[Sodium_noir] Raindogs

[River]

--- Davros <davros at davroshome.com> wrote:

> Sue Lei, Hope, Malone, Connor & Toby
> Hero, Mortal, Troll, Mage, Mortal
> 
> [Raindogs]
> 
> >>Malone simply lays Toby on a table and nods.
> 
> "I say" Raindog turns to Connor with a grave look on
> his face. "I don't suppose you have any skill with
> repairing the human body do you Connor?"
> 
> "Its worse than it looks." Malone said simply in an
> attempt to calm Sue Lei. However it was clear that
> lying wasn't his strong suit.
> 
> Connor looked and the guy with barely hiden reget
> "No,I can only work metal, and stone, not flesh and
> blood"
> 
> Hope looks at Malone.  He was lying through his
> teeth, and very bad at it.   She shakes her head,
> but says nothing.  She looks at Sue.  There was no
> real comfort she could offer.  "So, do you think he
> will press charges?" <<
> 
> The sounds and voices of the room echoed around Sue
> Leis head hollowly as everything became disjointed
> and detached. She had already lost her brother to
> street crime in Gotham and her cousin Toby had been
> a bastion of support for her over the last few years
> and now there he was lying beaten and broken on the
> table in front of her.
> 
> Recently she had learned that there were many types
> of evil that lurked in the dark corners of Gotham,
> creatures of myth and fantasy that were all to real
> and that it ws her destiny to do battle with them.
> But it was not some fell creature that had done this
> to her cousin but a far worse evil, the evil of man
> had left Toby beaten and coated in his own blood.
> Her sweet cousin Toby, who despite his bravado and
> strong words was as harmless to her as a puppy dog.
> 
> "Whoever has done this will pay" her voice raged in
> the hollow echo of her mind, "I will hunt them down
> and inflict so much pain on them they will think
> that it is a career."
> 
> "That would not be right" her voice again in her
> mind, this one calm and reasoning, "You have been
> gifted you abilitys to fight monsters, the evil of
> man is not your concern"
> 
> >>In an instant, Hope regrets having looked at her
> watch.   The late hour was weighing heavy on her.  
> Too much caffeine, too much adrenaline, not enough
> sleep, it was finally catching up to her.  Hope
> blinks her eyes as she felt them trying to close on
> their own.   She runs her hands through her blonde
> hair.   
>  
> "So, will you be...pressing charges?"  She hesitates
> as she seems to lose her concentration.  Another
> sign of tiredness.  Crap, she needed to get home.  
> 
> "No!" The voice from the beaten man is clear and
> firm. "I would rather the police did not get
> involved ... please!" he winced a little, but sat up
> and looked at Sue Lei with sheepish eyes.<<
> 
> At the eye contact with Toby Sue Lei felt her heart
> almost skip a beat, she felt so much love for her
> cousin at that moment that it was all she could do
> to stop from just taking him in her arms and holding
> him. But her body was till routed to the ground in
> shock, so much had happened to turn her life upside
> down recently, her best friend seriously ill in the
> hospital, the long awaited demise of her arch enemy
> Karn Akril and his replacement by what would
> probably be a worse evil, the revelation of her
> destiny from her Uncle and now this, Toby bloody and
> beaten for some unknown reason.
> 
> "THEY WILL PAY" the rage in her mind consumed her,
> "I WILL HUNT THEM DOWN AND LEAVE THERE BLOODY
> CORPSES IN THE GUTTERS OF GOTHAM"
> 
> "No" the calm voice again, "The police must deal
> with this issue, it is not your concern. It would be
> wrong and an abuse of your gifts to pursue this
> justice"
> 
> >>In some small way, the police were already
> involved.  However, in the end, an uncooperative
> victim generally resulted in wasted hours of police
> work.  In an assault case, with no suspect in
> custody, and the victim not willing to press
> charges, the case was usually dropped, and in some
> precincts, no report would even be filed.  
> 
> Seeing her purse on the floor, Hope grabs it and
> looks to Sue Lei.  "Hey, thanks for watching my
> purse."  She offers,  She could try to say
> something, but she was going to let Sue talk first
> 
> She waits, but Sue is not forthcoming.  Well, she
> couldn't say she blamed her either.  This person she
> knew was hurt badly.  She wasn't going to pay
> attention to a stranger she'd just met, a stranger
> who she could view as competition for her
> boyfriend's time and attention.  
> 
> Hope takes her purse and leaves a five dollar tip. 
> Her mother, a former waitress had told her to always
> tip well for good service even if you don't plan on
> going back.     
> 
> She moves slowly toward the door.  Fatigue was
> starting to set in, and she still had to make it
> home.  Concentrate.  One step at a time.<<
> 
> Idly Sue Lei raises one hand at the departing Hope
> "You welcome" she says in reference to the purse,
> her voice distant as she looks down at Toby on the
> table in front of her.
> 
> "Who did this to you Toby?" she asks her voice still
> distant and calm, "And what reason did they have if
> any?"
> 
> "Tell me cousin" whispered the voice in her mind,
> "Tell me so that I may hunt them down and exact a
> bloody revenge upon them"
> 
Connor knew that he had to help but had no idea what
to do. He was in a strange new city with even stranger
people and while it wasn't unsual a situation for him
he still didn't have Magnane presince to guide him(
for good or bad) All he could do was wait.

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