It sort of just... broke (Seraphina)

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Fionn sat there on his favorite ripped up and stained chair, as he usually did on his empty Friday nights after the deals had dried up, playing some crappy old game or another on his Playstation 2, the whir of the dying old game systems fan a fitting sound to accompany that of the random generic explosion effects echoing out from the badly taken care of speakers, the duct tape wrapped around them tightly to keep the from falling apart onto the surprisingly clean rugs, which Fionn cleaned regularly almost as a statement. 

And that's when it happened, there were no warnings, no siren or sound, no wail of concrete floors fault, no screams to be heard as the pillars shattered and the world itself seemed to shatter. "Oh bugger all." Was the last sound to escape the drug dealers lips as his building fell from underneath him, his Playstation instantly destroyed by falling rubble and rocks, all of the progress he had made in that generic game was gone instantly, the speakers however, had no rugs to shatter onto anymore.

It was a few minutes later that he would awake, the sounds of engines and sirens wailing around him as he attempted to stand. There was about ten feet of rubble over him, at least ten tons worth of broken dreams and shattered memories, he hadn't wanted anyone to see him doing any super hero level sh*t today but whatever, it's not like he really had a choice in this situation anyway. 

He put both his hands on the ground and began to push his back upwards against the weight, his power keeping himself from damage as he hardened the worlds strongest jacket, its seams and stitches keeping together masterfully as his muscles groaned and his blood boiled, it had been a long time since he had had to lift something this heavy. A few moments would pass as officials attempted to dig out more of the bodies, the search at that point being mostly for the dead, until of course a massive plume of dust would rise into the air and about ten people would see very clearly a man in his early twenties with a huge sword on his back stepping out of the ruins, a massive pile of debris falling down around him, plummeting after his explosive entrance as he smiled at the camera and waved. Before running off into his usual system of alleyways and alcoves like a coward. 

"sh*t sh*t sh*t sh*t sh*t!" He said quietly under his breath as he ran, despite having survived much worse, the weight of the building had certainly taken its tole, and having been seen on camera? This couldn't possibly end well for him, he needed a place to hide out now.

Looking at his phone he scrolled through his contacts, mostly people who bought from him or supplied him, he truly only did have one friend in this world, but LIVING with her? He could not possibly imagine a worse hell, but then again, he did need a place to stay... 

He climbed up the monorail line and leaned against one of the light posts fixed to it, he didn't have time to pay. The train came a second later, it's speed amazing but not too crazy for the reflexes of a man such as himself, he struck his hand out and caught onto the machine as it passed by, slipping between the cracks and clinging to the side of the train as it continued on its journey to the other side of town where his friend lived, he briefly noticed a police helicopter before the train ducked into a tunnel. 

Fionn arrived at the apartment number and knocked on the door, his knocks echoing out through the hallway he stood in as he waited for the girl, he needed in now, even if it was as late as it was. As soon as the girl would answer the door he would step inside, covered in dust and ashes. "Hey (huff) Sera! (Heavy breathing) My apartment sort of... stopped existing, do you think I could (Huff) stay here for like... ever?"

[Seraphina]

It was a quiet evening in Seraphina's apartment on that day, just like every other day. The only sound to be heard was the light snoring coming from the solaris's room. Yes, it was nearly seven o'clock in the evening and Sera was still sleeping. It was nothing out of the ordinary for her. When one spent most of her waking hours running around robbing people blind, getting into fights, or drinking herself into unconsciousness after dark till the wee hours of the morning, it was unlikely that she would ever function at all for most of the day. Most people could not live the way she did, most people had normal jobs or other kinds of arrangements that kept them going throughout the day. But Sera wasn't one of those people. Sera's 'job' didn't require too her to keep any real schedule. Hell, most of the time she didn't plan anything. Unless the place she planned to rob blind was well secured she rarely thought her actions through. It was reckless but things always worked out for her. Sera was good at her job, good enough that she could take some time off to have a little fun in her life, or sleep all god damn day for a few days before she needed to drag her ass to get something done.

Good work deserved some kind of reward, and for today for Sera that meant a good long rest. But all good things come to an end, and unfortunately for her she couldn't get the sleep she wanted. No, someone had to ruin it all. There she was, sleeping soundly on her nice comfy bed when the knocking started. At first Sera didn't hear it. The sound barely reached her sleepy brain. But then it got louder, and more insistent. The young solaris mumbled in her sleep and shifted further under the covers. That noise, that damn noise was making its way into her dream, getting louder and more annoying by the second. It took a minute or two for her to realize that she wasn't really flying through outer space on a pheonix but she was dreaming, and the sound she was hearing was coming from the real world.

With a groan Sera opened her eyes and lifted her head up and out from under the covers. “What the fuck?” the girl grumbled as she reluctantly got out of bed. Who the hell would be knocking on her door at this time of day? Sera didn't have many people that knew where she lived that would be stupid enough to wake her up with all that racket. It wasn't the landlord was it? No, it couldn't be, Sera rarely ever had problems with the landlord. She paid her bills on time so she rarely had visits from them. Maybe it was some salesman or johova's witness? Well, who ever it was was going to get it, and get it good. Seraphina stormed over towards the door, not even bothering to waste the time to change out of her Pjs...or rather underwear, and nearly tripping over whatever crap she had thrown on the floor the night before along the way.

“What the fuck do you want?” the girl shouted as she swung open the door, Sera was just about to punch the god damn bastard banging on her door in the face when she saw who it was. “...Fionn???” The girl looked at her friend in surprise when she saw who it was. Sera had met Fionn recently when she had confronted a couple of punk kids picking on some poor homeless guy. The meeting had been rather bloody but it ended pretty well. Well, it ended well for her at least. She had made a new friend, and found a new restaurant with some good grub. It didn't end too well for the kid who probably lost his damn leg, but hey, who cared about that stupid little punk anyway?

Sera and Fionn had hit it off pretty well that day. The two were both no good troublemakers with a soft spot for weak people. Sera was comfortable with him enough to give him her home address and number if he ever wanted to hang out around her place. She was fine with him paying her a visit and all, but she expected he would at least give her a call first. Before Sera could even ask Fionn what he was doing over here the young man barged into her apartment. The man talked very fast despite barely having any breath to speak with. “Wow man, slow down I can't understand what you are saying.” she said. “Come with me.” Sera quickly closed the door behind him before grabbing his hand and half led, half dragged him towards the living room. “Go and sit down over there and catch your breath alright?” Sera didn't give Fionn any time to give her a reply before she disappeared into the kitchen. The solaris quickly grabbed a cold beer from the fridge and went back to the living room to, twisted off the cap and shoved the beer in his hand. “Drink.” she ordered him, she would wait a bit for him to drink the beverage before speaking again. “Tell me what the hell is going on, what did you mean when you said your home doesn't exist anymore?”

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Fionn stared in awe for just half a second, that was all his speed trained mind needed to comprehend the site before him, that site being his best friend in nothing but her underwear. A blush crept up on his soot and debris stained face, the dark circles of insanity that rested under his eyes glowing red as he looked upon the girls form by nothing other than evolutionary instinct. It would take him longer than usual to suppress this blush, as his face lit up like the fire that his half naked friend threw, before finally managing to contain himself and throw aside his stupid emotions. The girl leading him inside and shoving a cold beer into his hand roughly, commanding him to drink (Which he willingly complied with) as he finally managed to compose himself enough to tell her what had happened at his stupid badly built apartment.

"Ah I'm sorry for rambling on so quickly when I first came in." Fionn took another sip and sighed, the weight of the blade on his back and the drain on his energy from lifting to building seriously tiring himself out (It would not have hurt him as much had he not been half asleep when shit had happened to go down). "I was just hanging around my apartment, doing my usual routine when it..." He paused for a moment, looking for just the right words. "Well... it just sort of broke." He burst out laughing for a second before wiping sweat from his brow, man this was crazy, he was stressed out from so many thing right now and seeing Seraphina half naked wasn't helping to calm his nerves in the slightest.

"I really don't know what happened to be truthful, one second I was sitting on my couch, the next I was under thirty feet of rubble." Fionn sighed and took another sip of beer, taking a mental note to repay the girl for the drink. "And that's really the reason why I'm not sleeping in an alley tonight like I would under any other circumstance." He took yet another sip, the drink calming his nerves enough for him to finally think straight. "I sort of... pushed an entire building off of myself on live television... and proceeded to run away... by grabbing on to the side of the train that came closest to your house." Fionn admitted admitted to Seraphina, his voice still managing to sound confident and cocky with his near-baritone echoing out, even though he was admitting to the fact that he had done something really dangerous and stupid, on live television to boot!

"Anyway, I sort of need to stay here for at least a day." He took another sip, savoring the feeling of the dirt being washed down his dry and arid throat. "I can pay half of the rent and help around the house until the dust settles enough for me to get a new apartment. I mean, as long as it wouldn't be a problem for you of course." Fionn said, it was obvious that he was stressed out and that the dust had gotten to his head a bit, even though his words still managed to retain their strange level of charm.
He chuckled.