Session Start: Sun Dec 31 01:14:10 2000 Session Ident: Maelwys [01:14] Session Ident: Maelwys (~wraith@cloaked.houston.rr.com) [01:14] On the way [01:28] hrmm..they're both good charactes... [01:29] there's not much decking in this one, so I'm leaning towards the Ancients Gang member.. [01:29] * Maelwys nods [01:29] Any comments on that? [01:29] care to relocate her to Los Angelos? I need a PC guide down there... [01:30] Heh, well, she could be there for a business trip I guess :) [01:32] Mac maintains contacts among the Ancients... [01:32] * Maelwys nods [01:33] he usually tries to get in touch with them wherever he goes since he's had luck working with them before. [01:33] * Maelwys nods. [01:33] Well, as I said, she could be in Los Angeles easily enough [01:33] you can add a few more contacts...up to your charisma in contact levels... [01:36] Hrrm, that will be probably just a few more gang contacts and the like I think. [01:37] you can add the Ancients gang in seattle as a free Level 2 contact.. [01:37] What channel? :) [01:37] #Burned-Ice [01:37] sorry.. [01:39] * Minx figures Ancients Seattle 2, Ancients Los Angeles 1, Talismonger 2, Bartender 2, Free Spirit 1 Bartender LA 1 [01:40] that works.. [01:55] So am I here, or ? [02:03] * Minx takes that as a no :) [02:03] not yet. [02:03] I'm going ot get you in presently... [02:03] bear with me. [02:06] * Minx nods [02:08] You're hanging out with your local Ancients crew tonight...one of your usual haunts, an abandoned bar/gasoline station that the group has pretty much taken over. Used to be a truck stop on Route-90 [02:09] * Minx is kicking back, drinking a few brews, same old same old shit, different night [02:10] Your usual routine is interrupted by the sound of a motorcycle driving up towards the rest stop. From the sound of it, it's not one of the Ancients usual bikes. Sounds like the new Mitsuzuki 'Bakushin' racing bike, with some modifications to the engine to your ears. [02:11] * Minx tilts her head, keeping hold of the beer bottle, shifting so she can move quickly, listening. [02:17] A rider pulls up to the gas station as the Ancients pull weapons free and spread in a loose semi-circle about him. [02:17] * Minx glances around gets up, walking over. "Yes?" [02:19] He shuts down the bike, and then pulls his helmet free. The rider is a slight boyish figure with a young, clean-shaven, semi-androgynous face, high cheekbones, and exotic almond shaped eyes which don't seem to blink quite as often as they should. The tips of long, thin, lynx-like ears poke through his chin-length metallic blue bangs. [02:21] "Nice Bike. Can we relieve you of it?" [02:22] The boy merely grins at you. [02:22] "Sure. If you can beat me in a race, you can have my bike." [02:23] * Minx shrugs glancing around. "Or we could just beat you..." [02:24] "Not exactly the best place for a ride late at night." [02:25] One of the other Ancients touches your arm. Halfaest seems to know the rider. [02:26] Halfaest: "Mac, it is good to see you again. What brings you our way? More fun and games for us at the expense of a corporation?" [02:26] * Minx glances at Halfaest. [02:28] "I take it I can't just take the bike." [02:28] "Not this time I'm afraid." [02:28] * Macavity grins again at Minx. [02:29] * Minx grumbles and takes a long pull from her beer. [02:29] "Would you like to win it?" [02:29] * Minx tilts her head. "What's the game?" [02:29] "Your choice." [02:30] * Macavity inclines his head to Minx as if in a mocking half-bow [02:30] "Shall we have a contest of skills?" [02:30] * Minx shrugs. "Sure." [02:31] The other Ancients grin and chuckle to each other, looking eager to see how this turns out as they circle Macavity and Minx [02:32] * Minx walks around Macavity and the bike, finishing off her beer, inspecting him. [02:35] * Macavity wears a long black synthleather long-coat over form-fitting body armor that reveals a slim, wiry, body muscled a bit like a gymnast. The coat looks very expensive and custom tailored, with glowing white flourescent panels on the insides. [02:36] * Macavity wears armored fingerless gloves, and your close inspection catches a pair of concealed shoulder-holstered pistols. [02:36] ((are you looking for anything particular?)) [02:36] ((weapons, general look, and the bike)) [02:39] The bike is a customized black and florescent-green-highlighted Mitsuzuki MSX900 'Bakushin' Racing bike with a Nitrous System, and a small amount of vehicle body armor. It's sleek and very fast looking, with fat, street-reinforced racing tires. [02:40] * Minx tilts her head, the green streak of hair catching the lights. "Blades, first blood, no throwing." [02:41] * Macavity nods slowly, and takes of his long-coat in order to divest himself of other weapons [02:42] * Minx shrugs out of her jacket, leaving herself in a mesh shirt, leather pants and black biker boots, two blades in hand. She reverses one, handing it to him. [02:43] * Macavity pulls off the two shoulder-holstered pistols (big pistols, Salvette Guardians you think) and then continues with another pair in a back holster, and a pair of powered holsters on his wrists connected to Walther Palm Pistols. [02:43] * Macavity holds up his hand, refusing the blade, then draws a pair of Malaysian Katars (punch daggers) from back sheathes. [02:45] * Macavity places them on top of his other gear, then shrugs out of the top of his form-fitting body armor, leaving him with the fishnet top he had on underneath, and jeans over the other half of the form-fit. [02:45] "To first blood." [02:45] * Minx shrugs, slipping the blade into a hidden sheathe. [02:45] * Macavity picks up the two Katars and faces off against Minx. [02:46] * Minx crouches, ninto a ready combat stance, watching. [02:47] ((roll your combat skill on the main chan)) [02:47] ((If Tim's the bot, it won't work, he's a ghost atm)) [02:48] ((But it's 6 dice, at a TN of -1 due to aptitude)) [02:48] ((got it)) [02:49] ((do you have dice at home? Roll them if you do, and tell me the results)) [02:49] ((11, 7, 2, 4, 1, 1)) [02:51] ((2,2,5,3,1,3,22)) [02:51] You can tell from Macavity's stance that he knows something of knife fighting, but that he knows a martial art form even more so. [02:52] * Minx learned from the streets, watching carefully, balanced, in her element. [02:52] ((Heh, actually, I think Minx won, lol)) [02:52] It seems to you like some kind of Kung-fu from what you've seen from other fighters that you know. [02:52] * Macavity waits for Minx to make the first move, calm and centered [02:53] * Minx moves quickly, attacking at any potentially weak side, careful to keep herself guarded at the same time. [02:56] ((roll it, you may use another skill as a complement to your base attack skill as well as combat pool, TN is your opponents martial arts skill - 7 in this case.)) [02:57] ((Tn of 6 due to aptitude...snicker)) [02:58] ((whoops...init first)) [02:58] (((10 dice, 4 from combat pool. 9, 8, rest are 5 or below)) [02:59] ((lol...11 for init)) [03:00] ((init: 26, however he's holding action until you go)) [03:01] ((you may roll your attack again, or stick with your previous roll with 2 successes)) [03:02] ((in case you're wondering about init I rolled: (3+6+5) + reaction(12)) [03:02] ((21, 19, 8, 5, 5, 3, 2, 1, 1, 1)) [03:03] ((adding combat pool? or complementary dice from unarmed?)) [03:03] ((4 combat pool)) [03:06] ((Base Skill: 6,6,4,4,3,2,2 - 2 successes; Complement(Gymnastics): 6,6,3,2,1,1 - 1 success; 4 combat pool: 6,6,4,1 - 2 success)) [03:06] ((5 successes overall)) [03:08] ((Minx is not going to be happy... :) )) [03:08] * Macavity parries and dodges the focused slashes from Minx, falling back on his martial arts training and gymnastics ability as he grabs her arm and throws her to the ground as he flips around in the air. [03:09] * Minx rolls over to her front, growling slightly. [03:09] ((resist 4M Stun)) [03:10] ((impact help? )) [03:10] ((of course)) [03:11] ((resist)) [03:11] ((you probably won't take any damage, keep in mind that Mac took off most of his armor to even the fight, so his impact is 1)) [03:11] ((body vs TN 4-Impact armor)) [03:12] ((yup. Rolled it in channel. Body of 4, +4 combat pool dice against TN of 3 (4-1 Impact armor) She took off most of her armor also)) [03:12] * Macavity takes the opportunity to execute his own held attack on Minx, leaping past her in a rolling attack before she can rise from the ground [03:14] ((4 successes total)) [03:14] ((roll your defense)) [03:15] ((4 successes, unless you want to add penalty for being on the ground)) [03:15] ((actually, that should have been vs TN 3 -2 Opponent Prone, -1 Character has superior position but we'll leave it)) [03:15] ((already factored in)) [03:16] (( 4 successes here)) [03:16] * Macavity tries to slice Minx on the arm as he rolls past, but she parries his attack successfully and leaps to her feet [03:16] ((init 6)) [03:16] * Minx grins, eyes flashing as she takes in a decent oponent... [03:17] * Macavity rushes in with a flurry of slashes from both Katars [03:17] and misses completely.. [03:18] ((karma)) [03:18] ((aw man)) [03:18] * Minx responds... [03:18] ((go ahead, make your counter attack, TN is still 7)) [03:19] ((one karma...no luck, heh)) [03:20] * Minx also misses what should've been an easy slash... [03:20] * Macavity and Minx slash and parry with blinding speed, a blur of flashing blades and whirling bodies [03:20] ((init 1)) [03:20] ((your attack)) [03:21] * Minx tries again, swinging her blade in a lightning quick move towards Macavity... [03:21] ((1 success)) [03:26] ((one sec...let me see if the dicebot needs reseeding)) [03:27] * Macavity attempts to grasp Minx by the arm again to throw her, but she draws the blade back as he does so [03:28] ((damage on the blade?)) [03:28] ((roll your body btw, TN 6)) [03:28] ((Fineblade, long, +1M, so 5M)) [03:29] ((body + remaining combat pool TN 6)) [03:30] ((no successes on the body test)) [03:30] * Macavity tries to move his arms away from the blade as he realizes his mistake, but Minx manages to nick his arm with the tip of her razor sharp blade as he does so, drawing a thin line of blood. [03:32] * Minx smiles grimly, pulling the blade back, smiling. [03:32] * Macavity grins back at Minx, his eyes flashing with admiration [03:33] "Mine..." she says with a more delighted grin. [03:33] * Macavity licks the blood from the back of his wrist and shakes his head. [03:33] * Macavity taps is opposite shoulder as he looks at Minx [03:34] ((roll intelligence)) [03:34] "Oh?" [03:35] You realize now that the adrenaline is fading that there's something wet on your shoulder. When you touch the spot with your fingertips they come up covered with a thin sheen of blood from a razor cut on your upper arm. [03:35] * Minx growls again. "Damn." [03:36] ((hrrm. Wish you had told me that body test was for a cut. Should've made the test against a TN of 5, not 6, due to a point of mystic armor)) [03:36] ((in case you're wondering when it happened. it was on the roll past you that you parried - ties go to the attacker)) [03:36] ((I took the mystic armor into effect)) [03:37] * Macavity puts away his blades and steps up close to Minx, leaning over to her ear to whisper something. [03:37] ((ahh)) [03:37] * Minx listens. [03:40] "I might be willing to let you have this bike, since you did manage to cut me after all, if you're able to.....convince me later on." [03:40] The other Ancients hoot and hollar in glee, it's been awhile since they've seen such a great fight. They gather around as Macavity turns to talk to Halfaest [03:41] * Minx smirks, looking up and down at Macavity. "Well..." she purrs..."You're cute enough..." and then pulls him close, blade pressed up against him. "But I'm no whore." [03:44] * Macavity grins slyls at Minx. "I was thinking of another kind of contest. If you're game of course." [03:44] ((slyly even)) [03:46] * Minx drags the blade against his shirt, parting a few strands. "Like?" [03:47] * Macavity holds a finger to Minx as he addresses Halfaest. [03:48] * Minx waits, rather impatiently, parting a few more strands. [03:48] "I'm traveling down to Los Angelos in a day or so to....'acquire' some merchandise. I was wondering if you could send word to your chapter down there to expect me." [03:50] * Minx listens to the business at hand. [03:53] Halfaest: "Certainly. Actually, Minx here knows the chapter down there personally." [03:53] * Macavity Halfaest grins, "You could take her with you for a 'personal introduction" [03:53] * Minx shrugs. "I've been down there a couple of times." [03:56] "Really?" [03:57] "Would you mind showing me around then? I'm sure I could...compensate you...for your time of course." [03:58] * Macavity runs a hand idly over his bike [04:00] * Minx smirks. "I guess." [04:02] "Shall I call you? Pick you up here when I leave?" [04:02] "Or would you like to come with me?" [04:02] "Now." [04:05] * Minx tilts her head. "Okay, Now works." [04:05] * Macavity loads up his guns and webbing again, tossing the top of his body armor into a compartment on his bike. [04:06] Halfaest pulls Minx aside as Macavity gathers his things. [04:07] Halfaest: "Minx, you should know. Knife-fighting is something he picked up on the side. It's not his speciality. And I think there's some kind of magic about him as well. Just don't....underestimate him." [04:09] * Minx nods, gathering up her stuff. "I understand." [04:10] * Macavity shrugs on his synthleather coat and beckons to Minx as he hops on his bike and revs the engine. [04:11] * Minx hops on her own bike, nodding her readiness. [04:11] The sky thunders with the promise of more rain to come from a storm traveling offshore down the coast. [04:12] * Macavity takes off heading into downtown Seattle. [04:13] * Minx keeps up easily, following, her own bike matching his pace. [04:14] Before you get to the Downtown Seattle border, you spot a checkpoint on the road up ahead, guarded by Seattle Metroplex guards whom check through all vehicular traffic entering the profitable downtown area from the Redmond Barrens. [04:15] * Minx looks for ways to blow through the checkpoint... [04:15] * Macavity pulls off down a side road just before the checkpoint and takes you through a series of twists and turns, through a hole in a chain-link fenced backyard which finally leads you to the gaping mouth of a run-off rain sewer. [04:16] * Macavity pulls to a stop and signals you to join him. [04:16] * Minx pulls up beside him. [04:17] "This leads into the ork underground, but we have to hurry before it starts raining and the runoff tunnel fills with water. Seattle Metroplex doesn't really know about this entrance." [04:17] * Macavity winks at Minx and then tears off into the tunnel [04:17] Outside, another peal of thunder rumbles through the sky, and a light drizzle begins falling [04:17] * Minx follows, catching up with him, following him through the twists and turns, having been through the Underground a couple of times. [04:19] The tunnels lead out eventually through an abandoned subway tunnel (why is it always an abandoned subway tunnel?) and up a set of ramps to a more populated part of the underground. [04:20] * Macavity follows a route that seems familiar to him into the basement of a parking garage and finally pulls into a spot, parks and turns off the bike. [04:20] * Minx pulls up, parking next to him, triggering the security system on her bike as she slides off of it. [04:21] "Nice system." [04:22] "It keeps it safe." [04:22] "Can't be too careful these days. Come on, my pad is upstairs." [04:22] * Macavity heads over into an elevator and holds it open for Minx to follow. [04:23] * Minx follows, glancing around, unzipping her jacket a bit now that there's no chance to have acid rain dumped on her. [04:25] The elevator whisks the two up to the 72nd floor, and Macavity walks down the hall of a fairly high-class apartment building to door 72-K [04:25] "So how do you know Halfaest?" [04:25] * Minx whistles. [04:25] * Macavity unlocks the door and goes in, holding the door open for Minx. [04:26] "I met Halfaest a couple of years ago, when I needed a distraction on a job. I paid him and a few other Ancients to ride by a corporate building and take potshots at the guards as we were leaving." [04:27] * Minx smirks at the door holding wandering in. "Ahh. Should become a better negotiator. Might have gotten him to do it for free." [04:28] "Oh, he refused payment at first, but I insisted. THen I took them all out to dinner at the Spring Grove (a fairly posh restaurant downtown)." [04:28] * Macavity grins "I enjoyed that." [04:28] * Minx grins. "I bet." [04:28] * Minx wanders around, checking the place out, before flopping down on a sofa, naturally putting her feet up on a table. [04:30] Across from the sofa is a fairly extensive entertainment system - Trid, stero, movies and music on chip. The apartment is fairly small, through the door opposite the entrance, you can see a bedroom, and you spotted the tiled floor of a bathroom through a doorway in the wall behind you. [04:31] * Macavity tosses his coat on the back of a chair and walks into the bedroom, the light of a computer screen flickering on. [04:31] "Would you like something to drink?" [04:31] * Macavity calls from the other room... [04:32] * Minx gets up, wandering around, looking for any books or anything magical, then digs through the fridge, helping herself. "No thanks, found something." [04:33] Inside the small refridgerator are a couple of bottles of chilled elven wines, bottled water, some leftover chinese food, and a case of Amp energy drink. [04:34] * Minx tries the elven wine. [04:35] The wine is a decent vintage, not terribly expensive, but not that easy to find either. Inside a cabinet above the fridge you find some glasses. [04:35] * Minx takes the bottle with her as she's wandering around the place, eschewing the glasses. [04:36] An opened black case among the video chips catches your eye. Inside the padded interior are a slew of unlabled custom burned chips. [04:37] * Minx looks at the chips, sorting through them, looking for any hint of what they are. [04:38] With your street knowledge, they look to you like they might be illegal BTL chips.. [04:38] * Minx sneers slightly, turning away from them. [04:39] * Minx keeps wandering, looking around, heading for the bedroom. [04:40] on the table where your feet were, you see several club flyers poking out from beneath tech flash sheets. [04:41] * Macavity sits inside his bedroom at a computer terminal, surfing, checking email, weather, travel and news as he shuffles music clips together, mixing a new playlist. [04:42] * Minx flips through the club flyers, noting the places she's been, and the newest and latest clubs to pop up in the city. [04:42] Across from the doorway is a window that takes up the entire opposite wall. The rain outside beats against the window, and you can see a good portion of downtown Seattle from here. A closet lines the wall to your right, and the terminal and bed take up the wall to your left. [04:42] "Nice view. Your chips? [04:43] " [04:43] Among the flyers you recognize a bunch, mostly industrial, techno-synth and goth nights [04:43] "Which ones?" [04:44] "The BTL." [04:45] * Macavity leans back in his chair, stretching in boots and jeans only, the torn fishnet strewn on the bed [04:45] "Yes, they're mine." [04:46] "Nasty habit. Likely to walk out that window one night." [04:47] "That's why it's locked." [04:47] * Macavity points to the computer. [04:47] "Besides, I spend most of my time in there, and the inputs are just as high." [04:47] * Minx nods and shrugs, wandering into the closet, looking around. [04:48] "I'd hardly make a career out of shadowrunning if I didn't like the edge, the excitement." [04:49] * Minx calls back. "Things like that can push you off the edge." [04:50] The closet is filled with very nice, very expensive clothing. Everything from tailored suits to synthleather pants and fishnet shirts. But all sleek, and simple designs with an understated elegance to them. [04:51] * Minx pokes through them, checking out the tailored stuff, before wandering back out, and settling on the bed. "So when do we leave?" [04:51] On one end of the closet are a few dresses and womens outfits, all different sizes some too small to even fit Macavity. [04:52] "I just need to check a few things online. Then pack. We could order dinner or go out to get something to eat tonight." [04:52] * Minx pokes through the dresses and woman's outfits. "Kinda freaky, huh?" [04:53] * Macavity glances over at the clock, which shows that it's 7:38 PM. [04:53] "Oh, those were left here. I've got random clothes from guests who didnt' take everything home with them." [04:54] * Macavity yawns and walks into the other room to fetch a can of Amp. [04:54] * Minx digs through them, looking at the clothes. [04:55] Most of them are club-wear, all as expensive as Macavity's own clothes, and similar in taste. A few look like they would fit you. [04:56] Fishnets, plaid skirts, bondage pants, corsets, etc... [04:56] * Minx holds up a few that look like they'll fit her infront of her, looking at them. [04:56] * Macavity leans in the doorway, watching you sort through them. [04:56] "Take what you want." [04:57] * Minx looks for an outfit that will fit her. [04:58] ((what's Minx's height/weight?)) [04:59] ((Average height for elf women, so 5'10 or so, probably about 120 or so..never good at this. Skinny but muscular, shapely, but not volumptious)) [05:00] Most of the clothes in there look like they would fit. A few of the pants probably aren't long enough in the leg, but the corsets, skirts, etc... all seem to match your build. [05:01] * Minx grabs a short skirt and a corset, looking for two that match, digging through the pile of clothes. [05:02] "So when do we need to be there, and how long are we staying?" [05:03] "Well, I'm checking to see when the 'merchandise' I'm picking up is arriving down there. It might be a few days. A week at the most." [05:04] "And there's a gothic rave going on down in LA Friday night. One of the DJs is a friend of mine, so I'm probably going to pay him a visit." [05:04] "My business should be taken care of before then." [05:04] * Minx nods. "I'll need to swing by my place and pack." she says, beginning to strip. [05:05] "So gone a week. Need to leave in the morning?" [05:05] * Macavity glances idly over at her noting form tattoos, piercings, etc, then turns back to his computer. [05:06] Yes, the morning. I think I'm heading out to Insomnia tonight, it's a club I go to." [05:06] "Would you like to join me?" [05:07] "if you dance, we could see which of us deserves the bike more." [05:08] No tatoos, only piercing seems to be in her left nipple. After the leather pants and biker boots, it's almost amusing to see the green silk g-string she wears. She seems to not mind the glances, digging around for a pair of footwear to go with the outfit. [05:08] * Minx snickers, half buried in a pile of clothes. "I only dance a bit. But sure. Insomnia sounds good." [05:08] * Macavity grabs a light form-fitting synthetic T-shirt from his closet and shrugs it on. [05:08] "And dinner?" [05:09] "Up to you." [05:10] * Macavity sports one tattoo on his left shoulder blade. A pair of dragons - one white, one black - swirled around each other forming a circle which from a distance resembles the Taoist Yin/Yang. [05:10] * Minx pulls out a pair of knee high boots that will look decent with the skirt and corset, She slips into them, the skirt, and the corset, walking over to you and turning around. "Tighten please." [05:11] * Macavity laces up the back with practiced ease, pulling on the laces to take in the slack as he does so. [05:13] "I know a nice little bar downtown. It's a tiny place, usually pretty crowded, but the food and wine are excellent and they usually have a pretty decent live blues group." [05:14] * Minx sucks in her breath, getting the full effect of the corset. "Sounds good." [05:15] * Macavity turns Minx around, looking her up and down critically. [05:15] "Looks good, but it's missing something." [05:16] * Minx poses, glancing at herself in the mirror. "Oh?" [05:16] * Macavity rumages inside his closet for a moment, and then returns with a thin, soft longcoat of Arachni-spidersilk. [05:16] "here." [05:17] * Minx feels the fabric, looking it over. "Nice..." [05:18] * Macavity slips the coat onto Minx. Lightweight and smooth, it drapes in all the right ways, framing the outfit and falling almost to the ground. [05:18] ((black btw)) [05:19] * Minx checks herself out in the mirror. "Very nice." [05:20] "That coat is ballistic grade spidersilk, it's more armored than it looks. Plus is does look very nice. Especially on you." [05:20] * Macavity steps up behind minx and places one hand around her waist. [05:20] * Minx grins, and flicks a look back at Macavity. [05:20] * Macavity studies her eyes intently. [05:22] "Yes?" [05:22] "Damn you're beautiful." [05:23] * Minx snickers. "Talk like that, you trying to make my clothes another prize?" [05:23] "Maybe we should head out to dinner." [05:24] "If I can eat in this thing..." [05:25] * Minx glances at the sky. "It's going to suck riding the bikes in this weather. I'll look like a drowned rat." [05:25] * Macavity grabs a large umbrella from his closet [05:26] "We don't have to take the bikes, there's a subway tube underground here that stops almost right across from the restaurant. [05:26] "Or we could chill here. I've got chocolate and ice cream in the freezer." [05:27] "Skip dinner and go right to desert, as it were." [05:27] * Minx shrugs. "The tube sounds good." [05:28] "This way then." [05:29] * Macavity grabs his pistols and his coat and heads out of the apartment. [05:29] * Minx follows, walking carefully on the heeled boots, slipping some blades into the top of the boots carefully. [05:33] The tube gets both of you to the bar with a minimum of fuss, and the umbrella Macavity brought is almost the size of a footman's umbrella. [05:33] The entrance to the bar is down a few steps, tucked under the steps leading to the row-house above it. [05:34] * Minx walks carefully, staying under the umbrella, showing off a little. [05:36] Inside, the place is packed with people, the eves are hung with ivy and a few spots to supplement the light from the candles on every table. Wine racks and a few barrels line one wall, and a small bar the other. A stage at the far end is occupied by a group playing some light jazz and blues. [05:37] * Minx listens. Not her usual taste in music, but decent enough. [05:37] The hostess seats the two of them at a table in the far corner, across from the stage, and facing back towards the entrance. [05:39] * Macavity orders for the two of them, and the waiter returns with their orders, a bottle of wine, and Itallian cuisine to die for. You suspect that it's actually genuine, and not synthetic foodstuffs, a potentially expensive treat." [05:39] * Minx digs into the food hungrily. [05:39] * Macavity sips his wine and joins her, savoring each bite [05:40] "You can make a fair amount of money in this business if you know how to go about it." [05:40] "Oh?" she says inbetween mouth fulls. [05:42] "Everything that you do has an impact. Knowing whom your actions impact can help you sell a single run to many interested parties. And you profit from all of them." [05:42] "And then there's information." [05:43] "I know people who make an entire living off of selling information. But I need a little more in my life." [05:44] * Macavity finishes the rest of his meal and orders Tiramisu for the two of them. [05:44] * Minx nods, tasting the tirimasu, poking at it, not sure what it is at first... [05:45] She seems to like it, digging into it. [05:46] "Information broker is too boring. Not enough action. Though it can help with bills." [05:48] "Exactly." [05:50] * Minx leans back, savoring her wine. [05:52] "So what exactly are we doing in LA?" [05:54] * Macavity looks at Minx for a moment, thinking.. [05:55] * Minx sips her wine, slouching as much as the corset allows her. [05:55] "I'm getting a new car." [05:55] "And picking up one or two for the competition." [05:56] "Competition?" [05:58] * Minx idly rubs up against your leg underneath the table [05:59] "The new Mitsuzuki Eclipse employs a new Quattro drive system that employs smart materials and sensors to optimize the interaction between each tire and the road. The result is a sports car that handles and accelerates better than anything on the road. The new engine they've installed it with makes it almost as fast as your Blitzen, unmodified. Nobody else has anything remotely close to matching it. Several corporations...." [06:00] "....anyways, I've made a private deal with one or two aspiring executives in a few corporations to get them one of the prototypes." [06:01] "It's getting late. Are you still interested in the club?" [06:01] * Minx raises an eyebrow, snickering at the private deal aspect. [06:01] * Minx nods, finishing off her wine. "Yeah." [06:02] "Let's go then." [06:02] * Macavity holds Minx's coat for her to slip into. [06:02] * Minx stands up, taking a few moments to smooth down her skirt from where it had ridden up slightly, giving anyone who was looking a rather nice view. [06:02] * Minx slips into the coat with a smile. [06:03] * Macavity lets his hands smooth down the coat for her, coming to rest around her waist as they leave the cafe' [06:04] Outside, the rain has granted the city a reprieve, and everything sparkles under the city lights. [06:04] * Macavity whispers in Minx's ear. No more shop talk tonight. [06:04] * Minx smirks, "Okay." [06:05] * Macavity walks with Minx to the club, only a few blocks away near the MCT Convention center. [06:06] * Minx walks alongside of Macavity, arm around his waist [06:07] Insomnia began life as a parking garage, but the tres chic dressed line stretching down the block proclaims how the insides have changed. A pair of Troll bouncers at the door let a few people through at a time, scanning the line for trouble. [06:08] * Minx evaluates just how much trouble the trolls could really handle, her eye looking for gang colors, as well as checking to see who's territory she's in... [06:09] The area around the MCT building is pretty much devoid of gangs, patrolled by both Lone Star and MCT's own security services, the crime rate here is almost non-existant. A stark contrast from the Barrens Minx is more familiar with. [06:10] * Macavity leads Minx around the back to a metal door with a single light above and a camera off to one side. After knocking on the door, a well dressed ork bouncer opens the door and nods to Macavity. [06:10] "She's with me." [06:10] * Minx snickers. [06:10] The bouncer motions for the two of you to enter and waves you up a flight of stairs without even checking you for weapons with the hand-held detector he holds in one hand. [06:11] "Nice.." [06:13] At the top of the stairs above a metal fire door the sleek fairing of a weapons pod sits quiet next to a camera that watches the two of you climb the steps. The base from the sound system rumbles through the walls, vibrating up through your feet. [06:13] * Minx looks around the club taking in the scenery, checking out the clientel, and the dance floor. [06:13] The concrete stairs end at a firedoor which, as you open it, leads onto a metal catwalk across the back of the club. On the dance floor beneath you, dancers writhe and twist to the dark, pulsing lashes of electronic rythyms and orchestral surges from the group on stage, XTC. The catwalk vibrates with the powerful music and you feel the urge to grip the railing a little more tightly. [06:15] "Let me get you a drink, the group on stage should be off in a few minutes." [06:15] * Minx nods her head to the beat, following [06:16] * Macavity guides Minx down from the catwalk, moves aside the ropes cordening off the stairs, and leads her over to a bar. [06:16] "What would you like?" [06:16] "Screwdriver for now." [06:18] * Macavity waves a bartender over and orders a Screwdriver for Minx and a Kamikaze for himself. [06:18] * Minx checks out the clientel, seeing if it's mostly corp, or street. [06:19] * Macavity slips the coat off from Minx, and hands it to the girl behind the bar counter, who puts it away for Mac. [06:20] The clientel is mostly from the gothic/industrial scene, black, latex, leather, and chain predominate, and the individuals seem more drawn from the street than the corps. Here and there a random corper can be spotted...trying to blend in. [06:20] * Minx stretches, showing off her body [06:22] * Macavity doffs his coat as well, and gestures to Minx to join him on the dance floor... [06:23] * Minx follows, already beginning to move to the music [06:23] ((do you want to roll for this, or merely describe?)) [06:23] ((nah, no need to roll)) [06:24] http://www.sinthursday.com/picture.html [06:25] ((?)) [06:28] * Macavity moves to the music with fluid, practiced ease, feet, body, and hands giving grace and form to the music, as he slides past Minx, close but never quite touching. [06:30] ((my club in Trenton, October 24th, pic 111 is me)) [06:30] * Minx smiles and closes her eyes, dancing to the music, occasionally brushing against Macavity, moving sensually. [06:33] * Macavity takes one of Minx's hands and spins her out, then back into his arms. Slipping one arm around the small of her back, he whispers to her, "Trust me, lean back." and he dips her in a circle, his arm supporting her entire weight. [06:34] * Minx leans back as much as possible in the corset, feeling her body stretch, her breasts threatening to pop out of the corset. [06:38] * Macavity pulls Minx back up and slips around her, dancing close against her back one hand around her waist, the other resting on the side of her leg. [06:39] * Minx moves against Macavity, grinding slightly, hands on his [06:50] * Minx continues to dance, occasionally pressing up against others, remaining mostly in contact with Macavity though [06:53] * Macavity runs into old friends and wanders off once or twice to dance with other girls he knows, but returns to Minx throughout the night.. [06:54] * Minx seems to have no problems finding other partners throughout the night, both men and woman, sometimes multiple partners, other times dancing alone [07:01] * Macavity brings Annette, a tiny girl he knows from the club, back with him at one point and pulls Minx towards the two of them. [07:01] * Macavity dances with one hand wrapped around Minx's waist, as Annette writhes between the two of them, her cheek resting against Minx's corsetted breast as she rides up and down Macavity's knee. [07:02] * Minx grins slightly, pressing against the girl, feeling up both her and Macavity as they dance [07:05] * Macavity reaches around the back of Minx's head, pulling her towards him till their noses touch and their lips are seperated by but a breath as they dance with Annette between them. [07:06] * Minx giggles, letting her tongue slip out occasionally and brush against Macavity's lips, still grinding into the girl. [07:18] * Minx presses tight, entwinning her legs with the girl's, dancing quickly