A Damn Big Favor || Mia | Saga

Mia had been worried, not too worried but... worried all the same at Jaz's call. They didn't explain much but the two of them were at least on the level of a possible full weekend trip out to her cabin. She made arrangements the night before with the hero association for some emergency leave... which was a lot easier to get these days since they were looking for any excuse they could to get her off the streets whenever possible. They weren't about to offer her an early, EARLY retirement, but they took what they could get. Like that she had friday and monday off around the weekend and she'd gotten Freya to cover her route thursday. A light bit of packing and she was ready when Jaz showed up.

She heard the bell ring and, sensing that Jaz might be a little bit impatient, Mia trudged down the stairs, catching her maid Tori sitting on the couch watching TV in what was supposed to be the 'waiting area' of her hero offices. maybe this place'd get more use next year when sidekicks were a thing but for now it was pretty much just an additional common space. "Ay Tori we all square for the weekend right."

"Yep." She'd comment without looking back from the TV, Mia fiddling with her keys herself. She was wearing a canvas jacket, her old Stetson from back home wasn't worn but it was held by a string about her neck, a loose army green shirt and cargo pants as her ensemble for the ride to the cabin, her hero costume and some spare clothes packed away in her satchell with a few other things packed up already in the pickup truck down on the road level.

"Aight. I know you moved in the other week so I ain't changing the code or nuttin' before I leave. Just er..." She paused for a moment, then sighed. "Okay have a party or whatever you're gonna do just make sure the place is clean before I get back."

Tori took another sip of the... suspiciously clear liquid in a coffee mug, and held out her hand. Mia let out a light grunt through her nose and slapped a few more thousand yen in her hand before turning to leave. "You're lucky I keep you around you know!" She called back but with a more teasing tone.

"Yeeeeah you love me bitch."

The older, dark haired woman gave a wave to her boss as Mia reached the door, Mia slipping out and patting Jaz on the head, not breaking her stride as she started for the elevator. "Come on kid Pick-up's already out on the road downstairs. We should hit some good traffic if we don't dally." She'd hit the elevator button and wait for it to take them down, leaning her back against the inner wall of the elevator. "So... do I get to know anything before we get there or we stickin' all hush hush on this?" Jaz would know she trusted her on this... but she was still curious what could require a trip out like this.

Mia smirked as she ruffled Jaz's hair and got that playful little complaint on their way towards the elevator, crossing her arms and resting her back into the elevator wall, shifting to get comfortable as Jasmine started to go over what their trip might be entailing. She chuckled with an exhale through her nose, shaking her head as Jaz tried to brush off most of their trip like it was just gonna be the two of them hanging out at the cabin. "Oh don't worry I fixed most of the local landscape within the next few trips down there... I definitely wouldn't mind the electrical work though. I don't know what the fuck I'm doing there. Wouldn't even know where to begin.~" She offered across a warm and somewhat cheeky smile, taking another slow breath as she leaned her head back and listened to the rest.  "Aomori...?" She paused to ask, not too used to the geography of Japan outside of Tokyo. She had no idea how far away that was but if they needed a plane... "Girl you seen the size of me? Hope those tickets are first class or your in for an uncomfortable flight squeezed in next to me." She lightly teased, but with a bit more weight to her tone now, clearly taking this grander issue seriously now that such extreme travel was a factor.

But... the penny dropped, and it was clear as to why. Mia held her gaze forward for a moment, not too sure what to say for a second, she just let the decleration of sort... sit between them. Her shoulders sagged a little, relaxing but still feeling an odd weight to them at the same time. Mia was never one for deeper relationships like this, but... she knew from their talk when she returned how much Rin's dissapearance meant to Jaz.

"... I don't know how you know this. Maybe I don't wanna know. I mean... tracking down a person can lead you down a looooot of illegal paths so a part of me assumes I don't wanna ask too many questions and just accept that you know this is a good lead so..."

She hooked an arm about Jaz's shoulders, just pulling the girl into her side and taking a deep breath. "Aomori it is then..." She gave Jaz's shoulder a tap before letting her go as the elevator opened with the ground floor, walking out to her pick up truck and tossing her bag into the back, having parked it right outside the front of the apartment complex. "So. Barbecue first right?" She let out, if Jaz wanted to explain the Rin thing more on the ride up she'd absolutely let her. if not this was her easy out, letting her just talk about what kinda meat she might want and if they should pick up anything on the way. on the other hand, if she did wanna actually go more into detail on the Rin thing... easy enough for her to let it all out.

"Jaz I was down there every other weekend anyway. Don't worry about it. All I had to do was lay down some new soil.~" She teased back, genuinely not finding it having been all that much of an effort or a bother, though she was definitely thankful for the electrical work. She didn't even know where to start with that stuff. he dad might but he definitely wasn't in the know on that one. "Well at least you can let me rely on you for that then. I got like no clue when it comes to electronics. I'm probably somehow managing to use the wrong kingds of batteries in half my shit.~" She teased, knowing full well that legitimately wasn't possible.

Mia listened along as she hopped into the car and took in all the details. 500 miles huh? Plane ride wouldn't probably take too long and they could probably get back before anyone missed them so long as they didn't need to stick around too long. Mia was curious through the extreme measures Jaz had to take to find her if... well, the girl wanted to be found by her, but the very least Mia owed her was to support her. If they got any warnings signs, any clear signals that they shouldn't keep pursuing this, she'd put the breaks on the operation, but for now at least she was on board.

"Can't say I remember the name but you were gone a while..." She lightly teased as she pulled out of the main roads on a firm path towards the outskirts of Tokyo, leaning back into her seat a little as she more casually cruised with the car, in no rush for them to get to the cabin given they seemed set on at least spending the night there and enjoying a few drinks before the real work started. "If a few beers is what it takes though fair enough... you know me though. I trust you to know what yer doin'."

Mia didn't say much more about the Rin situation. She was always a blunt soul and by now Jaz probably already had the impression that she was being cautiously cynical about this. She wasn't about to set Jaz up for an 'i told you so' but she wanted her to be prepared if things didn't work out. Still, she trusted her to know what she was doing and if all it took was a long weekend of the two of them flying 500 miles... well it was an easy sacrifice to make for the chance to get Jasmine some closure on the shit that happened with Rin, for better or worse.

Arriving at the cabin, it was definitely coming along physically. One of the rooms was still missing a coat of paint and the floorboards but otherwise the place was practically done. Once the wiring was set up she'd move in some basic electronics like a TV and some speakers maybe, set up some light fixtures but best to let Jaz figure out how everything should run before she wasted time hauling that type of shit out here. "Er... head in the front, there's a closet between the entrance and the kitchen. Check the floor. Opens up to the basement. Circuit breaker's down there." She gave the girl a nice thumbs up as she pulled the meat she had for the barbecue out the back of the turck. "I gotta get the fire pit going but if you need any help finding stuff lemme know. Most of this place was built so I could pull it apart again if I wanna build an extension so you shouldn't find it too hard following any of the wires along.

Mia herself would get to work on the barbecue. She had a nice little set up on an area marked with paving stones outside the cabin. A stone well filled with charcoal and a hung cauldron on a chain over it. She'd wipe down the outdoors table to a clean level and start cutting up the meat where she needed to. Most of the shit she could just throw in but some chicken wings and burger meats she added some spice to as she put it all together. Anything that did well cooking in it's own broth like a chicken wing she threw directly in the pot before lowering it into the fire. Anything that did best being flipped and cooked evenly like burger meat was layered on a grill she fit over the top of the cauldron, dropping both into the pit with a match and letting them slow cook in the steam while she prepared some side-aids. Buns, sauces, all that. You'd think by the time Jaz came back Mia was setting a table for a whole fucking family to have their fill given how much she'd cooked, but Mia did have a habit of cooking enough for someone twice her size and now she had an extra guest to feed too.

When she finally heard Jasmine coming out of the house Mia had set out quite the feast, a few plates each set up with a different kind of meat from sausages, burgers, hot dogs, chicken legs and wings, a few chunky thighs. It definitely looked like a family feast that could still get some leftovers even for a beast like Red Horn and maybe a few of her siblings, even assuming they were all the same size as her, which they weren’t. “Yeah Yeah I may have gone overboard but I made this whole fucking-“ She gestured idly to the cauldron that was now hanging over the doused fire-pit. “Set up and I got no one to show off for… besides this is all good quality meat. I can just shove it in the fridge and tear it up for sandwhiches or something. Gotta have packed lunches for patrol runs and all right?~” Of course she’d offer Jaz to take some leftovers if she wanted. Mia felt her meat would be some good quality even after some time in the fridge.

With confirmation the work was done she was a little surprised. Mia knew she’d laid down the ground work as much as some youtube guides could tell her to but she thought that would be like a full day job, maybe something Jaz would need to come back for… but she was already done huh? Nice. Almost disappointing not to have an excuse to drag her down here again. “Well you definitely did that faster, and cheaper, than any bloody Japanese hick could. Knowing them they’d have probably left me with half the power, a huge bill, and took all bloody weekend so…” She gave Jaz a firm slap on the back in appreciation. “’Bout that wifi though… how little do I wanna ask questions?~” She teased, wondering what level of illegality was just put into the walls of her home.

She didn’t comment much on the generator. She didn’t remember having one but she remembered her dad saying she was gonna grab some bits and bobs from past construction jobs and stuff it in the basement for her. That must be where it came from. Yeah, yeah that sounded right. Good ol’ Dad, bringin’ a smile to her face even when he wasn’t here, eheheh..~

… wait. shit he probably put it there so she’d have to call him when it breaks. Sneaky cunt.

“Mm?” Snapped from her thoughts at the question on cleaning up, Mia scoffed and shook her head. “Oh fuck nah don’t worry about that. Those things are still pretty hot, I’ll give ‘em a power wash later. Even your hands won’t be able to dent the grime on that shit.” She tossed a plat across from the table, expecting Jaz to have the skills to grab it. “Just make yourself a plate and dig in aye?~” She offered across a warm smile before heaping piles of meat onto her own plate, easily strolling over to a lounger that seemed as hand made as the rest of the place to sit down and enjoy her food once she had enough.