right now?," she asked with a slight grin on her face. "Then again, how sure am I that your not a meta and just trying to cover up your genetic status?," she asked, putting a twist on the conversation and their meeting. "If I was a meta, how would you still be at ease as you seem to be now. If I was in the presence of someone, who could strongly be a meta, unsure of just what sort of power they possessed, I might be a bit nervous," she said casually, indicating she wasn't being too cautious in Hoshi's presence, thus giving away a bit of herself and the game she was trying to play.

[Hoshimi Aoki]

Hoshi was who she was. She wasn't going to change for someone else no matter how much they asked or pleaded or wanted it. In her head she would always stand up for her values and her rights. Hoshi knew where she stood in the social ladder and she knew where she was going. She wasn't going to change because of some insignificant thing and she wasn't going to change because someone else wanted her to. Hoshi was stubborn, once she was on something she never let go, not until her curiosity was satisfied. Even if it got her in trouble, as long as Hoshi stayed true to herself it was okay.

Hoshi thought true love existed, it just wasn't for her. She had seen plenty of people who were happily married their whole lives and they loved each other for it. She didn't think it would happen to her and she didn't want it to. Hoshi figured that if something was meant to be it would be. After all she was the ice queen. There had yet to be someone who melted her walls. She did smile slightly when Delilah blushed at the simple comment she had said. Honestly she was interesting. Hoshi wouldn't be talking to her if she wasn't.


Hoshi's face held a satisfied smirk as Delilah laughed. Well it seemed she had hit the ball on the head. Through careful persistence and decision she had learned to read people in what they were doing. A lot could be told from how someone worded something. As Delilah proceeded to question her further, spinning and weaving a web of words and phrases Hoshi's mind quickly processed it all, working its way through its many layers."If I am sitting in the presence of a meta then i am sitting in the presence of a meta." If she was then she was, there was nothing she could do about it. "For what reason would I have to lie to you?" In Hoshi's eyes there was no reason for Lying. it was cowardly and unjust, not to mention not polite. " Well, if was in the presence of said meta, whose powers I had no clue about, it is likely one would be nervous, but for the sake of the conversation, If the meta had already gone this long without harming me, or informing me, I would find no harm to come to me from said meta." Hoshi grinned a crooked grin and shook her head. "For the record, the we that was used in the previous statement was using the non meta as a subject term."

[Delilah Pryce]

As to which side of the meta versus normal human debate, Delilah chose neither. Her many talents went to the use of the highest bidder. She really had no real morals to speak or sense of guilt, a sociopath if you will. As such, she saw people in her own way, a dark and twisted one. Humanity was pathetic and self absorbed believing themselves righteous in everything they did. So choosing one side over another was pointless and a moot point. The closest to choosing sides in anything was Delilah's strict hatred and easiness of the male gender. This fear and loathing of the opposite sex was due to physical and deep mental trauma from a shattered and broken childhood. So to say Delilah chose sides in any argument was just plain ridiculous.

Hoshi seemed to be one of those rare few who saw metas and regular people as one in the same, a speculation which caused Delilah to arch one eyebrow. Following this speculation and the overall attitude of Hoshi in general, Delilah went even further in her assumptions and pegged Hoshi as on of those highly logical and intellectual types who had the world all categorized and neatly figured out.

"You know, one of the reasons why like Pilot Ridge is the accepting atmosphere of this place. No one here seems to even give meta-humans another thought or look. There isn't any whispering gossip on the streets or no one standing around giving dirty looks to the kids from Hammel. Its really relaxed around here......maybe a bit too quite sometimes, but believe me, that's a very welcomed break. I think you make a nice addition here Hoshi, not to mention a very attractive one," Delilah said tilting her head slightly to one side with an awkward smile. She didn't push the meta topic any harder, apparently pleased with Hoshi's answer. Of course, silently, she was pleased with Hoshi's answer as it told her just how passive this new woman was.

[Hoshimi Aoki]

As she looked at the wristwatch, sitting on her arm she found that it was near time for her to go home. She was meting with her sister later and she was sure that she would need to get the ingredients needed for Miso soup. She also had to set the table and get out the tea set. " I am sorry, but I must cut this short. I need to go get ready for my sister to come over. " Hoshi gave a small smile as she stood. "If you need me you can reach me at [e-mail]." Hoshi stood, gathering her things. " I look forward to your email."