Jane Doe-Smith (jdoesmith) wrote in dc_nextgen,
@ 2010-03-16 23:15:00

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inactive - jane doe-smith, inactive - robert queen

Getting the ducks in a row(Open)
It was still hard to process what had happened. The world was saved! Only no one seemed aware of it. She had been trying so hard to claim she was not a hero. But she had noted absently while gathering things together to go track down some jewels that had gotten stolen that her life was starting to look more and more like a hero's life.

She didn't like that too much. It left her angry because it didn't sit well with how she ran things. She used guns and wasn't about to give them up. She thought for sure that set her apart from the hero crowd. But she was beginning to see that she wasn't exactly the type to avoid doing the right thing. That's why she got along with the Arrows she had met.

Gotham was different though. Searching the whole city for some missing diamonds that had been rumored to be around here filled her days. A whole week of working in the city and she found out something she hadn't known.

Her old man had a building here. So that night had her on the roof as she ate from a pizza box and read things both on her case and the building that was hers to do what she wanted with.

Only there was trouble brewing and she didn't know it until she heard the cock of a gun and was diving for cover intuitively.

"Damn my luck," Jane mutters all the while wishing she knew where her 'partner' was right now. There were people after her now. Just her luck, huh? So she draws her side arm and waits for a breath then takes a shot Damn she missed but with how quite Gotham was tonight someone might have heard that.

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hunters_moon
2010-03-27 07:13 am UTC (link)

"The Yakuza and I have issues. I respect anyone that manages to defy them and live to tell the tale." he says. He reaches into his coat pocket and brings forth a few pieces of parchment.

"If you can read Japanese, these might help you." he says. "If you can't..."

He pulls out a few pieces of folded notebook paper.

"...these are my translations of what the parchment says. It's information on Teufeltiger's Mask. Maybe there's something in here you might find that I didn't." he says.

"An underground auction would be a bad thing indeed. I know of at least one group interested in it, a cult called the Ten Thousand Demons. They're the type that believes the mask has mystic power." he says.

"Am I upsetting you?" he asks, concerned.

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jdoesmith
2010-03-27 07:26 am UTC (link)

"Well thanks," she says honestly. Then goes for the translation.

She reads quickly looking for anything she might know of or understand.

"How old is Tekiya? Does he have a son?" She is quick about this because she just noticed something that has her very on edge.

Then she realizes he is worried about her. "It's nothing. Not you anyways. I have lots of old ghosts that get in the way. You've been great."

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hunters_moon
2010-03-27 07:34 am UTC (link)

"Oh. I just saw that you became a little nervous when I spoke of the Yakuza. I just didn't want you to feel like I was prying into your life." he says.

He smiles genuinely when she says he's been great to her. Normally, another persons opinion of him doesn't matter, but he's oddly contented that she might be enjoying his company.

She'll quickly read of the Mask of Teufeltiger (or the Thunderous Guardian Trickster of The Thousand Hells) is believed to allow the use to summon demons to command, as well allows the person wearing it to perfectly impersonate anyone they have knowledge of when worn.

"I don't know if Tekiya has a son, but I wouldn't put it past him. He's an older man...early to mid-fifties, maybe? I've had trouble getting closer. It's more of a title than anything, but the Yakuza keep the names of their higher-ups shrouded in secrecy. Did you see something?" he asks her.

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jdoesmith
2010-03-27 07:43 am UTC (link)

"I don't really like the idea of large groups of people who have enough resources to squish me like a bug if I really piss them off. Call it crazy but," she shrugs. Does she need to prove her point?

"At first I did. Maybe he's afraid of a coupe? Needs an extra edge against someone getting too big for their britches?" She wrinkles her nose.

"No. That wouldn't make sense. There's no way to know if the demon couldn't turn on him. I wouldn't risk it in his place. If he was older with not much to loose, I' get it. I think the best bet would be to try the auction."

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hunters_moon
2010-03-27 07:50 am UTC (link)

"Not unless he thinks he's got a way to control it. Again, I really don't know." he says.

"The auction sounds like a good idea. The question then becomes: How do we get in? This sort of thing would take a disgusting amount of money to get into...and they gouge foreigners like you wouldn't believe.

And I'm only half-Japanese, so I'm pratically worthless towards getting us in the front door." he says.

"Now if we find this place and you don't mind a little...sneaking around, we can go around back." he says, leaning in to whisper to her conspiratorially.

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	jdoesmith 2010-03-27 07:56 am UTC (link)
	She remembers from somewhere that the Yakuza doesn't really care for people of mixed heritage anyways. He doesn't look Japanese enough to get them in. But sneaking in the back sounds mire her style. She ends up grinning at him again. Then she leans in to whisper right back. "I like your plan. If we get a location it should work just fine." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

hunters_moon
2010-03-27 09:48 pm UTC (link)

He could easily lean in and attempt to throw her even more off-balance and he wants to. He lets the space between grow smaller, and smaller...

...then goes back to his food with a devilish grin.

"Well, I'll leave the part on the location to you, Jane. You get it, and I'll be there watch your back." he says.

"Because it would be a shame to have anything happen to it. It's a nice back." he says offhand.

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jdoesmith
2010-03-27 10:26 pm UTC (link)

Oh hell. She knew that too much time around him would be either really good for her or really bad. Maybe both. She hadn't blushed this much since high school.

And he knows what he's doing too.

"We have two days," she says with a small nod. "I can find it by tomorrow night if I get an early start." Because she knows how good she is. She has no doubt that she'll have it.

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	hunters_moon 2010-03-27 10:39 pm UTC (link)
	"All right. You get the location and I'll stop by your building. Leave a window open just a little and I'll get in touch with you when I'm in the neighborhood." he says. "Oh, and wear black. I get the feeling it does wonders for you, along with being good for sneaking around in the dark." he says, finishing the rest of his rolls. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

jdoesmith
2010-03-27 10:46 pm UTC (link)

Jane doesn't quite chuckle but she looks somewhat amused by being told what to do. "Don't worry so much. I've done this before. Well. Maybe not exactly this but.... You know what I mean."

She's gone into places she shouldn't have before. And she has worked with others before. Now so long as she doesn't get double crossed in the end, she'll be a happy camper. To be safe though she plans on wearing a bullet proof vest.

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