Author Topic: INHUMAN Rebooted — Chapter 1: A Common Cause  (Read 141154 times)

"I don't blame you." She replies before turning her attention back to the bar room.

Amanda begins profiling the rest of the bar residents from her seat.

"Not to be rude, but do you do this every time you enter a room full of people?"

"Knowing is important." She replies, shrugging a little. "I prefer to know who or what I'm dealing with before engaging. If red flags appear, perhaps it may best be a wise choice to avoid it... or vice versa, chase it down... although..."

Amanda stops for a moment and stares at the table.

As soon as the monologue began to slo to a halt, Norum would be gulping down more beer. It had been two minutes and the pint is already almost empty.

A waiter approaches the group. "Will there be any more drinks here? Could I get any snacks for you guys?"

As soon as the questions finish Nomum's pint hits the table, "Yes. Two shots of rum.  And uuhhhh, some potato wedges."

"Do you have any glass cleaner that I might be able to borrow?" Amanda asks the waiter politely

"Do you have any glass cleaner that I might be able to borrow?" Amanda asks the waiter politely
"Oh, is the table dirty? I'll send someone to clean it in a bit."

"Anything else?"

"No no I just need to clean my eye lenses... if you dont mind."

"Uuhhmm sure.. We'll bring some.  Anything else?"

"I think I'm good.", Ryde says as he sets his soda on the table.

She turns and addresses you.

"I'm Elena, does that jog your memory?" she says curtly.

 Her tone is not malicious.
     Daniel looked up and to the right, relaxing a bit, "Oh -- oh, you emailed me.  We were supposed to meet.  Is that here?" he asked.

Zhang takes a seat at the table, glancing sideways at the rest of the bar. She quietly raises her hand, giving the waiter a nod as she says, "If I could get an ice water, that'd be great."
Zhang casts a sideways glance at the woman with the red eyes. She manages to pry her eyes away after some time, propping up her chin on her hand, her head tilted away. Resting her other arm across her lap, her fingertips brush against the compact baton attached to her belt under her coat.

Elena doesn't order anything, and the waiter departs.


"Well at least you two seem to be cordial,"

     Daniel looked up and to the right, relaxing a bit, "Oh -- oh, you emailed me.  We were supposed to meet.  Is that here?" he asked.

Elena turns to address you.

"Yes, it is. We were going to go for a little pub crawl. I'm not sure how long you were going to stick along, but if you're interested in doing business with us we could use your expertise. I can explain more later. You can sit with us, I was going to go over the bars we're going to go to,"

She motions to Amanda's table that everyone else has crowded.

Ryde continues to drink soda.

     Daniel looks at the table, biting the insides of his cheeks, "Right -- right..." he said, walking over and taking a seat.

Amanda's eyes alert her to someone looking at her in the room and automatically snap to Zhang, snapping photos and adding them to the visual database. A small alert notification appeared in her hud, quickly leaving as soon as it arrived the moment Amanda accessed it.

"Corperate background. Interesting." She mutters to herself, still staring.