Zone C -- Megacity One

[Strazio Rockwell]

Strazio kept one eye on the dark-skinned man that stood before him. Something buried just below the surface layer of consciousness kept scratching at the inside of his skull. Perhaps it was just exhaustion. Perhaps not. Not that it mattered. They shared a common goal and that was enough for the Avatar to bridge the uneasy gap of unfamiliarity. He exposed his back to the stranger and lead the way. There was that split second of tension, the kind of tension where you hand someone a loaded gun and have them point it at your head. Yeah, that kind of tension, that relinquishing of control.
 
The mansion itself looked a lot better on the outside than it did on the inside. Water spots stained the ceiling and in one corner the floor had given way to a sinkhole. Several scraps of furniture littered the main atrium and Strazio chose to park his ass atop an overturned desk. Tearan followed and stood several feet from the mage.
 
“You’re injured,” Tearan observed.
 
Strazio spit up a pearl of red slime, “yeah, well, shit happens, you should see the guys that did this to me, one of them’s a real heartless bastard you know that?”
 
“You are wary, you think I mean to bring you to harm?”
 
“I don’t know,” Strazio said, “how about you tell me what you mean to bring?”
 
The dark-skinned stranger closed his eyes. There was a slight, almost inaudible, vibration in the air. It was at this moment that Strazio realized he couldn’t move. A warm feeling washed over his flesh and he tried to break free from the man’s grip. His wounds writhed and began to evaporate, months worth of recuperation done within seconds. While it wasn’t a complete recovery, his hand was still M.I.A. he was still leagues better than he had been moments ago.
 
“Well fuck,” Strazio said, examining his recovered body, “that’s one hell of an introduction, what’s your name?”
 
“You may call me Tearan,” the Shadow answered.
 
Strazio unclipped two vials from his belt. He tossed the blue-filled potions towards his newfound friend.
 
“Name’s Strazio Rockwell, Defender of Darkshire, it isn’t much but those’ll give you back some of your juice,” he said and turned towards the door, “one thing you should know about me before we get started, I like to play rough, I like to play very rough.”

Using Tearan's "Temporal Regeneration Augmentation" Strazio and Tearan will each recover 6 points of HP. Tearan will expend 6 SP and in return Strazio gives him 2 elixers.