Holes (Tales of Death City 7)

[Rocton]

Text color for Ian is Black highlight to read
Text color for Bisk is white

It was a rather windy day in the Nevada desert as two men dressed in brand new oddly picked jeans and basic t-shirts stood next to a dune buggy with binoculars overlooking the desert.

"Bisk it's been two days, we have to report back to base before they start to ask questions"

"We still have time we just need to find it quick"

They both went back to viewing the desert through the binoculars before they gave up and returned to Death city to refuel and go back out.

As they stood outside the gas station ready to go back with more water they started to discuss their options.

"You really think we should just give up? Command said this mission was upmost importance, they might consider that treason"

"NO NO, I know what would happen if we did that, what I meant to say was, what if we gave up on finding it on our own? This is Death City, home of a bunch of kids with glorified razor blades. I'm sure it wouldn't be hard to get one of them to help us, they wouldn't even have to know what it is just that it looks like a black box."

The pair contemplated this idea as they pulled out a map of the desert with marks to show where they had already searched and put it on the wall to contemplate their next search.

OOC: For the purposes of storytelling, the content of each Agent post is considered sensitive and I would like to advise against metagaming to enter and proceed through this Tales of Death City mission.

[Ishida Sai]

It has already been days since the meister arrived at the city. Despite the length of time in existing in this hot weather... Sai hasn't found much reprieve from the glaring contemptible rays of the sun. Still, he could feel its light searing through his skin into the flesh, slowly incinerating it. Small pinpricks of sweat were starting to form on his brow, but the weather wasn't as hot. Taking up residence in Death City weren't without benefits despite it wasn't much really.

Even if the teen was still suffering from the climate, the day was looking quite nice in general. Though an aura of envy was starting to irradiate from his person as he viewed his fellow residents walking around without too much trouble from the weather. It gave him a thought of how long it'd take him to get used to the weather... A month? A year?

Who knows? A sigh uttered from his lips. It was his day off at the moment and he might as well enjoy it for now. Though it might've been best to stay in the dorms and search through the web while enjoying the air conditioning. However, it is definitely in his best interest to survey the area and get used to the labyrinth-like routes of the city.

Almost starting to get weary of the heat, Sai already started on a search for a store of some sort peddling wares of refreshments to its customers. His eyes looked past the hair salons, arcades, and the notorious Chupa Cabra on his little journey. Though a shadow of chagrin temporarily appeared on his visage at seeing on this establishment. The teen couldn't help but raise an eyebrow at the large electric sign with familiar Japanese characters... Katakana.

A cabaret of all the damn places. Especially the United States... Not being able to bear staring at the building any longer... The teen continued trekking down the streets...

It didn't take too long to get to convenience store. With the sliding doors opened mechanically, a small cool gust of wind swished passed Sai.

"...Mother of God..." the teen thought contently as he entered.

Already he was feeling rejuvenated from just entering with his body temperature cooling down... Slowly he made his way to a cooler and opened the door to retrieve a simple bottle of soda after divining what he was looking for. The teen paid for the product with what cash he had and was already chugging down the carbonated fluid for all its worth...

Though the hot air of the environment outside was back to assail him as he returned... Despite that, he still had the soda in his hands, holding it by the cap lazily while walking. As Sai continued to trudge... He noticed two strange individuals within the scope of his vision...

Raising an eyebrow for a few moments... He shrugged and continue his way as his person started to look like he was walking towards them, but was actually going past them...

[tehinferno]

Yuu walked down the street, and sighed heavily. Damaso was not too far behind, and the quiet, windy day seemed to be taking a greater toll on him than he thought. This morning the pain of his empty stomach had caused him to wake up earlier than he had planned. This was just one of the things negatively affecting him at the moment.

He gripped his stomach, but tried to keep his head up knowing that if Damaso saw how weak he seemed at the moment, then he might not respect him anymore.

To pass the time he began to file his nails, and while this is usually enough to distract him, the odd shops slowing dissappearing behind him as he walked seemed to exude the intoxicating aroma of food. This was enough to make his stomach growl, and he grimaced.

"Damaso...If we were famous, then people would just be giving us money. I'm such a wonderful, and fashionable person. I should be famous. I'd let you be my personal bodyguard" Yuu realized that his rant may have been wasted, because Damaso doesn't usually respond. He was probably off in his own world, but that's why he liked him. Yuu could do most of the talking.

"Damaso...You should get a job. That way we won't have to worry about this stuff anymore. Of course...I can't work...I might break a nail or something. That'd be awful...pretty people shouldn't work." As he continued he looked up ahead, and saw the foreign boy he had wanted to play with the other day. Knowing that he was a student from Shibusen, he figured he might as well talk him into buying them food.

"Hey...Damaso...Do you think that kid has money?" Yuu stepped back and tapped him just to be sure he responded this time.

[chidos]

Antoni trailed not too far behind Yuu, with a rare frown on his face, lazily dragging himself foward as if it was a bad chore, for the first time in a few days, he actually felt hungry, he never thought about eating, usually his brother would alert him that he needs to eat something, but this time was different. He knew Yuu had too much pride to admit that they were poor, and in need of basic nessecities, but he figured that he would crack under the pressure sooner or later, and today happened to be the day.

He heard Yuu rant on about being famous,and becoming a bodyguard, the usual. He let his mind drift through the idea of being a bodyguard, all the possibilities. Maybe he could even drive the car, he always wanted to learn how to drive. He could also me- his thought was cut off by the pain and growl of his stomach. he snapped out of his daydream and listened to Yuu speak about getting a job. Why couldn't he get a job? Oh yea, He's Yuu

" I cant do anything. " He shrugged, he figured Yuu would find a way to eat, using his awesome persausion skills. As he spoke, Antoni spotted a kid down the street, he knew him..from somewhere, Maybe he was a kid from the academy! They would most definately have food, usually academy kids were rich.

Before he could suggest that Yuu get the attention of the boy, he had already done it himself, he smiled behind Yuu, In a way, they were really alike, and he liked that he had someone that he could relate to, in an odd way. he walked a little faster, in order to catch up next to Yuu, and answered happily

" Im sure he does, if not....... well then, we just wont eat "

[Ishida Sai]

The heat was starting to get to him now, again. So quickly the effects caused by the soda was already receding... It was scary too in fact. Perhaps this is a consequence of residing in a cooler environment and then quickly returning back to the warmer one. Either case, the teen was already starting to propagate tiny beads of sweat in which already one has dripped down his eyes.

Frustratingly, he attempted to rub his eyes to relieve his visual clarity again. As he walked, just about to pass the same two individuals by the sand buggy, the soda found itself landing by their feet; creating a plop noise loud enough that should be enough to get their attention.

"Huh? What the..."

The teen noticed the hand that held the bottle was holding nothing. Almost immediately, he looked over to where the bottle was and recognized it was the same brand. To his chagrin, the carbonated liquid in the container started to leak out at their boots.

"Ah shit... How the hell did that happen...?" a moan escaped his dry lips.

One theory is that he probably wasn't paying too much attention and inevitably let go of the bottle. At the moment... It seems the best one. Immediately, the meister moved towards their person still holding that same chagrined expression.

"...Sorry about that," he sincerely apologized while bowing with the sun still shining upon him, burning his skin, "I really didn't mean this to happen."

Quickly, he kneeled down to the sandy ground and promptly picked up the bottle before attempting to leave...

[tehinferno]

Yuu was now driven by the idea of acquiring food from the other student. He could hear his stomach growl more loudly, as the sheer thought of it only negatively affected him, though the drive was enough to push him forward.

"Hey! You! Kid!" "Hey! You! Kid!" The other student didn't seem to hear him, and it sort've bugged him, but he figured giving up wouldn't get him food. He began to stride forward to the area, trying not to seem desperate to reach his destination. "This might be a problem. I think he's deaf Damaso..." Yuu giggled too himself. He figured that Damaso would most likely take what he had said literally.

He got fairly closer to where the boy was, and right when he almost yelled again, the boy dropped a bottle of soda. It fell to the ground and spilled at the feet of two other people. Yuu tried to hold in his laughter, but he noticed that the boy was awkwardly still walking...Not even noticing the epic drop.

As he did notice Yuu couldn't hold it in any longer. He began to laugh, loudly, and pointed at the unfortunate student. "You're uncoordinated!" He dropped his head as he realized that he was still hungry. His mood immediately changed back. "Hey um...I don't remember your name...but I'm Yuu Kaneko!"

The boy was picking up the bottle from the ground, and it seemed that he might be too preoccupied to pay him any attention. Yuu stared for a moment, and then looked over at the two other guys. Yuu looked back at Damaso, and figured it was time to bark orders.

"Do you have anything to clean up with?"

[chidos]

Antoni lazily followed behind Yuu. He was wondering why it was cold in winter..and then hot in the summer. It must have something to do with the sky, he thought. The orbit of the sun, in th- and why does Yuu call him by his last name. He's obviously not Asian

He tried to drift further into his daydream, but was pulled out when Yuu claimed that the student was deaf. Antoni was overwhelmed with sadness, he had never met a deaf person before and began to say sorry for his loss, until realizing that he couldn't hear.

Still drowned with sadness, but slight enthusiasm to give the little deaf boy the best treatment ever, heard a soda drop to the floor. This was totally proof! He couldn't hear the bottle drop, so he kept going...Going...is....Rowing. He had never been rowing, and dwelled on the issue of why he hasn't gone rowing for quite some time through Yuu's usual talking

" Insulting deaf people doesn't fill stomachs "

He said as his stomach growled at him like a vicious tiger. This was usually more than he would say, full sentences wasn't his forte, but he felt obligated to seeing as they were getting nowhere on the food situation.

[Rocton]

OOC:IN the interest of speeding things along

The two agents had been going through the last of their alternate ideas. Bisk was still vehemently for the idea of hiring some kids to help them find it but Ian was scared command might find out. They didn't even know what was in the package and it was likely something that shouldn't be risked.

Then Ian felt a cold liquid flowing down onto his sock through his shoe, sending a quick shiver up his leg. He turned around swiftly, his face contrived in pure disgust ready to explode on the cause of his sudden need for a new shoe but was pulled back by Bisk towards the wall just as swiftly

"Wait dude, this is just what we need. We can get this kid to help us. We've gone over it, we're desperate, maybe you can kill him afterwards even."

"I guess you're right..but we're gonna need more than one stupid kid to help us find it"

Almost on cue another pair of kids showed up, to taunt the clumsy one or something akin to it. Ian merely popped up in energy he was seeing all his solutions come before him in a brief second and Ian was starting to consider as well from the look on his face.

"Hey kids, you mind helping us out, we're not from around here and we lost a very important box out in the desert. We've been looking for it but haven't been able to find it. You're all from around here right? Maybe you can help us figure out where it could have gotten to?"

[Ishida Sai]

"...Hm?" that voice seemed familiar.

The meister turned around to notice that same guy he met from his arrival at Death City. He vaguely remembered the individual. But some memory pinned him down as a tad annoying. Not really sure whether to trust this memory, Sai would treat Yuu accordingly like any other person.

Though the recent outcry just put him in a recent shit list fashioned after meeting up with the likes of Damien back then. Yuu seemed to be accompanied by another person this time... Partner? Friend? The meister wouldn't know. But judging from the soul perception, he was definitely a complete opposite of Yuu in personality.

How peculiar. Normally opposites wouldn't mesh well... But if one of the partner is rather submissive, it'd work. Of course, there had to be some positive relationship which seems to be there somewhere.

Sai noticed one of the two strange individuals address him as well as along with a few others.

"...Kids?"

He raised an eyebrow signaling the duo that they got his attention. A box? In the middle of the f***ing desert? For God's sakes, that would be... Like finding a damned needle in the haystack. The meister would not take up on this fruitless chore, but something told him that there's something about those two.

Something that he couldn't put his finger on it... Curiosity would be the main factor of his involvement.

"I guess...?" he pretended to be uncertain to at least hide his real intentions a bit, "How important are we talking about here? And... Anything in return? I mean of course... It would be quite a chore to comb through the sands, don't you think?"

Sai crossed his arms waiting for their reactions.

"I'm Ishida Sai. Meister. And you guys are...?"

[tehinferno]

Sai seemed to have noticed Yuu, and he figured that he might as well ask him if he had any money, but upon hearing Damaso's comment on how insulting deaf people didn't get them any food, he became slightly flustered.

"Ugh...You know what I meant...You still didn't answer my question...Whatever I guess." He looked back at Sai, and realized that he had begun talking to the two other men.

They seemed to have spoken amongst themselves for a moment, but because of Yuu's bad hearing he wasn't quite sure what they were saying. He tried to pay attention, but he only caught the last thing that one of them said. Something about a box being in the desert. Yuu wasn't very fond of the desert, and he wasn't necessarily willing to help them.

"Damaso and I-" He was going to decline, but then he noticed that, Sai seemed interested. Yuu thought for a moment, and he figured that this would be a way for him to learn more about Sai, and they might get a reward for it. The growling in his stomach was enough to convince him that it was a good idea, and he knew Damaso would agree.

"-Would be willing to help you in any way." Yuu flashed them his fake smile, and gave his hair a slight flip. As long as he stuck with Damaso then the work would be easy, and Sai might even have a few surprises. In fact, that's what Yuu was hoping for. He'd be able to pull this one off perfectly.

"I'm Yuu Kaneko, and this is my weapon, Antoni."