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[center] [h1] Jason & Sofia [/h1]
[H3] Internal Reflections [/h3][/center]
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It was morning. Jason peered blurrily at the sunlight streaming into the room through the open blinds. How long had it been? A few hours, maybe. 

He couldn't stop seeing the alternate Sofia being shot. Every. Single. Time. Every time he tried to sleep those events ran through his mind. Fighting kids? Killing kids? He might enjoy a good fight, but this… This seemed a bit much. Maybe this wasn't his calling, despite the killer pay. Not that he could leave, could he? 

Rolling to his feet, Jason dressed. A nice white suit, black tie. Yeah, that would do. Trudging into the hall, he stopped at the room Sofia had taken at this… He couldn't call it a headquarters anymore. It didn't feel right.

A shake of his head before he knocked.

[Color=00aeef]”You up?”[/color]

Sofia was curled up in bed, earbuds snaking up her stomach and resting on either side of her head, playing the smooth, comforting sounds of a piano though them. She’d been doing a lot of thinking lately. The last mission they’d done. A lot of weird stuff had happened. Sofia was still not sure what to feel about it, so as usual, so tried to feel nothing. It wasn’t working as well as it usually did. She was in her usual plain gray sweats with an equally boring sweater over them. At the sound of a knock she turned quizzically towards the door. Thunderbird? Sofia cleared her throat, [b]”Yeah?”[/b]

[Color=00aeef]”I'm heading for a walk and ice cream. Wanna come?”[/color] He figured they could both use some freedom after everything yesterday.

Sofia mused it over for a moment. She did like sweets. She also remembered hearing that people sometimes took walks to clear their head, she wasn’t sure what that meant, but it was probably better than what she was feeling right now. [b]”Sure.”[/b] Sofia replied simply and rolled off the bed and slipping her feet comfortably into her shoes. [b]"Oh right."[/b] Sofia moved over to the desk and computer that sat against the wall and grabbed a small, painfully girlish wallet(It appeared to be a Hello Kitty theme, covered with pink and flowers. It had been bought for for the reasons that it held money and it was the first thing she had seen than the cutesy designs, but Sofia certainly hadn't shied away from it). [b]”So I can pay for myself!”[/b] Sofia said somewhat more brightly, seemingly excited at the thought of paying for something. Considering how times she’d actually bought something she wanted, it was perhaps justified.

Jason chuckled a little at the enthusiasm in her voice at the end, glancing at the garishly pink wallet with some surprise. He always felt like the girl seemed distant, even if it hadn't been very long that they'd been a team together, and the bright colors wasn't what he'd expected.

They walked in silence off the property before Jason spoke up again. [Color=00aeef] “It's nice out, considering the season.”[/color]

Weather was always a good icebreaker, wasn't it?

Sofia glanced upwards at the clear skies, as though she was just now considering them. [b]”Hm, I suppose so. Do you like sunny weather?”[/b] Sofia liked it when it was raining. Something about the sound it made and feeling the little impacts of the rain, whether you were inside or outside. 

[Color=00aeef]”Honestly, as long as it's not snow I'm happy,”[/color] he replied with a casual shrug before putting his hands in his pockets. Might as well get to it... [Color=00aeef]”So, err, how you doing?”[/color]

[b]”Eh?”[/b] Sofia was puzzled for a moment, [b]”Well… I…”[/b] Her voice trailed off for a bit. How WAS she doing? When was the last time someone had asked her that? To be honest, Sofia had a feeling she wasn’t doing great. Sofia had never pondered much whether she was a good person. She stole things sure, but they were little things. Sofia knew she wasn’t a great person but, what she was doing now? [b]”I don’t think I want to do stuff like that again.”[/b] She said quietly.

Jason stopped walking, looking at the sky, as he took that in. [Color=00aeef]”Yeah...I don't either. That… Wasn't… Just fuck.”[/color] Running a hand through his hair, he started walking again. [Color=00aeef]”I spent a lot of last night thinking, and that was pretty bad. I was thinking of leaving, but I don't know.”[/color]

Sofia shook her head, [b]” But Broker doesn’t like loose ends, he said so.”[/b] Sofia said softly as she tailed after Jason, rather than walking directly beside him, she was more of walking in his shadow.

Jason nodded slowly. [Color=00aeef]”Yeah… But I think if something like this happens again I'll take my chances. Killing kids? Just not my thing. I didn't honestly even like fight those Wards… And giving them mental trauma?”[/color] Jason kicked at a passing trash can in an attempt at relieving frustrations.

[b]”Hmm…”[/b] Sofia simply made a thinking noise and continued trailing after Jason. She wondered how many people died at the warehouse. Then she stopped wondering. She did not wish to think of such things. Instead she could think of what flavour ice cream to get! They arrived at the place, creatively named, “Coldstone” and Sofia immediately increased her pace, stepping ahead of Jason for once and started ‘ooooh’ing at all the flavours. [b]”Hey, hey, can I get this one?”[/b] She said, pointing at some chocolate.

[color=00aeef]”Heh, you don't need my permission…”[/color]  Jason muttered.  [Color=00aeef]”It's not like I'm in charge of you.”[/color]

[b]“Oh… Right. I want um, 3 scoops of that, no wait that one.”[/b] Sofia said, switching her pointing from the chocolate to Rocky Road. The man serving her raised an eyebrow but seemed more amused than annoyed at her antics. Within moments Sofia had a triple scoop of Rocky Road on a cone and had paid for it, a fact that seemed to surprise the man serving her. [b]”What are you gonna get?”[/b] Sofia asked as she ‘nom’ed on her ice cream.

Jason chuckled, more at the man's expression than Sofia's antics, before pointing at the mint chocolate swirl. [Color=00aeef]”Triple.”[/color] After paying, he moved to go outside before turning and pausing. [Color=00aeef]”Inside, outside, walk?”[/color] he asked his ice cream partner.

[b]”Walk.”[/b] Sofia said confidently and headed outside, feeling rather pleased with herself. She’d never had much of a chance to have ice cream, much less something more expensive like Rocky Road. It was a rewarding experience for a couple of reasons and Sofia was happy that Jason had invited her. [b]”Mhmm, thanks Jason.”[/b]

[Color=00aeef]”Sure thing. Doesn't always have to be doom and gloom,”[/color] he said with a shrug. [Color=00aeef]”Not like any of the others would be fun to chill with anyways, I don't think.”[/color]

[b]”Hm…’[/b] Sofia thought about that. He kinda had a point. Everyone was so serious and stuff. Sofia wasn’t sure any of them would even like ice cream. Although she supposed it wouldn’t hurt to find out. Hm...
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[center][h2][b]Sofia Stien - The Cruise Room[/b][/h2][/center]

Sofia's feet swung casually from side to side, as she carefully consumed the last of an ice cream cone. Naturally she was sitting next to Jason, as he had rather quickly become her favorite person. She didn't care particularly much about anyone else here, as far as she was concerned she was only here because everyone else was here anyway. Naturally she did glance over the collection, but just enough to have a vague sense of what people looked like. Sofia was probably the most normal person here, wearing nothing more than the casual clothing she usually did. Heartloss was talking to someone again, some raven haired girl. For acting like such a lone wolf he sure seemed to like hanging out with other people. Hadn't he done something like that earlier too? Hm. [b]"Hey Jason does alcohol taste good?"[/b]