The Street

@satou rina Jaekyung was quite glad that the girl could treat herself. She supposed it was necessary. It would definitely be plain stupidity if one were to think they could survive long without learning how to aid oneself once they were wounded. In a life like this, it was kind of hard to trust others to stay completely loyal to you. That was very rare, and these days, Jaekyung believed it was far too easy - and sometimes right - to betray someone. "Well if you say so, then I'll trust your words on that. It's your own body after all." Jaekyung would have hesitated if the lady had her weapons back, but since she took it, it was safe. Probably. She was confident that the younger would never stand a chance against her though. "I'd like that! My name's Jaekyung, Kim Jaekyung. What about you?"

@kim jaekyung Rina blinked repeatedly at the far too beautiful woman, exaggeratingly shocked. "Eeeehh~~~ You want me to tell you where my hideout is?? That wouldn't make it much of a hideout then, if I told every Tom, Jack and Harry where it was" Rina laughed at her own joke. "Anyways, this-" Rina raised her hand, shaking her wrist lightly "-this is nothing. I'll live." Seemingly out of nowhere, she pulled a thin bandage and some anti scarring cream and applied both to herself. Rina was very particular about not getting any scars on her pretty little body, which was quite hard considering how often one tended to get hurt in this place. The Japanese looked at the woman when she was done, it hadn't taken long, pursing her lips. Who knew what she was thinking at this moment. Then, they curled up into a smile. "Since you took my weapons, I'm not going to wander this place alone. Let me show you around. ...No funny business, promise."

@satou rina Jaekyung had found herself amused at how agile this young girl was, but noted that the latter was not very quick to act. She didn’t feel any murderous intent from the younger, but she had learned the hard way how she couldn’t let her guard down no matter who the opponent was. A life on the battlefield had taught her how life liked to surprise soldiers with sudden rain of bullets and bodies flying to the ground. This girl had potential to become better, with more training, Jaekyung figured. But she wouldn’t be the right teacher if that were the case. She had no idea about teaching. At all.

“Well, this counts as self-defense, as far as I’m concerned.” Jaekyung glanced at the bloodied hand, and her eyebrows twitched up in surprise to know that the bullet had accidentally touched the other’s hand. Oops, perhaps there was a miscalculation on her part that she ended up hitting the body part. “I’m sorry for that. Thought I was just gonna hit the gun. Didn’t think I’d hurt you too.” She thought about what the other had said briefly. She wasn’t stupid enough to trust that this girl wouldn’t kill her once the chance arose, but Jaekyung trusted herself enough that she wasn’t going to die by some teenager’s hands. “Is that so,” she said as she put her gun away, and moved to get the lady’s glocks. “Just for the sake it, I’ll keep these with me for now. We’ll have to treat your hand first. But I’d prefer to do it somewhere that’s not open. Do you have a base or a hideout?”

@kim jaekyung [] *pokey*

@kim jaekyung Rina quirked a brow when the woman rolled away and pursed her lips. Ok. She was mildly impressed, but look at all the dust the woman had gotten onto her clothes... Tsk. The young girl couldn't decide whether she was happy the woman had evaded the shot, or whether she was disappointed. Rina wasn't particularly bloodthirsty, by her standards, but it would have been a little satisfying to at least hurt her. Look at that! She was completely unharmed and pointing a gun at he- wait, what? Rina let out a girly shriek, realizing with dread that she had been dumb enough to stay in the same position. She immediately swung her body around the protruding rod, using the momentum to jump up and land on it with her feet, before doing a backflip onto the ground. Her movements where quick and agile and she made sure to keep her own gun pointing at the woman. Alas, the lady was a very good shot and, unlike what Rina had assumed, hadn't been aiming for her body.

Rina landed neetly, almost prettily, on the ground. She didnt have her guns anymore and she was clutching her bleeding left hand. Tears welled in her eyes from the seering pain, but she held them back with all of her might and glared bloody murder at the woman before her. She was just about to lunge for her glocks, when the lady kicked them away. Rina bit down harshly onto her lip, "Following that logic, you shouldn't be shooting at people my age!", she snapped back, quite the teenager with her little tantrum. Naturally, Rina was ignoring the fact that she'd attacked first. Details. There were a few seconds of silence, before the lady spoke again. Rina, realizing that the woman wasn't hostile towards her, visibly relaxed and stood up a bit straighter. "If I tell you, can I have my glocks back?", she asked with a cheeky smile. "I promise I won't shoot anymore~ At you at least."

@satou rina Jaekyung had heard the unwelcomed enemy before the latter even talked. Once her mind registered the fact that indeed, a girl years younger than she was, was pointing a gun right in front of her face, her body made the split second decision to jump to her left, the skin of her arm touching the rough road as she rolled away. Pointing her gun at a younger girl (not even who she’d consider an enemy, honestly) wasn’t something she would have done if this was Jaekyung from weeks ago, but she had already known just what she was getting into when she had decided that she was going to Toshima. She was a soldier, and a soldier must fight her battles, no matter who the enemies were.

Without a bit of hesitation in Jaekyung’s mind, she fired her own weapon, not at a fatal part of the girl’s body (it wasn’t possible for one to truly erase a part of her person instantly) but at the girl’s hand which held the gun pointed at the soldier. Using the seconds the other girl was going to have before reacting and using her other gun, she shot at the other glock as well. Her bullets hit straight on her mark: on that spot on the metal, dangerously near to the younger’s skin. “Give it up, kid,” she said as she approached the latter, kicking her guns away from the two of them and pointed her own firearm at the other’s temple, the metal touching the seemingly smooth skin of the other. “You shouldn’t be holding a gun at your age. How old are you, 17? 18?”

She took a long look at the other’s attire, which was definitely not for fighting, she concluded at first glance. Jaekyung wore clothes that were a large contrast to the other’s: a tight black sleeveless top, and camouflage pants, her army jacket tied around her waist. She could fight just as well in any other clothes, but this was where she felt the bravest, reminded her of the wars she’d fought. It fueled her anger as well, and she wasn’t even planning on calming it down. “What could a girl like you have done for you to end up in here?”

@kim jaekyung It was that time again. A little birdy had told Rina that a new player was arriving today, a woman and a beautiful one at that. Rumours said she had been somehow affiliated with the government, before falling out of their graces. This wasnt common knowledge, Rina had an expansive network. Humming a childrens rhyme softly she ran through the city, expertly jumping from one building to another. The deteriorated buildings made travelling above ground both faster and, arguably, safer. Having been born in the city, Rina knew the place like the back of her hand, she didnt even need to think. She was wearing a pastel pink sweater, a prized possession she had had smuggled into Toshima for a lot of money. She was wearing white knee socks, army boots and a short, frilly white miniskirt that flashed pure white wheneverr she jumped. Not the most practical of outfits, but Rina was one of the last girls in Toshima who cared (a lot) for her appearance. She had even made her own lip tint and mascara.

Huh. The new player really WAS beautiful. Rina curled her lips into a pout. How annoying. A glock in each hand, she decided to mess with the too-pretty-for-her-liking woman. Without making a sound, Rina jumped from the third flour of the building she was in. Barely a moment later she was hanging upside down from a rod protruding from the building. Gravity pulled her skirt and her sweater away from what they had been meant to cover, her underwear completely exposed. Thankfully, her sweater got caught at her s and didnt slip any further. Not that Rina cared. She was hanging right in front of the woman, one of her guns pointed right at her forehead. "Hi! Welcome to Toshima.", she said with a smile and fired her gun. If the lady wasn't smart or quick enough to dodge while she had spoken, then she might as well die. She wouldn't get far here in Toshima.

@satou rina The air and place just screamed danger, with how many places there could be to hide in, and almost everything Jaekyung could see could be used as a weapon, fatal if used right. She definitely wouldn't say that she wasn't used to danger - heck, she'd been to places that would honestly put this to shame, but that was when she still had her back protected by her men, and she protected them too. As soldiers, it had been engraved into their minds that their lives would come second to the country, second to the people they'd sworn to protect. But right then, right now, she wasn't a soldier anymore - officially, at least. She had no one to protect other than herself, and she'd like to prove that she could do just fine without protection from others.

Gun in her hands and her knives ready to be drawn from her boots, she threaded around the place, senses alert. She hadn't been here long enough to memorize the place and know the ins and outs of it, and she didn't expect that she'd have someone to help with that - after all, this was a do or die kind of thing. It would be right if she treated this as how she had treated her past missions. She pursed her lips as she stayed near areas where she could easily hide and protect herself from bullets. She didn't come here to die after a few weeks. She came here for a come back.

@∞ lee taemin Well of course did he wonder about the other’s reasoning. Never before had someone on the streets been nice to him, all merely seemed glad to have found an easy victim. So yes, it was actually pretty normal for Chihoon to wonder about this all. He’s still standing a little slumped, trying to keep himself small and submissive, as to not make the other angry with him. “I.. I’m hungry..” he just mumbles, eyes casting down to the ground, not really sure how to explain himself. “P-please..?”

@lee chihoon Taemin didnt know why he needed to justify his reasons. But everyone seemed to ask that. "Maybe i know how it feels to be like crap. Maybe i remeber how it feels to not eat for days. " Taemin looks away feeling...not angry or sad... But... Something like both. "I just want to help so you can accept or not."

@∞ lee taemin His gaze drops to the ground as he shakes his head, hands nervously clinging on to the ragged and dirty fabric of his own clothes. Not sure how to voice out this thoughts, he parts his lips, but only to close them as he nibbles his lower lip. “I.. no shops.. the trash..” he didn’t have any money to buy food, and lacked the courage to steal it. However, it are the strangers next words that confuse Chihoon even more. Slowly his gaze travels up, relief and anxiety flashing in them at the same time. Why would this guy help him? Why would he offer his money on food, where he could easily beat Chihoon up to gain points from just another fight? “What.. why?” he voices out his confusion, just staring at the other guy.

@lee chihoon Taemin knew how it was... he remembered the nights..sometimes weeks without eating. It was as painful as hell. "If you want food.. you came down the wrong street.. everything closes up at this time." He backed away from the younger bog, giving him more breathing room. "I can take you to a place in a ceasefire zone. The food isn't cheap, but I'll help you out."

@∞ lee taemin His eyes widen even more and his breath stocks, simply because this stranger – who had proven himself to be violent by using his gun – reached out to touch him. Chihoon could only stare at the stranger, frozen in place, and only stumbling backwards the moment he’s ‘freed’. He takes a few shaky breaths, arms moving to hug himself, carefully and dreadfully glancing up at the other man. “I.. uh.. j-just wanted to eat..” he manages to speak up, voice revealing his nervous state more than he likes, yet, there was no stopping to it. On clue, his stomach grumbles, leaving Chihoon to bend a bit more, silently cursing himself. But the sound wouldn’t be needed to convince another he was hungry, his thin frame said enough.

@lee chihoon as soon as Taemin realized this boy was a trimbling mess is when confusion kicked in. His brow furrowed as he approached the quivering mess and held his chin between his thumb and index finger to get a better look in his eyes. The eyes were amazing tools and also the weakness of a liar/actor. As far as he could tell, this boy wasn't acting. He let go and strapped his gun back to body. "You're in dangerous territory... who are you?" He asked then realized it didn't matter at this time. "What are you doing here?"

@∞ lee taemin Well of course he should’ve known that his anxious and nervous posture would draw attraction too him. Simply trying too hard to be normal, it just made him look tense. So it shouldn’t be really surprising that someone took his chance the moment Chihoon had attempted to snuck into an alley. The gunshot pulls a surprised, shocked, but soft, yelp from his lips. Chihoon’s eyes widen as he is utterly aware how close that had been, his figure now a little huddled, making himself look smaller, as his eyes nervously glance around. A soft thud has him spin around and it is with wide eyes that he meets the gaze of this other guy, dry lump instantly forming in his throat, body shaking slightly and teeth nervously nibbling on his lower lip before mumbling a quick “I surrender”.

@lee chihoon Taemin sat on a dark area on a fire escape. Going to high was a common mistake for other snipers. They would be seen in the dark among these streets. The moon always seemed to cast long shadows at this time of night. He pulled his hair back into a pony tail. His hair was beginning to grow long and it was probably time to cut it. Thats when he saw someone coming down the streets. The oy didn't look familiar.. in fact, he looked pretty young. Was he really taking part of the game? he cocked the gun and aimed for the boy. He shot behind the boy, missing on purpose before droppig to the ground below.

@∞ lee taemin Normally he would make sure to avoid the street the best he could. For Chihoon it was one of the worst places to be, one of the most dangerous too. Others would probably deem it very profitable and favourable, but the thin boy couldn’t really blame them. After all, beating another into a mess would help you get out of this . Trying to attract as little attention as possible Chihoon snuck his way around, sticking to the shadows where he could, or blending in the crowd.

@jimin Taemin was too busy thinking of the fight to notice the change in Jimin's attitude. He took a look at his surroundings and notice a large window being covered by drapes. "I don't have the capability of moving too much with my weapon. I'll stand in front of the window, letting the light show me, you can help me take care of the men in the shadows. If it looks like too many are coming, cover me so I can run up the stairs. Sound like a plan?" Taemin looked at him for assurance.

@∞ lee taemin Jimin looked up at the man when he talked. "Are you...trying to help me?" A deep frown was shown because he wasn't used to the sudden situation. This man just appeared and reminded him that a gang is coming, and now he was going to help him fight for this mansion...this, was just too much as for a stranger. "Thank you." He whispered out under his breathe and slipped out his blades, prepared for the fight. "In the dark? What do you mean?" His eyes moved to the guy. "What is your plan?"

@jimin Taemin watched as Jimin's face slowly scanned his own clothes. He could feel for the other man. Not having a home, fighting for his new home. That is what Taemin had to do not so long ago when he cleared out the sewers. He sighed obviously annoyed, but somewhat sympathetic. I get it...Just be ready to fight." That was when a noise came from the kitchen. Most houses had backdoors near the kitchen, so Taemin assumed it was a scout, ahead of the actual party. Taemin corrected his posture and readied his gun. "It looks like it's time to start," He smiled and carefully stepped to the hallway. "If we kill the scout, they will know we are here. If we don't we will be flooded, but in the dark."

@∞ lee taemin Jimin's eyes squinted slightly at the visitor before asking a question. "A gang is coming?" Something flashed through his eyes, he wasn't sure why this stranger was so nice to remind him, but he couldn't trust him that much. "Thank you for the reminder, but I just found this place...I wouldn't want to give this place out easily." He looked down at his body, blood stains on his shirt and mud, showing the hardships he had been. He wouldn't just give out easily.

@jimin "So you are alone.." Maybe that wasn't the best way to start a conversation, but sometimes Taemin just blurred things out. He was used to talking to himself. "I have been watching this place for a while. I don't think it's safe to stay here for too long. Unless you like gangs coming in and taking your and Parhaps your life." Taemin lowered his gun to show he wasn't going to attack. "It'd be best if you left unless you want to fight with the people who are coming tonight to take this place over."

@∞ lee taemin Jimin's eyes widened at the sudden voice coming from downstairs, jumping up from the couch. He quickly took his blades on the table, hiding them inside his sleeves and sneaked out from the room he was in. He looked down and saw a figure downstairs, seemed to be alone. His eyes scanned him for quite a while before he slowly walked down the stairs. "Who are you?"

@jimin Taemin watched in the shadows as someone crept inside of the mannor. He didn't recognize the new common and he seemed to be alone. At first Taemin thought this boy may be a scout, but when nobody else showed up, he began to think other wise. This person, if left alone, was going to get wrecked by the enemy. Maybe, making an ally wouldn't be so bad.

Taemin went up to the mansion and let himself inside after the other. He couldn't see where the other person has snuck off too, so he whistled and held up his weapon, just in case. "Hey, the boy who just came in here. I have a message for you. I need to speak with you."

@∞ lee taemin Jimin slipped behind a bush and checked the situation of the surrounding. Nothing that seemed dangerous, and no one seemed to be around too. Great, than this big mansion in front of him could be his new safehouse and he could finally settle down in this place for a while, before any danger comes again.

He entered the house and looked around, his hands holding his blades and hiding inside his sleeves of his sweater, in case of any danger situation. It had been a long time since he found a safe yet big house to stay, although it seemed a bit surreal, but the situation seemed safe to him.

After checking the whole house, he found a room that has some furniture to settle him for the night. He place he belongings on a table and sunk himself onto a couch, taking a rest.

@jimin The streets were hard enough to travel alone, let alone try to dominate a gang. Taemin had caught word of a conflicting group taking over area near his. He couldn't let this happen. This would be just troublesome and dangerous for him. Sure, Tae could handle danger, but this was different. This was unnecessary danger. So he gathered up his gear and hit the streets.
The house was abandoned a long time ago, but it was a safe house during the war. It had hidden rooms and extra storage. But there has to be a reason it was abandoned. But now it was like any other house, just slightly more useful.
Taemin was getting closer when heard more movement. He took the shadows to get behind it and see what was going on.