3 sBorrowing Cashs (1/2)
t'd been a few minutes since I had first arrived in New York - I started wandering the streets, sticking close to the nearest ATM's, I was keen to tryout my ”abilities” I would be lying to say that I wasn't at least a bit skeptical that I was imagining all that had happened to me recently - but I was in no situation to complain considering where I was just mere minutes ago.
I chuckled to myself thinking my brothers had probably recieved news by now that I was gone, they were probably panicking looking for me everywhere; it wasn't as if I could do anything to redeem myself however - I was already considered a criminal, if I returned to Britain I'd be confronted as soon as I got to the airport, ”Fuck.” I silently swore to myself, I couldn't do anything with my current identity - despite not having any influence here I was still a criminal if I got caught I would be screwed..
Silently cursing myself I continued to walk, it was lucky I hadn't tried to use my name for anything - not that I could with my lack of funds. But in this country there was bound to be someone listening even if you didn't think they were, I could almost see the headlines my brothers would have had printed spreading to the US in recent weeks it would take a miracle for there to be no one in this city that hadn't seen it.
As I was walking I wasn't paying attention to the strret in front of me causing me to walk straight into a man, roughly mid-thirties walking in the opposite direction, ”What the fuck!” He shouted at me, his phone had come out his hand and hit the street - luckily for me it hadn't recieved any noticable damage apart from a few scratch marks. I sighed in relief as I finished examining the phone the man was picking up before noticing his clothing, he was carrying a suitcase and wearing a suit - Jackpot I thought to myself, grinning to myself before putting on a pained expression. ”What the hell?! Look where you're walking!” I screamed at the man, it was obvious I was the one in the wrong but no one around us seemed to have noticed, instead a crowd was forming.
Good, I laughed inwardly, the bigger the crowd the better - ”I could've been seriously injuried just now! I have frail bones - if I hit the floor I wouldn't be getting back up! Do you want that on your mind!?” I continued to screech at him like a wounded banshee, this was a little trick I had picked up a while ago - play the victim when you're the one at fault. I smiled thinking back to when I had been conned almost £1000 because of this trick, at the time it was infuriating but I had to thank the man who had done it - it was simply ingenious when in a situation such as mine.
”I-i-This is your fault!” The man was clearly flustered as he shotued back, but his voice was clearly much more quiet than when he had first shouted at me, was it my fault? I was on my phone but I was sure to make sure no one was in front of me.. Various thoughts ran through the mans head as he started questioning the events that had taken place - I smiled to myself this was too easy, no wonder I had been tricked so easily - I had begun to doubt myself and that was where I went wrong, such as this guy here, if you shouted louder and sound more confident in your answer the more likely you are to be believed.”What?! My fault? Look at me? You think I can afford to suffer any injuries that could potentially disable me for life?!” It should be noted it was important to continue playing the sympathy card with situations such as these - invent an injury that could potentially disable you to cause your ”victim” to panic.
”Bu-but! I didn't!” The crowd began to whisper among themselves about the man, ”Tch another idiot absorbed in their phone, he's dressed so professionally as well - who'd guess he'd just be another idiot.” and similar things were being said, honestly if I was a bystander I'd be laughing at the mans misfortune myself. ”What do you want..” He mumbled under his breath, with all the surrounding noise I barely heard him, his face had gone bright red and it was obvious he wanted to get out of here as soon as possible - I glanced out the corner of my eye to look at the ATM, moving my eyes back to face him making sure that I wasn't being obvious I put on a pained expression and mumbled something about him being an asshole, making his face turn an even brighter shade of red but by this point is was probably due to the anger more than the embarrassement. ”Cash, $500 in cash and I won't press charges.” I said to his face - he sighed in relief at this, it seemed he was expecting me to ask for more than that but $500 was within the range of what he could handle.
”Okay.. I need to use the ATM, here's $300, I'll withdraw the other $200 give me a minute.” With that he passed me a bundle of bills from his wallet and walked over to the ATM, the crowd slowly dissapating seeing the situation being resolved.
A short minute later the man walked back to me, obviously having calmed down he handed me the $200 and walked off - obviously relieved the situation was over like that. Grinning to myself I walked into the nearest alley eager to try out some my new powers. ”Meld” I whispered, touching the shadows on the wall of a building, instantly it was if I had entered a different space - everythingwas shrouded in darkness but there were some placed that were full of brightness, these were what I assumed to be the places without shadow - my theory was proved right as cars passed through the spot and the darkness started to ”move” creating new light.
Just like the ability said moving felt like I had done it all my life, it was a weird experience because I knew I'd never done anything like this before but here I was moving through shadows, it wasn't something anyone would experience in their lifetime normally. I felt that if I wanted to I could even move up the side of buildings as long as there was a shadow there I could move anywhere within this space, it felt so refreshing..
Quickly pulling myself back to reality I remembered my objective in being here, I began to run after the man who had left just a short while ago, it didn't take me long to find him - although he was shrouded in darkness, I had ran past several of these ”Shadows” on the way here, I still recognized him. ”I guess these are what shadows are then.. literally they're walking shadows. ”Stop.” I said to him, moving in front of him but he just walked around me, I was confused as to why my ability didn't work - I moved in front of him to try again, I kept thinking of what I need to say... Ruler.. Ah!