Mosaic City, located along China's coast, is quite large city sometimes called the Crossroads Between Nations due to its diverse population. While it was once a large tourist spot, the city was placed under a blockade as the military appeared claiming there was a radiation leak. The true hazard, however, is much more sinister.
Post by Sakuya Kyoudou on Mar 9, 2014 7:30:15 GMT -5
Sakuya had eventually carried Jaelyn to her villa in the Shadowlands - it was an inconspicuously large, somewhat ruined mansion that blended in well with the rest of the ruined buildings. Holes that should have been visible on first glimpse were actually covered up and nailed in with planks and other wooden boards. Sakuya had carefully opened the door to her villa after unlocking it by touching the handle with her palm - she had sealed it with some of her energy, and upon unlocking the door she continued to take Jaelyn inside. The villa itself was illuminated largely by the plethora of candles Sakuya had placed here and there. There were many water tanks that were purchased or ordered from the city, and some of the newer, cleaner looking furniture seemed to come from there too.
It would become evident to Jaelyn that Sakuya went to great lengths to make this bastion of the shadowlands a hospitable place not just for herself but also for other humans... Eventually, Sakuya took Jaelyn to her bedroom in the villa which was also an equally candle-lit room with a velvet-covered bed, where Sakuya placed the injured young woman on. "Please make yourself comfortable in here. Do you want me to see if I can get you anything?"
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Post by Jaelyn Callahan on Mar 9, 2014 9:37:55 GMT -5
In contrast to the flat in Red Sun Heights, the mansion Sakuya led Jaelyn too had more of a dreary atmosphere to it from the outside. Given the location, it was to be expected, so it was with some surprise that it looked much more hospitable on the inside. The candles managed to provide the perfect amount of light: enough to illuminate it without being overbearing. Most of the furniture was new, and looked like it had been brought in long after the outer circle had fallen into ruin. All in all, it seemed just as comfortable to Jaelyn as the apartment, if not more so.
Once laid on the bed, Jaelyn finally let go of Sakuya and spread herself out on it, basking in the comfort of it. Just like the one in Sakuya's apartment, it was far more comfortable than anything she had personally owned. While the pain left over from the previous fight wasn't likely to fade any time soon, it suddenly felt much more bearable. Then, Sakuya asked if she could get her anything, and Jaelyn managed a smile. "Something to drink would be nice," she said.
Post by Sakuya Kyoudou on Mar 9, 2014 9:58:53 GMT -5
Sakuya nodded as she took a moment to look at Jaelyn's beaten form, before the young girl asked for something to drink. Sakuya took this time to quietly nod and bow in affirmation, before she just as quietly stepped out of the room, rummaging through the cupboards she had on the side out in the living room. It was a spacious house, but there weren't really any facilities to keep cold ones out there. Sighing, Sakuya settled for a bottle of soda pop she bought last night and brought out here for refreshments. There were only a few bottles out here, the rest of the bottles were just fresh water. Sakuya took the pop and eyed it, it was orange flavoured. Hopefully Jaelyn wouldn't mind. Returning to her bedroom, Sakuya placed the bottle of orange soda pop by the bedside table near Jaelyn where she could reach if she wanted it. "I've only got sodas and water out here, unfortunately. I hope you don't mind," Sakuya frowned slightly, seeming a bit disappointed in herself that she didn't have anything better.
She went over to the dresser. "I'll go see if I have anything more clean and fresh for you to wear. I think we're almost the same size, at least on human terms, so it should fit." Sakuya nodded to herself as she shuffled through the wardrobe. Mostly conservative clothing, but conservative clothing designed to evoke an image of sultry cleanliness one could observe in, say, the seductive secretary. "Uh... I dunno if these clothes are your style, though. Want me to see if I can find anything else for you?"
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Post by Jaelyn Callahan on Mar 10, 2014 0:54:21 GMT -5
Orange flavored soda. Hah, that was a new one. Jaelyn vaguely knew that such a thing existed, from seeing them in convenience stores, but she'd never considered actually trying one. It seemed like a strange concept to her. But at the moment, anything would do. "It's fine," Jaelyn said. "Anything'll do right now, I just need to drink something." She scooted toward the head of the bed so that she could sit up and took a sip. The flavor was strange, but just having something to drink was satisfying enough that she didn't care. She took another sip, followed by a third, and continued to the point that by the time Sakuya had finished looking through the wardrobe the bottle was already halfway empty.
"You can, if you like," Jaelyn said. From what she could see of the wardrobe from where she was, most of Sakuya's clothes looked like the kind of thing someone would wear to an office job if they wanted to subtlely seduce their boss. Conservative, but just far enough from boring to catch someone's eye. And probably classier than Jaelyn would ever be. "I mostly just need something to wear back that won't make me look like I'm homeless or a victim, though."
Post by Sakuya Kyoudou on Mar 10, 2014 1:56:16 GMT -5
Sakuya nodded as she saw Jaelyn drink through the bottle quickly; half of it had already been consumed. Well, Jaelyn was probably really thirsty and in need of some liquids. It was either that or water, anyway. Sakuya didn't have any of the better stuff around right now. Soon, Jaelyn said that all she needed were some presentable clothes. Sakuya only had presentable clothes, though, fortunately. Rummaging through her dressers and wardrobe some more, Sakuya procured what appeared to be a white summer dress. "Maybe this will do?" Sakuya placed the summer dress, still on its hanger, on the bed nearby Jaelyn. "It's easy to wear and pretty comfy. You can have it if you want. It didn't look that great on me so I kept it around in case it might look better on someone else, so I'll give it to you." Sakuya nodded as she closed her wardrobes and dressers. "'Course, if you want something else, you can just tell me and I'll try to look for something else."
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Post by Jaelyn Callahan on Mar 10, 2014 5:57:00 GMT -5
The next thing Sakuya picked out was a white summer dress. Jaelyn was pretty sure that she'd never worn white in her life, unless it was long before she could dress herself. It was the kind of thing she once told herself she wouldn't be caught dead in, alongside bright neon pink. That was years ago, though, and since then she had just gotten into such a habit of wearing dark clothes that she never really considered wearing anything else. Just wearing a uniform to school had already been a hell of an adjustment.
"Hmm," Jaelyn said, holding it up to herself and looking down at it. As used to dark clothes as she was, though, she couldn't see past the stark contrast from what she normally wore. She had no idea whether she'd look good to other people in it or not. "Going to be honest, I have no idea about these things," she said.
Post by Sakuya Kyoudou on Mar 10, 2014 6:02:50 GMT -5
Sakuya tilted her head, before shrugging and smiling. "Well, I think you'd look excellent in most things, but I'll offer you some other choices." Sakuya went back to her wardrobe and picked out some darker clothes; mostly dark blouses accompanied with dress pants, but there was also a black cocktail dress. It looked very sleek and nice but awfully impractical for going out and about for a very long time. Sakuya had laid them all out in a neat array before Jaelyn so she could choose. "Well, I can give you all the time in the world to choose what you'd fancy. You seem like you like darker clothes, so I'll gladly oblige and provide you things that are more suitable for your tastes." Sakuya bowed and smiled again.
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Post by Jaelyn Callahan on Mar 10, 2014 8:19:05 GMT -5
Jaelyn looked over the rest of the clothes Sakuya had laid out. All of the darker stuff, she thought, looked fine. It was stuff she could see herself wearing, at least, even if all of it looked more expensive than most of the clothes she'd owned in the past. Her eyes were immediately drawn to the cocktail dress once she noticed it, though. She picked it up and held it up to herself, examining it. It looked nice and felt nice, but would probably be pretty tight on her. Particularly, in the chest area. On top of that, it left very little to the imagination, whether that involved her body or anything hidden on her.
"I wouldn't mind wearing something like this once in awhile," Jaelyn said. "But I'd have a hell of a time hiding knives under it." She gestured toward one of the blouse and pants sets. "Those aren't much better, but I could probably make them work."
Post by Sakuya Kyoudou on Mar 10, 2014 9:35:17 GMT -5
Sakuya smiled as she held up the dress up to herself. Indeed, it looked rather stunning on her. However, she was right in that the dress seemed to be great for 'once in a while' (read: formal occasions or... some special occasions) but there wasn't any room for weapons concealment. Sakuya scratched her head for a moment. "Hmm... I think I might have the thing for you..." Sakuya fidgeted to the other side of the room, where there was a single large armoire, and as she opened it, there was a jetblack catsuit that had holsters and other such light military attachments on convenient parts. "This is what I used to wear when I went on assassination missions, but I retired it when I realized that it would make me stand out too much in Mosaic City. Granted, it worked pretty damn well in the streets of Japan, but that's not here and we're not there. This is probably the best thing I can give you that provides your needs." Sakuya shrugged, wondering if she would be okay with it.
"It might be a bit tight-fitting but it's probably easier to hide your knives in it than with the more conservative stuff. Your choice!"
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Post by Jaelyn Callahan on Mar 10, 2014 10:51:55 GMT -5
A catsuit? Well...it would give Jaelyn plenty of places to store weapons, at least. But would something like that really be okay? Sure, it would probably look good on her, for given values of 'good' (if nothing else, it would probably have Sakuya drooling over her), but she could already hear her chest and hips crying at the prospect of how tight it would be. Although...given that it had fit Sakuya, maybe it could work. Jaelyn gave Sakuya a look over to be sure, not even bothering to hide it.
"I guess I can give it a try, at least," Jaelyn said. "Although I have to ask, just what kind of crazy place is Japan that it didn't stand out as much there as it does here?" If she were staying away from busy streets, that would be one thing. But Jaelyn couldn't imagine a catsuit like that not standing out. Anywhere.
Post by Sakuya Kyoudou on Mar 10, 2014 11:00:36 GMT -5
Sakuya shrugged. "You gots people cosplaying all the time. Also, I'm pretty sure Mosaic City is a lot more well-lit in the twilight hours than Japan is," she said, tilting her head. Come to think of it, the catsuit's size... She gave Jaelyn a look over in return, before tapping her feet and humming in approval. "Well, don't worry about the size. I have a feeling it will fit you just fine." Sakuya nodded and soon grabbed the catsuit, passing it over to Jaelyn to wear whenever she saw fit while the former went off to return the other clothes she brought out back to their respective places in the dressers and such.
"Ah, well, the thing's just temporary, right? Until you can get back to the stuff you're more comfortable in, I suppose? I don't expect you will be wearing it all the time, ufufu..." Sakuya gave Jaelyn a pat on the shoulder as she said this.
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Post by Jaelyn Callahan on Mar 10, 2014 21:56:09 GMT -5
"This city does know how to ruin a night with bright lights," Jaelyn said, shrugging as well. Although, with how densely populated she usually heard Japan was, she couldn't imagine it being much different there. Finally, she accepted the catsuit and folded it up while Sakuya was putting the other clothes back. No point changing into something that would be so tight now. She wasn't planning on leaving any time soon, and wouldn't have been able to even if she wanted to. At the very least, she'd probably be spending the night here.
And, Sakuya brought up a good point. "Yeah, I just need something to get home in, really," Jaelyn said. "Although...I guess I could also wear it for 'special occasions' if I like it enough." With the bed clear again, she set the catsuit aside and slid back into a lying position.
Post by Sakuya Kyoudou on Mar 10, 2014 23:54:35 GMT -5
Sakuya heaved a sigh of relief as she saw Jaelyn accept the catsuit, folding it up and putting it aside as she returned to other clothes to where they were originally placed. Once Sakuya had finished, she saw Jaelyn lying back on the bed and attempting to relax. Yawning, Sakuya moved to lie down next to Jaelyn and look up at the ceiling. The room was dimly lit with candles but it was still easy enough for the two girls to be able to look around and at each other. "Well, I hope you'll make good use of it," Sakuya said, lying down and trying to hold Jaelyn's hand. "I'll do whatever I can to help you. Humans or other Shadows be damned... If I make an enemy out of either, so be it." she closed her eyes and said her statement with as much conviction as she mustered. She had meant every word of it, and hoped that the young woman, beautiful rose lying next to her would still feel the same pleasant feelings she did that one night.
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Post by Jaelyn Callahan on Mar 11, 2014 13:11:06 GMT -5
Jaelyn smiled as Sakuya lied down next to her and took her hand. Her words were comforting, but only did so much to ease Jaelyn's conflicted thoughts. Up to this point, she had been content with the fact that shadows were the enemy. They were an easy target, an easy outlet for her destructive urges without resorting to murder. Until Sakuya had been exposed, she hadn't even realized that they could be sentient. But now that she knew they could...what did that make of her? Was she a murderer after all? Or was Sakuya just a rare exception to normal shadows and most of them really were just as she had imagined?
Either way...if Sakuya would be on her side no matter what happened, then she could find her answer without fear of losing someone she loved. And that reassurance was just as comforting as being in Sakuya's arms.
"You know," Jaelyn finally said, after several seconds of contented silence, "I still don't know much of anything about you, except that you're a shadow that kills people for money. Could you tell me more about yourself?"
Post by Sakuya Kyoudou on Mar 12, 2014 9:38:58 GMT -5
Sakuya had realized that while they shared in a lot of intimate moments together, Jaelyn still didn't really know her. Good thing she asked, or Sakuya would probably have forgotten entirely. "Oh, where should I start, honey?" Sakuya giggled. "Just like normal humans, I do enjoy my fair share of hobbies and time-wasting activities. Just like normal kids my 'age,' I've gotten into the whole video gaming spiel, though I do so only on a whim and I could hardly be considered an addict... On the flipside, I do also like going on pursuits of knowledge, devouring non-fiction books and specific varieties of fantasy... Hmm..." Sakuya went off on a tangent a little, but she wasn't exactly sure what Jaelyn was looking for. "I like walks, exercises by going out on patrols and my personal missions... Hum... Then again, those are my hobbies, which might be somewhat of a boring subject..."
Sakuya suddenly sighed after she left an awkward silence for a moment or two. "Unless you were more curious as to my origins and past? That's a story I would be willing to share with you. I would trust myself to you. I honestly would."
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