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SOL CITY - Modern Slice of Life - Chapter 2 - Completed & archived. 2/2

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SOL CITY - Modern Slice of Life - Chapter 2 - Completed & archived. 2/2

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SOL CITY - Modern Slice of Life - Chapter 2 - Completed & archived. 2/2

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SOL CITY - Modern Slice of Life - Chapter 2 - Completed & archived. 2/2

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SOL CITY - Modern Slice of Life - Chapter 2 - Completed & archived. 2/2

Joel Nicolosi

Joel continued to snicker and chuckle as he sat there waiting for a response. His side hurt fiercely from laughing and he held one arm across his midsection still trying to control the after-effects of his twisted sense of humor. He felt immensely satisfied when she squeaked out a response and was happy that he had found a way to embarrass her enough that she had no smartass retort, however he wasn’t going to let her off that easily. Giggling stupidly to himself he reached behind him and twisted the door knob enough to let the weight from his back swing the door open allowing him to lazily fall backwards with it as it opened behind him and he was on his back. Finding her on the bed in his dimly lit room trying to control her breathing made him laugh some more.

Since he hadn't yet closed the bay door, it crossed his mind that this would all look very peculiar if someone else were to walk in on the moment: Him flat on the floor laughing near uncontrollably and her, on his bed, trying to fight off a panic attack. It also occurred to him that it had been quite a while since any woman had been on that bed- a thought that he also found extremely funny and continued to laugh at while considering his current course of action may have prolonged that particular time frame exponentially, but it was worth it. “You gonna make it?” He snickered glancing ‘up’ from his position on the cold, laminate hardwood. All he could see were her legs hanging over the side. As hungry as he was, it did feel in poor taste to leave the cook behind and go eat and just leaving her up there felt a little... odd despite his threat to leave her there.

@Almalthia

SOL CITY - Modern Slice of Life - Chapter 2 - Completed & archived. 2/2

Joel Nicolosi

At first it was easy. As Sio yelped and did an Olympic-level leap over his couch, he was right behind her giving a predatory howl from behind the mask of the helmet with his arms outstretched after her. He made a show of flipping over the loveseat as he bounded behind, but as she slammed his bedroom door in his face and struggled for the lock that wasn’t there he found himself laughing so hard that he couldn’t go any further. Removing the helmet and clutching his side in a pitiful attempt to assuage the pain inflicted by his guttural hysterics, he slid down the door laughing uncontrollably. He’d used the helmet to scare the hell out of women before, but Sio’s reaction had been one of the best. It didn’t take long before there were tears in his eyes from the laughter.

The room was so quiet behind him he wondered if she’d tried hiding under the bed or took off further for the bathroom in hopes of finding a window that wouldn’t be there. Joel’s upstairs renovation wasn’t exactly a legal one and did not meet city code requirements for a living space with only the door as an escape route. Since he lived alone, keeping the lock off had been a practical move and he laughed even harder thinking about her fumbling around in the darkness with no idea that he could bust in there at any time and scare her some more. He hoped she didn’t break anything, but then again thought it might be worth it as he laughed even harder.

The thought crossed his mind to leave her in the dark and go down and eat, but with what could only loosely be described as sympathy he rapped on the door, still laughing. "Bring your ass outta there," He cackled. He had to fight against the urge to cough from laughing so much that his mouth was dry. "Or I'm gonna leave you in there. I'm hungry."

@Almalthia

SOL CITY - Modern Slice of Life - Chapter 2 - Completed & archived. 2/2

Paige Kennedy

Paige watched as the wayward musician made a few adjustments to a prosthetic leg before taking up his things and trundling off without so much as a thank you to her and completely ignoring the gracious compliments of a fan he’d managed to attract. She rolled her eyes and wished she’d taken the opportunity to jam a few of the buttons on the drumbox when she had the chance. Sol City never disappointed when it came to being disappointing, she thought; even the hobos in Florida had more manners or maybe that was just the North in general. She shrugged a little at the scruffy looking younger guy still standing there. “Talent doesn’t imply courtesy.” She said dryly. He looked like he hadn’t seen daylight in weeks.

Seeing Milo approach with his usual gruff demeanor gave her a smirk. She could tell someone got on his nerves just by the way he walked and likewise could smell the subtle metallic scent of molten metal still on his clothes when he came near- a scent that she couldn’t bring herself to admit, but enjoyed immensely. “You’re gonna have to eat something, or I’m gonna feel like a fatass.” She said first as he ordered a drink. “It was a… enlightening meeting for him.” She said, turning her attention to his question. “I almost made him cry, but he told me what he knew.” She brushed some of her hair away and leaned back in the chair noting that it was the first meal they’d shared since the Sunday night after they took down Jackie Costa. She wanted to enjoy it, even briefly, but her mind was still impatiently contemplating their next move.

Telling him about the case or her investigation wouldn’t be something that her superiors would look kindly on, even though she told herself he had a right to know. The Syndicate would only send more people and she’d found out through the grapevine about the bonus offered to the assassin for her demise: $100k dead, $200k strangled-to-death. Should’ve settled for the 100. She boasted, but Milo didn’t seem to find the humor in the dark sentiment. In the time following the attack, the Marshal Service and State Police increased security around Milo’s shop and Paige’s new home: a small cottage on the east-side near the University that regularly served as a safe-house for witness protection. It was for her own good: defensible, secluded and away from the crowded city center. She did like it better than the apartment and it felt more like a home despite its purpose.

Still, she knew something big was brewing and could feel it in her gut. Unlike most women, her intuition seemed to mostly detect the less savory aspects of society and with the soon-arrival of Syndicate’s heir to the throne, she knew she couldn’t be far off.

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SOL CITY - Modern Slice of Life - Chapter 2 - Completed & archived. 2/2

Joel Nicolosi

Joel left Sio to her cooking and proceeded to haul in a few bags from the Jeep before strolling across the street to borrow the forklift from his neighbors at the machine shop as he’d done countless times before. They were long gone for the day, but Joel had a key to their small garage. Since he moved in they’d never minded him using it since the first time he asked and likewise whenever anyone that worked for the small business had any automotive troubles, Joel took care of them. It was typical Southside. As he putted back across the street and past the Jeep, raising the forks slightly to clear the curb, he figured he could just buy his own from his race winnings, but with his own lift, he would miss out on his regular excuse for shooting the shit with the employees.

As he had asked before leaving for Japan, one of the owners of the small shop deposited the various parts and accessories that he ordered for Sio’s car in one of the two old shipping containers behind Apex Designs. Pulling the lock, the big metal door opened with a metallic groan revealing a sizable assortment of crates and cardboard boxes. He loaded the forks with the lighter items first and carried them back to the shop stopping briefly as he placed them in front of her car to smell the food cooking and steal a glance at her busily working the appliances in ways they’d never been used before. Next came a large wooden crate containing the new engine, then another with the transmission and another with the coilovers and new suspension. He was still missing several pieces that had not arrived, but the beauty of working on domestics usually meant the wait could be measured in days.

He was figuring that he could likely have the whole car stripped down to the body by the end of the week as he walked back across the street glancing up at the red-orange evening sky. The scent of baked salmon floated by his nostrils again and nothing else suddenly mattered other than eating. More than two weeks of Japanese was enough for any red-blooded American. As he strolled into the kitchen, he oddly found the table set and ready, but no sign of Sio. He glanced around at the shop floor where the two cars sat quietly then looked up the stairs. God, she was nosey. He thought. She couldn’t just sit patiently and wait. Remembering that a certain set of stairs had led to their first encounter back on the roof of City Hall, he crept up the stairs finding her wandering between his living room and bedroom.

The upstairs remodel had left for some storage space between the rooms where the old offices, parts area and conference room had been from the previous welding business. He crept around the outside silently, again channeling his younger days of playing Metal Gear Solid on Playstation and retrieved an old black driving helmet from the storage area. Carefully looking back around a corner he caught her examining one of the oil paintings that hung on the wall of his “living room” and slowly, deliberately balancing the weight of each step, began silently slinking down the wall towards her. Knowing that if she just happened to turn or get bored, she would catch him and he’d look like a fool, but such rare opportunities required boldness of character and pressed on.

When he was only a few, short steps behind her he quietly flipped down the solid black tinted visor and waited.

@Almalthia

SOL CITY - Modern Slice of Life - Chapter 2 - Completed & archived. 2/2

Well, I know the male female thing is already a little unbalanced, but I was thinking about maybe bringing Joseph back to the city, having left it briefly for his training arc/timeskip. Almost every single one of his friends are no longer in the city, so it might be a little difficult to get him back in, but you know, I might still have a chance.

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