Firestarter

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March 17. Nighttime.

<sub>This place gave him the creeps.

Then again, when didn't this city give him the creeps? He had to walk miles to come to these stupid docks to sells some purchases and then pick up his payment form that man who requested him take care of some thugs... All because of the anti aircraft weaponry here.

Hah, he took care of those thugs, certainly. Andromeda, now finished with his little spree, folded his arms and looked around, wondering if he could take out his anger against someone at this stupidass low payment he got. It didn't help he was forced to accept the offer since the man in question tried to point a gun at Andy himself.

He could have taken the bullet, but at the same time, it was't worth the effort. Andy yawned, watching the buzz of the city docks, the various Navymen come and go, oblivious of the dark alleyways that Andy liked to hide in, to find that one person farther from the group that he could take.

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Loki sniffed the air and wrinkled her nose. Many people liked the smell of the sea. She did not. It smelled repungent, of rotting seaweed and made her feel like gagging.

But still, the pickings were good here. She'd managed to pilfer a good few coin, and get a few short delivery jobs. Now all that was left was to target the straddlers, and any drunks stumbling around.

Loki had hidden in a small alcove. She had set up a rope across the narrow, shaded sidewalk, ready to trip up any unsuspecting sap not looking where he was going. Loki folded her arms, and waited patiently for someone to walk in to her trap. She glanced up and down the walkway, before gazing up at the nights sky boredly.

Some movement in the shadows caught her eye, a couple of sailors were making their way down the path. She ducked, and got ready, holding the rope, ready to tighten it. One of the sailors turned, leaving the other alone.

This was perfect.

Loki pulled the rope, tightening it and making the sailor trip, planting face first in to the path.

She took her chance. Cutting the sailors knapsack from him and running off down the alleyway while the concussed Sea man tried to work out what had just happened.

Loki turned the corner, peeping out again to make sure she wasn't followed. As soon as she thought it was safe, she took a deep breath and opened the cut bag, rooting through its contents, pulling out cigarettes, some random clothing, and bingo... a wallet.

She threw the knapsack away, pocketting the cigarettes and then went to open the wallet. Loki unzipped the coin section, and emptied the contents in to her hand with a satisfying clink. She tried to use the light she had to count how much there was.

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<sub>Well well well, it's a little thief~. Andromeda had looked over to see a girl run down the alleyways, black hair and everything. Hm, she reminded him of.... no, let's not go there. Andromeda would wait for a moment.

She seemed to be a really good thief though. Hm, maybe she could be of use... Of course Andromeda's word for 'useful' is probably bullying her for the money. Even if it isn't much. He was a pirate after all.

He walked up to her, a very confident swagger until he stopped behind her and watched her count the money. He then put his hands on his hips, adjusting his pants that were totally unzipped before speaking up.

"Heya, darling~. You seem to have a spot of cash that you took from someone~." He then added. "I like you already~."

Puh-lease. He likes EVERYONE.</sub>

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Loki quietly counted under her breath, nudging each individual coin to one side of her palm as she added it up. It wasn't a lot, she had checked the wallet for any notes. It was still a little something to her. It meant she could eat tonight, be it a very frugal meal.

As soon as she heard a masculine voice behind her, she clenched her hand shut, and pocketed the change quickly.
"I don't know what you're talking about..." she responded, glancing over her shoulder and turning on her heel to face him. As soon as Loki realised she was still holding the wallet, she slowly moved her hand out of sight behind her back in a vain attempt. Yeah, she'd been caught red handed.

"Where I'm from, that's practically fair and square! Honest!" Loki said, telling the partial truth, as she took a few hurried steps away from Andromeda and turned to walk away quickly. It was time to get out of there, she didn't want him to get the Idea of witnessing her stealing as leverage, nor did she want him to recognise her face. Loki was getting bad vibes all over. She'd met all kinds of crooks in her time to know who to avoid.
"S'cuse me..."

While she began to walk, she took out one of the cigarettes she had stolen and lit it, taking a quick drag.

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<sub>There she was... what a gorgeous face. It would be a ssssssshame if ssssssomething were to happen to her. He grinned at her when she hid the pocket change. Oho~. She was going to play that game, huh? He then

"Don't mind me, darling~." He then smirked when she made that claim. She obviously didn't know who the man she was avoiding was, and he wasn't going to let her go at any way. For now? He'd play around a little bit. By playing, we should know what that means right now.

"I'm aware of that. You want to know where I grew up?" of course that question was already answered, considering Andy's getup was loose enough. Plus the black trenchcoat. Loki seemed to be trying to avoid her now, but he wouldn't have it. Andromeda drew his hands out of his pockets and then swiped her cigarette, putting his hands on her shoulders.

"I'm afraid I never got your name~." He drew a breath from the cigarette and then took it out of his mouth, leaning forward to hover his mouth near her ears, the small of smoke becoming entangled with the sea.

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Loki exhailed some smoke. "No..." she mumbled to his question, only to have her cigarette swiped straight from her mouth, making her flinch. She frowned and looked back at Andromeda as he placed his hands on her shoulders. That was an expensive brand. He could have at least asked...

Though now was not the time to be sulking about stolen cigarettes. She went to remove his hand from her shoulder as he pointed out that she hadn't introduced herself, only to suddenly feel his face very close to her ear.

Loki grimaced as he spoke his name, exhailing his smoke near her face. She wrinkled her nose. Loki had been using the cigarette smoke to mask the smell of the sea, but now she had to cope with that combined with someone elses cigarette smoke. This creep was getting too close for comfort. Loki moved her head as far away from his as possible.

"Charmed... I'm sure." Loki coughed at the second hand smoke. "I'm Loki. Now, would you please remove your hands? I have places to be."

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<sub>Andromeda let her remove his hands from her, ironically. He'd put them back in his pocket when she spoke up. Well, she seemed to not be used to the heat. Oh how fun this was~! He then walked, a little too uncomfortably close to her this time. Of course he then listened when she spoke up.

Places to me, huh~? I'm so very interested in where this place happens to be. You know..." He moved his hand to rest on her shoulder and he squeezed her boobies shoulder. "I have a lot of free time on my hands now that my paycheck is full~."</sub>

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Loki paused when he asked exactly where she was going. She glanced side to side to think of something.
"Home. Then more work." Loki said. It was a vague enough. She just hoped that 'Andromeda' was smart enough to take the hint.

Loki was half tempted to knee him in the weakspot and make a break for it. However, this guy was noteably a lot taller than her, and she didn't fancy her chances of taking him down very easily.

"Okay Loki. Play it cool... don't let him intimidate you." She thought as he squeezed her shoulder again. Acting tough got her through a lot of difficult situations. Here was to hoping that this was one of those situations.

"Good... for you. There's a nice bar down the road you can try. Does good ale." Loki suggested, putting some subtle emphasis on the word 'you'.

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<sub>Hm, too vague, but if she was going home then he could follow her. Haha, now he could just easily follow her home, but it seems she was a little thief. Haha, now this was going to be interesting~. Andromeda kept his hand firmly on her shoulder, showing he wasn't going to let up his little case of sexual harassment any time soon.

This was Dula. It was common.

"Interesting~, I was going to do that myself." Andy grinned, licking his lips and just keeping his tongue out. He then chuckled before speaking up, dropping the face act.

"I'm a little too wanted to be in the bars as of right now, young lady~. I'd love to try some, if you can get me in free as a.... date."</sub>

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Loki let out an almost inaudiable groan of frustration. She also began to feel a little disturbed, especially with the whole licking of lips. She had to think of something before things got messy.

Then an Idea popped in to her head. It sounded like a dumb Idea at first, but the more she thought about it, the better it sounded. Loki stopped and stared blankly at nothing.

"Sure. Beer? I can do that. I can do that PLENTY." she responded, clapping her hands together and rubbing them. Lokis frown suddenly grew in to a very mischevious, delighted grin. Oh yes, she was going to get Andromeda drunk off of his face, and when he had had enough to leave him half comatosed, she could rob him blind for pestering her, and give her plenty oppurtunity to dissapear. A long winded and crazy solution, but that was Loki's style.

"I know a cellar that's pretty easy to break in to. How does a keg sound?" she asked, raising her eyebrow.

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<sub>Andy lightly pinched her cheek when she went silent. Ohoh, he's certainly the flattering... and creepy guy as per usual. Of course he had no idea what she was thinking, but then he raised his brow when she spoke about beer. Oh, well that's going to be a very effective plan right there.

Plus? Now that he thought about it, he could take that keg back to the ship and leave it all to himself. Loki would either be knocked out with him, or left out on the streets.

"... I like your plan~. You'd be a real good pirate if you put your mind to it~." He then poked her nose, finally letting go and then stretching his arms, cracking his knuckles. "Let's go, then~."</sub>

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Loki shrugged when he complimented that she would make a good pirate and gave a modest shake of the head. She was just a common theif, street urchin and part time courrier of dodgy goods. That was a decent enough skill set for her, and served her well.

"This way." Loki said, taking the lead and picking up the pace.

She followed through the twists and turns of the empty streets, until the place she wanted came in to sight. It was a large tavern called 'The Bilgerat Inn'. Loki remembered that it was pretty much one of those tacky, nautical themed bars full of drunk sailors and riff raff.

Loki turned every so often to make sure Andromeda was following her. Though she had no qualm if she lost him early on.

The young theif walked around the building. It was bustling inside with roars of drunken laughter, loud music and the smell of stale alcohol.
It was better than the sea smell, in Lokis general opinion.

Finally, she came up to the low wall, and clambered over in to a very small yard. There were no windows, just a door, and a larger entrance on the other side of the fence to roll the barrels through.

Loki stopped and rummaged around her pockets. She pulled out a screwdriver and knelt down on the steel door of the cellar door. She had done this before. It was a simple latch on the inside that just needed a bit of a force, but before she began, she put her ear against the door and listened in the gap.

Once she was satisfied, she used the screwdriver to slot in to the gap. With a bit of brute force, she prised open the latch and lifted it out of the way jus enough for her to pull the door open to unveil a room full of wooden barrels and kegs full of drink.

"Take your pick." she smiled to Andromeda, moving out of the way for him.

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<sub>Andromeda kept his pace with the young girl, darting through the streets and then pressed his back against the wall. Aha, so that's where she wanted to go. He'd heard of the tavern but never gone there. Too many people. Either way, he leapt up to grab the wall and then climb over, his trenchcoat billowing behind him.

"... Too easy." He murmured when Loki took out the screwdriver to break it. He looked around to check for anybody watching them break in and he slipped in. Andy then smirked when she told him what to get.He'd have to be able to tap them all, and he noticed that there was a tap at the end.

".... Let's tap all of them." He had a devilish smirk. "They'll have 18 hours before their beer gets stale." He then looked over to Loki. "Let's go."</sub>

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Loki followed Andromeda in to the cellar and looked around.
"We gotta be quick in case anyone comes down... but sure, lets tap a few!" she grinned wickedly, scrambling and looking around for a hammer or something.

Loki found the tapping mallet on a table, and snatched it up, she walked up to one of the barrels and lifted up her screwdriver, forcing it in to one of the lids, before smacking the hammer down, causing it to erupt in to a fountain of beer.

"Grab that faucette over there." Loki said, pointing to a small box of keg taps as she went to break some holes in the other barrels. Oh what fun! She was beginning to feel a little better about her situation. Loki had a weak spot for mischeif, and she wasn't going to let this oppurtunity slide.

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<sub>Andromeda grinned. He liked this girl already, and not even in a sexual way now! She had an excellent hand in mischief, and she reminded him of a milder version of that woman rival he has. Except he could stand Loki. Andy then gave her the faucette to tap in. He let himself get drenched by the beer and tasted some of it. Bleh, he didn't like this brand. Let's go for another.

"This is going to be fun~." He then opened up another can of beer and let it spray out as well, tapping into it. "I love the way you work, Loki~." Surprisingly, no sexual intent there. Andy was actually having /fun/ with this mischievousness.

Of course he stopped when he heard some noisecoming from upstairs and he then grabbed her, pressing his back into a dark place. Thank god his trenchcoat was black.</sub>