Someone That Shouldn't be Here (Matrim)

[Matrim Gallagher]

The wound was actually kinda gross, he was wondering if the kid might need to get everything checked up on by a doctor, but it seemed that the kid wasn't going to have it this way, "Ewwy.... bet that probably hurt a bit...."

"You would have looked just like me! To an extent..." He said and Matrim looked up at his hair with a smile on his face.

"Actually, it was a lot shorter, yours is a bit longer than mine was. At least the back and sides and stuff, my bangs were pretty long... kinda spiked them with gel and stuff.. in the end my girlfriend talked me into dying my hair back to it's natural color and I just sorta let it grow out from there..." He said, running his right hand through his hair. He liked it like this, and people seemed to think he looked good even though it was kind of girly, but it beat the short spikey blue hair that everybody seemed to dislike.

Of course, I loved the blue hair.... oh well, this is good too...

"So why in the world would anyone stab a guy like you?"

[Arkady Awren]

"So why in the world would anyone stab a guy like you?"

He was a freerunner and most drug deals in the city were processed in multi story garages. Said garages are also a great site for freerunning and he happened to be doing so on his way to school. He didn't want to draw upon a long and complex story so he put it simply...

"I guess they were just a bit jealous of how awesome I am..."

True story, some people just seek vengeance upon those they envy. When you are faced against a knife without one of your own, you take their's, right? Everyone makes mistakes and one slip up cost him a day of school. Not that he would mind missing a day of school, but he made it anyways and it cost him.

"You know? Some people... Geez. I had to do some of my own work on it, but it's fine for now. Soooo... Who's your girlfriend? I bet I know her... I've got quite the set of connections..."

He began to twiddle his hair and chew on his bottom lip when he asked his question. He wasn't going to know her, but it'd go for a great joke later. He was completely new after all, he had only met so many people...

[Matrim Gallagher]

"I guess they were just a bit jealous of how awesome I am... You know? Some people... Geez. I had to do some of my own work on it, but it's fine for now. Soooo... Who's your girlfriend? I bet I know her... I've got quite the set of connections..."

"Well, fiancee really," Matrim said with a small smile on his face, "Reira DeMorvick is her name. I've been through a lot with her, and now we are going to get married. Well, eventually. Haven't set a date yet or anything like that."

The guy was twiddling his hair and chewing on his lip which was a very strange habit. Matrim decided to ask something that was a little off-topic. Something he needed to know for the future, "So... what are your opinions on gangs and gang wars and all that sorta stuff?"

[Arkady Awren]

"So... what are your opinions on gangs and gang wars and all that sorta stuff?"

Quick to change the topic to what you want, eh? Well from what Arkady could see, he was either nervous about his fiancee or nervous about his opinions on gangs. Arkady was a man of mixed opinions, constantly changing ideas and raging influences within himself so he had to spit out something cryptic in response to the question.

"Gangs are simply an excuse to put oneself in a leadership position that has not been earned, they are far more different than actual organizations that go under the title of a gang. This place has some pretty crazy information networking though, as if nothing is considered suspicious anymore... They are monotony with spice, they have no meaning other than to attract attention and as humans they must fight to exhibit the strength or weakness of one another ."[/color]

If that was too complicated for the Captain, Arkady could definitely put it into more layman's terms, but he actually lacked an understanding of what a layman was so he wouldn't say it as such. As if anyone actually knows what a layman is, perhaps a man that gets satiates himself by laying down. Maybe a really lame guy that talked too fast so all his friends would hear was 'That was pretty layman...' or something like that. Either way, by the end of his monologue Arkady was interested in why the Captain had brought up the point of gangs again.

"So why do you bring up the point of gangs and that ilk again? Why must you pain me with the memory of my near death experience... Why Captain? Why?"

[Matrim Gallagher]

"Because at this school there are gangs. And it's as you say, people with a false sense of importance with the intentions to fill their determination. I was just thinking of the people who get hurt by gangs," Matrim said, "The people that will get hurt by them should something take place between them. How strangely enough, the only way to be safe from a gang fight might be to form yet another gang. Almost like countries and war with their Allies. You might need another nation to ally yourself with in time of war, to prevent other countries from always trying to invade you. The only other way to avoid this would be to have overwhelming power. But even then, not everbody could have overwhelming power, or else it wouldn't be overwhelming. Which means the weak may get hurt...."

Matrim stopped and laughed, "I guess I'm just rambling here. I don't know, let us talk of happier things friend. How do you like the vast selection of good foods in a single city? It's pretty strange in America, even stranger in California, you can get good Italian food, good Thai food, and good Mexican food within a single city block. It's really quite remarkable...."

I'm powerful enough to stand on my own, but it's kids like this that may not be. Kids like Aurora. Then there are ones like Sara who don't know when to quit....

[Arkady Awren]

"I guess I'm just rambling here. I don't know, let us talk of happier things friend. How do you like the vast selection of good foods in a single city? It's pretty strange in America, even stranger in California, you can get good Italian food, good Thai food, and good Mexican food within a single city block. It's really quite remarkable...."

It was true, he was rambling like a mad man, but his thought process was true and open. It was people like this that Arkady liked, people who were able to speak their minds without confrontation. Oh wait... Busted jaw... Atonement... Maybe he was a bit too open.

"I usually don't go out for dinner, I keep it to what the Motherland has blessed me with the ability to create. If you didn't make it, don't take it, you know?"

How any guy could live without being able to cook was beyond him. The ability to cook was one thing that women definitely enjoyed. Arkady also had the excuse that he didn't quite know where all the good places were. He enjoyed his own cooking though and his family back home did as well, being the only in his family capable of cooking.

"So, how does a school person such as your self roll out the dough to get to eat at fancy places anyways? I come across no moolah around this place. Not even a grocery store would hire me... Me! A foreign man with silly accent!"

[Matrim Gallagher]

"A person such as myself has royalty checks as well as a large amount of inherited money," Matrim said pulling out his credit card. It was black and metallic, "The black card, a credit card with a minimum yearly spending amount. I have to spend two hundred and fifty thousand dollars a year just to keep this thing. It's actually kind of hard for me to spend that much, I leave the keys in my motorcycle hoping somebody will steal it so I have an excuse to buy another one. But no such luck.... two years ago I was 100k down so I just donated 100k to charity, helped with the taxes, helped with the card."

Of course I was sixteen years old back then.... and sort of trying to hide from people....

"As for getting a job, the economy sucks but I'm sure I could help you find something," Matrim said, leaning back, "Heck, you should apply here! I bet you'd make a mad smoothie. Not to mention you seem like a good choice for customer service. You are friendly, really cheery, and you have good taste in smoothies. Seems like a perfect fit to me."

Matrim chuckled a little at this but he was mostly serious. He then asked Arkady one more question, "So what if a gang was more like an organization. What if it was more like... like a shelter with different aspects to it. The people who want to keep out of gangs, those who would protect those people that are members of the gang, and those who would seek to stop any other gangs from hatching their evil plans for taking over the world or whatever it is they are planning to do."

[Arkady Awren]

"Heck, you should apply here! I bet you'd make a mad smoothie. Not to mention you seem like a good choice for customer service. You are friendly, really cheery, and you have good taste in smoothies. Seems like a perfect fit to me."

Arkady's eyes lit up with joy at the recommendation, the smoothie place would be the perfect job for Arkady. He turned to express the idea to the barmaid, but she was already equipped with an application as well as a bored look. He took the application with gusto and took out a stylus, seemingly made of bone, to begin his applying.

"So what if a gang was more like an organization. What if it was more like... like a shelter with different aspects to it. The people who want to keep out of gangs, those who would protect those people that are members of the gang, and those who would seek to stop any other gangs from hatching their evil plans for taking over the world or whatever it is they are planning to do."

Arkady had nothing to think about, the question was simple to answer and he was doing something else at the time. Not too hard to multitask on such a low mental mental strain, right?

"Well then it'd be an organization, wouldn't it? A gang is defined as a group of people longing for purpose, while an organization has a purpose to meet a goal, such as... Preventing evil plans from being hatched. It's all evolution... And point of view. Evil is good to the enemy while you are the essence of destruction to them."

[Matrim Gallagher]

"Yup. Good is always the side you're on. What's good for you is bad for them and what's bad for them is good for you. Just like politics between countries really, and the leaders of the gangs are usually just as two faced and self serving. So think of me as trying to.... establish the U.N." He said, realizing how that was actually a fairly decent metaphor. After all, he wasn't going to hunt down gangs and destroy them or anything like that, not necessarily. He was just going to make sure they didn't do things considered wrong, or try to take over students or anything like that. He'd prevent gang wars hopefully.

"In any case, it's good to know that." He said, taking out a pen he grabbed a napkin and managed to write his cell number on it. He pushed it forward to Arkady before getting up and picking up the now emptied cup, "I should go. But keep in touch, if you need help with anything, anything at all, call me. I'll seek you out once this thing starts becoming more than just an idea. In any case, I'll talk to you later."

Once Arkady said goodbye back to him Matrim would throw away his trash and leave.