[closed | backdated to August 24th | complete]
Characters: cardfortress, redpeacock and brokenaint
Location: Swimming pool, at the Recreational Center.
Rating: G, for now. >__>
Time: Backdated to August 24th, during late afternoon.
Description: After this thread, Mello and Near-- and Genesis, who happens to be Near's bitch bodyguard for the time being-- meet, and things happen. 8|; Oh, and it's also Near's birthday, but that doesn't really matter.
Near wasn't the kind of person who celebrated birthdays. He thought they were unnecessary (it was just a day like any other, after all), but it was mostly because his date of birth was intimately related to his true identity-- Nate River, born in August 24th, 1991-- and he couldn't allow such a detail to be leaked out into the open.
However, disregarding all those details, he felt a strange sort of irony today: Mello had seemingly arrived on the date of his birthday, almost like a well timed birthday present. The detective wasn't entirely sure if Yagami was still around-- he seemed to have been returned to their world, but Near hadn't visited his room to know if his things were gone, and neither did he have access to the morgue registers to know if Yagami had been killed during the frog invasion-- but even if he was, having Mello at Death City improved his number of allies significantly. His former rival was aggressive, impulsive and downright volatile, but Near thought they could still form an odd kind of partnership, given their common pasts.
That was, of course, the thought he was almost clinging to as he walked up to the scenario he feared the most in Death City: the swimming pool. Having Genesis by his side didn't help matters, either: Near had been scared of pools ever since he had almost drowned as a small child-- it was the only phobia he had, the only fear he couldn't really tame or control-- and of course, because of this, he hadn't learned how to swim in the meanwhile. Mello couldn't know: Near had always been very careful to keep it hidden, he couldn't allow others to know he had such a weakness. But, for whatever reason, the blond had chosen such a place, and arguing against it would have raised his suspicions.
Near tugged at the collar of his oversized white t-shirt, feeling uncomfortable at the heat and at the proximity to the swimming pool. He looked around, trying to find Mello amongst the crowd.
[ooc: HOLY CRAP I WROTE TOO MUCH Okay guys, for future reference, the tag order for now goes like this: Near -> Genesis -> Mello.]
Location: Swimming pool, at the Recreational Center.
Rating: G, for now. >__>
Time: Backdated to August 24th, during late afternoon.
Description: After this thread, Mello and Near-- and Genesis, who happens to be Near's bitch bodyguard for the time being-- meet, and things happen. 8|; Oh, and it's also Near's birthday, but that doesn't really matter.
Near wasn't the kind of person who celebrated birthdays. He thought they were unnecessary (it was just a day like any other, after all), but it was mostly because his date of birth was intimately related to his true identity-- Nate River, born in August 24th, 1991-- and he couldn't allow such a detail to be leaked out into the open.
However, disregarding all those details, he felt a strange sort of irony today: Mello had seemingly arrived on the date of his birthday, almost like a well timed birthday present. The detective wasn't entirely sure if Yagami was still around-- he seemed to have been returned to their world, but Near hadn't visited his room to know if his things were gone, and neither did he have access to the morgue registers to know if Yagami had been killed during the frog invasion-- but even if he was, having Mello at Death City improved his number of allies significantly. His former rival was aggressive, impulsive and downright volatile, but Near thought they could still form an odd kind of partnership, given their common pasts.
That was, of course, the thought he was almost clinging to as he walked up to the scenario he feared the most in Death City: the swimming pool. Having Genesis by his side didn't help matters, either: Near had been scared of pools ever since he had almost drowned as a small child-- it was the only phobia he had, the only fear he couldn't really tame or control-- and of course, because of this, he hadn't learned how to swim in the meanwhile. Mello couldn't know: Near had always been very careful to keep it hidden, he couldn't allow others to know he had such a weakness. But, for whatever reason, the blond had chosen such a place, and arguing against it would have raised his suspicions.
Near tugged at the collar of his oversized white t-shirt, feeling uncomfortable at the heat and at the proximity to the swimming pool. He looked around, trying to find Mello amongst the crowd.
[ooc: HOLY CRAP I WROTE TOO MUCH Okay guys, for future reference, the tag order for now goes like this: Near -> Genesis -> Mello.]