11-29-2014, 10:06 AM
A PI. That was interesting, though the sword thing was a little weird. A tracker of what, exactly, that would necessitate that kind of protection? Asha pondered as they walked, realising a little late that they were headed towards the metro. Her fingers flexed amongst the small change in the depths of her pocket, wondering if she had even half enough to cover the fare. A favour was one thing, something she could return in kind. But money. She'd felt bad enough accepting Emily's cup of coffee, offered in genuine kindness, let alone having to now broach the subject of the fact she was broke.
As Elias stormed ahead on the escalator, Asha lingered to travel static all the long ride down. Observing the scenery was not a poor excuse, something she might have enjoyed had she not been anticipating embarrassment at the bottom. But Elias surprised her again when he took the burden of her ticket. For a second he looked as though he might smile, but the flicker faded without truly approaching anything close to a curve. In that Asha found a challenge; to find some way to sneak the emotion out passed his guards, to coax a reaction from those calm depths. She was not so sparing with her own grin. "Thanks."
She hopped on through, aware of the tight challenge in Elias' words. It was clear he didn't like Nox, but Asha chose to leave them to it and hope that those less pleasant emotions did not grow too large for her to comfortably ignore. Nox didn't appear overly perturbed anyway; he seemed to view the entire world through that devil may care grin, so she imagined that he at least was not too likely to get wound up.
Abruptly, her sense of Nox winked out.
"What're you doing?"
She blurted it without much thought. They'd been nothing to signify how he could hide from her, but it had to be something, right? For a moment she almost moved to grab his wrist so as to better feel the sheer emptiness, but thought better of making a scene. Rather lamely, she added, "Can we hurry up and leave the posturing to someplace warmer?"
As Elias stormed ahead on the escalator, Asha lingered to travel static all the long ride down. Observing the scenery was not a poor excuse, something she might have enjoyed had she not been anticipating embarrassment at the bottom. But Elias surprised her again when he took the burden of her ticket. For a second he looked as though he might smile, but the flicker faded without truly approaching anything close to a curve. In that Asha found a challenge; to find some way to sneak the emotion out passed his guards, to coax a reaction from those calm depths. She was not so sparing with her own grin. "Thanks."
She hopped on through, aware of the tight challenge in Elias' words. It was clear he didn't like Nox, but Asha chose to leave them to it and hope that those less pleasant emotions did not grow too large for her to comfortably ignore. Nox didn't appear overly perturbed anyway; he seemed to view the entire world through that devil may care grin, so she imagined that he at least was not too likely to get wound up.
Abruptly, her sense of Nox winked out.
"What're you doing?"
She blurted it without much thought. They'd been nothing to signify how he could hide from her, but it had to be something, right? For a moment she almost moved to grab his wrist so as to better feel the sheer emptiness, but thought better of making a scene. Rather lamely, she added, "Can we hurry up and leave the posturing to someplace warmer?"