Scene #3167: Victory Lap ft. Jinx & Souji

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Jinx	It is a very quiet night in Miss Jinx's little apartment in the Kirin Building, the 'tastefully' decorated door way and bits of the hall now plstered with posters of Jinx's fight with Toph. 'I WON' is spraypainted up and down the hall in big bright electric blue spraypaint. There seems to have been some great amount of congratulating at some point. Tonight though is not one of those nights. There's only a minimal amount of Tinkering Noises going on behind that door, and the sounds of a TV running at full blast as well. Someone is watching variety shows of some sort, what with the studio audience laughing.
Souji Murasame	There was certainly a good level of congratulation and celebration over Jinx's victory. However, Souji was not present for that. He generally prefers more... quiet (and perhaps less drunken) celebrations. Perhaps that might be a reason why the corporate heir is at Jinx's door, dressed in his unchanging immaculate suit of midnight blue. With a swift movement, he raps on Jinx's door three times.
Jinx	There's a bit of a rattle of tools inside, the sounds of a drill shutting off. The TV turns down a bit as a Korean man starts complaining about unfair tactics, and... The door opens. Jinx is in a T-shirt and shorts, and there's dust where an apron clearly was moments ago. The same dust around a section of her face where goggles would go. Definately not immaculate. There's also a rather conspicious, ugly ring of bruising around her throat. That said, she lets out a squeak of happy surprise, and bodily hugtackles Souji. "I did it I did it I did it! I won I won I won you saw it I won!"
Souji Murasame	Souji stands firm in the face of the hugtackles of the small, feisty female. As if she wasn't doing so, Souji nods and puts a hand on her shoulder. Not a hearty backslap, and definately not a hug, but there is perhaps a sign of approval in that. "I did in fact see you do it. I am pleased at your performance in the arena. That child has always been fairly obnoxious." He doesn't move to dust himself off. She's still clinging to him, after all.
Jinx	"Yesssss. Come on in! Sorry, if I knew you were coming I'da.. you know, not been like this." Jinx lets go, and scampers a bit. The hair is all up in a massive bun tonight, likely to keep it out of the way of heavy tools. The bun sways a bit as she scoots back inside, the sounds of stuff beiung shoved into a pile can be heard, and then the door opens again. "Come on in! And ig-NORE that big blanket in the corner!" There is in fact a big blanket in the corner of a room that it totally not covering a pile of what isn't garbage. The apartment is otherwise liveable as usual, the layers of grafitti on the walls having taken a rather schematic-ish turn of the last several layers. The idea and sketches for the Firecracker getup she used the night of the fight can be seen. "Can I get you something, Boss? I got beer and stuff if you like! Wait, you dont' drink beer. I got drinks, hold on!" She scampers out of sight into the kitchen.
Souji Murasame	"It is no problem." Souji replies. He has determined that a certain level of messiness and rebellion is just part of Jinx's nature. However, unlike certain other people, that nature is being channeled and controlled into positive results, as has been demonstrated in the WMAT. He steps inside as she bails into the kitchen, and efficiently dusts himself off as he waits. The graffiti on the wall does catch his attention, as he looks it over and studies it intently. He's not an Engineer, so the intricacies of the schematics are not quite within his realm, but he knows something useful when he sees it. The clothing design gets additional attention. Style is something he definately knows.
Jinx	Jinx comes back with her hair down in a big messy cascade, and a pair of bottles in each hand. "Okay so it turns out all the vodka and whiskey is gone so I really do only have beer and cider so, uh..." She plants the two bottles of cider down on the table next to Souji, plops her butt on the couch and eeees. She does catch Souji's glance at the schematics as well as the costume design. "Oh! Did you like that? I mean, I made it myself! Like everything else. I was expecting to get all tore up by like that metal crap she does so I put kevlar in the dress so it's be more stab proof."
Souji Murasame	Cider is acceptable. Souji picks up the bottle of cider and effiicently opens as he sits down on the couch as well. "Your skills in weapon and costume design are underappreciated." Souji states. Perhaps for him, this is high praise. "Your clothing did not seem like it was armored when you were fighting, you seem to have done an exceptional job." He pauses for a moment, thinking as he takes a short drink of the cider. "Have you considered having the designs produced and distributed? How would you feel if other people were dressing up in your fashion?"
Jinx	Jinx puffs up a bit and moves to scoot over next to Souji. Not taking that last motion to lean on him, but it's close enough. "Ah, well." He purses her lip. "Not sure how big on a Brand like that I wanna be. I mean, it's /cool/ but..." She pops the top off her beer with a snap and takes a big slug, foam oozing off the top. "Hmmm, I'd have to think about that. Guns are cool if you cna get the hextech to work. I really haven't ever gotten it to work for anyone but me though, so maybe we'd have to look at that." She taps the side of her glass.
Souji Murasame	Souji seems to neither like or dislike Jinx's desire to be sitting next to him. As usual, getting emotion out of him seems to be like getting blood from a rock despite the vague drops here and there he allows himself to provide for the outlaw. "Your hextech is unique to yourself. Your clothing design, does not seem to be. I suppose advertising a protective clothing line might not be to your desires, but it is a possibility." There is another pause. "If nothing else, imagine the look on Beifong's face."
Jinx	Jinx just sips at her beer a bit, before looking up at Souji, a little happily at that last statement. "I mean, I did make that dress for Sarenccia, didn't I? Maybe I could figure something else out. I dunno." Another pensive murmur, and she holds the beer with her palms, rolling it a bit. "I don't like Brands. But I like working, if that makes sense?" A puff of breath. "Working for you and the Feds, I mean."
Souji Murasame	"That is good." Souji nods. "You should always love your work. It makes you productive and effective." He sits there quietly for several moments, looking down into his cider. Does he think it might have an answer for whatever he might be thinking? "Why is it that you dislike brands? Is that part of what happened to you in the past?"
Jinx	"What? No, like..." She huffs her breath and holds out her arms a bit, trying to gesticulate ideas into form in front of her. "It's like, that's the total opposite of what I want, you know? Brands are dumb, they're constricting, they're... they're /orderly/ and it's just stupid, you know? Makes me wanna break stuff. I mean, I work with you cause you've got the best stuff and you're the coolest, so you're okay but other stuff is..." She clicks her teeth. In the past. "The past is dumb too, so, no, it's totally not the past." A hand tightens on her bottle, and she polishes off the last half of that beer as she fumes internally.
Souji Murasame	"Ah, I see." Souji replies, nodding in understanding as Jinx explains her viewpoint on brands, He arches an eyebrow, too, as he sees her reaction to mentioning the past. He shakes his head, then. "I'm sorry for bringing up bad memories. I was inconsiderate." He gestures, then. "We will have a great deal of things that will need to be broken in the near future. There will always be something for you to do should you wish it."
Jinx	Jinx's hackles lower a bit and she remembers who she's with and... A blush in her ears and she leans back, dusty head on Souji's shoulder. "No it's not... it's not bad just... It is. Okay? Vi is... She just is." She quirks her lips a bit and grumbles. "I like breakin' things, you know that. Makes it easier to not think. Thinkin's dumb." She grumbles and pokes at the bottle. "I got Xiao back too. Maybe... Dangit do I need to like put in a report about that? I didn't want to do the work, you know. Also I figured Xiao had gotten beat up enough that I didn't have to rub her nose in it."
Souji Murasame	"It is what it is." Again, Souji seems to act as furniture for Jinx to lean on, silently bearing up under her apparent needs for closeness. "You have a sharp mind. You create interesting things when you choose to think. You should not be giving your abilities such a disservice." He looks over down at the leaning Jinx. "You should only need to file a report if there is something we need to know about the situation. I don't have any particular problems with conflict between our employees as long as it remains professional and within proper boundaries."
Jinx	"Buh okay." There's that pink in her ears again. Stupid emotions. She fidgets with the bottle again. Then Xiao. "It wasn't anything like that. She was out on a job and she decided to eat a shoggoth or something dumb like bad energy then she got stupid and sick and tried to choke me out with evil tentacles and crap. Kyra and I and the chef from the school beat it out of her though." She arches her neck to show off the trophy of the choking spot.
Souji Murasame	This is about when Souji closes his eyes and sighs. "Well, that explains the marks on your neck." Souji comments, as he opens his eyes and reaches out with is free hand to gently turn Jinx's head. He looks over the wound with an intent expression, perhaps checking to see if she really is all right... But she can talk still, and so.... "I am glad you were able to help with resolving the issue, however. And that you came back safe."
Jinx	Jinx... oh boy. She really has to steady herself at that one. Hands grip at her pants and the bottle as she holds very still and lets Souji inspect. There's a nasty bruise, sure, but Bertram's healing got rid of the worst of it and rather than an awful florid color, it is now merely ugly and healing. "Hnng I mean yeah I had to call her a dummy and shoot her some but it worked, right? Wasn't so bad just... just what needed to be done. Couldn't let your favorite scientist go missing for no reason and end up some ugly splatter on a wall or something." She definitely does NOT lean into that hand maybe a little yeah.
Souji Murasame	It's kind of like dealing with a cat who happens to wield enough firepower to level a city block. Souji's inspection goes reasonably quickly. He nods at what he sees, and lets his hand brush against the side of Jinx's head. A small, perhaps accidental contact that nevertheless likely means much for Jinx herself. "I appreciate your foresight. Yu is very... unstable, but she is much more beneficial as an asset instead of a splatter on a wall, yes. Thank you, Jinx." There is another pause. "So is there anything of note happening in your future?" He asks.
Jinx	Jinx lets out a little pleased noise before settling back in on her boss/friend and pursing her lips. "Ah, I'm not really sure. I mean, there's stuff I gotta make, I gotta refine Pow Pow and stuff to get him to work right for the long term with the fireworks and I gotta fix up a new batch of grenades. If I'mma be flashy I need flashier grenades, you know?" A few blinks though. "Ahhhh, i-is there something I should be happen-ing-ing in my future?" A questing tone at the end of that, and she cracks open a new beer.
Souji Murasame	"That makes sense. Improving your gear is always an excellent way to spend the time." Souji, being trained in an RPG School, knows very well the importance of keeping your equipment at top tier. Jinx questions on whether Souji might MEAN SOMETHING with his question. IS HE GOING TO FINALLY NOTICE JINX-KOUHAI? WILL HE BE ASKING HER OUT ON A ROMANTIC CRIMEDATE AND BECOME SOME KIND OF CRAZED BONNIE AND CLYDE ANALOGUE? "At the moment, nothing in particular comes to mind. I was simply inquiring as to if you had any plans for the future." Dammit.
Jinx	IT WASN'T TOTALLY THAT. Jinx screws up her face a bit. "Well, Okay. I'll see if I can't think of something. The big tournament is going on at the League and there's not a lot of stuff going on otherwise so I've been just here. If you do find me something to do I'd be happy to." A grumble. Has she fallen out of favor in the League? Hopefully not.
Souji Murasame	It's at this point that Souji takes another long pull on his cider and nods, as if to reassure Jinx. "I will be sure to keep you in mind when something comes up." Not if. When. "Have you been adjusting well?" Souji asks. "To the environment and your co-workers, that is. I cannot imagine the situation you might have been in while you were mainly with the League, so I am curious."
Jinx	Jinx picks at her ear with her pinkie and screws up her face again. Bein' with Souji always made her think. Which is a strange thing. "Hnnn. Well, I am liking this. I mean, I still have to go fight but... Well. Maybe I miss bustin' up Piltover quite so often and I haven't done a bank job in a while. I..." She reaches forward to snatch up her cell phone and types out 'blow up some money reminder' There. "So maybe i should do that again. I know that it was nice getting you guys in to help with that match so maybe we should do that again sometime."