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 Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 6:53 pm
He nodded, silently disappearing down the hallway. He tried to place a name to the girl's face, but he was drawing constant blanks. He told himself he didn't really know that many females, this should have been easier than it was. But it wasn't. In the back of his mind he knew that he should be dreading what was going on, that this whole involvement had been bad from the beginning, but that same back of his mind knew that he was armed, and even unamred he could defend himself. He wasn't a moron, of course he wasn't, he was still alive. In his line of work self-defense was key. But had he really defended himself against getting involved in this? No. James, you are royally screwed. And dead. Very, very dead.
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Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 7:00 pm
As he left, Kyrin smiled down at Izzy and said, “Sleep, I will take you to the bed in just a minute.” She then reached into her pocket and pressed speed dial one. As the phone rang, she walked around the kitchen. She knew how to “capture” the new man, and he seemed to willing to help for his own good. A man picked up on the other end and Kyrin had a short dialogue with him. It started with a rather soft tone Kyrin and ended with her halfway yelling. “Two minutes.” She said finally, “You’ve got two minutes!”
Kyrin pulled off her sweater, revealing a spaghetti strap shirt she had underneath, it was spotted in blood. She had wanted to change again, but it didn’t seem like a good thing to do at the time. Throwing the garment to the floor near the sink, she pocketed her phone. She would wait two minutes, and two minutes was all; because she didn’t rightly think that Craig could take on three men.
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Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 7:06 pm
James approached Craig, though not knowing him well he settled for standing in the hallway, leaned against the wall, watching. He slid out of the black peacoat he wore, reveaing a black pinstripe button down shirt and dark jeans, and held the coat instead. It was growing warmer in the house, and he silently thanked whoever had turned the heater on. He watched Craig quietly. He didn't really want to be trapped in a room with two men in various states of undress, neither of whom were bound to be too fond of him. Really, he didn't think he much minded men lacking clothing, but neither of the men in the room were really his type. But he figured most possible interactions with Craig wuld end up with James trapped in said room of naked men. The ones that didn't were not for polite conversation and highly unlikely.
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Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 7:15 pm
Craig, who was about to answer Draven, turned to look at James, “Can I help you?” He asked, in a low voice. Moving blonde strand from his face, Craig reached in his pocket for his gun. He didn’t know this new guy and wasn’t quite sure if he liked how comfortable the man was making himself. His dark eyes watched James closely.
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Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 7:21 pm
"Actually, I was told by, presumably, your leader to find you. She failed to tell me what to do when I got here." He smiled to Craig, and shrugged lightly, his pale blue eyes glittered with amusement. He figured if nothing else, he could make his own life that much more entertaining. He saw Craig's hand go to his gun, and his own hand slipped into a pocket of his jacket, behind where he held it, to feel the gun he had claimed before he left home.
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Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 7:46 pm
Craig noticed James’ shift and his eyes narrowed. He opened his mouth to say something, but closed it, as he looked in confusion behind James. What the hell is she planning? He thought.
At the end of the hallway, six men stood, talking to Kyrin. She looked at Craig and smiled and then gave the men an order; all six were near twice Craig’s size and wore gun holsters on their belts. The men, and Kyrin, walked down the hallway. The group stopped behind the point where James was standing and one of the men grabbed onto his arm. Dragging James down the hall, the man hit his shoulder against Craig as he passed to throw James in between Draven and Daren.
Craig glared at the big man, who'd bumped into him on his way out of the room as well. He then turned his attention to Kyrin, “How is she?” He asked quickly.
“Fine,” Kyrin replied. She then ordered two of the men to stand guard in the hall, two of the men to go tend to Izzy, and the remaining two to stand guard inside the room. After the men had moved as ordered, Kyrin entered the room, closely followed by Craig.
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Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 7:52 pm
James glared around the room, irritated but not angry. He had done nothing to harm anyone involved in this mess, and here he was in a room with two people he had never seen before in his life. But rather than make a mess of it, because making a mess of anything was only likely to get him killed, he decided to look around the room in which he was captive. He looked at the other two men in the room, vaguely pitied them for being stuck unclothed in this room, but decided that they weren't all that entertaining, and finally approached Craig and the unknown men. "So what exactly did I do to warrant being trapped here with such interesting company?" He asked, sarcastically.
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Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 7:58 pm
Kyrin answered, "You are in my house." She said simply, "But you see, I don't know who you are." Kyrin's voice was even, but there was an underlying tone of irratation beginning to surface. She didn't like the new man's tone and she still couldn't shake the feeling that she knew him from somewhere.
Kyrin turned to Craig and asked him something quietly. He looked taken back but sighed and went, grumbling, "You have Han's men here and I have to get the damn chair?!" Its not that he really minded running the errand, he just would have prefered to stay there with her.
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Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 8:02 pm
"James. James Michael Corleone." He smiled. He sounded amused. Not frightened, not angry, not sarcastic, merely amused. "Now you know me. Am I allowed to ask who you are, and where I may know you from? Because I can't shake the feeling that I do, in fact, know you. I just can't recall where from." He smiled, still hollding his jacket, one hand on the gun concealed wherein.
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Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 8:07 pm
Kyrin moved her hair from her face and looked at him, "Corleone?" She said, in a questioning tone, "Jamie?" She looked at him again and smiled, she was actually relieved to know that she had met this man before and that she wouldn't have to figure out what to do with him. Kyrin had met James when she was eight, at one of the 'boss' meetings that took place every month or so, and the two had gotten into some trouble together.
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Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 8:11 pm
He returned her smile. "Apparently you know me quite well. I however, recieve no such luxury? I would like to know who you are, and where you recieved the right to call me 'Jamie.'" He loosened his hold on his gun however, getting the distinct feeling that he was no longer in danger from this girl, or those who followed her orders.
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Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 8:15 pm
Kyrin looked hurt for a minute. It was almost 10 years ago, so she really couldn't blame him. As it was, She had only remembered him by name."Kyrin." She said, "Kyrin Matsui."
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Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 8:17 pm
"Kyrin..." He thought on this for a moment. "Ah! Kyrin, from the horse misadventure!" He smiled broadly, remembering the child, and the trouble he had found himself in consequently. "I'm glad to see you again."
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Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 10:11 pm
At his rememberance, Kyrin smiled and walked up to him. She felt safer knowing that she had six men at her back, and two more close at hand if Draven or Daren decided to act up. Coming up close to James she slung her arms around his shoulders in an embrace, "I'm glad to see you too."
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Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 10:14 pm
James hugged her gently around her waist. "You've done quite well for yourself." He was honestly a little surprised. He hadn't expected much of the exuberant blue haired girl, other than a small spot in her father's family.
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