Nikolai's Old Room at the Arms, Tuesday Night

[gunslingerpose]

Nikolai hadn't really been planning on staying in Los Angeles when he'd left the island for Thanksgiving, but then he had. Which meant, inevitably, that a heaping crapload of his stuff had been left behind... not the least of which being his bike.

Aaand all of his DVDs. And half of his heroing equipment. His spare helmet. A few books. His weights...

So, this was his last pit-stop on the island, and he'd enlisted Allie's help. After all, even if he'd been out taking hits of energy from criminals out in Balitmore (he hadn't), there wasn't much of a chance that he'd be able to pack up and carry everything back home through a portal on his own.

"I'm thinking," he said thoughtfully, "that maybe I just leave the movies behind. I have most of these back in L.A. too."

[OOC: For the vampire!]

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[gunslingerpose]

"Pay extra close attention to the eyes," Nick joked. "I have trouble getting the eyes right."

For some reason.

He took another look around, dusted off his hands, and pulled himself to his feet.

"I think that's most of it. Furniture's not mine, it belongs to the hotel, so it's really just down to my clothes, and whatever else I have sitting around. Easy."

[allie-vamp.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, easy." Which came out a little more melancholy then Allie intended. She tried to hide it by forcing a grin. "I'm glad the furniture stays. I may have the strength but I still don't feel like hauling your bed down all the stairs on the island."

[gunslingerpose]

Nick gave her a bit of a wry smile. Yeah, he didn't miss that melancholy, there.

"We'll just limit it to my weights, then. And hell, we can make multiple trips out of it, if you don't mind stashing my things somewhere for me. I just can't leave them here. Mary needs this room back sooner or later."

[allie-vamp.livejournal.com]

"There's room at my place," she assured him. "It's not like I have to worry about messing up my decorating scheme."

[gunslingerpose]

"Which is..." Nick pursed his lips a little, thinking. "Books? Books is a decorating scheme, right?"

He was pretty sure books counted. It seemed like every other week, the radio had been reporting about her reading this or that.

"Little bit like Westerns, maybe?"

[allie-vamp.livejournal.com]

Allie grinned. "I've been going for that lived in library look. I think I've managed to pull it off."

[gunslingerpose]

"You know, I don't think I could tell you what a lived in library is supposed to look like? But if we make a pit-stop by there to drop off whatever you don't mind keeping around, that'll be that much less to carry before we get to moving the bike..."

Moving the bike was the part they were both most looking forward to, wasn't it?

[allie-vamp.livejournal.com]

"Sounds like a plan. Then we can hit the road."

The ride was the fun part of the whole situation.

[gunslingerpose]

Probably beat hauling weights around town, at least.

"Well, then let's grab what we've got and get going. Most of the rest of this is boxed up, anyway. Whatever gets left behind, fuck it, present for whoever cleans the room or stays in here next."

They'd probably super appreciate two pairs of shoes in Nikolai's size and whatever was growing new life in the kitchenette area!

[allie-vamp.livejournal.com]

"I'm sure they're going to appreciate it." Or not. But that wasn't Allie's problem.

Allie stacked a few of the heavier boxes and lifted them easily. "Grab the door and let's go."

[gunslingerpose]

"Got it," Nick replied, loading up and then shouldering the door open.

A little while later, after what was staying behind had been left behind, they were walking up to the island's parking lot.

Now, he'd thank Allie to not laugh at him too hard when he spotted his bike and made a beeline for it.

"Oh, baby, baby I've missed you..."

Sometimes a man just needed a moment with his motorbike, okay?

[allie-vamp.livejournal.com]

"Should I leave you two alone for a few minutes?" Allie grinned.

[gunslingerpose]

"Oh, nono, I think I can keep it in my pants at least until I can find a dark alleyway to take her into," Nick countered, throwing a cheeky smirk over his shoulder. "Just had to let her know she's loved, is all."

She's still a motorbike, Nick.

[allie-vamp.livejournal.com]

Allie stuck her tongue out at him. "Way more then I needed to know, Nick."

[gunslingerpose]

And Nick was going to just laugh shamelessly as the portal opened nearby.

"This is what happens when you encourage me, Allie," he teased. "Straight to the gutter. You ready to see L.A., or are you going to need a minute to rinse your mind out with bleach?"

[allie-vamp.livejournal.com]

Still shaking her head, Allie walked over to the bike. "I'm ready for L.A., the question is, is it ready for me?"

[gunslingerpose]

"L.A. doesn't stand a chance," Nick laughed. "And I'm pretty sure in my line of work, that's the whole damn point. I can't wait to introduce you to some of my regular shitheads. I've only been at this a few weeks, and already there are regulars. It's great."

Kept him entertained, anyway.

[allie-vamp.livejournal.com]

"Can I make them cry by playing the scary vampire?"

Somewhere out in space, Kaidan just sighed heavily for some unknown reason.

[gunslingerpose]

"I make them cry by doing that already," Nick noted, climbing up onto the bike and tossing her a helmet before pulling on his own. "But then, I don't have the teeth. I'm pretty sure they'd piss themselves if I did."

He kind of envied the teeth. Still.

"Hop on and let's get going, then."

[allie-vamp.livejournal.com]

Allie pulled on the helmet and settled herself behind Nick on the bike. "The teeth and the sword. You have your image. I have mine."

[gunslingerpose]

"Between the two of us, I don't think they ever really know what hit them," Nick decided, smirking as he started the bike. "They don't know if they've been bested by a ninja or a cowboy. Either way, so long as they get the impression that they're lucky we didn't kill their stupid asses, I'm happy."

He'd be twice as happy if they'd take a hint and stay out of gang crime entirely, but he couldn't win 'em all.

[allie-vamp.livejournal.com]

"I feel like this is the beginning of a buddy movie," Allie laughed, taking hold of his waist just to be on the safe side.

[gunslingerpose]

"I know a guy I could pitch that to," Nick chuckled, and then pulled the bike out of the parking lot, driving straight for the portal. Hell yes, he'd spent money on the direct route. There was no damn way he was going to risk a stopover trip with his bike in tow. A few seconds later, they were through the portal, dropped off in a dark, empty alley.

He didn't want to draw too much attention when he wasn't even in costume, after all.

"If Ratguy can do it, I don't see why the hell we can't."

[allie-vamp.livejournal.com]

Allie shook her head. Despite how many portal trips she'd taken, she'd never get completely used to them. Curiously she looked around. "A dark alley. Damn Nick, you always take me to the nicest places."

[gunslingerpose]

Nick just laughed as he looked over his shoulder again.

"They're not used to portals around here," he pointed out. "I mean, shit, people still freak the hell out whenever a new hero crawls out of the woodwork. We can make headlines showing up next time, if I'm in costume. How's that sound?"

Gorgon, thinking with portals.

"So far as alleyways in L.A. go, this one's one of the nicer ones." He nodded upward, toward the nearest wall. "My apartment's in that building right there."