Its on me this time (Taiku)

[Jazz]

ooc: not the longest post but reply if you find the time me mucha

The soft hum of the motor cycle could be heard outside the joint as it came to a gentle rest in the parking bay. A figure who seemed quite out of place in the town stepped off of the bike and glanced around as if to try to get to know his surroundings . However this was one place he felt comfortable and a place that he knew he would be made to feel welcome.

He unclipped his helmet and placed it under his left arm while removing his gloves and placing them in the pockets of his leather jacket. He made his way up to the main entrance and placed his hand on the cold brass push pad of the door. He paused for a moment and took a breath. He had no idea why he was nervous, He knew this guy but something was holding him back. Perhaps it was the thought that Taiku had moved here to get away from Varron…ALL of Varron including his friends from that part of his life. He was known as quite the wanderer after all.

He pushed the door open and strode in with false courage. The place was called club legion which to Jazz was a sign that ex members were welcome within but still he felt very apprehensive . He walked with pace and it carried him to the corner table, which was round and looked like varnished pine. He placed his helmet down beside him and glanced at the bar. No one was there that he knew. Perhaps it was an odd coincidence that it was called club legion and this wasn’t Takes place? He sighed and made his way over to the bar.

‘’I’ll Have a bottle of bud please…..an something for yourself.’’

The barmaid smiled at Jazz as he handed her a twenty and Jazz turned round to make his way back to his seat. At which point the thought he heard a familiar voice in the distance, one of the back rooms perhaps. Jazz stopped in his tracks for a moment before continuing to his seat.

[Kazuki Akimoto]

"Hey Kazuki, you want to check this out a second...?"

Renes voice breezing over to him as he skimmed over a few accounting details lifted his head, and as he nodded, rising from the chair he smiled over at her... "What's up?"

"Take a look at this guy, I don't know if it's just me, but I could swear it's one of the old Legion members...I think it might be Jazz...."

Raising an eyebrow, he shot over the room quickly and came to a halt beside her, glancing through the glass with a squinted eye to see as the newcomer took a seat and ordered a drink. It did look remarkably like him, but what were the odds of him coming all the way out here?

'Apparently the same as a large number of the graduates following suit, besides if he knew any of us were Westbound, he may well have followed us just as I followed the others..'

Taking a seat against the window ledge, he spent a few minutes glancing down and pondering the same question over and over, before eventually pushing himself up off his seat and making his way to the door. Glancing over his shoulder back at Rene, he simply smirked at her.... "You know I gotta find out if it's him or not..."

Her tongue stuck out, a returned gesture to his smirk, brought a more genuine smile from him a moment before he slipped out the door and made his way downstairs, slipping past the store-rooms and out onto the main floor. Glancing over, he almost laughed when his suspicions were confirmed. Another one of the graduates had found their way west, and one of his closer friends at that...Approaching him slowly, he tapped the back of his shoulder lightly and leaned against the bar to his side, smirking as he looked straight ahead to the barmaid.

"Dark rum, no ice, a cold glass. This asshole's paying for it..."

[Jazz]

Ooc: this may be a bit short but im struggling to think about a post lol.

After buying his drink Jazz turned and began to make his way back to the table where his helmet rested. A few thoughts had run through his head about some of the students coming to the west coast. He had been told that his friend was out this way as well but had herd nothing. Or so he thought.

‘’Dark rum, No ice in a cold glass. And this asshole’s paying for it.’’

At the same time he felt a small tap on the shoulder of his leather jacket. Jazz head dropped and a half grin came across his face. His hair fell across his eyes and he shook his head a bit. ‘’You know that is very rude of you. Expecting lil ol me to but your drink!.’’ He said with his back still turned. He took a quick swig from his bottle before turning round and meeting Taikus back while the sound of the clinking glass could be heard being set down on the bar.

He walked back up to the bar and sat next to his old friend but didn’t make eyes contact with him. A few moments past until A few words exited Jazz mouth. ‘’So….How’s business. On that note, what brings you out to this side of the country? I mean it’s a bit of a journey to get all the way out here man. Before you ask, No I didn’t follow the students out here I have my own agenda.’’

He said as he took a sip from his bottle.

[Kazuki Akimoto]

ooc:Excuse my delay, and my short post, my good man ^^;

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"Rude, perhaps, but remember you didn't buy me this club, my friend....Besides, do you really think that I pay for anything in this place?"

As the two took to a moment of silence, enjoying the first drops of their drinks, Taiku swirled the glass in his hand slowly...It had been a long while since he had seen a lot of the old Legion members, but to still be able to sit like this, drink quietly and relax was always a good thing. When Jazz spoke, however, he responded in kind, shrugging his shoulders...

"Call it a cliche, Jazz, but I really didn't know where else to go. I knew that Maverik was coming this way with the transferred students as the Dean for some reason, not to mention the fact I decided to get as far away from Victoria and Tak before I unsheathed my sword for the first time in over a year specifically for that guy...."

Clearing his throat quietly, he muttered a touch softer than he had before, "And, well, Kira was part of the transfers. I promised I'd help her out, so I decided to tag along for the ride with the others, open up shop here and start fresh. On top of all of it, I'm not faced with much trouble here. It's quieter, more peaceful, and these days I guess I'm starting to settle down...."

Snorting at the remark, he tipped back a little more of his glass and swallowed the rum, smiling to himself, "Listen to me, I'm barely past twenty-one and I'm talking like an old man...I need a vacation. But, you mentioned you were here on your own merit, what is it? A new project with the company?"

[Jazz]

Ooc: dude part of this post you wont know about IRL but it will be written up in a prequal post by me and ken

Jazz glanced down at the bar, So much had changed, yet so much had remained the same. They had all got away from the pure violence that Varron had descended into and had all come out this way looking for a more peaceful way of life. However It was like being back in the edge after hours with Kazuki, Akamaru and Maverick just sitting and drinking and having a good time in the company of each other.

‘’You know what my man? I fuckin’ miss this.’’ He said as Taiku took another sip from his glass before going on to explain why he was out here.

Jazz listened but for a split second was shocked at what Taiku had told him.

‘’Wow!, So Mav and kira are out this way aswell. Saying that I did bump in to Jellar a few nights back. He im not surprised people left Varron in such a hurry things were going tits up out that way. As far as I know, Ak is still in hospital after Narin attacked him, I got out a few weeks ago because I was run off the road by one of Narins thugs and well the rest is the usual. Big fight people hurt.’’ Jazz shrugged and took a sip of his beer before going on.

‘’Yeah actually it is a new project with the company that I ma out here for. Remember about a year ago I asked you to help with the running of the company for a few months, Which you refused. Well when I finally did get someone to look after it I made my out here and started negotiating with the local government about being able to build on the land 12 miles east of the city. I finally managed to BUY the land off them then made my way back here. I called it the Oasis project and its just another branch of my company. Seeing as the stocks on the east coast were going through the roof and things to that effect I decided to expand. Anyway building work has begun already, You should go out and take a look.’’

Jazz took a breath before necking his drink back. ‘’S’cuse me sweetheart, Two more of the same please.’’ Jazz the flicked his packet of smokes out, Offering one to Taiku before lighting his own.

[Kazuki Akimoto]

A faint smile breached his lips as he raised his glass in assent to the fact, chuckling quietly...

"Me too, Jazz. It's been a while since I could relax this quietly..."

Turning his head at the remarks being made, he raised an eyebrow at the revelation that Akamaru had been hospitalised...He figured that he'd be able to hold his own, but apparently that 'Narin' character he'd bumped into once before was a little more durable than anything they were used to. Regardless, apparently everyone was intact, doing better than could be said for other people back in Varron.

"Sounds like that guy's giving you two quite the run-around...I don't see why you don't just shoot him, really. Save yourselves the hassle."

The hint of sarcasm in his words would be enough to make the joke clear, however deeper in his statement lingered a hint of seriousness that would remain unspoken. He was in no mood to talk about such matters any longer, and tilting his glass back he drained the remainder of the liquor in a swift gulp, taking a long, deep outward breath before listening, raising a hand to refuse the offer of a cigarette with a shake of his head...

"I've quit, for all wants and intent. I'd rather die of something besides cancer, if I can possibly help it. As for your project, I'll take a raincheck on it for now, but perhaps some other time. Right now, I believe theres drinking to be done...."

Smirking, he waited as the waitress brought back the freshened drinks, taking his own and sipping a little from the glass with a sigh, leaning back into the chair and swirling the liquid calmly...