Place: The middle of no-where. Time & Date: August 21st, Early afternoon. Characters: Mason & Nina. Rated: PG-13 for Language. Summary: Mason and Nina are reunited and hired. Closed.
raider_hunter: He was meeting a man about a job. A special job. A difficult one. He wasn't sure what could be so difficult, but, still. Hadn't the man heard of him? Wasn't that was why he was there? But, whatever. He was there. At the appointed place, a bit early, though. Yeah. He always got there early to scope out the place. Make sure it wasn't a trap. At least he could see whoever was coming. He was at the top of a hill, leaning back against an old camper thing, just waiting. (d)
bang_bang_baby: She was there to see a man about a job, too. As always, when she ventured out, she wore the girliest clothes she could muster. Wandering through the wreckage of the former city, she hummed to herself. A light and childish tune she remembered from somewhere a long time ago floated across the air. The familiar looking man against the camper was ignored. He wasn't the man she was there to see.-
raider_hunter: He stiffened when the girl approached, eyes on her, watching her carefully. That.. was not a man that he was to meet. That was.. He knew her. Somewhere in the back of his mind, he knew that girl. But, for now, he couldn't place her. A hand was resting on that 10mm pistol at his side and he just nodded towads her. God. This WAS a trap. And he was too stupid to figure it out. How as he gonna get out of that. Hmm. He was thinking on that when another figure appeared in the distance. This one, was a man, and he looked excited to see the both of them. (d)
bang_bang_baby: "HI!" Nina waved as the man approached. And she spoke loudly. Surely he didn't expect less of the woman-child, he had - after all - hired her. Skipping over towards he and the other, she jammed her hands into her pockets and grinned. "I'm here on time! Like you said!" Rocking back and forth on her heels, she waited for him to start talking. It was impossible to see why he would have chosen such an indiscreet girl for his job, but surely he'd had a reason.-
raider_hunter: What.. the hell? The man greeted her with a smile and was nodding towards the other man. He wanted them both together. And once they were all together, he told them that he wanted them to travel North and take out a small settlement there. Cannibals. That was his story and he was sticking to it. Mason simply nodded then looked to the girl. "I prefer to work alone. Is this necessary?" And he was told, quite bluntly, that it was. A sigh and he nodded. And payment was given up front.. half.. as usual, then the man left, and he was looking at the girl. "Who are you?" (d)
bang_bang_baby: Shhheee did not care if she worked alone or not. A dead cannibal was a dead cannibal. "Ouuu... I hate cannibals! They are SO MEAN. Love people! Don't eat them!" with a disgusted look, she shook her head and readily agreed to the job, despite the apparent company. Didn't matter how it got that way. Pocketing her half of the money, she waited for the man to go and then turned to the boy. "I'm Nina. N I N A." She spelled it, whether for his benefit or her pride... was hard to say. "Who are you?" She asked, though she knew. The minute he'd spoken, she'd recognized his voice and put two and two together.-
raider_hunter: "I.. know how to spell. And, you may call me Z." He thought she might have a bit of a problem with Zephyr, and, like hell if he was going to give her his real name. He still couldn't place where he knew her from, though. "Let's get going. My Brahmin is just over that hill." And he started off towards where his pack mule was. (d)
bang_bang_baby: "Z... Zee? That's a funny name. Why do you go by Z? Is it short for something? Do you not have another name? Do you have 25 other siblings named A through Y?" chattering happily behind him, she adjusted a shoulder bag at her side and waited for his response. I mean, really, it was the least he could do - talk to her - since they were going to have to work together. When he didn't answer fast enough, she started up again. "Is your Brahmin nice? Does it have a name? How old is it? How long have you had it? Do you think it will like me?"-
raider_hunter: He stopped and held his hand up for her to stop. "We.. Are not friends. We are business associates. "My name is Z. That is what I wish for YOU to call me. That is all. It doesn't matter if my brahmin likes you or not. It's mine. You can put your shit on it if you like, but that's it. It's a fucking cow. That's all it is to me. And we are NOT going to be chattering the whole way there. Got it?" (d)
bang_bang_baby: She made a disgusted face at him now and stuck out her tongue to boot. "You are RIGHT. We are NOT friends because YOU are mean to me." And though she didn't add it, the last guy to be mean to her had experienced a rather unfortunate accident involving his body and some explosives. "And I'm going to name it Addy..." sulking a little, she fell silent and walked up to the animal, petting it softly and whispering in its ear like she was telling a secret to her oldest friend. Giggling, she looked over at Z and abruptly stopped so he didn't hear them gossiping.-
raider_hunter: "No. I'm not mean to you. Nobody has paid me to be mean to you." There was a bit of a glare and once he had situated the pack saddles on the cow, and made sure her stuff was secure, he made a little clicking noise with his mouth and started forward... and the brahmin followed. "It's a good week's walk to get to where we're going." (d)
bang_bang_baby: "I know where we're going." With a huff, she walked fully behind him, next to the animal, still speaking to it like it could understand her. And she kept calling it Addy. And every time that Z turned to look at her, she fell silent until he looked away. "...are too mean... meanie head..." she said it so quietly that she might not have said it t all.-
raider_hunter: He stopped and turned on her, pulling that 10mm at his side and pressing it to her forehead. "If you WANT me to be mean to you, I can show you how mean I can be. This is BUSINESS little girl. And your constant, inane chattering is NOT good for BUSINESS." He had a very short fuse. Always had. Probably always would, too. And just as quick as that gun was pulled, it was back in its holster and he was turning to start walking again. (d)
And then she drew a knife on him and they had some angry words and glared at each other and then walked on in sulky silence, but I was RPing from work on my SideKick and lost the rest of the conversation. The end.