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— imessage ; athena.

Morgan: If they make it more complicated, it only pushes them up higher on the suspect list.

Morgan: Like the fucking hunger games? I mean, I could do with some combat practice anyway. I'm working on it. But worry about yourself because I think you're taking more of the heat on this. I brought my gun as a backup, I'm pretty sure they'll back the fuck away from us if we just point it at anyone that's pissing us off.

Morgan: Can't say I'm surprised about some of them. Two of them are part of that gang...what do they call it, creepers? I don't even remember. Everyone's suspicious to me until the case is solved anyway. What about you?

Athena: Pure logic right there. But oh no, living in a small town where murder is quite an uncommon topic shakes everyone up.

Athena: Yeah, like the fucking hunger games. I've been practicing for this for far too long if you ask me. I did too. I always have my gun as backup. I swear to God, whoever even posted this and started this shit is gonna get the wreath of me. Oh yeah or they'll scream about police brutally because everyone's suddenly soft.

Athena: Hm, The Reapers, you mean the gang that everyone knows about but they think otherwise? Right. It isn't as farfetched but yes, I'm quite shocked about this entire thing. I just can't even begin to mention.

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TEXT ✉️  ATHENA WALKER

raleigh: what the actual fuck

raleigh: what bullshit is this

Athena: Diiiid I stutter? Did I ruin something for you and drag your name through the dirt? You already do that enough to yourself.

Athena: Now, not the time to be dealing with this bullshit and saying this shit when I am just as surprised as you are in the matter.

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Becca: Hold on, you're telling me they released that list with your full name attached to it without so much so as a heads up?

Becca: God, I think I'm starting to hate small towns.

Athena: As a matter of fact, yes, are you surprised that I am just as surprise to even know this information is surfacing everyone's phone as you are.

Athena: Oh no, shit, way to take the words right out of my mouth.

Athena: This is my fucking job. I'm trying to figure out the case, just as much as everyone wants to me to. Now, I have to deal with the precautions of everyone seeing this because of some fucking fabricated message.

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Becca: You really think one of those kids is capable of murder?

Athena: You really think I'm going to be over here and allowing a suspect list to be leak without a proper conference? No.

Athena: I don't know anything at this point beside the lack of cooperation from certain individuals in town. Otherwise, I truly do not know and I did point any fingers at anyone.

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— imessage ; athena.

Morgan: If only they fucking turned up to the interrogations in the first place then we won't have this problem to begin with.

Morgan: I'm at the Marine Science Center. Tell me about it, I just want to spend time alone with a bottle of bourbon and now I can't fucking do that because we have this shitstorm to deal with.

Athena: I swear to God, I'm going to break some of these little pieces of shits bones if I see them anytime soon for making things far more complicated. Now, look at the shit that's going on.

Athena: Might as well go in with a bang. I mean literal bang, start punching people in the faces if they ask us questions off duty. Hide yourself in a fucking closet. I swear I can feel people ready to come after me and I'm picking up my damn speed to find somewhere far away from everyone.

Athena: What are you even thinking about the suspect list anyway?

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— imessage ; athena.

Morgan: ...so the text, yikes.

Morgan: Are you evacuated to somewhere or at home though? I think going into hiding now might be a good idea.

Athena: What the fuck....

Athena: I'm at the YMCA. I'm just trying to find an area where I can go and hide away from this shit before people start to bombard me with questions about the case again

Athena: Where are you?

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Fallon: Sucks for you.

Fallon: It's not even THAT bad. Like, it's just a few snowflakes and everyone's being all dramatic about it.

Fallon: Well, I'm still at work. You're welcome to come over to mine before this snowstorm gets crazy and I'll meet you there. Anthony won't be home for the week anyway so you'll just have the company of me and a few bottles of wine.

Asher: I'm replying to this a day late because this storm has gotten my phone all possessed and my service keeps cutting out every ten minutes. I probably sent this message three hours ago too. So that's my current situation.

Asher: I've been evacuated to the YMCA community centre in South Haven so even if I wanted to come, I can't. Have you guys been set to any of the two areas or are you at home?

Athena: Hey Fallon, remember when you said it's not even THAT bad. Choke on your words. I've literally packed up a bunch of things. Wow, Asher, I think it's time to get a new cell service or something. Just join the boyfriends.

Athena: Oh wait, you're at the YMCA too? That's where I was evacuated there too also. I'm actually walking around and trying to find a place to be at. Where are you at, Asher? What about you Fallon? Where are you?

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─  LAUREN SLOANE ;

Lauren could understand well enough that Athena didn’t trust her. She was the her best friend’s younger sister’s friend. She knew how close she and Maia were and she didn’t care much about their relationship if she was being honest. That was Maia’s business. Her own relationship with Maia was complicated at best. Not for the other woman, no. She knew nothing about the confusing emotions boiling underneath the surface. Truth be told, Lauren didn’t really understand them either. Maia was her best friend - but she was also her employer, which set her blood on fire. She hated any sort of authority and the fact that she had to use her position as a PA to get more views for her own channel. But then there was her romantic interest in Maia - something that absolutely no one knew about. Save for Jasper, anyway. But he was hundreds of miles away. Athena’s deadpanned statement irked her. ‘Do you? Or are you just trying to get under my skin?” The question was at the tip of her tongue but she metaphorically bit down enough to keep it from coming out. At her question, Lauren couldn’t help the laugh that bubbled at her lips. She shook her head, still barely containing her laughter. “Yeah, no. We’re not close at all.” How could she be when she was cut off at the age of eighteen. It wasn’t that her parents wanted her to gain independence, it was that they didn’t like that she wasn’t following their insipid rules. They were far too controlling and she had had more than enough of it by the time she entered college. 

From the posture of Athena’s, it was stiff as her dark chocolate hues focused upon the other in a questioning way. Carefully holding upon her coffee cup, lips pursed before taking a prolonged sip as a tamed brow shot up toward Lauren. It was much wrong for Athena to be over here and immediately jumping to conclusions. But, she didn’t climb the ranks as a former police officer to become a detective within matter of time. No, she worked her ass off and made someone in the end. Nonetheless, it wasn’t quite a small town but it wasn’t large enough to avoid everyone possible. Some faces stuck out and remain far more memorable than needed to be. It was the naturals set of protection roaring over her. It was even something Athena did around Shay, even when her sister was around. The last thing she would ever want is someone near and dear to her ever getting hurt, so it was her responsibility of doing that for Maia - who she treated like her own daughter, even making it a running joke and how quick it picked up instantly. Setting her cup down, leaning back in her chair before hues squinted toward Lauren and head titled, “And, why would I tell you the answer? Figure it out for yourself.” Admitting honesty, perhaps, even harsher than physically expected but it wasn’t like Athena allowed her thoughts to lay on the surface. No, only to those who are willing to learn and ear her respect. When hearing Lauren’s response again, her brows raised as her lips, once again, pursed before chuckling, “Bummer. You’ll need them eventually.” Although, she didn’t feel much to carry on the conversation, she still inserted her knowledge because it was how Athena worked. Sure, she was probably coming off as a heartless bitch. “Now, are you going to sit? I know, shocking, I’m even asking but you look like a fool standing there and it’s bothering me.”

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─ SHAY CAMPBELL ;

The utter lack of close family in Shay’s life had never been a well concealed secret, how references to her maternal figure were dropped affectionately into conversation with no hint of love towards the other half of her DNA. No siblings, no actual father… Just a curly haired waitress and the hard working, open-hearted-to-a-fault woman that raised her. Until Athena came along a few years ago, of course. Despite their bond not being tethered in blood and relation, she loved her adoptive older sister as deeply as if they’d grown together in the same house. “We haven’t even started drinking and already the interrogation begins.” She slid into a seat at the table across from Athena with a wry smirk. “Didn’t they teach you anything about questioning a suspect? You gotta let them get a little tipsy first.” Regardless of her taunting, both women knew that a family dinner had been long overdue.

There weren’t many people Athena grew naturally close to - Asher, Fallon, Maia and Shay. Those four women were the few whom warmed her heart, even though, it wasn’t shown rather naturally but it was a bond in which Athena cared endlessly about. Doing anything and everything to protect them, even if they didn’t need them, it was something that came quite naturally to her. The much of the adoptive older sister act, it was everything she longed missed to have in her life, only imaging how Layla would’ve been here now and how the possibility of her being included with these weekly dinner nights with Shay as well. It was their nights which made Athena feel at ease, especially with the chaos running around them all. “A girl’s gotta ask. It’s been a bit of time. I figured it wouldn’t harm to get straight to the point? Don’t worry, there’s plenty of wine on the counter.” Even with a soft chuckle, Athena shaking her head before mouth corners turned up toward the ceiling. “Good thing we got all night. But, fine, scratch that, how have you been? Is that good enough place to start?” Questioning rather jokingly, figuring, she could return to the later of the questions further throughout the dinner. Still, she found herself smiling because this was long overdue. 

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─  SOPHIA VANDERBILT ;

              “A roasted chicken? That sounds amazing.” Sophia actually didn’t cook too much for herself, although she knew she could cook decently. But for her, it always ended up in baking – she didn’t even know why, considering she already did that at work all the time. But she only ever had enough for baking in her home, and forget to go grocery shopping for proper meals. “Okay, how about you take care of the chicken and the side dishes, and I’ll take care of our sweet tooth for the dessert?” That’s what she was better at anyway. “And really, Belle will be fine with whatever. You don’t need to put too much effort or money into that.” Fortunately, Belle wasn’t the pickiest eater. She used to be, but Sophia managed to get her away from that. “Oh, that sounds like a lovely choice! Let’s go with that, I think it sounds amazing. – No, not really. We both don’t need that. But having a good laugh sounds good.”

            “Fantastic. A fine roasted chicken will be there and plenty of sides.” There was little time when Athena had time to cook, seeing how again was the permanent reason for her late nights of constant ordering out instead. Normally, she had a reason to cook for herself or Asher and Fallon but now, having Sophia around did cause excitement to set in. The opportunity to finally sit down and do something out of her once-planned routine when things were quite-some. “It sounds like a well thought out plan for me. Oh, is there any way you could do those Oreo cupcakes that I couldn’t stop gushing about?” The dark haired female laughed, remembering how much she couldn’t stop talking about it even now. “Listen, don’t worry about it. It’s been a while since I was able to sit down and properly cook anything. Just want to make you feel right at home too.” Rarely did Athena admit a thought like such, but it was nice to have the softer moments around others - rare but nice, during the holiday’s. Like for yet another individual, there wasn’t an necessary wall being held up between Athena and them. “Sounds good to me,” laughed Athena, before tucking her feet underneath herself. “Let’s do this.”

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─ CONNOR KING ;

Now it was no secret that Connor King and the law were more than a little estranged, in fact he had bent, warped, and broken the damn thing more times than he could count since childhood. His comment towards the officer in question was only meant to spur the woman to leave, yet she remained and instead her attention turned towards the Reaper. “Because I need to know if you’re wasting my time.” With a humorless smile, he took note of her word choice. “And here I thought you came in here to take a break, Detective. Or have I just piqued your interest that much?”

His words did cause Athena hues to be tugged into a roll, scuffing at his words before lifting her glass and finishing it off instantly. Drinking was never an issue, although, she never drank to a quite extent but people challenging her did make Athena feel the need to show back from other’s doubting her. “You happy now? Didn’t anyone ever tell you to never doubt a woman.” Holding out her glass for the other, she raised a brow toward him before a lopsided grin appeared, “Alright, hit me with another one. I’m not getting any younger here.” A brief moment of a glance around the bar, yet a chuckle escaped her lips before hues returned. “I’m not on the clock, so Athena’s fine for now.” Sternly reminding him, titling her head before a brow raised, “Perhaps, you have and even admitting this will be held over my head. What’s been new with you, King? Since you piqued my interest that much.”

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─ LAUREN SLOANE ;

Lauren was never sure what to make of Athena. She could never really get a good read on her, which was incredibly unsettling for Lauren. She was someone who liked labels, who liked boxes to put people in and therefore liked to have a lot of information about them. And she had nearly nothing on Athena. She was very close with Maia, which was worrying because the only thing she could decipher about Athena was that she was perceptive. She had too many secrets surrounding her friendship with Maia that she’d rather not come to light. And if Athena ever told Maia about it, there was a very real possibility that she could lose her best friend. Athena’s tone was neutral, something that Lauren often misinterpreted as negative. She smiled nonetheless, regretting having taken the call in front of her. She had nothing on Athena and felt like she had far too much on her. “Nothing too important. Just.. family shit. Wants me to visit some relatives.” Truthful but not extensive - a happy medium in Lauren’s book.

Athena has always remained to be A rather complex individual to read. Mostly, she didn’t allow all of her thoughts to escape her lips all of that easily. The up and down of her mood swings came with a long, unwanted and need list of things currently occupying her life. It was always how she was but having managed to handle it. It did make things far more complicated because Athena never verbally told people whether or not, she liked them or disliked them. Now, not complicated on her behalf but whether people wanted her approval or acceptance. No, beside the few people like Asher, Maia and Fallon, others were left to figure it out on their own. It’s how she worked and how she always would be. Although, it wouldn’t be a surprise if Athena didn’t favor someone - quite a bit of people got on her nerves around town or she didn’t care for their shit like personality. Nonetheless, she sat rather deadpanned when witnessing Lauren here now. Truthfully, there weren’t many of thoughts cheerful thoughts about the other girl now. But, she had a gut feeling of something else being rather fishy. Was it her goal to eventually figure it out? By all means, yes. “Family, now, I seem to understand,” she calmly stated, nothing flinching over her expression before fixing her position in the chair and shrugging. Did she understand or just took note into things? Nonetheless, she remain rather still and eyeing Lauren. “Not the worse thing to go and see family, huh? Are you close with them?”

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— iMessage ; Fallon & Asher.

Athena: This is fucking hell to me.

Athena: I know we're advised to NOT leave our places but if I have to spend any time alone in my apartment, I'll go fucking crazy.

Athena: So, which one of you is going to prepare a comfy space for me at your place to crash? I'll pick up my own shit, no need to worry about that.

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─ PAXTON ABERNATHY ;

This had to be the prime example as to why when he wasn’t on set, or next to his wife in the hospital, he preferred to be at home. With his boy. That had to truly be the most peace he felt, since at this time in his life, he was more than aware that him out in public caused more then enough issues. As the furious woman stormed off, Paxton stood firmly in place, hands out in the air, features soak with what taste and smell told him was whiskey; utterly shell shock. And the truth was, he didn’t know if he had the right to be. In pure instinct, the blonde reached for the bottom of his shirt, pulling it up so that he could wipe his face off with it. While in the same instance, a brunette appeared before him with a clean towel. Something that would work much better. Without hesitation he reached for it, and replaced the edge of his t-shirt with the cotton feel. “Thanks.” He spoke to her the moment he was able to come eye level of her. “I don’t know her.” He added, “But I have met her, and I guess you can say that conversation hadn’t went so well either. At least, for her. I’m assuming this was her way of getting the last word.”

Sometimes, only just sometimes, the settings of bar were Athena’s least favorite after-work activity. The little of time recently was she able to sit down and enjoy a drink without hearing a potential fight bursting or even, the unfamiliar but unfriendly sight of a drink being thrown in someone’s face. It caused Athena to even pause, knowing there were other routes of handling it but what matter was checking in on the other. Although, she struggled with sympathy, she attempted to try now, as she was rather out of her element before the other now. There wasn’t much of sincerity upon her features. Quite unaware of what that entailed, she attempted to allow it to soothe through her voice before clearing her throat and nodding, “You’re welcome.” It was the least she could do. Being a half decent human being at times, although she didn’t want anyone to grow too comfortable with this behavior of hers. “I see.” She answered with a chuckle, arms now crossing over her chest before sighing. “Well, go on, what was the conversation about?” Hands resting upon the table, the brunette looked up at the blonde before motioning, “I think I have every right to know after going out of my way and bringing that towel. I’m nosey.” And needing to distract from all of the shit going on in her life. “Hell, I’d offer to get you a drink but I’m worried you’d think I would pull the same sort of move on you like the other girl.” 

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─ LAUREN SLOANE ;

“Mom.. Mom, seriously, no. I haven’t seen them in years and I’m not going up there just to make you and dad look good.” Lauren glanced around, aware that her conversation was getting to heated for her to be taking this call in public. She lowered her voice for a moment, telling her mother for the fifth time in a half hour time span that she needed to get off the phone. Hanging up the phone, she glanced at the person openly staring at her, nodding to them with a slight smile. 

If Athena hadn’t heard the familiar voice, she would’ve easily been groaning and wishing the other took their personal business outside if a public setting. There were some things not worth allowing everyone in town to hear and this was her personal opinion. But, for the time Athena has known of Maia, much like her daughter, the additions of her daughter’s vlogging crew came around in the picture. Nonetheless, she carefully watched the other before sipping on some of her coffee, taking longer per usual to get to work over the last few days. From her first hand experience, she knows how parents could be, knowing how mothers could be, seeing how she was personally ignoring any phone call from her’s. “Mothers, huh?” Athena eventually spoke up to Lauren with a raise of a brow, nonchalant tone to her voice. The expression upon her features was deadpanned, now her mouth pursed before crossing arms over her chest. “What was the nag of the day about today?”