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"It's really not all that exciting when you were born there, promise. It just seems like any other place I'd say." Shrugging his shoulders he tried to remember what it was really like to live there after being away for so long now. "I used to like to explore the museums or just sit outside when the weather was nice enough." He stopped for a moment before asking the other a question. "Or did you mean about here?" Honestly, he hadn't changed all that much when growing up, as he still liked to do the same things even now. "Hmm, I've never been to New York City. Is it really worth all the hype that it seems to get?"

"London? Wow," he blew air over his lips in an impressed manner. He had traveled all over the world but he had never lived outside of the United States. His travels to meet Michael for backpacking trips were some of his favorite and he had fallen in love with a lot of the cities they traveled through but had never thought about living in any of them. "Have a favorite place?" He raised a brow with his question before shaking his head, "Don't worry, I haven't been hiding out on you," he laughed softly, "I've only been here a few months," he told the other, "I just came from New York City." @everdaugherty

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Everett's eyes grew wide as the ball he had just thrown proceeded to hit someone right on the head. "Shit." He muttered under his breath and quickly followed his dog over to the woman. "I'm so, so, so sorry." He fretted, looking the woman up and down hoping that she wasn't hurt in the process. "Are you alright? Do you need me to bring you anything?" The words seemed to tumble out of his mouth and it wasn't until he felt Wednesday bump into his leg that he stopped his rambling for a moment to look down at her.

Calliope always wanted a dog, yet had never been able to get one with how she grew up as a child, ran away and then went to college. Now, living with roommates, getting a dog felt irresponsible. Or at least a burden to the others since she had a busy job. So instead she would go to the Tails 'N Trails park every now and again, dogwatch, as they called it. She was entranced by a dalmation rubbing his back onto the freshly mown grass when she heard a distant shout. Instead of doing the smart thing of ducking or covering her head, the blonde took her time to look around and observe her surroundings. That's when the ball thonked right onto her head. She didn't wince or yelp out for a lawsuit, instead there was a sudden movement from the fright before she froze, eyes widening. She considered what just happened, before she looked down and saw the ball, which she picked up right before a dog appeared right in front of her. "Did I do your catching for you, huh gorgeous?" She cooed the dog, before looking around to spot who had thrown it. @everdaugherty

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Everett nodded his head as she confirmed what he had thought was true. At least he had gotten somewhere with the research after all. "Just one per month. I feel like it might be a bit too busy if I were to add all of them together." He was intrigued by the thought of being able to see all of the flowers in person and to be able to mix and match between them all to be able to make something that would be permanent art of his client's body. "Would you be able to help me with finding the ones that will look the best together? Or is that a bit too much to ask?"

An odd request, that was an odd way to start the request in general but at least if it truly was odd, Jaslene would be forewarned. As the other requested that it was to help with a client's birth flower. "You aren't wrong," she smiled, "there are two birth flowers for every month," Jaslene was familiar with the Roman and Victorian history. "So, January, September, July and November," her tongue clicked to the top of her mouth, "are you wanting to use both flowers from both or thinking about picking one from each month?" The brunette questioned, "Either way, we should have all of them here to do a live display for you." @everdaugherty

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"I haven't, no. It all seems a bit intimidating if I'm being honest." He said with a chuckle. "There's so many scents I'm a bit reluctant to try to mix some of them together. I wouldn't want it to end up smelling absolutely horrible." Picking up a random sample he brought it up to his nose and inhaled it. "The thought of mixing them together does sort of remind me of making potions out in the garden when I was a kid though. That in itself is enticing I think."

Eli nodded his head, partly in agreement. There were small hints of a smell to him but not enough to completely sway him. "It's supposed to be bourbon," he told the other, "clearly not strong enough to be a base," he chuckled as he had taken another stab at inhaling the scent. "I was intrigued by all of this but now I don't even know where to start," Eli admitted with a shake of his head, "you ever done this before?" @everdaugherty

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Thankfully the woman had the opportunity to duck out of the way and no harm was caused by his mistimed throw. He half jogged over to where she was standing and sheepishly took the ball back. "I'm really sorry about that. I need to check my surroundings a bit better I guess." Feeling something brush up against his leg he looked down to see Wednesday sitting nicely waiting for her ball to be returned back to her, no cares about the puppy not far from her at all. Tossing the ball to his dog he looked back up to the other. "Really, I'm sorry about that. You've got an adorable puppy by the way."

TAILS 'N TRAILS wasn't somewhere Chantel came often, but, when she felt Teddy needed closer boundaries and a gated place to roam for some training, she liked to bring him out here. She'd gotten Teddy as a Valentine's Day present from her boyfriend Charlie, and while the basset hound puppy had been a great addition to the farm and the had proved to be a good hunting dog, she was working on some skill training with him still, which proved to be harder on the farm where there were more distractions. So here she was, tossing a ball with him and then after a few moments of playing, she'd reel him back in with some treats and a couple tricks to work on. Though, as she heard someone shout to 'watch out' she looked up, ducking just in time for the ball to be caught by her pup, Teddy. "Good catch bud." she encouraged, taking the ball from him. "I think this belongs to you." she smiled, holding up the ball in the other's direction. @everdaugherty

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Making eye contact with Owen hurt and he quickly adverted his gaze to watch the grass blowing in the breeze. "We'll just... coexist. I won't bother you and you won't bother me. We've each got our own lives now and..." Everett drifted off mid-sentence as he wasn't able to come up with the words he was looking for. "Have a good day Owen." Turning on his heel he started back the same way he had come earlier but this time with a much heavier heart.

Owen turned hearing what Everett was saying. He should have walked away and just forgot that Everett was there. "Dont say that...." he said looking at Everett in the eyes for the first time. "I'm not happy you are here.. in the place I live, but I am happy you are here and alive..." he was glad for that. He wouldn't want, he was happy Everett was still alive and okay. He sighed as he saw that Gabby was sounding sleepy and happy right now. "I cant... I don't know what to do about this... about you being here." It was very hard. "But... sometimes we can talk but I need to get her home..." he looked at the stroller. @everdaugherty

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Everett shook his head and laughed as the distance grew between him, River, and Wednesday. It seemed to be a good way to help get the rest of his dog's energy to decrease, though it also meant that he had to act like someone who ran for the fun of it. Which he definitely was not. Once he caught up to the others he slapped a hand to his chest and took a deep breath, cursing the fact that he had been smoking for so long in his life. "Fuck, River." He sputtered, trying to catch his breath yet again. "I think we should leave the running to her. She seems to be much better at it than I will ever be."

River wanted his hand. "I mean, you draw on people with ink, and they trust you to keep it all clean and good because dirty needles are some of the worst things," so what Everett did mattered too. Since he was good artist and did everything right. "I am still in training. I am more of a helper of the real heroes." he helped the paramedics out as much as he could. He gasped "Everett!" he said as he knew no one was close by. " I was teasing you; I just don't know what tattoo I want next." he did have a few but no ideas of what he wanted next in his head. River laughed as he looked back at Everett. "Come on, I know you can move it, so come on," he hurried with Wednesday near him. @everdaugherty

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Everett was just about ready to give up trying to explain himself to Owen. There weren't enough words to say how sorry he was. How he knew what he had done was wrong. Tears pricked at his eyes and he turned his head to rub at his face. "I just... I didn't... Maybe the worst should have happened to me. I'd probably have a better existence somewhere out there in the universe than stuck here with this life." He immediately regretted the words he had spoken but there was no way to take them back now. He wasn't going to let himself revert back into the dark depression that had taken hold of him so long ago. "I'm glad you're happy Owen. I really am. Please, forget that I live here, and I'll be on my way." Ever needed a cigarette, a lot of alcohol, and to curl up with his dog to start to get ahold of himself again. This feeling wasn't going to last forever and he had to force himself to remember that.

He was very upset at the other; his feelings brought back seeing him again. "Still, you were an adult. They couldn't make you do anything," he said, not understanding. But he knew the other had a good-money family, too, and he was used to that life to get by. He was curious why the other was disowned, but he wasn't going to ask why, Owen didn't care. "I sat there in the apartment I got us... waiting I waited a week thinking the worst happened to you" it worried him for so long tillhe was told the other moved. He didn't understand how they found each other after both being from London. "I never... " he looked towards his daughter. "My wife is the first person I've ever loved or been with really since you," not counting his hookups over the years. @everdaugherty

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Everett laughed and shook his head when River said he puts people's lives in his hands. It couldn't be more far from the truth in his eyes. "No, no, no. You literally save people. I draw on them. Not even close. You're a fucking hero, babe." He wasn't exactly sure if River believed they were on the same level, as he didn't think so, but he wanted to make sure that the other realized how extremely important he was. Ever scoffed at the fact that River still wouldn't let him tattoo anything for him. It was the only thing he was actually good at and he wanted to prove it. "So you'll let me, you know, but I can't permanently mark your skin still? I live but a sad existence." He joked, a smile pulling wide at his lips. His joking was cut short when he took off running with Wednesday right at his feet. "Wait, no!" He called out, slowly starting to jog in the direction the two went. "I don't run, you should know this!"

He chuckled a moment. "I was that way before, too, but I need it now." he knew how busy it was and how he had to keep his head in the game and keep his life on track. "I mean, you put people's lives in your hands too," he held up their hands, "But yours are much more talented than mine," he teased with a wink. He laughed lightly. "I know, and it's almost enough for me to trust you to ink me." he was only teasing. He trusted Everett to tattoo him already. "It is for what other days I've had." It was what they would call a calm shift at the end of the day. But he was happy to hold the other hand, it was nice. "Shoot sorry darling" he said as he smirked at Everett. "Come on, girl," he put his hand on Everett's chest. "Your it!" he ran with Wednesday running after him. @everdaugherty

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"I had never defied them before. I was alone and afraid. I didn't know what would happen if I didn't do as I was told." Everett's voice had dropped low as he was forced to relive the moments in his head. "I found out a few years later what they could do when I didn't listen, and was disowned by my family. I'm sorry Owen. I never meant to hurt you. I understand you're still upset with me. I'm still rather upset with myself as well." It was a rare moment that he left the happy-go-lucky energy behind and he felt all too vulnerable revealing his true feelings. "I don't blame you. I'm not here to intrude on your life. I hadn't realized who you were when I approached. I sincerely apologize for everything I've done. Both now and in the past."

He looked at the other; he knew the other parents were not the best people. His father had left and his mother didn't care about it really so he was fine. But the public was what they normally hid from. "But you were a grown man. You didn't have to do what they said." Owen was mad about that. "But clearly, you were just a little boy following orders." If his parent(s) had done something like that, Owen would have just left and didn't care what they said. "You still could have bloody called me I thought at first something happened to you....." he was hurt from that. "But a friend of ours told me you were fine, just moved... away." That was all he was told by others. He looked at Gabby. "I didn't let anyone ..close to me for many years because of you." he was glad Gabby was asleep now. "Not till I met her mom...but you won't get to see her... or know who my wife is" he didn't trust the other yet for that. He wasn't going to say it that he used to love the other male too, he wouldn't admit that. @everdaugherty

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"We're two very different people." Ever said, shaking his head. "I could never do what you do. That's so much responsibility." The sheer thought of what needed to be done during River's shift already caused a shift in his heart rate knowing that there were plenty of times where the other had someone's life in his hands. All he did was put ink on people's skin. Nothing frightening there. "Oh shut up. We keep things incredibly clean there. Not to mention Wednesday is very well-groomed as well." He knew it was only a joke but he was very protective of the little business he had created years ago. "That doesn't seem like it's not anything crazy Riv." Everett squeezed the other man's hand and jumped slightly when Wednesday let out a short bark bringing the attention back to her. "Sorry, love. We got distracted." He spoke, removing his hand from River's to pick up the ball again.

He smiled at Everett. "I am just hyped from work. It takes me hours to settle down..." That was true; he had to do other things to slow his mind down. But he had energy still so he thought a walk around the park would help. He had to smirk at the eye roll as he moved to stand by his friend. "Oh, just what people want is dog hair in their ink," he teased. "Not that I care; I got one in a drug den before," and his tattoo turned out fine. It wasn't a great one, but at the time, he really didn't care. He nodded. "Sometimes you do need an easy day like that." he knew he liked to have them sometimes. River looked at their hands and smiled a moment at him. "Just work, thankfully nothing to crazy today" he nodded. "Some older people fell, minor car crash... and other stuff like that" so thankfully he wasn't to upset from his work day. @everdaugherty

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"My parents were monitoring who I was speaking with then." It was a horrible excuse, but it was the truth. "Once they found out about us they had done most things in their power to keep us apart." Ever turned and took a few steps away from Owen, afraid of what may happen with the past coming up now. He wasn't sure if he was more afraid of what he had to say to try and explain it all, or what Owen would do once he understood the reasoning behind it all. "I didn't want to leave you. They sent me to Oxford and I was there for a few years. Once I was able to leave I figured you wanted nothing to do with me and so I didn't bother to try and contact you." Everett avoided the other's gaze and found himself fidgeting with his rings to keep himself grounded. "I loved you, Owen." He murmered.

He was in a panic and mad at the other male for what he had done so many years ago. But he had Gabby with him, so he knew he couldn't get too upset since she was here. He had had given up caring or wondering what happened to Everett years ago. But here he was his ex his really only other ex and first love standing right next to him.

This was the man who made him swear off love for so many years and made him as cold and mean as he could be. But Lucy did start to heal his heart, he loved his wife and their child. "It's been over twenty years... and you never could have found a way to tell me?" he used to wonder why Everett never reached out. @everdaugherty

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Everett followed her further into the shop and looked around for a moment before answering her question. "So it's a bit of an odd request but I'm hoping you'd be able to help me out. I need to draw up a tattoo design with my client's birth flowers but I can't seem to get them to look nice enough nestled in the bouquet." He explained, thumbing through one of the books she had placed on the counter in front of him. "They want to have the months of January, September, July, and November all cohesive together. If I'm not mistaken there are multiple flowers that can be used per month, is that correct?"

At the request of the other, Jaslene was quick to nod her head before lifting her hand in a wave to be followed toward the counter. Jaslene slipped behind the desk, opening up the order book as well as placing a few design books. "Okay," she smiled at the other, "what kind of bouquet are you thinking of making?" Jaslene had taken to helping others a long time ago, though she'd never be as memorable as her adoptive brother, the mayor. "Sky's the limit." @everdaugherty

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"No one is forcing you to do that, I swear. I don't know how you're even up and running around after a shift like that." The thought of even doing River's job sounded horrible to Everett. Then knowing how long he was constantly at work and dealing with the emergencies made it seem even worse to him. Shaking the thoughts out of his head he smiled at River and rolled his eyes. "It's not like she was stuck in a crate or anything. You know she has free roam of the place as long as someone keeps an eye on her." Ever shrugged his shoulders and looked over to the man who was now standing significantly closer to him. "Nothing super amazing or anything, just a normal day and I'm okay with that. I was tired this morning so I needed a nice easy day." Reaching over he grabbed River's hand and entwined their fingers easily. "Tell me about your day though."

He smirked at the other after he got out of the way. "Uh, um, excuses, I hear," he teased as he walked towards the other male. "You just want to blame this cutie..." He went up to Wednesday and gave the dog a bit of love. Everett was cute and fun, so he was glad he had made friends with him. "I can so do that, I mean I did just work for like twelve hours but I can help get the upper tired. " he smiled at the dog. "did your mean old daddy keep you locked up all day" he teased as he looked up at Everet, with a sly look on his face. "Come on," he said, getting the ball and tossing it so he could move closer to Everett. "So how was work? Do you have anything cool today?" he asked, wondering. @everdaugherty

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Everett William Daugherty is 39 years old and was born in London, England. He has lived in Kismet Harbor for nineteen years and is the owner of Inked Illusions. He is currently single and lives in Driftwood Haven above his tattoo studio.

trigger warnings: attempted suicide, disownment, depression, homophobia

Born into a wealthy and successful family, being both the only boy and the baby of the family, Everett never seemed to fit in, especially because he wasn’t planned. He and his older sisters were raised mostly by a nanny and were only ever with their parents when all three children were needed for a publicity stunt to make their parents look good. When out of the public eye the Daugherty children very rarely had contact with their parents. There was no need to be a perfect family all of the time if you made it look like you were when it really counted. Throughout high school, Everett started to figure out who he was and met a boy named Owen whom he quickly got along with. It didn’t take much time for them to realize that they liked each other far more than friends, so they started dating, keeping it out of the public’s eye due to the stigmas and Ever’s family disapproving of anything but the norms. As they were nearing the end of school and making college plans together Ever’s family caught wind of their relationship and made their own plans for him without telling him. He would no longer be going to the same college as Owen, and he would not be staying in London at all. The news was broken to him while on a vacation before school began, and he had no choice but to go along with their plans. Which meant he ended up leaving Owen completely alone in their new apartment without ever reaching out to explain what had happened. In Ever’s first year of college he made yet another big mistake in his life. He had started dating a girl to appease his parents and to help him get over his loss of Owen, but life had other plans for him. His girlfriend of the time fell pregnant and to say his parents were even more upset over this would be a huge understatement. First, he was dating another man and now he was having a child without being married, they no longer wanted anything to do with Ever and he was quickly disowned without leaving a cent to his name. There was no way the Daugherty family would allow any more out-of-character behavior from him and it didn’t seem like they had wanted to help him fix the mistakes in the first place. They’d rather get rid of the problem before anyone else saw what commotion he was causing them. He was forced to drop out of college, and then his girlfriend left him, leaving him no contact with his child. Even with support from his own found family, Everett fell into a very dark depression and was a shell of his former self. One day while his roommate was at work, he attempted to take his own life, trying to spare anyone else the pain of having him around. Fortunately for Ever, he was found in time and was rushed to the hospital, saving his life. During his recovery, he spent most of his time working on his art to pass the time, and on a whim, he decided that he would leave England and open his own tattoo studio once he was released. Trying to leave all of his pain behind and ended up settling down in Kismet Harbor, Oregon, and opening a tattoo studio called Inked Illusions where he started to do well for himself again despite the dark thoughts still swirling around in the back of his head. Ever has since adopted a very exaggerated version of himself after the whole ordeal to help act as if nothing has gone wrong in the past and has kept it up for far longer than anyone would realize. He is known as a very outgoing person and rarely is without a smile on his face. Though behind the smile there are plenty of things hidden that he would prefer to never speak of again. He still has no contact with his family, not that he wants to, and has no idea where either of his exes has gone now. He copes with being alone by giving himself far too much work to do, smoking cigarettes as if his life depended on it, and always keeping his dog right by his side.

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With the new discovery of Owen living in Kismet Harbor, Everett had begun to overthink quite a few things. It had started to be a bit too much for him and he decided to go out for a drink to try and dull the recently brought forth pain from his past. He was unsure of how long he had been sitting at the bar but he did know that he wasn't even close to being drunk. "I lived in London growing up before moving to Oxford for college." He explained and turned his head to look over at the man beside him. "Though I've nearly lived here for longer than I was in England combined now. That's such an odd thought." Taking a sip of his drink he nodded towards the man as if to entice him to speak. "What about you? Are you new here or have you been around and we've just never met?"

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location: mad monk brewing

Moving to Kismet Harbor was something that had come unexpectedly in his life. The location of choice was not random, considering his best friend had settled into the area but it was still an adjustment to Jason. He was rather used to being on the go, all the time where in Kismet Harbor, there was a lot more down time, a feeling of lessened stress. Which all were good things, once he got used to them anyway. "You ever live anywhere else?" He questioned the person at the bar next to him, curious if another had any insight on living in a new place.

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Ever couldn't remember the last time that he had visited a flower shop and he knew for a fact that this visit was far different than any he had done in the past. There was a client who was requesting a tattoo with their family member's birth month flowers in a bouquet but for some reason, he couldn't seem to make it look cohesive enough for his liking. This led him to see if a florist would be able to help aid him in his dilemma. Being greeted immediately at the door he turned to face the woman heading his way. "Actually yes, I was wondering if it would be possible for you to create a bouquet with some specific flowers for me."

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location: belle's blossom

Working the front alone as not something that had become uncommon for Jaslene since starting at Belle's Blossoms just about a year ago. To think she had been working and living in Kismet Harbor for a year already was baffling to her. She hadn't ever imagined being back in her hometown but it had been the perfect move for her after the divorce. A ring of the bell above the door signaled that someone had walked in and Jaslene walked towards them, "Good morning, are you looking for anything in particular?"