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Nitratine knew he shouldn't be out alone but there had really been no helping it. Kaz had started to get agitated while they walked around and he didn't want a freaked out youma to drag any unnecessary attention to them. So he'd sent Kaz back to the RIft knowing he was on his way home anyway. He had figured he'd be fine all on his own just getting back closer to home where he could power down.

He'd been wrong.

There was a rather strong power signature between him and where he wanted to be. It wasn't a familiar one but it was close enough to the two senshi that both Tourmaline and Uvarovite had told him to steer clear of. The problem was there was no way around where the Order signature was without going blocks out of his way and that was just a dangerous. <********..."

Cursing he looked up toward the rooftops. At least they were up there and not down on the street where he was. If he was lucky maybe they would just assume he wasn't a threat and would leave him be as he passed.

Nitratine's luck in not getting spotted ran out just as he was starting to think he'd make it. The voice coming from above him was nice enough but it was still an Order signature. A powerful one.

They hadn't attacked him though, despite the veiled threat, so there was the chance he was safe enough. Given the two he knew of already who's aura's felt like this one, and how quickly they were to attack, he'd been expecting that.

"If you think I am going to hike myself up a fire escape just to come talk to you then you've got another thing coming." The building wasn't that high but it was tall enough that he didn't like the idea of climbing all the way up it. "I'll talk to you but you're going to have to come to me."

God what he would give to be able to teleport.

Knight then, not a senshi. That was at least good to know. Knights seemed, at least from what he'd seen, to be a little less attack happy than the Senshi. Nitratine did eye the hand for a moment before he set his into the Knights. "Nitratine."

Unlike the others they didn't really have titles and he didn't feel any reason to give the knight his rank. He wasn't high enough to be important anyway. "An officer is never really alone." He could call one of the others easily enough and there was always the chance that Kaz hadn't listened to him and was still lurking around somewhere keeping an eye on him.

"It's alright though. I know I can be a little overwhelming." He smirked knowing the way Whisler was looking at him. It was good to see the look on a goody-two-shoes face for once.

He laughed softly, tucking a bit of hair behind his hear. "Okay, first. There are a few million people in the world who would be happy to tell you that I am the prettiest thing alive so don't go there." The Knight was handsome, he did have to give him that, but not quite on his level. Maybe if he wasn't a Knight he'd have looked better but that whole sickly sweet aura ruined things.

"What else brings people like me out? So much trouble to get into and so little time." He had a few energy orbs tucked away but the Knight didn't need to know about that. The last thing he needed was the Knight to try to take them away. He was already a bit behind on his quota.

"Don't try so hard sweet heart. you might pull something."

"I don't think anything about being special. I know I am." He had worked hard to be who and where he was and saw no reason to downplay it. Being humble was for boring people and he had no time for that. "You're going to have to try a lot harder than that though if you think you're going to convince me that I'm not happy right where I am."

Uvarovite had warned him that there would be some who would try to tempt him to the other side. Knights and Senshi who thought they were right and want him to be 'right' too. Unfortunately he was happy where he was.

"Are you so sure the stupid decision wasn't doing this?" he waved a hand vaguely at Whisler's person as he spoke.

"You really want me to drain your energy?" He reached out, fingers wrapping around Whisler's wrist instead of his hand. He wasn't even sure he could take it given how much stronger the Knight was than him and those glowing markings. Firefly had them too and Tourmaline had practically snarled when she'd warned them all to stay away from him.

Whisler was offering it though ....

"I intend to stay right where I am." He couldn't imagine leaving Cornetite and Mab. Plus he knew without a doubt that Tourmaline would kill any of them if they tried. He might not like her or Uvarovite but he respected them. "So you can't remember why you decided to become a Knight? And you can't go back?"

While he spoke he focused a bit on drawing energy out of the Knight, a little slower than he normally would half expecting a trap.

"More finesse?" He raised a brow slightly. His other hand came up, fingers brushing along the back of Whisler's hand as he pulled the energy into a ball. The hand that had been around the knights wrist loosened, fingers dragging across Whisler's palm as he picked up the ball of energy, balancing it on his fingertips for a moment. The knight did have a point. He did have a very bright energy spark and going over his quota would be nice. "Perhaps you shouldn't be so quick to judge. You should know, someone like you, i would have no reason to trust. No reason to be nice, or soft, yet here I am. Still talking to you."

It wasn't as if Nitratine could do much to actually hurt the Knight. He didn't actually have a weapon and the other man was taller, and broader, than he was. "I also shouldn't be helping but ... there's one of the Senshi. Purple haired, has a lantern. No idea what his actual name is but he's got the same markings. Maybe he could give you more insight." If Whisler wanted them gone it couldn't do much damage to send him to Firefly. Maybe Whisler could get more information from the Senshi and give it to him.

He tucked the energy orb into his coat before running his fingers along Whisler's palm again. "Maybe you're just going about getting things together the wrong way."