[center][h2][color=a0410d]Sam Cross[/color][/h2][/center] 

Going back a little bit, before she left to go to her seat, she was happy to see Claire pleased by her gift of a jacket. It looked a little odd on the other woman; a bit too big and a bit too punk for the girl, but she still made it look cute. Sam nodded her head at the promise the little bird woman said, not really worrying about it too much. She really liked that jacket, and thus expected it back, but she felt she could trust the woman to return it.

It was then that the cute woman said, 'you're really hot you know.' Sam had heard the same words spoken to her earlier that day by Leo the Lion and had took it with great insult, but when Claire said it, it was different. Sam, not knowing the context, blinked in surprise and the grunge woman felt a blush come to her cheeks. She was flattered, but she couldn't tell if the woman was compliamenting her or... flirting with her? If it was flirting, she was surprised! Sam wouldn't have taken this little woman to be so up front in flirty matters. She was a bit shocked and a little embarrassed (some really tender emotions coming from this usually hardened woman). However, it was then that the context was introduced and that Claire was simply stating that Sam was emanating a great deal of heat. In fact, this heat was apparently very uncomfortable for her. Oh. Well... honestly she should have been expecting that. How could she have been so childish to take it that way? The blush quickly faded back and Sam tried to gain her composure, hoping that Claire hadn't noticed. She tried to shake it off with a casual, "[color=a0410d]Oh, that's interesting. Didn't know that.[/color]" With that she had walked away.

Now, sitting on the bench outside she thought back at how she had made a blushing fool of herself and she couldn't help but laugh at herself. [i]You're a real odd ball,[/i] she thought to herself, still amused by how silly the situation had been. Claire probably hadn't noticed anything, but to Sam it had felt so apparent and so silly, like her slipping on a banana. She wasn't really the best with social situations and that kinda went to prove that point!

As she mused around, a sharp 'Yo!' broke through her thoughts. A man started to trot to her. Sam inwardly groaned to herself, as she was not interested in striking up a conversation. The man took his seat with her on the bench and struck up some small talk about the depressing nature of the death of the man in the cafe. How he couldn't believe it could happen... yada yada yada, blah blah blah. It was sad that the man was using a man's death to try to break the ice with her. It was so clear that talking about what had transpired was the least the man was interested in doing. It just sounded like the prologue that you scan over, but you basically skip at the start of a book. Just formalities leading up to what he really wanted to say. However, what he said next was the last thing that she had expected. 

Up to that point she had been showing a blank, unamused expression to the man, hoping he would catch the hint, but when he leaned over (an action that she had reacted to with an expression of offended confusion) her face melded into one of careful knowing. It was now that she finally looked at the man, her eyes narrowing slightly as she finally absorbed his appearance. She recognized him! "[color=a0410d]Wait a sec. You're the creepy guy who handed out those cards, aren't you?[/color]" Sam's body leaned away from the man, now very uncomfortable and suspicious. "[color=a0410d]Who are you and what's your deal, man?[/color]" This whole power thing was new to her and she was unaware of who was in the club, who was not in the club, and who was an enemy. This guy could thus either be a fellow Champion being, someone who had seen her playing League and just simply wanted to know what champion she played, or it could be an enemy (like maybe he was an FBI agent who would abduct her and let the government do some weird shit to her). She couldn't be too careful. Sam wanted to know everything was safe before she went about assuming and revealing precious information. 

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