ARES PATERA
Warlock
Posts: 222
Age:
36
Occupation:
Sheriff's Deputy
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Single
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Ange
Last seen Apr 29, 2024 20:08:46 GMT
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Post by ARES PATERA on Jun 30, 2023 19:45:17 GMT
One of these days he’d be the one called away from dinner by work. They hadn’t even got to dessert either.
Ares flopped back in the booth, lifting a hand in farewell as his brother scrambled towards the front of the Diner. He was still talking a mile a minute to whoever was on the other end when the door swung shut behind him. It looked like Eros’ easy weekend was getting off to a busy start. And his was dead in the water for the moment.
Puffing out a breath, he glanced down at the watch on his wrist. The night was still young. If he had been on the schedule for this evening they’d already have been out on the streets, rolling around like a visible warning to behave. Maybe they’d have caught someone speeding, or a fool who got behind the wheel after spending his pay packet in somewhere like the Grill before they decided to drive themselves home instead of picking up a cab. Your normal sleepy Mystic Falls night – hopefully. There weren’t many quiet nights around here, not when the town was full of things that could raise mischief in a particularly bloody and violent way.
The shiver rolled down Ares’ spine as he waved down a passing waitress. He smiled up at her and tipped his head back towards the counter, where the pie he’d been planning on ordering for dessert sat beneath its glass cloche. Eros might’ve been messing out but it didn’t mean he had to. ”Can I get a slice of that chocolate crème pie to go and the bill? Thanks.” Of course, Eros hadn’t stopped to pay for dinner like he’d been planning to. If it wasn’t for the fact that his brother was as honest as the day was long, he might’ve thought that he’d done it on purpose. He’d have rather lost a limb than even joke about that sort of thing though – superstition ran deep in the family (and for good reason).
Five minutes later Ares was strolling out onto the street, the box containing his slice of pie clutched in one hand. He’d get home, maybe have a beer – the one they would’ve probably gotten after dinner – and work his way through the slab of rich chocolate and buttery pastry. Maybe after he’d start picking through his list of stuff left to do on the house, but maybe this was the weekend he’d finally take a break from it. The interior was mostly finished now, there was still the fence to put up around the yard though, the lights and cameras that he wouldn’t do without – he liked his privacy out there, but he wasn’t crazy.
Dark brows drew together as he strolled along, mentally picking his way down the list before he’d even reached his car at the end of the block. Of course, once the thought had been acknowledged his brain had latched onto it like a steel trap.
Clunk.
His head rocketed up, his eyes narrowing as he took a half step back to stare into the narrow slot between two cars. A figure stood there, not exactly out of place on a summer night in a town where folks liked to gather on the square until late. There’d been that sound though. ”Is everything alright?” Ares asked lightly. His body language was already contradicting his tone, his shoulders stiffening like he was ready to reach for a weapon that was locked in his truck instead of sitting on his hip.
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ADELINA ALVAREZ
Dragon
Posts: 24
Age:
19
Occupation:
Salvatore College Sophomore
Status:
It's Complicated
Partner:
Landon Kirby
Played by:
Emma
Last seen Mar 28, 2024 1:32:22 GMT
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Post by ADELINA ALVAREZ on Jun 30, 2023 21:23:21 GMT
With the school year coming to an end Adelina had more free time on her hands than she’d had for a while and the truth was that she had found herself at a bit of a loose end. Her dads were working and Ela and Elias both had plans so she was left to amuse herself for a while which never ended well. She knew that she could call Landon or one of her friends and see if they were free to hang out but she was pretty sure that those who were in relationships were spending their free time with their other halves while Landon and Raf were spending the day together. Needless to say Adelina was getting a little bored and she knew that she needed to find something to amuse herself for a while and stop her from going crazy. In the end she decided to stop by the fire house to see her dads and grandpa for a while and it was then that her dad asked if she could take the car and run a few errands for him. Adelina had her licence of course, her dad had encouraged her to start driving as soon as she was old enough so she could get around on her own when she needed to, and while she didn’t have her own car she was able to borrow his when she needed it. After struggling to think of something to do, Adelina was glad to have something keep her busy for a while. She stayed at the fire house until their next call came in and after telling them to stay safe and smiling as her dad kissed the top of her head and promised that they would, Adelina took off. She knew that her dads were probably just trying to give her something to do but the truth was that she appreciated it. She could have stayed home and worked on a new song with Milo but she had the whole summer ahead of her so she knew that she didn’t want to end up doing too much too soon. Heading around town doing what she needed to do, Adelina pulled into a space outside the cafe and as she stopped the car a clunking noise came and she groaned. “No, no, no. Please don’t do this,” she breathed, knowing that if there was a problem with it then chances were that she wasn’t going to know how to fix it. She knew that it couldn’t be something that she had done because everything had seemed fine while she was driving and she knew that she hadn’t hit something but clearly something was wrong and she could already feel herself starting to worry about what that was. Adelina started checking the car to see if there was anything obviously wrong with it. She couldn’t see anything and she looked up as she heard a voice before shaking her head. “I don’t think so, especially not if you heard it too,” she admitted, recognising the guy as a police officer. She hadn’t met him personally but she had seen him around town. “My dad let me borrow his car but it just made that noise and I have no idea why. It’s a new car, it shouldn’t be making noises like that,” she explained. “I don’t suppose you know anything about cars, do you?”ARES PATERA
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ARES PATERA
Warlock
Posts: 222
Age:
36
Occupation:
Sheriff's Deputy
Status:
Single
Played by:
Ange
Last seen Apr 29, 2024 20:08:46 GMT
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Post by ARES PATERA on Jul 20, 2023 18:24:25 GMT
At multiple points during the refurbishment Eros had referred to him as a jack of no trades, definitely not a master of any. It was the usual brotherly needling, Eros had benefited from his skills with a screwdriver or a paint brush often enough to know that if he didn’t know how to do something now then he’d teach himself. Ares Patera was so much more than his namesake, although he’d have patted himself on the back for being a damn good soldier too. You didn’t survive in battle for so long, or rise so far up the ladder without the ability to learn and adapt. That was exactly what he’d done in Mystic Falls.
Faces had become familiar over the years that he’d served as a deputy here. The kids that waved as he walked through the square on the weekends, the ones who’d holler ‘officer Patera! Hai!’ across the road at him. The teenagers at the high school who gave terse nods, not wanting to admit to being friendly with a cop. People who worked in the businesses that clustered around the square – who’d taken so much of his hard working cash since he’d decided to shoulder the burden of a house that was within yards of being reclaimed by the woods when he’d taken it on. Ares figured that all stood him in good stead with the job and making a difference in the community, but it wasn’t fool proof. The girl he saw standing by the vehicle as he shuffled around the back of it to see what was going on.
One of these days curiosity was gonna kill this cat, but not today. The girl wasn’t looking panicked at least, this wasn’t the sort of urgent that tended to crop up in this town – like something fanged and ferocious painting the town red, literally. Ares frowned faintly at her, the corners of his mouth tipped up at the corners. ”You sure it came from your car?” It’d sounded like it to him, but the curb was busy, sound carried. And if it walked like a duck and quacked you could pretty much give up on any sort of complicated explanation. It had sounded like her car and most probably was.
Ares grinned at her, trying to knock the over-confident edge out of it. ”I’m not a mechanic, but I can take a look if you want. Might be something simple. Did you feel like you ran over anything when you pulled the car in here?” He doubted she had, or she would’ve led with that. If he’d been in her shoes he would’ve been freaking out about wrecking his dad’s car. They’d been comfortable enough financially, but his dad had taken care of his car like it was a fourth child, making sure it was pristine, even with his three heathens filling up the back seat.
He set the box containing his pie down on the hood of the car behind him, then moved around the vehicle – he wasn’t about to risk melting pie oozing onto the top of the girl’s dad’s car. ”Let me look under it, see if I can spot anything. I’m officer Patera.” Ares nodded to the girl, hoping there was some reassurance in that. You never knew how low people would stoop with setting up a situation just so they could manipulate it to their advantage. He dropped to one knee beside the car before he bowed lower, squinting into the darkness beneath the vehicle to see if there was some random chunk of metal she might’ve hit or signs of damage to the underside.
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ADELINA ALVAREZ
Dragon
Posts: 24
Age:
19
Occupation:
Salvatore College Sophomore
Status:
It's Complicated
Partner:
Landon Kirby
Played by:
Emma
Last seen Mar 28, 2024 1:32:22 GMT
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Post by ADELINA ALVAREZ on Aug 27, 2023 17:40:16 GMT
Adelina was glad that summer was finally upon them but if she was honest she was already at a bit of a loss as to what to do with her free time. Ela and Elias were both out and her dads were at work so it meant that she had the house to herself. Eli had already spent a bit of time working on a new song and she had taken Milo out for a walk but after that she knew that she needed something different to do with her time. Eli had never liked being bored, she was always happier when she had something to do with her time and she had ended up walking to the firehouse to see her dads. She knew that they hadn’t minded, they had always made it clear that she and her siblings were welcome to stop by any time and seeing her grandpa and uncle was definitely a bonus. Her dad had given her the chance to have something to do, though, and as the next call came in she took off. She had promised that she would run some errands for him and he had given her the keys to his car so she could do that but as she pulled into a space the car made a sound that really didn’t sound good. She hadn’t expected anyone to come over and ask if everything was alright and as the man asked if she was sure the noise had come from her car, Adelina nodded. “Pretty sure, I heard it right when I stopped the car and I don’t know what else it could be,” she admitted. She knew that she could be wrong but she honestly didn’t think that she was and she had no idea what it could be. The man seemed pretty confident and that alone was enough to make Adelina feel a bit better. She felt like she had seen him around before but she couldn’t remember where from. She didn’t get the feeling that it was a bad thing, though, so she knew that she had to give him a chance to take a look. “I’d really appreciate that, thank you,” she said sincerely. “I definitely didn’t run anything over and I didn’t hit anything either,” she explained. She was always a careful driver and that wasn’t going to change. “Thanks. I thought I recognised you, I’ve seen you around and my dads have mentioned you before,” she admitted, pulling her phone out of her pocket and turning on the torch before crouching down next to him and shining it under the car to try and give him some light. “I’m Adelina Alvarez.” Her family often ended up working with the police on calls so she knew the names of most of them already even if she hadn’t met some of them personally yet. It also helped that her uncle was in a relationship with a cop so she heard a lot about Tommy’s colleagues from Diego as well. ARES PATERA
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ARES PATERA
Warlock
Posts: 222
Age:
36
Occupation:
Sheriff's Deputy
Status:
Single
Played by:
Ange
Last seen Apr 29, 2024 20:08:46 GMT
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Post by ARES PATERA on Sept 26, 2023 19:32:06 GMT
In a town where it seemed as though there was a supernatural side to just about everything that happened, a plain old mechanical problem almost felt like a relief. No witches wandering around the woods, almost getting themselves shot. No detectives wandering out there almost getting themselves fried by lightning either. No sticky situations encroaching into his space, driving him mad with that itch that could have his temper enflamed with a single mental scratch. Maybe some part of him would end up missing all of this if it got too quiet, but for now Ares was glad to have a problem that he might be able to fix with just his hands. That had been one of the blessings about the cabin. It was a break away from the job, from the constant watchfulness that came with that territory. When you were slapping on paint or laying tile in the master bath there wasn’t the room in your head to start worrying about anything else. If he ever finally finished working on the place he was gonna be screwed without that escape.
Ares nodded slowly as the girl gave him the answer he’d almost known was coming. It had been the car. That started narrowing down the possibilities, although it didn’t guarantee that the options were any better for it. ”Sounds like you might be right,”{/b] he murmured. And that meant he was likely to end up grubby, taking a trip under the vehicle to try and work out what it was. ”It’s no trouble,” he assured her. ”It’s better we figure it out now instead of finding the car breaking down when you’re halfway home. Hmm.” The sound Ares made wasn’t exactly dubious, but it was curious. He’d have laid money on something being dumped at the curb, but if she was as careful as it sounded like she was, then she’d have seen it coming. Mystic Falls was too neat and tidy to have any trash sitting around for long anyway. The smile on his face brightened as she confirmed that she’d seen him around. Mystic Falls constantly felt a thousand times smaller than Miami and this was just proof that practically everybody knew everybody here. ”I’ll have to tell my partner that I’m starting to get famous around here.” Claire probably would’ve laughed hard enough to end up rolling around in the road. Infamous maybe, especially after the scene with the damn cat. He winged a brow, glancing up at her as he shuffled down onto his back. ”Your dads work at the station?” Dads, like a couple. Hmm. There wasn’t anybody he was sure matched that description there, but he’d been dense about that sort of thing before and it wasn’t like he’d been Mr Sociable with most of the people working at the station. He had Claire, he had Eros, that was enough (especially when there was a chance wider social gatherings would end up putting him toe to toe with Brooke again.
Ares flattened himself and started to shuffle under the car, looking around in the thin beam of light to see if there was anything obvious. ”Alvarez…” he muttered. ”Like the firefighters?” That might’ve explained how her dads knew about him. Fire and police had a tendency to turn up at the same scenes and his tunnel vision on the job wasn’t bad enough that he hadn’t bothered to get to know some of the firefighters.
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ADELINA ALVAREZ
Dragon
Posts: 24
Age:
19
Occupation:
Salvatore College Sophomore
Status:
It's Complicated
Partner:
Landon Kirby
Played by:
Emma
Last seen Mar 28, 2024 1:32:22 GMT
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Post by ADELINA ALVAREZ on Mar 28, 2024 0:33:47 GMT
Adelina was used to dealing with supernatural problems with the help of her friends but the truth was that when it came to cars, she really didn’t have a clue. Her dad had taught her the basics but when it came to noises like the one the car had just made, she didn’t even know where to start. She knew that she could call either of her dads and see if they were able to help but they were at work right now so she knew that she didn’t want to trouble them if she could help it. It was a new car so it shouldn’t be anything major but she hadn’t liked the sound it had made so she knew that the last thing she wanted right now was to take any chances. There was a part of Adelina that was already regretting agreeing to run these errands for her dad today, she could have stayed home with Milo instead and worked on a new song but she knew that it was perhaps a little sad to spend all of her break holed up at home with the dog. Normally she would spend time with one of her siblings or one of her friends but that day they were all busy so she’d found herself at a bit of a loose end. She had ended up hanging out with her dads at the firehouse for a while but then a call had come in and she’d realised it was time to make herself scarce. She wouldn’t be surprised if her dad had given her a list of things to do that day so she would have something to do with her time but the truth was she liked having a purpose and she knew that she didn’t want to let him down. Unfortunately that meant that she needed the car to be working and right now it wasn’t so she just had to hope that the man could help her. “This is one time when I really don’t want to be right,” Adelina admitted. All she wanted to do was complete the errands her dad had given her and get the car back in one piece but so far the latter seemed to be much easier said than done. “That’s true, then I really would be stuck,” she nodded. Truth be told she didn’t really want to risk driving the car again until she knew what had caused that noise. She was a dragon so she knew that she would be fine if anything happened but she didn’t want anyone else to end up getting hurt. She was always so careful whenever she drove so she was certain that she hadn’t hit anything but that didn’t really help narrow down what it could be at all and she would be lying if she said that didn’t worry her. As Ares said he would have to tell his partner that he was starting to become famous around town, Adelina couldn’t help but laugh. “I’m not sure I’d go that far, my dads like to make sure my siblings and I know the names of some good people to turn to if we need it. I guess they were right about you after all,” she said, a smile forming on her face as she looked over at him. She wasn’t sure how many other people knew his name but she certainly did and her brother and sister did as well. After Gabriela had been attacked the day Ethan had come into their lives their dad had become more protective of them and he’d made sure they knew some of the people they could count on around town. Those weren’t necessarily all people who knew about the supernatural since her family liked to keep their heads down as much as possible and avoid drawing too much attention to themselves but it definitely helped. As he asked if they worked at the station, Adelina shook her head. “They work at the firehouse,” she explained. Adelina tried to shine the light as best the could so he could see underneath the car as he moved under it and she nodded as he asked if her dads were firefighters. “That’s right. It’s a bit of a family thing, my dads and grandpa are firefighters and my uncle is a firefighter and paramedic,” she said, not sure whether that would help ring any bells for him. ARES PATERA
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ARES PATERA
Warlock
Posts: 222
Age:
36
Occupation:
Sheriff's Deputy
Status:
Single
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Last seen Apr 29, 2024 20:08:46 GMT
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Post by ARES PATERA on Apr 28, 2024 19:37:38 GMT
Between his time in the Marines and in the Sheriff’s department, Ares liked to think he’d become a jack of all trades. He was the guy you could call when you had some loose boards in your porch, or when your taps started dripping. Alright, cars added an extra layer of complicated mechanics (and electronics) to the mix, but at the very least he knew how to give someone a jump start when he needed to. Maybe he’d have been able to pull the money together to pay someone else to deal with all of that for him. It would’ve cleared out his bank account more than it already had, but it would’ve been easier. Unluckily for him, easy had never been the path he’d wanted to head down. In high school he’d thrown himself into the ROTC because he’d wanted to be out there in the world making a difference. He’d bought a junker of a house because he’d liked the idea of putting his own stamp on it. He’d stopped when he’d heard that noise today because he’d figured he could lend a hand with whatever the hell it was.
Frowning at the car, Ares puffed out a breath as the girl spoke. He felt that hard. Most of the time he liked being right about things, even if that left him coming off like an arrogant jackass. Could anyone blame him for wanting to be able to predict things in life? Especially when problems like this came his way. Being a psychic instead of a warlock would’ve been helpful right now. ”Let’s just hope you’re not,” Ares said lightly. ”We’ll make sure the car runs properly before you head out. I’m not gonna leave you stuck here with it broken down. Worst case scenario I can give you a lift home.” There was a garage he’d used in town a time or two. They’d probably come out with a tow truck if they needed to. Maybe the guys there would’ve given the girl a ride home too, but he’d definitely feel better about doing that part himself. Having a badge probably didn’t make him one hundred percent trustworthy, but he figured in these circumstances the girl was likely to know that he wasn’t a threat because of it. Apparently her parents had already taken care of that part of things for him. He’d have said that his reputation around town was likely to be that of a hothead, but if her parents called him good people then he wasn’t about to argue about it. Ares nodded, one corner of his mouth kicking up higher. ”I’d say that’s a smart move. Mystic Falls isn’t always safe. It helps knowing who to call on when stuff happens.” His parents had done something similar in Miami, although most of their connections there had been on the other side of the legal profession – the sort he and Eros could’ve called on if there ever screwed up badly enough to get run in for something.
From Adelina’s comments there was a chance that her dads worked for the sheriff too. It would’ve explained how they’d known about him. He racked his brain, trying to figure out who they might be, but she cut off his train of thought almost immediately by saying the firehouse. Within seconds he’d pulled their surname out of his mental files. Ares made a low sound in his throat, nodding at her. ”Yeah, I know them,” he assured her. ”That sort of stuff tends to run in the blood. I don’t think my dad was too happy when I broke with our family tradition and joined the ROTC. He’s a lawyer, my mom worked in a lawyer’s office. Me and my brother ended up Marines.” He would’ve said they were all in the same wheelhouse, but maybe not close enough. ”You said the noise happened the second you turned off the engine?” Ares asked as he squirmed deeper, trying to get a look at each of the tires, just in case something was caught up in them.
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