Kindergarten Teacher.
Bisexual.
Single.
01/24/1980.
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Post by Adriel Flowers on Jul 11, 2020 20:47:49 GMT -8
Adriel stopped suddenly so he wouldn’t topple over Rochelle. He was balancing a heavy box in his arms and his darling six year old daughter was playing in the hallway. “Sweetheart, can you open the door?” He leaned down to reveal the keys to apartment 217. Rochelle took the keys and opened the door. She rushed inside to claim her bedroom. “Right,” Adriel called after her, directing her to the bedrooms that were decidedly not the master. He set the box down in what would be the living room and sighed. He had decided against hiring movers. He had had a reason but at the moment he couldn’t seem to remember it. “One down, a disgusting amount more to go...” He wandered back to the other bedrooms and found his daughter sprawled out like a starfish in the middle of one. “This one’s mine,” she said with her delightfully contagious laugh. “Okay, okay. This is your room.” He pointed over his shoulder, “you gonna help move?” They has packed a few small boxes lightly so even six year old Rochelle could help. This would help her feel like part of the process while also letting her father keep an eye on her. “Let’s go, munchkin” he said, turning around and heading back out to the moving truck downstairs, Rochelle in hot pursuit. He gave her one of her boxes and piled two up in his arms. “Ready?” She nodded and lead the way, getting bored by the time they reached the second floor hallway. She started zigzagging with her box, the stumbling around like a zombie. “I’m going to get you.. and suck your blood!” Adriel said an a terrible rendition of a Transylvanian accent. This was enough to get her moving in the right direction again as she giggled and ran back to the door. She tried to push it open but it wouldn’t budge. She looked back at her father with wide eyes, “uh oh.” “Uh oh is right, we live in 217.” He used his nose to gesture to the 215 on the door she was trying. Rochelle giggled at her mistake and went down to their door which opened with ease. Anlan Wang@anbai
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Airplane Mechanic.
Bi, strongly leans towards preferring women.
Casual Friends with Benefits (several).
03/21/1991.
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Post by Anlan Wang on Jul 11, 2020 21:11:40 GMT -8
Anlan had just entered the hallway from the stairs in time to see a small girl carrying a box try to open the wrong door (the door to her apartment) and what Anlan presumed was her father, carrying a much larger box, direct her to the correct door. She smiled, amused by the exchange, and strode down the hall, slightly conscious of the fact that she had a huge smear of grease across her nose and her clothes were in general grimy from work.
She cleared her throat as she caught up to the two of them in the hallway and said, "I take it you're the new neighbors? I'm Anlan, I live with my twin in 215. Is it just the two of you moving all that up here alone? Need a hand?"
She grinned quite a bit up at the man. She wasn't that tall, but she wasn't quite used to being quite so towered over, especially not by someone with a much broader build than she had. She laughed and added, "Sorry that I'm a bit of a mess. An engine at work decided that I needed to be completely covered in grease, and I'm just on my way home."
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Kindergarten Teacher.
Bisexual.
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01/24/1980.
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Monkey (WA)
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Post by Adriel Flowers on Jul 11, 2020 21:21:46 GMT -8
Adriel turned around and immediately grinned at the smear of grease thinking that she was probably his kind of people. "I'm Adriel," he said, shifting the boxes to one arm, using the wall to help him keep them steady and offering his hand, "and that's my daughter Rochelle. Nice to meet you."
Rochelle walked up to Anlan, staring. "She's pretty daddy. And I think she could take you."
"Why is your first measure of every single person we meet whether or not they could take me in a fight? Where did you learn this? And why do I always lose?" Adriel asked, moderately concerned.
"Grandma," she answered with a shrug. "She says you're a softie and anyone could take you."
Adriel laughed, man he really missed his mom. "If you really wouldn't mind helping with the boxes, we'd really appreciate it. Somewhere in the past, this genius named Adriel decided that movers were unnecessary," he shook his head, "he was very wrong."
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Airplane Mechanic.
Bi, strongly leans towards preferring women.
Casual Friends with Benefits (several).
03/21/1991.
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Post by Anlan Wang on Jul 11, 2020 21:28:17 GMT -8
Anlan crowed with laughter at the little girl's assessment and said very sincerely, "Thank you Rochelle, and nice to meet you."
She grinned up at her dad and said, "Nice to meet you too Adriel. I'm just going to dump my jacket right inside, and I'll be ready to lend a hand."
She chuckled at their little interchange and added still half laughing but trying to sound like she was seriously assessing the matter for the little girl's benefit, "I mean, I probably could take you in a fight, but that's not normally the best way to introduce myself, and I'd much rather show off strength by carrying inordinate numbers of boxes. I am willing to bet they weight less than airplane engines which is what I've been hauling around all day at work."
She unlocked and opened her door, quickly hanging the greasy jacket on the coat rack inside the door with nothing else on it instead of the one with nicer, and significantly cleaner looking jackets hanging on it. She relocked the door and dumped her keys in her pocket, now in a tank top that showed precisely how muscular she actually was.
She grinned and said, "Lead the way."
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Kindergarten Teacher.
Bisexual.
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01/24/1980.
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Post by Adriel Flowers on Jul 11, 2020 21:39:57 GMT -8
Adriel readjusted the boxes in his arms and turned back to their apartment. He put the boxes just inside the door and came back out, "perfect timing, and yes, I think the box thing is way more impressive than being able to take me and not for selfish reasons at all."
He placed his hand on Rochelle's head and mussed her hair up a little bit and she fell in line with him. He wanted to make a comment about how Anlan could probably actually take him but decided against it. It felt too inappropriate to say at a first meeting and he wasn't all that sure he could convey his genuine respect and admiration for her muscles without coming off as a sexist.
"So a grease monkey, huh? Airplanes? How do you end up working on those? That seems like a very special field of mechanics." He said as he went down the stairs.
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Airplane Mechanic.
Bi, strongly leans towards preferring women.
Casual Friends with Benefits (several).
03/21/1991.
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Sheep (WA)
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Post by Anlan Wang on Jul 11, 2020 21:55:53 GMT -8
Anlan was used to people questioning her profession, but Adriel's tone seemed pleasant and conversational, so she decided to take it at face value. She said, "I've always liked fixing things, and have always been pretty good at it. I did a bunch of research on different apprenticeship programs, and airplanes are cool, so when I found the one for becoming an airplane mechanic down at SeaTac, I decided that if I could get in, that's what I'd do straight out of high school."
She added with a slightly rueful laugh, "Really confused a lot of people, and disappointed my mom, by being one of the top students in my class and then not going to college, but these days I'm a senior mechanic up at Paine Field in Everett, and I don't have student debt, so I feel like I'm really the winner here. Plus, I like my job, even if I am pretty dirty at the end of the day most days."
She followed Adirel and Rochelle down the stairs, pleased to see how close he seemed to be with his daughter. Anlan asked casually, "So, what's got you moving into the apartments? Are you new to the area?"
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Kindergarten Teacher.
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01/24/1980.
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Monkey (WA)
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Post by Adriel Flowers on Jul 12, 2020 17:30:24 GMT -8
Adriel opened the front door for Rochelle and Anlan. He didn't do that kind of thing for the sake of being a gentleman, he just opened doors for any person, and sometimes cats and dogs. "Finding your passion and staying out of student debt sounds like a stroke of genius to me. Plus getting to use your hands to create and fix things is awesome."
He opened the back of the truck to reveal all boxes, "I really do appreciate you offering to help. We're gonna have to owe you...." he trailed off to let Rochelle fill in the blank.
"Cupcake brownies!" she exclaimed.
"Cupcake brownies," he echoed to Anlan. "Those boxes are for her," he said, gesturing to a pile of smaller boxes, "but anything else is fair game." He stacked two boxes and picked them up tentatively, testing their weight. After deciding they were manageable, he picked them up, "Pickle, grab you box please," he told Rochelle.
She grabbed her box and went to open the door, even at six, she knew she had the easy job, so she wanted to help by opening the door.
"Yeah, we just moved to Cedar Beach, it seems like a nice place to live." He answered.
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Airplane Mechanic.
Bi, strongly leans towards preferring women.
Casual Friends with Benefits (several).
03/21/1991.
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Sheep (WA)
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Post by Anlan Wang on Jul 12, 2020 18:02:06 GMT -8
Anlan tested the boxes in the easily accessible layer of boxes in the truck and picked up the heaviest one she could find with a lighter but not light one stacked on top of it, figuring that she might as well make good on her little bit of boasting. None of the boxes had been packed so heavily that she was concerned about it. Plus, she was sure that they'd been working on moving and packing for days, and that was always exhausting.
She said, "Cupcake brownies and a new set of friends in the building seems like an excellent reward. If you'd be willing, I might need to invite my twin to those though. Anbai would almost certainly feel left out if I got chocolate as a reward on my own."
Anlan nodded to Adriel's comment about it being a nice place to live and said, "Yeah, we've lived her since Anbai and I were twelve, and it's a nice place. Pretty welcoming, sort of has a small town feel while still being close to metropolitan amenities. We obviously both ended up staying in the area, and Anbai teaches at the high school that both of us graduated from. I know a bunch of people who live in this building from high school as well."
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Kindergarten Teacher.
Bisexual.
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01/24/1980.
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Monkey (WA)
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Post by Adriel Flowers on Jul 12, 2020 18:48:02 GMT -8
Adriel grinned, "the more the merrier when it comes to meals. Your twin is more than welcome to join us!" He noted the use of Anbai's name and the word twin but didn't want to pry, but he still filed the information away for future conversations, he wanted to remain respectful.
"Well if you ask Rochelle, she thinks she's been given a death sentence by moving here, isn't that right?" He started up the stairs.
"I have to go to the same school as my dad~" she whined.
"I teach kindergarten, so I'll be starting at Cedar Beach Elementary soon," he said, opening the door to the hallway.
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World History Teacher.
Demisexual.
Single.
03/21/1991.
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Post by Anbai Wang on Jul 12, 2020 19:56:30 GMT -8
Anbai had been lounging in the living room, mindlessly watching whatever was playing on HGTV at the moment, when they heard the door open and then close, but no one, let alone their sister, showed up to greet them. They grumbled a bit as they crawled off the couch and turned off the tv, peeking out through the front door to see if maybe Anlan had gotten stopped by a neighbor, but seeing no one. They sighed and went to their room to change out of the pajamas they had been in, pulling on a simple t-shirt and jeans, and went back to the front door, standing awkwardly in the doorway as they waited for Anlan to show up. Anbai was pretty sure they had heard her, so now they just had to wait. Hopefully not too long, though.
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Airplane Mechanic.
Bi, strongly leans towards preferring women.
Casual Friends with Benefits (several).
03/21/1991.
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Sheep (WA)
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Post by Anlan Wang on Jul 12, 2020 20:17:46 GMT -8
Anlan laughed at the little girl's complaint and told her reassuringly, "I bet that everyone's going to think that your dad's an awesome teacher, and then it'll be cool that he works there. Plus, he's going to teach a lower grade than you're going to be in, right? That means none of your classmates will have had him as a teacher."
She smiled at Adriel, hoping that her reassurances helped. She was used to this sort of conversation with her little brother sometimes, though not about this exact thing. She figured that the little girl would be fine with it in the long run. Her dad seemed nice and friendly, and she was pretty sure that it wouldn't be the kind of weird that came with a parent being a bad teacher.
As they turned onto their hallway, she saw Anbai lingering in the doorway, probably confused as to where she was. She grinned at her twin and called out, "Hi Anbai, new neighbors. I'm helping them bring their boxes up. They're in 217. This is Adriel and his daughter Rochelle."
She turned to look at Adriel and said, "This is my aforementioned twin, Anbai, who I live with. They teach history at Cedar Beach High School."
She hoped that this wasn't about to dissolved into weird tension. She was protective of introducing people to Anbai because there was always a chance that new people would be rude to her twin.
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Kindergarten Teacher.
Bisexual.
Single.
01/24/1980.
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Monkey (WA)
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Post by Adriel Flowers on Jul 12, 2020 20:27:28 GMT -8
Adriel smiled at Anlan gently and mouthed a "thank you," to her reassurances.
He followed her into the hallway and awkwardly waved a hand from beneath the boxes he was carrying. "Hello there, Anbai, nice to meet you."
Rochelle walked up to Anbai at the door and stared, "you're even prettier than her," she said wide eyed as she gestured to their twin.
"Rochelle," Adriel said. Apologetic to both twins, and unsure which she might have offended with her statement.
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World History Teacher.
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Post by Anbai Wang on Jul 12, 2020 21:26:29 GMT -8
Anbai blushed and gave Adriel a small bow. "Nice to meet you. Welcome." They said somewhat awkwardly. They were relieved Adriel didn't react - or possibly didn't notice, but either way it was better than a negative reaction.
Anbai smiled to the little girl, "Thank you, I think." They said, not really sure if that was the appropriate response. "But it's not nice to compare people." They added, seemingly as an afterthought. Finally, Anbai looked to their sister and the man. "Did you guys like... want help, or something?"
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Kindergarten Teacher.
Bisexual.
Single.
01/24/1980.
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Monkey (WA)
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Post by Adriel Flowers on Jul 12, 2020 21:45:18 GMT -8
Adriel smiled, "I will not say no to more help. There are future cupcake brownies in the future for those who help."
Rochelle opened their apartment door for them and Adriel dropped off the boxes. "Daddy," she said, pulling his sleeve and whispering in the not so quiet way kids like to whisper, "are they and girl or a boy?"
Adriel squatted down next to Rochelle, "how about we ask that in a different way, pickle? Let's ask Anbai what their preferred pronouns are."
"But daddy, you said that people can use any pronouns, that means he's can use she as a pronoun and verse vica," she argued.
Adriel tried not to smirk at her mixing up 'vice versa.' "You're very right, that's true. But why do you want to know whether they're a girl or boy? Does that matter?"
Rochelle titled her head to the side, "I guess not."
"Then we don't need to know, but we do need to be respectful. If you'd like to ask Anbai for their preferred pronouns, you can, but remember, they don't have to answer you if they don't want to." He told her, standing up and turning back around.
He grinned awkwardly, seeing the twins nearby, they likely heard their entire conversation. "Sorry... I'm trying to handle this to the best of my ability, but if you think there's something I could do better, I'd appreciate the feedback."
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Airplane Mechanic.
Bi, strongly leans towards preferring women.
Casual Friends with Benefits (several).
03/21/1991.
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Post by Anlan Wang on Jul 12, 2020 21:57:32 GMT -8
Anlan was pleased to see that her initial positive impression of Adriel seemed to be on point. She went to stand by her twin and told Anbai quietly in Mandarin, "It looks like he's handling it well, but up to you how you deal with it. I've got your back. If you're feeling up to it, you should come help with boxes though, make a new acquaintance, move from the couch."
She switched back to English and said to Adriel, "It looks like you're on the right track. It's good to see parents handling talking to kids about queer stuff well, and you'll definitely find it useful here. There's a pretty big queer community in town."
She smiled and added, gently teasing her twin, "Anbai is definitely the prettier twin though."
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