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[boundbyheart]

 Who: Kagura boundbyheart , and YOU!
When: The month of May
What: Anyone meeting Kagura at her new 'home', near the outskirts of the city
Rating: PG-13 for possible violence?

The building itself was no bigger than a medium-sized shack, if you can even call it that. It was not very tall, and the giant holes in the wall showed a plain and decaying indoors. It was a simple three-room building: a small bathroom, a large room, and a smaller backroom that had a stove in it. Kagura planned to remove the stove and replace it with something more from her culture. a fire-pit with a cauldron over it. Clearly, whatever was in there was worth money, but she wasn't sure how to get it out just yet without making more holes.

As of right now, the small room had a blanket it in--her bed, and everything else was left bare. The bathroom was decaying, but the toliet was still usable. What mattered most to Kagura, however, was the holes in the roof and the floor. Where there were holes in the roof, there were holes in the floor, as the wood softened and broke from the damage. Kagura, though, would not sully her hands with this work, as she barely knew how to use a hammer in the first place and had no reason to learn. That's why'd she put a post up, in order to get help. She could ask some of the villagers, she supposed, but the Transports seemed more able-bodied. Hopefully, they'd want the job.

So, she stood under a small awning in front of her house, tapping her foot while she waited for a Transport or otherwise to arrive.

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[clinical]

Jade saw fit to explore the city. He always preferred to know his surroundings. And as both Luke and Asch had pointed out, the Initiative seemed to do very little for their own. Jade wanted to truly see the state of the city and measure the treatment of its people.

He had worked his way out over the days, stepping out during his spare time and composing a mental map. It took him quite a while to make his way to the outskirts.

And so Jade Curtiss strolled by, hands in his pockets. His eyes skimmed over the shack, glance barely flickering over the impatient-seeming woman under the awning.

[boundbyheart]

"Hey. You want money?" Of course,, she had someone working on it, or at least coming over to do so, but as she saw it, she had enough money and it would get it done faster. She leaned back on the building, looking him over. He was scrawny, but he could probably do something.

[clinical]

Jade raises his eyebrows. "My, is that how solicitation is done these days? How forward."

[boundbyheart]

"I wouldn't know. As far as I'm concerned, this place is from beyond my time." she shifts to stand tall, uncrossing her arms. "I just need a job done."

[clinical]

"I'm afraid I'm already employed," Jade replies.

It's better not to ask as what.

[boundbyheart]

"Hmph." she thudded against the wall of her house, crossing her arms again. He was of no use then, and she wasn't one for idle chatter. He'd probably leave her alone after that, or at least, she'd hope so. No time to waste, the rain was getting in.

"Off with you, then."

I am so sorry; I couldn't find a way to make him stay

[clinical]

So Jade heads off. No need to waste either of their time.

[pabulously]

It takes Bolin a little while to find the place -- it's not in an area of his new home that he's familiar with. He's dressed to work in a tank top, jeans, and heavy boots. He's never done any kind of construction before -- any time they needed to earn extra cash, Mako's been the one to go out and get it -- but it can't be that hard, right?

He waves at the woman standing under the awning. "Hey! Are you the one looking for some help?"

[boundbyheart]

She's standing there, looking off at something in the distance when he says something, and she turns her head.

"Yeah." He looked ready to work, at least, although his clothing was very different from what she saw men working in at home. She couldn't expect him to look like that, though. He was from somewhere different, if he knew what the building was made from. He looked built for it too, which was good--the faster this was done, the better. When he finally got over to her, she crossed her arms.

"Let's talk about payment. How much do you want? I'll pay you by day."

[pabulously]

Woah okay that's one way to do it. Bolin had kind of been expecting things like the exchanging of names, basic social pleasantries, but yeah, okay, that's fine.

"Uh, I don't...really understand the currency here," he admits. "What do you think is fair?"

[boundbyheart]

Kagura's not one for plesantries, or names, or anything. She's not the type to make friends, either. She hired him for a job, that was all. She just wanted it done as soon as possible.

"5 Marques an hour." Which isn't really fair, to be honest.

[pabulously]

Sadly, Bolin doesn't realize that.

"Uh, sure! Sounds great!"

[boundbyheart]

"How long will it take you? There's plenty of holes, and they need to be repaired." She had no clue how his powers worked, but she needed to know in order for plans, such as when she could really move in.]

[pabulously]

Bolin looks the place over, and briefly wishes he had negotiated for a better hourly rate.

"Not very long, I think." Five minutes, tops. He walks over to the front wall and, with a few quick gestures, pulls dirt from the ground and uses it to fill the hole, creating a smooth, solid wall of stone. "Yep. Not very long at all."

[boundbyheart]

He was impressive, for sure, and it was even better that he was working for so little. Smirking, she leaned on the wall.

"Good. Today, then?"

[pabulously]

"Sure, no problemo."

Bolin cracks his knuckles and briefly contemplates deliberately working slowly to try and get more money, but tosses the idea aside. He doesn't want to cheat. (Besides, faster he finishes, the faster he can maybe find another job that pays better.)

Time to work!

[knifenut]

Unfortunately for her, not everyone that wandered by where there to help. Belphegor hadn't even seen her post asking for assistance, and even if he had it wasn't likely he would have replied to it. As it was now he was there by completely chance, having felt like wandering around the outskirts of the city where he usually preferred to lurk.

All he knew was that there was a mess of a shack that looked like a strong breeze ought to blow it down, a woman nearby it, and the fact that he was just bored enough to think messing with her would be a good idea.

Without a second thought Belphegor casually strolled forward toward her with his hands in his pocket. Playing innocent for now.

[boundbyheart]

"What?" she seemed a bit on guard. She already had a man to do the job, and she didn't need anyone else, by the looks of it. She stared him down, looking directly at his eyes, getting her fan ready. "What do you want?"

[knifenut]

It got his attention at least. He came to a stop a good several feet away from her, grinning up a storm as he stared back at her. Unfortunately, to make direct eye contact with a person requires being able to see their eyes in the first place, something Belphegor's haircut made all but impossible... but the feeling of a staring contest was still there and that's what really mattered.

"Hm? What's that you've got there?"

[boundbyheart]

"You don't need to know. Go away or state your business here." She spoke firmly, raising her fan to hide half of her face. She hated the feeling that she was getting from him.....it was filled with tension at best, filled with bad intentions at worst. And at the moment, she was preparing for the worst.

[knifenut]

She was probably right to feel uncomfortable with the situation, considering all her demands got from him was a quiet laugh, a soft shishishishi and his shoulders shook. "Why should I? I'm allowed to stand here if I want, and after all... you don't need to know why."

Just tossing that one back in her face. If she didn't need to tell him anything, he didn't need to share either.

[boundbyheart]

"This is my house, and you're trespassing. That's why." she started to shift to get in a more defensive stance. All this guy wanted, it seemed, was to screw with her head. He had nothing to gain from this, right?

[knifenut]

Ah, so that was why she was getting so defensive over this collapsing hunk of a building. If you could even call it that, and Belphegor being used to a certain level of comfort couldn't really call in that. "I'm standing all the way over here. I'm allowed to."

But if she was going to threaten him for walking too near her house he wasn't oppose to pulling out a handful of his knives and flashing them at her. Maybe if he was lucky she'd be the territorial type.

[boundbyheart]

"Go away." she growled, bringing her fan closer to her face. "I'm allowed to kill you." she spit out. Staring at the knives, she smiled--easily blown away objects would make him useless after the first strike if it came to that. But, for now, she wouldn't strike--no need to get locked up again.

[knifenut]

He laughed harder at her threats. No, he definitely wasn't afraid of her, but she seemed to be afraid of him if her trying to make him leave was anything to go off of. Even with a fan like that he wasn't too afraid. He was used to using the wind to his advantage in a fight, even if it tried to work against him.

"You are not." There didn't seem to be well defined laws here, but she certainly wasn't allowed to commit murder, and if anyone found out she'd be the one in trouble, wouldn't she? He was a professional, he could cover up a murder easily if he wanted, but he had his doubts about her.

He took another step forward. "And even if you were, you couldn't."