(IC) New Bedford by Night: WtF III

[Haval]

'Give me a second.' Joanna will slowly get her licence out of her jacket so the lead cop could see it. 'The guy you're looking for is called Brock Turner. He already killed someone else in Boston and was hiding out here. The poor bastard over there is his cousin Fin.'

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'A gig followed by a fight. **** it. Why not.' Joanna relaxes into the idea.

[Bennosuke]

The greying officer nods to his fellow officers, who both keep their weapons trained on Joanna as he lowers his own and approaches, taking her license from her hand. Half skimming the paper, half listening, he cuts the Uratha off. "Whoa, whoa," he says, eyes still on the paper document, "how do you know all this? Did you see what happened here?"

[Haval]

Joanna will slowly put her hands down, 'I followed him here. I get paid to find people like him. Just not quickly enough in this case. I spoke to one of you guys about it last week.' She had made some enquiries with the local police before she ran into the Anchor Wolves but the man had been unhelpful. 'They were having a fight as I arrived. No idea what the dead guy said to deserve that. Got a description of the truck if you want it?' She'll grin slightly at the cop at the end assuming the answer was obvious.

[Bennosuke]

The officer hands Joanna back her papers and nods to the other officers, who both lower their weapons. He gives an affirmative nod in reply, but says, "Uh yeah. We'll greatly appreciate it, but I'm sorry Ms. Sullivan, we're gonna need you to come down to the station to file a full report and answer questions. Standard procedure when there's been a murder, of course." He speaks in an apologetic tone, and shrugs his shoulders raising his arms as if to say there's nothing he can do about it.

[Haval]

'I know how it is. Lot of police in my family back home.' Joanna is happy to accompany the police to give a statement. 'Do you think any of you guys would be able to give me a heads up if you find him again? I will obviously return the favour.'

[Bennosuke]

"Miss," the older cop replies with a chuckle, "you help us with this and we will be more than happy to keep you into the loop." He pats Joanna on the shoulder, and begins turning her toward his cruiser. He adds, "Come on, I'll give you a ride. Where's your car? We can take ya back to it when we're done." Again, his thick accent turns "car" into "caah".

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Back on the other side of the Gauntlet, the Anchor Wolves return to the warehouse and fill Kara and the others in on their meeting with the Reveler. The word is still spinning a little, and Kara at one point pokes at Bear for slurring his words slightly. It isn't long till someone pulls out their phone to get Mitchell Sanders on speaker. "Kids? Long time no speak. Ya told me ta give you a few weeks, but oh boy do I got work for you if you want it. The Pour House has been begging me for another show, and there are a couple of larger venues I've been talking ta." The Wolf Blooded manager speaks quickly, with an excited authority that makes it hard to get a word in.

[Haval]

'Over by the Sea Skipper building if you know it. It's a bit of a walk so I'd appreciate a ride.'

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Joanna will try and ask a question, 'Bigger venues? Like what?

[Bennosuke]

Joanna allows herself to be escorted to the officer's car, and driven to the station. Unless she chooses to cause problems, she is respected down at the station, and questioned for a little over an hour before being driven back to her car.

(OOC: Happy to end here unless there is something you wanna RP through or explore)

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Sanders eyes Joanna curiously. He didn't know her well, though he'd heard she was one of the new replacement members. "Joanna, right? Well you guys have been invited to play at U Mass Dartmouth. Probably a crowd of about five hundred. Also got invited to perform at The Factory, which is a real concert venue, not just a dive bar with a stage."

[Haval]

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I'll leave it there. Just wanted to make some contacts.

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Joanna will meet Sanders' gaze as this was the first time she had met him, 'Hey, I like dive bars, but that's great news. Is the Factory the biggest venue you guys have played in?' The other news was less welcome, 'When's the Dartmouth gig? Just wondering if the Pure are going to be in the audience.'

[Bennosuke]

The other news was less welcome, 'When's the Dartmouth gig? Just wondering if the Pure are going to be in the audience.'

"I was waiting to discuss it with you all," Sanders replies, "but we can probably set it up for any of the upcoming weekends... though of course we wanna give it a few weeks so we can build interest and sell tickets." He's excited, eager, maybe even hungry, and it shines like a light in his eyes.

[Daishain]

Bear considers, "Probably best not to perform our Siskur Dah right in front of the pure. Even if the humans won't recognize it they will. As much fun as it would be to rub our intention to hunt them in their faces I doubt that would end well."

"So lets focus on this gig at the Factory, and maybe start hyping up for a big thing at Dartmouth later."

[Haval]

'They deserve it for the other day. Joanna enjoys the notion of rubbing the Pure's collective noses in it. 'I think if we haven't dealt with the Pure within a week or so anyway we might have bigger problems.'

[Bennosuke]

"I can set that up," Sanders says clapping his hands together. He asks with a grin, "How soon do you want to set the date? Probably give it a couple of weeks to sell some tickets, right?"

[Daishain]

Bear shakes his head, "No we need to deal with this soon, frankly I think even waiting a single week would be pushing it. How tough would it be to get the word out in just a few days?"

[Haval]

'How do you even promote a gig anyway?' Joanna adds, 'If we're going to do it I'd hope people show up.'

[Bennosuke]

The color drops from Sanders' face, and he drops his grubby hands. "Uh... of course we could get the gig booked that soon," he blubbers, "but I don't know if we'd get nearly the same crowd. Less publicity, less money!" He speaks as if he is trying to convince a friend not to commit suicide, waving his hands in a desperate pleading manner. His gaze darts from Bear, to the other Uratha, hoping one of them will see reason.

[Daishain]

Bear sighs a little, "Okay, breathe, hear me out. We need the next gig to happen fast. I know we need money, but timing is a little more important at the moment. So how about this. Use the thing at the Factory as advertisement. Get as many as you can on short notice, we rock the hell out of them, and leave them wanting more. Follow up with another performance at Dartmouth, and then another back at the Factory. We might not clear as much for the first gig, but for the next two we'll have proof in the puddin' word of mouth advertisement to fill every seat."

[Haval]

Joanna nods in agreement, 'It's for the Reveler as much as for the Pure isn't it? We got to play somewhere soon.'

[Bennosuke]

Mitchel Sanders opens his mouth as if he is about to protest, but then stops himself and only exhales deeply. "Fine. We'll book this thing for tomorrow night if we can," he says throwing his hands up in defeat. But then a smug grin spreads across his portly face and he adds, "BUT, I'm booking the hell out of you guys from there. We're gonna start performing multiple nights a week, all sorts of gigs. I know you've gotten caught up in your Uratha duties, and that's noble and all, but don't forget, we also vowed to become the biggest god damn band in New England if not bigger! I believe in you guys, but you've gotta start putting in the stage time! I'll make the calls this morning and will text you all once I have this **** ironed out."

[Haval]

'That's the spirit.' Joanna replies drily. 'Just as long as the world isn't actually ending.'

[Bennosuke]

Sanders raises a brow and the comment about the apocalypse, but seems to ignore it. He shakes hands with the Uratha, promising to be in touch as soon as things have been decided, before saying his goodbyes and departing.

With Sanders gone, Kara from the back of the crowd speaks up. Her voice, clear and girlish, turns the heads of the others, bringing everyone's attention on her. "Well then, assuming we have another day and a half, do we prepare for our hunt against the Pure's Totem, or do we take some time to go after the Deep Ones and the Idigam?" she asks, standing with her hands on her hips, one head thrust to the side.

[Thundercracker]

Sanders raises a brow and the comment about the apocalypse, but seems to ignore it. He shakes hands with the Uratha, promising to be in touch as soon as things have been decided, before saying his goodbyes and departing.

With Sanders gone, Kara from the back of the crowd speaks up. Her voice, clear and girlish, turns the heads of the others, bringing everyone's attention on her. "Well then, assuming we have another day and a half, do we prepare for our hunt against the Pure's Totem, or do we take some time to go after the Deep Ones and the Idigam?" she asks, standing with her hands on her hips, one head thrust to the side.

"The Pure," Blaze said, "we can't leave our backs exposed while we go hunt down the Idigam."

[Haval]

'Well in that case I believe there was talk of beer?' Joanna replies referring to the need to create containers for the molotov cocktails. 'But what else can we do besides that? The younger two were drinking in town before. What are the chances they're overconfident enough to do that again. I'd still like to know what they're doing here and Oak isn't going to tell us.'

[Bennosuke]

Kara nodded at Joanna's remarks. With a shrug she adds, "Could also try to talk to some of those students. Blaze, you got the contact info for those pothead hackey sack hippies, right? If that Oakheart is a professor, maybe we can learn more about her and her pack from the students?" Her gaze moves confidently over the other pack members, trying to judge their possible responses.

[Haval]

Joanna nods, 'I need to find out if she actually does any teaching. Should we meet them somewhere? Although I doubt they'll need much persuading to tell tales. There's probably more students from Dartmouth around in town somewhere if we visit the right bars.'

[Thundercracker]

Kara nodded at Joanna's remarks. With a shrug she adds, "Could also try to talk to some of those students. Blaze, you got the contact info for those pothead hackey sack hippies, right? If that Oakheart is a professor, maybe we can learn more about her and her pack from the students?" Her gaze moves confidently over the other pack members, trying to judge their possible responses.

“I dunno, I don’t know those guys too well,” Blaze replied, “I guess I could try to set up a meeting with them, we’d need to scrape the cash together to buy something first thought.”

[Haval]

'This is for the good weed isn't it? I've got money. If it's really good stuff it'll be worth it.'

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Joanna has Resources 2 if it matters

[Bennosuke]

Kara scoffs and says, "They're college kids Blaze. I mean, I know you've got a refined palate when it comes to pot, but something tells me they aren't selling the greatest stuff... no matter what they told you." She gives Blaze her best combative punk sneer, very Billy Idol, before blowing her companion a conciliatory kiss.

[Thundercracker]

'This is for the good weed isn't it? I've got money. If it's really good stuff it'll be worth it.'

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Joanna has Resources 2 if it matters

“Sold, I’ll give ‘em a call,” Blaze said.

[Haval]

Kara scoffs and says, "They're college kids Blaze. I mean, I know you've got a refined palate when it comes to pot, but something tells me they aren't selling the greatest stuff... no matter what they told you." She gives Blaze her best combative punk sneer, very Billy Idol, before blowing her companion a conciliatory kiss.

'Maybe we could ask to sample it first? But it's a means to an end isn't it? As long as they're not cutting their stuff with something else.'