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Post by Erebus Black on Jan 18, 2022 3:01:41 GMT
Erebus frowned and looked away when she took his jacket off. He glanced back at ber when he noticed the missing shirt and relaxed when he saw her shirt on. He grabbed his jacket and threw it back over her shoulders.
"You live on the streets, yes? I want you to keep this, then. Winters are not kind and while I rather you be under a proper roof, like my own, I know what it is like to not want to owe someone for that. For anything in general. So. What I want is to meet you once a day in a place of your choosing." He proposed.
He wanted to know that she'll still be alive. Wanting to make sure she eats. Wanting to make sure she's safe. He hated seeing street kids suffering. He hated everything that was the situation of this young woman. Hated that she was alone and felt that she owed someone something for food and other basic needs.
"Do you accept this?" He asked
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Post by Jaina Gaben on Jan 18, 2022 6:10:28 GMT
Jaina blinked. She hated this. She hated how confusing things were getting. First the werewolf guy and then this guy, throwing the way life worked for sixteen years into confusion. People wanted shit from her, and she wanted shit from them, and they worked it out. Or Jaina fought them and died. She didn't have anyone to rely on besides herself. Nobody was worth trusting, everyone was out for themselves. And now this was the second person in the last few days that had told her that they wanted to genuinely help her. She sighed, hoping that she didn't sound as scared as these people were making her. "I have a jacket. It's fine. I don't need another one."
She sighed again when he asked for a place to meet her on the regular. "Fine. Whatever. It just sounds like you just want me to owe you more, but fine. You get to set the price. I hang out at the warehouse on the corner of 8th and Shepard. When I'm not out scavenging or finding a fun new way to die, I'm there. Okay? That work for you?" She didn't know if she wanted him to say "yes" or "no." This was all confusing and terrifying. What did he really want? It couldn't be that simple. She hated everything about all of this. Erebus Black
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Jan 18, 2022 21:47:47 GMT
Post by Erebus Black on Jan 18, 2022 21:47:47 GMT
Erebus frowned when she said no to his jacket and sighed. He will give her his jacket, but he will do it on a different day. He blinked and tilted his head in thought, only to grin. "You live in the one with the rooster sign? Or the one with that weird-looking pumpkin painted on the side of it?" He asked. "I know the area and lived two streets down. Do you know the one building off of 8th and Hawthorne Ave? The one with the leaning and bent lampost in front of it? I used to sleep in there with my brothers when I was younger."
"...Might have some goodies hidden there still" He mumbled to himself. "I would like to see you tomorrow around 3 pm. May I do so?" He asked. "As for price, I will ask that you bring me something that you think is interesting. Nothing dangerous or illegal, though. I do not want to see a severed finger."
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Post by Jaina Gaben on Feb 6, 2022 1:53:39 GMT
This guy knew the area, and Jaina wasn't sure how she felt about that. She felt like everything he said was a trap, meant to try to draw her in to get... something from her. She wasn't sure what and she definitely didn't like that. "They painted over the rooster with a fedora and a monocle ten years ago when some dork tried to turn it into some bar or something. Failed in six months. Was run down again in another six months. I claimed a little corner of it three months after that." She was going to check in on that spot where he said he might still have stuff stashed. At least, when she felt like actually trying to have a comfortable night and not look for a way to die that stuck. Tonight she just wanted to sleep a bit before the reset kicked in and woke her up again. "Sure. Whatever. I told you where I hang out. I owe you, so you set the terms. That's how this works." She got up off the ground, picked up his jacket, and tossed it on his car and started walking off. "I make no promises about being alive then, but I'll see what I can do." She turned back to face him. "You know everything's illegal or dangerous somewhere, right? What about a foot? I think I could swing a severed foot. Might be my own, might not. Never know. Weird shit happens here and life sucks, so--" She shrugged in indifference. There. maybe that would creep him out enough to leave her alone. Erebus Black
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Post by Erebus Black on Feb 8, 2022 19:55:54 GMT
"Huh... I was off the streets at that point. Somehow got adopted and still not sure how that happened." He shrugged. He knew where she hunkered down and relaxed. The area was generally safer if he remembered right, but he knew that it wasn't as safe as the area near central. He frowned when she tossed his jacket at his car and grabbed it, putting it on.
"I know. I would be murdered for being who I am in some parts of the world. Just as long as it will not be tracked back to you or myself, I will not mind. But I still do not want to see severed body parts. It reminds me too much of my severed leg. But, miss, do you want me to drive you to the area you have? It is a bit of a walk and you will have to go through the one area with the trigger-happy trippers if you do not go the long way. Unless they are dead...?" He was not at all phased at her attempt to freak him out. He has seen enough shit to be thoroughly freaked out. Including his severed leg. "I will not mind if you say no. Your comfort and sense of safety is important and I do not want to overstep anymore than I have tonight."
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Post by Jaina Gaben on Feb 11, 2022 3:40:11 GMT
Jaina thought that the fact that he was missing a leg was really cool. She couldn't even ell, really. "I can't even tell your leg is fake. That's cool. Awesome." There was genuine admiration in her voice, but she shook her head and pulled back into herself. This was a stranger. Someone she didn't know at all. And now she owed him. "Listen. My "comfort" and "sense of safety" is a fucking joke. I haven't had either of those for sixteen years, and I've managed. So right now, I owe you, and you've set your price. Am I going to try to find a way to creep you out without doing severed body parts? YEP, PROBABLY. You're less likely to screw around with me again if I creep you out." She shrugged in his direction. "I don't need a ride. If I die, I die, and I come back later. Big whoop, nothing that hasn't happened before." Erebus Black
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Mar 24, 2022 16:17:48 GMT
Post by Erebus Black on Mar 24, 2022 16:17:48 GMT
Erebus smiled at the obvious admiration. "I have a glass eye and am legally deaf as well. Most people are surpised when I tell them that the green eye is fake." He babbled a bit, wanting to keep that look of awe on her face. He enjoyed that look when he teaches.
Only he ended up sighing and pinching his nose when she started to act tough and rough. Street kid, right. "Kid, you are going to find yourself hard-pressed on creeping me out. Another hard no are dead animals. I can not do that. This culo thought it was a great idea to tie up a bunch of kids and uh... nevermind." Erebus stopped himself when he realized that this is a child and he was not ready to drop a traumatizing even on his past on this kid.
"I know that you do not want to take the ride and I respect that, yet I would rather you not die. Pero, I will not push. May I send you off with some snacks first?" He asked. "...Do you know how to sneak past the trigger happy trippers? Safely, I mean."
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Post by Jaina Gaben on Mar 25, 2022 0:35:43 GMT
Jaina sighed. Why did he have to make this complicated? So many rules. But he was the boss, she'd have to abide by these rules. She did have a good idea for a creepy doll thing. That might be sufficiently creepy. She turned back to him again. "Okay so just tell me what you want already? Do you want me to go for a ride with you? What the fuck do you want? I'm tired. I've already almost died today. I want to go home and sleep, or I want to die. Something. Some kind of rest. But I owe you now, so tell me what the fuck you want so I can stop owing you." She crossed her arms and glared at him. She was very uncomfortable with this entire situation and just wanted it to be over. "Can you tell me what the hell you want from me ASAP, because I just wanna go home." Erebus Black
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Post by Erebus Black on Apr 14, 2022 20:27:05 GMT
"I want you to go home safely, without any harm befalling your person. Does that involve me driving you to your hideout? Depends on you. In actuality, I want you to be fed and feel safe to some degree. If I can help with that, I will gladly do so." He spoke, hands going into his pockets. He rather her not be on the streets and in a safe home with someone, but understood that sometimes life gives you a shit hand and it may not be in your card to get to that point for a while.
"So tell me. Are you able to get home safely or do I need to take you home?" He asked, trying to be gentle in his questioning.
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Post by Jaina Gaben on Apr 17, 2022 6:33:12 GMT
Jaina sighed. She could tell this guy wasn't going to let it go easy, so she might as well humor him. "No. I can either go down sixth where the Gulag Gang usually likes to hang out this time of night, and they... yeah it's never fun with them. Or I can go down ninth and Crazy Gary lives there and, well, he's crazy, so.. yeah. Always a gamble. I never take seventh or eighth." She didn't elaborate why, but she trembled a bit, remembering that those were recently the domain of a small pack of feral dogs. She hated that area, and always avoided it. She walked back toward him and the car, hands shoved in the pocket of her jacket. "If you wanna give me a ride, I guess you can. Can't be any worse than what I'd run into without you. BUT!" she held up a finger. "If I let you give me a ride that's one less visit I have to let you make, okay? Deal's a deal." If she could spin this so he owed her even better. "Sound good?" Erebus Black
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