ROWAN BISHOP
Werewolf
Posts: 73
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Last seen Oct 28, 2024 18:44:40 GMT
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Post by ROWAN BISHOP on May 31, 2023 22:34:13 GMT
As smug as Luc was, he’d probably crow from the rooftop about her misappropriating their systems if he found out that she’d used their access to various databases to look up Doctor Leroux’s address in town. It hadn’t been anything more than she could’ve found in the purely public databases, she’d just gone about it the easy way. Rowan had informed her assistant that she’d be back in an hour or two and had headed out of the office before Luc could sniff out the tiny faux pas the same way pigs did truffles, with about as much grace as one too. What Ingrid had ever seen in the guy, she didn’t know.
Ten minutes later she was pulling away from the curb outside of the small bakery on the square. The smell of fresh baked cookies filled the car, a thousand times better than the ones you could pick up at the Coffee Bean and about three times the price of theirs too. It was worth it though. Doctor Leroux had gotten her out of a bit of a bind at the hospital – when her concern for Dominguez had tried to override her self-control – and that sort of thing deserved a proper thank you. One that didn’t come with a dozen of his coworkers rubber necking the conversation and likely picking the white cardboard box clean of the cookies she’d picked out from the glass cabinet. Everybody liked chocolate right?
The couple of years they’d spent in town had left her familiar with much of the town – Ingrid made sure that all of her people made themselves fully acquainted with where they ended up stationed, making it clear that they needed to know just how to get out of any sticky situation there at high speed. Mystic Falls was a sleepy looking little place, surrounded by picturesque woods, but it hid a darkness, and that was one of the reasons why they were still here. Ingrid’s family was the other. That was none of her business, just the same as Ingrid’s relationship with Luc wasn’t either, but as Ingrid’s second-in-command, she had to know some of what went on. It didn’t mean that the two of them lived in each other’s pockets. If they did Ingrid would’ve been aware of just where she was going the minute she’d left the office.
When she found the right road minutes later, Rowan wondered whether this visit would be garden fence gossip before the day was out. Their people, even the guy who ran the Grey Haven – where her and Ingrid had been staying since they’d first around in town – were all discrete, but it didn’t mean everybody in town was. She’d heard enough of the stories that ran like wildfire in places like the Grill to know that just about anything was grist for Mystic Falls’ oversized rumour mill. She got out of her car at the curb in front of the house, glancing up and down the sidewalk as though checking for witnesses. Honestly, a small, quick thank you was none of their business.
Seeing no noses pressed to the windows of neighbouring houses, or the trouble that she was constantly on the lookout for, Rowan made her way up the path to the house. It looked like a big place for just the doctor, maybe there was family too, kids to steal the cookies, a wife to compliment her husband to. It didn’t matter either way. She tucked her sunglasses into the open collar of her shirt, then rang the doorbell. A polite smile was on her lips when the door started to swing open, but it wasn’t the good doctor standing behind it. The young man looked enough like Julian that he could have been his son, but she knew better than to make assumptions. ”Hi. I’m here to see Julian Leroux. Is he around by any chance?” Figuring suspicions ran high in this town, Rowan tipped the box she carried slightly, so the bakery’s logo on top of it could be seen. ”I just wanted to drop off a little something.” Maybe the hospital would’ve been the better choice after all.
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DECLAN LEROUX
Chimera
vampire-weretiger
Posts: 158
Age:
19/22
Occupation:
Trainee Social Worker
Status:
In a Relationship
Partner:
Caroline Forbes
Played by:
Emma
Last seen Oct 18, 2024 21:26:01 GMT
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Post by DECLAN LEROUX on Jun 26, 2023 22:00:34 GMT
 It was scary to think that soon enough graduation would be upon them and when that happened then Dec would officially be done with school. It had been such a big part of his life up until now that he wasn’t too sure what it would be like when it was all over but if he was honest he was looking forward to starting the next chapter of his life. He knew that no matter what happened he would have his friends and family by his side and soon enough they would be able to start enjoying everything that they had worked so hard for. Dec knew that chances were he might end up repeating school in the future in order to start out younger in a new place when he had to move around but this was his first time going through it and that made it special as far as he was concerned. Having Caroline there by his side had helped a lot, she had been there for him ever since they were kids and their relationship had grown stronger ever since they got together. Now there was a bond between them that couldn’t be undone, after all it was Caroline’s blood that had been used to turn him into a vampire and his DNA had been used to turn her into a werecreature, He wasn’t sure what the future was going to hold for the two of them but the truth was that he was looking forward to finding out. That time wasn’t upon them just yet though and Dec knew that they all still had some work to put in before that could happen. As it was he was at home studying and he had been busy with that for most of the day. There were times when he could count on Amy or Julian for company but Amy was out with Jesse and Julian was catching up with Brady since they both had the day off. Dec had thought about seeing whether Caroline or one of his friends was free to study with so he wouldn’t have to deal with the neverending silence alone but he knew that they probably had other things going on at the moment so instead he had decided to tough it out. Needless to say he was incredibly bored by the time the doorbell rang and he was in desperate need or a distraction so he didn’t hesitate in setting his books aside and making his way to the front of the house so he could open the door. The woman before him wasn’t one he recognised but he found himself smiling at her nonetheless. “Hi. He’s off today so he’s out catching up with a friend. I’m his brother Declan, is there anything I can help with?” he asked before his gaze fell to the box she was holding. “I can guarantee you’ll be his favourite person with those. I promise not to eat them all before he gets home,” he added with a grin. “Is there a special occasion?” Julian hadn’t mentioned that anyone would be stopping by and Dec didn’t recognise the woman so he would be lying if he said that he wasn’t a little wary but he was doing his best not to show it. The house was in the name of his parents which meant that no vampires could enter without being invited but there were plenty of threats out there that weren’t and the hitlist and Dread Doctors had definitely proved that to him. ROWAN BISHOP
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ROWAN BISHOP
Werewolf
Posts: 73
Played by:
Ange
Last seen Oct 28, 2024 18:44:40 GMT
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Post by ROWAN BISHOP on Jul 14, 2023 19:46:50 GMT
What had started out as a small gesture of gratitude felt huge the moment the door had opened and it was someone other than Julian standing there. Wisdom would’ve said that going straight to the hospital to do this was the best way to go about things, but for once she hadn’t listened to common sense. That was going to come back and bite her on the butt one way or another. She’d aimed for privacy, for not embarrassing herself or Doctor Leroux in front of his entire department, but instead it was now his family she was in boggy water with. Would this guy go telling Julian that some strange woman had turned up on the doorstep like some sort of creepy stalker? Hopefully not. Rowan supposed she could’ve pulled her ID as some sort of proof that she hadn’t gone following Julian back here, that risked a call back to the office though and blowing the top off of her legendarily professional attitude. She clamped her teeth down on her tongue, trying to stop herself from plunging into fresh trouble. Being rash was what had gotten her here this time. Common sense was what was needed.
Rowan’s smile brightened, although there was a trace of apology in it. He wasn’t questioning how she’d found their home at least, just answering her question about whether Julian was home before he glanced down at the box. ”Ah, I probably should’ve called first … or just left this at the hospital.” Not that Julian would’ve been there today. She shouldn’t have hedged all her bets about him being home. ”I’d appreciate that,” Rowan admitted with a chuckle when his little brother – far less awkward than a son, since it didn’t mean a wife was likely to appear from inside the house to question why some woman was at the door asking for her husband. ”There are plenty in there if he wants to share though. I went with chocolate chip and double chocolate cookies. I figured I couldn’t go wrong with those…” Unless Julian wasn’t a chocolate fan and then she was doubly screwed. Maybe she should’ve added a few oatmeal raisin too, just to cover all of her bases.
Tapping her fingers against the box, Rowan blushed faintly. Cookies weren’t too grand a gesture at least. They said ‘thank you for doing me a solid’, not I now owe you a kidney for saving my life. It was apparently still special enough that Declan was asking what had inspired the move. ”Your brother did me a favour at the hospital a few days ago,” she started. Rowan gestured with the box back in the direction she’d come. ”A coworker of mine was injured at work, and I was at the hospital with them. Your brother ended up a knight in shining armour when I couldn’t get the coffee machine to work. Sometimes you get a little desperate, you know?” A huff of laughter rolled out of her. Coffee hadn’t done much to calm her nerves about how Dominguez was doing, but Julian had been reassuring and she’d certainly appreciated that. ”I wanted to say thank you for him keeping me sane while I was there. Fingers crossed he’s a cookie fan, or it’ll be another trip back to the bakery for a thank you.” At least if they weren’t, she could get an idea of what he did like from his brother before she made a second attempt at saying a thank you to him.
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DECLAN LEROUX
Chimera
vampire-weretiger
Posts: 158
Age:
19/22
Occupation:
Trainee Social Worker
Status:
In a Relationship
Partner:
Caroline Forbes
Played by:
Emma
Last seen Oct 18, 2024 21:26:01 GMT
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Post by DECLAN LEROUX on Aug 16, 2023 22:25:11 GMT
Days at home alone were rare, normally Amy, Julian or another of his siblings was around when his parents weren’t but that day Dec had the house to himself and he had decided to take advantage of that by getting some studying done. His finals were coming up and they were a big deal this time because at the end of the school year he would be graduating and if he was honest he wasn’t entirely sure how to feel about that. He was looking forward to being able to start the next chapter of his life but at the same time he had been a student for most of his life and he really wasn’t sure what he would do when that came to an end. Dec had grad school to think about, he wanted to become a social worker so he still had more than he needed to do but he was going to be working alongside it as well so it really was going to be different. One thing was for sure, though, whatever came next he knew that he would face it with Caroline and everyone else that he loved by his side and he really was glad about that. He hadn’t expected someone who show up looking for his brother and Dec knew that he perhaps should have been a little wary about her showing up at their home but then again Dec and his siblings had all been born in Mystic Falls and his family had been living in the town for generations so he knew that it really wasn’t that difficult to find them. They kept what they were a secret from everyone apart from the people they trusted most but ask the right person where they lived and it wouldn’t be difficult to find out so he wasn’t too worried. The hit list threat was over at least so he didn’t have to be on his guard as much as he had been back then after learning that his name was on there. “If you’d left them at the hospital there wouldn’t have been any left for him by the time he got there, trust me,” Dec chuckled. “This is much better.” At least then his brother would be guaranteed to get them. “You really can’t, not in this house. We all have a slight chocolate addiction,” he grinned. It wasn’t every day that someone showed up at the house with a thank you gift for his brother so Dec couldn’t deny that he was curious as to what had brought it on. As she explained what had happened, Dec nodded. “Yeah, I know what you mean,” he chuckled. “Julian has always been good at that so I’m not surprised. He always seems to know how to help.” There was a decent age gap between them but his brother had still always been there for him and always seemed to know the right things to say and do so Dec knew that he was pretty lucky. “He’s a cookie fan, don’t worry. I can call him if you’d like to wait and see him. I’m sure he’d like to thank you in person,” he offered, knowing that Julian wouldn’t be happy with him if he didn’t at least try and make that happen. “Sorry, I didn’t catch your name,” he added. ROWAN BISHOP
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ROWAN BISHOP
Werewolf
Posts: 73
Played by:
Ange
Last seen Oct 28, 2024 18:44:40 GMT
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Post by ROWAN BISHOP on Sept 23, 2023 18:38:45 GMT
Her parents were all about love and generosity, but the moment they left wherever it was they’d settled for a time, it had always been back to just the three of them. Rowan knew that her grandparents would have preferred it another way, they’d wanted their family around them, as they’d always lived. She could have gone back there after her parents had been killed, but it hadn’t felt right. At the time she hadn’t really believed in ghosts, although it had felt like her parents’ would have been there with her if she’d returned to the place they’d left with their daughter to live the life they’d wanted to. Ingrid and her mercenaries had offered her the ability to fight back against those who had killed her parents, but they’d also seemed to live in a way that was closer to the way her parents’ had. Although they were always paid to go wherever they went, they did move, and it was that constant shift she’d found comfort in afterwards. The other operatives had become like siblings, Ingrid a surrogate mother as well as a friend.
Rowan glanced down at the card box. Little treats like that weren’t exactly common when she was training, or even in the barracks they sometimes slept in when they were at the training facilities, but when on those rare occasions they showed up they were always quick to vanish. ”Not that different to where I work then,” she told him on a chuckle. ”They turn into a cloud of locusts whenever there’s a treat in sight.” And now that’d brought it up, maybe this was the time to treat the office too. She doubted that Luc would be swayed with cookies, but you didn’t keep the whole office happy without a little buttering them up sometimes. One dark brow rose, her chuckle echoing Declan’s. ”Better for you?” she teased lightly. ”I’m glad I picked well then.” She hadn’t thought about allergies and dislikes until after she’d gone on instinct and told the clerk what to add to the box. The thank you would’ve been memorable for the wrong reason if it turned out that Julian was allergic to nuts or eggs, or any of the other things in the cookies.
Plenty of other doctors and nurses had bustled past her that day, but Julian had been the one to go out of his way to reassure her – and save her with the coffee machine. Rowan was sure most people who were like that would say that gratitude wasn’t necessary, she’d wanted to give it anyway, though. ”He definitely seemed to have a natural talent for it.” She guessed that it helped on the job – a cool head under fire, a desire to just jump in and do what was needed. Rowan liked to think that she held the same qualities, although they’d been stretched that day as she’d waited to see if one of the people she was supposed to be leading was going to come through what had happened. ”Don’t bother him if he’s doing something important,” Rowan told him. She didn’t have anything pressing back at the office, thankfully. After a moment, she nodded. ”I’d like that,” she told him. Realising she hadn’t introduced herself, Rowan offered a hand now. ”Rowan. I’m usually not so forgetful when it comes to good manners.” Those had been drummed into her by her parents, sharpened by her years working for Ingrid. In security in you needed to be diplomatic as well as strong and well-trained, especially when your company dealt with some of the biggest names in the country.
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DECLAN LEROUX
Chimera
vampire-weretiger
Posts: 158
Age:
19/22
Occupation:
Trainee Social Worker
Status:
In a Relationship
Partner:
Caroline Forbes
Played by:
Emma
Last seen Oct 18, 2024 21:26:01 GMT
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Post by DECLAN LEROUX on Oct 18, 2024 21:22:13 GMT
Dec knew that finals would be over before he knew it and he was determined to make it through them in one piece. After that his time would be his own and he would be free to spend as much of it with Caroline, his family and his friends as he could. Things weren’t going to change too much for him after graduation, he had decided to go to grad school so he could train to become a social worker so there were going to be even more exams in his future but Dec knew that it would be worth it in the end. He had a long life ahead of him if things worked out, after all he was a vampire now as well as a were-tiger, and he could try his hand at as many different careers during that time as he wanted to but Dec knew that he wanted to get it right the first time if he could. He wanted to help people and he knew that there were lots of different ways of doing that but for Dec he wanted to be able to help kids have better lives. It meant a lot to him and he knew that it was going to need a lot of hard work to make it happen but he was more than ready to do that. He knew that he would have to juggle spending times with the people he loved on top of his studies and training but it was only for a while and if he was honest there was a part of him that was looking forward to it. One thing was for sure, he knew that he wasn’t going to let his relationships suffer because he’d decided to stay on at school so he would find a way to make it work. For now he knew that he just needed to focus on one thing at a time at least until his finals were over. He had spent the day studying but truth be told by the time Rowan showed up he was glad to have an excuse to have a break. “That sounds about right. It must drive you crazy,” Dec chuckled. He knew that Julian never minded sharing with others but there were so many people working at the hospital that they would have been sure to eat the lot before his brother even found out that Rowan had dropped them off and that was something completely different entirely. As Rowan spoke again, Dec couldn’t help but laugh as he held his hands up in an innocent gesture. “Hey, I did promise I wouldn’t eat them all,” he grinned. “I’ll actually do one better, I won’t touch them until Julian gets home,” he said before drawing a cross over his heart to seal the promise. He knew that he wouldn’t have done anyway, they were for Julian and Dec had never been the kind of person to take something that was meant for someone else without it being offered to him. “Julian will be too, I know he’ll appreciate it,” he nodded. Julian hadn’t mentioned what had happened that day at the hospital but then again he didn’t always tend to talk about work that much. Dec knew that it wasn’t always easy for his brother but Julian had a way of always seeming to know how to help those around him and it was something that Dec had always admired him for. “He does. He always looked out for me while we were growing up and he always knew what our sisters needed as well.” Julian had even been able to help their parents when they needed it and now he was helping Brady with the pack so it seemed to be something that he did without even having to think twice about it. As Rowan told him not to bother Julian if he was doing something important, Dec shook his head. “He was catching up with a friend earlier but then he said he was just going to run a few errands. Nothing important at all,” Dec assured her. “That’s okay, it sounds like you’ve had a lot on your mind lately. It’s nice to meet you, I’m Dec,” he said, reaching forward and shaking her outstretched hand. “I’ll give Julian a call in a minute, would you like to come in and wait for him?” he offered. Dec was still a little wary considering they had just met but since he’d become a vampire it meant that he couldn’t invite vampires into the house anyway so he would find out pretty quickly if Rowan was one. Dec was a lot stronger now than he used to be anyway so he knew that he could stand up for himself if he needed to. ROWAN BISHOP
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ROWAN BISHOP
Werewolf
Posts: 73
Played by:
Ange
Last seen Oct 28, 2024 18:44:40 GMT
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Post by ROWAN BISHOP on Oct 26, 2024 19:36:11 GMT
The transition from sleeping under the stars most nights, to sleeping in a dormitory with a dozen others hadn’t been easy. She’d been determined to do whatever was needed to repay Ingrid for all she’d done for her. Determined to become an operative that could save lives, and that meant getting along with all of those training with her. Rowan knew that whatever job they were sent out on, she needed to be able to trust the people standing with her. Ingrid had shown trust in them all by hiring them, but she had to forge those bonds for herself too. Over the years she’d done that, accepting their faults, going out of her way to strengthen the friendships she’d built. These days she was trying to do just that with Luc, but Ingrid’s ex wasn’t making it easy. It still felt as though he was eyeing up her spot as Ingrid’s second-in-command, just waiting for the moment when he could sweep in and take it up again. He’d tried buttering up the rest of the team, although cleaning plates of doughnuts down to the last crumb was different to wanting to go out on jobs with the man.
Rowan chuckled lightly at the thought. There’d been moments during training when she’d wished she’d been a little faster at getting to the good stuff when it was brought in. She might’ve had werewolf strength, but these were trained operatives, most of whom were something themselves, and they weren’t afraid of using those abilities to get the first pick at the doughnuts. ”Sometimes,” she admitted, before she winked at Declan. ”I’ve just gotten smart about hiding a little stash in my office.” Eventually, she imagined, someone would figure out about that too, but until then, she had her emergency supply for those late nights or ridiculously early mornings. The second brow rose to join the first, her grin stretched broad across her face. ”I think that would be for the best, although if he doesn’t share afterwards, you can tell him I’ll be disappointed.” She knew that Julian wouldn’t do that though, she’d seen how generous he was without it involving family. Rowan bobbed her head lightly, satisfied that she’d done right when she’d picked out the thank you gift. ”I’m glad to hear it.”
Julian LeRoux seemed like a good man. Rowan had felt it when he’d spoken to her at the hospital, but knew it for certain now that his brother was telling her about him. Talk of how he’d watched out for his brother and sisters had her feeling that small ache inside for her parents. Who knew if she would’ve ended up with a brother or sister if they had survived. Probably not, but any possibility of it had disappeared on the night they had died. ”It sounds like you couldn’t have asked for a better big brother,” she said lightly. She hadn’t anticipated Declan calling his brother home when she’d found out he wasn’t here, but Rowan found herself nodding as Declan explained where he was. ”I’m glad I won’t be dragging him away from anything then." Fingers crossed work wouldn’t drag her away before he got there. Thankfully Declan wasn’t upset that she hadn’t even given her name yet. ”It’s nice to meet you too, Dec,” Rowan said lightly. ”I’d appreciate that, thank you. You have a lovely home.” She glanced past him into the house. If Ingrid did end up moving the main part of her operations here to Mystic Falls, or left her in charge of the office here permanently, then she might end up house hunting herself.
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hope to see you in the discord! 
