[centre][b][h1][color=f7941d]Jamie[/color] and [color=004b80]Darius[/color][/h1][/b][/centre]
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Following the direction Elyra had run of with Razor, Jamie realised they were heading back to the caravan and the in. More than a little relieved that they would be staying the night, Jamie quickly sorted out a room to lock Karlos in, figuring he'd be out for a while, she nevertheless asked for food to be sorted for him later. She knew she would have to speak with the others about the fact she had taken him prisioner, but that would be for later. 


Her first intention was to buy some new clothes, considering she had ruined two shirts in as many days, and then find some public baths, bathe and then perhaps have Elyra check over her injuries. She paid for the rooms, frowning slightly over the cost, before she started out the inn, frowning slightly as she thought on where she could find a clothes store/stall. 


Darius thought on what he should do next. After traveling with Jamie to the inn and depositing Karlos in the inn, he realized he needed fresh clothes. It wasnt as if he made do with worse before, but he figured why not? It wasnt as if it mattered and they were stuck here for the night. He didnt have conventional money, at least not on him. And he doubted he could find his usual criminal money banker, the one who gave him his funds from his untraceable and private criminal bank account, at this time of the night. Darius decided on the old way, he would steal. 


Darius walked out of the inn, and looked around. He saw Jamie, and sighed mentally. Hopefully he would not have to deal with.......that kissing thing again tonight. It had been a long night.


Jamie had just seen a clothing place, that looked like it was nearly closing. She saw Darius, hesitated, but clothes were more important right then, or she'd be wearing her leathers all the time. So she merely flashed him a smile, and continued on her way, slipping in the door even as the owner went to shut it. 


He argued with her a moment, but Jamie flashed some coins, which seemed to satisfy him that she wasn't going to steal anything. Satisfied, Jamie glanced about at what was on display, not particularly caring what she had to have, she began to search for anything in her size. 


Darius moved fast, spotting a closed clothing store, and when he saw no one was looking he pulled out his lockpicks, picked the lock, and snuck. There he spent a few moments, picking out a few outfits and deciding on what to wear. He was only going to steal one outfit, possibly two. One to wear when he wasnt wearing his assassin outfit, and one to wear formally. You never know what you will need. Luckily the store also held a numerous other objects like a new bag. He found one that could hold his clothing apparels, and was easy to handle. 


He decided to wear a simple black long sleeve tunic, with dark brown leather pants and black. He bagged a more formal outfit, and his assassin outfit. 


Jamie tried to be quick, both for the owner and the fact that she disliked shopping. She quickly grabbed a few pairs of shirts, going for browns and greens, earning a strange glance from the owner. She rolled her eyes as she grabbed some pants, if the man could see that she was a fighter, then he was stupidier then he looked. She paid for the clothes, getting the owner down from what was obviously an extravagant price, and when she still wasn't satisfied, she made as if to be reaching for her blade. 


That got the price down further, and satisfied, Jamie darted out the store, starting towards where she had see a bath house, hearing the store door close and luck hurriedly behind her. 


A slightly ajar door on an otherwise closed store caught her attention, and she stopped, studying it a moment. 


Darius departed the store, with his new bag on his back and wearing his new outfit. He quickly exited, softly closing the door behind him and darted away into the night. He did not go very far though. Now that he had new clothes, he could use some relaxation. He spotted a bath house not far from where he was. Darius walked over to the bathhouse and entered it quietly. He was not sure how it went with bath houses, but it seemed as if they were open but not busy.


He slipped in and placed his gear off to the side. Seeing how he was alone, he stripped down and slowly climbed into the steaming water, almost groaning in enjoyment and relaxation.


Jamie continued on her way to the nearest bath house. Frowning over how much coin she had spent, she hesitated, but she needed a bath, and not a simple wash that the inn would provide. She thought for a moment about just...slipping by the workers. Watching them a moment, Jamie pondered that option. 


The thought of warm water, and cleanliness won out against her morals, and she slipped by the workers, heading towards the nearest room, she glanced back constantly, sure she had been seen despite her carefulness. She ended up facing the entrance, walking backwards. 


There didn't seem to be any commotion, or alarm, yet Jamie still walked backwards, ready to jump into whatever hiding spot she could. So it was that she ended up falling into the bath, dropping her new clothes in suprise, the bag landed on the side, and she did not, splashing into the water, she came up, stifling laughter. 


Darius opened his eyes at the splash, and realized someone else was here. he quixkly held his breath and dove underwater. He could hold his breath for quite a while, and decided he would decide on a course of action if the stranger left or not.


Jamie glanced about, to see if anyone had come at the sound of the splash, and to check if she was alone. She climbed out of the water, grabbing a towel, she dried her leathers as best she could, before carefully unwinding the various bandages, on her hands and arm, figuring she'd had to wait until she was back at the inn to rebandage them. 


From there, Jamie undressed, laying her leathers aside gently, and went to get back into the bath, intent on staying there until she was happily clean. 


Darius stayed there udnerwater for a good little while. He heard someone get out of the water, and when they did he re surfaced silently. He shook his head in disgust with himself. He was relaxed, and his senses were not utilized. He sighed silently and did nto think to question it. He worked hard and this mission.....it was taking its toll already. Darius layed against the edge of a bath, placing a hot towel over his eyes, and relaxed again.


Jamie stood still a moment, seeing Darius. She wondered, briefly, what the chances were of falling into the bath he had been in. Amused, and not particularly bothered by the fact she wasn't alone, she slipped back into the pool, considering her options. 


There was of course the obvious option....but she decided against that for now. She could just relax, but where was the fun in that? Allowing a moment, she simply let the water soothe her numerous injuries and bruises, before she spalshed water at Darius. If he was going to ignore her, she'd just simply make that too hard to do. 


Darius jerked suddenly when he was splashed, his towl falling from his face into the water and Darius pushed his hair out of his face. He spotted Jamie across the bath from him, int he water with the water right abover her chest level. Darius was already slightly red from the steam and water, but if he was actualy slightly blushing. Darius almost jumped out of the water, but he remembered he was naked.


[color=004b80]"Jamie! Wha..the nerve! W..what are you doing here?" [/color]


Jamie managed to supress a laugh, although she was pleased she had managed to surprise him She glanced about at the question, as if looking for some sort of answer. [color=f7941d]"Why, I do believe it's called bathing. And considering I snuck in, I wasn't going to go out and ask for another bath when I saw you here"[/color] She said, unable to keep the amusement out her voice. 


Darius tried to back away, even though Jamie was far away, but his back was pressed against the edge of the bath.


[color=004b80]"Be that as it may, I can not condone this...this ludicrous behavior! It is extremley innapropriate!"[/color]


Jamie watched him, more then a little amused right then. [color=f7941d]"What are you going to do about it?"[/color] She said, quite curious to hear the answer to that, before she gave a shrug


[color=f7941d]"Ludicrous? How is it ludicrous?"[/color] It wasn't like she had chosen the bath. She'd fallen into it. That seemed almost like he was merely stretching for something, like a buffer. Amused at that, Jamie thought a moment. 


He wanted her to be ludicrous? So be it. Jamie figured there'd never be such a chance again, and besides, she had to prove she was just as annoyance no matter if he took action. So she moved towards Darius, noting that he had already tried to move away, yet the edge of the tub was there. 


[color=f7941d]"Well?"[/color]


She mostly spoke to keep him distracted, before she closed the rest of the distance, planning to kiss him once more. 


Darius could see Jamie moving forward, his breathing starting to get heavy. His heart started to beat faster and he felt like he was frozen and moving at the same time. Darius again tried to move back but he could not, he was already at the edge.


[color=004b80]"Jamie..no. Not again, I know what your thinking. Did you not already get enough of.....kissing earlier?"[/color]


Jamie gave an almost throaty chuckle, a little pleased at the reaction. She could have a little fun with that, but...she didn't truly wish to torment him. Much. [color=f7941d]"That's the thing with kissing, it leaves you wanting more"[/color] She smiled, and merely gave him a quick kiss


Darius did not shudder or pull away from Jamie as she kissed him, rather he felt the peck and found himself yearning. Jamie seemed to be right. Kissing seemed to....leave you wanting more.


Darius felt himself feeling..odd. He started having feelings in parts of his body he did not normally feel from. He was trained not to. And he could only barely contain himself from gazing upon Jamies entire body which is mostly covered by water. Darius leaned forward, letting his impulses control him, and kissed Jamie.


Jamie had been content merely...teasing Darius, having no intent on making him truly uncomfortable. Simply because that would make it harder to break through. Yet when Darius kissed her, she couldn't help but respond, returning the kiss, and  moving closer. 


Darius accepted Jamies kiss, and wrapped his arms around Jamies naked body. He had no idea what he was doing, and to be honest he had not tthought much on it. It was as if all his senses were being over loaded all at once. Darius did simply as he felt he was suppose to. But suddenly...he stopped. He pulled his lips away but held on to her.


[color=004b80]"This is crazy. Jamie I.....I am "The Shadow". I have sworn to kill you. I dont....I dont understand how,,,why you could do this. Allow this. I have more blood on my hands than anyone, and....I mean....."[/color]


Jamie wasn't discouraged by him pulling away, especially not when he still held her. At his words, Jamie gave a shrug. [color=f7941d]"We could all die tomorrow, we will probably all die when we get back to the citadel. A death threat is nothing, compared to that. And maybe I just don't care about how much blood you have on your hands. 


Things don't have to make sense"[/color]


She shook her head, and then she simply threw all caution away, and kissed him again, this time it wasn't a simple peck. 


Darius had enough fighting whatever it was he had been fighting. He did not know what was going to become of this, but he did not care. Darius held on to Jamie tightly and kissed her back. For a good amount of time, they stayed in the water, moving around in the water partaking in the sins of the flesh. For how long, they couldnt say. All Darius knew was this was something new to him, and it was more pleasurable than anything he had experienced.


After time had passed and their acts of passions ceased, Darius had both arms against the edge of the pool, him catching his breath as he laid against the edge.


Jamie could truly say she hadn't expected such a response, but that she wasn't going to argue about it,  not when it felt so good. She floated for a moment, more then content, before sighing. For the moment, Jamie didn't seem to know what to do, or say. She stood and stretched, savouring the feel of loose muscles. 


They couldn't stay there forever,not when she had a prisoner to check up on, and what if there had been another attack? Still, she was very reluctant to leave the warm water. 


She glanced over at Darius, to see how he was. 


Darius opened his eyes and looked at Jamie.


[color=004b80]"Well...that was something new. Not unpleasent. But unexpected. Was that your plan? Like the end goal, with all the kissing and the prodding?"[/color]


Jamie smiled, amused at the question, [color=f7941d]"Well, part of it, sure"[/color] She said, deciding to let him think on that himself, [color=f7941d]"But not all."[/color]. She gave a laugh, starting to climb out the bath. She figured her answers would confuse him, but that was alright. 


Darius watched Jamie, and her beautiful figure no less, as she emerged from the the bath. Darius sighed and did the same. He quickly walked over to his things, dried himself off from a towel he stole, and got dressed. As he did he spoke.


[color=004b80]"I trust that you will keep our...um..actions under complete discretion. I just believe it would be better that keep this..to ourselves while we are on mission. I am used to no one knowing anything regarding me."[/color]


Jamie dressed in her new clothes, unsurprised by the request. [color=f7941d]"Sure. I don't mind doing that"[/color] It seemed she was piling up secrets that were Darius related, and that pleased her. His name, the story he'd told her, and now this. 


She gathered up the rest of her things, [color=f7941d]"Now we have to sneak out"[/color]


Darius smiled slightyl. He was fully clothed and had all of his gear on.


[color=004b80]"Sneaking.....thats my specialty."[/color]


Darius walked backwards, into the rising steam from the bath house and shadows in its corners and seemingly dissapeared from view. An old trick he learned. Doing so allowed Darius to leave the bath house virtually undetected.


Jamie watched Darius disappear, shaking her head, and glanced out the door. For a moment, she tried to see how he had done it, but gave up. Instead, she listened to the sounds outside the corridor, holding her breath, she took a chance when she heard footsteps disappearing, presumable to another room, and darted out. 


She didn't stop to look and see if she had been busted, instead she continued on out, and into the night, glancing about only when she had gone a few stores away. 



Darius made it back first to the Inn, settling inside Jamies room for a moment. He looked around, making sure there were no traps hidden. A paranoid assassin tactic. Then when he was sure the room was clear, he left his bags by Jamies bed and went up to the roof. He laid there, watching the stars.


Jamie got a little lost finding her way back, but soon reached the inn. She talked with the inn keeper for a moment, asking if food had been organised for Karlos, and getting an affermative, she left the common room, entering her room, she didn't expect to see Darius's  gear there. Curious about that, she plopped her own gear on the bed, and since she was clean, she started to clean her gear, makng sure to get all the blood on her sword, and the knife Darius had given her, the ritual one she had done several times before.