Weretiger Pandemic
Jan 15, 2014 3:04:48 GMT -6
Post by Audrey on Jan 15, 2014 3:04:48 GMT -6
Jade sat alone at Expresso's Cafe, across from an unoccupied seat. In one of the rarest occasions known to mankind, Jade was actually dressed like a normal teenager. The probability of seeing such an event occur was in leagues with seeing a unicorn, and Robin letting someone else be in charge of something. She felt exposed and she hated it. She'd grown so accustomed to her mask that it was practically part of her identity. Not to mention she was hard-pressed to even find any clothes that wouldn't point to her 2nd identity as Cheshire. In the end she settled on a black tanktop, an olive green jacket, and a semi-decent pair of jeans... she found the jeans. She wouldn't dare actually own a pair, the things were an acrobatic nightmare, how could ANYONE stand them at all? The only thing still worrying her was her tell-tale incredibly long hair, but it was minor. Having long hair wasn't a crime. Her bright youthful face with it's contrasting eyes was the worst part. She was a fifteen-year-old with 40-year-old eyes that made her incredibly difficult to look at for a long time.
She was here to do something she never thought she would do in a million years and then some. Meet a Titan and work with them. Unfortunately though, the situation at hand called for her to make some decisions that went against her personal morals, to the extent she was willing to place her honor as barter. A week ago, she had received a telegram from Vuong Linh, one of the children she had sheltered after overthrowing the factory she'd been working in as a child. Linh, now 14 had been released from the temple Jade had left her at and into the care of a foster family and moved to a small village near the Vietnam border. It had proved a peaceful existence, but recently Linh mentioned people of the village were disappearing and a pack of bizarre tiger-people were ransacking the village at night, possibly taking the people away. She had mentioned that she suspected that the missing people where in fact the tiger-people having undergone some strange metamorphosis and pleaded for Jade's help after her daring revolution at the factory.
Unfortunately, Jade was not exactly one to explore myth and mutants. She barely understood her own meta-human powers now that her master had passed on. So she turned to the one person she knew of in Jump City with lycanthropy knowledge. Ghostdance of the Teen Titans. She had traded blows with the furry fellow on several occasions on the field, but could easily just say she overheard his research efforts at the holiday ball a month back. Jade had made a reasonable enough splash there as an unfamiliar face. She hated fraternizing with the enemy, but one of the children she considered practically her own was in trouble and that meant putting aside grudges.
Thankfully, her factory rebellion also netted her some connections with the Vietnamese fishing company, Cábay Inc. as one of the children she freed had been kidnapped from the CEO and unlike the monks she met, he was willing to put some investments into her for saving his son. Calling on him, getting a nautical escort to China and back was easy. Luckily a lot better than the rusty thing she had come to America on. It was no cruise ship, but it was a private boat with semi-comfortable beds for them to sleep in. Just her, the captain, Ghostdance and whoever he wound up bringing along would be onboard. They'd have to get comfy together unfortunately. It was worth it for Linh though. Jade couldn't imagine anything happening to her pseudo-sister.
She supposed it was nice to get out without having someone chasing after you either. She hadn't had cafe-bought coffee in what had to be years. She'd be leaving her mask at home for the trip, both literally and figuratively. She was not Cheshire for this trip, she was Jade Nguyen, nothing more. Neither Ghostdance, Linh, or the Cábay CEO knew about her other life and she intended to keep it that way, so in many ways, she left behind her worries as Cheshire at home as well. It'd be nice to see the open sea. Sure, Jump was a coast city with a sea view all the time, but there was something about looking in all directions and seeing nothing but saltwater. Hopefully this Ghostdance could at least provide civil conversation with her. He seemed intelligent enough. She really couldn't understand how smart people could invest in something as wrong and moronic as heroism sometimes. She sipped her drink one more time as she looked for Ghostdance anywhere.
She was here to do something she never thought she would do in a million years and then some. Meet a Titan and work with them. Unfortunately though, the situation at hand called for her to make some decisions that went against her personal morals, to the extent she was willing to place her honor as barter. A week ago, she had received a telegram from Vuong Linh, one of the children she had sheltered after overthrowing the factory she'd been working in as a child. Linh, now 14 had been released from the temple Jade had left her at and into the care of a foster family and moved to a small village near the Vietnam border. It had proved a peaceful existence, but recently Linh mentioned people of the village were disappearing and a pack of bizarre tiger-people were ransacking the village at night, possibly taking the people away. She had mentioned that she suspected that the missing people where in fact the tiger-people having undergone some strange metamorphosis and pleaded for Jade's help after her daring revolution at the factory.
Unfortunately, Jade was not exactly one to explore myth and mutants. She barely understood her own meta-human powers now that her master had passed on. So she turned to the one person she knew of in Jump City with lycanthropy knowledge. Ghostdance of the Teen Titans. She had traded blows with the furry fellow on several occasions on the field, but could easily just say she overheard his research efforts at the holiday ball a month back. Jade had made a reasonable enough splash there as an unfamiliar face. She hated fraternizing with the enemy, but one of the children she considered practically her own was in trouble and that meant putting aside grudges.
Thankfully, her factory rebellion also netted her some connections with the Vietnamese fishing company, Cábay Inc. as one of the children she freed had been kidnapped from the CEO and unlike the monks she met, he was willing to put some investments into her for saving his son. Calling on him, getting a nautical escort to China and back was easy. Luckily a lot better than the rusty thing she had come to America on. It was no cruise ship, but it was a private boat with semi-comfortable beds for them to sleep in. Just her, the captain, Ghostdance and whoever he wound up bringing along would be onboard. They'd have to get comfy together unfortunately. It was worth it for Linh though. Jade couldn't imagine anything happening to her pseudo-sister.
She supposed it was nice to get out without having someone chasing after you either. She hadn't had cafe-bought coffee in what had to be years. She'd be leaving her mask at home for the trip, both literally and figuratively. She was not Cheshire for this trip, she was Jade Nguyen, nothing more. Neither Ghostdance, Linh, or the Cábay CEO knew about her other life and she intended to keep it that way, so in many ways, she left behind her worries as Cheshire at home as well. It'd be nice to see the open sea. Sure, Jump was a coast city with a sea view all the time, but there was something about looking in all directions and seeing nothing but saltwater. Hopefully this Ghostdance could at least provide civil conversation with her. He seemed intelligent enough. She really couldn't understand how smart people could invest in something as wrong and moronic as heroism sometimes. She sipped her drink one more time as she looked for Ghostdance anywhere.