Freaky Friday {Open}

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Kenneth had been doing psychic readings all day long and was now at the point of exhaustion. He had been telling people whatever they wanted to know regardless if it were about their past, present, or future. His last visit had been by a man who Kenneth had told his wife had been having an affair and that the unborn child she was carrying wasn't his but the other man's. The guy thought that was bullshit and went ballistic so had to be escorted out by the police as the next - and last of the day for him - person had called the police once hearing all the yelling from inside the room.

Signing in relief as the man had been escorted out, he buried his face in his hands, glad his day was almost over. He had only one person left to go and he'd be done until this coming Monday. His weekend was completely free! "Next!" He called out as his hands dropped away from his face and folded onto the table, his blue eye focusing on the opening door.

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A young girl pushed the door open just enough for her to slip through, and she deftly sidestepped into the room as if she was hiding from someone. With her back pressed to the wall, she stayed near the door, not once looking in the guy`s direction the whole time but keeping her gaze on the goings on in the other room, sliding something into her pocket as she left the door open a crack for a brief moment before finally closing it. Obviously the coast was clear as she was able to fully turn her attention on the main reason she was here, though not before gazing about the room for other things she might want to slip into her pocket later.

Like Raven was going to pass up meeting a psychic.

She was quite open-minded about people with supernatural gifts or powers, being living proof herself, but the whole idea of pyschics was a little iffy, no thanks to all the fake ones out there spewing lies for a quick buck. When she caught wind of this one, she wanted to see if he was the real deal, or one of those fake ones. Either way, she was going to have some fun testing him.

"Oh, hey," she said, giving him a friendly smile. She crossed the room, spun the chair around so that the seat was facing her, and sat down straddling it, with her arms folded and resting on the back. Sitting on it like a guy would. Raven stared him down a moment, studying him, before saying, "you`re the pyschic? You`re awfully young. Thought psychics were supposed to be all old...er."

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Kenneth glanced up in time to see the woman sitting down, glad this would be his last visit or costumer of the day he should say. And unknown to him, his most interesting one to come. "Hey there," He returned her smile with a polite one, trying to stay professional and not seem so mentally worn out. "That I am," He spoke in a slight Irish brogue, being as he had originated from Ireland and not having been living in Beacon Hills for very long. "That is quite a myth there." He told her about the psychics usually being older.

"I was born with my gift. I can tell ya the present, past, or future...whichever ya like. Only thirty dollars," He then leant forward and said in a lower voice, "If ya don't believe me my dear lass, I can tell ya something 'bout ya I wouldn't know...like your name? Just take my hand." He leant back again, placing a hand out to her showing this is how he was able to read what he needed to know about someone. By psychical contact.

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Raven tilted her head curiously at his accent, and blinked when he told her the price of the reading. "Only one of the three? Thirty...ammm, okay..." she trailed off as she took out what she had slipped into her pocket a moment ago, a wallet she had stolen from one of the psychic`s previous patrons, and opened it up, hidden from view thanks to the back of the chair, hoping there was enough in there. She`d already spent her own pocket money earlier on some cookies for her lunch.

Pickpocketing wasn`t as fruitful these days as it used to be, now that so many people had switched to Debit and Credit cards; unless you knew the numbers for Debit, they were pretty useless, and Credit cards were too easy to trace. You use those to buy anything in a store and bam! The owner will see the mistake, call their bank, cancel the card, trace the transaction, and they`d find her via security cameras. She hated those things.

Fortunately, the man whose wallet she`d stolen had a wad of bills for her to play with and waste on whatever tickled her fancy. At least a hundred bucks. She counted out the thirty she needed for this reading, but paused and looked back up at the psychic when he leaned forward and spoke to her in a low voice about her skepticism.

Raven narrowed her eyes at him, but not out of anger. It was like she was trying to detect a scam, like she was an expert on lies and it would be blatantly obvious. He was right, he wouldn`t know her name. She hadn`t spoken to anyone on her way in, she`d just helped herself to their coat pockets, and she was only in town a few days so she was relatively unknown in these parts. She glanced down at his offered hand for a brief moment before looking back up at him. "No crystal ball or anything? Just hold your hand? What is it, like palm reading?" she asked, not cynically but out of pure curiousity. She wanted to believe he was the real deal, she was always fascinated in other supernatural-type people and stuff.

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Kenneth let out a small laugh. She was already amusing to him. Only one of the three? No way. "I can tell ya all three if you want?" He arched a brow as he continued to keep his hand extended out to her for her to take. He eyed her carefully when she began going through her wallet for some money to give him, his eyes turning off elsewhere so he didn't appear to be too nosy. It was none of his business anyhow how much money she had on her. Nor could he even really see with the back of her chair facing him like that how much she had on her.

If only he knew she had stolen the wallet from someone else. Would he report it? Probably not. He didn't like getting himself into uneeded messes. It was quite unnecessary. "Palm heading?" He asked, once again amused by her questions. She was just filled with them, wasn't she? He shook his head, "No crystal ball. I'm not that type of psychic." He believed only the phony ones had crap like crystal balls. He was no phony either. Far from it.

"All ya have to do is hold my hand...an' I'll be able to tell ya anything you wanna know. Ya know?" He told her once more, wiggling his fingers in place as if asking for her hand. "I don't bite," He reassured her with a polite smile, being obvious this was indeed her first psychic reading. He was ready to blow her mind away. Let's hope she would actually be impressed and not storm out like some of his other costumers had.

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Tapping her foot in a restless way and folding her arms on the back of the chair again, this time letting one arm hang over the back with the stolen wallet dangling in plain view, Raven continued to study the guy sitting across from her, trying to get a grasp on how his so-called psychic power worked.

Especially without a crystal ball.

"Anything I wanna know, huh?" she repeated, and laughed when he wiggled his fingers and said he didn`t bite. She then reached out and held his hand with her free one, giving it a squeeze to see if she could feel anything different about it, thinking about how some insects used their antennae to touch and communicate and wondering if his ability was similar to that, if it was all through physical contact. Antennae usually had some kind of microscopic feelers. She didn`t feel anything though other than the natural warmth of his hand.

She even went so far as to climb up onto her chair - while still holding his hand in place - and leaning over to get a closer look, then lifted his hand up with hers and turned it this way and that to see if there was any visual difference, before finally concluding there was no physical difference at all and resting their hands back on the table. It must be purely a mental thing after all, if he was a real psychic of course.

She did it all relatively fast for someone that was trying to spot a telltale sign of supernatural power.

"So you see things through touching someone?" Raven asked, looking back up at the irish dude. "Is it just with your hands? Or do you still see stuff if some random person ran up and hugged you?" She laughed at the thought of bumping into some really serious and cranky guy only to see that they were incredibly insane and goofy as a child. That would be fun to see, and she was momentarily envious of such an ability. Without even waiting for the psychic to answer, she swiftly changed the topic back to their previous one and asked, "do you see anything now? You said you`d be able to tell me my name."

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Kenneth's eyes fell on the stolen wallet as it dangled over the chair from her hand, thinking nothing of it seeing as he didn't know as of yet that it was stolen. He'd find out soon enough though. He nodded at her question as she took his hand and laughed. "Don' break it," He teased the woman before adding, "Anything," He answered her question, not seeing anything as of yet. Sometimes he had to concentrate and other times things just came to him in an instant. But if he was exhausted like he was right now, he had to concentrate and he couldn't always control what came to him either. That was the tricky part.

Already, he could feel psychic energy flowing through him which is something only he would be able to feel so he somewhat understood her reason for lifting their hands checking them out to see if something would happen. Nothing did but it didn't mean nothing would come of it. "Any kinda human contact would do." He explained simply. "Now, let me concentrate." He told her softly, not rudely nor raising his voice at her.

Closing his eyes, he kept hold of her hand, focusing as hard as he could but too many things were flying at him at once. Her name appeared like he'd wanted but among other things. What she was, what she did, the stolen wallet, and so on. His eyes shot open after a moment and he looked at her surprised, pulling his hand away from hers slowly. "Raven De Silva," He spoke, small droplets of sweat forming on his forehead. That was unexpected. Wiping his forehead with the sleeve of his sweater, he then pulled it off to show the blue t-shirt he was wearing underneath. He suddenly felt too hot and quite overwhelmed by what he saw.

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It took a lot of control for Raven to sit still and be silent, but whenever she did manage to pull that off she could be eerily still. Not that it lasted long but she could do it. So it was that when the psychic asked for her to let him concentrate, she went mute and didn`t move a muscle, and watched him like a hawk. It was hard to tell if she was even breathing. Normally, she didn`t let other people tell her what to do, but this situation was different, it was to see if this guy had any psychic ability. If she had to sit still for a few seconds in order to do so, so be it.

She watched him close his eyes and appear to focus, still trying to spot any telltale signs of his ability in action. Her long black tail was hidden up under her black printed tee and the bright pink hoodie she wore half-open over it, wrapped around herself this way and that to avoid any noticeable unnatural bumps under her clothes, and it shifted slightly under the strain of being so still. The black and white boldly striped skirt she wore over a pair of knee-length black leggings allowed it some breathing room, but only when no one was around and she could actually let her tail out. And she always mixed and matched her socks, which were visable as she wore black sneakers, she never wore two of the same; her right was a black one with one horizontal bold white stripe, on her left kneelength with bold black and grey stripes. Chaotic, maybe, but they matched her skirt and the striped hairpin she wore in her hair, which was up in her unique, spikey and spunky peacock hairstyle.

Her tail stayed still again when the psychic suddenly opened his eyes and looked at her with surprise, slowly withdrawing his hand. She blinked when he got her name right, then her face broke out into a grin again and she said excitedly, "oh cool! How did you do that?!" The fact that the guy was sweating and seemingly overwhelmed from the experience, to the point that he had to take his sweater off, didn`t seem to bother her. She was quick to grab his hand again, not giving him any time to recover, and said, "tell me the Present first! And don`t say it`s me getting a psychic reading because that`s obvious and cheating."

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Before Kenneth could open his mouth to answer her she was grabbing his hand again with excitement on wanting to know her present first. Well, seeing as he already saw what her present had to offer him, he pulled his hand away from hers again. "Just one sec," Holding up a finger, he turned from her and reached behind his seat where there'd been a small cooler filled with bottles of water. Grabbing two, he turned back to her, sliding one her way in case she was thirsty while keeping one for himself . He knew he was with all the crap that hit him. It made his throat dry as he had began to sweat. Unscrewing the cap and breaking the seal, he took a gulp of the fresh cool water and sighed, satisfied.

"Sorry 'bout that. I was a little...well thrown after what I saw." Making it obvious he had seen far more then just her name. She had wanted to know her present too and contemplated in whether he should tell her about it or not. It left him quite puzzled. Rubbing his chin in thought, he dropped his hand onto the table and glanced up into her eyes, holding her gaze firmly with his own. "You have a long tail." He spoke with more of an American accent, something he could pull off just as well as his regular accent. Being so indulged in his thoughts he didn't even realize he had switched accents like that.

Now that he'd told her that little bit of information about herself aloud, he waited for her reaction before deciding if he should contiue telling her anything else about her present. Like her abilities and her recent shenanigans. While he wait, he used his sweater to wipe the sweat from his forehead and taking another swig of water.

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Raven`s smile and excitement faltered when the guy withdrew his hand from hers and claimed he needed a second before doing anymore readings. Her massive amount of energy just did not get along with patience. An "aw man!" escaped her lips and she sank back into her seat, sounding like a teenager that had just been told to turn off their gaming system and to go to bed.

It was shortlived disappointment however, for curiousity quickly took over when the psychic reached behind himself for something, and she was back up in her seat trying to peer around him to see what he was going for.

It was nothing to get excited about though, just a bottle of water, so she sank back in her chair once more. While her focus was generally all over the place, she was managing to keep a careful eye on the psychic, mainly because she was fascinated with his gift and how it worked, but she also had trust issues too. Hell, if you were hunted by strangers all your life which culminated in them killing your mother, birth or not, you`d have them too.

She therefore did not take the offered drink, but merely looked at him quizzically when he apologized for the delay and told her he had been thrown by what he had seen, wondering how just getting someone`s name could be that overwhelming even for a psychic. But then it dawned on her that he must have seen more than he should have.

"You peeked?" she finally squeaked out. His statement that she had a tail confirmed it, and her jaw dropped, but not just because he knew of her tail, but because he was using an american accent now too. She didn`t really know how to react on either account. Amazingly, it was his accent that she chose to question about. "Are you really Irish?" she asked in an almost conspiratorial manner, as if girls having tails was a common occurrence and the topic could be easily brushed aside.