|| ᴛнᴇ ᴀʟιʙι || - Grand Fall Re-Opening

Halloween Event Ideas

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[Kallistiae]

ᴋᴀι ʟoυνᴇʟʟᴇxx

⚜ Hush, child, the darkness will rise from the deep...⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜

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Kai pulled her head out of the bush as a voice floated over and sat up, still kneeling in the dirt.
Like usual, the wolf was dressed as if she had pulled most of her clothes off the floor and put them on in the dark. Her shorts were ragged on the ends, clearly cut off from a pair of old jeans, the pockets and hems all frayed wildly. Her black tank top, a few sizes too large, was pulled back in a knot at the small of her back in order to make it fit her.
Other than the dark rims around her eyes, the wolf looked more or less well in spite of the small handful of stresses from last night, and she gave Kita a faint wave as she approached.
Her white hair was loose around her shoulders, an unfortunate choice as it was now peppered with a handful of small twigs and leaves from her adventure in the bush.
She spat a leaf out of her mouth absentmindedly and gave a lazy sort of grin.
"Eh, who needs sleep, right?" she said cheerfully, waving the comment away.

Something in the bush behind her rustled violently and gave off another sound like tinkling bells, intermixed with a rather impressive amount of swearing in a tiny, lilting voice from about knee level.
Kai dusted some dirt and mulch off her palms absently, and flicked one of the branches behind her in a distracted sort of way.
"Share." she ordered whatever was in there with a firm voice.
The swearing subsided gradually, and the bush grew still...but sharp eyes might catch wide, wild eyes from the shadows between the leaves, and the impression of gleaming, needle sharp teeth grinning crazily up at passers-by.
"What are you doing up with the sun, eh?"

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⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜ ...and carry you down into sleep ⚜

[BrokenDollEyes]

"Thought I'd skip out on my bill and head back over this way, see what kind of crazy s**t is going to happen today. That and I feel like i slept long enough" there was a roll of the shouldrs as she came closer to the wolf and squatted down beside her. Green eyes staring back into the bush that was all alive with little things. Pupils constricting into slits to see slightly better. A lazy smile upon lips as head tilted off to the side.

"What are they?"

The cat asked, curious as ever about the needle teeth creatures. The whole vibe of them wanting to eat her could be felt in the air. But being Kita it was brushed off with a simple twitch of the nose. Looking back to Kai her eyes rackes over her form. Taking in the clothing that just didn't fit no matter if the female tied a knot in it or not.

"When is the last time you bought clothes for your self? Jesus, girl you keep dressing like that your clothes will swallow you"

There was a twinkle of laughter to her voice as a formula began to begin in her mind. Kita was damn good at many things, shopping and shoplifting were part of it. Hence why her own clothing for the most part are designer labels.

"Goodness! When the shops open imma get you better s**t"

Kita wasn't stupid when it came to the world they lived in. Kai was in deep s**t due to an idiot. Clothing was the last thing she probably cared about. But Kita was sticking around for a while yet! And would try and help! Standing back up the cat looked like the predator she truly was. Gleaming eyes and toothy grin.

" Might need help carrying it all back"

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[Kallistiae]

ᴋᴀι ʟoυνᴇʟʟᴇxx

⚜ Hush, child, the darkness will rise from the deep...⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜

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"What are they?"
The things in the bushes twittered and grinned, like manic birds with entirely too many teeth, never sitting still long enough to be properly seen. It was impossible to tell how many their were. Sometimes the bush was still as if they was nothing there at all, or it was only the breeze rustling the leaves. Then, a moment later, the plant would be a madhouse of whispering and tiny, chittering sounds. All you ever got was the most vague of impressions, and that impression always seemed to be...teeth.
Kai squinted at the bush thoughtfully and rolled her shoulder in a careless shrug.
"I unno." she answered honestly. "Pixies, or something, I think." she turned and gave Kita a delighted, somewhat feral grin, disconcertingly like a child that has just discovered the power to call in air strikes on their enemies. "They eat tax collectors."
"And not cats!" piped a small voice within the bush. The voice sounded almost indistinguishable from bells.
"No, not cats."
"No."
"Uh-Uh."
"Not raccoons either."
"No cats, no."
"But I thought-?"
"SHHHHH!"
That last voice was immediately hushed and there was a renewed rustling from the depths as, presumably, a small toothy figure was tackled and silenced.
"Perfectly safe."
"Yes, safe!"
"Safe for cats."
"You should come inside."
"Heeeeeeeere kitty kitty kitty."

Kai eyed the bush askance for a moment, one eyebrow arched, and eventually the rustling settled down.
"They live here now. Apparently." she added with another careless shrug that said she wasnt sure how it had happened but she was going to make the best of it.

Gold eyes flickered up at the comment about her clothes, then she blinked and looked down at herself curiously, arms held out to her sides as she surveyed her own figure.
She blinked again and looked up at Kita without comprehension.
When was the last time she had bought clothes?
"...whats wrong with these?" she asked curiously, a faint frown line furrowing between her eyebrows. "This aint the ritz or anything...."
The truth was, Kai actually did know how to dress herself. She had been taught several times over, by a handful of well meaning people that insisted she should have nicer, newer things. Hanging in her closet was a small handful of dresses, at least one of which was worth more than this building, which she never ever wore.
she never really had a reason to.
Kai's preferred lifestyle made her more at home in tunics and cut of jeans, old tshirts and bare feet than in anything else.
What reason was there to wear designer labels out here?

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[BrokenDollEyes]

A rumble left the throat of the jungle cat as if daring the pixies to try it. Flashes of memories danced up to the surface of the mind of little winged things. Sharp teeth and bloodlust eyes. But there are a lot of things out there like that. They wanted a reaction out of her, they got a small one before the cat reined in the beast. No use in aggravating everyone over things that mighy be the size of her palm at best. The kitty shook her head at them before ignoring it all together.

"There is absolutely nothing wrong with what you wear, nothing wrong with any of it. But you get into a fight and that shirt comes unbound, you will be swimming in it, instead of fighting. That or they make a grab for loose fabric and something happens before you can shift."

It was the truth, there was no use in clothing that was an ill fit. Clothing didn't have to be fancy for the tomboy wolf to wear but something was gonna change.

"Imma still go, whether you wear them or burn them later."

A light wave of the hand acted like it dismissed the whole conversation. That grin still present upon her mouth as hands struck a pose upon widenes hips. The wolf would have her hands full with this kitten. Extending one hand down to Kai she doubted the girl needed any help up but it was the polite thing to do.

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[stillnohero]

A random burst of white light suddenly appeared in the middle of the room. The light spread six feet tall and four feet wide, giving ample space for a body to pas through it. Tricolor flames of black, blue, and green reach in licks out of the brilliant light as if to try and hold back the Cambion passing through. Though they easily released him, sinking back into the light before the light disappeared as swift as it had appeared. Left in it's wake stood Xartia once more. Dressed in a rather fashionable array for 50 shades of Brown, he took Kai's advice in not rocking a hat. Besides, his horns were still rather fabulous. He didn't carry his usual smile with him, and even now his sword was at his side, sheathed on his left him with his left hand resting upon the gemstone pommel it boasted. Without looking around much, he noticed Kai was there, but not there. He felt her presence near, yet she wasn't here waiting for him as he thought she would be. Yes. He planned on paying what he owed, however, he would easily decline such a payment if he couldn't reach an agreement as he had offered it before. Her drug was a great gateway to the empire he would build from it, though it wasn't a necessity completely. He could and would cultivate his own magic drugs to sell. But formula took time to compose, in order to make a good product. This product, flaws and all, was a great head start, and he wanted it badly. Though he as always would refuse to put his pride down to obtain it. However long he had to wait, he would spend his time contemplating on how to handle this without either party being left beneath the other....If he could help it.

[Kallistiae]

ᴋᴀι ʟoυνᴇʟʟᴇxx

⚜ Hush, child, the darkness will rise from the deep...⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜

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Kai bushed some hair out of her face distractedly, unknowingly leaving a small streak of dirt across her cheek as she thought Kitas words over, glancing back down at herself and plucking absently at the fabric of her shirt.
The cat had a point, one Kai hadn't considered. She usually tended to wear whatever fell in her lap at the time, unless it was a special occasion. Money was no small part of this - Kai's monetary stability was always questionable at best, and the drastic up and downs of her checkbook (one day a millionaire, the next day a pauper) helped make sure that she had no real concept of money even when it did manage to work its way into her pockets and stay there.
Vincent would have bought her new clothes in a heartbeat - he was always trying to, bless him, in a longsuffering and ultimately somewhat futile attempt to make her presentable more than 5% of the time - but Kai rarely thought to ask, and would have considered it frivolous even if she had thought of it. Secondly, Kai was a shifter - and she had shifted several outfits into shreds before she had ultimately given up on keeping any of her clothing intact for more than a few weeks. She ended up in last minute, emergency brawls too often to get attached to her clothing, and had ended up developing the mentality of 'yeah, it looks like crap, but at least i wont be sad when it gets ruined' for a great portion of her wardrobe.

Kita was right, though. The lose clothing was just asking for someone to grab it in a scuffle, or for her to get herself too tangled in it at just the wrong moment to avoid a shiv.
"Imma still go, whether you wear them or burn them later."
Kai shrugged easily and grinned up at the other woman, taking the hand that was offered to her and letting Kita pull her to her feet.
"I never burn free s**t." she said cheerfully, brushing her knees clear of mulch and dirt before turning and heading her way back towards the bar.
"You dont have to - but thanks, all the same."
She held the front door open for the feline, and stepped into the main room a pace behind her.
She had just started picking a few stray twigs out of her hair when she noticed Hartia, standing in the center of the room with that haughty, proprietary expression you can only associate with nobility - as if they owned the very air we plebeians breath.
She resisted the urge to roll her eyes, and tossed the twig from her hair aside and in to the fireplace.
"Welcome back, Highness." the wolf said. Her voice was even and polite, but that constant tricksters quirk to her lips and the habit her eyes had of glinting at the end of her words suggested ever so faintly that she might have just maybe been making fun of him. Or she might have just been smiling. Sometimes Kai had that effect on people - and it usually just boiled down to how touchy they were feeling today. "Have you come to settle your tab, per chance, or is this purely a social visit, to grace us with your presence?"
She gave a low, formal bow, the kind with one arm out as if she were sweeping voluminous skirts that she was not wearing off to the side, looking up at him from behind the courtly gesture with a slightly toothier grin.
Ok.
That time she was almost definitely probably making fun of him.

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[BrokenDollEyes]

There was a moment of pause when Kita entered the bar, a brief pause as she registered the regal figure. He decided to come back and grace them with his high and mighty attitude. A smile curved back her lips and exposed those pretty teeth she sported. Kai was always one for dramatic effect it seem. Holding back a snort of laughter the chick gave a polite nod to the what ever the ******** he was.

Moving with grace she jumped upon the counter and took a seat. The show would be more entertaining then shopping at the moment. But she would definitely be going to do that soon enough! Legs crossing at the knee she piped in with a good morning all her own to Hartia. Since Kai would momentarily be busy with him her green gaze shifted around the room. Looking for tall and muscle built! Kita was still gonna sink her nails into Tank one way or another

[Kallistiae]

Tank Marshallxx

⚜ Son its clear to me that your life's been full of sin...⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜

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Kita wouldnt have long to wait.
There was a muted, rumbling roar from outside, the kind of sputtering growly sound that only old pick-up trucks can make. The sound heralded the arrival of a monstrous black ford by several minutes, the noises of the engine echoing back and forth along the trees as it approached.
It was enormous, as was required for any car Tank intended to drive, unless he wanted to look like a midget in a clown car at the circus. Jet black, but obviously second hand, clean on the inside but splattered with mud from the dirt road drive off the highway.
Tank cut the engine and stepped out, walking into the bar without much preamble.
He looked more or less the same as he had looked last night.
...in fact, he looked exactly the same.
Black tshirt, sleeves rolled up to his shoulders, and half tucked in to a pair of dark, heavy jeans which were in turn half tucked in to a pair of sensible black work boots.
It was the same outfit as before, and the faint lines under Tanks eyes as he walked in explained why - he clearly hadnt slept yet.

Kai looked up and glanced at him as he walked in, but simply waved him over to the bar rather than deal with him at the moment. The fact that he had returned told her everything she needed to know about whether he had gotten the job done or not, anyway.
He wouldnt have bothered coming back if he hadn't.
The massive man rolled his neck and shoulders with a tired sort of grunt, bones popping in a sharp and painful sounding way before he headed to the bar.
All he wanted was a shower, and a bed - he had that faint leather and sweat smell, and a sharper nose than human might notice the smallest trace of blood and gunpowder still clinging to his shirt.
He needed a drink. He needed a shower. He needed a bed-
His dark eyes lit on Kita sitting on the bar counter, legs crossed and looking as fresh and wonderful as a cold beer in July, and he made a quick mental adjustment to his priorities.
He needed a woman.
He needed a woman with a drink, and then a shower with said woman and then a bed with that woman tucked inside it.
Yes. Yes, that was much better...
Some of the tiredness went out of his face, replacing the desire for bed with the desire for something a little more...active...
"Didnt think i'd be lucky enough to see you more'n once." the man said as he slid behind the bar counter, glancing at the length of Kita's bare legs from the corner of his eyes before he set about making himself a pot of coffee.
His voice was as tired as his eyes, but there was no mistaking that he was pleased by the encounter.

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⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜ ...if god wont take you, sure as hell i'll be glad to let you in. ⚜

[BrokenDollEyes]

The rumble filled the air before the smell of exhaust had even filled her nose. It was a rumble of a well kept engine, the power growl of something primal. Oil, gas and everything male about that sound. Make a southern girl swoon for that sound! There was a heart beat or two before the sound was out front, the crunch of rubber on the ground, the transmission shifting from drive to park before it was killed. Ah the marvels of modern technology! They didn't build them like they use toot that was for sure. But under the smell of exhaust was one she had come to know, well at least remember from last night. Luck for this girl she had decided to come in early! It didn't take the female long before in strolled in the Tank himself. Dressed the same from when she had last seen him. But, ah there was an added scent to him, gunpowder? Someone had been a busy boy!

The greeting to Kai was short and simple, no words exchanged before he headed her way. There was a curve to the spine that had not been there before. The posture that all women seem to do when they are attracted to someone. A little pop of the chest a little shift in hips. Yeah we are all guilty of doing it at least once in our life time. Then he spoke and the grin widened even more.

"Well, someone has to help dress Kai! She might drown herself in what ever she scrapes up from the bed room floor." There was a bright teasing tone to the voice. As if they had been best friends forever. But that was just how the cat was. Besides Kai had comebacks to spare! Turning to face Tank those green eyes caught, or assumed to have caught him staring at her legs. Maybe it was just wishful thinking!

"Besides there are more interesting things here. Whatcha making?"

Yeah like it wasn't obvious on what he was doing... but she did it to keep the conversation rolling onward.

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[Kallistiae]

Tank Marshallxx

⚜ Hush, child, the darkness will rise from the deep...⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜

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If Tank had been a more suave man, or even just a little more talkative, he might have been able to come up with something clever to say.
Instead, he just gave a sharp snort of a chuckle, a heavy sound all through his nose that carried across the bar, and made Kai's ears twitch in the distance as she turned to stick her tongue out at the pair of them.
She didnt seem to mind the good natured ribbing, especially since there was an unmistakable element of truth to the girls words.
Tank glanced over his shoulder and eyed the wolf from the other side of the room - even from here he could tell that her shirt was several sizes too big, the knot she'd made in the back of it being the only thing that helped keep it properly on.
The man shook his head in silence and returned to his coffee prep with all the careful attention of a man who knows he's tired enough to accidentally put salt in the cup instead of sugar, and is very determined not to do that thing.
Tank had seen Kai dressed up before. All out and to the nines, draped in wine colored silk and glittering with jewels. He had seen her dressed for business, all pinstripes and a tight vest, hair pulled back into a braid as severe as her eyes. He had seen her dressed for work, tight second hand shirt and a pair of jeans you can move in, clothes that can be tossed nameless into the trash once they're too blood-splattered to be inconspicuous.
He knew that she knew how to dress herself properly - and yet sometimes she'd just be wandering around looking like a ******** homeless child. He didnt understand it, but he knew better than to comment on it.
"Whatcha making?"

Tank glanced back at Kita, dark eyes scanning her up and down once before he turned back to what he was doing - thick fingers grabbing a second cup. He had not missed the way her posture changed when he approached. Spine suddenly straight, shoulders back to make the curve of her body more noticeable, hips shifted in just the perfect angle. Posturing.
Men do it too, you know - Tank was just either to tired or too old to bother with it at the moment.
"Coffee." he replied in a simple, bass rumble. Not for the first time he wished he were more...eloquent. He had no lines to use on her, no petty compliments to shower her with.
Or, rather, he did, but his tongue refused to be a part of it all, and so he was left with just standing there, back to her, adding cream and sugar to the coffee.
But when he turned around, he held two cups in his hands, one held out to Kita like an offering, dark eyes smiling at her even though his face seemed impassive as ever.

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[BrokenDollEyes]

Kita had caught the movement from Kai and let out her own laughter. She held no doubts in her pretty little head that the wolf could dress herself. But it wasn't the fact that she could but the fact the cat could do something! But all that aside the feline fixed attention on the male. With his back to her person the lines of his shoulders showed past the typical black shirt.

Faint traces of fatigue seem to run in his movements. A stiffness that wasn't there the night before. But suddenly he spoke a single word and it had her grinning like a fool again. Coffee, of course it would be coffee! The life giving substance that people killed for! "Planning on sleeping any time soon? Or rather wing it till you drop?" Smiling when he faced her pnce more offering her the second cup he held. In all honesty the cat would have assumed it was for the wolf. But needless to say she accepted the steaming mug with grateful ease.

"Thanks love"

The ease reply came as lips puckered and blew cool air upon the hot surface. What she didnt need was to burn the ******** out of her mouth. She could be using it later!* Slowly, carefully she took a small sip, the hot liquid washing across tastebuds and down the back of the throat. Following the tunnel like a speeding bullet till it reached the stomach and mingles with its acid.

*in meaning she would most likely have to talk her way out of s**t when shopping...perverts

[stillnohero]

Despite her attempts at mocking him and trying to get under his skin, he managed to maintain his composure easy. Though he wasn't so sure she would be able to do such. For her questions on him being here would be answered without her getting her way. His Cheshire grin sat upon his face as he stood facing her head on, his emerald green eyes mostly looking in to her own.

"If you're quit finished, I came to collect an answer to the proposition I left you with dear."

She'd be a fool to not consider the deal given. For within that deal, she was offered what was owed, and much much more. She simply had to search her mind for the answers he asked for to form an actual deal. Which wasn't a question of what was owed mind you.

[Kallistiae]

ᴋᴀι ʟoυνᴇʟʟᴇxx

⚜ Hush, child, the darkness will rise from the deep...⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜⚜

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Kai sighed and straightened up from her little bow, rolling her eyes a little.
"You're just no fun at all today, are you?" she asked him as she headed her way towards the bar. Careless hands reached out and plucked a cup from Tanks grasp, just as he was about to take his first sip. She patted him absently on the shoulder as she walked by, reaching around him to grab a bottle of Kahlua, and pouring a long splash in to make the coffee at least somewhat edible.
Tank watched with a blank sort of look, sighed, and turned back around to begin making more with the long standing patience of stone.
Kai hated coffee. Loved the smell, hated the taste. But she was going to need to be at least mildly awake to deal with Hartia. Two or three hours of sleep was simply not enough to function, especially when thats all youve been getting for weeks.
Months.

She downed a large portion of her stolen coffee with the grimmace of someone taking medicine, and turned back to Hartia as she leaned against the counter.
"I'll tell you the same thing I told the Marquis last night." she said easily, with a roll of her shoulders. "What I sell you is gonna depend a bit on where you're taking it. We dont need someone pushing the same product in a town we've already sunk our teeth in. But otherwise..."
Kai thought about it for a long moment, taking another swig of her coffee and weighing her options.
She didnt really like Hartia well enough to be thrilled about entering a long term business relationship with the man. He was a headache waiting to happen, and she knew it.
But the money was good, and if he was taking it somewhere well enough outside of their circle, then there wasnt any real good reason not to sell to him...
She juggled numbers in her head with a tired kind of determination, and her lips quirked up ever so slightly in one corner over the edge of her coffee cup.
"Square your tab on what you owe from the other night, and we can do business." she told him. "Shipments once a month. You pick it up here - how you get it wherever you're getting it afterwards is your problem - and you pay upfront."
The price she quoted him for the stock he ate last night was worth a small kings ransom.
The price she quote him for the shipment was roughly twice what she had bargained out with the Marquis.
If Hartia found out, she didnt think he'd be too happy...but until then, it would make Kai very happy to see the pompous little s**t spending twice the cash he needed to.

She added another long pour of Kahlua to her coffee, hoping to kill the actual coffee taste as she took another long swig.

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[XOne Truth PrevailsX]

Gabriel Black

Cities, and towns were not for him no matter how small he wasn't one to strafe into well populated areas since the color of his eyes often unnerved or threw people off. He was often mistaken for a Vampire, and of course there were devoted hunters of that bloodsucking race. He himself had been hunted once, for reasons known to himself and his hunters. But that stopped once he killed those who hunted him. Places like the establishment he had suddenly stumbled upon were for people like him, a member of one of the darker races in existence or perhaps those who weren't accepted in regular society. Through orbs of crimson, the shadow-walker eyed the building from a couple hundred yards away. Being able to hear everything that went on inside, he could tell that the place was inhabited. By what, he hadn't the slightest clue and couldn't have cared less.

Gabe was looking for a place to relax, and enjoy a strong drink maybe even some company if this wasn't the type of place where everyone kept to themselves afraid to look you in the eye type of people. It wasn't that he had ran across many of those types of people among the supernatural, but this place wasn't exactly out in the open. He soon stood at the front door as if he had not just been standing a couple hundred yards away two seconds ago. Placing his right, pale hand on the knob or whatever apparatus was used to open the door Gabe pushed and the door gave way. He stepped inside, a slight smirk on his face as he looked around absentmindedly closing the door behind him. He quickly decided to sit at the bar, and moved to do so. The crimson eyed man then proceeded to wait patiently until he was served. When one lived as long as he did, patience was something of a desirable virtue.

He laid one hand on the bar while his right went to slide his glasses which he didn't need further up on his nose. He liked the way they looked on him, and had been wearing them for the past twenty years which was a short time for people of his race. After fixing his faux glasses, he placed his other hand on the bar as well drumming slightly with his fingertips as he waited.

[Vicious Trinity]

Trinity stepped down the stairs, her steps steady, but each having a purpose. Not that anyone could hear them: they made not a sound, a trait that belonged to her. The white-skinned woman did not look upon the room or give it a scan until she touched the very last step. That is just how unimportant the world around her was. She was the center of her universe and everyone just happened to be allowed inside it. No one was here that interested her, so she stepped across the room and made her wait outside. Here, the woman in red stepped forward and looked upon the land with a hand on her hip.

"..."