Aces In Hand [Blade Riders]

[Hajime Katsugiya]

"Nope, this won't do, this won't do at all." Hajime scratched his cheek, an unamused expression hanging on his face as he looked around him. Another boring winter night, full of witnessing the blind joy of others as they went past and by him. It was a disgusting sight, to see the joy of so many humans, as he would believe what they call the Holiday Season had just ended and the New Year had come. Of course, Hajime saw no need to change his ways, he was a Demon--true in every meaning of the definition--thus there was no need to change his ways to anything purer.

'Normally, I feel that causing a mess in public would get a laugh or two out of me, however I really can't help but feel that at the same time doing thus would spell 'grave' for me.' He thought to himself as he closed his eyes as he exhaled. 'It's like throwing away a winning hand in a game of Poker.'

Hajime felt himself wanting to give up on his search of excitement for the night, giving a shrug to himself as he turned away from the sickening scene he had been gazing upon for several minutes. Feeling agitation nibble at him as he felt his desire for destruction become an itch that was impossible to be rid of. Oh how it frustrated him so. Of course, he did his best to contain self-control.

[Mai Mori]

In a nearby part of the town (at a 7-Eleven, to be precise), Mai had once again gotten the graveyard shift. And because no one came in at this our, she had nothing better to do than look through the now four cards she had at her disposal.

"This isn't nearly enough..." she told herself as she got to her newest one, Metal. "I need more than just this..." She then looked down. "More importantly, what if I get a card that isn't in the Spade suit? Would it work with my weapon...?"

Come to think of it, she doesn't even know what her Rider form was called...

[Takeru Aikawa]

The door opens, and the longer haired man walks in, sporting a gray pair of pants and a traditional style of dress for his torso. There were times when he liked to relapse into a character's look, and this character that he played suited him fine. He stalked through the aisles, idly viewing what he might want at this hour...since concern for a certain person weighed on his mind. Even if he didn't show it.

[Hajime Katsugiya]

As Hajime had drawn himself away from the public crowd, he caught sight of a 7-Eleven in the distance. Thinking to himself that a watermelon slushie sounded quite good, although he wondered if that was still a thing. "The things that these humans eat and drink are quite poisonous to the body, and yet I can't help but desire the taste of their foods ever more." He chuckled sinisterly, "I have some fresh cash to spare, let's pay a visit."

Walking into the store, he let out an exhale as he took in the scent of the 7-Eleven. To say the least it wasn't an impressive scent, but it was something he barely experienced, the smell of low-class. Opening his eyes he gazed around, seeing that the place seemed to be run by a lone female attendant. 'Just one girl..?' He thought, although he did suppose the time was getting later and later, so perhaps that was why there was a lackage in staff.

[Kaoru Mitsumune]

Mai didn't look up when either man entered the store... she just continued looking through her cards...

[Hajime Katsugiya]

"Excuse me, Miss..?" Hajime went up to the counter to ask her about the watermelon slushie, when he suddenly noticed something that stole all attention and focus. Those cards in her hands, they were just like the ones he had. Perking as he saw them, he almost felt like reaching out and touching them, of course doing so would be rude. "Ah! Those cards..!" He perked up, clearly expressing his surprise with words rather then action.

[Mai Mori]

"Hm?" she asked, looking up. "What about them?"

[Hajime Katsugiya]

Choosing to be a bit careful, and obscure the fact he had some of his own, he looked at her again. "I've... seen cards like those before, is all." He told her.

[Mai Mori]

"Have you...? I thought I was the only one who had them?"

[Takeru Aikawa]

"Now what could you want with cards like that, old man?" Takeru says bluntly to him, walking over with a soda and a small bag of popcorn.

[Hajime Katsugiya]

"I never said I wanted them, I only was surprised that more of these cards existed. I thought they were more scarce is all." Hajime closed his eyes,making a blank expression. Did this guy know too? About the cards?

[Mai Mori]

Mai looked up at the other man. "Is that everything?"

[Hajime Katsugiya]

"Ah actually not quite, I came to ask if you still had watermelon slushies here." Hajime perked up, having gotten distracted from his previous focus thanks to the sight of the cards. Still, it made him ponder, was this girl a Rider similar to him?

[Mai Mori]

Mai pointed to the Slurpee machine. "You can get one from the machine."

[Hajime Katsugiya]

"Ah! Wonderful!" He exclaimed, "I believe this shall be suffice for payment?" He raised a brow, pulling a twenty dollar bill from within his shirt. "This is sadly the smallest bill I have, so please, do keep the change." He gave her a smile as he approached the slurpee machine following his placement of the twenty dollar bill on the counter. 'Consider it payment for catching my interest with those Spades of yours.' he thought to himself. Although something still bugged him, the other person present, he had a bit of a unusual scent to him. It wasn't the scent that a Human normally had, it was the kind of scent Hajime could only detect on something... inhuman. 'Looks like this thirst has got me thinking strange again...' he thought to himself, smirking.