Looking For Something New

[Kakeru Kun Fallen]

Kakeru had spent a good portion of his day in his workshop. First he began to mix the ingredients for Mutagen. His hands working deftly to add the things that he would need that would add speed, durability, and strength. This was Kakeru and the way that he was. He got caught up in things sometimes and right now it was the fact that he had worry for his daughter. She had almost been killed, he wondered if with her was the place for her as he continued to mix and then he put the potion into the high heat oven. Kakeru leans back for a moment and shrugs. He pulls it out waits for it to cool and sets it in a pouch on his hip.

Kakeru was done worrying about things for the moment, his daughter was over at Ayden's safe and away from New York. He hated being away from her but there was nothing he could do if that white haired bastard decided to change his mind. Kakeru leaves and heads out to bar. He wasn't paying attention to any of the flirtatious looks or men and women that came up to talk to him. He didn't care about any of them right now. He wondered... 'Am I going crazy?'

[Josie Indigo]

Josie felt like she had been sitting far too long. With her hand still on the booze she ordered, the woman in a cheerful yellow bow-shaped tank top stood, picked up her guitar and went towards the small stage. She didn't seem the kind of girl to take things easy--her hair was styled punk-rock and heavy eyeliner defined her brown eyes that made her look more like the kind of chick to get into a bar brawl.

The microphone was already set up, a stool already there (which she sat on readily after plugging in the electric guitar to an amp) and a metal bucket for tips. A few strums on the strings was all she did before her raspy yet feminine voice broke the murmuring of the bar patrons.

" Have you ever fed a lover with just your hands?
Closed your eyes
And trusted, just trusted
Have you ever
Thrown a fist full of glitter in the air?
Have you ever looked fear in the face
And said I just don't care"

With the next part of the chorus, her tone really started to stress the scratch in her throat:

"Its only half past the point of no return
The tip of the iceberg
The sun before the burn
The thunder before lightning
The breath before the freeze
Have you ever felt this way?"

She occasionally looked up to keep eye contact with the audience, half nervous that no one was listening. Josie though was making sure to just focus on her music and getting caught up with the emotion of the song all at once.

[Kakeru Kun Fallen]

Kakeru listens to the woman sing and he smiles, when her song is over he walks over and throws in some money along with a couple of other patrons. He hadn't paid for any drinks yet so all he had was a 20 but she was good enough to deserve it. He takes a seat front row and watches her with those intense blue eyes. He was distracted but that didn't mean he couldn't enjoy music.

[Josie Indigo]

The singer cleared her throat when she was done with her first cover. She closed her eyes briefly, waiting for the audience to shoo her away. The anticipation of their rejection was what she was expecting; however, several of the bar's occupants had walked up and dropped tips into the bucket. She smiled thanking them while facing away from the mic before getting back to business. "Any requests out there tonight?" she asked trying to get the place hyped. It was obvious that she either was an amateur at the guitar or maybe hadn't had much experience with performing in a bar. Her skills on the guitar were pretty good though so it crossed that possibility off the list. Her eyes noted Kakeru's intense gaze a couple of times since he never broke his focus on her--she was wearing faded short shorts and had a formidable chest, but she still didn't like people staring. 

[Kakeru Kun Fallen]

Kake finally looks away looking at the other patrons, he sits back in his seat and closes his eyes laying his head back. It was then that a man walks up to Kakeru, "You fucking bastard!" The male says. Kakeru arches a brow and looks at him, "Sorry... what?" The man goes to hit the blue haired elf which he promptly dodges. "What the fuck?!" The guy glares at Kakeru, "You fucking stole my girl!" That confused Kakeru more than anything he hadn't been with any woman besides Hana in a long while. When the man went to hit him again Kakeru dodged under it and put his fist into the guys stomach. "Seriously? What the fuck is wrong with you buddy I didn't steal your girl I don't even know who your girl is."

[Josie Indigo]

The bard's inquiry fell flat. Josie didn't seem to really mind as she went back to playing what she wanted. It was an older song by Thin Lizzy but she didn't seem to care.

"Guess who just got back today?
Those wild-eyed boys that had been away
Haven't changed, haven't much to say
But man, I still think those cats are great

They were asking if you were around
How you was, where you could be found
I told them you were living downtown
Driving all the old men crazy

The boys are back in town

The boys are back in town

You know the chick that used to dance a lot
Every night she'd be on the floor shaking what she'd got
Man when I tell you she was cool, she was red hot
I mean she was steaming"

The fight that had erupted hadn't really startled her; she was used to such this occurring whenever she went out somewhere. Usually the fight happened because one person drank too much and the other,well, the other person sometimes started it-- but in this case it didn't look like the blue-haired man who showed interest in her had started much of anything. The bar employees would deal with them most likely, and Josie could only hope they didn't mess up her groove she had going.

[Kakeru Kun Fallen]

Kakeru continues to dodge punches, which was easy since the guy was drunk and slow. He slams his knee into guys stomach and watches him crumple to the floor. Kakeru groans and looks at the bartender who comes up. He shakes his hand and smiles, "Yeah no charges he wasn't able to hit me. Don't worry about it." The bartender pats his back and smiles at him. Kakeru returns to his seat, well that was entertaining. He goes back to leaning back, head back, listening to the music. It was interesting that he had listened to the music she was singing back when it was popular, but then it was hard to come out with new music when the war was down your throat. As long as nothing more interesting happened Kake would sit there changing from relaxing to watching her.

[Daxton Drago]

Daxton moved into the establishment, instantly enjoying the music being sung by a wonderful woman on stage. Although, it was not his type of music. He liked a little more beat with a lot more beauty. With happiness in his stride, Daxton moved to the front stage, making sure that the woman singing could see him. He dug in his pocket to pull out two one hundred dollar bills, still making sure that she could see, then placed them into the bucket.

With a warming smile, Daxton beckoned the woman to come down to him so that he could speak to her. If she did, then he would say, "I love your voice. If you don't mind, will you play 'Sick of It' by Skillet? You do know who Skillet is do you?" Whether she complied or not, Daxton would move to the spot where Kakeru sat. He would grab the nearest chair and plant himself at Kakeru's table, feet up and relaxation mode engaged.

"Funny thing about Alcohol," Daxton said to Kakeru as he looked at the downed drunk man. "It is used to drown away the sorrow of many, yet it only does so for one day. The next day, the reason the many got drunk will sink into realization again, forcing them to drink more. They never realize that, the only way to end the sorrow is if they did something about it."

[Josie Indigo]

The bard was in the last chorus when she noticed the tip and in that split second Josie almost forget the words she was singing. It wasn't until she strummed the last cord and set the guitar down that she followed the same man's motioning over where he was sitting. "Thanks for the Bens" she smiled, the guitar and glanced Daxton over,"Skillet? Yeah one the older bands from '96...", her brown eyes swiveled over towards Kakeru,"Oi, do you want anything? Been staring at me all night", she said in a manner that could have been taken as her joking and perhaps a little blunt. She then realized with a glance back to her booze that she was getting low on it. She made a face of disappointment looking like she was ready to call out for the bartender if the elf didn't respond.

[Kakeru Kun Fallen]

Kakeru looks at Josie as she speaks to him, he blinks a few times, "Huh? Oh. Uh Muse. Madness." He replies before shaking out his hair, "Sorry had a long day. Not meaning to stare." He replies with that cocky smile of his. He looks over at Daxton and takes a hard drink of his liquor. "I'll handle my issues when I get back to work tomorrow. For tonight... I want to relax. How have you been Daxton?" Kakeru asks. Even if they hadn't met before Kake knew the people who worked for Brightblood.

[Daxton Drago]

Daxton looks at Kakeru with surprise. The man had never met him before, and he was just an employee for Remedy, not even worth being thought about, just the way he wanted it to be. And yet, here was his main boss using his name and speaking as though they were good buddies. This, for some odd reason, made Daxton very happy.

"Oh, the same old, same old. Torturing and killing, all in the name of vampires and an elf," Daxton said so in a friendly and jokingly manner. It seemed like he was trying to make nice, something that he always did when he met new people. However, when it was a regular man, he was just being nice; when it was Kakeru, underling for Demetrius, he wanted something.

"What about you Kakeru? You don't look as sexy as you normally do, with a cocky smile and a ferocious figure. Work got you down?"

[Josie Indigo]

Josie smiled to Kakeru,"Comin' right up hun". Just seconds after she hollered passed him,"Bartenda! Gimme some more of ya Patrón. Got too much water in mah veins!!". She rummaged through her pockets looking for cash before recalling where she had put it. The fetchling pulled out some cash from her cleavage and satisfied, strolled over to the bar to get her booze. She took her tequila back with her to the stage and downed it. This woman drank like a fish and surprisingly it didn't seem to make her as idiotic as the rest of the population in this place. Soon enough she started up with Skillet's 'Sick of It'.

"If you're sick
If you're sick
If you're sick
If you're sick of it
If you're sick
If you're sick
If you're sick of it!

When everything you do
Don't seem to matter.
You try but it's no use
Your world is getting blacker."

Her music carried on whether or not the two men conversing were listening.