Midnight Stroll (Jay, Dresden, open)

[Jay Furor]

Jay sighed in tiredness. She had just finished a bounty and made 10 cens.She was carrying her handbag, meaning that she had collected the head as well. But for now, she was on a stroll through Yous Well as she walked back to her home in the Slums. She stopped at an outdoor restaurant and bought a supper composed of two bacon egg and cheese sandwiches and a bowl of cole slaw. She looked into the bag to make sure she wasn't being cheated before placing 7 cens on the table. She then went back to her walk, eating half of a sandwich as she walked. She looked up at the moon and smiled slightly, though not much. Out of boredom, she started kicking the rocks on the road and frowned in her boredom. She looked at one of the rocks which shined oddly in the moonlight, and picked it up, pocketing it.

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[Guest]

She was traveling along the road, Eating some Macadamia nuts from a plastic bag. She was glad that she could call her brother to have him send out more when she ran out, after all it was one of her favorite snacks.

She looked for a place to sit down and relax a bit, She had been walking for most of the day and needed a place to sit just to relax her legs. She round a rock off to the side of the road and sat down on it while watching the nighttime and the the outside. For whatever reason the night time gave her peace and she loved to be out at night the most.

[Jay Furor]

Jay walked by a woman sitting down at the side of the road and, tired herself, walked over and sat a few feet away from her. She examined the woman and asked, "Weren't you at the train station that time? I saw you near the crime scene." She looked at the woman, mildly curious, but not letting her metallic eyes give it away. She kicked another rock that she saw near the road. A car went by and Jay tossed another rock she'd found at the tire, watching it bounce off of the rubber in mild amusement. Boredom often struc her at times like these and she found a few things useful in those times. Setting her handbag down, careful to keep it closed, she picked up her bag of food and pulled out her bowl of cole slaw, which she began eating slowly, as if she were savoring it.

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[Guest]

She listened to this new girl come up to her and talk. The automail arm kinda interested her but honestly she just wanted to forget that night as a whole. "I guess.." she said. She was not much of a talker but isn't rude at the same time. Or at least, she never tried to be rude. When she was done talking she ate a few Macadamia nuts and then offered a few to her but holding the bag up to her. After she swallowed the nuts she said "They are good, try some." She smiled, but then again it was rare to not see her smile at all.

[Jay Furor]

Jay shook her head. "No thanks, I just bought supper." She was also trying not to be too rude, which was difficult for Jay since she was naturally rude in appearance. She took another bite of coleslaw and fiddled with her hair. She noticed that the girl was looking at her automail. She attempted to smile. "You like it? It's a new model by my mechanic, Darkamaru Invidia. He lives in New Optain, I think." (yes, I did a darky cameo. xD) She held out the bowl of cole slaw to the other girl, offering it to her in an attempt to be polite. She was too tired to keep up her wall of coldness. Then she took out another half of a sandwich and took a big bite out of it. She rarely ate but when she had food, she would eat as much as was humanly possible, eating until she threw up. It was because she often starved for several weeks at a time, barely sustaining herself past the point where humans would starve to death.

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[Guest]

"No thanks" she said in response to the food, however when the automail was mentioned she lit up. "Yeah, I'm an automail mechanic myself, I live in Rush Valley with my siblings." She was a very good mechanic for her age. She loved playing with the prosthetic arms and such as a young child but now that she was older she could actually help people with missing limbs and it actually made her rather happy. "If you need a free tune up or anything like that feel free to look me up." she said as she didn't mind giving free tune-ups every once in a while. She was very handy with her tools and if the arm was made by someone else she did a good job as not messing around with the insides too much so it would still seem like the original but it would feel like it was brand new with how it moved.

[Jay Furor]

Jay smiled and shook her head. "Nah, I got it covered ... Though my left leg needs oiling ..." Frowning, she looked down at her left leg, pulling her leg in and out, listening for a creaking noise. She finished off the sandwich half she was eating and began on another one, offering the last half to the girl beside her. "Oh yea, by the way, my name's Jay." She smiled again and held out her hand for the other girl to shake. She laid back on the ground, watching cars go by every now and then. In the moonlight, the paint glowed almost neon colors and the headlights shone right thgrough the darkness like a knife piercing through butter. She rolled a piece of egg around in her mouth from the sandwich. She was still hungry but she would make due until the next time she had any money.

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(hey dres, your turn to post in the thread with pride and wrath. xD)

[Guest]

She shook her and and smiled "I'm Dresden, but everyone calls me Res for short." She went into her bag and pulled out an oil can and took off the anti-leak guard. "Here" she said as she handed Jay the can so she could oil herself. "If you need help with anything feel free to ask."

She couldn't help but slightly wonder what happened to her original limbs. Did she know about human transmutation or was it in some other form of an accident? Either way if she could find someone to teach her more about human transmutation, it would be extremely useful to her. However she couldn't let on that she wanted to learn about that either, after all it is indeed quite illegal.

[Jay Furor]

Jay smiled and nodded in thanks. She sort of liked Res. Truthfully, Darkamaru and her partner in some missions, Slink, were her only friends but perhaps, her and Res could be friends. She pulled up her pant leg and began oiling her leg. She really liked how the design was sleek and didn't look as robotic as other limbs did. In the mood for sharing, she spoke to Res while she worked. "I lost both legs and an arm a while back, when I was 9. My boss paid for the automail for me but he fired me afterwords for killing his money. I got hit in the arm by machinegun fire and my legs were torn up by a landmine while I was getting away. Not a very pretty sight." She scratched her right arm and yawned. She was tired now, which happened on the seldom occasion that insomnia forced her to either sleep or madness.

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[Guest]

"Oh wow, what it in one of the wars?" She asked. She was never in a war herself but she had seen countless of people who were affected by it. One of the journals she kept was the stories of the people she helped and the other one was of her alchemic aspirations. The last one was one that she did not want anyone else to read but the one of the people she help she didn't mind if people read that one. In fact one of the people had tried human Alchemy and had it go wrong, thats were she got the idea from in the first place, before then she was only wishing that Alchemy could bring her parents back and when he came through he found out that it indeed could if it was done right.

[Jay Furor]

Jay thought for a minute before nodding slowly. "Sort of... It was a huge gang of criminals against me and a ragtag team of other people. We were assigned to take down the gang in a single assault. I was on the left flank in the rear, supposed to take the snipers and rocket launchers down. I made my way through trees but in the open land in front of the forest, my arm was gunned down. Seeing the man that did it, I pulled a 44 caliber pistol and shot him, but when reinforcements came, I made a retreat through the bushes. Unfortunately, as I ran towards them, I must have stepped on a land mine because one blew up, blasting my legs to a bloody mess. By that time, the rest of the team showed up, fought back the gang, and my partner carried me back to HQ." As she spoke, she acted out her words using her fingers to show herself and other people. She avoided saying why they attacked the gang or the fact thnat she was a mercenary, however, for obvious reasons.

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[Guest]

She nodded and listened to the story. "Well anyway I'm out here trying to find someone who knows a great Alchemy to teach me more." she said, she almost sounded sad, "I'm trying to do something nice for my siblings back home and well it requires more skill then playing with metal." she never expected to find a trainer easily but to her, the sooner she finds one the faster she'll get better at alchemy, then the sooner she can try to bring back her dead parents.

She sighed as she longed for the day to take the stress off of her brother Sydney so he could relax and be like a young adult, and maybe even try and find a wife. She knew he wanted a family but with the hours at the store being what they are, it would be near impossible for him to do that and well she wanted to make her siblings have a better life.

[Jay Furor]

Jay nodded, pondering what Res would want to do. She then looked at her watch and her eyes jumped when she noticed that it was half past 1 in the morning. She finished her meal and stood up, grabbing her stuff as she stood. She smiled at Res and waved as she ran off down the road. "Well, I got to get home or It'll be daytime and I can't get any rest! If you ever need help with your training, give me a call. I don't know tyhe first thing about alchemy but I could probably get you some resources you couldn't get anywhere else!" She grinned and waved one last time before disappearing into the dying darkness. Before she was fully out of cover of darkness, she dropped a small notecard on the ground. It read "Jay Furor-Third house to the left of the back entrance of the Amestrian Slums! (Only One Painted Silver)" This was for Res so she would know where to find Jay.

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[Guest]

Res took the card and waved goodbye. She may or may not actually ask for Jay's help but she figured that it is at least a good thing to know that she does have some. Before asking for help completely she'd have to try and find a way on if you could actually trust Jay or not but right now it looks pretty promising to her. If anything then it might actually be worth looking her up to learn how to fight at the very least. She put the card away in her Alchemy journal so keep it safe for when she needed it.

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