[Sodium_noir] Hell is other people

[Liz Oleksyn]

> Dr. Lazarus, Aurora, Mitsuko, 'Sandra', Jack
> "Scientist", "Spirit Muse", "Avatar", "Pretty
Kitty", "X-Factor"
> Lady Sinclaire's party
>
> [Jack]
> Jack maintained his grin and brought the cigarette
to his lips, taking
> another long drag from it.  "Oh, that's an
interesting question.  I'm
> from..." He paused, exhaling smoke. "...nowhere
special.  Only been in
> Gotham a few years."
>
> Not quite the truth, but what the hell. 
(Manipulation 2, Subterfuge 3)
>
> He paused again.  "So... you have 'clients'? You a
lawyer?"
>
> [Aurora]
> Aurora relaxed further, watching and listening. 
Jack handled this
> inquisitive Sandra much better than she could.
>
> [Sandra]
> (Bastet Gift - Sense the Truth - Roll Intelligence 3
+ Empathy 2 vs.
> Subject's Manipulation 2 + Subterfuge 3 to determine
if the subject is
> telling the truth)
>
> (OOC: I'm not sure if you prefer to handle all the
dice rolls yourself when
> it comes to situations like this, Spikey. I am
willing to roll to see if
> Sandra is able to tell if Jack is telling the truth
if you would like, or
> you can. Either way, whatever the results are,
Sandra will keep the
> information to herself and just continue with the
conversation as it is
> going so far.)
>
> IC: "Oh good heavens, no," she laughs. "No, I'm more
a broker actually. I do
> sometimes represent clients in negotiations but its
more to do with
> artifacts than legal matters. I'm a consultant on
rare antiquities.
> Validating their worth, their authenticity, things
of that sort."

(Jack)
Jack smiled and nodded politely.  “Uhm...must be
interesting work.”  He’d never owned anything of any
great age or worth.  In fact, he’d never really
‘owned’ anything.  Akril had provided the bare
minimum, the daily requirements, doling them out as he
saw fit.   The Khan, on the other hand, had countless
treasures, some of museum quality, Jack reckoned. 
Would be nice to find out what they were worth.  Would
be much nicer to cash them in.

Even better?  To find out exactly what those magical
trinkets could do in the right hands.  “Yeah, dream
on, arsehole...”,  Jack reminded himself silently that
to walk back into Akril’s lair was the same as
suicide.

>
> [Dr. Hiram Lazarus]
> The Doctor eyed Jack warily as he listened. Subtly
trying to ease a device
> from his trouser pocket so he could glance at the
zero wave readings from
> Mitsuko's new friend. Given that he had been at the
Temple only yesterday
> and had never met this man, he suspected there was
more going on here than
> met the eye but wanted to be sure.
>
> He was also interested to hear how Miss Scoland
handled her own PR and the
> deflection of probing questions before he himself
spoke.
>
> A lull had set into the conversation quite suddenly,
and Hiram felt the need
> to break the tension.
>
> "Well, I can see that everyone needs more
refreshment," he said without
> looking to see if anyone, including himself had
finished their drinks. He
> flagged down a server, who dutifully brought over a
tray of cocktails and
> hors d'oeuvres.
>
> "You know, Sandra," he went on after taking a fresh
drink and a canape from
> the tray, "I would like to extend an invitation to
come and see our
> facilities at the temple. There are many things that
I'm sure would be of
> interest to you that the tourists never get to see."
>
> [Sandra]
> "I would love to!" she says with complete sincerity
to the doctor. Taking
> the offered drink from Hiram, he does note that she
is sipping at this one
> much slower than the last 2 she had. "Should I call
you at the museum, or is
> a different number I should reach you at?"
>
> After Hiram's reply she says to the gathered group,
"If all of you would
> please excuse me for just a moment, I will return
momentarily. Unfortunately
> the drinks this evening are beginning to take their
toll," she says with a
> smile excusing herself from the group and looks to
track down a server for
> instructions to the nearest 'facilities'.

[Aurora]
As Sandra leaves Aurora breaths a sigh of relief and
then turns to
Jack, "I didn't expect to see you up and about so
soon.  Did Christine
come with you?"

With that, she also downs one of the drinks the server
brings over and
blinks rapidly, shudders, and hiccups.  Her face turns
red.

"Excuse me..."

[Jack)
As he snagged one more alcoholic beverage from the
passing waiter, Jack snickers.  “No worries.  I’m on
the fast-track to being shit-faced myself.”

He takes a deep breath.  “Yeah, well.  This has been a
night filled with the unexpected, hasn’t it?  There I
was at the Temple, thinking it’d be another week
before I was up and about when these two magi show up
and do their stuff.  Next thing I know, I’m feeling
like a million bucks and ready to paint the town red. 
Christine and I make plans to hit this party first,
and then engage in some serious bar hopping.  We’re in
the taxi, on our way here, and - bam!  She has the cab
pull over and she says she has to run off and take
care of something.  Real urgent, it was.  Couldn’t
stop to explain, but says I should go on without her
and she’d catch up later.”

Jack takes a large gulp of his drink, vaguely aware
that his consonants are beginning to slide into one
another.  

“So...here I am.  Solo.”

Another long drag of his cigarette, the smoke exhaled
with an accompanying whisper.

“Hope she’s okay.”

(Tag)


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