Finding Ida's sister

Of course, Liza is the fastest to move towards the door; the others have barely registered that someone had knocked on the door before she jumped up, yelling, "I'LL GET IT!!!" and high-tailing it to the entranceway, opening the door and beaming at first when she sees Grin and Jason, but then her eyes widen as she takes in Grin's injuries. She points at him, gasping loudly.


"Mr. Grin, you're all hurt!!! Let me heal you..." she reaches up on tiptoes, trying to touch his face.
 
Grin smiled as the door was quickly opened and he was met by the beaming face of Liza. He laughed a little at her reaction, but shook his head. "That isn't needed, Liza, I will be fine. I've got to take a bit to let things heal on their own." He grinned cheerfully, as if to prove the point. In reality, her healing worried him. He wasn't sure exactly how it would react to someone of his nature.
 
But Liza is still stretching up on her toes to touch you, fingers spread, and she manages to graze your face with their tips. A strange sensation emerges from her skin, heated at first, almost painful, then it cools to a soothing, slightly throbbing sensation in your skin as she watches you closely. "Did that work?"
 
As Liza's fingertips touch his face, Grin falls back against the door, clutching at skin. Everything around them flashed dark for a second, then slowly returned to normal. The man went down to one knee, shaking hands pushing him up of the floor. His face had healed just a bit at the half-touch, but the feeling had shaken the immortal. "Please... don't try that again for awhile..." he stammered, smokey whisps of shadow trailing up from his eyes.
 
Staring at him with her eyes still open wide with shock, and down dawning horror, Liza backs away, her voice coming out high and panicked as her eyes dart, taking in his seemingly weakened form, the smoke emerging form his eyes. Thinking that she's somehow managed to hurt him worse, she bursts into tears.


"I'm sorry! I'm sorry, I was tryin' to heal you, I'm sorry! You got hurt!"


Faith, having heard some of the exchange in the doorway and Liza's crying, comes quickly to see what's going on. She barely glances at Jason without recognition before she takes in first Mr. Grin's injured face, the smoke around him, and then Liza backed up against the opposite wall, tears streaming. Quickly sweeping Liza up into her arms, she tries to calm her down, rubbing her back even as she speaks to Mr. Grin.


"Holy shit, what happened to you? Were you attacked? NOW?! Because that smoke looks pretty damn fresh-"


"I hurted him, Mama!" Liza sobbed, burying her face in Faith's neck, "I was trynna heal him and I hurted him worse, I didn't mean to!"


Faith looks down at Liza, still rubbing her back, and shakes her head as she tries to comfort her. "No, Pip, he's gonna be fine...you didn't hurt him." Looking back up at him, she says questioningly, almost under her breath, "Um...she didn't, right?"
 
Grin, smiles wearily and gets to his feet, leaning against the wall. When he spoke, his voice was a raspy croak. "It... wasn't you, Liza. The healing... it works, but something about me does not like it." He coughed and rubbed his eyes, trying to explain. "Not smoke... shadows. Darkness. Happens after a change. That's what the darkness was. Sorry."


He leaned his head back and closed his eyes, resting for just a second before speaking again. "Faith, I'll be fine. This is Jason by the way. He wanted to help... he knows about what I am, too. Sorry to bring someone unnannounced and for all of this trouble once I got here..." he said with a small laugh. He looked down to Liza and, kneeling. "Don't cry, hmm? I've been through worse and managed to keep going." He tried to smile as reassuringly as possible. In truth, it had felt like nothing he'd ever known. It felt like he had been dying.
 
"There's gonna be an entire city in this house before we're through, isn't there? Good luck with the girl actually getting to sleep with all of us staring at her," Faith muttered under her breath, rolling her eyes, before meeting Jason's gaze and nodding at him in acknowledgement. "Jason? Hey. I'm Faith. This is Liza. She's usually much...MUCH more enthusiastic to see new people than this."


Liza isn't crying as hard now but she's still sniffling, her arms around her mother's neck as she shakes her head, not believing Grin. "You hurted bad. I felt it. You were scared." Faith looks down at her, frowning, then back at Grin, raising an eyebrow.


"She's got some empath ability, you know," she remarked. "You sure you're okay?" Backing out of the doorway, still holding Liza, she quickly kisses the top of Liza's head as she gestures one handed towards them. "You guys can come in. Macal's not in at the moment, but he should be back soon. If not, I think Liza knows what to do."
 
Grin smiled warmly at Liza and nodded. "Can't get anything past you, can I?" he joked. "You're right... it hurt and scared me quite a lot. But, it did heal me and I'm not scared anymore. Promise." He gave a knowing look and smile toward Faith, then spoke again.


"I can see that. And I will be fine. It just shook me. At least the shadows were just here for a second and no longer." He left it at that, then nodded and walked a little further in, still a little shaken. "Alright."
 
"I wont' touch you no more, never," Liza mumbles solemnly, and when Faith sits in an armchair in the living room, she climbs onto her lap, wanting to keep her distance just in case she hurts him accidentally. Faith is not bothering to hide her looking at them both, and Sheena too is not very subtle as she takes in Grin's face when she first sees him.


(maybe should wait for Ida?)
 
(It would probably be a good idea. My computer is giving me fits too - overheating, shutting down mid-post, all that fun. So I might have to be finished for this evening until I can get a can of air tomorrow and get some of the dust out of it.)


Grin shook his head at Liza's words. "Just don't try to heal me until I find out exactly what is the matter with me," he said with a faint smile, trying to cheer up the child. He'd only seen her seem overly happy before... this was a bit of a shock to the system to see her solemn and downtrodden.


A moment passes and the man cannot help but smirk lightly as his dark green eyes go around the room, noticing a lack of subtlety when it comes to eyes on his face. He wondered if anyone would ask about it, but didn't press the issue. He hadn't seen it himself yet and could only hope it wasn't too awful. He would heal, however, in time. Right now, there were more pressing things to worry about.


 
Faith smooths her hand over Liza's hair, kissing the side of her head again, and lets her remain on her lap as she speaks to her. "Pip, it's okay. Mr. Grin says he's fine, so don't worry anymore, okay? Are you ready to help Ida now, because you're the only one that can do this, and she needs your help, don't you, Ida?"


Liza takes in a slow breath and then nods slightly, composed now as she turns to face her, and Faith squeezes her briefly. "Good girl."
 
Jason nodded and murmured "Hey" to his greetings; he watched the events unfold quietly. Admittedly, he took a surprised step back when Liza tried to heal Joseph, but otherwise he kept still.


When they moved away from the doorway, Jason took an empty chair in the living room. I wonder when lunchtime is in this place?​
 
Sheena's eyes slide to Jason as well, looking him over now that she's torn her eyes from Grin. She judges him as attractive but doesn't smile, still uncomfortable with strangers.
 
Grin leaned back against the wall, letting his eyes close for just a moment. Shadow-smoke drifted lightly from them anyhow, much lighter now than it had been before. His eyes opened again and he raised a hand, moving shadows between his fingertips absentmindedly before letting them rise up and vanish. He wondered what exactly they were planning to do to help Ida. He hadn't been here for the explanation, and hadn't spoken to her since their first visit here.


He pushed these thoughts away however, thinking about the thugs that had broken into his apartment. They hadn't been there for the rotting and broken couch, that much was for sure.
 
*Walked in Alex following close behind, going over some reports from the day. I look up and see all the people in my house, I turn around and go back outside and look at the front of my house then come back in* Well I don't see a Motel 6 sign out front, so what's going on? Did Liza start a shelter or something?


*Alex grins, then catches a glimpse of Sheena and waves her over* Hey what's the deal?
 
(I'm on fb now lol) *Sheena gets up and goes to him, muttering* This girl in there, her sister is missing or something...and THAT GUY-*jabs a finger at Grin* He just...Liza hurt him or something...it's totally weird.


--- Merged Double Post ---


(oh sorry, didn't notice Macal talked too) *Back in the living room, Faith looks towards Macal; Liza jumps out of her lap and runs to him, wanting to get in his now as she answers him* I hurted that man daddy and I'm getting Ida back in time like you said. *her voice subdued; Faith speaks up too* This is Jason. *pointing to him, then nodding at Grin* He's okay...supposedly.
 
Alex: Hmmm he must have pissed her off, cause Liza hates hurting people, she made me order a BLT minus the B.
 
*Sheena shakes her head* I think it was an accident...can we go or something? That girl in there, the one Liza's helping, she doesn't like me very much.
 
Macal: *I walk over to Liza and kneel down picking her up* Princess why did you hurt him? Was he being bad cause if he was good girl if he wasn't well good girl. *smirks*
 
Liza buries her face in your neck, and I scowl at you. "She didn't mean to...she tried to heal him and it backfired." Adding in a mutter, "Don't make her cry again." (no one's on right now...fb?)
 
Macal: She's not gonna cry again, cause she didn't do anything wrong....Liza everyone has an off day with their powers even I did, just means you need a little more practice, we'll work on it if you want..*grins* Hey how would you like to sneak into a cancer ward tonight and cause a few miracles..Huh? We can confuse a few doctors and make a few people really happy.


(I know they all left but I need the post so I can rank up. LOL)
 
Liza: What's cancer? *I give you a look* Did you really have to open that can of worms? (hm...hey, want to practice a private rp on here then? I can copy paste what we started with Sheena breaking into their room on fb onto a private rp and tag you in it and see how that works)
 
It's something that makes some people really ill, it's really hard for mortals to heal it, but I bet you can if you really try.


(Of course S.H.I.E.L.D has had a universal cure for a decade lol...And yeah let's try)
 
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