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[It's late in the afternoon when Jacob finally decides to make a general call to the residence of the city. He has the information that he needs to know and he trusts that everything else will come with time. He isn't in a rush and when he makes his call he's calm.

Jcaob is wearing his new fall threads, a dusty brown jacket with a dark blue scarf loosely wrapped around his neck. He's still unshaven but his hair has been brushed and is now pointed in the same direction. It's dark behind him but easy to see the warm hazel glint in his eyes.]

It's a beautiful night out. There are a lot of stars. [It's unclear where he is but he tilts the screen to show hundreds of little dots of light freckling a blanket of black.] Hopefully this doesn't wake anyone. I've become a bit of a night owl.

[Night wasn't a safe time of day for someone who can't see in the dark.]

I got my job back at Gary's carpentry but I honestly want to do something more than make furniture. If you need anything, let me know. I was a mechanic before this. So I can work with just about anything.

Seriously, anything.

[It's amazing how easily he fell back into his life here.]

Ah, yeah. [He grins.] It's Jacob. If you don't know me but want to find me.

I consider myself pretty easy to find.

[ooc: If you want to do an action, feel free to tag my test drive post. I'm keeping it as game canon since it's my umbrella for general arrival interactions.]

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I suppose not. Depends on perspective and what you have to compare it to.

[ She shrugs. ]

Still trapped here. How was your return home?

It was pretty horrible but that's not really much of a surprise.

Is it selfish to say that I'm glad to see you again?

Unfortunate. Did something happen there?
[ She falls silent. ]
Slightly, but most would say that I'm selfish myself. [ And she probably wouldn't argue too much about it. ]

Yeah. A little over a year passed for me.

[Its a little disorienting.]

I'm selfish. I think it's natural to be selfish. Is that causing you problems?

[He's always been a little worried about Illyana.]

And what happened in this year?

[ It was a bit odd for her to try to keep a conversation going, but at least she was trying. Maybe it wasn't even that bad of an attempt. ]

A lot has caused me problems lately.

A lot, if you got the time I don't mind sharing.

[He's a lot more open than he used to be.]

Want to vent? We can take turns.

[Jacob pauses and then considers.]

I can buy you a beer if it helps.
It helps me.

Luckily for you we have nothing but time here.

[ She pauses for a second at his question, a bit awkwardly. ]

I suppose I have no reason to say no.

You don't have too but I'm here.

I'll never force you Illyana.

I consider you a friend and I want to lend you a hand if I can.

[ There's a bit of silence here for a few moments. ]

I suppose I have nothing better to do.

That's the spirit!

[A beat.]

I think.

I'll meet you at the pub. I have some cash so it'll be my treat.

[ooc: to action?]

[ There was really no reason for Illyana to teleport to the pub, she could easily have just walked. But the easy way was the less interesting way, now wasn't it? Her arrival with the portal left behind the faintest scent of sulfur. She pulled the sleeves of her sweater down a bit awkwardly as she looked around for him. ]

Welcome back.

[It takes time to walk to the pub but Jake assumes that he'll likely get there first. His assumption is wrong. It's only as he walks into the pub that he sees both Illyana and the portal behind her closing.]

Ah, you beat me.

[He takes a seat and waves over a waiter to get them some drinks.]

Thanks. I think. Things have been a bit hectic. Though I did find out that it's been about eight months since I was here last. I bet you have a lot of awesome stories with how crazy this city can be.

I on the other hand, returned home in time for a war to break out.

Unfortunate that you had to walk. [ A smirk tugs at her lips that she makes some sort of attempt to hide. ]

Awesome would be stretching it. [ Perhaps she had a few interesting stories, but for the most part she would consider most of the things that happened here rather boring. It was probably quite the opposite for some people, but her life back in her own world was interesting to say the least.

She rested her chin on a hand. ]

Your war sounds much more interesting.

Walking keeps my legs looking good. [Jake's smile remains sincere though there is a slight shadow lingering within his eyes as his mind turns towards the war.] I don't know about that.

It's never dull but I think I'm one of those boring people who like it dull. I'd much rather hear interesting stories than living them.

Not that life gives us much of a choice.

[He waits until their drinks arrive and takes a large swig of his ale before really talking about his home and what's going on there.] Did I tell you much about my home before I left? I think I remember we talked about magic some but my time here before is a bit fuzzy.

Is that what you tell yourself? [ A hint of a hint of smirk fades just as quickly as it appears. ]

My brother felt that way sometimes. Though he could never stay away from preforming in the stories for long. [ Most that she knew couldn't. They all said they wanted boring, they wanted peace, and yet they always came back.

She shook her head. ]

No, you never said too much.

I tell myself a lot of things. [Some of which he knows are lies.]

Ah. You know, I don't really remember a year ago. Here or at home. So much has happened that it's all a bit fuzzy. [It's hard for Jake to keep track of everything though he's fairly sure that he's only really spoken to Nida about his past and only remembers scratching the surface.]

To start this off, I had moved from New York to Seattle about 4 years ago. It was good because I separated myself from my sister and the people who were a little more than human. They're just called Hidden. I assume because no one really thinks they exist. Anyway, I was out of it for a few years after that. I kinda liked it.

[He takes a sip of his beer and thinks back.]

But I was eventually targeted in this super human war because my sister is a god. Well, really close to a god anyway. Since I'm her only blood relative still alive.

[He shrugs.] We haven't had the best luck.

But it got to the point that I couldn't stay out of it because I would have been killed. Personally, I like staying alive. [That hadn't always been the case but now Jake has things to live for.]

Hidden, hmm? What an original name. [ She sounded vaguely amused by how simple it sounded as a way to describe people with abilities. After a few seconds she leaned forward and propped her chin on her hands. ]

Few people with great power are actually gods. [ Which was a good thing. ] Is the war over her power or did she actually do something to start it? [ She could see it going either way. ]

You sound very bothered by having been dragged into it.

[Jacob can't help the slight twitch at the corner of his mouth. He thinks that the Hidden should have come up with a better name but it's an argument he hasn't tried to win.]

It isn't over yet. She's still learning how to use it and they were trying to minimize causalities. Which draws it out more.

She didn't start it. Really, both of us got dragged into it. Me being her brother and her being awakened as the Creator.

So her awakening caused casualties? [ It was a blunt question, but there were very few people in the world (if there were any) that would say she had any sort of tact. ]

How does one just awaken to be the creator?

Sort of. Mostly her awaking made others aware of her existence and they went after her.

[He really doesn't blame his sister. It would be like blaming her for existing and he was happy to have an older sister.]

I don't know. I think it woke up with her emotions though. A lot of magic seems to be linked to how people feel.

I see. [ She looked thoughtful for a moment and then shook her head. ]

It is the same with my kind. A lot of our abilities are tied with our emotions and that can cause... issue. [ That was putting it nicely. ] Usually issues with accidental casualties.

Same for her and many who learned magic around me.

[He grins thinking back to the few friends he'd managed to make while living in New York.]

All my friends back then were mages of some kind. Well, sort of friends. We existed around each other and went to school together. I was the only one there without any power but it never seemed to be much of a problem.

Anyway, I got to hear about a lot of their awakenings. It was mostly only bad for those who were connected to fire but I've heard stories of other things. My sister made our entire town forget that she existed for a little over a month.

Impressive that you didn't encounter problems yourself. [ In all honesty she wasn't entirely certain if he'd have had the same experience in her own world. There weren't many reasons for her people to be too tolerant of regular humans anymore. As time went on the divide seemed to get even bigger. ]

That doesn't seem like it would be too bad for you and your sister. At least then she could get around without having to worry about people knowing her, right?

I ran into some problems but it wasn't so bad. [He pauses briefly.] Comparatively. We had all lost something so even if I was different, we had that in common.

[All of the kids around him had also lost a parent or both parents to the war, just like Jacob had.]

It isn't too bad. Only that she did it by accident. I know at least one kid went a bit crazy during that time. Talking about a girl no one remembered.

I suppose there's always some common ground to be found. [ Though it meant people needed to actually look for those bits of common ground and she found people rarely wanted to try for that. ]

Unfortunate for that kid. Though perhaps he should have learned to be quite sooner rather than later.

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ooc: fade to black here?