Dakota Sanchez
The light was dimming as Dakota rubbed the back of his head his arm aching from the fight in the pub, as he did so he noticed he still had blood on his face since it crackled from his skin dry and hardened from the warm air. Rolling his eyes he moved to rub it off his face, he didnāt like looking injured in front of the other Karakuri, especially the girls. Oliver he could live with, but for some reason he just didnāt want to give any girls a reason to want to nurse after him or something, screaming and crying women always scared him since he was clueless on how to act.
A small smile lingered at the corner of his lips, he really did use to be useless when it came to comforting people, especially back then, when he still had a normal life before the Karakuri.
"Got kicked out of another one?" Suddenly a voice that was so familiar he didnāt even need to look at the owner appeared beside him. He had heard her shoes clicking on the cobbles of the street so expected her to greet him. . "Can't really blame you for this one though. If you hadn't gotten to them first, I probably would have beaten the crap out them myself." Diane continued casually making him frown, itās not like he wanted to be kicked of pubs all the time, why did he always have to run into the same kind of trouble in his favourite places.
Luck really wasnāt on his side.
Dakota didnāt feel a need to reply, he often didnāt to other people unless there was something he had to report, he liked to keep to himself so he knew Diane wouldnāt be offended by his silence. However when she lowered her voice handing him a letter with the Karakuri symbol he raised an eyebrow suspicious, she was supposed to go to this, isnāt that what leaders did? Oh well, he wasnāt one to question what her where her business took her.
āI wouldnāt even bother opening it Diane unless it was a mission you wanted me to go on you know that.ā He said in reply to her comment about it being in code so that only Alessia and Oliver could understand. Before she disappeared from his sight though he managed to mumble a subtle āBe carefulā sighing tucking his hands in his pockets as he headed towards the cafe.
A small bell ringed when he entered making him yawn as he stood still for a moment to glance around, he got a few stares, probably because his cheek was beginning to bruise but it didnāt bother him. Sauntering across the Cafe he spotted Oliver, Alessia and a girl he didnāt recognise. This was his first meeting in a while; heād been on a mission for over a month and had only got back last week, so she was probably a new member.
Slumping onto one of the seat he lifted his chin in greeting instead of speaking then took out the letter and put it on the table āDiane asked me to give you thatā he looked to Oliver and Alessia to let them know he meant them. āShe had to be somewhere, donāt ask I donāt knowā he told them hoping not to get too many questions leaning back as he pulled out a packet of cigarettes and began to light one up.