Who: Kira (
slouchingbedlam) & YOU.
When: After
this.
Where: Outside the Outlander Apartments, might move since Kira's checking the new place out.
Format: Either! Prose, action, anything!
What: Being the type of person he is, Kira decides to look for answers himself, convinced that the man back at the apartment is completely useless. Because he was. :| Not
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[...What about someone who wasn't looking at you at all? No, see, a pot full of wilting flowers are much more important than some new addition to the list of scorched, and so above the possibly hostile looks natives were favoring him with that it was barely even funny. Those poor flowers must have been starving - the poor things needed -]
[- oph.]
[There was a drawback to not paying attention to where you were going, after all, which always seemed to be bumping unexpectedly into someone. Honestly, and there weren't even that many people about. Minatsuki started and curled her arms around the flower pot before glancing up in the direction of the -]
[- fuckin' roadblock; honestly, ever heard of making a better door than a window? -
[- boy she'd bumped into.]
O - oh. I'm sorry.
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[His expression didn't change. This indifference that he used for almost everyone remained intact.]
Watch where you're going next time.
[The girl really was a pretty, little thing, wasn't she? Complete with the innocent look, the fucking flowers even. Too bad she wasn't his type. He had a better woman. ...]
[He stepped back so he could move around her, then paused, considering for a moment. ... Eh, why not. Wouldn't hurt his chances. Maybe it would get him places faster.]
I need to know where this door is. Where is it?
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The door?
[She echoed slightly, eyebrows knit and mouth parted ever so slightly before it seemed to hit her and -]
O - oh. The door, door? The Door?
[Although clarification didn't seem to do anything for her knitted eyebrows.]
Why would you want to go there?
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Yeah. The Door. Is that with a capital 'D'? 'Cause yeah, it's the Door.
[Suddenly, something occurs to him. It was moments like these that his fondness for nicotine quietly made itself known, but this current situation, this was a problem. Where were his cigs?]
[As the girl asked her question, he busies himself with checking his pockets, in his trenchcoat, his pants, back pockets, the pocket inside the lapel of his coat...]
[Nope. None. ... Fucking Hell--]
That's none of your business. Also, where can I get smokes around here?
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Still, as she approaches him, her eyes, sharp and intelligent, catch a little light despite the hood, and they flash silver.
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"Problem?" Her voice was soft, non-confrontational, non-threatening. There was nothing in it to suggest that she was ready for a fight should the stranger decide to attack her.
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The woman had noticed him. Kira didn't reply, but continued to just stand there for a moment. Then, he turned to her, the edge of a lip curling slightly into a smirk, and shrugged.
"Not really," he said. "Nice swords." He moved to walk past her. While he could ask her for directions, he couldn't be sure if the answers she might give would actually help him. Then again, maybe he just didn't feel like asking.
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On his way back, he notices a boy- a little older than River, and not exactly friendly looking. He's paused in front of another person walking down the street. Simon doesn't want to get involved, but the boy is clearly coming from the outlander apartments, so he must be new, too. He pauses for a moment, waiting to see what will happen.]
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Several steps later, Kira stops abruptly, having noticed the weight of eyes watching him. Stopping, he looks around, turns a circle, searching.]
Who's there?
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My name is Simon Tam. I'm a doctor, and I'm new here as well. That is, I'm assuming you're new here, since you're coming from the apartments.
I just got a job at the clinic. I'll be one of the people patching you up if-
[It's then that he sees the katana.
The sword that reminds him instantly of that man, the Operative- the one who tried to take River away from him again, the deadly assassin of the Alliance. The katana was his weapon, too, wasn't it? Simon becomes wary of this boy now.]
...if you get into any trouble.
[Simon has a feeling he will.]
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[The katana at Kira's side slides back fully back into its sheath. Kira didn't think this man meant any harm. But he notices the strange way this man regards his sword.]
What is it? Heh, I won't use it on you. Yet.
[A pause. Maybe it's something else. It's almost an uncanny skill of his to figure out what people find uncomfortable.]
You don't like swords.
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