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2024-05-03, 06:49 PM (ISO 8601)
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2024-05-07, 05:18 PM (ISO 8601)
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Orla's question about the man's acquaintance with the General causes the man to grin again, showing that several of his teeth are capped with gold. Mirthfully, he replies, "Casmirre," before turning his back to face the group of card players and sitting himself back down in his large, lovingly carved wooden chair. Ignoring Orla, Rogue Trader Perrus Casmirre begins reaching across the table and bellows, "Give me yer cards. I'm dealing, since the lot of yeh can't be trusted!"
The faces of the group of men at the table are filled with fear, visible even in those who are trying not to show it.Spoiler: Games I am Currently RunningSan Francisco by Night (Vampire the Requiem 2E)
New Bedford by Night (Werewolf the Forsaken 2E)
New Orleans by Night (Changeling the Lost 2E)
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2024-05-08, 01:41 PM (ISO 8601)
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Hound glances over quickly at Orla when Casmirre has turned away and returned to the table. "This should be interesting news to relay to 'Master Jarkov'. If he can get in with Casmirre here, that could open up a path to Lord Durchesse," he whispers.
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2024-05-08, 07:26 PM (ISO 8601)
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2024-05-09, 05:34 AM (ISO 8601)
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"Let's step outside and ask him," Hound suggests.
Making his way back into the corridor, he calls Ezekiel on his micro-bead. "Sir - we have located Lord Durchesse and Rogue Trader Casmirre one floor up. Lord Durchesse does not seem approachable at this time, but Casmirre is in the midst of a card game and more open to small talk. Perhaps you could invite yourself to join the game as a means of making contact?" he speaks quietly into the bead.
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2024-05-09, 05:19 PM (ISO 8601)
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Hound waits for a moment as all he hears is static coming from the micro-bead, and then the Interrogator's voice comes in. "Yes, yes! That sounds lovely," he says, his voice slightly far-off sounding in the comm, "Would you give me just one second?" There is static for a another second, and then Ezekiel's voice comes in more clearly, though his tone bellies annoyance, "Why don't you come down here and talk to me?" Then he cuts the line.
Assuming Hound and Orla obey, they come back downstairs and wander through the area for another almost ten minutes till they find Interrogator Ezekiel standing and talking with a pair of women. From appearances, one is an older woman, dressed in white and red laces, her wiry white hair tight tight in an ornate bun. She stands talking to Ezekiel with regal poise, one hand holding a goblet of amsec, the other resting on a gilded ivory cane. Her companion is a younger woman, equally well dressed, but youthful and full bodied. She keeps a hand lovingly at the back of her older companion, and sips at a glass of straw colored wine from a fluted glass. The two chuckle at some joke of the Interrogators, and it is hard to tell who is falling for his charms more strongly.
Out of the corner of his eye, Ezekiel catches the approaching acolytes. Refusing to acknowledge them, he leans close to the older woman and places a gloved hand on the one of hers resting on the cane. "Give me just one moment dear," he says, as if she was a favored aunt, before giving her a polite bow of the head, turning and intercepting the acolytes before they can come to close to his party. "What is it," he asks loudly with annoyance, so that the women can hear, though with his back turned to them, they can't see the look of sincere concern in the Interrogator's eyes.Spoiler: Games I am Currently RunningSan Francisco by Night (Vampire the Requiem 2E)
New Bedford by Night (Werewolf the Forsaken 2E)
New Orleans by Night (Changeling the Lost 2E)
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2024-05-09, 08:07 PM (ISO 8601)
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'Or I suppose we could ask Milo. Hasn't he got money to lose?' If Casmirre wasn't actually going to kill amyone Orla will follow Hound downstairs. She'll nod to Kertz the guard on the way past.
Orla will try not to look too amused at the Interrogator's situation as she leans forward and speak quietly in his ear, 'You want to meet Casmirre boss? I'd offer to join his game but it would get me into trouble fast.'
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2024-05-12, 11:33 AM (ISO 8601)
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Orla will try not to look too amused at the Interrogator's situation as she leans forward and speak quietly in his ear, 'You want to meet Casmirre boss? I'd offer to join his game but it would get me into trouble fast.'
Before either Orla or Hound can reply, The Interrogator's eyes glance over at his two female companions, making sure they were not attempting to listen in or picking up on the tension that had suddenly settled over his group.Spoiler: Games I am Currently RunningSan Francisco by Night (Vampire the Requiem 2E)
New Bedford by Night (Werewolf the Forsaken 2E)
New Orleans by Night (Changeling the Lost 2E)
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2024-05-12, 05:54 PM (ISO 8601)
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2024-05-13, 05:28 PM (ISO 8601)
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"Of course," Ezekiel says under his breath when he finds out The Rogue Trader is upstairs gambling. The man's expression softens though and a wry smirk spreads across his face. He pats both HOund and Orla on the shoulder and says, "Good work." He eyes the two women again before saying with hushed voice, "I'm hesitant to make contact, though I don't know how easy it will be to spy on him. Any chance either of you are good at cards?"
Spoiler: OOCIs there an in universe card game people play? I think Regicide is their chess...Last edited by Bennosuke; 2024-05-13 at 05:30 PM.
Spoiler: Games I am Currently RunningSan Francisco by Night (Vampire the Requiem 2E)
New Bedford by Night (Werewolf the Forsaken 2E)
New Orleans by Night (Changeling the Lost 2E)
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2024-05-14, 07:24 PM (ISO 8601)
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Orla glances towards Hound before turning back, 'I know how to lose. Doesn't seem that useful. And he already threatened one of the other players for cheating.'
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I feel like I saw what was basically poker somewhere. Other then that I don't know anything official.
Orla isn't rich enough to be good at gambling so she doesn't have the skill. So I suppose it depends what else she might be able to roll for it.
Unless we ask Milo
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2024-05-16, 03:31 PM (ISO 8601)
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"Sir, as you well know, I am a scribe, not a gentleman of leisure - I have no facility with games of chance. However, as you are here to make useful connections, then perhaps this is simply a situation where sacrifices now will lead to the opportunities you seek later," Hound suggests.
OOC: Haval has brought up the idea of using Milo to gamble, and if Ezekiel doesn't want to take the plunge, perhaps that's the best idea, but I have no clue as to whether or not Milo has Gamble as a trained skill.
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2024-05-19, 06:20 PM (ISO 8601)
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The Interrogator frowns, his lips drawing tight on his well structured face. "The Rogue Trader has likely been to Carcus," he says almost with a sigh under his breath, "I've done as best I can to research my cover, but it would be risky meeting him face to face. He may be able to find cracks in my identity." He shrugs and adds, "Besides, gambling well isn't really the point. Just to get as much info from being around him as possible. If gambling is off the table, maybe just being around him and watching."
Spoiler: OOC: On MiloHonestly my goal, preference is that the PCs are doing most of the interesting things, as I feel having the Interrogator be the focal point will be less fun. That is kind of my concern with using Father Milo as well. Having checked his character sheet, he does not have gamble, but of course has a bunch of other social skills.
I'd be okay with Milo getting involved, but would suggest having one of the players RP as him instead, for the same reason I am hesitant to have the Interrogator "steal the scene". Let me know your thoughts.Spoiler: Games I am Currently RunningSan Francisco by Night (Vampire the Requiem 2E)
New Bedford by Night (Werewolf the Forsaken 2E)
New Orleans by Night (Changeling the Lost 2E)
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2024-05-23, 12:40 PM (ISO 8601)
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Orla briefly looks to Hound, 'I could hang around outside and see how loudly they're talking. Maybe find out who the rest of them are.' How much interference with their game would they accept from someone who wasn't actually joining in? 'Or I get closer and see how they take it. Maybe see if Casmirre is hiring? What's the worst that can happen?'
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Don't really have the bandwidth to rp someone else. I suppose if losing money at gambling is a problem I can rely on Milo for a loan. Getting in on the gambling would be a better justification for Orla being in the room.
Holding to see if Rax has a better idea
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2024-05-26, 10:17 AM (ISO 8601)
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Seeing that Orla was not speaking directly to him, Ezekiel will simply offer to the two, "That would not be an unreasonable plan. I would offer that in general caution might be the best approach."
Spoiler: Games I am Currently RunningSan Francisco by Night (Vampire the Requiem 2E)
New Bedford by Night (Werewolf the Forsaken 2E)
New Orleans by Night (Changeling the Lost 2E)
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2024-05-27, 01:59 PM (ISO 8601)
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Upon returning with the navigation files retrieved from the Rogue Trader's lighter, Arl and Marcella agree to do some further investigation into Officer Kant. After reviewing his files provided by the Interrogator, they decide to tail him, and if possible confront him in a semi-public space.
The station that Kant works at is a distance away, in one of the less desirable sections of the midhive. The building is brutalist in design, a grey two story rectangle with barred windows, and barb tipped electrified fencing. The streets in this neighborhood are dotted with litter, sidewalks cracked and streets pocked with potholes. Though not nearly as desperate or toxic as the underhive, this is even a far cry from the neighborhood of the cell's prior base of operations in the midhive.
Kant is out of the office in the evening on the dot of his end-of-shift. He's a heavy set man, years of abuse and neglect at a desk weighing on a previously athletic frame. He leaves the station with heavy steps, shoulders slouched, his heavily bagged eyes glazed and seeing little. He does not notice Marcella and Arl as he walks to the lot and gets into his beat up and outdated four seat automobile. The car starts with a groan, and trundles its way through the neighborhood. Kant eventually guides it to an even darker and dirtier part of town, where most of the street lights seem to be failing, and with minimal pedestrian foot traffic. He parks it in the alley next to a dingy looking tavern ironically named "The Sister's Blessing", before wandering inside.
From outside the small pub, there is the low throng of some outdated genre of local instrumental music. The windows of the establishment are all tinted, so that you can't see inside. But the door is not attended by bouncer. It's big enough that Kant could likely be tucked away in some corner, unless a large amount of the space is taken up by something like a stage. A quick check of the perimeter shows that there is a back door as well to the tavern. Steam and the smell of humble cooking wafts from the cracked back door.Spoiler: Games I am Currently RunningSan Francisco by Night (Vampire the Requiem 2E)
New Bedford by Night (Werewolf the Forsaken 2E)
New Orleans by Night (Changeling the Lost 2E)
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2024-05-27, 04:30 PM (ISO 8601)
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Marcella
Upon returning to their hab, Marcella hummed happily to herself as she deposited the treasured star charts in a safe lockbox to ensure their protection and retention. Though seemingly 'easy' to acquire, the risk had been extraordinary, and it was frankly a miracle that they had managed to evade notice and scrutiny, lest they be forced to shoot their way out. Though as exciting a prospect as that was, Marcella much preferred to deliver to Ezekiel the good news that they'd gotten in and out without a trace, especially after that Astarte's sized cockup back at Drimmle's mansion.
However, the Pskyer would be lying if she said a part of her wished she had kept her mouth shut and got to go to the fancy ball. Oh how her heart bled a little, thinking of the champagne, the music, the dress she could wear, the unmarried noble sons to flirt with....oh and of course the mission at hand, of course. But ultimately, who was she kidding? She was a Sanctioned Psyker. She was just one bad day away from getting possessed by interdimensional demons and serving as a conduit into the materium for the hellish minions of the Warp to enter and slaughter. What man would want to put a ring on that? Best content herself with this life, she told herself. At least if she performed well in the Inquisition she could rise the ranks and carve some type of ambition out for herself while doing her part to safeguard mankind against the horrors of the galaxy, before going on to join the Emperor in eternal rest following the final curtain call.
Nevertheless, the day was not yet over. Seeing that the others had not arrived back yet, Marcella agreed to assist Arl with pursuing the next lead. Not believing she'd need to be particularly well-armed, the Psyker deposited her firearms into her room and kept only her Orthlack-10 Armsman on her and a suppressor separately on the inside of her flak cloak pocket. She could attach the two if need be.
When they tracked down Officer Kent, Marcella followed Arl's lead, trusting the assassins investigatory instincts over any that she possessed, until finally the pair were in front of a seedy looking bar after having watched the heavyset corrupt official shoulder his way inside.
Looking over at Arl, noticing the back entrance and the front, the shorter girl asked softly in the grimy streets of the seedy part of town, "we going in the front, or the back?"
Of all the group, it was curious to the Psyker that it was Arl with whom she was on this task. When they had first been gathered to pursue this investigation in the first place, there had been a Battle Sister initiate, a Tech-priest, another guardsman sort, Arl and herself. Now they were all gone, with only the assassin and her remaining out of the initial five.Last edited by BananaPhone; 2024-05-27 at 04:51 PM.
"Of all the words by tongue and pen, by far the saddest are "I could have been...""
"The first rule of success is to have a vision. You see if you don’t have a vision of where you are going, if you don’t have a goal for where to go, you’ll drift around and never end up anywhere...can you imagine a majority of people don't know where they are going? I knew where I was going!” – Arnold Schwarzenegger
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2024-05-27, 06:52 PM (ISO 8601)
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Arl looked over the front of the pub, debating with himself on how to approach this mission. In a perfect universe, they could simply walk in, spot Kant and have a brief conversation, setting the hook to make him sweat.
Weighing his options, he turned to Marcella.
"I would prefer to do this quietly... but I am not sure I want to trust matters to go smoothly."
Spoiler: Underworld check(1d100)[76] vs a 52 (Common Lore (Underworld))
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2024-05-27, 07:13 PM (ISO 8601)
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Marcella thought for a second before answering.
"What if we get him to come out the back with us? Tell him we want to talk, if he doesn't accompany him out back then we'll tell his wife, and give her name and his address to show we're serious?""Of all the words by tongue and pen, by far the saddest are "I could have been...""
"The first rule of success is to have a vision. You see if you don’t have a vision of where you are going, if you don’t have a goal for where to go, you’ll drift around and never end up anywhere...can you imagine a majority of people don't know where they are going? I knew where I was going!” – Arnold Schwarzenegger
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2024-05-27, 07:50 PM (ISO 8601)
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2024-05-28, 09:43 PM (ISO 8601)
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"Reasonable notion. Perhaps we don't even have to go outside -- perhaps he has a quiet corner where we could discuss matters."
Arl straightened his clothes a touch, trying to look professional, and palmed his Credit Guild id with his left hand, leaving his right free to grab a weapon if things went sour.
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2024-05-29, 08:20 AM (ISO 8601)
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Marcella nodded, trusting the assassins instincts on the matter.
"Hope for the best, prep for the worst," she smiled, nodding towards the pub, "I'll follow you.""Of all the words by tongue and pen, by far the saddest are "I could have been...""
"The first rule of success is to have a vision. You see if you don’t have a vision of where you are going, if you don’t have a goal for where to go, you’ll drift around and never end up anywhere...can you imagine a majority of people don't know where they are going? I knew where I was going!” – Arnold Schwarzenegger
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2024-05-29, 03:40 PM (ISO 8601)
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"I imagine that the worst that could happen is that Casmirre becomes suspicious and has us arrested or thrown out, though if he feels sufficiently insulted, it's not inconceivable that he would have us killed and then duel Master Jarkov to the death for having the temerity to let his servants disturb his game," Hound observes drily. "But let us hope he's in a forgiving mood."
"In any case, if we are to return to Casmirre, we will need a plausible story as to why Master Jarkov has allowed his servants to continue roaming about aimlessly."
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2024-05-29, 04:00 PM (ISO 8601)
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Ezekiel raises an eyebrow at Hound's comment. With a smirk he replies, "Maybe he hasn't. Maybe Master Jarkov is too busy enjoying the party, and you two have snuck off like rascals." Then the man's brow furrows and his expression hardens. "Those to women over there," he says in a hush, not even looking their way or gesturing, though obviously referring to the two he had been with before, "the matron is apparently a dear friend of Lord Durchesse. Says she attends his parties regularly." The smirk then returns and he adds, "I am more than happy to keep busy with them."
Spoiler: Games I am Currently RunningSan Francisco by Night (Vampire the Requiem 2E)
New Bedford by Night (Werewolf the Forsaken 2E)
New Orleans by Night (Changeling the Lost 2E)
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2024-05-29, 09:10 PM (ISO 8601)
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2024-05-30, 12:23 PM (ISO 8601)
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2024-05-31, 12:26 PM (ISO 8601)
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Arl and Marcella come back around the Sister's Blessing and push through the front door. Passing over the threshold, the two are met with warm stale air and the nostril burning stench of a dirty fire. Appreciating the full volume of the folk music, playing from a pair of massive archaic looking speaker, it's loud enough to cover most quiet conversation, though likely not so loud that one would need to yell to an adjacent companion.
The space is large, though it's exact proportions are obscured by the dim lighting. The pub is a sprawl of small plastic tables, each crowned with a small single candle. Tiny dots of red flame struggle to stay alight in the darkness, shedding just enough light to show silhouettes of empty chairs or of patrons occupying the space. In the near corner is a semi-circle shaped bar, where a one eyed man is busy cleaning chipped glass mugs.
Many of the person-shaped shadows lazily shift as Marcella and Arl enter, and the two can feel the eyes of the bar fall in on them. The latter in the lead, Arl can feel the tension in the room. They were being studied just a little too long, and the patrons clearly recognized them as foreigners. No one was getting up to stop them or question them, but it was clear the two were drawing unwanted attention.
Despite the darkness, Arl could see in the far corner of the room, the stout silhouette of Officer Kant slowly letting himself into a seat at a corner table. But before he could move in that direction, or motion to Marcella, the raspy voice of the bartender calls over the din of the music, "It's a throne for a pint. Can't stay without buyin' a drink." He puts the drink he was cleaning down, one hand slowly reaching for something under the bar.Spoiler: Games I am Currently RunningSan Francisco by Night (Vampire the Requiem 2E)
New Bedford by Night (Werewolf the Forsaken 2E)
New Orleans by Night (Changeling the Lost 2E)
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2024-05-31, 04:57 PM (ISO 8601)
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2024-05-31, 07:31 PM (ISO 8601)
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Orla is optimistic enough to be willing to give it a go. 'Hey, look on the bright side. If he doesn't take to me he's not going to be mad at you.'
If Ezekial doesn't have anything else to add she'll return upstairs, taking the opportunity to glance at the room where Durchesse was enroute.
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Yesterday, 09:03 AM (ISO 8601)
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One would think that Marcella was used to the dingy, arse-end of watering holes by now, given the past few months in her new job as Inquisitorial acolyte. She had ventured through the Underhive several times, traversed its vile sewers and back alleys, navigated through its abandoned and broken pipe system and mentally travelled through the minds of the disturbed, greedy and insane. Yet she still could not for the life of her, keep a straight face when moving into a dingy, stinking pub like this one.
The first thing the psychic felt was her nostrils scrunching up like a rabbit at the acrid, ozone-like stench that permeated the air, the rancid scent mixing with that of tinges of vomit, sticky floors, abrasive dodgy plonk alcohol and overpowering body odour to create banks of odiferous melange that contorted Marcella's face into a mask of disgust, if only for a few seconds until acclimatization.
"Ugh...gross..." she blurted next to Arl, her clean skin, well-groomed blonde hair and younger features contrasting with the smoky, overbearingly masculine atmosphere that surrounded her. Marcella's powerful willpower kept her face relatively neutral, while her insides recoiled in horror as she took a sweeping glance over the assortment of reprobates, village drunks and no-hopers that occupied this lurid den.
Orla would fit right in here! the Psyker thought bitterly to herself. Instead she's off at a fancy ball, while I have to sift my way through the smoke and booze of this disgusting pigsty!
Marcella paused in her movement, her head turning to look at the bartender who had shot the demand in their direction.
They expect us to pay to stay in this filthy hole?! the psyker thought incredulously.
And a pint of what? Marcella was an intelligent girl who had seen things in her young life, but even she lacked the imagination to conjure up whatever would pass for something drinkable within this pit, let alone a pint of the stuff.
"Um, sure..." she said, looking up at Arl, then back at the barkeep, approaching him. She reached into her pockets and withdrew two thrones, placing them on the counter.
"May I please have an apple cider, and..." Marcella asked, before looking back up at Arl, granting him the opening to order what he wanted.Last edited by BananaPhone; Yesterday at 09:13 AM.
"Of all the words by tongue and pen, by far the saddest are "I could have been...""
"The first rule of success is to have a vision. You see if you don’t have a vision of where you are going, if you don’t have a goal for where to go, you’ll drift around and never end up anywhere...can you imagine a majority of people don't know where they are going? I knew where I was going!” – Arnold Schwarzenegger