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Post by Sam "Cat" Parker on Jan 26, 2018 5:23:12 GMT -8
"OOoh that actually sounds pretty nice. Get a fork and we can just carry that round the place to find a good view of the fireworks..." She may get one a bit more meat based but it did definitely sound nice if they got some good sized ones. As they continued to walk, Sam's eyes flicked back to Alex and...rapidly began to realize that, whether just naturally or because of the awkwardness they'd created with her earlier words, there wasn't much talk going on with this friend of Dasha...for a moment that made her more awkward and even less willing to talk but...summoning a bit of her more confident and outgoing persona, she put on a smile and slowed down just a bit to better match Alex's pace and talk to her more directly.
"So, Alex, what'ya do for a living?" It was a pretty simple small talk question, but it was a start eh? "I mean you know I work with Dash so that's kinda out in the open already. How about you? Anything that puts those sword skills to use?~"
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Post by Dasha Laska on Jan 26, 2018 12:29:46 GMT -8
Dasha was vaguely aware of Alex's quietness but… had no real way to engage her at the moment otherwise so… She sort of nodded a bit at Sam's words instead. Was she perhaps paying more attention to her phone and HoloWatch now and the street than anything else? Nah, that was just… the bulk of her attention at the moment.
As Sam spoke, however, her gaze would flicker to Alex a bit uncertainly as she fought the urge to say anything and more or less give Alex room to answer. Depending on Alex's answer, she might add in or subtract but… Yeah.
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Post by Nikolai Laska on Jan 26, 2018 17:27:59 GMT -8
So Alex, what'ya do for a living?
It took every ounce of restraint Alex had to not immediately spout "Waste oxygen", but somehow she held her tongue. Sam had to ask about her skills being put to use, though, and she breathed deeply in and out to maintain a semblance of calm. "Not for a while, nah."
How much did she really wanna say? ... Eh. She didn't really have the energy to dance around anything, and since she'd heard quite a bit about Sam and Sam had apparently heard very little about her, Alex figured... "May as well go for a full history lesson here, eh?" Because why the fuck not.
"I grew up in a private boarding academy that focused on training future knights. Became one when I graduated right around my 18th birthday, then did kind of half-police half-soldier type work for almost two years, right up until the coup. Once the throne was vacated most of the knights kind of scattered or took up work under their personal lords. I was kind of more loyal to my brothers in arms than Dash's folks and may've had a really stupid crush on one o' the older knights, so.. Heh." She shrugged.
"He kinda opened a bar and started a gang so I worked in both for a while, when everything was sorta stalemate. Once the rebels started getting organized though me an' Dash wound up joining the noble militia until we had to come to Veria. I was kinda supposed to be being her bodyguard while she was recovering but." A brief, bitter laugh escaped her. " 'fyou know Dashie at all you know how much she needs someone looking after 'er."
HHhhhhhhhhhhhh all right she should probably wrap up, they were almost there. "Tried to pick up a few odd jobs since we've been here but ehhhhhhhhh. Turns out most places fire you if you punch rude customers and merc work probably ain't advisable when your roommate's in Interpol, eh?" In other words, she was a highly trained fighter with a mild criminal record and next to no marketable skills, ha... haha..... "Thought about bartending again but I probably drink enough without an all access pass, heh."
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Post by Sam "Cat" Parker on Feb 1, 2018 5:13:42 GMT -8
A fully history lesson - ? "Er ya know what that's-" Oh. No. Okay she was going for it. Sam tried to keep a reasonable pace so she could pay attention but...between feeling like she weirded them both out earlier and now the info dump of Alex's background made her feel like she was a little more out of place than before. She'd kinda asked Dasha to spend new years with her cause they were close friends and...while she couldn't blame Dasha for inviting her, Alex's presence just made her feel like she was stepping on toes and she couldn't quite place why...
Still, she listened along, chuckling a little towards the end. "Yeah, she needs like, anti-bodyguards, some sorta handicap to make it fair on anyone who attacks her.~" She shot Dasha a light smirk at that before focusing on Alex again. Merc or bartending...not the best options with that little bit at the end but- "Well its not like all mercs work for bad people eh? You thought about going into a private military business or something? Movies make them look terrible but really you'll get a bunch of training and probably just get called in as an extra hand if a team tries to fuck up a region. I mean, its not like anywhere is currently at-"
....Okay. Biting her tongue. Hard. Ow.
"...N-not all bars serve alcohol?"
Nice save there genius. Hello toes. Meet my heavy booted foot.
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Post by Dasha Laska on Feb 3, 2018 7:47:30 GMT -8
A-Alex?! Dasha guessed that was one way to break the ice, but holy shit ok then. She gulped and tried not to frown at more than a couple of Alex's lines, but her lips did purse here and there, especially at the end. Some vague guilt insisted that it was her fault for dragging Alex out of Era, but the other part was uncompromising in that she wouldn't leave a family member there alone on the battle field. But… but yeah.
SAM- The words 'anti-bodyguards' earned a sharp snort-almost-laugh that she had maybe tried and epically failed to suppress. Considering her more recent missions, she almost wanted to denounce this but…. Heh.
The … thought of a private military had Dasha blinking slowly. Uh-huh… Why wasn't Alex part of Interpol aside from the backlog record that she could probably ease away with a couple of insisting words? Not like anywhere is currently at- war. Dasha's features fell pretty hard even as Sam tried to correct for it. "There's always Interpol too," she breathe-huffed after a moment.
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Post by Nikolai Laska on Feb 3, 2018 8:27:35 GMT -8
Alex hadn't stopped talking for it, but the 'anti-bodyguards' quip had gotten a brief smirk from her, too, she'd admit.
As Sam suggested less criminal 'merc'-type work, Alex shrugged. " 'snot really the kind of thing you find in the classified ads, but I guess I can look around if ya think Veria's got that sorta..." Stuff. Words. Whatever.
Not all bars serve alcohol. SNORT. "Now where's the fun in that?" That was about 75% snark, but on some level she realized that never really occurred to her. There were places that just had like.. fancy drinks or whatever? That really didn't seem all that fun, and she still might wanna punch someone, but rude customers were probably also at least a bit less likely? And it'd be income for a bit, if it proved less boring than doing nothing. Maybe...
She'd gotten what Sam almost said; she just didn't think much of it in the moment. Was kind of used to that assumption everything was fine from folks who hadn't lived through it. Hell, even as a knight, people assumed the crime rate was lower than it was, oblivious of the work Alex and her brothers in arms did it keep it that way. This was just kind of the norm.
Or Interpol. Alex squinted at Dasha. "Uh. Didn't we decide there was no way in hell I was passing a background check?" This conversation might have been a year or more ago, may have been in Era, and may or may not be mixing Dasha up with Jakob or someone else, but the fuck even was a memory honestly.
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Post by Sam "Cat" Parker on Feb 3, 2018 9:01:19 GMT -8
Sam bit the inside of her cheek lightly as she realized she may have dipped the mood a little with her accidental comment. Yeah, nice work there Sam...ah well, Alex seemed fine at least and-Interpol? Well...yeah that was an option? Sam didn't feel it really hit the "need money now" mark with the training new recruits needed, but she also thought if it was an option, it must have already been spoken by Dasha...which it seems was definitely the case. Background checks? What, she'd gotten into THAT many barfights?
"Well..." She began, scrunching her face up a bit as she tried to think of how to word this right. "We do have a pretty...I don't wanna say 'loose' but 'understanding' chief right now. I'm sure so long as you didn't do anything too outlandish in your past you'd fit right in. Just...need to keep that temper in check." She assumed it was a temper that had Alex sounding so fighty anyway.
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Post by Dasha Laska on Feb 3, 2018 9:20:20 GMT -8
Dasha squinted sideways at Alex. Had they? She… did not remember that but couldn't be sure if it was because it never happened or because her head had been kind of scrambled semi-recently, and memories and thoughts were still weird sometimes. But…. she still had no memory of this so… SQUINT.
But- Oh, right, Kaimana. Under Diederich, that would have been a pretty sharp no, wouldn't it? He seemed so tight and formal and demanding. Under Kai… A slow breath drew in and out of Dasha, and she smiled pretty genuinely for a second. "He is a lot more understanding than most." But also so very strict when he needed to be. That was… very nice wasn't it? "Didn't you trade him Kitty?" She was pretty sure that was the same Rockruff? Or maybe just Kai had gotten one similar and named it the same thing- probably not.
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Post by Nikolai Laska on Feb 3, 2018 10:22:11 GMT -8
Yeah???? Alex looked between the others. Did they really think...?
Traded him Kitty? Sold him-- "Gave him," she exaggerated. "Kitty and Manic and Ted." The first two might not have been aaaas bad to sell-- someone like Nik might have been appalled but others might find it reasonable enough-- but Ted was so.. nearly-human that it might come off... heh. "Hadn't really been training enough to keep up with Kitty's pre-evo mood swings and he seemed like he'd have use for all of them." And having a bit of cash without relying on Dasha as much for a bit was nice, heh...
"I've talked to him like.. two or three times waiting on you to get out of work," either when Kai was leaving himself or on a smoke break at the time, "and once when Dash was in the hospital. He.. seems cool?" Though... ha, now she couldn't help but vaguely compare him to Captain Lorensa. Admittedly not as tall, but a couple other physical attributes in common and kind of a similar calm charisma, huh? Now some cynical part of Alex had to wonder if she did wind up under his command if she'd get a stupid-ass crush on him, too, pfff. She did apparently have A Thing for older guys, but Commander Kaimana was probably way too old even for her lol.
Much more importantly, though, "Do you really think... he'd look past the robberies and smuggling and all the assault charges? And like... even if he personally did, you think he could get the organization as a whole to take me?" He wasn't like... in charge-charge, right? He still had superiors, or at least a superior and/or some equals or something, even if they weren't here in Veria, right? He had a lot of say but there was.. more than just him, right? And yet, now Alex's hopes were rising... Quieter, she asked, "...Do you... really think I could get back in law enforcement...?"
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Post by Sam "Cat" Parker on Feb 3, 2018 10:26:41 GMT -8
Sam's immediate reaction was blind reassurance. Whatever Alex had done couldn't really be all that bad riiiiii-and then she put it like that. Er...okay...Kai was understanding but was he THAT understanding...from what little she knew of a situation like this, Kai seemed more the type to care about how you handled yourself on the team rather than your past, but...then again he did seem close with Dasha, closer than he was with her at least, so maybe her word would carry a fair bit of weight?
Sam looked...hopeful, but certainly unsure, shooting a look over towards Dasha in the hopes she could provide an answer here.
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Post by Dasha Laska on Feb 3, 2018 12:03:31 GMT -8
Oh, right. Ted was now one of the Interpol accountants. She remembered that now. Well, at least he a similar line of work. As Alex went on, however, she paused briefly. She… didn't want to get Alex's hopes up too high, but Kai was Understanding™ in ways she wasn't going to immediately describe to either of them right then.
That and… he had a way of wording things and situations. Era was a warring kingdom. Sure, Alex had been on the wrong side of the law during it, but she'd also been a knight for a long time before that too. Surely Interpol had to see the value in hiring someone like that, right? That and her aura skills could always be of use on the force, not that Dasha was going to say any of that outright right then.
She wouldn't lie to Alex, wouldn't get her hopes too high but. "I will talk to him beforehand and see," she answered with a small smile. "And then we'll go from there." Speaking of there, they were at the restaurant now, actually, and Dasha was stepping up the front steps and grabbing the door, holding it open before following both inside.
The restaurant was rather nice looking, all done up in New Years garb too. The hostess was quick to ask where they wanted to sit, and as Dasha mentioned the roof plaza, she was quick to lead them up that way. There appeared to be a live band playing on one of the rooftops behind the restaurant, but the music was mitigated by several physical barriers to the point it was just an occasional sound on the breeze. Which was… pretty damn nice, really. Sitting down, Dasha stretched right before being handed a menu.
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Post by Nikolai Laska on Feb 3, 2018 12:34:53 GMT -8
Mmm... That wasn't a yes, and Alex was a skeptic by nature. But.. Dasha was smiling at least, so... while she wouldn't get her hopes up by any means, she wouldn't totally resign herself to the impossibility this time, either. Maybe close to it, but not quite all the way, heh. "All right... You'll have to let me know."
As they headed upstairs, Alex looked around at the decor. It was.. a bit bright and whatever else, but once they got up to the roof the lighting was a lot gentler, and Alex started to settle a bit. The breeze up here was a bit cooler, she noticed, and her thighs properly protested for the first time. Eh, she'd live.
She'd need time to look over the food, but pretty quickly skimmed the alcohol menu and ordered something strong-ish but flavorful. Once everyone had their drink orders in and the hostess had left them, Alex hesitated a few moments before speaking to-- but not quite looking directly at-- Sam. "...Hey, uh... Sorry if I'm makin' kind of a shit impression. I haven't like.. been out with anyone cool except Dash in a while." Was that an attempt at a compliment? Well, Sam had kind of supported the Interpol idea and Alex may have still been kind of flattered by the insistence she deserved respect for looking out for Dasha and she'd had a witty line or two so far, on top of just wanting to trust Dasha's taste in people. So... Yeah Sam seemed at least fairly cool so far. "With any luck a drink'll help, heh.."
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Post by Sam "Cat" Parker on Feb 3, 2018 13:43:14 GMT -8
Passing by Dasha, Sam mouthed a thank you as she held the door open and followed everyone up to the roof, she wasn't too cold herself, infact managing to feel confident taking her coat off now that she could put it on the back of her chair, wearing a purple sweater under it that someone like Dasha may have recognized as a fancier fashion brand. It was actually a 'borrow' from her Cat wardrobe given it was a special occasion.
Ordering something still strong, but a little fancier than what Alex had asked for (one of those drinks with a unique color and an umbrella, can ya tell I don't drink?), she turned her eyes briefly off towards where the fireworks should be later before shifting back to Alex...heh...had she just called her cool? That put her nerves at ease a bit...
"Heh, well, any friend of Dasha's is a friend of mine...corny but if it's true for Kai odds are, based on current evidence, 100% chance it's true for you too...maybe 50% after you, but we'll see." She gave a smirk that hopefully showed she was just joking about there, briefly flicking over the menu for something that seemed easy to eat and she wouldn't make too much of a fuss about as she continued. "Still...I have been wanting to know Dash more," She flashed a smile to Dash. "And that means getting to know the people she sticks around with...and...even if I don't really know you yet, you seem pretty cool too."
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Post by Dasha Laska on Feb 3, 2018 15:13:12 GMT -8
Reading over the drink menu, Dsaha considered the pink margarita but… actually settled on a one of the house style sake drinks. When asked if she wanted it in its traditional form, however, she was quick enough to assure the waiter a glass was fine. She… didn't want to constantly be pouring nor did she want an entire bottle should it turn out not to be her liking. As that was taken care of, however, she settled in a little more pretty comfortably.
Lips pressed together, but Dasha nodded briefly at Alex's words. She… vaguely did hope alcohol helped ease this …. weird tension that she wasn't even sure was there or what even. That and Sam was so positive? Arceus she just radiated good-heartness and assurance so much of the time. A small snort escaped from her at the Kai line, but …. "Is… that true? Er… with Kaimana." she asked a bit quieter. She didn't… actually fully register Sam's perception of Kai as she was coming to realize. She knew vaguely enough that she just didn't like men but?
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Post by Nikolai Laska on Feb 3, 2018 15:35:23 GMT -8
Alex almost wanted to take offense to that 50% line. Almost. But instead, she just snerked lightly. "Guess we'll see, eh?" Chances were, either Alex would chill out and they'd get along reasonably well-- though whether that meant actually being friends or just being amicable and never speaking again until/unless Dasha invited them both to something again was hard to say-- or Alex would make a massive ass of herself and lose at least Sam's respect if not Dasha's to boot. But, eh, time would tell right?
Alex blinked at Dasha's question, though, not really sure what she was asking. Had she not realized Sam and Kaimana were friends too or?
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