Chapter Thirty-Four: Job Offer

~ Two Weeks Later ~

Ravyn, Angel and Dragon pulled up at the entrance to The Wolf's Den Tattoo shop, Ravyn and Angel in Ravyn's Truck, Dragon in his Dodge Charger. All three got out, Ravyn holding her blue file folder again, and the three of them walked into the shop. Kitty looked up when she heard the door jingle and smiled at the three newcomers. "Hey guys!" She said, coming around the desk and hugging the three. "You guys here to see Vixen?" She asked. Ravyn raised her hand in the air. "I am," she said, smiling. "Got a tattoo I wanna get done today."Kitty nodded then went back into Vixen's room, knocking on the door. "Just a sec!" Vixen yelled through the door, before the sound of her tattoo machine shut off. The door opened and Vixen and Andy, as well as a bleach blonde haired boy with glasses came out of the room. "Your all set Greg!" Vixen said, shaking the boys hand. Ravyn's eyes widened as she caught sight of the kid named Greg. "Little brother?!" She squealed. Greg looked up at Ravyn's voice and his eyes widened. "Sis? Is that you?!" He yelped. Ravyn grinned widely and ran into Greg's arms. "Oh my Goddess! It's so good to see you!" Angel smiled at the two of them as he and Dragon walked over to them. Vixen raised a brow. "You know him, I take it?" She asked. Ravyn nodded. "He was my best friend in middle school and I've always considered him my little brother," she said as she looked at the new ink Greg had had done. "Very nice," she said, lightly poking the cellophane covered tattoo. Greg grinned. "Thanks. Vixen's a great artist. She may even rival you sis!" Everyone laughed as Ravyn nodded. "I know, you should see my back, Angel's too," she added pointing to Angel. Greg's eyes widened. "You got them done?" He asked. Ravyn nodded and looked over at Vixen. "Can I?" She asked, pointing to Vixen's room. Vixen nodded. "By all means," she said, waving her arm towards the door. Greg followed Ravyn and Angel into the room, where they both removed their shirts, Ravyn unhooking her bra as well so Greg could see the whole picture tattooed on her back.

Greg ran his fingers down his big sister's back, tracing the artwork. "Damn sis, this is even more awesome than when you drew it!" He complimented as Ravyn rehooked her bra and both she and Angel put their shirts back on. Ravyn nodded as she turned around. "It took a couple months but we got them done, and we love them." She said, smiling. Vixen smiled. "Glad I could help Hun," she said, sitting back down in her chair. "So what are you all doing here today?" She asked, fixing up her equipment so it was ready for her next customer. Ravyn opened up her file folder and handed Vixen a sheet of paper with writing on it. "I wanted to get this tattooed on my shoulder," she said, handing over the paper. Vixen looked at the Cursive like script. "'Clover Marie Wood. March 21st, 2001- January 27th, 2009'?" She asked looking up at Ravyn, who nodded. "She was my cat, and like a daughter to me. She passed on last January," she said sadly. Greg's eyes widened. "Clover's gone?!" He asked. Ravyn and Angel nodded. "How?" He asked, saddened that his sister's beloved cat was gone from this world. "Feline Diabetes. We didn't know about it for the longest time, but we lost her cause the vet we were once going to screwed up her insulin prescription," Greg's eyes glazed over with unshed tears. "I'm so sorry sis. I know how much Clover meant to you," he whispered, bringing his sister into a tight hug, one that Ravyn took gladly. "Thanks bro," she whispered back, hugging him just as tightly. "I can easily do this," Vixen said, getting up from her chair and grabbing her tracing book. "Just like this?" She asked Ravyn who nodded. Vixen nodded back and got to work on the design.

A few minutes later Vixen placed her pen down and pulled the sheet out from the pad and held it out for Ravyn to look at. "Good?" She asked. Ravyn nodded. "Perfect," she replied and sat down int the tattoo chair when Vixen told her to. Vixen quickly prepped Ravyn's shoulder and placed the tracing paper on her arm, smoothing it out perfectly and removing it, leaving the ink from the tracing behind. Vixen prepped her needle and began her work on the tattoo, everyone else in the room pulling up chairs and watching.

"So how have you been sis?" Greg asked as he watched Vixen work. "I've been good. Been going to school, Hunting most nights, gonna have twins soon, been doing the Dragon's Den stuff, all that," Ravyn said nonchalantly. Greg squeaked. "What did you just say?" He asked, dumbfounded. Ravyn giggled and played dumb. "What? Working on the Dragon's Den at School?" Greg glared at her. "No, the twins thing! When did that happen?" He squeaked, making Ravyn giggle again. "Four months ago," she replied. Greg's eyes widened. "Congratulations sis! Damn, Imma be an Uncle soon! Whoo!" Greg Whooped, pumping his fist in the air. Ravyn and the others laughed. "Yeah, it's been a fun couple month's trying to hide the fact that I'm pregnant at school," she griped as Vixen finished up the tattoo. "All done," she said, wiping the excess ink off of Ravyn's arm. Ravyn looked down at the tattoo and tears welled in her eyes. "I miss you my little Angel," she whispered, lightly touching the tattoo. Vixen looked at her sadly, knowing the feeling of the loss. "Thanks Vix," she said, hugging that girl. Vixen hugged back, not saying anything. Nothing needed to be said in that moment.

Later that day, once Vixen had closed up shop, she and Andy headed over to Ravyn and Angel's, Vixen carrying her tattoo equipment with her. They knocked on the front door when they got there and entered after they heard Ravyn say they could come in. Music played low in the living room and the smell of smoke filled their noses. They were smoking again.

"Hey guys!" Ravyn said, waving from her spot on Angel's lap. "Hey Rave," Vixen and Andy said together. They plopped down on the second couch, next to Katerina. "What's in the case?" Katerina asked. Vixen smiled. "Hey Ravyn, how would you like a job at the shop?" She asked nonchalantly. The room went completely silent. "Are you serious?" Ravyn asked after a moment. Vixen nodded. "If you can tattoo I'll take you on, this way Ashley can have some free time and shit," she said, smiling. Ravyn's eyes widened. "I'd love to!" She exclaimed. Vixen smiled and placed her case on the table. "Then I want you to do something," she said, opening the case, showing everyone in the room her equipment. "I want you to tattoo me."

Ravyn's eyes bugged out of her head at this. "What?" Vixen just grinned. "I want you to tattoo me. More than once. All in the same area," She said pulling out a sketch book. "I want you to redraw these things and then tattoo me. I know you know how to do it, you watched me analytically enough when I did everyone Else's tattoos so you can do it." Ravyn nodded slowly then took the pad and looked at the drawings. She laughed when she saw them.

They were all Harry Potter tattoos.

"You want me to tattoo the Slytherin crest, with the words 'And power-hungry Slytherin Loved those of great ambition', as well as a doe patronus with the word 'Always' under it with the A being the deathly Hallows symbol as WELL as the Dark Mark? Siriusly?" She asked, making the word "seriously" sound like "Sirius".

Vixen giggled at Ravyn's play on words. "Good one, and yes. I also want the Batman symbol on my right arm, like Andy's but that one can wait." She looked at Ravyn with a serious gaze. "So, do you think you can do it?" She asked. Ravyn raised a brow. "We are way too much alike girl," she mumbled as she got up and went into her bedroom, grabbing her sketch and tracing pads as well as two pencils, a pen and her briefcase like kit of coloured pencils, oil pastels and markers. "Give me some time to draw them up and see if you like them and we'll see," she said as she lit up a cigarette. "Help yourselves to a joint or cigarette- if you want- while I work," she added as she got underway of drawing up the images.

Three hours later, Vixen was pretty high and Ravyn was putting the finishing touches up on the colours of the tattoos she was supposed to do. "Where do you want these Vix?" She asked, looking up from her work. Vixen held out her left arm. "Dark mark on the inside-"

"Like in the books and stuff?" Ravyn asked. Vixen nodded. Ravyn nodded back and then took Vixen's arm, laying a sheet of tracing paper over it and outlining Vixen's inner arm in blue marker on the paper. "Where do you want the others?" She asked, pulling out two more pieces of tracing paper. Vixen pointed to her left shoulder and upper arm. Ravyn nodded and traced out the outline of her shoulder and arm again like before. "Okay, take a look," she said, handing over her drawings. Everyone crowded around Vixen so they could get a good look at the drawings as well. "These are really good sis," Greg said as he blew out a puff of smoke from his joint. Ravyn smiled then looked at Vixen. "Well?" She asked. Vixen looked over the drawings thoroughly before she answered. "Their perfect," she said handing back the sketchpad. Ravyn grinned and began working again, laying the outlined pieces of tracing paper over the drawings and tracing out the images. Once she was done she had Vixen plug in her machine and put all the colours she would need in little cups on the table and had her sit next to her. She started off with the dark mark on her inner arm, placing the tracing paper on Vixen's arm- after prepping it of course- and slowly peeled the paper off of her arm, leaving behind a perfect mirror image of the dark mark that she had traced out on the paper.

Ravyn grabbed the tattoo machine and looked up at Vixen. "Are you absolutely SURE you want me to tattoo you? What if I fuck up and ruin the tattoo?" She asked worriedly. Vixen smiled and rolled her eyes. "You'll do fine, I have faith in you, and if you DO screw up, I can always have Ashley tattoo over it once it heals. I mean he did the other tattoo I have after all," Ravyn's eyes widened at that but nodded. "Okay, I'm sorry in advance if I screw up," she added as she turned on the machine, placed it in the small cup of black ink and placed it on Vixen's arm. Vixen shrugged her free shoulder. "Like I said, you'll do fine and I have faith in you girlie." Ravyn just nodded again and got to work.

An hour later, Ravyn shut off the machine and wiped away the excess ink from Vixen's arm with a paper towel that Dragon had gotten for her earlier. She held up Vixen's arm and squirted the tattoo with a saline solution that was in a small squirt bottle in Vixen's case, making sure she got all the ink off of her arm. She wiped down Vixen's arm one more time, this time removing all the ink that wasn't already tattooed into her skin. "Done," she said, giving Vixen her arm back. Everyone crowded around to look at the tattoo. They all "oooed" and "awed" at the tattoo. "Its a perfect replica of the picture! Not even any disturbances or shakes in the lines!" Katerina said as she looked at the tattoo. Ravyn got up and went into the kitchen as everyone looked at the tattoo, returning a moment later with two Angry Orchard's and a box of cellophane wrap. She handed one of the drinks to Vixen who twisted the cap off and took a drink. Ravyn sat back down and pulled out a long sheet of the cellophane and wrapped it around Vixen's arm, covering the new tattoo protectively. "Well then," Vixen said, placing her drink down on a coaster that sat on the table. "We know you can do the fundamental line work and things like that. Lets see how you do with colour, shading, placement and things like that. I want you to place both drawings on my arm about two inches apart from each other. Think you can do it?" She asked. Ravyn nodded prepped her upper arm, then grabbed the first drawing, the Doe patronus with the word "Always", and placed it at the top of Vixen's upper arm, starting at the shoulder. She flattened the drawing out and slowly peeled it away. She then took the Slytherin crest with writing drawing and moved it two inches down and off to the side of the other drawing, once again flattening it out and peeling it away after a moment. Once she had peeled the second piece of tracing paper away, two mirror images of the drawing that had been on the tracing paper remained on Vixen's arm. Vixen, who had been watching what Ravyn had been doing intently, nodded in approval at her work. "Very good. Now, start with the crest and work your way up." Ravyn nodded and turned the machine on once more, dipping it in the black ink. "Hey D, can you get me the whole roll of paper towels, please?"

Dragon looked up from his phone and nodded, getting up and heading into the kitchen, returning a moment later with the roll of paper towels. He placed them on the table where Ravyn had motioned for him to place it and returned to her work, outlining the Crest and the wording. It took about Two hours for Ravyn to get the full outline and writing done. She wiped away all the excess ink she could and shut off the machine. "Want to take a break before I start on the shading?" She asked. Vixen nodded and took one of the cigarette's Angel handed her. "Thanks, I forgot my pack in the Jeep," she said as Ravyn handed her a lighter, lighting up a cigarette of her own. Both girls blew out the smoke at the same time and giggled. "Your doing pretty good so far for a novice, I'll tell you that," Vixen said as she ashed her cigarette. Ravyn grinned as she took another drag. "Honestly, I always wanted to tattoo but I never thought I'd be able to do it. I always thought I'd end up as a bartender or something like that," she added, ashing off her own cigarette. Vixen looked at her quizzically. "A Bartender, eh?" Ravyn nodded and leaned back on the couch, pulling one of her legs up over her knee. "Yeah. I can make a mean Blackberry martini. Doesn't matter how dirty you want it, I can make it."

Vixen looked at her, impressed. "I swear we could be sister's with all the actions and things we do and like," she said, taking another drag off her cigarette. Ravyn raised a brow at her. "Really?" She asked. Vixen nodded. "Yeah. I've always been able to bartend. I can make a pretty damn good Flaming Dr. drink, can't I Andy?" She asked, looking over at Andy, who looked up from his own phone, a cigarette hanging from his mouth. "Huh?" He asked dumbly, making everyone laugh. "The Flaming Dr. drink I had you try the other night. It was pretty good wasn't it?" She asked again. Andy's eyes glazed over with happiness at the thought. "Oh hell yeah, that was an awesome mix. You should try it Rave, you like cinnamon stuff don't you?" He asked. Ravyn nodded. "Yeah, I'm practically addicted to cinnamon man," she said, ashing her cigarette again. Angel and Dragon laughed. "Addicted doesn't even cover it," Dragon said, taking a hit off his joint. Angel nodded as Ravyn opened up the widows in the room and opened the curtains so all the smoke could leave the area. "She's practically OBSESSED with it is more like it," he said, then looked at Ravyn when she smacked him in the chest. "I am NOT!" She growled. Angel grinned and then tangled his fingers in her hair before jerking on it, jerking her head back. Ravyn gasped in pain and pleasure at the motion. "What did I say about smacking me?" He asked huskily. Ravyn whimpered. "I'm sorry Master," she whispered. Dragon and Katerina chuckled. Andy and Vixen raised a brow. "You into the Master and Submissive stuff too?" She asked. Angel and Ravyn both nodded, making Vixen smile. "So am I," she said as she put out her cigarette. Ravyn and Angel chuckled as they looked back and forth between Vixen and a blushing Andy. "Nice," Ravyn said, putting out her own cigarette. "Alright! Let's get back to it!" She exclaimed, picking the tattoo machine up once more and switching out the line needle for a shading needle.

Vixen looked at Ravyn, impressed. "I'm surprised you knew how to do that," she said as she got back into position. Ravyn shrugged. "I watched you well," she replied. Vixen nodded. "Slytherin crest first," she said, looking at the other girl. Ravyn nodded and dipped the shading needle in the small cup filled with grey ink. She placed the needle on the skin that outlined the Slytherin snake and began her shading.

Two hours later, Ravyn shut off the machine once more and placed it on the table. She grabbed the squirt bottle and squirted the saline solution on Vixen's arm before she wiped all the excess ink off her arm. "All finished. What do you think?" She asked, getting up and taking her dirtied paper towels into the kitchen and throwing them away. Vixen looked at the tattoo's analytically, trying to see if she could find any flaws in them. After a moment she nodded.

"You got the job."

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Notes

Author's Note:

I wanted to go a little more into detail on how the tattoo's were done in this one so that's why there's so much description on them unlike what I normally do.

So Ravyn's got a job now! Yay!

I hope you guys liked this chapter, it may not have taken me long to write, but I had fun doing it and that's what counts doesn't it?

Next chapter will be up soon I promise!

Until next time guys! See you on the other side and Blessed Be!

- Kyrie Kerr

P.S. Here's the Tattoo's used in this chapter:

http://imgur.com/a3esgxD

http://imgur.com/SAiuzXh

http://imgur.com/eZ7Gsdb

Also, Greg is actually a friend of mine that I've known since middle school and I consider him to be like my little brother