New York, New York. One of the most booming cities in the entire world, it had always strained under immense overcrowding, poverty, and crime. The actionn is hot and intense, the night life and edge of your seat ride. Buisness booms and hobos sleep under benchs blocks away from one another. Yet somehow, it remains; an example of the limits humanity can be pushed to, a succesful exsperiment. Or at least it was, until somebody tampered with the fibers of being of the city, as well as humanity itself.
It struck Daniel odd how a city so full of people could be so inhuman. A car nearly plows a guy, her runs, and then life goes as normal. The crime in the streets runs unabridged because no one has the guts to anything about. Well, he admited this for him wasa bit of a hypocritical thought, and that , maybe he needed to fill that roll. But that would be another days battle. Today, he had to get to the Pennignton Co. They were exspert designers of the home industry and if he could get his art in there, he might gain some graft.
Of coarse getting throught hte streets of New York by bicycle is extremely difficult. Daniel growled, "If a wreck my bike I'm gonna get through this traffic!" A skater punk, using those new fancy "Hovers" rocketed past and knock him over. He barely avoiding his artwork samples from falling into the gutter. He raised his fist, "Watch where you're going..." the sighed, "man I need a pair of those..." He remounted his bike and finally got through the last two blocks, approaching the ediface of the building.
Pennigton Co. was huge, every since their founder laid the basis for the agency. There was supposedly a movement in there nowadays to take it back to "humanitarian routs" whatever that ment for a CO. like this. The building was a glossy sea-green due to the tinting on its windows and its shape resembled something like an upright pencil. Yeah it looked good alright. Nearly as good as the girl who was going to meat him.
Don't get the wrong impression, Daniel didn't love Anna Charlene Peters, but with her blue-gray eyes, flaming red hair, and hourglss frame, she was attractive. The fact she was wearing a well-fitting buisness suit didn't hurt either. However, this meating was strictly buisness amoungst aquaintences. As the head of the art team, she could help him alot.
Daniel approached her after parking his bike, running for she looked bored standing in front of the turnstyle doors, "Hey, I've got your artwork!" Anna smiled, gingerly releiving Daniel of his folder and picking out a random peice. It was of a woman, fondly eyeing a wine glass. She sat in low light, the table with flowers and wine bottle resting on it, a solitary spotlight on an empty chair. She smirked, "Not bad kid. A bit dark for the family motive, but maybe you've got some variety hmm?" Daniel answered regretably, "Well yeah, I mean i tend to be a little dark but I'm felxible. I draw brighter things every now and then, and can do it more if that's what you need." Suddently she gasped. Daniel grinned, she had pulled out the angels. He had spent months on that peice, a flock of near perfect featured, yet varied in appearence angels. They were male and female, black and white, old and young, but all had an unearthly glow to their beings. She shoved the picture in his face. "This, can you give me more of this Danny?" He nodded, "Yeah, sure. You want to take it for reveiw." She blew out air in a "pfft" sound, "Well duh! I'll call when they say they like it kid." The she walked in and was gone. Daniel jumped with a cry, "Yeah!" and turned, someone stole his bike. He frowned, but shrugged, "Such is life around here.
He began to walk home but heard a cry from and alley way. whoever screamed was very effeminate, or else very young. Danny sighed and closed his eyes. he couldn't stand it anymore. He WAS different, its like Ben Parker had told his nephew in the SPiderman comics, "With great power comes great responsibility." Daniel felt the guilt, and could deal with it no more. He let himself fade into a intangible nothing and flew up to locate where the sound was coming from. Normally flying humans are odd, but Daniel was invisible, so he didn't have to wory about this abnormallity, like a lot of undead spirts don't. Yeah he had power alright, and it creeped him out sometimes.
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