<div class="floatleft">(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/e5/5e/30/e55e30d68d29d991408692c70bb036b9.jpg)</div><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: arial;"><strong>Name:</strong> Reese Wilder (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=341089.msg16147118#msg16147118)<br/><strong>Wearing:</strong> Yellow converse, pink turtleneck, dirty coveralls. [Pictured (https://i.pinimg.com/564x/70/b5/6e/70b56e060b98dc5e5469384b4252d444.jpg)]<br/><strong>Date/Time:</strong> 1 April 2050 | 9:30 AM<br/><strong>Location:</strong> Warehouse District<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong> Des, Jake<br/><strong>Content:</strong> Calling Jake</span><br/><hr/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: arial;">Dude took his time with the motorcycle helmet. They had nicer ones back at Rust and Ruckus; newer foam padding, bluetooth speakers, colorful decals. But he seemed… <em>calmer</em>. Just like when he was in the back of the Escalade. That ‘safe space’ thing was really real for him… Was… he sleeping again? <br/><br/>Reese pushed her lips together and watched him, curious as to why his fantastical eyes were closed. “Uh what? Oh, yeah, sure, no worries,” Reese reciprocated when suddenly opened his eyes and thanked <em>her</em> for the helmet that she, technically, stole. Then he said his name was Destrian and he was an Avatar? That would explain the fire powers. No wait, <em>no</em>, he said he was a… Dragon… Slayer. Ah! That’s what Jake had said earlier. Dragon <em>Slayer</em>. Oh shit. <em>Jake</em>. The Escalade. Reese whipped out her phone, clicking on Jake’s number.<br/><br/>Oh. <em>He’d</em> been the one texting her; probably about the car. She finally messaged him back.  <br/><br/><strong>Don’t worry dude. Escalade runs like an iron beauty.  </strong><br/><br/>Her grey eyes then scanned the actual messages he’d sent. They weren’t about the Escalade. At all. They were in fact about the very creature whom had tried to eat Reese and Destrian —<br/><br/>  “Wait, <em>what</em>?” the mechanic echoed as the Dragon Slayer said <em>bye</em> and started walking off like this was just his regular Tuesday. Maybe it was, wherever…. Wherever he was from had Dragons and a lot of other mythical things too, probably. Her grey eyes blinked in surprise as she just about lurched after him in her yellow converse, and then remembered Jake (again). How would she explain what had just happened, without a big, long, shit explanation?  <br/><br/><strong>Also dragons ducking suck. BRB. <br/><br/>*fucking</strong><br/><br/>Damn auto-correct. And shit, Destrian was ahead of her now, fuck her life, “wait! Wait,” Reese panted and huffed it to catch up with the mighty slayer. “I work with Jake — the kid who you helped on the Escalade. You fight dragons, I fix broken carriages — I mean <em>cars</em>. I fix cars, and bikes and other mechanical stuff. Jesus fuck I regret that slurpy.” She doubled over, panting as the blue raspberry slush rolled around in her stomach like a temperamental, sugary ocean. She hiccuped, then took a deep breath. “The garage where you were sleeping in isn’t safe for you much longer. It’s not private enough… But… I have to take the Escalade back there so that its owner can pick it up. Jake is still there. It’s… it’s…” Reese looked around. Holy <em>fuck</em>, distance meant nothing when you were flooring it! They were nowhere near the garage! “I think it’s like twenty blocks West… or something. Do you want to talk to Jake?” Jake, surprisingly, was a 'safe space' for Destrian too. She held her phone outwards, in the space between them. “This device will let you talk to people when they’re far away.” <br/><br/>She pressed Jake’s number and started to call him, then put him on <em>speaker</em>, all the while glancing around for more dragons. Maybe there was only one, or two in Raven City. Maybe this would all be over soon. Maybe she should go to the police. <em>Did Destrian say comrades? Plural?</em> Did they all have fire powers? “We can drive back there. If you want to. With seatbelts this time, promise. Then we don’t have to walk and we can talk about where you’re gonna sleep tonight.”</span>