16587/Winner, winner, it's chicken dinner

Winner, winner, it's chicken dinner
Date of Scene:	16 December 2023
Location:	Central Park
Synopsis:	Chicken dinner, check. Possible friend, check. Good times for all, check.
Cast of Characters:	Mercy Thompson, Maya Lopez

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Mercy Thompson has posed:
    It has been a week since Mercy met the one girl in the park who shared food. She isn't sure about this girl and what her story is, but did like the game. She's not had someone to just, do weird stuff, that was not in the know of a lot of things. So she made sure to get some of the best chicken in Harlem and along with it is some fresh baked biscuits. Lastly she has gotten something she wrote out on a cloth that has the alphabet 'yes' 'no' '?' 'J/K' 'The' 'at' 'is' all on it to make 'talking' easier.
    Mercy is in her furred form and has her clothe stashed away in some plastic and hidden. She's near where they met a week ago and sitting near the clearing with the bucket in site and just keeping her eyes aimed upwind. So she can see what her nose can't tell her.

Maya Lopez has posed:
Maya Lopez is probably heard and smelled before she actually appears. The throaty rumble of the engine sounding like someone has taken some time to get it just so. The exhaust stank perfumed offly with sage and tobacco. Maya shuts the bike down when she nears the spot she met the far too intelligent coyote at. For some it is a shock to meet one of their gods, for others.. well... Which Maya is has yet to be determined.

With a soft crunch of gravel, she eases the bike up off hte road itself, and lowers it onto its kickstand. A hand gesturing briefly once she's all stopped. A flat hand tuiching her shin with the fingertips before tipping out, ten a circling gestures as if to take in the whole of the area, and a pats downwards. seem to be the main host of hte gestures.

Mercy Thompson has posed:
    Mercy tips her ears and does her best to track the bike as it moves and works. The Coyote gives a few wag of her tails as she sits there. She'd be amused as hell if she could read Maya's mind. She waits for the woman to pull up and park her bike. When the gestures start she tips her head and watches. She doesn't seem to quiet get it, but gives a small yip in greeting and then will nod to the bucket and push it forward after using her mouth to take out a piece of the meat and start chewing. See. Good chicken!

Maya Lopez has posed:
Maya Lopez offers a grin to the coyote as she bows slightly. Settling cross-legged on the ground, she leans out a little bit to snag a piece of chicken. The hand lifting again to make the first gesture again. Eyes closing for a moment as she sniffs the chicken as if seeking out all 23 of those special spices, then winks as she bites deeply into the leg she claimed. A happy sort of dance showing as the flavors hit.

Mercy Thompson has posed:
    Well this isn't KFC it's something more soulful and likely a touch more aggressive in seasoning. The coyote uses her teeth to pull out the little cloth she made and rolls it out and has a few rocks she uses her mouth and paws to pin the corners down. The biscuits are Mercy's own baking and wrapped in a cloth. Mercy happily will strip the meat off her chicken and crack the bone to chew on it carefully. She lets them both eat a little before she will paw that the 'H' 'I' with another yip.

Maya Lopez has posed:
Well, since KFC has gone down hill on their spicing in recent years, aggressive seasoning is wonderful. Maya does her own version of stripping the leg to ivory bone, then cracks the pain bone to suckle what marrow there is in a hollow bone. The cloth gets a laugh and a slight bow. She fishes a pen out of a pocket to use for her talking stick. 'H' 'I' space 'T' 'H' 'A' 'N' 'K' 'S'.

Mercy Thompson has posed:
    Mercy gives a nod and flips her tail up to her muzzle then lays it away. She repeats the gesture to do her best and make the tip touch near her chin and then flow away and down. Then she will get to nose at the biscuits to offer them to Echo as she gets more chicken. She uses her paw and taps 'U' 'blank" 'L' 'I' 'K' 'E' '?' before returning to the meal.

Maya Lopez has posed:
Maya Lopez quirks a brow up at the repeat of 'thanks', then bows again slightly as she accepts the biscuit sugestion. She claims one, nibbling at the edge for a moment. Then basking in the flavor as it melts on her tongue. She nods vigerously, then has to licks her finges clean before she can answer. The capped pen taps out 'V' 'E' 'R' 'Y' 'blank' 'N' 'I' 'C' 'E'. She reaches up into the saddle bag of her bike and pulls out a four-pack of Izzie's Blackberry, and a collapsable bowl. She pops the bowl open, then lifts one of the bottle and quirks a brow up.

Mercy Thompson has posed:
    The compliment seems to please the coyote as her tail wags and swishes there. Always nice to hear your cooking is appreciated. The can is considered and then she nods. She will stand up and move a bit to the side and get some more chicken and wait for the drink the bowl to taste at. Stuff with fizz is odd when in animal form, because it can be harder to belch. She will use her pow and do 'GOOD' 'Blank' 'WEEK?' to the woman.

Maya Lopez has posed:
Maya Lopez twists the top off the bottle, then tips the bowl so as not to from a thick head on the low carbination soda. She slides the bowl over and cracks open another for herself. One hand lifting in the universal wibble-wobble gesture of 'eh'. She does reach down and spell out, 'ROUGH' 'blank' 'RETURNING' 'blank' 'AFTER' 'blank' 'RUNNING' 'blamk' 'AWAY'

Mercy Thompson has posed:
    She has to read and be sure she gets the lettering right. She of course will ask, 'FROM 'Blank' 'WHAT?' to find out what could be causing the deaf or mute woman trouble. That reminds Mercy as she goes to ask, 'DEAF?' Then tips her head 'MUTE?' to see if the woman can even hear her growls our sounds. Not that they are having too much trouble right now anyway. Once he fizzing is done she goes ahead and licks at the bowl a little.

Maya Lopez has posed:
The soda has a tart blackberry flavor, only slightly sweet beyond the natural flavor of the berries.

The question actually gets a soft chuckle, then a responce in a rusty voice. "My past here. And deaf." She winks before lifting her own soda for a small sip, to ease the roughness in her voice. She returns to the sheet, spelling out, 'SINCE' 'blank' 'BIRTH'. She reaches over for another roll and breaks it in half, offering one half over.

Mercy Thompson has posed:
    Mercy ears turn to the voice and she is glad to hear it no matter how it sounds. She gives a tail wag about the spoken answer but then goes to the 'typing' without a problem or question. The coyote grins by gaps her mouth and says 'ME' blank 'TOO as she will strike a pose and then looks for more chicken for herself.

Maya Lopez has posed:
Maya Lopez grins to the 'me too'. She too pulls out a piece of chicken, pulling it apart to layer it on the half of a biscuit. She licks her fingetrs clean again before 'typing' out, 'WELCOME' 'blank' 'SISTER' 'blank' 'OF' 'blank' 'TWO' 'blank' 'W'ORLDS'. She finishes off by bitting into her open faces sandwhich and mmmming softly at the delicious flavors.

Mercy Thompson has posed:
    Mercy reads that and does an exaggerated mime of laughing at the welcome and tongue lulls as a grin at the word. She dips her head clearly amused. 'U' 'Blank' 'HAVE' blank 'NO' blank 'IDEA' blank 'HOW blank 'TRUE' about the whole 'two worlds' part. She approves of the sandwich idea and goes digging into the bucket a bit and pulls out a few packets of ketchup, mustard, relish like one would get from a hot dog stand or something. Offering them to the deaf woman. She will type out then 'NAME?' because she wasn't sure they covered that or not.

Maya Lopez has posed:
Maya Lopez's lips quirk slightly as she points to the packets eaxch in turn. "Cat-soup", "Mouse-turds", "May-Yo-yo-yo", "Relish the thoughts". Quiet laughter sparkling in her eyes as she quirks a brow up and lays a hand to her chest, "Maya Lopez". Her pronunciations nearly spot on, if a little soft. She does however switch back to the 'typing' as all she's able to read off your lips have bene yips and growls. 'YOURSELF?'.

Mercy Thompson has posed:
    Mercy does another tongue out silent laugh with a firm nod in agreement to the puny names for the condiments. Mercy uses her tail again and she brings it up toward her brow as best she can and flicks it up and away. Doing the gesture three times to do her best 'Hello' in sign. Then she will type out 'MERCY' for the name Mercy then asks something she normally wouldn't but is pretty sure she knows. 'U' 'TRIBE?' because while Mercy does not know much about that side of her family she just feels she's right.

Maya Lopez has posed:
Maya Lopez nods slightly, then offers 'Hello, Mercy' in Choctaw tongue. Then switching back to english, she offers softly. "I am of the cheyenne choctaw of Oklahoma. It was where I left to after rebelling against the one whom I trusted here. Gathering my roots, and seeking advice of the Ancestors."

Mercy Thompson has posed:
    There is a head shake to the native tongue use. She doesn't know that one it seems. The coyote paws at her chest in an attempt of 'sorry' about the lack of understanding. She does listen when the woman talks and goes still with thought. After a few short moments she will tap out 'NEED' 'blank' 'HELP?' to the woman. Mind you what a coyote can do may be up for debate but the offer is still there.

Maya Lopez has posed:
Maya Lopez's grin returns as she asks, "With seeking my Ancestors? No, it took a few days in the lodge to hear them again. And many a night around the fires soaking in the wisdom of the Elders. But I am rooted once more, less into the darker aspects of what I was." She settles for a moment, as if mulling over the question more fully. Her voice softly pensive when she continues, "I am as the ronin of Japan currently. Drifting a bit over the troubled waters left behind when I fought the one most saw as my father here for lieing about who killed my father. He set me against one whom has become friend since." She wrinkles her nose slightly. "But missed is the relationship that has passed like smoke leaving the lodge, drifting anf shreading in the breeze."

Mercy Thompson has posed:
    Mercy can pretend to be wise. She gets a little chicken to eat and lays down, keeping her ears obviously up and forward at Maya while she talks. There doesn't seem to be a point in her to interrupt the deaf woman with questions or anything. just giving Maya a pair of big ears to listen to her. She knows how pack drama can be and guesses that's how family drama can be as well. She can get how it is to be alone also, but as a rule Mercy sees that as more good then bad.

Maya Lopez has posed:
Maya Lopez doesn't seem totally against the running alone, but also remembers the times of leading her small army while working under the Kingpin's commands. She settles back lightly against the bike, soaking in a bit of hte warmth radiating from the engine block still. As the other half of hte biscuit was not claimed, she layers it up with chicken as well, before finishing the piece she claimed a bit ago, down to the bones. A small private smile playing over her lips as she caerfully cracks the ends off a long bone and reaches for a small pocket knife. A touch of whittling as she blow a soft haunting note on an improvised bone whistle.

Mercy Thompson has posed:
    Mercy keeps her eyes on Maya and has made it through a few of the chicken pieces so she has the bones there. She also is not above a nibble on a biscuit but bread is hard to chew when you mostly have carnivore teeth. She licks at her muzzle and will then will pay out the question of, 'WHAT' blank 'WILL' blank 'YOU' blank 'DO' blank 'NOW?' as she pauses then to scratch at her ear with a hind leg just for a bit.

Maya Lopez has posed:
Maya Lopez mulls over the question as she lays aside the whistle and silently counts off things on her fingers. Her bottle is lifted and sipped from even before she answers. "Right the wrongs I did in the past. Help a bit to rebuild portions of Hell's kitchen with friends I have met again." she offers a small grin as she adds, "Share a lovely meal with the indomitable Mercy." She gestures 'thank you' as she bows. Then with a soft sigh, "be better."

Mercy Thompson has posed:
    Mercy goes for a bit to drink here as she listens to Maya's answer. The fact she was called 'indomitable' is by far one of the more flattering and positive adjectives used for Mercy and it makes her tail wag a few times. She will tap out 'HARLEM' blank 'ME' to try and tell where abouts she prowls. Farther north then HK. Also she commends Maya with a 'GOOD' for the choice of 'be better' as a goal. Despite not being one of the larger canines she has no problems working on the chicken. Not that they are likely to have a fear of running out as Mercy got the biggest bucket and over filled it for them all to enjoy. She thought about some corn but.... kind of hard to eat that without hands.

Maya Lopez has posed:
Maya Lopez ohhs softly as she nods to the location, then makes a gesture like spinning a ball on her finger with a grin. "Thank you again for the feast, and more so the company." She knows that coyotes are the master hunters of the plains any day. She glances around for more of a pack, as she knows that the smells will be drawing in others in the park, be they strays, the homeless, or the city packs. Settling back again, she rubs her stomach as it's fuller that it has been in a few days.

Mercy Thompson has posed:
    Mercy uses her tail again to do the 'welcome' sign in reply. She only knows like three or four of them. Focusing one ones she could do with her tail or paws and easy enough. Not a lot of fingers for sign in canine form. Some may try to look at the feast but it be overly brave squirrels or the like and the predator smell of a Coyote helps in that some. If any did go for the food they're likely to get snapped at by Mercy for stealing what isn't theirs to have. She sees Maya looking around and tries to think what it may be and paws at 'I' blank 'ALONE' blank 'TONIGHT' done. She will use her head to push the bucket toward Maya though to make sure that she can take more or take it home. Only seems fair.

Maya Lopez has posed:
Maya Lopez chuckles softly as she nods, "As am I." She wets her lips as she thinks for a moment. Then grins as she shrugs, "Sorry, watching is habit. Lets me read lips and understand what is being said by those in human shapes." She gestures to the sheet with the letters on it. "This is brilliant as well, beats a burger wrapper.", is teased lightly.

Mercy Thompson has posed:
    There's the smile, wag that Mercy shown a few time to express amused agreement with Maya. She says 'Thank you' with that tail. Then will go ahead and say: 'U' blank 'KEEP' because it could be helpful to have around at times. Then Mercy grins wide and says 'NO' blank 'POCKETS.' She could shift but she still be without pockets and be nude in the open. That's a fast way to get arrested.

Maya Lopez has posed:
Maya Lopez nods with another soft chuckle. "No pockets, and if you are one of those blessed with two skins. Changing could get frost bite in interesting places." Not that seh has run across any other coyotes that walk multiple worlds, other than the Trickster himself. But there are many, many things in the worlds that have not bene seen. Her own Ancestors have walked worlds before, be they Mayan priestesses, or a bane to settlers and their western world monsters. She nods and grins, "Do you wish for me to package up three of four of the larger pieces for a snack later? There is enough left to feed me for a week." She shifts the remaining biscuits to the bucket and fishes a plastic baggie form her sadlebag to keep the greese from the cloth, smoothing it down and waiting to see if she's making a small hobo-pack of chickeny goodness.

Mercy Thompson has posed:
    Mercy's ears snap up when Maya mentions two skins and she watches the woman carefully. Then assumes it was just going off folklore and not personal experience. She can't quiet stop her ears from drooping a little bit. Mercy consider the way to split the meal then gets an idea. She starts to paw at the remaining biscuits and then the spelling cloth. That can take food home. Shen then picks up the bucket in her teeth. Doing her best to say 'yours' 'mine' and they can split up whatever. She was willing to give all the chicken to Maya but... she's want to waste meat.

Maya Lopez has posed:
Maya Lopez has none of hte smells associated with one who has two skins, not the curdled stink of a skinwalker. Just a little sage, tobacco, engine oil, exhaust, and peanuts. She takes the suggestion gamely, dividing the meal between piles. She is want to waste meat herself having lived hard in her past, as well as the maffia princess time.

Mercy Thompson has posed:
    Satisfied with this there is one last tail motion of 'thank you' and then she picks up the bucket. Her tail flags a few times and then Mercy starts to lope off in the north direction. Time to go home and maybe give a good kitty a bit of meat as well. That and clean her own face and hands some.