Selfish Terrorist

Welcome, Huey

You’ll be staying in APARTMENT 312

You’ll be able to Regenerate mild to moderate wounds at half of your normal regeneration speed.

You’ll be given one of these bad boys.

Enjoy your stay… if you survive :)

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‘Nakura’ll do.’

Not his usual MO, using his business name for a friendly encounter – but this was way too good to pass up. The real Nakura, meeting a demon face-to-face… that would be just great, wouldn’t it? Just way too fitting to ignore. It painted a sharp grin on his face, and his eyes were much too bright for his expression to be anything but genuine.

Five seconds in, and he liked this guy already.

‘And if you’re not Mr. Demon – what are you, exactly? “Scientist Guy?”’ Bill Nye, maybe; Izaya toyed with his sleeves while he toyed with the thought, but when it came time to tilt his head just so and turn his wrist just like that, he’d forgotten it. Didn’t look like this guy would appreciate the reference, anyway. ‘Or… you know what? Let’s just stick to names.

‘Wouldn’t want to make this too uncomfortable.’

And he laughed. The sound pulled itself from the air between them and jumped off into the fog, dissipating fast and not even bothering to linger. It was like the air and the walls in this place had all had their fill of history, and they just wouldn’t take any more – this meeting would never be remembered, and neither would they.

It was probably kind of romantic to those scientist types, Izaya reflected, and just for kicks –

He laughed again.

‘So: your name. Let’s start there. And then maybe you can tell me why you thought to meet up with a total stranger on the internet, in a totally deserted, isolated place.’ He took a step to the side, and a piece of debris came underfoot; he made a game of kicking it back and forth with his foot. ‘Not to waste your time or anything… just out of curiosity. You’re not the type of guy to let his time be wasted. You made that crystal clear last time.’

A stray kick brought the rock – rock, piece of wall, whatever it was – skittering before the narrow-eyed man, who Izaya levelled with a polite, even stare.

‘Since the reason I came here is to find out how interesting you really are.’

The name was foreign, as if from land that an acquaintance was from. Another immortal such as himself. However, there was the chance that he was killed at some point. He did not have the chance to keep track of everyone that he had come across, or look what had been going on globally. But he accepted the name without a sense of doubt. It didn’t matter what name was given to him, real or fake, in his own mind, he was just another part of an experiment.

“Nakura, hm? Such an unusual name, but if that is what you prefer.”

Huey let his mask smile stay for a moment, before letting out a light chuckle. “I must say, the younger generation have an unusual sense of humor. Though I must admit, meeting someone from a future that I may not be a part of is very amusing to see.” Well, who’s to say that he was or wasn’t. Time works in such mysterious ways.

“My name is Huey Laforet. I am no one of importance in this generation. Though, I could be someone important depending on who else enters this city.” Take Victor Talbot for instance, he would make Huey famous enough to have all police officers search for him and make sure he was locked up again. Now that would be troublesome indeed. As for why he would meet a complete stranger on the internet...

Huey couldn’t help but let himself chuckle, bringing a finger up towards a long strand of hair, twirling it around his index finger before giving an answer. “I had a few reasons why I decided to meet with you. You can say it started out as to cure my own boredom in this city.” Ceasing his habit, Huey brought his arms down, facing the other as he seem to enjoy himself kicking away some small rubble on the ground before continuing. “Then after our conversation, I felt some kind of emotion of genuine curiosity of what sort of person you can be then from a screen. I still have yet to observe you to make any kind of conclusion. In short, you have me believing that you are an interesting individual.”