[RL with Rose, the Bloody Hook in Kras City]

[precursorstone_gun_nest]

((Forward-dated to the very end of the alignment virus))

The Bloody Hook was, surprisingly enough, mostly a racers' bar. In the last year or so Jak had achieved quite a bit of fame on Kras City's racetracks, so he'd secured an out-of-the-way booth that people weren't likely to look into.

Of course, in Kras City, it was usually wise not to take an interest in anything shady in case the people involved decided to take an interest in you. Specifically in conjunction with the sharp objects that a lot of them seemed to be named after.

Jak was watching the door, waiting for Rose to arrive. He had a fairly good idea of what she'd look like from her icons, but he'd never met her in person, so he was watching carefully. Then again, anyone without the long, pointed ears that were common in Jak's world would probably be fairly conspicuous.

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[stone-gun-nest.livejournal.com]

Jak pulled off his shirt and tossed it and his goggles in the general direction of where his jacket and boots lay. He joined her on the bed, running a hand over her shoulder. "Now, what was this idea of yours?" he asked again.

((OOC: O_o I think we're running out of time to have them snap out of it before something happens. Next tag maybe?))

[originaldragoon.livejournal.com]

"How about I just show you?" Rose leaned over to press herself against him again and gave him another passionate kiss.

Something happened though just as she started to deepen the kiss. Her muscles tensed up as something dawned on her. She shouldn't be doing this! Feeling like she just woke up she pulled away from Jak.

((ooc: How's that?))

[stone-gun-nest.livejournal.com]

Jak sat back, looking stunned. For a moment, he didn't say anything.

When he finally found his voice, he said, "Please tell me I'm hallucinating and we weren't actually about to..."

[originaldragoon.livejournal.com]

"Unless we were both hallucinating, then I am afraid we were just about to," Rose replied as she move further away from him. Her voice was no longer light and flirty, instead it went back to its usual cold and stoic tone.

[stone-gun-nest.livejournal.com]

"Oh my God." Jak handed her overskirt to her and started struggling back into his shirt. "I'm so sorry."

He paused with the shirt halfway on, realizing something. "Holy shit, Keira's going to kill me."

[originaldragoon.livejournal.com]

"Calm down." Rose took the outer skirt and stood so that she could quickly put it back on. Looking round the room she spotted her jacket and quickly went over to it so that she could put it back on. She felt too vulnerable without her armor and sword on.

"You are not the one to blame here," she said redoing the hooks at the front of her jacket. "I should also apologize. I wasn't myself."

[stone-gun-nest.livejournal.com]

"I guess this is why everybody dreads these viruses so much," Jak muttered as he pulled his boots on. "I mean, the last one was annoying, sure, but this..." He trailed off, shaking his head. "Lucky it wore off when it did."

[originaldragoon.livejournal.com]

"This is the first virus to affect me." Rose busied herself by putting back on her sword belt, and trying to find her gloves. She didn't want to look at Jak at the moment, it was just to awkward.

"And yes. We are lucky that it wore off when it did. I never realized there were viruses that can affect someone mentally like that."

[stone-gun-nest.livejournal.com]

"I guess these are special viruses or something. The last one turned me into a little fuzzy thing someone called an Eevee." Jak was staring fixedly at the opposite wall as he settled his goggles back into place. "I think it affected a couple of people mentally, instead - made them think they were 'trainers', whatever that means."

[originaldragoon.livejournal.com]

"I remember seeing that." Rose found her glove and up them on quickly. "I was lucky not to be affected by that one."

She picked up his jacket and held it out to him, still not looking at him. "I'm sorry. I wish our first meeting face to face would have been under better circumstances..."

[stone-gun-nest.livejournal.com]

Jak took the jacket, trying not to look at Rose. "Thanks. So, um. The person who brought you here's probably gone by now, isn't he? What are you gonna do about a place to stay tonight?"

[originaldragoon.livejournal.com]

Rose shrugged and moved to the other side of the room, away from Jak. "I'll try and see if I can get someone the worldhop me back to my world tonight. Until then, I guess I'll just lay low around town."

[stone-gun-nest.livejournal.com]

"Right. Uh." Jak paused in the doorway and glanced back at her. "If you need somewhere to stay, I was headed back to Haven City. So, I mean, we could probably find somewhere to put you up for the night there." Split in two by a war zone and a ruined palace or not, Haven was still probably a safer place to spend the night than Kras.

[originaldragoon.livejournal.com]

Rose looked up at him a bit surprised at the offer. "Are you sure that's wise? Especially after what happened?"

[stone-gun-nest.livejournal.com]

"I didn't mean in the same place!" Jak said quickly. "It's just that, well, Kras City isn't the best neighborhood to fall asleep in. Haven's big, it oughta be easy to find somewhere..."

[originaldragoon.livejournal.com]

"I know what you meant Jak," Rose said, remaining calm. "I also know how to take care of myself and to stay out of trouble. Rough places like this do not bother me. Besides, I wasn't planning on sleeping."

[stone-gun-nest.livejournal.com]

Jak shrugged. "Alright, well, if you're sure. Uh. See you around, I guess?"

[originaldragoon.livejournal.com]

Rose nodded to him as she leaned back against a wall. "See you, Jak. Now go back to Keira."

[stone-gun-nest.livejournal.com]

Jak nodded. "Right. 'Bye, Rose." As he left, he mused that he really wasn't looking forward to explaining himself to the others, even leaving out this last little incident.

[originaldragoon.livejournal.com]

As soon as the door closed, Rose pulled out the wingly device from a pouch on her belt, and started working on getting a message for a worldhop.