Raining in Red [Ryo, Samantha]

Sam was a little more tired than usual as she walked through the streets of Gobō. Her usual calm, put-together demeanor replaced with something of an exhausted mess. One of her jobs had taken her to a nearby forest and resulted in a whole lot more survival and fighting than she'd been hoping for. On the plus side, she had managed to secure extra pay for having to take out a small den of hollows an an arrancar. But now she was wiped out, enough that she was not in the mood to go taking another job for a while.

A sigh escaped the woman as she came to a stop near a construction site, taking a seat on a nearby bench and gently rubbing at her eyelids, taking a moment to simply glance around. Taking in the scenery. This place seemed rather peaceful, and so she didn't sense the usual bevy of strong souls. A fair sprinkling of spiritually aware individuals, rather than the usual droves many cities had these days. And so she relaxed, taking a moment to watch the crowds as she allowed her energy to slowly return.

For a City, this place was quiet, it was nice.

The sudden company she had certainly drew Samantha's attention. Turning to glance at the worker that had taken a moment to all but collapse beside her, she raised a brow slightly as she made note of the sweaty little lass. Was she old enough to be working in a construction yard?

"Afternoon. Always nice to take a moment and rest, Hm?" she noted with a light chuckle, certainly the girl looked like she had been working for quite a while. A glance toward the construction site was taken, now a bit curious just what sort of work was being done. "I think there's a food cart across the street that was selling icees or something like that. If you need to cool down in a hurry." She noted calmly, she herself having partaken earlier in the day with how hot it was. Nothing wrong with a bit of casual conversation. She had to admit, she was a bit curious what this girl was doing in a construction yard.

Sam raised a brow slightly at the interaction, and a soft appreciative whistle sounded, causing her to rest her hand on her bag and lean a bit firmly on it before turning her attention back to the young woman... girl? It was a little hard to tell these days. But given the girl was working construction, she must at least be sixteen or something. All the same, she chuckled when she was introduced indirectly to Joe, offering the man an amused smile and a nod. "If Joe would like to talk, I'm sure he can muster up a conversation with me later." She noted calmly. She had no real intention of giving some random man her number, but if he wanted to shoot his shot, he could approach her himself. All the same, Ryo had been nice enough to introduce herself.

"Sam. Pleasure to meet you, Ryo. So you're with the construction Crew? I noticed the listing they'd put up for workers a while ago. What is it that's being built?" She ventured.

Sam chuckled a bit at that detail, then turning her attention to the construction itself as Ryo laid out what was being built. "Is that right? Been a while since I've seen one of these built." Her mind wandered back to america. A few of them had been prioritized in some areas, after all, as strong as fortification was, infrastructure to allow communication was even more important. After all, with some areas ravaged so bad, a lot of people assumed that some areas were totally desolate, only to reestablish communication after the fact. Well, not that this place likely had the same meaning behind its construction, but it did take her back.

"Not much. Under normal circumstances, I'm something of a Private Eye by trade. But sometimes that winds up turning into essentially mercenary work. I took a job a little bit ago that wound up a bit rougher than expected. so I'm taking a little rest at the moment."

Sam chuckled softly at that and gave a nod of her head. "It depends, but I suppose that's one way to look at it." She noted calmly enough, briefly pausing to watch as the man from before delivered the treat and the young woman started to enjoy her little frozen dessert. "Sometimes that's about what I get as well. I can decide to decline a job. But in some cases, money is money, and I can wind up looking into a number of mundane cases, and frankly, at some points it really just does come down to a bit of manual labor." She noted with a smile, thinking back to ...well a multitude of situations where her trade had led her to just such a conclusion.

Finding a lost item. Investigating a disappearance which just turned into spying on someone. Certianly jobs had turned out rather boring before. "But those sorts of jobs still put food on the table. So there's hardly anything wrong with taking them." She pointed out, glancing toward Ryo. "It certainly seems exciting, but at times it can be just as boring. Especially if I simply don't find any work." She pointed out.