"Cockroach says she does not care if he hates city, that _she_ thinks him Glass Walker."

[hazlogs]

It is currently 13:57 Pacific Time on Mon Apr 12 2004.

Currently in Saint Claire, it is partly sunny. The temperature is 57 degrees
      Fahrenheit (13 degrees Celsius). The wind is currently coming in from the 
      west at 8 mph. The barometric pressure reading is 30.01 and falling, and 
      the relative humidity is 67 percent. The dewpoint is 46 degrees 
      Fahrenheit (7 degrees Celsius.)

Currently the moon is in the waning Half Moon phase (48% full).

Opening one of the two doorways, you are able to gain passage into the vastness
      of the farm's barn.

Big Red Barn

The barn is built in the old style, a vast three level structure that is
      greater in height than a mere three stories, actually closer to five. 
      Great wooden posts support the weight of the upper levels and roof, sunk 
      into the hard-packed dirt floor of the first level like a sparse forest 
      of regularly spaced, naked trees. The stalls and flagstones which once 
      were here have been torn out to leave a rather open area where even 
      crinos Garou may roam freely without fear of running into anything but 
      the supports or the walls or the ladder at the back which allows access 
      to the other two levels.

The first two levels are relatively open to each other, the second being only
      little wider than a catwalk going around all the walls but the front one, 
      which has massive, twenty foot tall doors set into it. The third level is 
      a true second floor except for a place cut out that allowed hay to be 
      tossed down to the ground floor when the farm was actually worked. Now, 
      it is a hayloft where Garou can sleep outside of the house.

Megan does, however, notice Natalie's arrival, given that she used the big
      doors to get in. There was a pause in her punching, which was resumed 
      even as the Glass Walker approaches her. Within about the same the 
      galliard notices her, she is calling out. "Hello, Natalie," without 
      pausing.

"...Megan," the Walker offers cautiously, shrugging her jacket off her
      shoulders but no further. "...I didn't realize you were, um." She licks 
      her lips and retreats sideways to a pile of haybales, choosing one as a 
      seat.

Atcen pushes open the barn door and pokes her head in, looking around. Seeing
      both Natalie and Megan, the gaunt cub slips inside.

The Glass Walker's 'stammered' speech gets her attention, and she catches the
      swinging body bag so it doesn't knock her into an undignified heap on the 
      floor as she peers around it to look at Natalie. "That I was here?" she 
      prompts with a small, amused smile. "'S okay. I just wanted to get some 
      work in before I had to get back to the Grotto. Living out there is 
      starting to drive me a little stir-crazy. How's things in the city?" She 
      doesn't, for the moment at least, notice Atcen.

"That," the Walker agrees, pulling her arms out of the coat and roughly folding
      the thing before dropping it onto the bale beside her. "And using it. No 
      rush, though. --Um." She hasn't noticed the arrival of the gaunt Metis 
      cub either; her attention's on the Fianna and a subservient attention it 
      is, too. "...Things are all right. Got my own place now. ...Actually, 
      there's a couple things, but they're nothing you have to stop for."

Atcen chews on her lower lip, edging closer to the two older Garou. One hand
      slips into a front pocket of her cutoffs to close her fingers around the 
      object within it.

Megan shrugs her right shoulder in a 'no big deal' gesture, beginning to
      stretch out her arms as she speaks. "I was about done. What's up?" she 
      asks with a jerk of her head. And then she finally notices Atcen, and 
      after briefly looking over the metis cub with a hint of disapproval, she 
      jerks her head in a nod of recognition.

Natalie says "First off, I've been spreading the word about the freaky guy..."
      only to have Megan's notice bring Atcen to her attention as well. Her 
      greeting to the cub is disapproval free, but neither is it particularly 
      warm and welcoming. "...Anyway. Freaky guy. I've told Trevor, Tony, Eve, 
      and Ashley. Trevor and Eve thought it was something, the other two 
      thought it was nothing." The Walker's shrug suggests that Tony and 
      Ashley's opinion isn't hers. "Just so you know."

Atcen drops her eyes, taking a moment to study her toes as Megan looks her way,
      then glances up as Natalie speaks. Her brow furrows at 'freaky guy', but 
      though she obviously is curious, she keeps quiet.

"Freaky guy...?" Megan begins to ask, then confusion clears. "Oh, right, the
      Revel." There a momentary scowl, but then nods as she takes in the 
      information. "Second off?" she asks, picking up that there's more.

Natalie turns to the cub instead of answering Megan's question. "You wanted to
      ask her something, or just use the bag?" It's a thin enough distraction, 
      but perhaps enough to let that second off be alone for a bit.

Atcen bites her lower lip. "I am looking for Josh-wa," she says quietly, pale
      blue eyes shifting from Natalie to Megan. "Did Jacinta-rhya talk to you?" 
      she asks the Fianna.

Megan's expression turns even more into an irritated mask at the mention of
      Joshua, but she shakes her head curtly at Atcen's question. "No, not yet. 
      If you see her, you can tell her I did get her note, but haven't had time 
      to come find her."

Natalie chin jerks in a tic at the mention of Joshua. "I haven't seen him," is
      her curt contribution.

Atcen hunches her shoulders; Natalie's reaction isn't encouraging, but Megan's
      has her much more cowed. "...Oh," she says, hesitates a moment, then 
      says, "I... thought he go back to city. Jacinta-rhya speak to him, make 
      him see what he has to do. He say he will. Jacinta-rhya tell me to bring 
      Atremis-rhya to him at the Wendigo cave, and I do, and she calls a 
      cockroach spirit to talk to him." Her pale eyes shift to Natalie. 
      "Cockroach says she does not care if he hates city, that _she_ thinks him 
      Glass Walker."

"He is back in the city," Megan confirms. "At least, he was, according to
      Alicia." Her jaw tightens even further at that mention. "Eve had him. I 
      told Alicia that the Bone Gnawers should go talk to Leala about him." She 
      throws Natalie a quick glance, but it seems just to see her reaction to 
      that.

Natalie's a good girl - at least while the Alpha is here. "Huh," she says to
      Atcen's report of Cockroach's decision; it's more thoughtful than 
      appreciative. She folds her arms as Megan continues and stares at a bit 
      of floor between the cub and Adren. Nice floor. Very wooden. Just like 
      her.

Atcen fidgets a bit, shifting from one bare foot to the next. The cub nods
      once, then starts to withdraw.

Megan, when she sees Atcen beginning to withdraw, gives her another nod, then
      looks back at Natalie, commenting, "He's up to his old tricks again it 
      seems. We'll see if Leala really meant everything she said during her 
      challenge. So, part the second?"

Natalie lifts her eyes from the floor to the far wall. "She wants to get... us
      together for a Moot, but she hasn't said when yet." Another pause and she 
      drops Atcen a nod before turning back to Megan. Busted. "I want to know 
      what you expect from a Fostern, Megan-rhya."