From afar, Ada knock knock on the door! You paged Ada with 'FYI, Around midnight there was a lot of commotion around Terrace Lofts. There was massive Disturbance (this assuming you were at home), and the police showed up half an hour later.'. From afar, Ada nods. Was at home. Would probably have only noticed the Disturbance and the flashing lights, as probably had headphones on. ;D You paged Ada with 'The cops stayed for a few hours, as there apparantly was some sort of gang thing going on. Guns, thugs, dead bodies... There's quite a lot of interesting....splotches on the 3rd landing and on the 4th. Red splotches...'. You paged Ada with 'The cavalry (cops) didn't come until the actual shooting was over, though. :)'. Long distance to Ada: Zach opens the door a crack and peks out. "Ada? What..?" He is whispering. From afar, Ada raises her eyebrow. "I thought I heard your voice over here, and I wanted to come say hello." Long distance to Ada: Zach carefully opens the door and motions for Ada to come in. "Come in, but please whisper. Harriet just fell asleep, finally.." he whispers. Ada has arrived. Ada tiptoes in. "What on Earth happened out there?" Zach is wearing nothing but his black leather pants. He looks tired and worn out, as he leads Ada to sit as far away from the sleeping Harriet as possible. "A whole lot of shit happened. Big shit. And it was my fault.." Ada curls up next to Zach. "How was it your fault?" She strokes his hair gently. Zach he answers morosely, "Because I was an idiot and didn't think far enough. Bad habit of mine that. Very bad." Ada frowns a little. "I doubt you were an idiot. You know there are consequences for anything you do. The problem is that you don't always have the opportunity to see all the consequences before you have to take action." Ada kisses Zach's cheek. "Hindsight is twenty-twenty, O my love. Just because you think it's an obvious result now doesn't mean you had any way of knowing about it beforehand." "I had more than time enough. The thing that set off the whole mess was pre planned. There ain't no excuse for what I did. None at all." He cuddles Ada a bit, then shrugs. "Now I gotta make amends, and that's that." Ada scratches Zach's chest idly. "What did you do?" Zach shakes his head quietly. "I can't tell you much about it. The less you know, the better. Unfortunately. We had a party here, Hachilah had brought several kids she knows from the Shelter and the streets. Young teenagers. I made Disturbance. Not long after, we were attacked by a bunch of Hellsoldiers and demons who work for the Prince of Drugs. I killed three of them, that made even more noise. All the while Harriet was leading the children out onto the roof, where I hope to God they all made their escape across the roofs and away." Ada sighs quietly. Ada says, "I don't know what to say. I want to help you make things right, but I keep getting told that I don't need to know anything." She sighs and moves to get up. "I guess I'll stop bothering you. If I'm going to be in the cold, I might as well be in with both feet. You know where to find me if you want me."" Zach sighs and strokes her arm. "It's not all my tale to tell, Ada. Nor is it Hachilah's for that matter. The shit that went down here tonight was big. Way to big for any of us. Unless your superiors give you missions here or okay your involvement here, it's not for me to put you at any greater risk than I already have." Ada blinks back tears. "My superiors? My father doesn't give me any orders, and I haven't seen Ojii-sama since I was..." She shakes her head helplessly. "...since I was born. I don't get missions. I get ignored." Zach nods sadly. "That sounds like such a waste. But at the same time, I know Jean. And he doesn't leave anything to circumstances. Ever. I don't know what their plans for you are. But you aren't my Soldier to risk. Just being with me is dangerous because there are several infernals in this town who know who I am. If they suss out that you're special..." He actually shudders. "I nearly got Harriet killed tonight. And a bunch of children. I'm not willing to risk you too. Not any more than I already have." Ada clears her throat. Ada says, "I understand. I don't want to, but I understand. Don't let me get in your way." She gets up. "Will you do me a favor and tell Hachilah that I said hello?"" Zach shudders again, but forces a smile. A sad, sad smile. "Of course I will Ada. It is probably time that you should get in tought with Lightning's people and demand to be told of your status..." he says quietly. "If Jean and Orc wants you to take an active part in the War, then they have to say so. And they have to assign a contact to you. And listen carefully my love, if word the comes to me that I should be that contact then I'll be more than happy to. But as things stand now, where all I know is that you are extremely special and unique, with no real training regarding the War - there ain't no way in Heaven or Hell I'm gonna take any more liberties with your safety than I already have." Ada sighs. "I miss you already, Zach." Ada walks over to the door to get her coat. Zach rises and pads quietly after her. "I'm sorry Ada, I know you're hurting. But..." He helps her on with her coat, helplessly. A shiver runs through him again. "Take care now. You're so very, very special and I love you." He kisses her gently. Ada closes her eyes and buttons her coat. "I love you, too, Zach. I want so badly to be part of your life. I don't want to have to talk to Ojii-sama... especially since there are... five, maybe six of my brothers and sisters here, and I don't think any of them have assignments either. We're kind of a test run." Zach blinks! And Dominic know about this and ALLOWS it?! A human/living artifact halfbreed? ..wow.. I had you figured for something extremely Forbidden (TM) and have been terrified of the very idea that someone else shoud find out about you and word getting to the pokerspines.... 8) Ada giggles. Not as far as *I* know... and I should, as I designed the character type. ;) Zach bites his lip and strokes her cheek. "If you really want to take an active part in the War, then somebody's gotta talk to /someone/." Ada leans into Zach's hand. "I don't know if I *do*. I just want to be able to comfort you when *you* have to." Zach says, "Oh. Well Zach's been sharing my thoughts on that, so he's been scroupolously avoiding the Ada sunbject around others... :) He doesn't want Orc and Jean getting 'efficient' with him.. :)" Zach just isn't ruthless enough. There's too much cherub in him.. :P Ada says, "It's probably not a bad idea; Hell and the Marches don't know about her yet." Zach sighs and smiles warmly, but tireldy to her. "Thank you, Ada. That's such a wonderful thing to know. I'll think about stuff - you do too, ok?" Ada kisses his cheek. "I will." She sighs, a little: "Do you want me to stay?" Zach hesitates, struggles, and then reluctantly admits, "I think I need some time to myself now... Sort myself out." He is clearly unhappy about hurting Ada, but there it is. Ada kisses Zach gently. "Okay. You know where to find me. And tell Hachilah I love her." Zach smiles and kisses her back, giving her a hug at the same time. "I will." Zach says, "See ya! Hope your cold is going away! :)" You say, "Good bye, and take care!" Zach sees her out then goes back to brood. Ada goes home.