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[powerdealer]

After yesterday's giant lizard fiasco, Seth went to the clinic for rifties where he occasionally helps out, figured they might need an extra hand what with recent events.

Sure enough, there were several people coming in with some nasty cuts, concussions, even one broken arm, and that's just the people who didn't feel safe going to Romac or the rebels for medical help. Thankfully there didn't seem to be any life-threatening injuries - at least Gabriel must have kept an eye out for anything that bad.

Even so, it's not a particularly thrilled Seth who makes his way to his friend's apartment the next morning. He doesn't even bother knocking, just phases right through the front door and then into Gabe's bedroom, tossing a newspaper at his face to wake him up.

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[has_a_horn]

"You don't know, it could be some I earned. In respectable ways." He holds the door open for Seth, an amused smile on his face. "I was painting walls for a while there." Though he's not really doing that anymore. He probably should have quit at some point, but he'd gotten caught up with other things and forgotten about it. He's probably been fired by now.

[powerdealer]

"So basically, it would be money you still have because you haven't paid for anything else?" he counters as he heads inside. Not that Seth particularly cares about the finer details and moral implications. As far as he can tell, Gabe doesn't take from anyone who can't afford it, which is good enough for him.

"And speaking of paying back things, you still owe me a power," he adds.

[has_a_horn]

"Oh, do I?" He hasn't forgotten, but there haven't really been many interesting or useful powers in his orbit lately. Also, he hasn't been out looking very hard at all.

The waitress waves them in and Gabe plops himself down in the first booth available, already reaching for a menu.

[powerdealer]

"You do," Seth affirms as he drops down across from him, though he's not entirely convinced Gabe doesn't know that. "Preferably, of course, from some jackass who deserves to have it taken away." It's always more satisfying that way, like it's not just selfishness.

[has_a_horn]

"Or someone that wants rid of it." Gabriel flips open the menu, though he already has a good idea of what he wants. He's not going to object if they do find some jackass to drag a power from. In fact, he'll definitely enjoy it.

He flips his menu down a bit to level Seth with his best put-upon look. "You know I can't sense powers, right? Have em use it or think about it, and I can pick up on it," He shrugs. "but we can't just go out shopping."

[powerdealer]

Problem is, of course, that anyone who wants to get rid of their power doesn't usually have a good one.

Seth picks up a menu, checking to see what kind of breakfast food they have. "Honestly? At this point I'm surprised when you're not able to do something," he answers. Especially after yesterday's display. "There's someone at Romac who can do that... Sense powers, I mean."

[has_a_horn]

He levels Seth with a glare. He's not all that enthused with this take-someone's-power thing, but he especially doesn't like even the smallest of suggestions that they go to ROMAC. "I hope you're not expecting me to do another raid on ROMAC so you can steal some guy's power. It wouldn't go well." Did he say another? Yeah, that's probably not information he's shared with Seth before now.

[powerdealer]

Seth drops the menu to hold his hands up defensively. It only takes a moment for the 'another' to catch up with him too, but he's not actually surprised. In fact he'd kind of had his suspicions. He keeps his ear to the ground when it comes to the Rift-related activities in the city, and anyone even a little bit up to date on Romac news heard about that attack. He hadn't been able to get confirmation it was Gabriel, but a few things had clued him in a little bit. (And he's not entirely comfortable with it, but he's not about to bring up Gabriel probably murdering quite a few people right at the moment. Though he's prepared to believe he had his reasons.)

"Not at all. Would rather prefer not to, in fact. I am trying to lie reasonable low, you know?" he answers, picking up the menu again. He tries to avoid reckless behavior, and he doesn't really want to mess with the group that has probably the most power.

"Anyway, I was just making conversation, cause like I said, someone who deserves it. To my knowledge, she doesn't - and yeah, it's a girl, not a guy. Took over as Rift expert after that other guy disappeared." Which... was also in relation to that raid he's thinking of, so he might be watching Gabe a little more closely than usual.

[has_a_horn]

Oh right. Her. Too bad she wasn't around when Gabriel was there the last time. He would have like to prove her right for fearing anyone as powerful as him. He can't imagine that she'd make as good of a rift expert as Topher had been. If she had taken over, they're probably still not one hundred percent back to the organization they had been. As for the Topher's disappearance...Gabriel isn't going to comment. In fact, he's suspiciously tight lipped about the whole thing. "Well, you find someone, you let me know."

"Oh, I did want to ask you-" Gabriel is interrupted by the waitress coming over to take their order. He orders a stack of pancakes with strawberries and whipped cream, then tucks the menu back in its spot.

[powerdealer]

Gabriel completely refraining from commenting is also a tip-off, yeah, though Seth isn't intending to push the subject. He doesn't need to know, doesn't really want to know the details. In his line of work, he's learnt not to ask too many questions he doesn't want to know the answers to.

He ends up just ordering the same thing as Gabe, for simplicity. "Ask me what?" he inquires after the waitress disappears.

[has_a_horn]

"How's your other place working out for ya? I was thinking of buying out my building, offering up places for people to stay." He sets his elbows up on the table and puts on a smile. "Feel free to keep the couch space. The staying over thing was about me being there right?"

He shrugs, "But there's gonna be a place available for you. If you want it."

[powerdealer]

Seth smiles and gives a half-shrug to the deduction about why he sometimes stays on the couch - which basically translates to an admittance. It's not like he needed a place to sleep, or that the couch was particularly comfy, no. But after that long stint of being locked up, and being generally a bit paranoid, sometimes it's nice to have someone he trusts (at least more than most people) and who's powerful enough to protect him.

Then again, if he's next to Gabe's apartment or something, he could just walk through the wall if necessary.

After thinking about it for a few moments, he gives a nod. "Might be good. My place is nice, but it's not exactly cheap."