01-24-2025, 05:07 PM
Marta just smiled as Sterling talked. She liked to ramble, which was okay with Marta. Marta could also ramble when she got excited about something. ”Staying here was fun. It was good to get out. I hope Ricky had a good time too. Dude needs to relax.” Marta laughed.
Marta grimaced a little when she mentioned Hayden sleeping with Nox. It didn’t gross her out or anything. It didn’t even make her think of the brothel so much. She knew other people thought about those things. Other people found others attractive. It was something she had never felt and she didn’t know if it was her trauma or something else.
Hayden came down and greeted them and Marta gave him a quiet and polite ”Good morning,” as he moved to do sit ups. Her volume wasn’t shyness, but curiosity. Doing sit ups seemed a weird move. Marta wasn’t sure what she had expected. Maybe more of a sitting in a circle and talking type of thing. This was odd, but intriguing.
Marta kept her gaze on Hayden, trying to figure him out. Sometimes Ricky or Elyse said she was good at reading people. She didn’t know about that. She just saw things. She knew Hayden was dangerous, but that wasn’t a bad thing. Ricky was dangerous. So was Elyse. Even Marta was dangerous. But here - he didn’t project that. It was calm and reassuring. Everything was going to be okay. His scent revealed that his was tired and a bit annoyed. She wondered how much he wanted to be here and how much he thought he had to be here.
The other kids arrived and the session “started.” Marta smirked as she figured it out. Hayden had started working out to make the kids comfortable, and what better way to do so then to engage in some sort of play. It was genius really. They talked about nightmares and the quietness of the house. The quiet hadn’t bothered Marta, but then again she could hear better than most. It hadn’t been as quiet to her as the others. But nightmares. She could say a lot about them. She could even tell them that they got better - with time - and talking about them took away a lot of their power. She looked toward Arabella and Sera, then up at Hayden. She didn’t know if it was her place to give advice.
Marta grimaced a little when she mentioned Hayden sleeping with Nox. It didn’t gross her out or anything. It didn’t even make her think of the brothel so much. She knew other people thought about those things. Other people found others attractive. It was something she had never felt and she didn’t know if it was her trauma or something else.
Hayden came down and greeted them and Marta gave him a quiet and polite ”Good morning,” as he moved to do sit ups. Her volume wasn’t shyness, but curiosity. Doing sit ups seemed a weird move. Marta wasn’t sure what she had expected. Maybe more of a sitting in a circle and talking type of thing. This was odd, but intriguing.
Marta kept her gaze on Hayden, trying to figure him out. Sometimes Ricky or Elyse said she was good at reading people. She didn’t know about that. She just saw things. She knew Hayden was dangerous, but that wasn’t a bad thing. Ricky was dangerous. So was Elyse. Even Marta was dangerous. But here - he didn’t project that. It was calm and reassuring. Everything was going to be okay. His scent revealed that his was tired and a bit annoyed. She wondered how much he wanted to be here and how much he thought he had to be here.
The other kids arrived and the session “started.” Marta smirked as she figured it out. Hayden had started working out to make the kids comfortable, and what better way to do so then to engage in some sort of play. It was genius really. They talked about nightmares and the quietness of the house. The quiet hadn’t bothered Marta, but then again she could hear better than most. It hadn’t been as quiet to her as the others. But nightmares. She could say a lot about them. She could even tell them that they got better - with time - and talking about them took away a lot of their power. She looked toward Arabella and Sera, then up at Hayden. She didn’t know if it was her place to give advice.