WHO: Emiliano and Tanya
WHEN: Evening of Sunday 23rd January
WHERE: Along the streets of Liberty~
WHAT: Emiliano is returning home from a "date". Tanya doesn't pay attention to her surroundings when she walks, unfortunately for him.
This was serious business. Tanya was completely and totally engrossed by
the new update released on Kira's blog. It was sublime like the kind of stuff that put hair on men's chests.
She clutched her jacket as she read. Why had she not seen this earlier? Oh that's right- she had been asleep only a few hours ago. Upon waking up hungry she then decided to go get some dinner. Only a minor hindrance. She could always multi-task and read the blog as she walked along the streets of Liberty. So that's exactly what she did.
It was a refined art, multitasking, and Tanya had learned how to utilize her peripheral vision to avoid any unsavory accidents. Especially in Bangkok where the streets are uneven with stalls lined along the side. There would also be the occasional hole, a loose tile that would splash water all over you or dog poo left by a stray. The streets of Liberty thankfully, were much nicer.
So she let her guard down. That was her first mistake.
There was a bit of a breeze that night. Tanya was fumbling in her handbag for her glasses with her right hand as she felt her contacts drying up. Her second mistake.
The combination of the two mistakes above led to her third one: tripping slightly. Luckily she caught herself, singing praises internally at her smooth moves. In a self-congratulatory manner she put on her glasses in a poor imitation of Horatio Caine. Pity there wasn't anyone around to see it was her initial thought.... -until she spied a man on her right.
Then came a slight pause as she recalled something unusual about it all. To be more specific, it seemed that her right elbow had connected with something. The man was hunched over, as if in pain. ...Could it be that he had... stomach pains? Then the thought occurred to her that she had probably elbowed him. Perhaps her moves weren't so smooth after all.
"Excuse me! ค-คุณนาย... Are you okay?"