Lizette Baker's Story

"Ooooh all sorts of things. I'll be in cahoots with the girls. I will get ALL the extra snuggles because the girls will tell you im so, so sad and that you should love on me." Rowan said and smiled big at Roshia. "They gonna guilt you for making me a sad daddy. Because they love me. Muahaha" He said with an evil smirk on his face.

Adrian glanced over at Lorelei and then back to his work. "Okay. I wont press the matter then." He said. Adrian was curious, but if she couldnt tell him, he wasnt going to throw a fit about it. Adrian worked a few minutes when Blair poked his head into the lab and cringed at what Adrian was doing. "Thats so nasty.." He sighed. "Come on you two, come meet the new chick. Adrian will be working with her occasionally, and well Lor, you're always here so you might as well meet her too." He said and then went to round up Elise and Loris too. Adrian put things away and went out to the lobby where Blair was standing with a purple haired lady that Adrian had seen but never spoken to. Once everyone was there Blair introduced her as Lizette Baker, their new specialist in forensic facial reconstruction. "Loris wont really work with her much, but her new office is right next to yours so Misha wanted you two to get acquainted... " He said and Liz said hello to Loris. Blair pointed to Adrian. "I'm sure you know already but thats Adrian, hes the coroner..Liz will be coming to you when we get a case where we cant identify the victim because theyre missing their face or something. Make sure you give her whatever she needs." He said and Adrian nodded. "The blonde one is Lorelei, im not sure what she does here really...But she hangs out with Loris and she's Adrians girlfriend, so she's here a lot...And you already know Elise. Yay. We're done. All of you be nice to Liz, she's used to working upstairs where things arent as weird." Blair said and then sighed a little. "Oh but I like when things are weird!" Liz said with a smile. "I look forward to working with all of you."

Roshia laughed, "snuggles huh? Well that is truly evil. You know where snuggles lead up to, Mister. Tis tis. Who is the demon now, Rowan?" She smiled and played with his shirt. He really did look funny in a t-shirt. "You know my kids won't dress as fancy as you? I rather them be naked if that is the case."

Loris and Lorelei said hello. Loris smiled but it was clear he had other things on his mind. Lorelei smiled and wave. "I write the bodies goodbye notes and and kinda sleep in the crematory. Always watch out for Blair though. He can be a meanie." She smiled and winked at Blaire.

Rowan gasped. "Demon? Im not the one thinking dirty thoughts missy. You are the demon here. I cant deal with you." He said and pouted at her. "Well of course they wont. I dress much too fancy. It would just be weird for me to stop now considering everyone thinks im dying if I put on a damn t-shirt. Everyone looks at me like ive completely lost my damn mind" He said and shook his head. "No no, the kids will dress like normal people."

Blair shook his head. "Dont listen to Lorelei. Im not a meanie. I just dont tolerate her hiding the donuts from me." Blair said and crossed his arms. "Oh so you're the one they talk about upstairs. The donut fiend with the tiny sister?" Liz asked. Blair shook his head. "Well I guess I am a donut fiend...But she's not my sister, she's my girlfriend." Blair explained. Liz looked at him as though she thought he had some kind of weird fetish, but then smiled instead. Adrian blinked. "I thought people were calling her your daughter..?" He said. Blair gave him a dull look. "Yeah...That too...Thats Ivie's fault though..." He sighed. "Your girlfriend calls you daddy, then? Thats a weird fetish indeed." Liz said, looking like she wanted to study their relationship. "What..No, no she does not. Only in public because she thinks its funny..." Blair said and looked like he wanted to die. "Oh well thats even better." Liz said with an evil look on her face. Adrian blinked. "You make that face Lorelei..Its a scary face..." He whispered to her.

Roshia looked hurt. "M-Me... a demon? How could you, Rowan." She huffed and swung her legs gently. "I have you know I am... just shy of one." She smirked. "And what about you demon lover? You the one who can't keep his hands off me. You fiend." She teased before looking him up and down. "I rather you have nothing on, but that is just me."

Lorelei watched the scene with pleasure. She had a big smile on her face when Adrian whispered to her. She blinked and looked at him confused, "You think I am scary? Well then..." She huffed and looked at Liz and Blair. "Oh Blair has many fetishes. One of them being handcuffed to things by men. He doesn't get a kick out of it if you are female." She pouted before looking at Blair with an evil smirk. Loris took that time to leave and go back to his office.

"Oho. I mean, I could walk around undressed. But your ex boyfriend has made peeking through the windows a habit. And I cant have him getting free shows! No no." Rowan said dramatically. "So I cant. Its such a trajedy. Its the worst, cant even walk around my own home naked because of our pervert neighbor. That and you look at me like im a snack when I do." He said and chuckled a little.

Adrian shook his head. "Only when you make that face. Thats the "I have people to stalk" face." He said and then watched Blair glare at Lorelei. "Dont put incorrect idea's in Liz's head. I dont like being handcuffed to anything, at all. And I dont have a whole lot of fetishes." He said crossing his arms. Liz laughed a little. "Well he didnt deny having some kind of fetish." She said and Blair groaned and walked away. "Aww now im curious..." Liz said as she watched him walk off. "SO! About that skull youve got in the lab. The one from the kings private land. Did you clean it yet?" She asked. Adrian shook his head. "No not yet. Should I?" He asked. "Nope, that great actually. I can use it to get more accurate tissue depth for the facial reconstruction. Can I come look at it?" She asked. Adrian nodded and started walking back to the lab.

Roshia pouted. "You could close the blinds! YOU the one giving him free shows, Rowan. Deep down I KNOW you like when he peeks at you. I can see it in your eyes right now! Ugh... disgrace on me and your family, Rowan." She said and looked at him like he was in trouble. She got up and got close to him. "And I don't look at you like a snack. I look at you like a full course dinner." She winked.

Lorelei smiled, "I will let you two mingle. I am going to go and speak to Loris." She smiled and ran off to the crematory. She saw Loris staring at the letter. "You are going to explain why you are staring at that and why you want me to give you a DNA test?" She asked.

Loris looked up at her, "My ex... she says... she says I have a little girl and that we have to talk tonight." He said softly. Lorelei walked over to him and read the note. She sighed and ruffled his hair. "I will be glad to give you the test. I know why you have your doubts and I rather you not get attached to the girl if she isn't." She said softly.

"Please don't tell Elise until then... please." He begged her.

"Of course." She said softly and hugged him.

Rowan blinked. "No no. I shouldnt HAVE to close my blinds." Rowan said and sighed a little bit. "He better quit that. What will Sophie think if we set the poor girl up with a pervert?..Never mind, he cant have my cousin, no no, we'll just send her to a nunnery or something where she belongs" He joked. "To the convent with her!"

Adrian took Liz back to the lab and they both got to work, pretty silently at first but after a little while they were both chatting about bone structure as it relates to attractiveness and the subtle differences between the skulls of humans, elves, and dwarfs, with relative excitement in the tones of their voices. After a minute Liz cleaned up the skull and placed it on Adrians desk and started sketching up what the person would have looked like. The victim ended up being male with a strong jawline, and a pronounced brow and a pointed and narrow nose, and deep set eyes. Next she moved on to his hair line, and other small details as she sketched things up while Adrian examined the now clean bones for further signs for the cause of death.

Elise smiled and looked up at Loris. "My mom could watch her until you can work something out with Ivie. She used to be a teacher. Loves kids. Just sits at home." She said and then patted Loris' shoulder. Blair shrugged. "I mean, this is what they pay me to do so...Its all good." He said. Liz came down and poked Blair. "Hey I got the three dimensional model all done." She said and then looked over at the little girl Loris had. She stared at her for a second and then smiled. "She's gonna grow up really pretty. Her face is nearly perfectly symmetrical. Ears are perfectly positioned too. Nice rounded eyes..." She said then looked at Elise and back to the little girl. "Huh. She'll look kinda like Elise...thought the nose and hairline will be a good bit different, their faces are relatively similar. Its weird huh?" She said with a happy sigh.

Loris smiled at Elise, "That would be sweet of her. I could use all the help I can get, thank you." He said softly before looking at Liz and blinking. "Uhm..." He looked down at Cora who looked up at him and giggled and then they both looked at Elise. He smiled, "I guess they would look a bit alike when she would get older, but then again you are the once who figures out people face as a living. Kind of a cool job. Takes a special eye." He said and smiled up at Liz.

Liz blinked. "Well when you can completely disregard skin, hair, and eye color and only focus on bone structure and cartalige deposits, they do look mildly similar." She said and looked down at Liz for a second. Blair laughed a little nervously. "I think shes just trying to say that Cora is pretty." He said. Liz looked up at Blair. "Did I not say that?" She asked. Blair shook his head. "You did...In a really round about way.." He said and she just looked him up and down like she was trying to figure out if he was as smart as he was pretty. Elise giggled a little bit. If she and Cora looked similar it really made her wonder what Loris' ex looked like. Sounded like Loris definitely had a type. "I'll stop by her house later tonight and tell her when to be expecting you, i just need a time frame from you." She said and looked up at Loris.

Loris blinked even more and smiled. "Liz is like a grown up Lorelei. And thank you, Liz. Cora say thank you." He said, just when she walked in with Misha. "Thank you." Cora said shyly. Loris mentally groaned and looked at Elise, "Ahhh... well... Probably Monday for sure. I can try and talk to Ivie Sunday. Hopefully it isn't too short of a notice for anyone. I... uh really didn't expect this to happen." He said softly and stood up, holding Cora close. "Boss..." He said, acknowledging him.

Misha walked in and looked at everyone and then the kid, and back up at Loris. Adrian had walked in but he stopped in the doorway as soon as he saw Loris, and stayed far from him and his kid. Misha seemed to been brightly at the little girl Loris had. "Oh! And who is this cute little one?" He asked, A giant smile on his face. "Reminds me of my sweet Nalia." He swooned, thinking of his own youngest daughter. He looked over at Blair."Weve got cause of death and Liz im sure told you her work was done. If you could send everything in and turn it over to the kingdoms police force, that would be appreciated." He said. Blair nodded and walked off, along with Liz who went to get her model of the mans head and face.

Loris blinked, but Cora smiled. "Uhm... this is Cora. My daughter. Say hello, Cora." He said softly. Cora waved, "Hello." She said softly before looking at the tall blonde man who just stared from the doorway. Cora giggled and wiggled out of Loris' arms and ran to Adrian. "Hi! I am Cora... who are you? You look like my friend Steven. He was nice... he lived next to us. Always gave me a flower." She giggled. Loris watched her run off and then looked up at who she was talking to. He watched them like a hawk, but didn't move.

Adrian had turned to walk away when Loris' little girl ran up and started rambling off about one of her friends that he apparently looked like. Adrian froze, he knew Loris was watching them like a hawk so he didnt even bother looking up. He put on a smile though. "Hi. I'm Adrian." He said softly and then glanced at his lab. "Well it was nice meeting you, i need to go back to work." He said and waved at the little girl before turning and running off to go find Lorelei. Elise watched everything go down too, though not as intensely as Loris was. When Adrian walked away Elise walked over to Cora. "You're making all sorts of new friends today arent you?" She said with a smile before leaning in. "Adrians a little shy, but he'll warm up to you." She whispered and then giggled before leading Cora back to her dad.

Cora watched him run away and wondered why he was leaving her. Then Elise came and she smiled up at her, "Shy?" She asked tilting her head before walking with her to her daddy. She looked back at where Adrian was and pouted. Her friend never walked away when they talked. She looked up at her daddy and smiled. Loris was relieved when Adrian ran away. He knew he had to try and give Adrian a chance, but not with his little girl. He picked her up and gathered the bags. "Elise, who knew you would be so good with kids." He smiled before looking over at Misha. "Boss, I might be in a little late on Monday." He said professionally.

Lorelei looked up when she heard footsteps and watched Adrian come her way. "Why do you look so panicked?" She asked him.

Elise blinked at Loris and tilted her head. "I'm not though." She said and kissed his cheek before walking back to his desk. "I'll schedule the autopsies around the lateness Misha." She said. Misha nodded. "Alright, that should be fine then. Take your time." He said and smiled again.

Adrian pretty much rushed away but he stopped when he heard Lorelei's voice. "Oh I went with Misha to find Blair but Loris and his daughter were there, and then his daughter saw me and ran over. And Loris was watching me like a hawk. So I said hi and then I ran off so he would calm down." Adrian said and then looked behind him. "I think it probably worked."

Loris thanked them and told Cora to say bye. "Bye everyone!" She giggled and waved. They walked out of the door and went home. He found some boxes on the front steps and blinked. He hadn't ordered anything. Once they got inside he told her to go sit on the couch. She ran over and slowly climbed on it before laying down and closing her eyes. Loris brought the boxes in and looked to see who sent them. There was no return address but he recognized the handwriting and frowned. When he opened them he found bed frames, toys, and clothes. She had literally shipped everything of hers to him. Totally getting rid of Cora from her life. He was beyond pissed but had to keep it together for her.

He smiled and pushed the box of toys towards her only to realize she was asleep. He chuckled softly and covered her with a throw before going set up the guest room as her room. He needed to get a mattress and would tomorrow. Hoping Lorelei could watch her. He placed her clothes on hangers and in drawers and places her toys neatly around the room. He looked at it and smiled. It was setting in that he was a father now. That he has a beautiful daughter and he had missed four years of her life. And now he had to try and get her to trust him and his friends that no one would spank her for simple things. Loris walked out of the room and looked over at her still sleeping before making lunch for the two.


Lorelei blinked before taking his hand and pulling him into his office. She closed and locked the door. "Adrian, sit." She said and waited for him to do so. "I am going to need you to do two things. 1. Get over it. 2. Play nice with Cora. With the time I have spent and what went down here it is clear she was being abused with Loris' ex. I mean... it is fucking heart breaking. So what if he was watching you. This is much bigger than the both of you. If you remind her of a safe place, you fucking be it. I will talk to Loris about it. I think he would be okay as long as you had someone with you, anyway." She said, clearly angry at Loris' ex.

Adrian looked over at Liz who was just standing there smiling at them. "Uhh....Ya need something?" He asked and Liz shook her head. "No not really. Blair said Lorelei came over to visit so I thought I'd say Hi but I accidentally ended up watching you two be cute." She said and Adrian sighed. "You dont got your little friend on you...Do you...?" He asked and she shook her head again. "No I put her away. She freaks people out apparently." Liz said. Adrian gave her a dull look. "Nooo, who would have thought a furry spider the size of a dinner plate would freak people out?" He said and Liz just put her hands on her hips. "Elise isnt afraid of her." She said. "Elise isnt afraid of anything...." Adrian said. Liz sighed. "So how are you Lorelei?" She asked.

MIcah eventually snapped out of it and looked over and saw Dol sleeping next to the window. She looked really peaceful and for a second something stirred in him again. He shook his head and went and poked Dol. "Hey...Get in the bed if you're gonna sleep ya dickweed. Go on." He said while poking her cheek. Cynthia heard his voice and crawled out of Dols shirt and up him to his shoulder and chattered at Dol while tugging and fluffing Micahs scarf.

Lorelei giggled, "Aww I wanted to see what got Adrian shaking in his undies, besides kids." She said and stood up to walked over to Liz. "I hear you have all sorts of things. Mine I usually in jars." She sighed before looking at Adrian and smirking evilly, "If you know where I can get a big spider like yours... oh... no he might eat my little friend. I can't have that. I would be super pissed and might smash it." She sighed and smiled again. "I am fine, got to meet death of the fourth time. Same ole beast. How about yourself? Bored over here yet?" She asked.

Dol blinked and then sighed, "No... you need the bed." She yawned and got up. She poked Cynthia, "Traitor. I bought you here missy." She said softly. "Imma be on the couch if you need me though." She said and walked out, going into Adrian's room and getting a clean blanket and pillow from his closet and walking out. She felt dirty just being in there. Dol dropped on the couch and cocooned herself in the blanket before falling asleep again.

Liz nodded. "Ah yeah I do. I have scorpions, spiders, hissing cockroaches, a few different beetles....Snakes..." She said and then blinked and a black scorpion crawled up from her back and onto her shoulder. "This is Zed. He's an emperor scorpion." She said and Adrian shook his head at her. "The scorpion is at least better than that damn spider...That things as big as your damn head and you carry it around like its a baby." He said. Liz looked back at Lorelei. "Oh no im not bored yet, I still do missing persons sketches in between cases. And Adrian lets me watch him work when i've got nothing to do. He's speedy, its interesting to watch." She said.

Micah watched her walk off and decided to sneak out while she was passed out since Adrian wasnt coming home since Dol was around. He managed to wiggle on real pants and shoes and a coat, well as far as his wrapped arm would let him, and headed out to wander around for a while when there was no one to stop him. He was sick of being cooped up in the apartment and only wanted to go on a walk anyways.