A Fine Thing Indeed!

[Roxanna Arc]

With the file still clutched to her chest, Roxanna managed to free her hands from griping it long enough to clap. The very idea of at least having plans with someone was enjoyable to Roxanna. "Fantastic! Then it's settled, today we'll hang out!" Roxanna chimed happily. Taking a one handed grip on the file, Roxanna placed it inside the small bag that also held her aunt's duck tape. If she was going to be walking around for a while, Roxanna wasn't going to be clutching a file to her chest the whole day. Quietly, Roxanna watched as Jason detached Laika's artificial legs, which was quite a strange thing to see. "So, where shall we go since you have to charge Laika's legs?" Roxanna inquired, her curiosity growing about the electronic legs. Green eyes looking at the detached limb with curiosity, Roxanna waited in hopes of hearing some explanation on how the they worked.

[Jason 'Jay' Hunter]

Jason glanced at her and smiled. "Technomancy is the greatest treasure of Peria. Its a powerful combination of scientific technology and magic. You can charge them with either an Electrical outlet, as long as it discharges more than three hundred volts per second, or with a magical charge. If you have a place with a lot of magical energy around it her legs will simply recharge from the ambient energy. We usually go to the Chaser Head Quarters or the Academy, there is enough ambient energy from all those students and chaser, it takes about ten minutes to go from dead charge to full, and shes at the five hour mark now. If you want to know more about the legs I could tell you. I also have a pistol from Peria, it is also Technomancy, but I don't use it often since it can only be charged with a direct magical contact."

He pulled the square shaped, but still obviously some kind of projectile weapon, object from its holster under his jacket. "It's called a Psionic Resonance Pistol, it disrupts brainwaves and causes the target to fall unconscious, without the painful effects of a taser or bullet based pistol. Most it leaves is a bruise where the compacted energy hits the body. Feels like getting hit with a rubber bullet. I also have three regular pistols and a combat knife on my person at all times. In Peria we only use PRPs on the mentally ill. We want to be able to subdue them, without hurting them too much. We may be a nation that's pretty corrupt, that treats its citizens poorly compared to other countries, but have a strict set of rules that everyone is supposed to follow, and according to the our Church, to kill the mentally ill is a greater sin than any other kind of killing, unless they have killed others, in which case the officer who takes the shot goes for a week of cleansing."

He put the leg back on Laika. "Oh and if you like Karma, you would love Tora, our goddess of Balance and Equality. According to the Church she founded the concept of Karma, and is the primary enforcer of it. She is also our Goddess of Law, because all are equal before her."

[Roxanna Arc]

With wide, curious eyes, Roxanna listened to Jason's explanation about technomancy and Laika's prosthetic. Although she loved her enhancement abilities, Roxanna had to admit that the concepts of technomancy seemed pretty unique and wondrous. Only moments after explaining Laika's prosthetic legs he began showing off a technomancy gun. Roxanna listened, her green eyes focusing on the interesting square-shaped weapon Jason was explaining. His explanation soon transferred into his reasoning for having the interesting gun. "That's AWESOME!" Roxanna exclaimed cheerfully. Remaining where she was, Roxanna watched as Jason put Laika's technomancy leg back on. "You're so lucky, I can just run really fast, crack a few walls. Oh, and take a good batch of hits," she responded in a lackluster manner. Enhancement abilities were still going to be Roxanna's favourite, mostly because she was skilled with them, but technomancy still seemed very interesting.

A small nod of acknowledgement was how Roxanna responded to the Goddess Tora. "Neat, then I will have to check out some information on her." Roxanna responded, taking a moment to repeat the name in her head a couple of times. After a few moments, Roxanna recalled the mentioning of the Chaser Headquarters, another place she had to stop by. "Maybe we could head over to the Chaser Headquarters? I have to pick up some information for my hunt, and that's where I need to get it," Roxanna suggested. Truthfully, she just needed a quick address to the Abner's in order to drop off some flowers.

[Jason 'Jay' Hunter]

Jason smiled at her excitement over the Technomancy. "I don't have the power to make Technomancy, but my father is a highly respected Technomancer. He developed Laika's legs after brought her to him. I might contact him and have him come visit, I think Argi could benefit from his work."

He nodded at the mention of visiting the head quarters. "I'd appreciate it. And besides, I'd be more than happy to let you check out the PRP, though you can't fire it, since I only get ten shots per charge and I've used three."

Laika glanced at her master and the girl he was talking to. Her mind was running through various scenarios. She could make this work. She gave a doggy grin and she pushed Jason at Roxxy, repeatedly.

[Roxanna Arc]

Roxanna nodded when Jason explained that his father was the technomancer. However, she couldn't help, but wonder one thing. "I have the same abilities as my mother, did you get all yours from your father?" Roxanna asked. The young woman always wondered about where certain abilities came from, or who did they come from if that applied at times. At the mention of possibly being able to use the technomancy gun, Roxanna's smile broadened. "That would be sweet! I won't have to knock them out," Roxanna cheered happily, then chuckled. "Or duck tape them so they can't move." Even if Jason couldn't let her use the PRP today, Roxanna wasn't going to complain about it. Roxanna hadn't noticed that Laika was nudging Jason forward, mostly because her attention turned to the door. "Hmm, guess we should get going," Roxanna suggested, glancing back at Jason.

[Jason 'Jay' Hunter]

Jason smiled and opened the door for her before answering. "My father is a Technomancer, and my mother has no abilities, I am a Zoopath, my dad says his five times great grandmother was a Zoopath. My ex wife has the power to 'see' lies. If someone lies to her she sees a red glow around them. Made for a very honest relationship, because the down fall to her ability was that she herself couldn't lie."

He followed behind Roxxy, while giving Laika a strong look. He had a feeling he knew what she was up to. But he respected her mind and wouldn't read it unless he needed to.


(feel free to time skip to the HQ)

[Roxanna Arc]

[ ... I hope you know I'm going to make the time skip awesome. ]

With a smile, Roxanna began heading towards the door, but quickly looked back to wave farewell to her father. Whilst she walked through the threshold of the door and back into the police station hallway. "That's cool, I can enhance certain qualities of myself, like speed and such," Roxanna responded with a small giggle. The idea of someone turning red because of a lie seemed a little bit funny.

[ EPIC TIME SKIP OF WALKING AWESOMENESS ]

After a while of walking, Roxanna easily managed to lead Jason to the headquarters, even with the bonus of a few shortcuts to make the trip quicker. "Here we are! C'mon, I better get what I need fast," Roxanna said, quickly making her way inside. Upon entry, Roxanna walked over to the front desk to ask and explain why exactly she needed the address. "Excuse me, I need the dress to the Abner's house. From what I've heard, their kid worked as a chaser and is the victim in the Dream Wolf case." The secretary nodded and went back to find the address, leaving Roxanna alone at the desk.

[Jason 'Jay' Hunter]

Jason followed her into the HQ at a slower pace. His clothing drew the attention of some of the Chasers, since he looked like the kind of person who would be arrested after a bar fight at a biker joint. He looked a plaques along the wall that had names and dates on them. Some seemed to be dates of service, others were obviously life times. It seemed unlikely that the twenty something woman in the picture had served the Chasers for twenty four years.

One Chaser tapped him on the shoulder. "Can I help you, sir?"

He smiled at the woman, who looked to be in her thirties. "Just waiting for Miss Arc. She has some business here. And while we are here, my canine partner is charging her legs."

This got him a look. "Her legs? Sir?"

"Technomancy, her legs are prosthetics. They are charged by ambient Manna in the air and ground, its more concentrated here so it only takes about ten minutes or so to charge."

The woman looked at him like he had two heads. "I see. And where exactly did this Technomancy come from?"

"My homeland, Peria. My Father is a Technomancer, someone who can blend technology and magic."

The woman thought on this and nodded. "Well that's good, but its not really safe here for someone without a Power to be in here, you could get caught by someone's power without realizing it."

Jason smiled. "No worries on that. I've got Zoopathy, and a couple Technomancy secrets that will keep me out of trouble. Please go back to your work, you must be busy."

[Roxanna Arc]

Fingers drumming the counter, Roxanna waited in an impatient manner for the secretary to return with the precious address. The bounty hunter was never one for patience and definitely had a lacking in the virtue when it came to something of utmost importance. Leaning against the counter, one elbow placed on the table whilst her head balanced in its hand. Roxanna's foot silently tapped against the floor as her green eyes peered over at the door the young secretary disappeared into. Boredom was evident on Roxanna's face, she was clearly not enjoying the very few minutes of waiting. Shortly, her green eyes flickered back towards the door to find Jason entering the establishment and walking over to a wall filled with plaques. A woman in her thirties approached, and that was when Roxanna returned to staring at the door as though it would make the secretary return faster.

Surprisingly, her prayers were answered and the secretary crossed the door's threshold, returning to hand Roxanna a sticky note. Snatching the yellow piece of paper, Roxanna slipped it into the file, sticking it to one of the various papers for later retrieval. "Thanks," Roxanna said before turning towards Jason. Roxanna approached slowly, finding that the conversation was on the topic of technomancy and the mentioning of Peria. In a patient manner, Roxanna waited for the conversation to come to a close before taking a few more steps to close the distance between her and Jason. "Well, I'm done my business. How about you? Are Laika's legs charged up yet?" Roxanna asked, sparing a glance at the prosthetic legs of the German Shepherd. "Also, anywhere you wanna go when we're done here? I can work on this hunt tomorrow," Roxanna inquired.

[Jason 'Jay' Hunter]

Jason smiled at Roxxy. "Laika's legs are good for another fifteen hours." He watched the older woman walk away shaking her head. "Are all Chasers so paranoid?"

He followed Roxxy out while pondering if there was a place he wanted to go. "Anywhere that explains this whole Darkness thing, I mean I get the basics, two gods, one likes humans the other created Darkness to kill humans, but is there a more in-depth history? Most people only seem to know this really short story that is really lacking in details, as an investigator I crave details like you seem to crave candy."

He grinned at the candy remark. "I also wouldn't mind details on this Dream kid. From what I gather he killed someone a while ago, but it while everyone is so appalled, it seems like he was protecting someone. And then he hurt someone else? But again people say his power went out of control after getting hurt so, it seems like it isn't his fault. I've got that correct, right?"

[Roxanna Arc]

When Jason had smiled at her, Roxanna smiled right back while she listened to the verdict on Laika's legs alongside a question. The shake of the head from the older woman was something that Roxanna had missed completely since her back was turned to the woman. "I would only be able to guess, but I suppose it's because that Dream Wolf fellow was one of them before he went rogue. Not to mention, Chasers have to deal with darkness and on some occasions gifted criminals," Roxanna answered with a small shrug before adding. "I was actually offered the deal to become a Chaser. However, didn't seem like my thing." Shortly after answering Roxanna began to walk towards the door, exiting the headquarters while Jason answered where he desired to go. Roxanna gave a tiny giggle to the candy comment, mostly because the statement was truthful. The topic then shifted to a little bit about Dream Wolf, her current "bounty" and what had happened to put a bounty on his head.

"Well, if you want god information the library might have a few things. All that I know is that Luz and Oscuro are exact opposites and have battled for a while," Roxanna responded. Choosing her words a little bit more cautiously, Roxanna began to speak about Dream. The last thing the bounty hunter wanted to reveal was that she was truly working towards helping Dream/Fang out. "Yeah, but someone loosing control of such a dangerous power isn't a good thing. Unfortunately that means he's a danger and that he has to be brought in," Roxanna responded half-heartedly. She didn't approve of the bounty or even that the bounty permitted death. Her eyes drifted towards the ground, looking at her black shoes with the lack of a smile.

[Jason 'Jay' Hunter]

Jay noticed her frown. "I can see where that would be upsetting, poor kid, hes probably just scared, probably upset that he hurt a friend. Lets change the subject, I find I don't like it when you aren't smiling."

He pondered a moment and pulled a tiny, pen shaped thing from his pocket and held it out. "Careful, its a technomancy thing. Put the red on your skin, and press the button, it injects a dose of pure adrenaline. Its for restarting peoples hearts. It can be used fifteen times, and you can keep it if you want. I have another."

He noticed a little shop ahead, with a sign that indicated it was a bakery. He pulled some cash from his pockets and stepped inside for a moment, coming out with two chocolate glazed donuts. "Are you okay with these? They're fresh."

[Roxanna Arc]

There wasn't an ounce of pleasant to the idea of this bounty, or at least for Roxanna. Although she had taken the bounty to possibly drive away other hunters and to receive the case files. "Yeah, who wouldn't be?" Roxanna responded quietly, feeling relieved to be off the topic. The last thing the bounty hunter desires to do was reveal the true intentions behind taking this hunt. When Jason held the technomancy pen towards her and began to explain how the device worked, but Roxanna shook her head. "I don't need it, I've been a bounty hunter for a while and haven't had a problem," Roxanna insisted. As the walk continued, a bakery shop came into view up ahead of which Jason entered. Rather than enter, Roxanna peered through the window at the various cakes in the stores front windows until Jason returned. Roxanna's gaze shifted when Jason exited the establishment with a pair of freshly baked doughnuts. A smile planted itself onto Roxanna's face as she enjoyed the pleasant smell. "I like anything sweet, so I wouldn't have any complaints," Roxanna said with a giggle.

[Jason 'Jay' Hunter]

Jason smiled "That's the look I like on you, smiling and happy. Your mood is rather infectious you know."

He passed her the donut, and proceeded to eat his own, while producing a peanut butter dog cookie for Laika, who ate the treat like she hadn't eaten in days, despite having just eaten a big breakfast of eggs that morning.

"Any places you can suggest that I should see? Being new to the area I've only seen a few sites." He waited for her to be done eating before starting to walk again.

Laika kept pushing his legs to drive him closer to Roxxy. Her plan to obvious to anyone who knew the dog, she was trying to play cupid's agent, but she had her work cut out for her, since Jay wasn't likely to go along with it out of sheer stubbornness.

[Roxanna Arc]

Smiling and laughing were two common things done by Roxanna, and she was happy to find out the attitude was infectious. "Good to know, and thank-you. Man, you're just making me owe you more," Roxanna responded. Gleefully, Roxanna took the treat and took a large bite out of the doughnut. The freshly baked good was soft and delectable, causing a look of enjoyment to appear upon Roxanna's face. Roxanna watched as Jason gave Laika a treat of her own, the dog wolfing down the treat as though she had been starved. Quietly, Roxanna continued to consume the bakery treat with a look of glee on her face. Once Roxanna finished the delightful treat, Jason had asked for a suggestion about where they should go next. "Hmm, well have you been to the lighthouse? That place is pretty cool," Roxanna suggested as she walked with Jason. While she walked, Roxanna was clueless to Laika's attempt to play cupid.