Forced Withdrawals [Nox's Building]

[Legione Sumus]

Madison & Mackenzie

Kenzie shrugged. "You could ask Sky. It might know the combination. It handles a lot of things for Nox it might remember his combination and passwords too. And if you had a Sky infected wallet close enough to the safe you might be able to unlock it that way too. He's lazy."

When asked she got up and opened the door and waggled a finger at Ashton. "She needs you."

Ashton nodded and moved closer. He sat down outside the door. And pulled it so that it was barely open.

Kenzie smiled and crawled back up into the bed with her laptop and things. "He doesn't need to be in the same room, you just need to hear him." Even Kenzie felt a little better -- less angry at the world.

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Jackson Li

Jackson smiled. "You'll do the same." He nodded in agreement. Not that she'd ever be too much. It took a lot to make things weird for the whole Blackwood clan. Though they should probably stop calling themselves that -- distance themselves from the trauma. "We need to think of a nickname for all of Nox's strays. Something cool and not mean and doesn't all remind us of our own tragedies. The Caper Kids sounds fun. But not really what I was thinking." He grinned playfully.

She offered a hand up and while he didn't need it he took it. Touching was always nice -- and consentual touching was even better -- and... well they weren't there yet -- neither of them. This was the first real relationship Jackson had ever been in. And the first family he'd been truly part of.

"That's all we ever have is slumber parties, no one really likes to stay alone even here where it's safe. And honestly." he leaned in and whispered. "I think Nox actually likes the big puppy pile and all the kids in his bed. And not in that perverted sorta way we all kinda lived with our whole lives. He's genuine about his affection. It's all very new." They headed up from the basement and to the very top floor. It was a lot of stairs, Jackson wished the elevator was used, but no one dared ask why no one used it -- no one did though, it was like taboo or something. He was pretty sure it wasn't a rule or anything -- he didn't remember there being one. Just seemed rude when the person who owned it always used the stairs.