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[controllingluck]

Who: Himawari controllingluck & OPEN
When: Friday Evening, the 13th
Where: Underground Mall, The Majors Club, Horror Night fun.
Summery: It’s Friday the 13th. Considered the unluckiest days of the year. Bad Luck girl wants to be a rebel and go out to the parties... just to see.
Warnings: Unsure. Depends on who joins or what happens.
Note: Feel free to use

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[thecrowingtobe]

[Hehe, no worries. it still works out! lol]

Yes, well... the rest of the class are on their own... for about five seconds before guilt kicks him and he turns back to help as well. He's not a bleeding heart, but he can't stand a bully and he tends to get himself into trouble all the time.

"Katara..." He said, as if to memorize it. An interesting name. He took her hand in a light hand shake, giving her a small nod. "It's nice to meet you as well."

Huh, she had him smiling a bit still, and the talk of other things helped him ignore the annoying club goers. "Oh, I... just paint on occasion. I suppose I'm not too bad?" He only draws and paints 'trompe l'oeil' like a untrained pro. Not bad, ha. But... giving a bit of a sheepish smile at that he added "I managed to get a job doing props at the theatre because of it. So I suppose it's related to my job."

Glancing back to the dance floor and the groups of people, drinking and laughing and singing and such his smile flattened a bit, just... watching as he spoke. "To do this nightly..." he shook his head. No way.

[unyieldingwater]

Katara has that talent for making people smile. Or mama-henning them to death. "That's good. It'd be terrible to get rusty from not using your talent like that, at least you can put to good use this way."

A pause as she took in his expression while he spoke. "Hey, so they like to spend their evenings a different way than you. Everyone's entitled - and it does look like fun." She grins. "Though I understand this sort of thing isn't for everything. The music is interesting, but even I don't think I'd be able to come to a place like this night after night."

"So how long have you been here?"

[thecrowingtobe]

"It pays the rent. Right now that seems to be the important part." He said with a sigh, his hand reaching up to rub at the back of his neck.

Looking to her again, head tilted a bit he... frowned. She had a point. It was more the crowd of people that he was uncomfortable with. He was a bit of a social awkward, and his adventures in this city and before he came here just made working with people awkward. Hey, he'd been doing much better lately! But this... was a huge group of people. "I suppose I shouldn't complain. The setting is... just a bit uncomfortable to me is all. I'm not good with crowds." At least he was honest.

"About... ah, a little over six months I suppose? Half a year now..."

[unyieldingwater]

Rent... yes. She ...still needed to work out a job. "Rent. RIght..." She needed to convince those brothers to let her work there, and then she needed to find a place to live - granted it wasn't that much of a big deal since they've had campsites before - but with the threat of the Darkness...

Yeah. She didn't want to be out there.

"You've been here that long...all by yourself?" A small frown, and then she shook her head, opting to change the subject. By reaching out to grab hold of his wrist. "Well, if you're uncomfortable in a place like this, then let's go outside." Pulla pulla pulla~

[thecrowingtobe]

Hm, if she had only been here for a week then, knowing the system here, she had another few weeks of a safe place to live. She seemed smart though, so he didn't speak more on the rent subject.

After all, no one wanted to be out in the dark at night if they don't want to.

All by himself? Well... sort of but... "I've... managed to make a friend here." Ah, but she was pulling on him now? He blinked, a little startled, but... let her. his feet stumbling along a moment, being pulled towards the one door that already had a lot of people at it seemed silly. He... stopped, reaching out to take her wrist, if she let him. Very light. "Wait..."

He nodded back to the wall they were near. He knew it was an outside wall because it was the one he came in earlier. "I know a faster way out, if... you trust me."

[unyieldingwater]

"Good, at least you're not alone here." Geeep! Katara stopped short when her own wrist was caught. "What's wrong?"

A faster way? But...there was only one way - oh, maybe a window or a back door... "Um -- sure I guess." He hadn't given her reason to not trust him, anyway.

[thecrowingtobe]

So sorry Katara, but you said they can go outside and that is the best damn idea he has heard tonight. He should never have been in this crowd to begin with let along be visible. Anyone could have tagged him for... well, lets not get into that.

"Okay, but don't jerk away or anything. Trust me." And to his annoyance three people pushed past, bumping into them. Yeah, he wanted to get out faster then fighting their way through a crowd of people. Still holding her wrist he tightened his grip just to be firm, and pulled her towards the wall.

"Seriously... trust me." And if she didn't make to yank away, she would notice he disappeared, having gone invisible. Funny thing is she went invisible a moment after. Pulling on her wrist, he moved towards the wall, grip firm, and yoinked them er... through the wall!

A moment later they were at the side of the Major's Club. There were hardly any people around, though one could tell where the vast majority of them still were. The air was cooler, the sound dimmed almost in an instant, and no one was crowding them now. He glanced back to her, hoping she wasn't going to punch him for that.

[unyieldingwater]

Trust him, trust him he says, and the he starts heading TOWARDS A WALL. "Wh-- hey what are you doing!?" She doesn't jerk away, but she does flinch, her eyes reflexively snapping shut in anticipation of going -wham- right into a wall.

Which totally doesn't happen. The feel of the cool breeze, the quieter surroundings - she peeks open one eye first, and then the other. "Huh? Wh... how..." She glanced over her shoulder to a solid wall. She knows it's solid because she puts a hand to it and pats it firmly.

"How did ... how did we get out here?"

[thecrowingtobe]

He let go of her wrist, withdrawing a bit, pulling the cape around his shoulders more, looking down at the ground as she touched the wall, checking that it was solid. They were both visible once again, for when he let go he dropped the power as well.

"S-sorry." He said first, looking at the toe of his shoe for the moment, giving a small shrug. "I brought us out here. It's easier to go through the wall then fight that crowd of people. Faster. Ah... I should have said something but... ah... sorry?" He knew it didn't hurt nor did she feel anything when he did it, so she was safe and unharmed. But really... he should have said more huh.

[unyieldingwater]

The whole invisibility thing? Wasn't really acknowledged in light of the I JUST WENT THROUGH A FREAKING WALL thing. She put a hand to her face, then glanced at Claudio, stunned as he explained his actions.

"So we just... literally... went through that wall? Like ghosts?" Apologize? PFH. "Claudio, that's fantastic! I've never seen someone with a gift like that before - and it saves us from having to fight the crowd just to get outside."

Suuure it would have been nice for him to have said something beforehand, but..! Regardless, she put a hand to his shoulder, smiling reassuringly. "Don't apologize, you did us a favor."

[thecrowingtobe]

There was a small, dry chuckle and a matching small smile on her face as he stared down, leaning on that wall still. Heh, he rarely showed off his powers to anyone really. There was a select few people he didn't mind it with, and the longer he was here the more he didn't bother to hide it. Still... it was nice to hear someone seem impressed.

Glancing over at her hand on his shoulder then to her face he just nodded lightly, still smiling a bit. "Like I said. I don't do well in crowds anymore. And yes. Yes we just went through a wall. Like a ghost." He rubbed at his neck again. "It's not fool proof, but I generally can get around the city pretty well like that."

[unyieldingwater]

"Anymore...? What happened?" Unless that was something that was along the lines of taboo to discuss. If so, then, oops! Relaxed now that she was outside though, she folded her arms and tilted her head. "Well, at least you're feeling better now, right?"

"It's a very handy ability I would say, especially if no one can touch you like that. How many people can you pull through walls with you like that?"

[thecrowingtobe]

"Hmmm, too many unknowns in a crowd. This place is full of... tricks. You should be careful too. Don't let anyone try to capture you." He said in light warning, pushing off the wall and slipping his hands into his pockets. "Yeah. A bit better, though I didn't mean to drag you away from your evening out..."

Ah, there was a pondering look, then a shrug. "Donno. I've only just figured this part out really. Helped my friend out back a month or so ago during an earthquake. Then the other night." and then just now. Yes... what he just did was not something he had done often, but it was something he was sure he could do with ease.

[unyieldingwater]

Immediately Katara frowns, wary at the warning. "Capture...? So you're telling me that on top of the riots and the Darkness and the general animosity between natives and newcomers, there are people that are into kidnapping too?"

Spirits, this was insane.

"I'll be fine - I think anyone that tried to kidnap me would find they were in over their head." Probably. She paused at the latter, thoughtful. "Well, I'm impressed you have so much control over it if you only just figured it out."

[thecrowingtobe]

Hmmm, he frowned, looking over at her, head tilted. "This place... it's got everything. Including slavers." He hated them. Hated slavers very much. Every time he thought of them it made the little scar on his neck itch. Oh yes, he had been through some weird shit in this city already.

"Just... be careful is all. I thought the same things when I first got here, but I seem to find people who can out do my powers off and on. I'm sure it will be the same for you." And it was true. People who could null powers or change them. It happened a few times, to his annoyance.

Impressed huh? He shook his head a bit. "It's not too impressive. It doesn't take much to do. Ah, you got a power?" He nodded out towards the rest of the mall, as if asking her to walk with him. "Want to see the theatre? Or is there anything around here you haven't seen yet?"

[unyieldingwater]

She'll probably end up finding out the hard way. Despite being a waterbender, Katara kind of had the temperament of a firebender. "Slavery...? Why doesn't anyone put a stop to it? They can't actually approve of that!?"

That was an outrage. Katara blinked at the question as if realizing where she was, and nodded slowly, "I've already been down there near the Lake, but I haven't had a chance to look around the rest of the place yet." No time like the present, right? "And yes, I do. I'm a waterbender." Proudly stated.