[September 18th. 1900 GMT. Saki notices Jason while driving around the sketchier parts of London.] [Start!] * Saki is driving around the sketchier parts of London and notices Jason. So she drives up to him. * Jason is in a sketchy area, by an overhang, parked at the side of a street. The boy has to have money, so what's he always doing here? Fire's dancing in one of his hands, and for once, his shades are off as he watches it. * Saki doesn't know, but she parks next to him and removes her helmet, shaking out her hair. "Hey." * Jason looks up and smirks. The fire's out like a wink, and he removes his cigarette with his still-smoking hand, breathing out more. "Hey. Catchin' the sunset?" Could say that. Was bored. * Jason snickers. "And racing's an easy cure, even if it's just with yourself." * Saki smirks. "Yeah." She glances around. "Come here often?" * Jason shrugs. Sometimes, when I want to think. * Jason grins. "Which doesn't happen a lot, but what're you gonna do." Usually when I want to think, I just go riding until I find somewhere that works. That's about what happened, yeah. * Saki nods. "What's up?" * Jason takes a drag, then lets it out slowly, watching the smoke stream into the air. "One of my favorite bars burned down." Ah. And for once, it wasn't all my fault. What happened? Barfight? * Jason eyes what's left of the cig. Not much. He has another puff, then hesitates before flicking it to the ground and grinding it with his foot. "Yup." Over some chick, who... * Jason starts laughing, suddenly. "Oh, shit." What? * Jason reaches for some support and finds it in his bike, because he can't stop laughing. "Holy shit. Fuck. No bloody way I'll die of cancer now." * Saki actually fully parks her bike now and gets off it. "What's wrong with you?" * Jason just keeps laughing, clutching his sides at this point. It almost looks painful. Maybe you should go lie down. * Jason gasps. "Where?" He keeps his balance, though, and lets the laughter peter out. ( Nut house ) (You belong there, too!) ( I'm the only Arcana who doesn't! XD ) (>.>) * Saki shakes her head. "That must've been one hell of a bar fight. Makes me wish I was there, if it's so damn funny." * Jason grins. "That's the thing. It's not funny." Coulda fooled me. No. It's funny because I'm... I... ( A woman? A vampire? A government official? ) * Jason pauses, frowns, and just yells, "Damnit!" while driving his fist into his bike's seat. His hand flashes into flames, but they vanish before they hit leather. ( He's not angry enough to harm his bike ^^ ) (I wonder if he's ever angry enough to harm his bike.) * Saki watches Jason. "What the hell happened?" * Jason stares at his hand, still placed on the seat where it struck. "Lady. Started the fight. Because of me. Wanted to have some fun before I talked to her boss." Why? What boss? Who the hell would start a fight over that? ( First guess: Hooker. Second guess: Ninja ) * Jason looks over to Saki. His eyes flash; maybe it's intentional, maybe it's just the light, but he says, "Somebody like me." ... You got a boss? I always figured you for the loner type. I didn't know until today. Shit. I don't fucking *know*. He's been... damnit. Who? Jason, WHAT are you talking about? * Jason takes a breath, lets it out. "Her boss. Has a contract with my family." He tugs on his earring briefly before allowing himself another quick laugh. "And probably my soul, too." * Saki lets him explain. * Jason holds his other hand in front of him, and that fire reappears. He watches it. "Gives us powers, he said." He swallows. "And we do him favors. The more favors I do..." He closes his hand, and the fire goes away again. "The more powerful I get. Pretty much anything I want." * Saki blinks. "In other words, you've sold your soul to the devil." * Jason shrugs. I told him to fuck off. * Jason grins. "More politely than that..." He sobers. "But yeah." * Saki nods. "I see. So you're worried he'll come after you." * Jason shrugs again. "You think he'll just let it is? It's not like my soul's goin' anywhere else." But for what's maybe the first time in my whole damn life, I read between the lines. And what'd you read? * Jason looks up to Saki. "He said I'd get choices. I'd decide if I wanted to work for him. I'd decide if I wanted to do a favor or not. He said power doesn't corrupt, but it changes you..." * Saki nods. Boy, does it ever. But she doesn't say that. And he's right. He's right about all of it. But as soon as I do that first favor... oh, fuck it. I'll go insane on that power. It'll be another drug. What's the favor? * Jason shrugs. "Don't know." Probably nothing big. The first hit was free. * Saki shrugs. "So don't do it, then. You said yourself you told him to fuck off." * Jason nods, and leans against his bike. "I don't need it. I just don't know what I'd do without it. It's like breathing." * Jason chuckles. "I'll be damned if I let him or my power or anyone else control me, but... Guess I'm damned anyway." (Man, Saki looks like the most uncaring girlfriend ever. Then again, she could have called Jason a heartless monster and stormed off.) Why? He really going to go after you? He said you had a choice. ( Jason's not exactly being forthcoming with information :P ) (Pfft!) What's a choice without a little persuasion? ( "What happened?" "Fight" "Why?" "Girl" "Why?" "Attacked her boss" "Why?" "Gave me powers." "So?" "I like them." "Oh." ) (Pfft. Saki's just as bad, you know.) ( Yeah :P ) (Saki's worse. :P) (See!) ( She is not >.> ) ( Just last night she almost cried ;_; ) * Saki scowls. "What'd he do?" (Was that before or after she told him all about the Arcana stuff? :P) ( "Hey, I kinda like you. Let's go out. Oh, by the way, I'm temporarily 6 years younger than you." ) Told me to think about it, and if I ever changed my mind, to say the word. He's probably going to shut off my powers at the worst damn time. That sucks. ( There you go! :P ) (>.>) Maybe you should take to carrying a gun, just in case. * Jason chuckles. "Don't know how to aim with one." It's a lot easier than it looks. You'd learn. Hell, I did. With two of 'em. * Jason eyes Saki. "Says one of the best shooters in London. But thanks just the same." * Saki smirks. "Wouldn't do if I got beat out by that crazy Cross chick, would it?" * Jason rolls his eyes. "No. She's bloody psycho. Wonder why he went after me instead of *her*." * Saki chuckles, "He probably doesn't want her soul." Then she says casually, "But if you're worried about it, I'll watch your back." All the way to the gates of Hell, huh? Ever been there? It's not a bad place. They've probably got the torture and all that going on in some other area, though. Yeah. I been there. * Jason raises an eyebrow. He actually seems to take that at face value. "Really?" * Saki glances at Jason sideways. "In the literal sense? Nah." * Jason nods. "So, now that you know I could spontaneously combust at any moment and, hell, am probably the last person anyone should be spendin' time with, anything going on with you?" ( Aside from having my bestest bud spy on you? ) (Y'know, if she mentioned that, he probably wouldn't care.) * Saki stares at Jason. "He can do that to you?" Do you think he *can't*? I don't know. I don't know anything about him, except it sounds like he deserves an ass kicking. Only thing stopping me is if he supplies your powers, that screws you over too. * Jason nods. And then he looks puzzled for a brief moment. "I wonder if you can kick his ass." Probably. If it happened, it's going in the bible somewhere. Never read the thing. Why, does it mention me? (Occult check! No, not really. :P) ( I'm in teh Bible. J00T! ) * Jason grins. "Not a Saki Morikawa, but the devil's mentioned, yeah." So, is this guy Satan, or something? ... Yeah, I'd guess he is. * Saki nods. "It'd be a hell of a fight. Literally." (And the obvious joke of the mini award goes to... :P) * Jason snickers. "Yeah." He shakes his head. (Isn't it?) * Saki smirks. "Hey, don't give up on me that easily." * Jason raises his hands in a placating gesture. "Hey, hey. Not giving up on anybody. Especially not you." I don't let anyone stand in my way, least of all some old Biblical figure. * Jason chuckles. "Woman after my own heart." * Saki chuckles. "I try." * Jason cocks his head, and his eyes flash. "Yeah?" * Saki grins. "Not really. I just turned out this way." Good. Actual effort makes things boring in the end. Hear here. Think maybe there's another way to get similar powers? It'd help a whole lot if I didn't think I'd be taking that from you. * Jason blinks. "You're serious." And then he laughs. "If I get the powers from somewhere else, what's the point in kicking his ass in the first place? Outside of telling people you smashed Satan's head into the wall." ... That'd look pretty good on a petition to get into Heaven, come to think of it. * Saki chuckles. "I just thoght of that." I'll tell them I couldn't have done it without you, and that'd get you in too. * Jason laughs. But what do you think? This guy can't be the only game in town. Oh, hell. I don't know. But maybe there's something. (The only reasonable solution is to get Jason and Saki in a fight, then nuke London.) ( But Jason's not Arcana ;_; ) (Yeah, there's that. ;_;) Sounds like it's worth trying. Yeah. Yeah, it is. I've got a friend who's pretty good at finding stuff out. Maybe she can check into it. ( o/~ ) (Oh, the things I do for you.) (Me.) (I'm getting confused as to who's doing what for who now.) ( I saved your life 27 times! XD ) (24, thank you very much!) Yeah? All right. * Jason lets it fall into silence for a bit, before he flashes his old, cocky grin. "Say. Have you eaten yet?" Not yet. I was gonna hit Micky D's on the way back. * Jason nods. "Me neither. Mind if I tag along?" * Saki smirks. "Sure, we can talk about Devils when we get there." * Jason snickers. "Sure." He gets on his cycle, slips on the shades, and starts it up. * Saki heads over to her own bike, grinning to herself. She calls out, "Don't worry about that guy! You've got your own Devil protecting you!" Then she slips on her helmet. * Jason glances back at her, flashes a grin, and takes off. * Saki takes off too. Race! XD [Minisession on hold!] [It's Jason and Saki! It's a continuation of last time's mini! This will probably be taken out if the log's made into one big log, but right now, it's here!] [We find our lovely couple zooming down the streets in that reckless way they do so well to get only the most famous in fast food cuisine: McDonald's. They're nearing it now. Go!] * Saki zooms down the streets! * Jason zooms, too! They're probably going at about the same speed: fast. * Saki is a nice safe driv.... Aw, who am I kidding. (Ha!) * Saki drives insanely fast. But she's really good at it, too. * Jason is, too, but we already knew that from an earlier drag race. In *any* event, they finally reach the McDonald's, and he slows and turns to one side, stopping to avoid crashing anything in the parking lot. * Saki slows to a halt, rather than stop at the last minute. * Jason looks back to Saki when she nears, his eyes glowing in the night. "Drive through?" * Saki shrugs. "Sure, why not?" What do ya want? Double cheeseburger, no onions, and some fries. And a Coke. * Jason nods, then drives over to the drive through. Because that's what you do there. You drive through. In a wonderful display of normalcy, he requests Saki's order, then his own (big mac, fries, Coke), and gets the food without any fuss. ( Unlike those American McDonalds. "I'd like a plain cheese burger, please." "Do you want cheese on that?" "...uh, yes." ) (Ha, yeah. ;P) (Well, at least we didn't go to a White Castle. They'd just grab the burger with the onions and scrape the onions off.) (... White Castle wouldn't be in London anyhow. Erm. Anyway.) * Jason returns with food! He hands Saki her sack of the greasy stuff. Thanks. Wanna go somewhere to eat it? * Saki smirks, though Jason can't see it beneath her helmet. "Or just stay in the parking lot?" * Jason shrugs with that cocky grin again. "Yeah, unless you'd prefer a McDonald's parking lot. I've met women who like weirder stuff." Let's go. * Jason laughs. "Lead the way." * Saki drives off! Zoom! * Jason goes! Go him! * Saki drives to the Thames river, to a spot where a bunch of cars pass, but not that many people really walk. She pulls over near the side of it, and parks. * Jason goes along, parking too. He looks over at Saki, then asks in a rather light tone, "Come here much?" * Saki nods. "Sometimes. It's quiet, and the view's not bad. 'Specially at night." She gestures across the river. "There's so many lights over there that they give off weird glow on the horizon, almost like an aurora." * Jason nods, then turns, removing his shades and looking out to that. "Huh. I've lived in London all my life, and I never noticed." ( Is it night? I thought it was day time ) ( It's 1900 GMT, whatever that means :P ) (Heh. 7:00, and time's passed since the beginning of that mini.) (Remember how Jason said she must have been out catching the sunset.) ( Oh. Ok ) * Saki takes off her helmet and shakes out her hair. Speaking of which, how DO people with long hair manage to stuff it all in one of those helmets? (Beats me. Maybe they let part of it hang out the back or something. @_@) ( ^^ ) (You have ninja hair pocket power!) * Jason adjusts his position on his bike, then shakes out a cigarette. This is followed by reaching into his jacket and pulling out a lighter. He lights up with practiced ease - particularly for someone who usually doesn't bother with the lighter bit - and has a puff before he lets the cancer stick hang out of the corner of his mouth as he opens his own bag of greasy food. * Saki opens her food. She chuckles. "Those thing's will kill you." ( Ignore that apostrophe ) * Jason snickers. "Somethin's gotta." He exhales smoke, then removes the cigarette as he picks up his burger and has a bite. "Though I figure something else'll get to me first." * Saki eats her burger. Munch. Same thing my old friend always used to say. * Jason glances over and asks between bites, "Yeah?" * Saki nods. "Dunno if it ever did. Haven't seen her in years." * Saki smiles, a nostalgic look on her face. "Used to always offer me a cigarette, expecting me to change my mind suddenly and start." * Jason nods. He finishes his burger off, then shakes out another cigarette, and holds it to Saki. "Want one?" he asks solemnly. * Saki snickers. "No thanks." * Jason grins. "Had to ask." He tucks it away, then has another drag of his still-burning cigarette, blowing smoke into the sky. You could have this one, if you want. It works fine. Nah. You can keep it. You need it more. * Jason laughs. "Yeah, yeah. Just another drug." ( Drug? *kills Jason* ) I've had enough of those to last me a lifetime. (Snerk. Ow!) * Jason blinks, surprised at the slightly bitter tone, and peers at Saki. "That bad, huh." Don't worry, I'm not a druggie. I'm an alcoholic, at worst. * Saki chuckles, but shakes her head. "I just had to deal with 'em a lot." It looks like you came out okay. * Saki nods slowly. "Yeah... I'm done with it now. And I guess things did turn out for the best, over all." ( But I can't explain it because it hasn't happened yet :P ) (You can make stuff up if you *really* wanted to. ;P) * Jason nods, too. He looks at his cigarette, then Saki, and his eyes flash as he tosses it to the ground and grinds it there. What the hell. It's not like one night of not smoking's gonna kill me. * Saki chuckles. "I'll drink to that." And she does. Even if it's only Coke. * Jason grins and has a sip of Coke himself. "Made you laugh. Kinda. Good enough for me." He checks in the bag for fries and starts on those, because when you have food, you eat it. Unless it's poisonous. * Saki eats fries too, 'cause she's got 'em. So, got any plans for the future? * Jason shrugs. "Not really. Keep doing what I want. Live the way I want." Slight grin. "Try not to die too much." Yeah. Don't get shot in the head again, 'kay? * Jason huffs. "Hey. It was either that or get hosed with the liquid nitro again." Who in the bloody hells carries liquid nitro, anyway? The EU, apparently. * Jason chews on more fries while muttering. "Bloody EU. Liquid nitro their asses and see how they feel." Not good, I'd guess. * Jason nods, pausing to swallow. "And shoot 'em in the head... oh." He grins. "They'd die. I guess I can't ask 'em to see how they feel after." * Saki smirks. "Could ask 'em in the afterlife." Assuming we get into the same afterlife. Be a Buddhist. Then you just gotta worry about coming back as a fish. * Jason snickers. "Don't know a damn thing about being a Buddhist." He chews on another fry, then swallows more Coke. * Saki laughs. "Be Japanese. Then it won't matter." * Jason blinks. And then he stares at her. "Japanese. Just like that?" Sure, why not? I'm sure they'd let you in. Just ask nicely and show 'em your fire powers, and they'll think it's cool and sign you right up. (Somehow I doubt it. :P) ( You never know ^^ ) ( Maybe Chikako's the Premier. ) ( /me checks. "Nope." :P) ( ;_; ) * Jason laughs. "Don't I have to pick up the accent or something?" Just switch a few r's and 's, and they won't be able to tell. ( l's ) Right. * Saki grins. "Light." Hell, these days half the Japanese language is in English anyhow. * Jason nods sagely, has another fry, then tries in his best Japanese accent (which is horrible), "My name is Jason Ashton. It is vely nice to meet you." I went to school with a girl who was fixated on 'cool'. Everything was 'so cool.' Damn. I hope that's a phase she grew out of. Not as fun as swearing every other word, either. I have no idea. Haven't spoke with her in ages. We weren't exactly that close. * Jason grunts faintly, then looks at Saki with some curiosity. "Lone wolf, huh. Did ya keep in touch with anyone from back then?" * Saki shakes her head. "Nah. Never been good at that. But I did run into an old friend here." * Jason nods and comments offhandedly, "That's cool." He has another sip of his Coke, and one hand reaches to his pocket, then stops and drums against the bike instead. Yeah. I was surprised. Never saw it coming. It's kinda nice to have a familiar face around, though. Yeah. * Jason grins. "Same wouldn't happen for me, but hey. If it makes you happy." Sure about that? * Saki leans against her bike. "You might be surprised. The people you don't know, or who you think don't know you, people you've just met briefly... Just seeing them again on unfamiliar soil can change everything." * Jason quirks an eyebrow. "Yeah? I'm pretty sure that if I cross an ocean, I'm not gonna run into one of the guys I sent to the hospital back in high school." He pauses. "Or if I did, I don't think I'd care." * Saki smirks. "You sure? I've sent quite a lot of people to the hospital myself." * Jason chuckles. "I bet. Yeah, I'm pretty sure." He has more Coke. "Never was good at making those kinds of friends. Never needed them." * Jason looks a little thoughtful at that. Maybe I just wasn't good at keeping them. Well, whatever. * Saki nods. "Well, can't blame you. I don't much like it when people drag me down, either." * Jason nods. He doesn't have anything to say to that. * Saki sips her drink. Wouldn't worry about it, either way. * Jason laughs. "Why'd I worry about something like that?" * Saki shrugs. She sips her drink again. * Jason looks over at Saki. His eyes glint. "You're already my conscience. Decide to be my psych, too?" Hey, I'm just sayin'. 'Sides, someone's gotta. Gotta what? Tell me not to worry? Yeah. * Jason chuckles. "Thanks, I think." He finishes the fries. "Don't worry about much, though." * Saki grins. "You're welcome." Kinda unfair, though. I'm walkin' away with a conscience *and* a psych... * Jason snickers a little. Must be fun memories involving both. "And you're getting nothing but cheap food." What, are you saying you want to be my conscience and psych, too? * Jason waves a hand. "Nah. If I were your conscience and psych..." He laughs. "You'd be killin' little old ladies for fun and laughing like Crosse or somethin'." * Saki makes a face. "Ugh. Old ladies I can handle, but Crosse?" * Jason nods. "Yeah. Crosse." He makes another motion for his cigarettes, and again he forces himself not to grab one. * Jason grins. "But hey, at least you wouldn't be bloody Marcus or somethin'." I'd argue over who's worse. Except I'd rather not deal with either of 'em. * Jason shrugs easily. "Works for me." * Saki shakes her head. "Haven't seen either of 'em in a while, though. Doubt Crosse will be back for long. She's not well liked, and she doesn't seem like the kind who can work on her own. * Jason chuckles. "Maybe Marcus got scared and ran off." * Saki waves her hand. "Who knows with him?" Then again, I don't know the guy. * Jason shrugs. "I don't, either. Don't really want to." [On hold, part dos!]