full cold moon.

[ He wasn’t antisocial, in fact, he knows how to make friends but he also know when to be alone due to the nature of his job. It could be dangerous, but he wasn’t naive enough to think that he could do it all on his own.]

rei lifted her head back up again and gave the male a small and curt smile at the compliment. she rarely heard compliments so it was a tad unusual to her but, regardless, was a very nice gesture from him. ]

It’s a shame, though, you seem like a good person and I’d love to get to know you more especially if we’re going to be working together.

[ It’d be nice to know about his fellow citizens, after all. Especially when he’s going to be starting up an agency where information is a vital component of the facility.

He probably should have introduced himself first, huh? How rude of him. ]

You don’t talk much, huh?

[ Well, might as well let go of her wrist now that she’s following him anyway — there was no need to keep his hold on her lest have people mistake them for something that isn’t true.]

"I don't see any reason to speak of anything else." [ probably not the best quality for a waitress to have but nevertheless.

[ That wasn’t a yes, Akise. But still, he gingerly takes hold of her wrist to tug her along — onwards! … Toward the maid cafe to apply.]

Aah, see — it’s in the food industry. A server, to  be exact.

[ Well, it’s not really a lie.]

... maid cafe? ]

Really? Ah.. that’s too bad — but! I did hear of a few positions myself, maybe you’d be interested? I was asked to go look for someone to sign up with me. So how about it, Miss?

….Sure…In….8 minutes.

The exorcist had decided he would learn his way around the whole city. He could easily configure his way around the district that he lived in; however, knowing one’s way around all the districts would most likely prove to be helpful. Each day he would attempt to trek through a bit of each district in order to gain a good idea of their landscapes. On this day, he decided to walk through the first district. Kanda had been putting off this journey, since apparently the construction of the district was said to be, well, fickle. Eternally changing streets and buildings were incredibly off putting to one who didn’t wish to lose their way quite frankly.

Dark hues observed a map in the distance; there was no denying that it would be useful to look at before continuing this outing. Each step added to the noise pollution spread throughout the area. His gaze remain fixated towards the map, until another moving body decided to step in the same spot as the male, causing the two to stumble back a bit.

Why the hell did he run into people here so frequently?

A shattering sound proceeded immediately, grabbing Kanda’s attention. orbs darted towards the shattered key on the floor. Great. The man was fully prepared to hear an earful of scolding, threatening, complaining, and/or yelling. However, as his eyes met the woman’s, he was surprised to view a blank expression coinciding with zero words or sounds. This was peculiar in its own way, but he preferred this reaction over the latter.

Breaking eye contact, his view switched towards the broken key in the floor. Was she waiting for him to pick it up? A light sigh left the man’s lips. It looks like he would have to do this favor for her- what a bother. Though he was a rather cold man, he wouldn’t act cruelly in such a situation, especially since there was a quite woman involved and this incident was partially his fault. Bending down, light hands snatched up the shattered remains of the object. It must have been incredibly flimsy.

An extended hand offered the remains back to the woman. In complete silence, he waited for her to retrieve her belonging back. Honestly, her silence confused him. He wasn’t one for social situations such as these, but was she expecting words from him? This whole situation was incredibly frustrating to the swordsman; perhaps he should have just left the scene.

after a moment of wordless standing around, the one to first make a move was the male and she watched silently as he bent down to pick the fragments of key up, stood back up again, and outstretched the hand holding the pieces. in response, her own hand reached out to retrieve her key, if it could even be called that anymore. upon hearing the male question her, she directed her gaze up from her hands and blinked at the male. to be honest, she wasn't quite sure of the answer herself. ]

"They gave me it for my apartment." [ not being able to enter her apartment didn't bother rei all that much; she could deal sleeping without a bed. but it would be nicer if she could actually make use of her accommodation. she looked back at the pieces in her hand again, putting them together in what should be their original state. she wondered... ]

Unfortunately, his thoughts were interrupted as he bumped into someone, knocking a shiny little something onto the ground. It didn’t take long for Jack to realize that he’d broken someone’s key. A very familiar looking key, the ones used by test subjects to unlock their apartments.

“Oh shit.” Instantly, Jack went down on one knee, grabbing the two halves of the key—these things always broke, it was like they were made of some kinda crappy plastic. Jack had ordered some steel facsimiles for his apartment from a locksmith a long time ago, but it seems that this girl didn’t have the time to do that… or she had just arrived.

“Aw… this isn’t good.” He grimaced at his clumsiness and at the fact that this poor girl probably would have to sleep in the lobby of her apartment complex tonight, if he didn’t do the responsible thing and help her out. Maybe he could call a locksmith? Could he superglue the two pieces together? Whatever the case was he had to do something.

Now this girl, she stuck out like a sore thumb. Deathly pale, with similarly-shaded hair (the splicer had only seen such a blue at a cotton candy stand in the market, two weeks ago) and… red eyes? Jack caught himself staring, and had the courtesy to avert his gaze.

“I’m sorry, miss, I’m terribly sorry!” He stared at the broken key in his hand, an expression of utter dismay on his face. “I’m sure you’re new here—and this key, I didn’t mean to—goodness me, I hope you don’t mind if I help you get it replaced. I’m sure the, the staff at your apartment complex can get it… replaced…” The splicer slowed down as he realized that he was babbling.

to put it bluntly, his the sentiment of his apologising was appreciated yet she found that there was no point in him doing so. his repeating of the word 'sorry' wasn't of much importance to the female, mostly because of the aforementioned reason of not finding him guilty of anything and therefore, she didn't hold any resent for what had occurred. still, at least he knew how to react in this situation. she blinked twice at him, before glancing at the pieces in his hand. maybe now was the time to say something, she thought. ]

"It's okay." [ a hand reached out towards the other and took the broken key away from his own. ] "It's not your fault."

[ rei stared at the pieces of rusted metal in her hand. it didn't look that difficult to fix. all that was needed was a little glue, she thought to herself as she connected to fragments together, joining them at their correspondent cracks. she looked back up. ]

|Akko was not one to back away from a dare! That was for prissy people who couldn’t have fun. Still, sitting in someone’s lap for ten minutes? She looks at her watch, then at the variety of people around her. Who’s lap should she sit in? Maybe it was best to just close her eyes.

she remained silent for a moment, raising her head from its reading position and blinked at the back of the girl who was currently using her as a seat. she must have felt at least a little uncomfortable sitting on top of her books and hands (which were also getting a little painful from being squashed). ]