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Post by Echo on Oct 14, 2012 14:06:28 GMT
Valerie had been sitting across the room for some time watching the goings on. She'd been told to lay low and observe for a while, all the better to record what was going on, but the human curiosity was starting to get the better of her. 'Besides' she thought 'I can record more from within the group' Carefully she stood up, her long maroon coat sliding off the seat behind her, picked up her gin and tonic, and crossed the room. Making a quick decision as to which non-human she ought to introduce herself to, she went to the bar and sat beside the hollow-boned bird-man. "I read your file" she said in a low voice, holding out her hand to him.
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Post by wulfie13 on Oct 14, 2012 14:55:43 GMT
Nabarl took a sip of his whiskey, when another patron sat beside him. After hearing they had read his file, and offering him their hand, he shook it, and smiled. He thought about slipping William's watch onto her wrist, but realised almost instantly that it wouldn't fit, and that would ruin it.
Whilst shaking their hand, he quipped "It makes a nice bedtime story, I find. At least, it always sends me to sleep." He stood, then added "They manage to make things seem so...boring."
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Echo
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Post by Echo on Oct 14, 2012 15:48:33 GMT
"Actually, I found it quite an interesting read." Valerie remarked, also standing. "I'm Valerie. Valerie Reyes."
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Henryk
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Post by Henryk on Oct 14, 2012 16:14:09 GMT
William watched the new member of their group silently, from her coming over to the table all the way through to her introduction. He was impressed she'd managed to lay low in the same bar as them for a quite a while. William racked his memories to try and remember exactly when he'd seen her come in to the bar, but nothing came up.
"She's damn good" he thought. "At least the QA have assembled a decent team to deal with this."
He cleared his throat, the noise sounding primal before speaking.
"I'm assuming you're the third addition to our merry little band? More the merrier, I guess. The name's William Cooper, though as I've already said to our avian friend here, Bill's fine."
He looked around the bar, aware that such an odd mix of individuals was probably getting more attention than he liked.
"As much as I hate to cut the evening short, we should probably leave. I've got somewhere safe for us to talk nearby, and I guess anyone else HQ deems to send our way will find us."
William was standing up and preparing to leave as he said this, and necked the rest of his beer as he waited for the others.
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Post by wulfie13 on Oct 14, 2012 16:14:48 GMT
"Nabarl, but you knew that already. William is in charge." He indicated the large man in the booth. "So you should probably introduce yourself to him. Oh, and ask him if he figured out what aquisitions are, he didn't really seem to understand straightaway."
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Echo
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Post by Echo on Oct 14, 2012 16:37:59 GMT
Valerie gave a curt nod and smile to Nabarl before downing the remains of her drink and heading to William, hand outstretched in greeting. "Sir."
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Henryk
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Post by Henryk on Oct 14, 2012 17:33:51 GMT
William shot a look at Nabarl.
"My hearing is better than you think, lad. And I'm well aware as to what you meant. I'd also like my watch back, please." He briefly fixed Nabarl with a predatory look, before turning to Valerie and taking her hand in his.
"Have you read my file as well?" He grinned as he said this, then broke of the hand shake and went for the door, customers moving out of his way as he walked.
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Post by wulfie13 on Oct 14, 2012 17:43:07 GMT
Nabarl headed over to the table, returning the glare, while giving William a slight grin. "Here, it's not as though I can't get another anyway."
As he reached the table, he handed the watch back over. After finishing his drink, he followed William towards the door, moving through the reformed crowd effortlessly.
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Post by Echo on Oct 14, 2012 18:26:34 GMT
Valerie raised an eyebrow at the pair and slipped through the crowd. This was definitely going to be an interesting mission and she was determined to capture every moment of it.
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Henryk
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Post by Henryk on Oct 14, 2012 21:21:20 GMT
Pulling his coat close to him to ensure he remained as dry as possible, William stepped out into the street. Rain pattered off his jacket and almost instantly soaked his hair but he seemed not to mind. Checking there was no one other than Nabarl and Valerie following he set off at a brisk and silent pace, seemingly taking random turns. After ten or so minutes of this he stopped in the alleyway they were in looked around and stuck his hand into a nearby dumpster. William rummaged around briefly before pulling out a large brass key, about the length of a desert spoon, then unlocking a nearby steel door and ushering the others quickly inside before locking it behind him.
The door led to a short corridor, roughly 5 feet in length. This, in turn, opened up to a large room, which at one point in its life was probably a mechanics workshop. It still retained some piece of equipment, yet they were considerably newer, and the high ceiling of one half of the room was obstructed by a new level of thick wooden flooring which was accessed by a spiral staircase, with the drop to the workshop floor covered by a wooden railing.
It was up here William went, past the motorbike propped up in the middle of the room with tools scattered around it, into a makeshift combination of living room, bedroom and seemingly a rudimentary kitchen, consisting only of a crappy old fridge-freezer, a few crates of supplies and a small gas oven with a hob on top. William gestured to and old table in the middle of all this and sat down.
"Welcome to my place. We can talk freely here."
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