first hunt [action]

[unfollowed]

GENESSIA COMMONSPACE
[ The groggy haze hasn't yet exactly worn off this demon hunter here and Nero finds himself crashed on the bed he has in this (temporary) room of his. Arm draped across his eyes, he's about five seconds away from conking out where he hopes when he wakes this will all be a bad dream, when the sound of WHATEVER THAT IS keeps him from doing so. With a scowl, he throws himself off the bed, yanks open the door (and nearly off its hinges oops) and- ]

Hey! You wanna keep it down?!

[ He'll just yell that down the hall to whoever or whatever that is. ]


GENESSIA CITY
[ Moving down the streets with a scowl on his face (not like he ever wears another expression) is a white-haired, sword strapped to his back with a glowing blue arm guy. He's heard the spiel about this place, is annoyed with this whole kidnapped by spirits shtick going on here, and can't remember the last time he actually ate something so that's where he's headed. Or hopes he is.

The first food place he finds, he drops some of those red bills down and asks what he can get with some of this and, as he waits for his food to be brought to him, if you're staring, he's gonna feel that... even address you without looking over. ]

Take a picture, it'll last longer.

[ That, or, he's going to be sitting there at whatever table is available, head in his hands and clearly just DONE with this place already. ]

Comments

[solar_flare]

[Yang takes her time with his revolver, picking it up and looking it over. Looks clean, and well put together.]

You and Ruby already have one thing in common. Her scythe is named 'Crescent Rose.'

[Those two are going to be such adorable nerds, she just hopes she's there to see it. Once she's satisfied, she puts down the gun (to the relief of the waitress and the cook who are both eyeing these two VERY nervously) and turns her attention to the sword.]

Oh yeah? Did you work in some Fire Dust?

[She reaches across the table to brush the fingers of her left hand over the hilt, expecting it to be warm to the touch.]

I'll give you her number. You'll like her, she's adorable.

[So much sisterly love. She holds out her hands, palms up turned and fingers outstretched, toward his glowing right hand.]

Heh... I admit, I've been a little curious about your arm. What's it do?

[And she wouldn't have asked, but he's presenting it to her along with his other weapons, so it seems like she's in the clear.]

[unfollowed]

[ Her curiosity about his arm is not anything he didn't expect and, while at first he would have made better efforts to conceal the thing, he's gotten a little better about it and just... not caring much. Usually.

Fingers come to stretch themselves out as he falls quiet and looks to his glowing blue arm wrapped in red "skin", if you will. ]

It's demonic.

[ Maybe that's a little obvious? Maybe not. Either way, he says it with a lift of his blue-eyed gaze up to her. ]

I'm a demon.

[ Well, part demon, but it's still enough to get his gaze to flick away. ]

Before you say it, yeah, I'm one and I hunt demons. Probably breaks some special code or something but it's not like I care.

[ Because despite his having demon- Sparda's blood within his veins, he's still more human than any of the demons he puts down, than any of the ones who have caused chaos and destruction back within his world. ]

Comes in handy when you're in a pinch.

[ And, maybe wanting to show off a little, Nero reaches out toward another table a little ways down from them, a giant spectral blue sort of arm appearing around his own that then lunges for a glass of chocolate milk off the table way in the back, grabs it, and brings it over to theirs, setting it down before the arm disappears. ]

Got milk?

[solar_flare]

Pfft! Comes in handy. I knew I was gonna like you!

[Even if the pun was unintentional, Yang got a kick out of it. And since he doesn't seem too shy, she takes his hand in both of hers, flesh and steel. Her right hand is better suited for just turning his wrist to either side, since she can't feel anything with metal fingers. She can be a bit more curious and exploratory with her left hand.]

[An interesting arm for an interesting guy. She lets him go when he explains a little more about his dual heritage. A union between a demon and a human? There's a very slim chance that happened out of love and companionship.]

I won't pry. But I'll listen if, somewhere down the line, you feel like venting about it.

[Her head turns at the demonstration, and her brows shoot up toward her hairline as he demonstrates his reach.]

HA ha ha! Nice! All mine does is store bullets.

[She bends her right wrist forward and a little steel barrel pops up with a ka-chack! Then she pushes it back down.]

Still...better than nothing, right?

[unfollowed]

[ His childhood is something he doesn't ordinarily like to relive, let alone discuss, but he appreciates the sentiment for listening should he need someone? Maybe? Yeah.

When she shows off her steel barrel, he raises a brow before he lets out an amused sound. ]

Pretty sure anything is better than nothing when you're in the middle of a fight.

[ Especially with demons of all shapes and sizes.

But with the awkward pause and the whole ignoring the mutters about how, yeah, he totally did take that glass of chocolate milk off that table with a large, glowy demon arm, Nero looks over to Yang then, giving a scratch to his cheek with his human fingers. ]

Guess you need to get back to whatever it was you were doing before all this, right?

[solar_flare]

[Yang grins, then nods. It's her day off so mostly her plans are 'whatever sounds fun' but she gets the sense that he needs some time alone to process all of this and let it sink in. He's got some decisions to make, so she'll let him think things over and get his bearings.]

I've got a couple of errands to run. Here...

[She takes a napkin, then writes down three numbers: Ruby Rose, Gale Reinhardt, and Yang Xiao Long. Then she slides the napkin across to him.]

Offer of a lift is still good, as long as you're not nervous around motorcycles. Least I can do is drop you off somewhere.

[unfollowed]

[ Eyes of blue scan over the scribblings on the napkin and he comes to take it into a hand when it's pushed over to him, tucking is safely within an inside jacket pocket. ]

Thanks but I'd rather walk.

[ He flicks white strands of hair out of his face as he looks up to her, allowing an arm to drape across the back of the booth. ]

Does the body good.

[solar_flare]

[She laughs, scooting out of the booth and dragging her jacket along with her.]

With that kind of evidence, it'd be pointless to argue.

[Yang winks and slings her jacket over her shoulder.]

See you around, Nero. Good luck! You got this.

[With that she saunters away, the bell above the door jingling as she pushes her way outside. The distinctive grumble of a motorcycle engine follows shortly thereafter just before she speeds away.]