it's three am in the mornin

[boomvox]

Who: Jae & Hilmi.
What: Confrontations.
Where: Anarchy 99.
When: Friday or Saturday night?? COUGH COUGH some time in between when Hilmi got back and the 15th, and after Jae and Ilde spoke.
Notes: Megan. :(
Warnings: Violence, disturbing imagery, discussion of rape and abuse. Will add more if needed.

There's no heroic, white knight desire fueling Jae's search for this other man, and as he leaves the coffee shop near the Valhalla, he wonders if he should wish there was. Maybe then, if he had those sorts of compulsions, he would be even halfway equipped to do this. Not for the first time, he weighs his options and thinks about handing this off to someone else - but he discards it. This isn't a fight. This isn't him going off like a cowboy in a terrible movie - Jae isn't going to go threaten him or intimidate him, he just needs to talk. He needs to see Megan but he can't just go to her when she's as screwed up as she is and ask her what's gone on, or try and - and what, put her in a tower? He needs to have answers, something tangible to work with, a starting point. Hilmi, Ilde said, is part of their resistance group, an assassin. He uses his powers to fight for them - surely, someone like that won't want to have accidentally used something that terrible against this innocent girl, especially one who isn't human. Surely he knows how to reverse it. He can't imagine someone in his position being heartless enough not to have some kind of failsafe for emergencies. Yeah, he rubs Jae the wrong way and no, Ilde doesn't like him, but Jae's biased over Six and Ilde shouldn't be expected to have to put up with anyone, anymore. Jae's got faith.

So it's with that in mind that he ends up all the way back at Anarchy 99, because of course this guy's old job was here, in a club Jae's already employed at. The bar manager is gruff but friendly and helpful, and Jae skirts through the club, eyes peeled. He should just be able to catch Hilmi on his way back out.

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[boomvox]

"I want you to go away."

That, at least, works for the both of them. It's spit out like a military order, hard, and Jae steps to the side, circling around him so Hilmi can scatter free.

"Stay away from the river."

And Ilde.

(The only way away from the river from where they are - that doesn't send him tumbling into Hellsing territory - is towards the Spatters. But what the fuck does Jae care?)

[wearethewilds]

The moment Jae steps aside, Hilmi scrambles to his feet and takes off at a stumbling run; he doesn't need the warning to stay away from the river. He knows better.

And tomorrow (or maybe in a week), he'll look for work somewhere else. Because it's not the river he needs to stay away from: it's this bastard. Sometimes, there are worse beasties in the world than the ones you're fighting. So he runs for the Spatters, and he'll work his way north to Gallmarch, perhaps, but he's not crossing the river.

Should have asked Megan to teach him that teleportation trick before he screwed her.

[boomvox]

Though Hilmi runs, Jae doesn't let go until he's far enough away that his untrained grasp can't hold on anymore - and even then, it's going to linger. Jae at his worst left people dead with that trick, and the survivors permanently speaking in gibberish and thinking in colors.

He'll be feeling his own torn up thoughts and memories for a good while - Jae only woke up what was already there.

Good luck getting them to go back to bed, Hilmi.