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Jake followed prettyboy and the girl through the building, barely paying attention to blondy as he gave his schpeel. This place smelled both wonderful and terrible all at once. The building was full of metas and a number of them had seemingly acquired new smells with their powers. A human probably wouldn't notice it but Jake's senses were far beyond human.

When they finally reached the girls room, Jake was taken aback by the sheer size of it. Calling this place a "room" didn't do it justice. It was more like a house. And it was bigger than any place he had ever lived in. What possible reason could one person need for a place this big? Not that he was complaining of course...Well not much anyway. This so called room was beautiful and he felt rather out of place. Not to mention just plain small.

Jake's attention was drawn back to the girl when she knelt down beside him and asked him if he was her new companion. He sat down and assumed what he thought was a regal bearing. Body strong, chest out, head held high. If a dog could stand at attention, this was probably what it would look like. He gave her a pleasant little "Arooo" by way of an answer. Sure, he'd be her companion. At least for the time being.

The girl moved off and Jake watched her as she opened the fridge. The dog licked his lips at the sight of the masses of food, a small trail of drool dripping to the floor as he did. But then she closed the door without removing a single thing? Was this girl brain damaged? He would have eaten everything in there. Or given it his best shot anyway. But then it all made sense when she called for room service and ordered a steak. He started to drift off at the thought of steak. So juicy and delicious. He was so distracted by the thought of steaky goodness that he didn't even notice when the girl left. When he snapped back to reality and she wasn't anywhere in sight, he began to get worried. Some guard dog he was. They had only been here five minutes and already he had lost the girl he was supposed to be protecting. He calmed down at the sound of of the shower being turned on but still berated himself.

Making a mental note to try and learn this girls name at some point, Jake made his way over to the fridge and forced the door open with his nose. So much yummy goodness. He was all set to tuck into the contents of the well stocked fridge when a thought occurred to him and he glanced towards the bathroom. He should probably try to make a good impression. This girl was already scared and hurting, she hardly needed to be cleaning up Jake's mess too. He looked back at the fridge for a moment, using every last ounce of willpower he had to not gobble everything up. With an annoyed murmur he pushed the fridge door closed.

He wasn't about to let his surprising turn of restraint stop him from having fun though. He bolted at the massive bed and dived on top of it, relishing the comfort. He had been so used to sleeping on floors that he almost forgot what an actual bed felt like. He rolled around, messing up the covers for a moment before doing his best to put them back in place with his teeth. His next stop was the garden where he was determined to ensure there were no blasted squirrels lurking around. Confident that the place was rodent free, he took the time to sniff a few of the flowers. Most of them smelled nice but one made him sneeze quite violently. He had his revenge by murdering the flower and eating it. When that was done, he made his way back inside and slid across the smooth floor a couple of times in his best attempt at a Risky Business scene.

When he heard the shower turn off, he quickly sat down, pretending like he hadn't been doing anything at all. The girl came out and headed for the door, quickly returning with a plate which she revealed contained a steak. [i]"Kid, I may love you"[/i] Jake thought to himself as she placed the steak in front of him and told him to dig in. And dig in he did. He ate as though he hadn't eaten in a week. But that was how Jake always ate. No manners whatsoever.

Once the enemy steak had been destroyed, Jake lifted his head up and smacked his chops to find the girl engaged in a phone call. She was speaking a language Jake didn't understand which prompted him to tilt his head and raise an ear in confusion. Whoever she was speaking to, she didn't seem to be enjoying it. Jake watched as she hung up and slid to the ground. Poor girl. He knew that feeling.

What she asked next only confused Jake. "Hey buddy, want to come exploring with me, or stay here and take care of my body?" What the hell did that mean? How could she go exploring without her body? His brain ended up hurting from thinking about it and he decided just to move over to her where he lay down beside her. Wherever she was going, he'd go with her.....Unless it was to the vet.
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Nate only watched on, slightly horrified by the lengths Eli would go to just because a drugged up Olivia insulted his mother. Sure, Nate himself had used similar tactics in the past but that was only ever against truly despicable people. The enemy. Olivia was supposed to be an ally. Or at least she was supposed to be Nate's ally. So what did this make Eli to Nate? Was he the enemy? When Olivia backed up into him, Nate instinctively put his hands up to her elbows to steady her but quickly realized that would probably only annoy her even more so he instead did his best to back up himself and give her space.

After Eli had finished being a dick hole and Olivia threatened him before storming off, Nate was left standing there, slightly flabbergasted by the entire scene. "Are you happy now?" he asked Eli "You've proven that you're the biggest dick in the schoolyard. Do you feel better about yourself? Did you work out that sociopathic need to make everyone around you feel terrible?" He felt like he was lecturing a child and rolled his eyes.

It was then that he heard a 'ping' sound and fished his phone out of his pocket to check the message. It was from himself. Or rather the real him.

[center]"Redneck behaving himself?
Got plans for him later.
Trial by fire."[/center]

The message was somewhat cryptic but he understood it. Before he had split from the main Nate, he had considered bringing someone in to help train Jackson, for their first session anyway. Eli was, after all, the kind of sociopath Jackson was likely to find himself fighting at some point in the future is this war with the Underground Movement was going to continue. Unstable lunatics with powers. It had seemed like a good idea at the time but now, after seeing Eli threaten Olivia's family, he wasn't sure. But then surely even Opie wouldn't be so disturbed as to actually hurt the kid, right?

He took a moment to come to a decision then finally said "So, Opie, I need to check in but if you want to prove that you're more than just another douchebag and want to actually help someone, come find me later." He began to turn towards the door but paused for a moment as he looked at Eli, still covered in fire extinguisher foam. He chuckled slightly to himself at the sight before aiming his phone at the other man and taking a photo.

"Later bitch!" he yelled over his shoulder as he left.
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