January 2

Who: Geth and Open
Where: Streets. Grocery. Fontaine Park.
When: Mid-afternoon

Her house smelled like flowers. Even by the stench of the river, the perfume of meadow was prominent. And yet, it wasn't a pleasant smell. Combined with the smell of smoke and money, it saturated her couches and hung heavy in the air over her head. It was funny how deceptive the little black balls of opium could be. Surely, nothing that smelled so strongly of springtime could be worth so much blood.

Who: Brett and Eris
Where: Her apartment
When: Night

He'd made his point. He'd found her. She knew he'd found her. She knew she couldn't just walk out on him like that. He'd made the point. That didn't mean he was in a rush to see the bitch again. But it didn't mean he was going to leave her entirely, either. She left him, not the other way round.

Who: Maya and Adriana
Where: The Walker Orphanage
When: Around lunchtime

Who: Jesse and Jessie
Where: The James' Apartment
When: Mid-Afternoon

who: everyone at the gala!
when: evening
where: the gala

Cheyenne didn't really want to be there. She had to be, of course, there was no way she could get out of it. Her presence was required, because it was her family's deal. The orphanage and all that, the party for it afterwards... She was a girl who loved social occasions, but usually the ones that her family were involved in were really high society ones that were mostly about appearances, not enjoying oneself. Still, she was there, she as talking to people, she was smiling at all the right times, laughing at people's jokes, and generally playing the role she knew she was meant to.

Just because she didn't really like the whole deal didn't mean she wasn't good at it. Either way, the party was in full swing, and there were tons of people everywhere. Time to mingle!

Who: Henry
Where: His darkroom in his studio.
When: Early morning

Henry had been working most of the night, but it was worth it. His shots from the park the day before had turned out perfectly. In addition to Cheyenne, he'd gotten some amazing pictures of another girl who was beautiful as well, but not even close to Cheyenne. He'd been worried he'd be caught when Cheyenne got out her camera, but the one time she'd almost looked in his direction was when the other girl had shown up and she turned around instead. That had been a close one.

Who: Calix and Louise
Where: Streets somewhere and possibly elsewhere
When: Early morning

Who: Ruby and OPEN
Where: The Rose and Pearl soup kitchen
When: Early morning

The second of January started like hundreds of days before. Ruby got up and made breakfast for herself and the twenty people who were under her wing at the Rose and Pearl. Last night they has sorted through the stock they had picked up after six in the evening. Shopkeepers and grocers got write offs for donating produce and goods they couldn’t sell to the paying public any more. Ruby could cut out bad spots, freshen up two day old bread and always found a use for meat bones of any kind.