#readbentweenthelines

[azraflowers]

Where: Dance-A-Thon Who: Ben @readbentweenthelines

Azra swayed awkwardly from side to side, as Joe had instructed, while the doors were tossed unceremoniously open and a woman came striding in, making chaos everywhere she went. She had not been in town long, and truthfully, she'd never been to an event like this before, but she had been having fun, getting to know people and dancing the night away. Now... She leaned in close to partner. "Is this normal? Are we supposed to keep dancing?" She knew this town was unusual, but this behavior was a little concerning. "Should we...do something to help?"

[cantfightmoonlight]

@readbentweenthelines

"So how do I do this exactly?" She asked as she sank into the seat. Tilting her head back so that she could helplessly meet his gaze. Fluttering her lashes up at him, she looked up at Ben as if to ask if he could help her. In truth, Bri had taken a pottery class or two back in her high school art classes and she had done pretty well at it. But, it had been years, so a lesson from her very handsome professor of a boyfriend wouldn't exactly hurt, would it?

[madazhao]

closed . @readbentweenthelines

"If I had a sword, I don't think I would be worried about anything." There was a dreamy sigh leaving Adam as he kept sketching into his notebook, far too wrapped up in his upcoming dnd session that weekend. "...Okay, I would perhaps be worried about mosquitoes. They're hard to kill with a sword. Unless it's a magic sword. Or unless I'm really good at sword fighting." It seemed as if he was talking to himself, but when he suddenly turned to look right at Ben with a determined face, all doubt was gone. "Y'think I'd need a permit?"

[kenxmatsui]

for: @readbentweenthelines type: paired activity

"Which torture method do you prefer?" Ken's question rang out. Already vexed with what the day had in store was not the best mood to be in, but the energy he had maintained up till now had dipped drastically. While he couldn't deny that he did have fun, the effort he had put into participation felt wasted when it came down to the end. And given how everyone had treated Leyla, did nothing but sour his mood further. Realising that a fresh level of hell was in-store for them as everyone seemed to get paired up for more nonsense, Ken did not hide his scowl. But at least, there was one morsel of sanity left to not make him completely walk out, despite knowing this was mandatory, he would've done so were he paired with anyone he truly disliked. Ben was okay. Looking at the options they had available though, a heavy scoff fell through, "These are all hell. But here's one that seems quick. Observations." Reading details he turned to Ben, "You're Ben, you're not Ken," he said, "Now say that back with an I statement so I can be on my way. Task done."

[jonahxrivas]

for: @readbentweenthelines location: ben's campus office

As time rolled without stopping, Jonah had no choice but to follow along. Despite wanting to confine himself indoors there were moments when he felt walls were closing in on him, spiking unnecessary panic into his already rattled system. Respite, thought little, thankfully wasn't non-existent, moments where he smiled and even laughed without guilt bearing down but it didn’t last though, restarting the cycle anew. Thoughts both aided the heaviness and offered a distraction, and one such thing took up more prominence in his head than anticipated, especially since the Murder Mystery dinner, perhaps this wasn’t a good idea, perhaps it was, either way this conversation went he’d have an answer and that counted for a lot these days. 

Weaving through the campus, Jonah wasn’t, for once, a bundle of nerves. Something about the place that made comfort seep into him, a familiarity in atmosphere if not halls, brought forth an easy peace that settled in nicely as he knocked on Ben’s door. They weren’t strangers but he had checked ahead for availability out of politeness. “Hi,” the greeting followed a smile once the door opened, “Do you have a minute to talk about the environment?” Letting out a laugh with the question, Jonah relaxed a little more, “Oh, wait, waxing poetic about nature is more your style right, Professor?”

[crescentcrowd]

Location: Council Headquarters Closed For: The Council & The Hunter ( @cantfightmoonlightlight @moonglowmagic @nicocastillo @readbentweenthelines )

⁺✦.° ☾ °.✦⁺

For the past year, the citizens of Lunar Cove had been terrorized by some faceless adversary that had taunted them, taking the lives of everyone in leadership and leaving the town floundering. On Valentine's day, they made their biggest strike yet, a year after the first attack. For the first time in that year, Bea felt like they might have gotten the upperhand, despite having been kidnapped with a small portion of the population of their town, no one on their side had died. Of the hunters, only one remained, and she was being restrained in a soundproof room on the other side of the building while the Council best decided how to handle the situation. "I think we should probably make a game plan before we get in there. Maybe we make a list of all the things we want answered before we head in, so we know what information to aim for?" There was also the matter of what to do with the captive after the interrogation, but Bea didn't want to think about that just yet. "Do any of you have experience in... interrogation?" she asked uncertainly.

[lunarcovehq]

BENJAMIN ANAK BANDI (HENRY GOLDING) HAS FOUND.

Connection: Coalition Advisor

Suggested Name: UTP

Age Range: 35+

Species: Human

Suggested FCs: UTP, but POC is preferred; some suggestions: Pedro Pascal, Idris Elba, Gil Birmingham, Chris Evans, Tawny Cypress, Lucy Liu, Sandra Oh, Sofia Vergara, Rachel Weisz, Keanu Reeves, John Krasinski, Temuera Morrison

Connection Description:

After the murder of the former Coalition Leader on July 4, 2022, the Coalition held an election for leader, with Benjamin Anak Bandi winning the election and becoming the Human Coalition’s new leader. Your character would become Ben’s advisor not soon after.

The two of you have been Coalition members together for well over a decade now. Perhaps you’ve always living in Lunar Cove, or perhaps you arrived shortly before Ben (he’s been in town for over fifteen years) 

You and Ben are either peers of around the same age, or your character is a bit older, but totally down for workshopping how you believe their relationship might have developed. Ben himself is a pretty amicable guy, so, at least on his end, there wouldn’t be any bad blood.

Speaking of Ben’s amicable personality, it might be interesting if your character has a bit more steel. Ben’s no pushover, but he also tries to find solutions that lead to the least amount of bloodshed possible, and he’s heavily concerned with minimizing the loss of life. He’s not fond of dishing out strenuous punishments, and he tends to ere on the side of teaching lessons as opposed to serious reprimanding. Your character could possibly be the one that proposes the hard solutions that Ben doesn’t want to consider.

On a slightly different note, with the increase of hunters and Lunar Cove being the only supernatural safe haven left in the entire world, your character could be increasingly concerned about human/supernatural relations, particularly if they might start turning sour in the town. Also, with this increase in population, there’s also an increase in supernaturals unaffiliated with their specific species groups. How are we feeling about that? Annoyed about the extra paperwork? All of these are things to consider!

Just as Ben was elected to the position of Council Leader, your character was also elected to the role of advisor.

Please be sure to contact the player before applying:

Virginia is available for DMs on @readbentweenthelines!!

[lunarcoveinspo]

@faerietothe-otherside , @masonxmahir , @swimmingwiththefitzes , @akiss-from-a-rose, @illputabexonyou, @nicocastillo, @firefighterxefe, @readbentweenthelines, @ofbloodandsnow

[moonglowmagic]

Who: @readbentweenthelines

Where: Ben's House

“Thanks for well….” Dilan gestured to the bed that wasn’t hers that she was sitting up in after spending the night in it. “I don’t usually do this just life has been a lot recently so...” She rambled on and ran a hand through her messy slept on hair to try and calm it down. “Good stress relief.” She added. Leaning her elbows on her knees as she looked over at him. “I would offer to get you a balloon or a thank you card but seems a little formal for this whole transaction.” Dilan joked, before getting out of bed and grabbing her clothes off the floor. “So maybe just a thanks and I’ll see you around?” 

[cantfightmoonlight]

@readbentweenthelines

"Okay, so I'm going to preface that I have likely once again went a bit too overboard. But, I'm going to need you to bare with me and just go with it, okay?" She asked, extending out her hand for him to take as she held the door to the library open for him. Bri was well aware that Ben was more of a low key guy, while she clearly didn't ever learn the definition of low key, having signed up for the Hideaway's Cupid's Getaway on a whim. But, while they clearly weren't dating long enough, to do any grand romantic gesture with roses and the works, maybe there was a way to find a nice in between. "Ta dah?" She hesitantly offered up as she walked them into the empty library that in deed looked like a library. There was no sign of Valentine's decorations in sight, but as they entered the room, she did place a boom box she had been carrying on the center table. "We have the library to ourselves for an hour and, I figured the one thing you can never do in a library, right, is be too loud, so now we can either grab some books and plop down over in the bean bag chairs to read or play music and be as loud as we'd like? Oh! I also brought this too, in case," She offered up, finishing a bottle of champagne out of her bag and two glasses. "This okay or did I fail at being a girlfriend once again?" She asked, half teasing.

[cantfightmoonlight]

@readbentweenthelines

"Hey Benny Boo," Meena hummed lightly under her breath as she gave the door that was currently wide open to his office a knock. "Surprise," She teased as she place an edible arrangement down on his desk, the joke hopefully not lost on him as she moved to slide into the seat across from him. "And before you give me that look, don't worry. Ralph knows he actually needs to make it up to Jonah himself. This is just an apology on my part. That and a nice way of asking if I can steal you away for the evening? I figured after everything, you and I could use a break? Go do whatever friends are supposed to do whatever that is exactly. So, what do you say? You want to get a drink and be actually off the clock for a couple hours?"

[cantfightmoonlight]

TASK 002: THE FAMILY ISLAND

With Rohan and Jonah deciding to get married, Bri was racking her brain over what to give them for their wedding gift until they mentioned that they didn't have anywhere to go for their honeymoon, since Jonah would be unable to leave town without losing his memories. Bri was going to get them an AirBnb in a remote part of town to stay in until her realtor showed her this listing for a beach home that happened to be on its own remote island just off of the coast of Sunny Harbor. On the property is a small one bedroom house with one full bath, a half bath, and an open spaced kitchen/living room (with a pull out couch). There is a hot tub around back of the house and its own beach front property and dock. She also invested in a generator, high speed wifi and two different landlines, since she's watched enough horror movies to know that it is a must when having a private island getaway. She figures the island will be a great secluded getaway for Rohan and Jonah to spend their honeymoon and then the rest of the family can use the island moving forwards for all sort of holidays or weekend getaways given that you're still in Lunar Cove, but a 25-30 minute boat ride off the shore. She is unable to leave down as of now given that the world thinks she's dead, while her boyfriend and family can't leave the town without their memories, so it seemed like a good investment for all of their futures and a place they can escape to whenever life at the Cove seems to be getting to be too much. After Ro & Jo's honeymoon, she's also planning to set up multiple ring cameras and a remote sprinklers system in case any sirens try to use the property when they're not there.

@rohanxpersaudx & @jonahxrivas

(& @itsronniebish , @dvsconocvdo & @readbentweenthelines )

[cantfightmoonlight]

@readbentweenthelines

"Morning, Sunshine," Meena called over her shoulder to where Ben was propped up on the chaise lounge. The leader slowly coming back to consciousness from where he had passed out, cradling the empty piña colada glass he had been drinking. After the tense Council meeting, she had invited him back to her place to veg out. The pair of friends growing rather intoxicated as Ben made himself at home on her sofa as she downed back a few bottles herself. But, while the human slept, she, still rather tipsy, resigned herself to painting, having even in an intoxicated state, captured Ben's likeness to the point where her portrait of him laying there with a pair of goofy heart shaped sunglasses she had propped onto his face looked like a picture she had snapped on her camera. "Look," She mused, swiveling around in her stool to show him. A smile breaking across her lips as she motioned towards the canvas as if the fact wasn't obvious, "It's you." Though, she did make sure to keep her voice down, not sure given the amount he had consumed, if he'd be waking up hungover or still drunk.

[cantfightmoonlight]

@readbentweenthelines

"Okay, now open them," She whispered into his ear as she dropped her hands from where she had previously been cupping them over his eyes. "Ta-dah!" She exclaimed, taking a few steps back so he could get the full view of beach that was privately there's. "And before you freak out, I can explain," She promised him. Biting down on her bottom lip as she began to fidget with the many rings she was wearing, twirling them around her fingers as she peaked back up at him. "We've all been through so much and, with Jonah and Rohan's wedding coming up, they mentioned that they didn't have anywhere to go for their honeymoon and they can't leave town, which is a sentiment I get with the whole what if I go some place and someone recognizes me and freaks out because I'm alive and not dead thing and in terms of us. So, I was just going to find them an Air BnB in town they could go to, but then my realtor told me about this place and since we just got an offer on the house, I figured why not use that money to invest here? This way Ro and Jo can use it for their Honeymoon, but can't get mad at me for spending too much since I technically spent it on my self, but then I'll have my own sliver of paradise we can escape off to too and I was going to wait to bring you out here until after the wedding, but I don't know. You seemed really stressed after that Council meeting, so I figured we could spend the day here and it's only a thirty minute boat ride back to shore, so we can leave whenever you want to? Is it too much? I just figured it might be nice to have a place the whole family could go to and Ronnie, but maybe it's too much."

[cantfightmoonlight]

@readbentweenthelines

"Morning Trouble," Bri mumbled softly out as she curled even more into Ben's side from underneath the covers. It only took one peak at the room around them for images of last night to come flooding back to her. Her cheeks flushed a bright red as she moved to hide her face against Ben's shoulder and shield herself from the morning light that was beginning to peak through the curtains. "Or should I say Mademoiselle?" She teased, given how the maid costume he had been wearing was now strewn around the room along with her own clothes and some fallen books they must have knocked off the shelf last night.

[cantfightmoonlight]

@readbentweenthelines

"Oye! Ben 10," Elif called out happily as she spotted the familiar face making their way to the entrance of the hedge maze too. She had only been back in town for a few weeks now and so much had seemingly changed since she was in her early twenties. Shops had come and gone. Her favorite stores had long closed down and most of the faces in the crowd were all new to her, which is why she couldn't help, but be excited to see someone she knew. Even if they hadn't seen each other in years and the last time they spoke they had been pretending to be someone else at Cabaret's Murder Mystery Dinner. "You entering the maze too?"