swordofzero: (hope)
Suzaku Kururugi ([personal profile] swordofzero) wrote in [community profile] thenearshore2018-06-14 05:04 pm

A prayer for payout

Who: Suzaku Kururugi and Edge
When: December 6th
Where: An casino in Tokyo
What: Edge and Suzaku go to answer a prayer.

Suzaku stood at the side of the street waiting for Edge watching the people pass by. No one noticed him of course and he was glad about that. It was something he had found from his first day, that he felt relieved that he was was unnoticed and easily forgettable on the Near Shore. He kept his eye out for Edge though he was a little early, the place had been easier to find than he had thought.

He and Edge were going to answer a prayer. Suzaku had never done such a thing before but he had agreed readily when Edge had asked him. He had been trying to find as much to do as possible this last week, feeling strange and out of place. Lady Marinette had been very kind, as had Adrien and Snake but it didn't stop him feeling slightly lost, purposless. So an opportunity to get out and do something was something he was grateful for.

Even better if that something was helping someone. He looked around again, sure that Edge would be here soon.
onehandsomeslickninja: (turned away amano)

[personal profile] onehandsomeslickninja 2018-07-11 03:07 am (UTC)(link)
Luckily, the crowd did what Suzaku couldn't -- and laughed, pointing at the fool without sympathy or slapping Suzaku on the back and crowing at how he'd taken that fool for all he had. Their victim slapped at his pockets, desperately searching for the more money he knew he had to have, even as he scrambled up to his feet.

Edge trailed out after him as he ran for the door, trusting Suzaku would free himself from the crowd easily enough.
onehandsomeslickninja: (turned away cool)

[personal profile] onehandsomeslickninja 2018-07-12 03:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Not far. Just outside, where the man was desperately patting himself down again, questioning in a muttered voice they could both easily overhear how he could have spent all his money and lost so badly, how he was in such deep trouble, how it could have gotten this bad.

Behind him, Edge rifles through a fan of bills, waiting for a moment in the chaos to slip them back into the guy's pocket.
onehandsomeslickninja: (eh heh)

[personal profile] onehandsomeslickninja 2018-07-16 02:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Uh-oh. This was not an expected twist, though Edge realized he should maybe have seen it coming. He shot a quick glance to Suzaku, hoping the other man understood his plea to keep this from coming to violence.

Then he was in motion, brushing past their victim with a deft step that probably wouldn't have seemed like the breeze even if Edge weren't of the Far Shore and thus a world apart. The man never felt the bills enter his pocket.
onehandsomeslickninja: (down to business)

[personal profile] onehandsomeslickninja 2018-07-18 01:03 am (UTC)(link)
This moment was critical. Edge took a step back, waiting and watching like a man about to leap into combat. If their mark turned and went back in, or if he showed anything but relief... then they'd blown it, and had to reconsider in a hurry.

But if he praised the gods for a second chance...

He shot a sidelong glance at Suzaku. Be ready for anything.
onehandsomeslickninja: (ha ninja something!)

[personal profile] onehandsomeslickninja 2018-07-20 01:59 am (UTC)(link)
Okay. Maybe a nudge.

Edge stepped forward, keeping himself behind the guy to minimize any idea of being seen. "Second chances," he murmured, low and quiet, "only come once."
onehandsomeslickninja: (i got this)

[personal profile] onehandsomeslickninja 2018-07-21 03:50 pm (UTC)(link)
"Scared me at the end there," Edge said, letting go a huge breath that practically seemed to deflate him. After one relaxed moment, he straightened his spine once again and flashed Suzaku a thumbs-up. "You played your part perfectly, too."
onehandsomeslickninja: (i got this)

[personal profile] onehandsomeslickninja 2018-07-22 08:41 pm (UTC)(link)
"We agents of the heavens sure get up to some crazy things, huh?" Edge grinned beneath his mask, but it came through in his voice nonetheless. "Come on, let's celebrate. I'll buy lunch."

...Don't ask where he got the money, Suzaku. Just don't.
onehandsomeslickninja: (i got this)

[personal profile] onehandsomeslickninja 2018-07-24 06:01 pm (UTC)(link)
"No worry at all! We've done our mission, that means it's time to enjoy some time to ourselves. Balance in business and pleasure." Something he had the feeling Suzaku probably needed to learn.
onehandsomeslickninja: (the cool ninja)

Aannd scene

[personal profile] onehandsomeslickninja 2018-07-25 01:51 am (UTC)(link)
"Haven't a clue, but I bet we can find one. Just need to keep our eyes peeled!"

Of course, this might be another wild adventure in the making.