The grand ball

[Nox]

The big pillar of man turned around and Nox took a step back when he met a pair of grey eyes in a scared face. Fuck me! Nox prepared for at the minimum someone talking down to him or calling security. These people wouldn't beat someone down like they might in a club. Nox was sure of that - he was pretty sure. The thought of a brawl in tuxes amused him and when the man introduced himself with a hand shake, Nox was grinning stupidly. "Nox."
He said absently as he took the hardened hand and shook.

The power sang in his ear and he thought he heard Cruz laugh in the distance but now he was trapped being polite. Nox pulled a little more power and made a funnel of air to hear better. The science of it Cruz had taught him, but he and Aurora had worked the weave out in the mountains of Colorado. But all it did was make everything noisier so Nox dropped it almost immediately.

Nox hadn't expected to have the big scary Russian, well not Russian, but somewhere out this side of the continent anyway, to turn around and make conversation. "Uh. I'm here on body-guarding duty for my friend. His father is worried the big bag guys are going to shoot him down."
Nox joked. It was the truth, but he wanted to make it seem like it was more frivolous fancy of the rich and deluded. "I was looking for him in the crowd when I ran into you. Again, I'm sorry about that. Not usually an idiot like this."
Nox looked around wide eyed. "Not exactly my scene."
He returned his gaze to the grey eyes with a grin. "You'd think so close after a terrorist tried to assassinate the Ascendancy security would be bigger."
That was when Nox felt others around the room grabbing the power. Not hiding it either. "Maybe that's them now."
Nox nodded towards the nine men walking in with identical uniforms all of them the same.


Edited by Nox, Jun 1 2018, 01:28 PM.