Nightime Visitor

[Neki]

" Uncommon stupidity? Or maybe bad luck." She suggested. She moved into the bathroom, pulling out a basket. Sh kept stitching supplies in there. She was slightly shocked by the scars she had seen benath the tatoos. But somehow they added a quality to him that said he had oncce been daring, even if he wasn't now. She shook her head, red black hair wild. Shinrah grabbed a ponytail holder and put her hair up.

She came back out with supplies, ready. She had a mild antithestic, so that he wouldn't feel too much pain, if any. She threaded the gossamer strand on a thin curved needle, ready to do this.

" Okay. I'm hoping this doesn't do anythin more than pinch. If it does, let me know." She looked at the needle, and felt something strange. It was a feeling as if she had shoved the needle in a plug, and the electricity came pouring in to shock her. She grimaced, but ignored it.

Definitely a blue eco user. But how is he doing that. Or maybe he injusred his heard worse than what I can see? She questioned herself.

" Here goes."" She joked as she started to stitch the skin back together. It wasn't that bad as long as she didn't look at his cloudy eyes. It reminded her he couldn't see what she was doing, that he couldn't see anything at all really.

And I wonder how you get yourself in these situations! This is the strangest one by far. Definitely. Now, only to figure out what to do until his house is fixed. He could stay here.... but maybe not. Maybe I'll take him over to the hotel. And that was that.

" All done." She stated, snipping the suture matierial.

[Altairas]

Leo listened as her footsteps disappeared off into the distance. He sat there and listened closely, hearing some small shuffling in what he was guessing was a different room. Sighing he lifted his glass from the table and took a long drink of water. It tasted surprisingly cleaner then most of the water from the city, it lacked the taste of mud and rust he was accustomed too in the slums. Maybe she gets it from up in main town? He asked himself knowing that that would be the only way to get any kind of clean water in the city. Maybe I should ask? He thought musing over the idea of having some sort of small talk conversation.

The sound of footsteps interrupted his thoughts. Tilting his head to the sound, he was greeted by her words. "Well uh, thanks?" He said with a mildly nervous laugh, So your gonna let some person start pricking you with needles? Shoving away his thoughts he braced himself as the needle entered his skin. It was only a mild pain, but still a small spark shot out of his hand and arched towards the floor. Closing his cloudy eyes and biting his upper lip, and waited for the pain to subside.

As Shinrah finished Leo let out a long sigh and opened his eyes. "Thanks." He said polity casting a large smile upward where he thought that she was standing.

[Neki]

Shinrah nodded to him, seeing his large smile cast upon her. Her heart beat wildly for a moment, until she crushed it into submission. No one had ever made her do that before, and she was worried about it.

At least he doesn't know where I live. That a relief. Its easier here in the main distric than trying to live in the slums. More hidey holes. She gave herself a private smile.

" So Mr. Charter..." She started to say, her voice full of amusement. " What am I going to do with you? You're sitting here in the house of a stranger you met but scant hours ago, you've been medically worked on, and now we're sitting here conversing. I'm not sure about you, but in my book that somewhat makes us friends." Though who wants to be unknowingly friends with an assasin I don't know. Best leave that little detail out of the picture.

[Altairas]

Leo slowly raised his hand to his head, feeling the now patched wound. The stitches are so clean He mused wondering what other hidden talents this strange girl hid. " Ahh Mr. Charter was my father. . . " Leo said with a giggle, taking himself away from his private thoughts. "I always wanted to use that line. Ah but I think that you also forgot about the fact that we just escaped a giant metal head and ran through half of the city." He added to Shinnrah's little rant, extending his arm forward to grab at the glass of water. He let his hand brush up ageist the side before grasping his hand around the entire thing. Bringing it up to his lips he let the cold liquid flow down his throat, the smooth taste so refreshing. Taking the glass down from his lips he clasped it in both hands letting it rest in his lap. "I guess were friendquantences. . . ."

"So may I ask how you get such refreshing water? I remember the taste from when I was younger. . . Are we close to Main town?" Leo asked trying to start a random conversation topic, it was almost fun trying to guess where he was at. We ran pretty far in that case. . . He thought silently waiting for her answer.

[Neki]

Shinrah look up quickly, unsure what to say. She did live near maintown, but she wasn't sure she wasnted Leo to know. That could end up badly. She sighed. Maybe it was a bad idea, but she decided she could risk it. If he was smart he'd realize she didn't want to be easily found.

" I live close to the maintown. Close enough that the water I get comes from there." She told him, her voice calm and collected. There was still laughter and joking in it like there always was, but a slight bit of worry.

" Close enough. Anyway. So I'm wondering exactly what you're planning to do for now." She said, plain instead of questioning. She would help him get whatever he needed, And what. You think you can leave him just like that, trying to fool yourself. You're attatched. You're stupid and you got attatched. Just remeber what happened again. She forget there was another in her prescence for a moment. At home she was used to being able let her facial expressions show. The anger and worry, and complete frustration crossed her face, along with a shadow of sadness.

[Altairas]

Leo noticed the slight bit of worry that could be found on the edge of Shinnrah's voice. What was she worried about? It isn't like I can go and show people where she lives He gave himself a mental shrug, turning his attention back to her plain question. "Ugh, I guess I could stay at the local hotel. . . or something. " He said runing his thumb up and down the wet surface of the glass in his hands. " I am not really sure yet. It's really strange not having a house to go home to." As he mummored the last word a spark crackled across his fingers transfering into the water in the glass. The bright blue spark crackled around inside bouncing around, the water acting as a conductor.

Turning his head upward, Leo tried to find where Shinnrah was, the echos of her voice providing as a great map. "So should we start working on that trip to the wasteland?" He asked a small smile coming across his face as the mere word of the wasteland brought back the warm colors and memorys that the sands brought him. " We need to have it all planned out so we can get the money together to buy supplys and such. . . that and chart out all the finer details and such." Leo said, bringing his hand overtop his glass, the spark jumping up to his hand and carrying up his arm.

[Neki]

Shinrah nodded as she watched the spark jump around the glass. It was fascinating, and left a chill in her spine. She got up and colected her maps of the wasteland and temple, and then grabbed Jaythens journal and her own.

" Supplies won't be a problem, I can come by them easily enough. Its actually going into the Wasteland. I only ever took a few trips out there and I don't know it very well. I can read maps but that only gets you so far........" She lay a large parchmetn down with a map of the wasteland on it. Then she lay a clear platic sheet over it and pulled out an erasable marker.

" I think drawing up some plans would definitely be good for now."

[Altairas]

"Well you don't need to worry about transport. That and I know the desert like the back of my hand." Leo said thinking about his old colleagues back in the good old days and all the time he spent riding on the dunes. With a small sigh he shook the sand covered memory's from his mind as she laid out the maps in front of them. "Well it's going to be hard to get all the way to the temple, especially if we are going to be in the heat." He thought for a moment a few more sparks crackling up from his hand. " We'll need alot of water and have to leave before sunrise if we are going to make it to this tunnel. "

Leo shook his head. How do I even remotely hope to go on a expedition through tunnels being blind. It's not like I can study anything! Who knows. . . she can't even read old precursor text. Slowly he brought a cool hand to his face, letting the small drops of condensation ease his weariness. " Well do you think you can plot where the tunnels entrance or entrances are? That is probably the best start."

[Neki]

Shinrah looked at the overlay she placed on the map, then took out a sheet of paper. Quickly she scribbled down the old precursor and its equivalent in the newer.

" I'm pretty sure I can start translating this. Jaythen wrote everything on his maps in ancient precursor so that most other people wouldn't be able to read it. But after you showed me how to read it earlier I think I can get it." She made a few marking on the thin plastic overlay, plotting a coarse which looked easiest.

" Do you have any tips for where not to go? That would probably be a big help in this trip." She was also thinking of the modifications she would need to make to a dune buggy to get out there. She could have someone do it for her, she knew that. Maybe the one mechanic she knew....

" Maybe we should drive at night. Leave around sunset and be there by morning? It would be cooler and we wouldn't have to worry so much about water." She suggested.

[Altairas]

Leo lifted up the glass from his lap and took a final swig, finishing off the last bit of water that resided inside. He placed the finished glass on the table as Shinnrah asked him for tips for the journey. " We need to stay near the east, it would probably be safest to head to the leaper lizard pen. . ." He trailed off, his mind visualizing the rows of dunes and large mountains that riddled the desert that he had called home.

Leo ran his hand through his hair as Shinrah filled the air with suggestion. His hand stopped midway in its stroke and his fingers tensed. A small crackle erupted from his fingers as he bit his lip and closed his eyes in obvious terror. " That is not the best idea, the desert is no place to be at night." Behind his closed lids visions of blood soaked sand and the glinting eyes of dark monsters as well as the ominous glow of there skull gems filled his mind. He slowly dropped his now shaking hand from his head and placed it into his lap.

" May I use the bathroom." He asked his eyes still closed, he needed go and calm his nerves.