[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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[originaldragoon.livejournal.com]

Rose pulled away from him and took off her gloves along with her sword belt, letting them drop to the floor. "Well first, would you mind helping me out of this armor?"

[stone-gun-nest.livejournal.com]

Jak grinned wolfishly. "Glad to." He moved over to help her, pulling off his own gloves as he went.

[originaldragoon.livejournal.com]

Now that was a look she liked. Returning the grin, Rose started undid the first few hooks to the thick leather armored jacket she wore, moving to meet him half way.

[stone-gun-nest.livejournal.com]

"Eager, aren't you?" Jak murmured. "If this isn't your Dragoon Armor, I'd hate to have to get you out of that."

[originaldragoon.livejournal.com]

"Just a little," Rose purred as she reached to grab his jacket in order to pull him closer. "Is there a problem with me being eager?" She leaned closer so that their faces were just inches apart.

[stone-gun-nest.livejournal.com]

"Not at all." Jak closed the distance and kissed her.

[originaldragoon.livejournal.com]

Rose returned the kiss passionately. Her hands started pushing his jacket off his shoulders.

[stone-gun-nest.livejournal.com]

Jak shrugged his shoulders a bit to help it along. He didn't break the kiss for a surprisingly long time.

[originaldragoon.livejournal.com]

Rose slid out of her own jacket once the last few hooks were undone, showing that she wore a thin sleeveless shirt under it. She wrapped her arms around his neck, enjoying the kiss as she pressed up against him.

[stone-gun-nest.livejournal.com]

Jak finally broke off the kiss - mostly because it would have been difficult to remove his boots otherwise. He grinned. "I think I'm going to enjoy this."

[originaldragoon.livejournal.com]

"You and I both." Rose took the oprotunity to take off the leather outer skirt she wore and jet it join the rest of her armor on the floor. She made her way over to the bed in the room and sat down on the edge.

[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?"