New Man in the Big City [Open]

It seemed a very large hassle in this under productive world to travel anywhere safely and economically. Nol ended up having to save a bunch of money he got from along the roads, and even had to hitch hike and hop on a moving train once or twice to get all the way to his destination. His destination of course being New York, the state seemed to have an abnormally high number of super beings active inside of it, actually making stuff happen, and there was even a place with complete chaos going on, and so Nol was going to see if he couldn't get any information on these spheres that Nameless wanted him to find. He was sure he would meet back up with the man eventually, but in the mean time, he would try to find out everything he could on them. The train he was currently on brought him to a the outskirts of the state, and he had to pass through a border and pay another toll. This made him think that all the humans wanted was to suck each other dry for all of their money and material possessions, which made him think that they weren't such good creatures after all. Some of them had good intentions, but a lot of them were simply looking to increase their own wealth and profit off of other peoples' success. He had seen a great martial artist pass, and they immediately made a movie about his life. His family didn't get rich, nor did they get any of the proceeds, but the martial artist's life was cataloged and profited off of.

He walked through the town, and the buildings were really tall. He had seen tall buildings back in DC, but they were few and far in between. This city seemed like it tried to pack together an entire nation into one living and working area, stacking everything on top of each other and it perfectly symmetrical patterns. Nol enjoyed that everything was rather organized, and he would be able to find his way around fairly easily, so that was rather nice. He would walk down the street, and see a lot of people in suits, and other people had more bizarre out fits on, as if they were trying to entertain people all the time. He was looking around for anything suspicious, and it seemed that he was the one acting not so normal. He wasn't used to the crowds, and it seemed that there were lanes of traffic like on a high way, but for people, and he was driving on the wrong side of the road. He bumped into a lot of people, and he simply looked out of place, like a tourist. He would eventually find his way to an alley, and simply lean back against a wall. It seemed that he would need a strategy, or a house, or something, because there were way too many homeless people around for his liking. All of the good spots were taken it seemed, and he would have to find somewhere to bunk for the night, and thought to try and find a park in the concrete jungle.

After a few tries to get someone to tell him directions with no avail, he eventually grabbed someone by the collar and made them tell him where it was. People there seemed to be in their own little bubble, and didn't even glance towards the two people who were obviously having a slight confrontation. They simply moved on by, and it made Nol sort of creeped out. These people were desensitized to the world around them, to where it seemed like they wouldn't notice if Nol just started killing them. He suppressed his anger a bit, and simply threw the guy down, and the guy simply dusted himself off, before running a few steps, and getting back into his daily pattern it seemed. They were all like ants, when you took them out of their pattern or blocked their path, they went temporarily insane. Nol then made it to the park, and looked around. There were plenty of people simply walking their dogs and other such things, and Nol found a shady spot, and leaned against a tree. Trying to find anything in this mad house would be very difficult.

"If you're throwing around the peons, you're gonna have a bad time" Hiim would say from above Nol, the odd symbiote was hanging inverted from a branch of the tree that Nol was leaning on. Ray Morino had watched the boy approach after all, and as such saw his interactions with the normal humans who busied about for their jobs. With a twist and a flip Hiim landed on his feet in front of Nol and began to look at him closely up and down his body. The symbiote moved like a hummingbird from spot to spot, seemingly at random until taking a step back and extending his hand.

"Slenderman, attorney at law" their voices said in their mixed state with their eyes creasing upwards into a happy state. They did not have a mouth after all so only the white orbs showed emotion on the black face of the creature.

Suddenly, Nol would hear a voice above him, in which he wouldn't even look up. The thing seemed to have multiple voices, much like Nameless, and it seemed that they both had some sort of inner demon, or maybe they were fused with some sort of alternate being, perhaps one that gave them their power. Nol had been thinking of Nameless' power since he had left DC, and wondered how he could teleport and open dark portals, and of course how he was so strong in the field of combat. It was the driving force behind Nol's will to get stronger. If he could just beat the man, he would be confident enough to take on anyone. Nol would simply be wary of the man, as he would make sure to be ready to defend himself. The man suddenly flipped in front of Nol, a move not really associated with wanting to fight. If the man wanted to harm Nol, he had the perfect advantage above him, not in front of him now, so the threat was slightly lowered, although still there and completely real for Nol. He wasn't quite in the fighting mood, but this man named himself Slenderman, and an attorney, although he didn't have a face to speak of, simply two eyes. The man extended his hand towards Nol, but Nol wouldn't extend his back. Touch based powers were sort of common, much like Nol's fighting style, so he was always hesitant to shake people's hands, let alone touch them, unless he knew he could trust them. So instead, Nol bowed slightly, making sure to keep looking towards this person, and still be able to defend himself if need be. As he raised his body up, Nol would then introduce himself.

"Greetings, I am Nol. What are you up to this fine day?" Nol didn't really know how to make small talk with people he just met, but he was trying, even though he sounded a bit too formal, he would hopefully get his message across, that he was simply trying to talk. He would see if this man knew anything about the spheres, although it was sort of revealed that the spheres were beacons for some giant phoenix that would destroy things when it got to the earth. This man might be from another world, much like Nol himself, and might have some sort of insight into the spheres. Nol wondered if there was a way to beat this phoenix, other than using the powers of the people that were the actual beacons. It seemed that everyone hated the people that were the beacons, but Nol couldn't really understand why. They were probably the only hope, if they didn't get the spheres someone else would have. He stopped this train of thought to look at the man. He had looked Nol up and down, sort of like an animal trying to figure out what something was when confronted with something new. He attributed it sort of like a cat, although he was glad the man didn't start sniffing him. Nol would simply wait patiently for the man to respond.

Nol had a dark red jacket on, instead of his usual shirtless self. He only had his knife on him, strapped around his waist, and hopefully this man wouldn't take this as a threat. He didn't think the man would, as the man seemed confident in his power. He might have some sort of defensive power, or perhaps a power that simply rendered most melee weapons useless against him. Whatever it was, Nol would simply keep his arms to his sides, sort of at attention like one of the military. This wasn't because of respect or anything, it was simply how he came up to behave when he was speaking to people. There was no need to slouch and such.

As Nol bowed Hiim was immediately reminded of Japanese culture, which brought him to black culture...odd trains of thoughts were common when the symbiote was out, but it was only there for a split second before being carried away on a sea of dis jumbled thoughts, senses, and emotions.

Now there was a question, just what was Hiim doing here on this day? He was not sure, he had really been popping all over the place lately in search of things to do, experiences to be had, however no answer would be soon in coming. It took the span of a few seconds before the two in one would answer. Regardless the brain inside the suit was judging the appearance of the other, seemed to be ex-military, much too stiff almost robotic. He was definately a super to be sure, or else Hiim would not have taken interest in the first place. Now how did the symbiote know you might ask, well unlike the other three people he had done this to today Nol was the first one who hadn't shuffled back, screamed, or ran which meant he was used to someone with his appearance. This of course brough the train of thought to an old colleague of his, Nameless, boy that mass of shadows was too serious too. If only Ray could have match the two together he would have solved a riddle, but the thoughts were not connected and as such he simply answered the aforementioned question.

"We're looking for something, someone, well let's just say it's more of a vacation" the two seemed to fight over control of the sentence and indeed the voice itself as it twisted and meandered becoming mostly ray and then mostly the symbiote but not finding the harmony they had earlier.

It seemed that the beings inside the man's body, or his head, or wherever the separate being was, were both either fighting over control, or simply not in sync with each other, when they would decide to tell him what they were doing there. Once Nol learned he wasn't hostile, he sort of relaxed, and the familiar smirk went on his face again. This guy was a bit strange, he could tell, but that made it all the more fun. Nol simply smirked a little wider at the man's statements. They were having a vacation and also looking for someone or something. Very strange, but still it seemed that he was interested enough to take a break and see what Nol was doing. "Well, it doesn't seem like you want to be violent, so I can stop acting all proper. Watsup man? I'm looking for something too. I'm looking for any info on those spheres and whatever the phoenix is that's coming to Earth. Not sure if anyone's going to have info on it, but it's worth a try asking around, especially with super beings." Nol didn't see how asking around so bluntly was bad, as the phoenix seemed to want to destroy the world, and people didn't really like to die, so hopefully people would be more inclined to help than to hinder.

Nol started leaning casually back onto the tree, and looked around at all the humans. It seemed this city was rather boring, and this guy made it a bit more interesting, Nol would bet on it. It was fairly warm outside, but it seemed that dark clouds overhead would soon start making it rain. This meant that a lot of the people would start getting umbrellas or being inside, and it would soon be a bit quieter around them. Nol watched as what seemed like the first rain droplet fell and hit the ground.

"Not violent with you" the symbiote cut in quickly before listening yet again, he wanted to clarify that as they both had a tendancy to explode into violence at the drop of a hat. "Well I remember a sphere, saved a guy outta it back when I worked with Flash and Nameless. While back, fun times. As for that Phoenix, well she'll get hers" Ray said afterwards just him this time the symbiote not interjecting it's voice into the conversation. Too busy playing mind sweeper or some such app in the mind of Hiim. It had been quite a time since he had last saw any of them, he had tried to visit Flash but that was no good. Quite a clusterfuck that one turned out to be Ray thought with an internal sigh. Still it was good that he was not fighting for once the blows got repetitive and frankly the symbiote was gonna have to do more of it very damn soon, too soon there was no time left and all that was left now was to assemble the pieces.

It seemed the man was quick to interject to the topic of violence. The man said that he wasn't violent towards Nol, which was more specificity than one would usually need. This lead Nol to believe that he was violent towards a lot of other people, or perhaps he just wanted to kill someone currently, and Nol was sort of relieved it wasn't him. Info gathering usually didn't mean fighting, and Nol simply didn't want to have to deal with that right then. The man went on to say that he knew Nameless, which was a bit of a surprise. It seemed that they were in some sort of fight, and this man rescued someone. Well, it was a small planet after all, and it seemed that a lot of the super beings were getting to know each other, but Nol would keep his knowledge about Nameless a secret for now, as the man seemed to be going on some sort of tangent about his previous encounters. It also seemed that this man's mental state was fractured, due to whatever was inside of his body or head, so he couldn't even be used as reliable information gathering. He seemed to have a plan for the phoenix, which seemed okay, Nol didn't, he was simply recon currently. This man seemed a bit more prepared, but unwilling to discuss secrets of the plan to Nol, which was understandable. Nol wouldn't share any plans he had with a complete stranger, who knows what sort of person wanted to ruin them just for the sake of messing with someone? Nol was about done, it seemed this man wanted to do something more interesting, and Nol had places to be, people to interrogate and squeeze for information, so he would simply leave.

"Alright, later man, I hope we meet again sometime, maybe have some fun. But right now, I have to go, have info to gather." Nol would flick a two fingered wave towards the man, and then walk towards the subway. It seemed that it was the most reliable way of transportation in this city.

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"I'm sure we will" the symbiote said with a bow by the time he turned to the upright standing position however he had simply vanished as if he was never there to begin with.

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