Roll With It [Rafaela, Alastor]

One job after another, the old French countryside wasn't an unfamiliar one but given the old Shadow Fall occupation there was a lot less hollows around here than he was used to. Good improvements, having to fight 'em off was always such a pain in the ass. Now it was a lot calmer in regards to work rather than getting the risk of being jumped by some demon or hollow goons at every corner. Bleh, just a piece of the job. Right?

Alastor was on the way towards Paris moreso than leaving it, he was still tucked away inside of his body rather than ditching it. With the new changes around here, it was a lot easier to justify not having to leave it laying around somewhere until he was done. Though something did catch his eye, mainly that he had to look no small distance down. He wasn't the tallest guy but she definitely wasn't winning any awards in the height department - especially not compared to Murasaki, is this how he looked to her from up there?

"Hey lass, you look pretty spooked. There a hollow around here or something? I'm Alastor from the Gotei."

Besides the fact that there was a substitute badge just hanging from his waist there was nothing really to indicate that he looked anything other than a civilian. C'mon, he wasn't stupid! That was by intention here if he wanted to blend in and not draw looks every turn. Speaking of drawing attention though, this girl looked like a scene starter. At least from this angle he could fob off her breasts and head being caught in the same shot. Score.

This chick had spunk, was the first thought that came to mind with her really gutsy attitude that her small stature didn't play along with at all. Kind of like Elyss if he thought about it like that but he wasn't going to linger on it. She did say some pretty heavy shit after all. Guys chasing her and all. Now why'd that be chasing her? His gut told him to try and investigate a little bit into this situation.

"Ah well you know, no biggie and all. Good to get those damn Shadies out of this place considering I grew up 'round here myself."

He didn't even think to clarify that "Shadies" were the nickname he and his brother had stuck to Shadow Fall given their occupation of France most of their lives.

"You're right though, hated the city growing up but figure I can't be slack and not check the place out just because I don't care for it. What'd you do to get guy's chasing you? You don't really look like an escaped criminal to get that kind of attention or are guys just not getting the idea of being shot down?"

Yeah, that was a funny joke he thought. Just break the ice a little bit between them and see if she'd warm up and feel comfortable sharing what exactly was the situation here. Admittedly he didn't think he was really good at the whole friendly thing, Himiko was far better at this kind of thing than he thought he was himself.

There was that spunk again but her words left more on his mind than staring at those colossal tits on her chest which God saw fit to emphasise with that strap. He looked far too thoughtful to fill his head with that kind of stuff. Holy Roman Emperor, Holy Roman Emperor. Emperor... emperor.

"Wait a minute... emperor? Like Himiko's boyfriend, that emperor?"

Damn, it just hit like lightning. Whenever they were doing menial work around the barracks he found the woman with the peculiar features to be a little too friendly and one thing he really didn't care about was gossip and girltalk which she did plenty of with whoever she was with. He was sure that she just wouldn't be quiet about what was the most handsome and greatest boyfriend one could want.

"Uhh. Anyway, back to the task at hand. I don't really care about anyone's good graces but it looks like a big deal and wouldn't be right of me to leave you with a bunch of goons chasing you. Yeah obviously I'll give you a hand."

After all, what kind of guy would he be if he just ditched this girl when she needed help? He wasn't a bitch.

"Probably lose the jacket too. Hat helps but that jacket's still has the same look and if you were wearing that, the guys chasing you will probably look for it more than whatever you have underneath."

It was just pragmatic thinking but it did occur to him that he sure did just imply taking another layer covering those tits off. He told himself it was just coincidence and that it was absolutely pragmatic of a response. She was hot but he'd grown pretty fond of Murasaki and was pretty sure the squirt didn''t compare to his girlfriend's assets like the extra foot of height that she had on her. Heh.

"Anyway, where exactly are we headed? I assume towards Italy or Germany based on this current direction?"

"Rafaela, huh. Got it."

He shrugged as she explained that it might be a while. Worst case scenario he'd just let Murasaki know that he was delayed in his patrol. At least she'd know that he wasn't slacking off and was being thorough by aiding Earth and he guessed that this counted as building up diplomatic relationships.

"Konigsburg?"

Well if she was heading towards Germany, he just had to guess that it was towards the Emperor himself. It made sense since she was so stingy on the details about what was in there, just the priority and he wasn't an idiot despite his temperment.

"So how long you been doing this kind of thing?"