Day On The Job: Part 1 (Open)

[Tate Karito]

"That's all I have to offer for my services," he stated directly and clearly, "Would that suffice with you?"

It was abnormally strange to be talking to such a popular and powerful entity face-to-face. But it wasn't completely as grim as he thought. The mere childish appearance Lord Death possessed was a stark contrast according to legends and rumors. Almost taunting it on purpose. Despite all of that, Tate could still feel the foreboding. Rather, his instincts were telling him not to ever piss him off for whatever reason.

The deity was in obvious thought as it stood there while musing, "Hmm. You do have quite the reputation and the resume."

The Aegis stared at the dark garbed individual converse with a-- blue-skinned person? Though the initial conversation between them was less than professional. Rather, a friendly exchange of words without so much gravity at hand, with a potential employee was standing in front of them.

"...They're pretty laid-back," Karito remarked in his thoughts, ignoring some of the comments, and then staring back at the dread-locked personnel, "And bizarre. So much for job interviews..."

His attention returned back to the head of Shibusen, noticing the skull mask was looking in his direction. As if it wanted to speak to him.

"So why exactly do you want to look through our database, Mr. Karito?"

...Why? The Ex-SAT grimaced at the probing. There was a slight discomfort in his stature. A personal question, yet it was one in which the owners of the information had every right to have the knowledge of why. Yet, his hesitation filled the sky-imitating room with silence and discomfort.

Softly, "I once served as an SAT member. I married and had a boy."

The overcoat giant paused, just to stare at the expressions of his future employers. Though, there was nothing to divine, but at the fact he had their attention.

"--But they were taken away from me by someone named Butterfly."

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It was bright. The sun mercilessly stabbed its harsh rays on Tate's person. The heat was rising and the air was dry for someone not native or a resident to this land. But, the added weight and warmth from the overcoat was already putting on the unnecessary stress...

Yet, his last job made it a habit for him to keep the unnecessary article of clothing on. His eyes peered around the clearing in front of the academy. Empty. Silent. For now.

And so began his first day on the job, with emptiness.

[Ashley Noriko]

Ashley hulled herself up over the last step of the longest set of stairs she had ever walked. Her body being more used to the cool air of her hometown she had already covered in sweat and most likely smelled like a dead fish. Ashley pulled off her thin black jacket revealing her caramel arms and the tan lines made by her shifting sleeves. After tying the black article of clothing around her hips she unbuttoned her white shirt to reveal her black halter top. She sat down on the steps, looking through her ski goggles onto the world. It was a nice view of the city, everything looked crisp and clean. The desert could even be seen from here. Ashley pulled her headphones from her ears so they could hang on her neck.

It was still early in the morning, class wouldn't start for awhile and Ashley debated on going. She swept her gaze over the clearing in front of the school. Only one other living soul was here, and he was wearing a black overcoat. Wasn't he hot wearing that? She shrugged and looked back over the city. “Fuck~ it's so early but it's already blazing balls out here.” Ashley moaned as she plopped down on the ground, her legs dangling on the stairs.

Why did it have to be so hot? Why couldn't she be in her room? These questions were left unanswered by the already bored as hell Ashley. Great not even here three minutes and I already would rather be asleep! She closed her multicolored eyes to protect them from the shaded out sun.

[Tate Karito]

It was definitely a hot day today. Yet, the enigmatic individual wore a heavy overcoat in this auspicious morning. Heat was something he got used to anyway, as sweat was not apparent on his brows. Even in the harsh summers, you wouldn't even know if someone was coming at you with a pistol out of nowhere. Such was his profession in the olden days. The silence lulled in the midst of the environment as time passed. That was until some girl came about, complaining of the harsh weather as she sat down upon the stairway towards the school. Yet, he kept his silence, frozen in his steps as a statue.

Tate's eyes scanned across the horizon full of buildings, clustering towards each other while being divided by the roads. A normal average city, yet it was different in comparison to the cities in Japan. At the same time, a tad vaguely similar to the villages in the island of Sicily. As the time passed by after the girl's arrival, more students came by. Attending the academy as evident in their path. But, they caught on a curious eye for the solitary individual standing by the entrance. The students hurried inside as the new Security Guard eyed upon them, there was nothing in the eyes that would aggravate them or what so ever. But the initial threatening appearance, was enough for them to hurry.

Taking note the girl was lounging about needlessly under the sun--

"You know, there's air conditioning inside."

[Ashley Noriko]

Ashley pushed herself onto her elbows and let her head hang upside down to look at the speaker. “Right, I'll take that into consideration when I feel my legs again.” Ashley spoke with a bored slur and yawned as she sat up fully. She was tired after walking up here, and she would only end up sleeping in class. She poked her leg with a sharp nail that only sent little tingles up her legs. If she actually paid attention she probably couldn't feel the lower half of her body. That would cause her a problem later when she felt like moving. Waking up a sleeping body part hurt like hell.

Ashley stretched her arms up with her hands curled together, a stratifying pop rang from her back. As another student walked passed her giving her a strange look she raised her middle finger at them and ignored them as they scurried past the strange man. Was she the only one not bothered at all by him?

[aleatory]

BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEE-

Ivy silenced the deafening trill of her alarm clock. Red, digital number's read "6:10 AM". Sitting up, the girl wiped the remnants of grog from her eyes. So began another morning in Shibusen for Ivy Sheppard. Wiping her eyes once more, Ivy stepped out of bed and opened her curtains. Gleaming sunlight shone into every crevice of her small flat, leaving no corner dark. Ivy began gracelessly working on the buttons of her polka dot pajama top (which was paired with a matching bottom). Her tired fingers slid clumsily over black plastic buttons.

After stripping, Ivy opened the sliding doors to her wide closet. She could tell by the way the images outside her window curved and distorted that it was hot outside. Turning back to her closet, Ivy picked out a cropped lacey tank top and short shorts with lace trim on the sides. She pursed her lips at the shorts, wondering exactly how her bottom had become so large. After getting dressed and slipping on a pair of sandals, the girl quickly brushed her teeth.

Ivy dashed out of the apartment, pink briefcase in one hand and a tall cup of ice coffee in another. Ivy's jog slowed down to a trot and then to a walk as she neared her destination, Shibusen, the school responsible for educating meisters and demon weapons. Ivy took a long sip of the dark amber liquid. It is kind of friggin' hot, Ivy thought to herself.

Checking her watch, Ivy could see she had a few scant minutes before the ringing of the late bell. She shrugged. Even if she was late, she didn't really give a crap. The colorful student body usually acted so strangely that a late entry wasn't given much attention.

Ivy's stroll shortened as she approached the symmetrical place. Her eyebrows furrowed. A tall figure stuck out from the rest of the bustling student body. The person stood, unmoving, solid. As she got closer she could see the man's face was set just as his body. Hard, solemn, brooding, even.

Who the hell is this guy? Ivy wondered. She pursed her lips and took a seat on the steps not too far from another student. Ivy wasn't about to walk into school before finishing her iced coffee.

[Tate Karito]

Tate could only nod in silent response, returning to his solid and stiff stature as his eyes continued to survey the landscape in front of him. Allowing himself to take up a point of view very reminiscent to a higher being. His glum expression plastered itself on his visage all the while as the time went by and so did other students that continued to pass him with guarded expressions of discomfort at his foreboding figure.

It would only seem another student would arrive, taking her place next to the girl from earlier to enjoy her daily intake of caffeine before letting the school day begin. Prepping her very nerves to stay awake at the gradual and degenerative cost. His eyes flicked towards the two momentarily, divining any wrongdoing under his watch. Yet, nothing seemed to jut out for now--

Until the bell rang a little earlier than scheduled. The ex-bodyguard's brows unfurled one higher than the other in mere confusion at the untimely heralding. A couple of the students making their way up the stairs shared his face. But nothing seemed to be coming out of the speakers to announce or explain anything about the bell. Which immediately prompted some to hurry up to class...

"You'd better get going," he stated glumly at the duo below him.

[Ashley Noriko]

A drink would be nice right now, a nice cold drink. Ashley shrugged the the thought off as she rubbed the back of her leg, slowly helping it wake up. She felt like jello, how do you do this everyday. Even for a girl like her that got in fights, and skateboarded all the time it was a long walk up. It didn't help her sleep from last night was maybe five minutes long. She had fallen on her bed only to hear the alarm in what felt like seconds. Ashley had hated school before, and she knew she was gonna hate it now. As a child she had been trained like a meister, so this whole be a weapon thing didn't appeal to her much. Ashley didn't need anybody anyway, she could easily stick it out alone. Ashley looked up through her ski goggles to see another girl walk up. She had purple hair, and was holding a cup. Ashley sized up her chances of knocking the girl down and getting the cup, but she quickly decided it wasn't worth it as the girl sat down on the steps near her. Maybe if she started a conversation.

"Hey," She said looking over at the girl. It was just a simple greeting, and Ashley knew she wasn't to get much out of it. Just something simple, besides the girl didn't look like somebody she was really going to want to be near. She had pale skin and wore frilly girly things. Ashley with her dark caramel tan, and her dirt boyish clothing was left with a sick feeling in her mouth after looking at her. Ashley shoved her hand into her pocket to find some loose change. Perfect she could get a juice before she went to class, or hid out somewhere. Ashley ignored the bell, and Tate as he spoke.

That means it's seven now, but Ashley shrugged she didn't care to much about that. Ashley wanted something to drink and a dark place to hide as she caught up on sleep. With that thought Ashley loud out a long yawn.