Alphonse Jager

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Regret washed over Kevin the second they made eye contact with the person on the ground. Instinct didn’t come to them like this often but something tells him to run. Kevin watches as the person below yells something at him. He explores his options as the person leaves. 

Shit shit shit. It’s too late to transform and fly away. They’ve already been reckless enough that someone was that close seeing them transform the first time. Finally, Kevin pulls out their phone and scrolls to the person they think of first- before they see the man returning. Get to know thy enemy? That’s a thing, right? They can do this. 

Kevin makes a split second decision as the person leans the ladder agains the building. Escaping has always been his specialty, if something goes wrong, he’s got this. Kevin begins to descend the ladder, they realize it might be a worse idea to run and lead them to their hiding places. Kevin jumps on the ground and signs a quick thank you before turning and attempting to speed walk away.

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Alphonse waited patiently for the kid to come down the ladder; the entire time, he couldn’t help but wonder - why them? What was so special about this kid that Charles wanted him so bad? Given, he’d been surprised once or twice before by a creature that looked deceptively harmless, and he knew that all it took was for something to be rare and unknown to the hunting community for Charles to want it. In the end, it didn’t matter to him; a paycheck was a paycheck, regardless of what he was after. When he looked at Kevin, all he saw were dollar signs. That’s all the motive he needed.

Alphonse immediately rolled his eyes the moment the kid hit the ground and took off. He reached out quickly to grab them by the collar of their shirt and yank them back. “Well, that’s fucking rude of you - a stranger helps you out and you run immediately run off? Where are your manners, Kevin?”