♦ ♦ 12th Contract

[mortemscintilla]

A breach in the City's barrier?

[ He's noticed this population-influx in past Network entries. Tourists. Some leave with the weekend, taking Citizens with them. Others stay behind -- semi-replacements. A law of equivalent exchange -- something gained for something lost? ]

[ He doesn't know. ]

[ He's caught between observing the phenomenon up-close, or retreating Underground. But parsing his separate threads of choice, he decides to stay Topside. To, for once, maximize instead of satisfice. There might be familiar faces. There might be outsiders with answers. He wants to learn more about the City. He wants out. ]

[ And solving any problem is predicated on understanding it completely. ]

It's really crowded today, isn't it? [ Li sits in a bustling little caff, enjoying breakfast. He slices into the strawberries with a fork. The juice runs out, dark-red, like blood. He smiles at his device -- calculated, a perfect mix of innocence and sweetness. ] It almost reminds me of rush-hour in Tokyo. But hopefully there's no need for train-tetris or pushmen. It's sort of a Fact Of Life back home. But not everyone here would enjoy that, would they? [ He skates the strawberry around with his fork. Bites into it neatly. ] I wonder how many of these visitors have been here before...?

[OOC: Gimme all the trolling! Gimme! Just please avoid spilling his real identity over the Network :3 ]

Comments

action?

[retry]

[ Amber has been watching him from across the street for some time, eyes trained on his figure even as people pass, all the residents, intruders, visitors bustling about. She has waited for as long as she can manage before finally crossing the traffic, stepping into the cafe and walking straight for his table.

She pulls out a chair for herself to sit across from him, all smiles. She is young enough now, almost sixteen, and her pink suit fits snugly. ]

voice;

[practicingforhell]

You taking a poll? [Lazy Jersey accent. No hostility in the tone.] I've been around a few times.

actionish?

[moonlitrequiem]

[A familiar observer spirit can be seen peeking out of the nearest bit of water (the sink of dishes, maybe). She doesn't approach, not when he's working. It's not the same as his Reaper mask, but it's still a mask.]

[As long as he knows she's there, he might approach her. If not, she will find Hei, later. And, of course, Yin's at the fountain.]

[protecttheweak]

[And at another table not too far away, Misaki Kirihara sits enjoying a cup of tea, a quick meal and wondering just how she ended up where ever it was she was.

Of course, she recognizes a familiar face.]

Imagine meeting you here.

action!

[regressor]

[Tables, even small ones, tend to have two chairs.

A thin hand, a few fingers suspiciously crooked, alights on the empty one across from Hei. One attached to a woman with the hauntings of poverty on her frame, but vibrant crimson hair and soft green eyes.

Cry Ha-]

Is this seat taken?

[stillnotshion]

[And another person who is probably not so familiar wanders in to hear the tail end of that message.]

Hei? Who are you talking to?

[ action ] because why not?

[alwaysatthebar]

[ April flopped back against the counter, surveying the quaint little cafe with a half smile and a cup of coffee in her hand, her breakfast already demolished and whisked away. Honestly, at this point, she just wanted information and a little bit of handy company would do just the thing.

Nodding to Li from across the aisle, she raised her glass. ] Starving for company along with all that food? I've still got a coffee to finish. [ she could have had the coffee made to go, but that would have defeated the whole business of stopping for breakfast in the first place. She was nothing if not calculating. ]

[video]

[sleepiness]

[oh it's -

......squints. is it? (it is, and isn't this strange and awkward!)]

...I've never been here before. [but you'd know that.] Or maybe I have. No one has shown recognition as of yet.

[she feels like she should be expecting a plethora of people to know her (but she doesn't - care, or hope, or want), and this crowd is a bit stifling if anything. so many people.]

action;

[anatural]

[Korra is out and about, desperately hoping that she can find anyone from home. She has her device on her in case someone contacts her.

She stops by the cafe and looks around to see if Bolin or Tenzin or anyone is eating there. She doesn't see any of her friends.

But she does see Hei.]