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Jerry's dopey grin didn't leave, his palms getting sweaty the more her slender fingers stroked and clung. "W-well, I'm... I'm no good at... at talking," He managed, "When I'm ah... called in, negotiation is usually not part of the game plan any more." He adjusted his glasses, "Just give me a moment before we ah... head out, I should ah... probably get a good kit together just in case." He motioned to the janitor cart parked just on the far wall beyond the slot machines of the area.

Not that he wanted to cut their intimate little moment short at all. In his head, showing off a little might up his chances with the lovely new recruit. He had to make a good example, right? "But.... anything you need to know about... about how it works here I'm more than happy to answer any questions!"

Roar was certainly glad he could sober his partner up for this.

"How did I NOT get a knife in here?" Riyo quickly retorted, stopping just before her pinkie to look at where the voice came from, then back to G who seemed... A little pale?

It looked like she was about to say something, but a voice halted everything. Her jaw dropped and her eyes widened, then she looked at her glass of orange juice and frowned.

"I think... It's... It's about time to sober up..."

Sober up a little. Then tower. Yes.

Until then.

"NOW JOHN AT THE BAR IS A FRIEND OF MINE!" she lifted up her orange juice. "He gets me my drinks for free! And he's quick with a joke or to light up your smoke, but there's someplace that he'd rather be!"

"I can appreciate a man'a action." Cee licked her lips and smiled. "You gaw'head and grab what you need. I wanted to check something out real quick anyway.." Her outfit had 'materialized' with a small handbag and she leaned back against the bar and sifted through it. Where was that card she'd found?

A woman a few feet away resumed her drunken and singing and Cee found she recognized the words. Must be part of taking on the aspects of the Kingdom, huh? She started to hum along while she searched, eyes drifting up and around the room from Jerry and his cart to the King who was moving. The drunken woman hadn't risen to collect miasma but.. perhaps that was best by the look of her.

After moments of searching fruitlessly, Cee let out a gasp of pleased discovery. Her hand plunged down the front of her dress, wrist swallowed by her ample bosom, and she fished around. Yes, she knew anyone looking would be completely focused on it. After a moment she pulled out the card and looked it over. Should she give it to the king? Would it matter to the kingdom or was it just some nonsense?

Kasi grabbed Matt’s hand wrapping her fingers tightly in his, so it was all going to start. She could feel her heart starting to beat loudly in her chest from the excitement. However Matt held the same expression on his face as if nothing was really going to change in his world.

“We should get going.” He replied pulling her towards the door as she was watching everyone else grabbing their equipment. There was no point in grabbing too much, hauling would just slow them when all they needed was a few blades to make things all pretty.

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Taima didn't seem at all surprised as the Voice made its demands known. She knocked back the rest of her drink as their King gave them their marching orders, rolling her shoulders as if to work the kinks out before heading out.

Time for the fun to begin.

((Exiting to the Tower))

When Riyo finally finished her drunk song, she stumbled out of her bar seat and into the bathroom, where it took her significantly longer than usual to change into her hitman garb.

Yeah, hitman garb. It was different from her usual savvy street clothes. People saw her in street clothes. When she knew people were going to see her, she wore a suit. When she was going to kill someone? Well, they were going to be dead anyways so generally it was more for her own pleasure than that of a possible... 'customer'. Being a woman in a suit was conspicuous. If you were following someone in a suit, especially down dark alleys and s**t, it was pretty much like saying 'oh how would you like your death today? Scrambled or sunny side up?'

So she wore this.

Don't judge.

[[Exit]]

It was time.

It seemed that the situation was escalating rather quickly. A visit from The Voice? She had never had one of those. While there were great risks involved, it was rather ... pleasant to know that she was important enough for The Voice to pull her attention and speak to her on a personal level, no matter what his (or her--she didn't judge!) true reasons for doing as such were. Why was this happening? She loved her people, but to have to end this all sounded ... silly.

Weren't things going alright?

Serafina shook the thoughts from her head, zoning in on the fact that the other kingdom had indeed already been destroyed. Perhaps it was beyond time. Time had already started ticking, and the Silver Kingdom was the first to fall. She had to wonder how many of them had made it out alive ... and, perhaps, more importantly, how many of them they could recruit to their own cause. They had already managed to convince one of the Silvers to join them, that woman who turned into two once she became part of The Family, but how many others would find a family appealing?

They had security. They had protection. They had each other. And Serafina knew for certain that for someone who had just lost their family, such an existence would likely be very appealing. Serafina knew that. People who were lost and hurting needed something like a family to take them in, and they were in the most perfect position to do so.

Perhaps what she should do is see if she could find any Silver Kingdom refugees and convince them to come back to The Family, to join them and to bolster their own members. The Boss certainly seemed willing to add more people on if they were just willing to see the neon sign in front of them. It would give her a nice side mission to take care of while she was off doing the given assignment she was just directed to.

Maybe if she could come back with a recruit ... or a lot of miasma, really, she could get some bonus points with The Boss. A benefit to her was certainly a bonus ... beyond the very pressing need to not fall like the Silver Kingdom had. That was really the last thing she wanted to get herself mixed up in.

For the Family.

Serafina closed her eyes, cracked her knuckles, and got ready to figure out her way through this.

[[ Exiting! ]]