Smoke through the gaps in the urban slums [Damien]

[Damien Schwartz]

"No, I don't..." he says quietly, his hand now back in normal position, not expecting the handshake which it would have obviously not received no matter how long it stayed there.

But how do I know if I can trust this guy then? he thinks, and then turns his head to survey the other costumers. Many people, perhaps some mutants, no way of telling the difference, and a whole lot of rushing around.

And this is the only place he intends to be at until he finds out where the Academy is, which promises not to be an easy task.

"Na, großartig! Wem soll ich den trauen?" he says, and then looks back to the guy he has been talking to. "Damien." he says simply. "You?"

[Pyro]

Pyro rolled his eyes, struggling – and sort of failing – to suppress a laugh. Really, this guy… Too entertaining. He hadn’t met anyone this easy, or fun, to wind up since… Yeah, let’s leave that train of thought, shall we?

“You Damien” He points, the barely contained laughter sort of spoiling the Tarzan tone as he turns the fingers from Damien to point at himself. “Me John”. He should probably be more worried about giving his ‘real’ name, but as far as he’s concerned that’s not his real real name at all, is it? Nothing to worry about. Besides, even if this kid turns out to be Omega Class (ick, more bad memories there…) then he doubts he’d know how to use it before becoming Barbequed Bohemian. It’s obvious where the power in this pairing lies… and if he has anything to say about it, then it’s going to stay that way.

In order for that to happen, of course, he needs the edge. Needs to know how to play him… beyond just drawing on the ‘alienated foreigner’ thing. So, exactly what do we know about Damien? He’s German, and he’s looking for the Institute. Time to dig a little deeper.

“So, Damien, how long have you been Stateside? I'm guessing a week, tops”

[Damien Schwartz]

Damien doesn't react to the insult- he is not going to start a fight. Instead, he just sips his drink. Then, he is asked a question.

Should he answer it? Can he trust this guy? Wait, he just wanted simple directions, didn't he? Well, he isn't going to give away his whole background, that one is sure. Or any part of it either.

"I did not show an interest in familiarizing, did I? A simple direction I wanted, so if you can't give it, I don't think we have much to talk about." he says with a strong German accent decorating every word, both the correct and incorrect ones.

[Pyro]

“Obviously less than a week” Pyro continues as if Damien hasn’t just put the nix on any sort of familiarity “or you’d have realised this sort of inane crap is something they do over here. Not going to get very far with that sort of attitude.”

The hypocrisy of this is not lost on him, but whatever. Looks like Damien can be as irritating as he is entertaining, which doesn’t bode well for the German since Pyro doesn’t exactly have the greatest attention span, and when he gets bored it isn’t all that pretty… He’s safe enough for the moment, though, because you’d have to be a total idiot to blow your cover and one of the things Pyro’s not is a complete idiot. He wouldn’t have survived without some sort of nous. Though Damien is stretching that to its absolute limit.

[Damien Schwartz]

He sighs. "Look, I don't want to get anywhere except to the academy. Do you know where it is, and if you do, will you tell or show me soon, or should I just keep searching?" Damien asks.

Now, he is getting irritated himself, and really isn't too concerned about anything other than the answer to his question. Besides, this guy looks like it isn't too smart an idea to be friends with him.

Still, the need is there, and Damien can't seem to extract a single skin contact from the guy, which means there's allot of touch-power mutants around, and one can never be too careful.

He is still sitting leisurely, though. If there is any danger, the boy will simply be somewhere else the moment before any harm comes. One thing about his power was that he needed good reflexes, and he had been training his for a very, very long time now, and they were almost perfect.