Jay sits in one of the pews as always, spinning a Yo Yo back and forth along his finger, watching it twirl and dance in a bobbing pattern. His opaque orbs sparkle brightly as his mind continues to try and pound out an idea of what to do on the full moon. Perhaps its best kept indoors, away from people, someone may get hurt.

Yi steps into the open church, closing the door as quietly as she could. As the city was big enough to get lost in, this was the only place she knew to turn to. She smiles as she sees Jay, a familiar face. "Hello, Jay."

Jay lifts his eyes up quickly as he jerks his hand back, the Yo Yo flying upwards and hitting him hard in the forehead. *poink* BlinkBlink. Rumbling to himself, he rubs his head, then leans back, tugging the toy off his finger. " 'ey there Yi, how ya doing?"

Yi suppresses a short giggle as the yo-yo bounces off Jay's head. Stepping down the aisle, she draws up a bit closer and sits on the same pew as he. "I am doing fine," she says slowly, mentally preparing herself for a conversation all in English. "And you are feeling well, except for the bump on your head am I right?" She smiles a little, knowing the yo-yo did no harm really.

Jay grumbles slightly and rubs his head again, then shrugs. "Yah. I'm just staying inside during the fullmoon. Being an Ahroun, I'm most likely to slaughter someone if I get ticked off. So I'm waiting to see if anyone pops in."

Yi lowers her head slightly, running a hand over her hair. "I thank you, for letting me stay in your home, Jay." She tries to think of what else to say, given the limited amount of command she has over the language of the conversation. "Do you always stay in this church?"

Jay shrugs and nods his head, glancing over his shoulder as the doors creak, then turns his gaze back to her. "Yah... most of the time. I guess it helps me think. Gets me out of my small, cooped up apartment."

Banecruncher pushes his way through the doors and raises his head to sniff. OK. Familiar people. He pads toward the two of you and whuffs greetings. Has BigDog come back to talk with you yet?

Jay shakes his head to Bane. "Not yet man. Its been pretty quiet today so far."

Yi shakes her head, though visibly relaxing into the pew now that she isn't alone. "I have not seen the elder since last night when he left the ended battle."

Banecruncher nods. Good. That gives us time to pull our forces together. Whatever is in the sewer, we need to destroy it before it gets worse than it already is.

Yi turns and fully looks at Banecruncher, her head quirked a little to the side and eyebrow raised in inquiry.

Jay nods his head as he clears his throat, rubbing his shoulder slightly. "Cool man. What ya think we're up against?"

Max arrives fairly innocuously at the old church, listening for a bit in the shados before she moves down a side aisle toward the others in a roundabout way.

Banecruncher scratches his ear thoughtfully. No idea. But whatever it is, it was powerful enough to send a bane out to attack the farmhouse. He looks at Yi. You can become accepted here very quickly, if you help in destroying the threat in the sewers.

Jay slams a fist into an open palm, grinning widely. "Oh man...a brawl on the fullmoon..thank Gaia.. I almost thought today was ganna be boring. Friday the 13th man, ya'll superstitious?"

Yi nods slowly in thought, looking to Jay as she watches the ahroun get himself worked up. "Tonight?" she questions.

Banecruncher peers at Jay curiously. I do not understand.

Max meanders down to the first row and settles at the far end of a pew, listening to the discussion, her dark eyes sharp behind her hair.

Jay shrugs his shoulders. "It's a two leg thing. On Friday the 13th. It's supposed to a bad luck day. Some people believe that bad shit happens to you. There hasn't been a full moon on Friday the 13th in over 17 years. It's awesome dude. Bad luck for the Wyrm."

"I've heard of it, from tourists in HK," she comments. "It is strange indeed." She looks at Banecruncher. "The night for a hunt. Or perhaps, for investigation under the shadow."

Banecruncher believes we need to gather more strength. And we need a pack to go into the sewers and search out the core of the infection.

Jay glances over his shoulder as he catches sight of Max, offering a slight smile to her, then looks to Bane as he hears the grunts, watching his gesture and postures. "Well... is Kaz putting the word out? She's good at that."

Banecruncher rumbles in agreement. It is Kaz who told me. I need to find out if BigDog is going to lead the attack, or if it will be my task.

Max lifts two fingers to her brow in a mock-salute, smiling a small crooked smile at Jay first and then the others. Otherwise, she simply listens.

Yi says, "Have you members, for the pack?"

Banecruncher looks around. My pack consists of myself, One-Rage, Princess, and Neon. We are open to new members, if they are willing to help in recapturing our part of the city from the Wyrm and holding it for our people.

Jay scratches the back of his head. Then offers a slight smile. "Heh...yah...we kick ass."

Yi blinks as two unfamiliar names reach her ears. "Princess? Neon?" She wonders silently, just how many Garou dwell within this city.

Max draws a knee up to her chest and sets her chin on it. "'n I'm Max," the cub notes. "'basher 'n puppy."

Banecruncher whuffs proudly. Yes. Neon is theurge and Princess is half-moon. They are both of our tribe.

Jay nods his head and grins. "All we need is a Galliard and a Ragabash and we have ourselves a stinky lil super pack."

Yi turns her head to the other side and sees Max. She nods to the cub, recognizing the pyro girl. Jay's words sink in her head. "A sentai..." she murmurs, a larger smile forming around her features.

Max watches Yi with a not unpleasant smirk that hints at expectation.

Banecruncher thumps his tail on the floor.

Max mutters, while waiting hopefully for an introduction from Yi, "Yo, Biter."

Jay grins slightly and clears his throat. "If Nevada survives his passage, he better join us, or I swear, I'm ganna throttle him. He owes me like...a few months rent." He grins a bit, then leans back.

Yi draws herself up to a half-sitting, half crouching position before remembering her manners, and properly intro-ing herself to Max. "And I am Song Yi Ling, a no-moon of the family."

Banecruncher snorts in amusement. He's a good cub. I expect him to pass his rite. Jay smiles slightly. "Junior and Joey are on their Rite also... I hope they pass and come back alive."

Max tips her head as her gaze swings back to Yi. "Song Yi Ling," she repeats. "You a 'basher, too? Rock. You hangin' with Jay-man 'n Biter?"

Banecruncher curls his lips in a cheerful snarl. Good news. We can really bite butt with a crew like this. What is your deed name?

Yi shifts up one step and sits on the back of the pew, looking at Bane and Jay. "Do you think, I might be able to join this pack of yours?" Her coffee brown eyes are alight with an interested glint. "That is, if you have no ragabash in mind." She steadies herself as the wood of the pew creaks slightly under weight, looking at Max as her name is called. "My name to Garou, is ~Three-Blades.~"

Banecruncher barks in approval.

"Kick-ass name," Max notes from down at the other end of the long pew. "How'd you get it?"

Jay continues to listen as he lets Max and Baney speak back and forth, leaning against a knee as he sighs wistfully to himself, brushing a few bangs from his face.

Banecruncher whuffs cheerfully. Three-Blades. I want to hear this story. I think we have an opening. Tell us more.

Yi looks at Max and Bane, both a smile on her face and also a tinge of sadness in her eyes. "My deed name, comes from my First Change. A story to tell indeed, though I am not sure my English would do Li justice."

The Max translator herself, a large bag of what's probably food in her hnads, pushes through the doors with a grunt. "Jesus I hate carryin' shit. Yo, folks."

Banecruncher raises his head. Ears! Let's hear what's up!

Jay hops up to his feet as he glances over to Kaz, quickly making his way over eagerly. "Well then Kazy cutie, let me take a load off your hands." He grins, wondering whats in there.

Max grins crookedly at Li. "Like, go Nike 'n shit 'n jus' do it." Kaz's arrival gains Max's attention and a full-fledged grin follows. "Yo, Zeeee!" She says the name like some people shout basketball players' names.

Yi naturally swings her leg around and plants a foot on the pew seat behind her as she turns to see Kaz come in. A small sigh of relief escapes her as the metis' appearance temporarily shifts the subject off her past. Or at least, that's what she thinks.

Primarily, it seems to be Coke and copious amounts of junk food. "Up, Baney, up? The sky? Or did you want actual news? Or did you wanna hear Yi's story and /then/ hear me babble?" Without a break in her verbiage, she shouts, "Maaaax!" and hands the bag over entirely to Jay.

Banecruncher whuffs cheerfully. New stories are always good. Unless you have news from the sewer.

Jay takes the bag and grins sadisticly, hurrying back to his pew, diving into it as he slides to a stop against the arm, drawing a knee up, then opens it, taking out a coke. "Ooooh.. liquid caffine...sweet.. Who wants some?" He says, glancing to everyone.

Kaz points at Baney. "Yeah. You're in charge of it, mostly, and it's sendin' banes at the fuckin' Farmhouse, so we gotta deal with it. Presumin' that's the news you meant, yeah?"

Yi stays quiet, memories haunting her from the inside, rapid English slang barraging her from without.

Banecruncher rumbles. That's the one. I need to talk to BigDog and find out if he wants me to handle it or if he plans on taking charge. Meantime, I want to hear from every garou in the city so I know what we have to hit it with. And I want to know that we're not going to be kicked aside by the Alpha again.

Yi scowls slightly at Bane's last comment. "Who is the Alpha? Not BigDog...?"

Kaz grabs a Coke from the bag. Grating slightly, for Yi's benefit, she says, ~Don't know, Baney. Talked to Megan, not Alpha. I'll find him soon and make sure. Plus all the City folk -- you want Get, as well?~

The cub allows herself to briefly chuckle, pushing up to stand on the pew-seat. "Duuuude. You fuckin' rule." She flaunts the shirt of Kaz's she 'borrowed' to replace her torn tank top. It has been creatively torn and apparently drawn upon with several colors of permanent marker before being pulled tight to a knot on one side of her ribcage. She adds to the conversation. "Kahuna-rhya. He's definitely got the Look, if ya know what I mean."

Jay takes out his coke and pops the tab, hearing it hiss. ~Well.. Get are awesome in a brawl. They live to die... that may be a good idea.~ He shrugs his shoulders slightly, adding his two cents. Glancing to Max, he smirks, raising a brow upwards as he clicks his steele ball along his teeth.

Banecruncher wants them if they're willing to go into the sewer to fight. It's our city and we're going to kick the ass of anything that tries to take it from us. And Get are good at kicking ass.

Kaz expands, ~His name is Heartsfire. He is Alpha of the Sept, and he intrudes on City business. But he's good in a fight. As Max says, he is... Riveting.~ Nodding to Banecruncher, she says, "I'll look 'em up." That said, she pops open the Coke can and heads towards Max.

Yi runs a hand through her recently washed hair, listening to the conversation fly around and info on the Alpha. "And you do not know what is in the sewer, other than it sends banes to your homes and smells like a public bathroom," she comments.

~It's why we have to scout,~ agrees Kaz, flopping on a pew near Max.

Jay shrugs slightly and takes another long pull of the coke, swallowing greedily. "Nope... but that's the cool part Yi. We get to find out, then well.... kill it." Shrugs and leans back a bit, tucking a bible behind his head.

Banecruncher agrees. We need scouts, and one or two ahrouns to ensure the scouts come back to report.

Max bestows a particularly ragabash grin on her elder, settling to perch on the pew-back as Kaz nears. "Where ya been, Brings-Nachos?"

Yi swings her other leg around to the pew behind it and sits with her back to Bane and the others. "I can scout," she says softly, letting the no-moon cub's voice carry over hers.

Jay glances idly over to Bane, taking another swig of his coke. "Ya want me ta' go with the scouts then? Back 'em up?"

Kaz reaches up to tug at Max's foot. "I hadda give a Wendigo some clothes. How you doin'?"

Max tips her head, dragging Kaz's knee closer with a tug of her booted toe. "Wendigo?"

Banecruncher looks at Yi and Jay thoughtfully. That would be good. I liked your style with the bane on the docks. Two of you may get in and out without notice, where more would not.

The metis slides easily. "Yeah, I went up to tell 'em they had a cub about ready to pop, and then I got into some long discussion about something and it turned out that kid Little Bear could use some clothes, so I brought him some." She shrugs. "Stuff from Goodwill, mostly."

Jay nods his head and grins a bit, leaning back as he finishes off the can of soda in one quick gulp. "Yah well, if ya want me ta' big guy, I'm all for it." "You the Easter Bunny, Zee." Max says this pleasantly enough so it's not too terrible of an insult. "You got any sleep since lassnight?"

Yi hops off her seat and stands, leaning with her hands planted on the pew and looking at the group. "How many should go? It can be done tonight, if need be."

Jay glances to Yi, his eyes wideing slightly. "I like her style...can we keep her?"

Ears raises up from her lying position to give Yi a look. Lying back down again, she tells Max, "Cool. Action chick."

Banecruncher agrees. With the two of you, there is enough, as long as you do not try to fight anything you meet down there. You must be like shadows within the shadows.

Ears then adds, "Easter Kaz. That's what Nev calls me.An' yeah, I got some sleep. Hada patrol, though. So not enough. But some."

Yi smiles at Jay and Ears. "In Hong Kong, if you leave a steak to rot, you will soon have flies biting your ears."

Jay grins at bane widely. "An that's what my name is alla 'bout dude. One lil Rage in th'Shadows. I think me an Mulan here an do this, piece of cake."

Ears levers up to lok at Yi again. "We say similar things. I think you'll do /just/ fine."

Max's gaze flickers over to Yi. "Yeah," she echoes. "What Zee said." She hollers at Jay. "Yo. Toss me somethin', Jayjay."

Jay holds up the bag, then takes out a Coke, launching it over, then follows suit with a few packs of Skittles and Snickers. "Sugar Rush! INCOMING!"

Yi can't do much else but smile. After all, she has her chiminage set right here she thinks. "So, how should the rest of this evening be spent? Drinking liquid caffeine and eating candy bars?"

Banecruncher yawns. Unless you have some meat in that bag.

Yi decides to sit atop the pew once more, balancing just on the edge of the chair's back. "Well, you also wanted to know of my deed name..."

Max flops down onto the pew-seat proper, catching the coke carefully and batting the candy to the floor. She waves the can over Kaz's head with a half-grin. "Want some coooooke, Zee?"

Jay glances over to Yi, tossing her a Coke with a grin. "Drink up an start yapping Yi, I wanna hear how ya got sucha kick ass deed name."

Kaz immediately slides /down/ the pew. Away from Max. "Um, no, thanks, I think I can kinda cope with my own Coke..." Rising into a sitting position, she tells Yi, "Tell the tale, so I don't get Coke in my hair!"

Max grins, then slides down the pew after Kaz after grabbing the pack of skittles. She looks to Yi as well, and her can remains unopened. "Good for body 'n shine 'n shit," she whispers to Kaz.

Kaz explains, in a low voice, "That's /eggs/, not Coke."

Yi nods with a small smile, and leans just slightly back, gazing at the dim lights in the church ceiling. ~Do you know of the triads in Hong Kong?~ she asks them before starting into her story.

Kaz volunteers, evidently able to multitask, "Nope!"

Max leans around Kaz, rather in her elder's personal space, and asks Jay in a whisper, "You got any eggs in that bag?"

Jay shakes his head. "Nah, never heard o' it." He smirks, glancing to Max, then playfully pushes her. "Only a few cadbury ones." Smirks bemusedly. "Now shaddup, let Mulan talk. This is ganna be awesome."

Banecruncher stretches and yawns, sprawling to listen to Yi's story.

Ears seems fine with cubs in her personal space, as long as they're not spraying Coke at her. In an undertone, she mutters, "Ain't buyin' eggs when /you/ can get at 'em, nope."

Max is shoved back to her seated position, grinning. She turns and flops her legs across Kaz's lap, kicking at Jay playfully with the toe of her boot while looking over the pew to where Li is perched and talking.

Yi smiles as she remembers her home city, fully knowing the lights that shine over the sea like the ones from the postcards they sell on souvenir racks. ~I'm not a talesinger, so don't chew on my hair if the story doesn't sit right in your stomach,~ she adds as a side comment.

Jay reaches out and snags Max's boot, scooting forward and pins it to his lap, his eyes gleam sadisticly, glancing to her with a grin, he's tempted to rip that boot off and tickle her toes.

~Hong Kong isn't just a place to get good "dimsum"... it's a place to earn your name. Not just through the movies and singers that make it to the starlights, but also in the dark depths of the underworld. I wasn't looking for a name to call myself, though. My life, when I was 13, was tossed into my face much like I tossed that fishcrate into the bane's mouth last night. Both my parents, my human father and Gnawer mother, were killed in a fight I would never see...~

Yi gradually lowers her eyes, looking at the pew in front of her. ~When I finally figured out that they would not be returning, I dressed up in my uniform and went to school as usual. There, I found solace in my friend, Li.~ She smiles slightly at the memory of the young, sparky girl.

Kaz, finding Max's knees in her lap, eyes them speculatively, but eventually goes back to listening to Yi. She grins just slightly, an echo of Yi's smile.

~She was sweeter than the candy bars you're eating, I tell you. Everyday she brought an extra helping of breakfast, and a snack for lunch. I'm pretty sure her parents only thought she was eating more because she was a growing girl...~ Yi chuckles slightly before she continues, ~She was the reason of my Firsting. Or rather, her sweetness that attracted the stinging wasp...~

Jay listens as he idly chews on a red vine, his eyes full and intent upon the lil rage filled disney character :).

Yi flexes a hand from fist to open palm. ~The wasp's name was Jin Shu, a member of the Dragon's Fang. They held a position as one of the three in the local triad. Jin Shu was a sneak, as he thought he would try to woo me with his honey as he watched Li from the corner of his eyes.~

Ears narrows her eyes slightly.

~Li thought it was cute. She and I were like sisters, and indeed she was my only family. Still, I did not want to break her dreams. Perhaps she read too many romance comics, thinking Jin Shu was my future lover. That dream could only turn into a total nightmare, that one night when Jin came knocking on my door.~

Max listens with a large portion of her attention, which is more than stories usually get from her. But she does jam her heel affectionately against Jay's thigh with a caught-kick.

Jay grunts at the kick and snaps a gaze towards Max, one that could melt steel as the Ahroun rumbles slightly in warning.

Lucky for Max, she's not looking at Jay just now. She knows better than to actually try to extricate her foot from the ahroun's hold; at least her opinion on the matter is known now. Yi earns a bit more of her attention and a slight furrowing of the cub's brows.

Yi closes her eyes, remembering that fateful night with a vividness unnatural of a Firsting. ~He appeared at my door with his hair greased and slicked back and a cigarette in his mouth, leaning against the frame of the wood with an annoying creak. Li was inside on the couch. Even though I tried to shoo Jin away, she saw him and begged for me to let him in so we could continue our story swapping. What could I do, but follow my little sister's pleas? I didn't have enough snacks for the three of us, so I went downstairs and across the street to the grocer's store. It never reached my mind that I had just sent my friendship with Li a death sentence.~

Ears swallows, ignoring Max's contortions.

~The moon, as I remember, was the same as my birth moon, which of course meant that my emotions were high, and Jin's unexpected visit just strained at my nerve. Still I thought I could hold out a little longer until I sent Jin away and took Li home. When I returned with food in my arms, I didn't have anyone to hand off my snacks to. Food, after what I saw, was an idea drowning in the South China Sea. I saw my sister... my Li... being forced to accept Jin.~ Yi growls at this, her hand clenching tighter and her eyes shut tightly.

Ears growl under her breath.

Max's mischief melts away now and her legs across Kaz's lap and held fast by Jay's strong hand still completely. "Shit," she breathes, the sentiment heartfelt.

Yi opens her eyes slightly, she pauses in her tale briefly to give her voice a chance to creep back from the bottom of her throat.

Jay raises a brow upwards and growls loudly as he feels the restraints barely be kept held by his dominanting sheer will. His eyes narrow to thin, opulent slits as he trembles for a moment, his hand digging into Max's leg by accident.

Max swallows a yelp, leaning back around to peer at Jay with a narrow-eyed gaze.

Jay continues his fixated stare upon Yi and her story, but his grip lessens on Max's leg, moving into his lap.

~There has been no other time my Rage released faster than my Firsting. The sight of my sister with that... shit of fishbait Jin.~ She stares into the seat of the pew, imagining the scene playing out in front of her eyes on the wood. ~I remember the roaring, the shouting, the screaming... I changed into my warform then and there, completely shattering the Veil, though that fact was far beyond my care at the time. Still, I was inexperienced. The change surprised me but my Rage was not fooled. As much as I wanted to shred Jin in front of my sister and show her that her virginity was not lost in vain, I let him go, with a couple of chopsticks pierced into his shoulder like acupuncture needles.~

Ears mutters, "And fuckin' amen to that," under her breath.

Jay grunts loudly. "I woulda ripped his head off an shit down his throat for that. Or at least took those sticks an shoved one right down his pee hole and out his ass." He says it softly, but he's obviously worked up.

Yi's expression changes from anger to a dim scowl as the last of her story comes to her lips, ~My Rage wasn't sated with just that, however. I may be soft spoken, but I am not soft when it comes to vengeance. Jin was under the Delirium, but his instinct of surviving on the streets told him well enough to get out of there as fast as his cowardly legs could take him. He ran to an alleyway, where a couple of his fellows were waiting. I followed after, the hunting song singing from my muzzle into the dark night. If you have seen Hong Kong movies, you know how they like lots of action, and lots of fights with swords. This fight, though, was very real, and it was claw to blade. Three blades.~

Banecruncher may not understand the cause for vengeance, but he understands vengeance. His muzzle curls in an approving snarl. Only three? Hardly enough to make the blood race.

~Not enough, perhaps, but when it is the leader of the Dragon Fangs behind one of those blades, it would be cause for slight worry....for a human, than is,~ Yi notes to Banecruncher. ~Nonetheless, the news the next day reported a gruesome slaughter of the Dragon Fangs' leader and two others. News like such passes under the lips of the citizens as water through dry rice. However, this sort of impact causes whole shifts of who is Alpha in the HK underworld.~

Ears says, "You damn right..."

Yi stops staring at the wonderful pew's woodwork and looks up at the rest of the Gnawers, the end of her story here. ~When the firetales raged hotly, I laid low among the ashes, hoping to stay out of the flames long enough until Hong Kong cooled down. Li moved to Beijing shortly after that night. I stayed around the fishing docks, running from everyone I happened to see. I didn't notice that the Rat's Tail Gnawers were chasing after me either, until they tackled me with four paws.~ Yi chuckles softly. ~Grandmother Rui, she may be old, but even an old hispo has tricks in claw, eh?~

Ears asks, voice a little low herself, "So -- you haven't seen Li again?"

Yi shakes her head slowly, unclenching her fist that she held closed unwittingly. ~No...~ she utters quietly. ~Our bond was forever broken then. It is something that can never be mended, but I will savor the shattered strands until I leave this world.~

The metis chews her lip, briefly, looking at the other woman. "Memories work. Some."

Jay leans back some, grumbling as he yanks another piece of red vine off, chewing. "You should try an keep in touch wi' her tho'. You came to her rescue...that should count for something."

Max's attention slides to her elder, silent for the time being. After a moment she offers Yi a handful of skittles.

Yi smiles at Max and takes a few, nodding thankfully. ~I suppose I should've told a tale with a happy ending, eh...~

Ears shakes her head, still fairly caught in strands of story. "Not if that one had none."

Max pops the remaining candies in her own mouth and grunts in agreement. "S'where you gotcher name. Ain't really something t'forget."

Yi chews thoughtfully on a red skittle. "No, it's not. Though I may forget, if you keep calling me Mulan." She winks at Jay.

Ears adds, "Or to make other than what it was."

Jay grins and winks back to her, grinning a bit. He clears his throat and leans back, brushing away a few bangs from his face.

Max begins tracing a blue fingernail in a repeating shape over Kaz's sleeve, lost in her own thoughts.

Yi suddenly decides to leap up and off the pew, launching herself from the seat into the air and finally planting her feet on the ground right next to Banecruncher as well as any normal gymnast.

Kaz reaches over, probably without quite realizing it, and rubs Max gently at the junction of shoulder and neck.

Max leans her head forward to rest her forehead on Kaz's shoulder, only to flinch back, stiffening as Yi hurtles through her peripheral vision. "Holy Jackie Chan, Batman."

Banecruncher yipes in surprise and jumps to his feet.

Jay shifts his eyes over to Kaz and Max, raising a brow, his mouth opening to reveal some witty lesbo comment, but decides against it. This isn't california and it is a full moon. Instead, he chuckles, watching Mulan do her arial leap and grins.

Yi grins, looking down at the lupus and then at the rest of the bunch. "I just felt you needed something more exciting than my story." She laughs, placing a hand embarrassedly on the back of her head.

Ears starts slightly as well, hand jumping from Max to couch. "Jesus, you plannin' t'go to the next Olympics?"

"Olympics? No, I'm not nearly as good as the girls on that team," Yi chuckles as she basks in the others' reactions.

Max looks from Yi to Banecruncher and back again. "You, like, give lessons or somethin'?"

"Well, I sure the fuck hope so, her bein', you know, a no moon and all." Kaz is, almost, grinning now.

Yi peers from Max to Kaz, to Max, to Kaz again. She senses, maybe...something more behind the metis' words than just the obvious.

Ears points at Max with one finger. "Teaching her'd be good. Given as she's a no moon, too."

Max clambers off Kaz and Jay to meander over to Yi. "Gifts too?" She tosses over her shoulder at Kaz, "I'm so fuckin' good I'm fuckin' bad." Still, she's looking Yi over, head to toe.

The metis is grinning now, clearly interested to watch /this/ meeting in detail.

Jay watches the females for a moment, the full moon grown silent. After awhile, he drags his bag over to him, plopping it behind his head as he rests, drawing both legs up as he lays down on the pew, his knees sticking up.

Banecruncher rumbles in agreement. Teaching is good.

Yi blinks as she's looked over, backing up slightly at the scrutiny. ~You...want me...to be a teacher?~ She fumbles a bit, glancing uncertainly around and seeing no way of slipping out of this one. "I'm... I'm not very good at English, though..."

Banecruncher thinks you'll do just fine in mother's tongue. It'll give the cub more opportunity to learn it, too.

Max watches Yi with a mildly calculating expression. "I don't need no English lessons." She then waves her hand, "But if I ain't on your list, like, sure. Whatever. Fine." The cub settles her weight to one hip, affecting a look of carelessness that doesn't match the look in her dark, bang-covered eyes.

Kaz, translator to the stars, tells Max, "It ain't that, it's just she don't think she'd be any good at it. So. You gotta prove to her she is good at it, is all." Max flicks a look back to Kaz, then returns her attention to Yi. "You passed your Rite, dinnit you?"

Yi raises an eyebrow at Max, then smiles slightly. ~Yes, I did indeed... well then...~ she slips into the language of Garou, ~The first thing you'll have to learn, is not to brush off your elders like you brush away your bangs.~

Ears chortles, slightly, and lies back down on the pew, on her stomach, to watch this production.

Max's brows furrow as she concentrates on following the Mother's Tongue. Finally she answers in the same, stiltingly, ~You tell me when I brushed.~

Yi smirks, and looks to Banecruncher and Kaz. ~If this does not earn me a spot in this city, I'll call back that bane from the docks, get back into my fishcrate and ship myself home.~

Banecruncher snorts in amusement.

Max frowns a little. "I ain't dissin' you." She settles her hands on her hips. "I am not either," Yi says with a light smile. "What do you want to learn first?"

Kaz grins crookedly at Yi, but then adds, "She tries, you know. Don't... Lose sight of that." Ok, it's a little late, but she means well.

Max asks a second time, "You dinnit answer why you said I was putting the smack down on my elders."

Ears automatically translates, ~When was she disrespectful?~ Then looks slightly surprised she said it.

Banecruncher does not understand whatever it was the cub said, and it's obvious from his appearance.

Yi nods to Kaz, and turns to Max. ~When you wave your hand like so,~ she redemonstrates Max's previous action of waving the teaching idea off nonchalantly, ~You were questioning my wanting to teach you, were you not?~

Max listens, translating silent for a moment before she answers in a rocky rush, ~Only after you did.~

Yi nods slowly, sort of understanding perhaps her initial reaction was misinterpreted. ~I wasn't meaning I wouldn't teach you. I just felt I wouldn't be as good a teacher as, say a more experienced elder. I may be a no-moon, and a cliath, but my eyes are still newly opened to this side of the ocean and its culture. Perhaps, though, -you- would be willing enough to teach -me- about the true America?~

Max lifts a hand to her mouth, nibbling on a pinky nail as she listens to Yi. ~I figure if you passed your Rite, you have something to teach me.~ She seems to avoid having something to teach Yi just yet.

Yi walks over to a pew and sits down, gazing at Max. ~I have much to teach. The question would be what do you want to learn?~

Max shrugs. ~There is alot I need to learn. Gifts. Fighting. Scouting. Auspice things.~ She pauses. ~I don't claim to know everything I don't know.~ And with that cryptic statement, she notes, "I gotta jet." She flicks a look at Kaz, then heads over to pick up the snickers and the Coke she left there, also grabbing her backpack and slinging it over hr shoulder after pushing her loot inside.

Ears rumbles, from her position, "Want comp'ny?"

Max's voice is muffled, quiet as she heads up the aisle. "Whatever."

Banecruncher rumbles. I think fighting can be handled.

Yi jumps up and over the pew and puts a hand on Max's shoulder. ~I won't say I know everything either, Max. When you'd like to learn, you can find me here.~ She smiles, hoping the cub would accept her pseudo-apology.

Max wheels around at the hand on her shoulder, half expecting a Get-like smack. The flinch is visible in her eyes, wary as she looks at Yi, now bewildered. "Yeah. Okay." She then mutters almost inaudibly, "Thanks." and turns to beat a hasty departure.

Ears slides herself into a sitting position, and looks after the cub. "Th' hell, I needa drink anyways." Levering herself to her feet, she tells both Banecruncher and Yo, "Later days, huh?" and ambles after the cub. Although it doesn't look as if she's directly /following/ her, really. Just sort of... Going at similar times.

Yi watches the cub as the bewildered girl departs. She nods to Ears and brushes her hair off her face. "Goodbye Max, Ears."

Banecruncher rumbles in amused approval as Ears follows the cub

Yi looks to Banecruncher, and her smile fades just a little. ~Night is young, still. I think I'll go exploring... and see what sort of things this no-moon can see under the Luna's light.~

Banecruncher rumbles in approval. Good hunting.

Yi gives Banecruncher a curt nod, and heads out the church doors.