Blood in the snow

[Yuno]

Rei woke up with one of the worst head aches of her life. She managed to stumble into the shower and sit there for twenty minutes trying to sort through the blur of the night before. She remembered the day pretty well. She and Eddie had a lot of fun. She remembered a fight in a very vague way. Her shouting, him throwing a keycard at her. And now she'd woken up and he wasn't there. She washed her hair out and climbed out wrapping a towel around herself. She padded into the bedroom and noticed his clothes and things were still there. She heard a knock at the door and turned still holding her towel up. She opened it with no reservations about her appearance. It was probably the maid anyway was all she could think.

She opened the door saying I don't want cleaning in Chinese. Then she looked to see Eddie. He didn't look happy to see her...she flushed a sheepish look on her face. Apparently the fight had been worse than she could remember. She opened the door pulling him in not wanting to be caught in a towel by anyone else. She walked ahead of him pulling the hotel robe on and tying it. Only then did she let the towel drop away. “Hey..about last night...I don't remember much of it...but I'm sorry.” She squatted lifting the towel off the floor and beginning to dry her hair with it. “Guess your here for your stuff.” She took his silence as a yes. She lifted his bag up with a small grunt and walked towards him holding it out. She reached into her robe pocket holding out a picture to him. He recognized it from the day before. “Chinese Lady gave me this from our tour the other day.” Rei stood the wind rustling through her hair holding onto Eddie's arm before the gates of the Imperial Palace. “Take it with ya. Maybe when you get your perfect world all together I'll see you again.” She pushed the bag into his arms dropping the picture on top of it and turning away. She turned folding her arms, “Good luck..don't worry...I won't tell anyone. Before you go though...is Eddie your real name? Or just another part of the story?”

[Esiphas]

Ooc- That was a response to Tims question to Zack. Now, Presenttime!

Ic- Jack looked the Man over. "So. We've been told your... Situation... Might be connected to our case. What can you tellus about what happened to you? What did the poisoner look like? Who was with him? Can you recall the events of the evenimg, or the Days beforehand that got.you involved in this?" Jack was stood stock still, the only paet of him moving was his mouth.

[mantisstalker]

(ooc- Tim never asked Zack a question.)

Zack let out another snort, this young British guys tone and attitude offended him. "About time you said something, oh and by the way hi my names Zack." he said in a rather annoyed voice before turning from the group and lying down on his back, hands behind his head. He then proceeded to tell them everything that had happened to him from the point of the Triad warehouse including descriptions of both of his kidnappers, being careful not to mention any of his more unsavory activities or the fact he had a pretty good idea who the woman was.

When he was done he turned his head to look at them a smile on his face that made him look more pissed than happy. "I guess that's all you spooks wanted right? Well don't let me keep you from your important business, but do me a favor will you? Don't bring the (please do not swear) back alive, nail him there and then you got me?" He said an almost manic tone creeping into his voice as he made eye contact with the British looking bloke.

[Edzilla]

He greeted her and walked in slowly, "I don't know what it is, but something told me you didn't understand, that whole place was a mistake, maybe i shouldn't have counted on you not drinking anything, but I was probably kidding myself from the start." He finished the sentence abruptly as she handed him the picture. He looked at it, obviously seeing something important in it, then his eyes flashed back up to hers, he was trying to hide that t held any meaning. Catching his bag, he began to walk for the door, stopping at her question. "No it's not my birth name, but it's what I liked to be called these days and if anyone remembers me, they'll call me something different in Manchester."
He then turned to face her, looking sad. "Sorry... Enjoy the rest of your life.." Then he stepped round the corner, walking down the stairs, leaving her in silence.
He'd taken a taxi to a area a few miles from the airport and now sat in a cafe, typing away on his computer. He'd ordered a tea minutes before now a waitress wearing an apron sat in on the table next to him. He thanked her in mandarin before returning to the laptop. He got all the way to last click of the flight booking. One way to Manchester England, but it was taking him awfully long to confirm it. With some effort, he booked his flight, which took off at midnight tonight. Until then he had a few hours to kill. He sat sipping his tea, wondering what Shanghai had left for him.

[Yuno]

Rei nodded miserabley as he left. At first she just sat on the bed running her hands through her hair, why was she upset. She'd known him three days and now it was over. She sighed packing her things up. There was no way the Americans and more weren't looking for someone like her now. Further, the detective had to know who she was. That meant she couldn't go home. She checked out of the hotel strolling down the street of Shanghai in shorts and a band t-shirt for Troublemaker. Finally, she stopped at a internet cafe and ordered some rice and green tea. She didn't know where to go or what to do. She bought some candy sticks and sat munching them while waiting for her breakfast.

Slowly, she found herself opening the Shanghai air port website under the pretense of flight booking. Instead, she found herself hacking into the system, within the hour she had access to all their transactions. It struck her as really quite pathetic that the Americans couldn't capture either of them suddenly. Okay, so most people didn't know how easy air ports were to crack, but when looking for a terrorist and mass murderer, you should try everything. She whistled as she scanned the list of recent transactions. It was lucky she knew the country she was looking for, otherwise not knowing his real name might have effected her. But there in the last hour was (his real name) and a flight booked to Manchester, England.

She opened a second window looking at the flight in question. He was as usual flying in the finest class. She grinned selecting a seat on the same flight several classes lower. While she didn't quite have her excuse for following lined up in her head, she couldn't go home, and she didn't belong anywhere else...She stood up taking her laptop with her and lifting the now cold green tea and rice with her. She ate and hailed down a taxi.

Between bites she made it clear she wanted the airport. When the taxi arrived she tossed money at him and left pulling up the hood for another band she liked over her head and putting on sunglasses. In a sea of Asians, she was nobody. No airport security would stop her. Half of them couldn't see a different between Chinese and Japanese. Her flight didn't leave for several hours, she decided to kill time checking up on their pursuit team. She was pleased to find they hadn't even left yet...apparently they were interviewing Zack still.

She purchased a second sim card and slipped it into the phone redialing Zack's number from memory.

In the hospital, the phone began to hum and buzz to life. When nobody answered she let it go to voice mail her voice cheerful as she spoke, "Hey Zack, Sorry to hear about your run in with diluted cyanide. I'm glad to hear you'll live. When you get this call, if you'd just drop me a line, I won't be in Shanghai much longer, or I'd say we should meet here. I Think I remembered something important related to the murder...we should really talk."

She hung up walking towards a bench where she sat and pulled out her laptop to begin studying the Manchester Area.

[Edzilla]

Staring round the place, so many foreigners and locals all with the same mission, get out of here. He flung his bag into check in and left for security, all he carried was coins, but they still checked his belt.
Soon he was sat in the illuminated darkness of the gate, staring at the many lights floating around in the black outside. Thoughts drifted to Rei, he wondered what she was going to do. He decide not to think about, he had to find somewhere to stay in Manchester. They called his flight and he took his seat, falling asleep before the plane had taken off.

Manchester, an industrial powerhouse of the revolution back in the 18th century. First major railway in the world, also having the highest level of deprivation in England. Having brought Oasis, Joy Division, The Verve and others to the world of music, it is considered culturally part of the UK, representing the North West of the country. In 1996 it's centre was bombed by Irish ultra nationalists. Having been rebuilt shortly after, it's the 3rd largest city and where Eddie had spent most of his youth. Now he sat looking over its dawn. He used to live in the suburbs, now he decided he'd rent a flat, fairly close to Piccadilly Gardens in the centre. He took the metro into town, along with the commuters, each with a tired look of the British winter. Snow had fallen and the clouds above suggested more. Even the city centre was under a sheet of white, Just realising that it was the first day of December, he stepped of the tram, people were already scampering across the city, either for work or for Christmas shopping, they were obsessed with both here. After a cold walk through the streets, he reached his address, at which a bell, labelled landlord, sat. He rang it quickly and after a few minutes, a tired looking man in his 20s came down the stairs. "I'm here for the room." The man looked confused followed by recognition. "Oh yeh, you rang up yesterday." He spoke with a soft northern accent. "What's the number?" Eddie enquired, trying to bring out the Manchester in his voice. " The man reached into his pocket, pulling some keys then throwing them to Eddie. "12 on the third floor... Where you from anyway?" Eddie smirked, but he didn't have much of an answer for that. "Manchester.. but I like to travel." He smiled walking for and up the stairs to his flat. The corridors were laid with light blue carpet and white walls, with large sections of glass. He stopped at one, the skyline a lot smaller than Shanghai, only the odd hotel sticking out. He walked past finding his room, inserting the key into the cold metal, opening the door with a slight grind. It was comfortably furnished, a largish single bed dressed in white, a open set of clothes hangers, what he liked most was the open window, giving him a nice view of city. It didn't feel like home, but at least he spoke the language. He took the temptation to rest his tired eyes lying back on his bed, kicking his shoes off and promptly falling asleep.

[Yuno]

Rei stood hearing the call for her flight. She walked slowly and was careful to avoid being seen by Eddie who she'd spotted coming out of the cafe. She took her flight in a lower class next to a screaming child and angry woman. The flight was long and she used most of it to attend to little odd jobs here and there. She called and talked to Yuki. She

When they arrived, she was tired. She wanted a place to sleep, but she need to know where Eddie was. She followed his cab from the airport to the hotel She watched him go in her bag slung over her shoulder. She stood in the cold watching, a part of her longing to just follow and go back to the way things were. Instead, she found a local coffee shoppe and set up shop there for several hours drinking tea the entire time. Finally, when she was blinking back exhaustion she walked into the hotel she'd left Eddie at. She walked in grinning and yawning. "Can I get a room?" the tired young man looked up, "Yea...name" she looked at him with a smile, "Ameratsu Yuki" he typed the name, "Cash, credit, or check?" she smiled, "Check okay?" he nodded as she pulled out a check book feeling gleeful that her name was in japanese not english. She signed in English for the amount and held it out to him. He accepted it and led her to her room. She smiled thankfully and closed the door collapsing into bed.

[ziggythetrygon]

(I checked the first post involving the rules for a biography. I saw no official closing of open slots for this RP. Is it possible for me to join even so late in the game?)

[Edzilla]

OOC- Yeah you probably can, right up a bio, preferably start in England, then I'll try to write you in

He sat up, the sun had past its high point and was heading rapidly towards the horizon. He looked at the digital digits in the clock by his head, 3:00 in the evening yet he felt like 7:00 in the morning. He sat up, the cold chill of the apartment made his chest feel cold, maybe he should have gone with heating. He stepped out of bed, realising he was still dressed, he walked over to his bag which had been thrown rather hastily on the floor. He didn't have many clothes, especially not for this cold. He changed, dressing into a hoody, he would blend in rather well amongst the cities youth, he'd been one before. He stepped out the door, locking it automatically, his footsteps ringing out in the drafty stairwell. A small amount of snow was falling from the grey sky. It took him 10 minutes to reach the main pedestrian area, the commuters had changed to people laden with shopping bags, Christmas had never really interested him, due to the ridiculous proportion of it all. A small area of snowed over grass lay by a frozen fountain, by this he took a seat on a bench, pulling out his phone and a set of headphones, hitting a nonchalant track and jut watched the snow gather on his body.

Jack phone beeped as a text came through. The number unknown, but the wording seemed official. "Reports say they've move to Manchester England, get there fast before we lose him." He closed the phone, knowing what he had to do.

(By the way Namine it's an apartment block, not a hotel, if that makes any difference)

[Esiphas]

Jack looked Solemn. "I make no.promises to that effect. Im sworn to do the queens Justice. And on thst note, We're going to England." He dropped a small card on the Table. It said 'Best wishes. Dash." Along with a Phone Number. "Contact me if you.learn anything. I'll pay the natuonal fees." Then he slunk out of the Hospital, Smile on his face.

He was going home.

[Yuno]

Rei woke in a cold sweat from the same nightmare. She rolled over on her side glancing at the clock. It was about 2pm. She stood up taking her ipod and turning it to play Nine Inch Nails. She peeled her sweaty clothes away and sat in the shower for a half hour just washing and singing to the music. She dressed while singing, " (Twist twist twist) it can go a little deeper
(Twist twist twist) I'm wearing these chains
(Twist twist twist) you make it hurt real good
(Twist twist twist) I love the pain"
She turned looking at herself in the mirror. She was dressed casually in a pair of jeans and silk blouse. She pulled the only clothing remains of her previous life -- a rush hoodie over herself. She gathered up her tote bag stuffing her laptop, tablet, ipod, and the gun she'd had since LA inside. She strode out of the apartment her hair still wet listening still to NIN. She didn't know where she was going, so she assumed all roads would lead her there.

She reached the community area still watching people pour past her with shopping bags. Piles of stupid, ignorant, and rude people bumping about on the streets. When she could stand it no longer she turned walking towards a frozen over fountain and snowy grass. She looked up from her phone where her mother had once again left multiple messages. Her family wanted to know if she'd come home for Christmas. The thought alone made her grimace. She found herself staring at Eddie. She stood like a deer in headlights wondering if he'd seen her. When his eyes raised to meet hers she knew that he had. She felt the urge to turn and run. Instead she weakly raised her hand up in a wave at him. Her voice came out barely audible, "Hey."

[mantisstalker]

Zack blinked as the men started to file out of the room his face going blank. He tipped his hat as they left and gave a little wave to the Russian as he looked back. When they where gone he let out a sigh and looked across to the doctor still sitting in the corner. "How long have I got left?" Zack asked gesturing to the pipes leading into his arm, that where both simultaneously taking blood in and out of his body.
"About half an hour." The doctor said looking at his watch. "Now if you excuse me I need to make some rounds." And with that he stood up and walked out of the room.

Zack stood up from the mattress and walked over to a near by chair, feeling uncomfortable in the beds warm embrace that he hadn't felt for years. He decided to call his landlord to tell him the rent might be a little late but stopped as he saw the voice message from Rei. His face still blank he listened to the message before hitting the redial button and waited for her to pick up. He was sick of all these voice messages, and he just hoped this wasn't a bad time for her to pick up.

[ziggythetrygon]

(Alrighty, I'll do my best. If you could please give me a few days to read over what has happened so far, and to finish up with my exams, that would be great. If not, thanks for entertaining the thought of entering me anyway.)

[Edzilla]

His eyes were piercing , "..... Why?" Part of him expected her to catch his flight, how she'd sounded in Shanghai, regretful. "Why would you follow me to some bleak city in Britain, I thought we were done?" He'd knew she'd felt slightly empty, that she want that adrenalin rush again, the one that he held. "So you came all the way to my birthplace, halfway across the globe.... just so you an feel 'alive' again." He really didn't know what to say, then her phone suddenly rang, Zack calling from another time zone. "Guess you should take that, I bet they're dying to hear from you." He stood up, unsatisfied with what he'd managed to say and walked off, through a gap in the hedges back into the pedestrian zone, flowing with then towards Main Street. People seemed to go one way, no others were tolerated. A brief walk took him to Main Street, he began to head down the pavement, deciding it was probably best to take the longer route back to his apartment.

OOC- yeah take a few days to make it good if you need

[Yuno]

As he walked away he watched a phone fly past him cracking against the ice and slipping in. She was moving after him and as he hit the main street she caught up with him and grabbed his wrist. When he tried to jerk away he watched her come flying forward landing on the cement. If it was hitting cement or what he'd said that hurt her he would never know because she turned her face dark with pain. "Is that what you think about me? Really...Really guy?" she was slowly dragging herself to her feet and she turned on him in anger, "I've done more speed than you'll ever touch kid. Someone slipped me what felt like a roofie... I didn't intend to fall into your den of inequity. " she breathed in as she rose to her feet in front of him glaring, "And then you take seriously something I said on speed and a roofie...?" He could see tears forming at the edge of her eyes, "I'm not an experience junkie...I could get into trouble without you!" the tears had begun to slip down her cheeks as snow fell on her face clinging and melting to the salty tears. "I followed along because I love you. I love how you are, I love the things I do when I'm with you...and for the first time I don't hate life...but you...you couldn't just handle that...you had to throw me out the moment I made a mistake...on drugs...no less." She turned away from him wiping her face, "and I wasn't going to tell anyone...so don't even pretend that..."