Tifa & Sparkles (Darkhunter)

[Sparkles]

"No" he smiled comfortingly, "Because, unlike the Malachai, you're not like that. They were lke that because it's just who they were - but you're not like that; I don't see you in jail and I have a feeling you don't even have a blemish on any record"

He glanced over to the table which the precious short sword was held, then back to Andraste. "But next time, i think we'll use a different weapon. And maybe a different opponent" he smirked as he looked to the hallway Aiden had disappeared down.
"For now, we'll take a break. Okay?"

[Tifa Lockhart]

Andraste looked somewhat sheepish when Rayn commented on using a different sword.
"Sorry for throwing it..." she mumbled, hugging herself. "Is it important?"
She'd seen his face when she'd nearly broken it...

[Sparkles]

"Well..." he stepped to the side a bit to divert eye contact, "it used to belong to someone I knew.. but that was a long, long time ago... I um... I'm going to go check on Aiden." This was said in a mater of fact way just before turning to take his daggers out of the flooring and head down a separate hallway to the one Aiden had gone down.
A few moments later, the sound of a heavy door opening would be heard along with the sounds of the street at night-time before being suddenly cut off again.

Aiden, in the other hall, was in the process of moving all the pieces of the priceless statue into the corner; his face one of concentration as he tried to figure out just how the larger pieces fit together.

[Tifa Lockhart]

Andraste stayed exactly where she was for a time, before she moved over to where the sword sat on its stand. She felt her heart do a weird twist as she drew closer to it. She took a deep breath, and gave a small bow to the blade.
"I'm sorry..." she murmured to no one in particular.
That done she went out into the hall.

[Sparkles]

Aiden turned just as Andy entered and grinned at her. "You look no worse for wear" he pretended as if he didn't notidce the puffy red eyes or the tear stained cheeks.
Brushing off his plaster-covered hands on his faded jeans, his hands leaving white powdery imprints in doing so, he made his way over to Andy.
"Rayn gone off in a huff has he? he observed the absense of the tall jerk with an unfailing grin, "Don't even think on it; he has a bit of a temper."

[Tifa Lockhart]

Andraste stared blankly at Aiden for a long moment, before she glanced towards the door, obviously surprised that Rayn was gone. He'd said he was coming out to check on Aiden...
"I noticed," she murmured tiredly.

[Sparkles]

Aiden's grin faultered quite a bit, "I guess you've been through quite a lot in the last few weeks..." he said quitely.
'She wouldn't have been through anything but another few console games if you'd kept her out of your chaotic lifestyle' he thought, reprimanding himself.
All he'd wanted was to be closer to the friend that made him laugh and made his nights all the more exciting. Even if he was to keep her as merely a friend, which he was much more inclined to do after a chat or two with Acheron, he'd never wish what she'd been through on anyone. It's why he'd come back...

[Tifa Lockhart]

Andraste raised a hand to rub at her tired eyes, fighting back the urge to cry again.
"Aiden, can we just go play a game or something, and eat junk food?" she seemed almost desperate.
"I want to forget this is happening for a little while."

[Sparkles]

Nodding, Aiden turned to where he'd left his suitcase by the broken statue. He made his way over to it as he retrieved a small suitcase key from his pocket. Then, kneeling down, he unlocked,unzipped and opened the black lid of his hard suitcase to reveal jeans, t-shirts, a pair of sneakers identical to the pair he was already wearing, product, a black book bound in leather and locked as he moved it out of the way to reveal his xbox; wrapped up in the aforementioned clothing.
Unwrapping the xbox and retrieving the needed plugs, cords and controllers from the suitcase pockets, he made his way back to Andy with the console under one arm and his phone in his other hand, dialed and at his ear by the time he reached her again.
His grin changing slightly to a look of more concentration, mouthed the word 'pizza' to her.
"yeah hi, I'd like one meat lovers and a.." he took the phone from his mouth a bit and looked at her expectantly, "A hawaiian?"

[Tifa Lockhart]

A relieved smile crossed Andraste's face when Aiden produced his xbox and rang for pizza.
"Yeah, that's right. Get some garlic bread too," she replied.

[Sparkles]

Another short nod, "and one hawaiian as well as a roll of garlic bread." He would then proceed to tell the pizza man the delivery address before hanging up. Putting the phone away and shifting the console into a much comfier position, he flashed Andy another award-winning cheeky grin, "If you'll follow me, milady." Taking the lead, he led them back into the larger hall surrounded by the inside balcony with rooms above, the one Andy had just come from. And it had a sofa and a plasma TV. Pumping his hand in the air, as he hadn't yet seen the layout of the house/mansion, Aiden walked across the ballroom-styled floor to the plasma, where he promptly knelt down and began to set up the console. "SO - we have Halo 3: ODST or Portal 2 multi player? he asked without turning from his current mission of setting up.

[Tifa Lockhart]

Andraste would kneel to assist Aiden in setting the console up, mulling over the choice of game for quite a while. On the one hand, a good stress-relief game like Halo would be better than a stress INDUCING one like Portal... but she also didn't feel much like violence for a while...
"Portal for now," she replied. "I need a laugh."

[Sparkles]

"Portal it is then" he announced as he took the case, opened it, retrieved the disc and inserted it into his now set up console. Connecting the controllers, he handed one to Andy before going to jump back on the lush leather couch behind them and lounging out on it; of course leaving room for Andy in the process. He was assigned the lanky-looking droid for the multi-player.

As they began to play the game, Aiden enjoyed his time giving high fives to Andy's droid and taking her head off - all in good fun of course.

[Tifa Lockhart]

Andy let herself relax into the understandable pattern of logic that was required for the game, cutting out all the thoughts and feelings that had accumulated over the past few days. She enjoyed a good laugh whenever Aiden's droid did something to hers, or whenever the obnoxious Artificial Intelligence who ran the laboratory said something amusing. It was a great way to help unwind.

[Sparkles]

They stopped playing for a while once pizza came, but conversation remained light with no mention of daimons, Aiden's job or anything that would be abnormal to the casual person.
Then back to the game.
It lasted for quite sometime and by the point where Aiden took notice of his watch, the light would have been coming up rather soon. Of course this was hard to tell from inside with all the windows covered with black plastic that had been stuck on with expert skill so that it looked like black-tinting. Andy had fallen asleep a few hours ago. She now lay in a rather awkward position propped up against the arm rest of the couch.

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Letting himself into the mansion, Rayn came face to face with Aiden a moment after. His eyes flickered to Andraste, laying on the couch by the flat screen tv.
"What happened?" Aiden asked in a hushed voice, blatantly staring at Rayn's arm; covered in blood.
A frown as he too stared at his arm. There were claw and teeth tracks mixed in with the smudgings of his blood and that which continued to trickle out of the wounds. "I was ambushed.. but never mind that." he tugged the arm of his shredded leather jacket further down to no avail.
"I want you to take Andraste out today.. it's not good for her to be cooped up in the mansion.."

Aiden nodded slowely. "Uh... sure.."