14557/Cat and Fox

Cat and Fox
Date of Scene:	30 March 2023
Location:	Blake House
Synopsis:	The calls in a fox er... a fix for his legal problems.
Cast of Characters:	Thomas Blake, Saeko

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Thomas Blake has posed:
Thomas Blake sits on his cot in a cll of the Happy Harbor jail, pondering. The cell is roomy enough not to trigger his claustrophobia. Mostly.

Mostly, he's wondering why he's still here. He has three shims and picks in the heel of his shoe. He could open that door and be out about the time the deputy at the cameras was getting up. Once he was out well -lion among the sheep is one metaphor.

But, he sits there and thinks.

Six guards max. Better to do it here than on the Raft, while the Raft, Blackgate and Arkham decide who gets him. Quick jog home, grab his getaway bag and he's gone. Madripoor, or Sian Kong or Symkaria.

Saeko has posed:
At least it wasn't Arkham, at least yet anyway. Still, it probably wasn't the most comfortable place he'd been in for a while. Cold, dark and...grey? No...that wasn't right. It was almost like there was a faint fog or mist that filled the air.

And yet, that wasn't what it was, for the movement and sound seemed to stop as Thomas might look up and find a familier vixen leaning against the opposite side of the cell against the wall.

"It seems you've had better days, no?"

Thomas Blake has posed:
Thomas Blake looks up, displaying a black eye and bruised cheek. He smiles at the vixen. He gets up to offer a hug. "My day just took an upturn when you came along. How did you know I was here? Should I bother asking? Anyway, how are you?" he takes a deep breath of fox and blossoms he can never quit pin down, washing the smell of the jail and himself out of his nose.

Should he worry about the cameras? Meh. Let her take care of them if she wishes.

Saeko has posed:
Perhaps she could read his mind, or perhaps that Tenko wisdom was living up to reputation as she moves in, offering a light embrace. "As far as any who might see or hear can tell, you are sitting here as you were, unmoving and silent." An illusion like that was something even one of the youngest Kitsune could probably manage. Still, she moves into the embrace before stepping back, tilting her head to the side. "So...why are you here Thomas?" she questions lightly.

Thomas Blake has posed:
Thomas Blake shrugs. "Pixie asked that too. Same answer: I got caught. In this case a new Federal law against bringing big cats in a public area. I needed Rasputin to deal with a gang that abducted a very nice lady to get a rise out of me. They succeeded. With their usual efficiency the cops busted me on my way home when a soccer mom called it in and provided a video. They missed the multiple instances of assault and battery we committed. I want to get out of here. But that means turning my back on everything, friends, family, my house and being a fugitive. I could be out of here... whenever I want. But..."

"If you want to make a man slow, scared, and weak, give him stuff. Let him build a life..."

Saeko has posed:
"Okay," Saeko offers lightly. Seemingly, that was reason enough. Of course, the laws of humans didn't necessarily mean much to the divine, but the decision to follow rules? Well, that she understood. Chuckling softly, she tilts her head to the side. "Perhaps you will have fortune in arguing your case after all. But it is your choice as ever..."

Thomas Blake has posed:
Thomas Blake strokes Saeko's arm. "You... you I know I hurt you. I'm sorry doesn't cover it. Why are you even here and giving me your sunniest smile? It's a kindness. I do very little to deserve kindness. I know I'm messed up. I was living with demon and kept pace with her. I'm being told by everybody to follow my good instincts but... I don't think my instincts run that way."

Saeko has posed:
"You are foolish," she offers simply, gesturing to the man lightly and gently tapping a fingertip against his chest. But you are not a fool for the most part." The Tenko's finger withdraws and she folds her arms under her bust, tilting her head to the side with a little flick of her tails. "If you had committed a truely grievous offense to Inari or myself...you would have no doubts about it."

Thomas Blake has posed:
Thomas Blake shrugs and leans in close. "Yeah, mom always regretted not sending me to Metropolis for further testing."He rubs his uninjured cheek against hers and sighs. It is a very pent up sigh. "See... this may be another instance of my instincts not being good but they tell me to kiss you right now, if you hold still and don't turn me into something. What... do your instincts tell you Tenko-san?"

Saeko has posed:
A tilt of her head, a little chuckle from the Fox's lips and then she tilts her head to the other side, those amber eyes and their non-human pupils combined with the whisker marks really lending to a more dangerous vibe. "My instincts? Perhaps it is my wisdom that you she heed. To play games with the affections of a kitsune is not something that tends to be permitted twice."

Thomas Blake has posed:
Thomas Blake pulls back. "You're right. Of course. It looks like my self destructive side is working overtime. I wasn't playing games as you put it. I thought you put me in the friend zone. I started a new relationship and she's... well despite the wings and fairy stuff, I think she was brought up religious or something similar. She doesn't share and should not stray. Old habits just die hard. Heeey..."

He gets a shifty eyed look. "If you could... I'd owe you an offering... could you make the video of me running with Rasputin go away? That'd solve everything. No case. I mean I'd owe you big. But could you?"

Saeko has posed:
"It is a warning, not a forbidance," she offers simply before stepping back herself, turning her gaze towards the bars of the cell as her tails lazily swayed behind her and his request earns a soft little giggle. "Ah...so you do seek help? You do not wish to break out for the risk of pursuit, but for your freedom..."

Her turns, looking over her shoulder. "What is it you would offer?"

Thomas Blake has posed:
Thomas Blake goes to sit on the edge of the bunk. "This is huge. A cheeseburger doesn't cover it. I offer my future service for whatever task you or Inari set for me, whenever you demand it... and I'll build Inari a shrine on my property... and fund a fox refuge."

The woman can still wrap him around one finger. The only other one who ever did that is burning in Hell.

Not that she'd mind the heat, the lousy...

Saeko has posed:
"It is Inari that you will have to pay and thank...a shrine and a refuge would be a 'good start'," she offers lightly before leaning inwards, one nail coming to rest under his chin. "But Inari and I both will hold you to your word." With that, her fingertips glow as she traces that finger up his jaw and then lazily draws it back, offered for a classical 'handshake' to seal the deal.

Thomas Blake has posed:
Thomas Blake takes Saeko by the hand and then pulls her into a hug. "I hug my friends, and to offer apologies. Not to toy with affections. Okay then. So, cameras are taken care of? I can do the rest. Get some of my self respect back after surrendering quietly and getting a beat down anyway." He releases the beautiful kitsune and works at the sole of his boot. He extracts a small metal tool and goes to the cell door. After a few moments it opens.

"Be right back. Come watch if you like. You could tell me if I wasted money on that ninja correspondence course." He slips out quietly

Saeko has posed:
"Cameras gone, evidence...misplaced." Saeko offers lightly before he begins to move and she leans back, a small snort to his words of Ninja when she was older than the tradition that had spawned from her homeland itself. "I will see you at our next meeting. Please do not get yourself arrested and charged for breaking -out- of jail after I have gone to this effort. After all, fail to keep your promise and Inari will ensure that your fortune reverses promptly."

With that, the moment he turned away?

The Tenko was gone.

Thomas Blake has posed:
Thomas Blake frowns a moment and then shuts the door carefully and awaits the merry hell sure to erupt soon. As for self respect? The former felon and current feline pulls a badge out of his pocket, shines it carefully and pins it to the upper bunk.

Then fr no reason the police can determine as the cameras turn back on, he bares his shoulder to show his fox tattoo.

The other shoulder has the pixie rendering. Two women who saved him from inner and literal Hell.