[Sodium_noir] Killing Time at Harlequins

[eugene mcfadden]

>Titus, Rachel, Lenny, Karl, The Tongs
>Undead and loving it, Chinese as they wanna be
>
> > Once gone...
> > ' So, Rach, what do you think?'
>
>"I don't think the previous khan gave half a shit about the prosperity
>of chinatown.  They feared him... just as they fear you.  Us.  But they
>also saw him as Chinese... and they don't see us that way.  No matter
>what else we are, we're outsiders and we're gonna have to make things a
>lot better for them to overlook that.
>
>"No question, Chinatown should be a lucrative power base.  But it's
>also going to be an ongoing problem.  On the plus side, we can control
>them in ways the prior Khan couldn't.  Still, the more we can do to
>downplay our status as outsiders, I think the less problems we'll have.
>
>"As for this last lot... in a word, lazy.  Panic is our friend, and I
>hate to lean on that friendship to ease the burden on our own lazy
>underlings... but I think I can do it, especially if I can characterize
>the problem as mutual."

Titus nodded, ' A good assessment.  For myself, I'll be staying to the 
shadows.  Familiarity breeds contempt; better that I am the mysterious scary 
Khan in the background, you can be my presence on the ground.  Yip and 
Butterball will report to you as much as to me, and the Tongs can see you as 
a power.  It will... bolster you in this city.  A strong priest means a 
strong pack.'

Titus stood, stretched, cracking and popping his back a he went.  '  For 
myself, I intend to find a... a base of opertions for us... Khan had his 
palace, I want something less showy... any ideas?'

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