[First things first was to pull Ragna's head out of his own ass, and on the way, Silco could strategize once he plumbed the other man for information. Until then, they could throw the fodder in that direction and see what worked, if anything. He wasn't in the mood of Jinx being sad regardless of death not having permanence. It wasn't a risk he was going to take without effort.
He turned as they walked to look at the gemstone that had a distinct lack of spark. He took it from Jinx's fingers to examine it a bit more closely, rolling it in his gloved palm as if the warmth would awaken it. Perhaps they needed a device to activate it. Well, yet another hiccup that would need to be mitigated.]
A shame. It would have been useful, but we will use the resources that we have. We haven't time to wait for this to wake up.
[He offered it back to Jinx as he crossed the street to head into a short-cut down a narrow alley way.]
Once we locate him, you're job is to grab him and use your Shimmer abilities to remove him from the situation. Understand?
[she retrieves the stone and pockets it back, then follows him closely as they venture off down a back street. jinx nods to him wordlessly to confirm her understanding, suddenly getting a chill of nostalgia prickling over her forearms. it's not a bad sensation, quite opposite in fact.
it's like being tossed back in time when things were a bit simpler between them, her soaring off with his crew to transport shimmer shipments and cargo, then returning to him to stand behind sevika while looking disinterested as she rambled about reports and statuses. if they were to take out the stressful aspect of their situation, this is rather nice.]
[but when they pace further in the alley way, his daughter makes an abrupt movement and sticks her arm out to prevent silco to take another step. if/when he looks over, he can see her expression darkening and then her head slightly slants to one side. the gears in her mind are turning, and then her eyes drifts down to their boots then to the path ahead. and when she speaks, her tone is monotonic — like she's reciting the words someone else is saying.]
... "Oh no, we're in the dark. Get out of the dark." [....] — "Look left, no. It's to the right. Such a baby one."
[Silco had stopped personally taking on jobs when the undercity had fallen under his control and the Shimmer usage was just starting. Back then, he had attended most hostile takeovers, letting the Lanes and the undercity know that it was he who was in control regardless of the Chem-Barons that he brought in with him. They had their factions and were poised to benefit from his strategies.
Once the undercity had fallen under his thumb, he had withdrawn from as much public appearances. Running an enterprise required all of his time not to mention the fussy temperamental child who relied on his presence as he tried to stabilize her and fell hopelessly into what would become a co-dependent relationship between them.
In Aldrip he did venture out more but never like this. He fell back into the old patterns, so that when Jinx stuck an arm out, Silco actually stopped. He looked at her, trusting her judgment even as she began to recite about the dark. Was that a by-product of the stress, an unseen enemy because of the beast, or something completely unrelated? It was difficult to tell much of the time.
He reached out, touching her wrist lightly with his fingers.]
Focus, Jinx. Is that information important or is this delay meant to distract us from our goal of Ragna?
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He turned as they walked to look at the gemstone that had a distinct lack of spark. He took it from Jinx's fingers to examine it a bit more closely, rolling it in his gloved palm as if the warmth would awaken it. Perhaps they needed a device to activate it. Well, yet another hiccup that would need to be mitigated.]
A shame. It would have been useful, but we will use the resources that we have. We haven't time to wait for this to wake up.
[He offered it back to Jinx as he crossed the street to head into a short-cut down a narrow alley way.]
Once we locate him, you're job is to grab him and use your Shimmer abilities to remove him from the situation. Understand?
cw: schizophrenia / voices
it's like being tossed back in time when things were a bit simpler between them, her soaring off with his crew to transport shimmer shipments and cargo, then returning to him to stand behind sevika while looking disinterested as she rambled about reports and statuses. if they were to take out the stressful aspect of their situation, this is rather nice.]
[but when they pace further in the alley way, his daughter makes an abrupt movement and sticks her arm out to prevent silco to take another step. if/when he looks over, he can see her expression darkening and then her head slightly slants to one side. the gears in her mind are turning, and then her eyes drifts down to their boots then to the path ahead. and when she speaks, her tone is monotonic — like she's reciting the words someone else is saying.]
... "Oh no, we're in the dark. Get out of the dark." [....] — "Look left, no. It's to the right. Such a baby one."
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Once the undercity had fallen under his thumb, he had withdrawn from as much public appearances. Running an enterprise required all of his time not to mention the fussy temperamental child who relied on his presence as he tried to stabilize her and fell hopelessly into what would become a co-dependent relationship between them.
In Aldrip he did venture out more but never like this. He fell back into the old patterns, so that when Jinx stuck an arm out, Silco actually stopped. He looked at her, trusting her judgment even as she began to recite about the dark. Was that a by-product of the stress, an unseen enemy because of the beast, or something completely unrelated? It was difficult to tell much of the time.
He reached out, touching her wrist lightly with his fingers.]
Focus, Jinx. Is that information important or is this delay meant to distract us from our goal of Ragna?