raisetheearth | sit down at my table, put your minds at ease [closed]

Who: Reki, Umi, and Keldak
Where: Infinita City
When: Backdated to August 5th
What: An offer was given. Now it's time to settle in.
Warnings: Language?
Status: Closed

Reki never liked the idea of putting trust in a random stranger. She didn't like trusting most people in the world outside of the few that she could even consider to be folks she liked. That was the way that she had lived for the better part of a whole year, constantly moving, trying to find some sort of life to make in the world. To keep surviving.

That's why it was so hard to accept that they were finally getting help.

This anonymous person, who seemed so keen on meeting them that they sent a helicopter for her, no less. It seemed that the soldiers were merely an escort for Umi, but there was still an uncomfortable feeling in Reki's stomach as they took flight. And it wasn't airsickness. She made sure that Umi was alright, tossed an idle threat or two out that obviously meant nothing, and waited in silence until the city peaked over the horizon.

Umi is right, it's quite the sight. She leans over to her, speaking just quietly enough for both of them to hear. "That's it, right? Where you were?"

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Regardless of how powerful or foreboding a man like Keldak could be, calling Reki utterly pointless would have been as blind a statement as it would be provoking a furious retort. A rather shaggy Doppelganger, yes, but her appearance was just that. An appearance. With all the powers of a magical warrior, she tore through aliens in the final battle, even losing an arm didn't stop her.

She refused to be seen as "pointless" by anyone anymore. She'd gone through that shit already.

If anything, her eyes did show one thing. A fury born of despair that could lash out at anybody.

"Thanks. I think I'm really feeling the love." She replied, voice dry like sand as she gave a brisk nod to the redheaded mountain. "Hey there." A mountain that could prove a threat, but not with the two of them combined. Power levels, and all that.

She followed into the car, sliding in next to Umi. Her gaze flickered to the old man. "Mister Keldak. Can I ask something?"

A thought in the back of his mind, despite the somewhat weak first impression. None of these children were what they seemed, but, all the power in the world may as well not exist if it was held by someone who lacked the drive to use it. Time would tell if this Reki possessed that or not but she may yet prove useful.

After all, the first step to using any tool effectively was knowing how to use it.

Carl just made a... sound in response to the two greetings, something like a grunt of acknowledgement before shutting the door and heading to the driver's seat after his three passengers climbed aboard, his big head popping up in a small tinted window between them and the driver's seat a moment later. The inside of the limo was much like the office Umi had seen earlier, spacious but without an excess of extravagance or comfort. Function favored over appearances.

Anton took a seat across from the two newcomers, settling in as they got moving. He turned toward Reki again when she spoke up, nodding a bit toward her.

"Go right ahead."

Anton Keldek was not a man, Umi figured, to ruin a situation like that - and of course, Reki and Umi alike were more than they seemed. Of course Umi's new employer was, in all likelihood, also far more than he seemed, and he already gave off every impression of both confidence and power. Despite having chose to trust and work with him, she would have to be wary all the same. She was wary of almost everyone anyways, though.

She'd have to file away that Carl was not a conversationalist. The limo was comfortable, almost lavish compared to the life they'd been living, though also still far off of what it could be. This was not the sort of dictator to live in the pinnacle of comfort while those around him suffered.

Umi settled in, allowing Reki to ask her question.

What a boring looking limousine. Bare bones would be a simple way to describe it, in Reki's opinion. It told her a bit about their mysteriously powerful benefactor; he had money to burn.... though he held himself back on extravagances. An interesting mindset, though one someone like Reki couldn't quite wrap her head around after living a life with less money then limbs.

Maybe that was the reason they were taking this job. Find a new home, and someplace to really live comfortably. A nice dream that Reki was working towards for over a year now.

Even in her rather comfy seat, Reki's face held a sliver of unease, as though she was trying to unwrap some great mystery and it simply wouldn't budge.

"Why do you want us? She questions, straight to the point. "I didn't think many places liked to hire dirty, homeless people."

It was simply the way of things. Some people worked and amassed power only to indulge themselves in reckless extravagance, wearing their wealth and success out in the open. To somebody like Keldek though... he had no taste for the gaudy. He wore his power in other ways.

"You don't seem to hold a very high opinion of yourself." He smirked a bit, but it wasn't an unexpected question. It was a relatively simple answer. "But I look at the two of you and I see more than 'dirty, homeless people.' I see the ability to help change the world forever into your own image. I see potential."

The city alone was an incredible display of power, Umi knew. Having access to soldiers, airpower, resources, and the ability to leverage them - out in the middle of a ravaged continent - his wealth would be waste on extravagance. Perhaps some would still see what he had as extravagant, of course, but one did need to make an impression.

Reki's question didn't surprise her, although she would take offense to 'dirty homeless people' if it wasn't so true. Leaning forward, she turned back towards Keldek. "You know that we have power - and motivation. That we have seen enough to have a reason to change the world."

She was simply choosing to be honest, Umi. There was hardly any offense meant when Reki was simply stating the facts. It had been that way since.... it had always been that way for them. "I'm just being honest." she remarked towards Keldak, leaning forward a bit in her chair, giving her spotted wings room.

"Changing the world, huh? Is that it?" A heck of a plan, in her opinion. More of an idea then something to work towards, though.

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