Issue 1 Downtime

"Have you tried anything new today? Should make it an every day thing."

"Not yet," Nina says. "But I still have some time before the night is over."

"I like the way you think," She said, taking a drag from her cigarette before incinerating the butt in her palm. "So now we just gotta pinpoint something you want to do. Within reason, of course. We can't just up and head to Akron right now, you know."

Nina giggles, "True. We'll have to save that for a different night."

"Let's see..." Anika stands and begins to pace. "You've smoked and drank. I'm assuming you've done drugs, considering the things you said when we met. This may be easier if you list off some of the things you've done, that way I can get a feel for things."

"Let's see...I've gone bungee jumping. Parachuting. Hang gliding," Nina says, ticking off things on her fingers. "I've been to a club. I snorkeled in the ocean. I shot someone. I've been in a knife fight..."

"I'm impressed. You get around. So what *haven't* you done that you really, really want to do? Something we could do tonight."

"I don't know," Nina says. "Let's do something you think would be fun. I think I'd like to get to know you better."

"My idea of fun is causing trouble, going to bars and getting into fights, then laughing my ass off afterwards at the stupidity of it all. That gonna be alright with you?"

"Sure," Nina says cheerfully.

"Perfect. You ever place bets on things?" Anika asked, standing up and brushing off her leathers.

"Not really," Nina says. "It sounds fun though."

"Well you'll want to tonight. I can make you some good money. I haven't hit every bar around this area yet, so we'll see what we come across," She said as she started walking. "My bike isn't quite fixed yet, so we'll have to walk. Otherwise I could take you for a nice ride."

Nina giggles, "Sure. I've heard that one before."

Anika smirked. "Yeah, but have you heard it and it turned out to be true? Nice rides can be hard to find." All the innuendos.

"Yeah. Too bad your bike is broke," Nina says. "It's been awhile since I've gone on a ride with someone who knew what they were doing. Usually I just have to end up driving myself."

"Once Allison gets it fixed up, I'll take you on a real ride. How about that?" She said with a smirk as they walked.

"That would be amazing," Nina says. "A real ride sounds much better than any sort of fake ride or simulation."

"So, you said you've stabbed someone and all that, but have you been in fights before? Just need to know what kind of experience you have so I know whether or not to worry about you when things get hairy, because they will."

"Don't worry. I'm tougher than I look," the small, skinny, giggly, spacey, and generally frail looking blonde says.

Anika just stares at Nina for a few moments. "Right..." She shakes her head, a silly smirk on her face. Cute. As they continued walking, they seemed to finally reach a run down looking bar.