[Sodium_noir] Hell is Other People

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> Mitsuko, Mara, Aurora, Crosby
> Avatar, Vampire, Mage, Vampire
> Nearing the Party
>
> "Mitsuko," Aurora begins after they're out of range.  "You seem to
> have a sense of what Mara... is?  I'd appreciate understanding more of
> Gotham."  She seems a little unsure of how to pose the question.  "I
> know you're rather new to the scene too, but you seem to have more
> knowledge about it."
>
> Mitsuko shrugs as she leads them through the crowd, towards the back garden.
>
> "I have a good sense for what most people are!" she said. "On a spiritual
> level at least. I sort of know things instinctually, things about Gotham and
> how people fit into it. It's like the city talks to me, it whispers hints
> from time to time. But that seems to fade the further I move from the
> Temple."
>
> They reach the drawing room, with the musicians. Beyond them and the small
> crowd gathered to listen are a set of double doors leading onto a covered
> veranda. The back garden is floodlit and beyond the large concrete patio and
> its awning are stairs leading down to a large green expanse.
>
> "Mara is ... one of the Hungry dead I think the correct term is. Here in
> America thay say ... vampire. Her hunger makes her very ... restless, angry,
> I wouldn't want to step on her toes when she is dancing. But there are worse
> creatures of her kind in the city, for a shen she does not make to many
> ripples ont he surface. I kind of like her actually!"
>
> Mitsuko steps out ontot he patio and sighs. Breathing in the fresh Gotham
> air.
>
> "Gotham isn't that great a mystery Aurora, at least not to me. But people
> are."

Aurora's face was understanding, pieces began to click, enough that
she thought she understood a lot of what had happened so far.  Time
would tell.

"I like her too, actually..."  She enjoys the night air as much as
Mitsuko does, breathing deeply and enjoying the varying scents,
especially those that are more natural.

"Now the only question, I suppose," Aurora thinks alloud.  "Is how I
fit into it all."

She shrugs, slightly dejectedly.

"But this is supposed to be a party, right?  I'm not much into crowds,
but I do feel confident I know people.  Should we play our part with
all of these other spirits and see where the winds take us?"  She
smiles to Mitsuko.

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