We Are Bulletproof

WHERE IS ALVA??!

WHY IS HE SAYING GOODBYE?!!

@Ryland Ren

Ryyyy
How're you feeling? Did the witch's spell wear off??

@Ryland Ren

"I'm leaving, Mr. Bailey! I left the depositions on your desk! See you tomorrow!"

Yoojin couldn't grab her things fast enough, shoving in keys, phone, makeup bag--she had to fix her face before Jem got there!--and other sundry items that a girl needed throughout the day. Everything was a terrible jumble inside her purse, and inside her stomach, but it was a good kind of chaos that reigned.

Imagine--Jem Wilson, here in Hazleton! It was just as he said, what a small world!

Before she moved back home to take care of her ailing mother, Yoojin had settled in New York. It made sense, with all of her doctors there. Plus, the thriving LGBT community there helped her to settle into her new body--as a woman. She connected with plenty of girls who had made a successful transition, as well as ones going through what she was going through. They were mostly very sweet and supportive; without them, she didn't think that she would have made it. If nothing else, it helped to be with people who didn't judge her because she happened to be born in the wrong type of body.

While there, she worked two part-time jobs. One was a boring waitress at a chain restaurant, but the other was her real passion. She did small-time gigs at cafes, under the name Vanessa. It was in some dimly lit bar one night that she ran into Jem. He seemed to blend in with the crowd at first, and she didn't notice him among the sea of faces while she performed. She transformed when she was Vanessa, out there with the lights shining on her and all eyes on her. She wasn't Yoojin the waitress, or Yoojin the secretary, or Yoojin the girl from a nowhere-town like Hazleton. Vanessa was confident and bold and unafraid.

That bar was frequented by New York's booming supernatural scene, though, and soon Jem stood out as one of the few humans there.

Really, she thought he might have wandered into the wrong place. It was easy to do that even here in Hazleton; humans either turned a blind eye to the magic around them, or they chose to ignore it because it didn't make sense with their view of the world. Whatever the case may have been, when she finished her set and made her way to the bar, he was there. It wasn't hard to strike up a conversation, to have a few drinks together, and one thing led to the next...

That whole weekend stood out vividly in Yoojin's mind. Jem was... different. They did connect on a deeper level than just the mere physical chemistry. (Though there was plenty of that too!) It was easy to be with him and once she got past that serious work-focused demeanor, he turned out to be unexpectedly charming and funny. And sweet. He seemed like one of those guys who had a tough time showing their emotions, but he wasn't emotionally stunted. Maybe there just hadn't been many opportunities for him to show off that softer side.

And now he was here! Downstairs!

Making eyes at Janey!

Not on her watch though! In the elevator that took her down to the ground floor, Yoojin tried to inspect her reflection in the metal elevator doors. She frowned. Her outfit really was quite plain. A cardigan over a white button-up and a plain skirt. Hmph! Not so much sexy secretary as wallflower librarian. (But then who was she going to dress up for here? The creepy intern? Mr. Bailey, who was closing in on 60?)

After some debate, Yoojin rolled up the skirt at the waist so that it didn't dip so depressingly low past the thighs, and unbuttoned a few buttons off the top of her blouse. She wiggled her bra around in a very unbecoming fashion until there was decent cleavage, shook her hair out and... Well it would just have to do! The things a girl had to do to land a man! Jesus H. Christ!

As soon as the elevator doors opened, the butterflies exploded. She could have sworn her hands shook as she pulled her purse up higher along her shoulders. "Jem!" Yoojin ran over to him and flung her arms around him, knowing that Janey was watching beadily. Janey could get her own man! This man was hers!

@Jem Wilson

Hey
I don't know if this is still the right number but...

James?

@Jem Wilson

Hey Ry

What's a good gift to get an ex?

Also are you staying safe indoors? This fog is insane

@Ryland Ren