[Sodium_noir] Back to the store/enter a man in black

[eugene mcfadden]

>Titus, Two-Tone, Rachel
>Two Lasombras and a Gangrel
>Suzy Wong
>
>  > "Much of this is unfamiliar to me my Khan, remedies and superstitions
>  > perhaps. Spells cast in an attempt to defeat the boy. All came to 
>nought.
>  > At the same time there is mention of the Boys growth, how he took over
>  > from the pimps in his neighbourhood. A list of the enemies he made. A
>  > detailed list. Most of the names it seems were of no use to the writer
>  > however, it does say why." more pages are turned. "What you have here
>  > is a list of whores who now work for the boy. Another list of people 
>the
>  > boy has met or made deals with. This page with the scribbles is an
>  > attempt to piece together the boys web and who the writer could cal 
>upon
>  > in his battle with the boy. It is, in short my Khan, a recipe for 
>revenge or
>  > magical tactics for a war. The last pages seem overly concerned with
>  > sexual acts and the magic of ..." he looks to Rachel for a moment 
>before
>  > looking back to Titus. "... sexual congress. Of raising power through
>  > having sex with the dead or with unnatural beasts, of the defilement of
>  > women and ways to pervert the natural with the unnatural. All of this 
>is,
>  > in the mind of the writer, the way to defeat the boy and his allies."
>
>Rachel stares back at the bartender when he stares at her, but only to hide
>her own thoughts.  She's not well versed in the woojy, but she is aware
>that there is a fundamental difference between people like Akril and people
>like Panic.  The explanation in the text about natural talent versus study
>makes a great deal of sense.  She wonders, briefly, where Mr. Black falls
>on that spectrum... but he slips away from her attention.  He is, after
>all, not the issue.
>
>Abruptly, she realizes that she is thinking out loud.
>
>"So Panic has a natural talent for magic that is beyond what can be
>accomplished without that talent.  Which means if he has the chance to
>study, he'll be pretty damn powerful.  On the one hand, that's a good
>reason to have him as a friend.  On the other hand, it's a good reason to
>know how to take him down..."
>
>She pauses, drags on the cigarette, and looks at Titus.  "Was I hearing
>that last bit right, or was he saying that we have leverage over Panic as
>long as he's screwing me?  Because if that's what he said, then that would
>be the way to keep him close as a friend, and still controlled as a
>possible future problem.
>
>"Of course, it's a shame there's nothing I can do about that unless and
>until he calls me back."

Titus drummed his fingers on the bar top.  Thoughts raced through his head.

' Right, you,' he pointed at the barman, ' make a list in English of all the 
people motionned i this damn text,' Titus placed his note pad and pen on the 
table and gestured for the bartender to get to it.

He turned to rachel, ' Ring Panic, tell him you have something for him, 
bring this damn thing to him,' he tapped the manuscript, on the way to him, 
stop in at an all night photocopy place and photocopy the damn thing.  Make 
two copies, just in case, we may need them.  Tell him it's a a gift from the 
new Khan.  All the information that Akrill had on him.'

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