Mari Session 1

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8:53 PM The rain streamed down the roof of the cafe and down into the street, flowing into a nearby storm sewer.
8:54 PM In the distance, lightning flashed briefly, with the sound of thunder following shortly after.
8:54 PM Sighing, Kara took a sip of her coffee. Arrington's was the best for days like this.
8:56 PM Ever since she escaped that damn truck, she hadn't had a place to call home.
8:57 PM Miller's Creek was probably the... 20th chance she'd had?
8:58 PM It was quite close to where she escaped after her trigger, though at the time it was suffering from political and economic upheaval from a local villain group being usurped.||
9:00 PM M<Mari|Chantico> ...
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9:04 PM M<Mari|Chantico> Kara put down her coffee, and moved her right index finger around the knuckles of her other hand loosely, feeling them underneath her skin. Dimly, as her arm brushed the table, she was aware of everyone else in the small, cozy, coffee shop. Raising her head, and making a cursory check of the room, she took a quick look at the other patrons she had perceived.
9:05 PM ||
9:05 PM L<Lurks|GM> JustLurking ...
9:06 PM The other patrons were calmly eating, seemingly unaffected by the storm outside.
9:07 PM A man wandered in the direction of her table. Odd, there were plenty of other seats... crap.
9:08 PM Camtist|GM → Camtist
9:08 PM L<Lurks|GM> JustLurking He stopped in front of her and smiled. "Hey, mind if I sit here?" He asks.||
9:08 PM M<Mari|Chantico> ...
9:12 PM Kara put on a quick smile. "Sure, I don't mind company." She did, but that was besides the point. As much as she loathed to share her time in the one spot she had found in this town to relax, until she was established, she couldn't turn away anyone out of hand. "Take a seat. My names Kara. What's yours?" She took a look at the man, sizing him up.
9:12 PM ||
9:12 PM L<Lurks|GM> JustLurking ...
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9:14 PM L<Lurks|GM> JustLurking ((Wits))
9:15 PM M<Mari|Chantico> $roll 1d6-1 "wits"
9:15 PM A<[ATM]> Mari|Chantico ""wits"" [1] -1 = 0
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9:19 PM <Lurks|GM> JustLurking "I'm York."
9:19 PM Upon closer inspection, he was actually around Kara's age.
9:21 PM It was just that the five o' clock shadow that threw her off.
9:21 PM He was dressed like a dandy, wearing an immaculate white suit.
9:22 PM It contrasted heavily with that deep, black hair of his.||
9:24 PM M<Mari|Chantico> ...
9:26 PM "So what do you do, York? Lawyer? Banker?" She was guessing from his suit. But he looked to be around her age? This guy was rather perplexing. She stirred her coffee idly, peering at him.
9:26 PM ||
9:27 PM L<Lurks|GM> JustLurking ..
9:31 PM "No and No" York smiles idly "Well, I suppose in a roundabout way I'm both."
9:32 PM Thunder rolled in the background.
9:32 PM "So, what brings you here to Arrington's today?"||
9:35 PM M<Mari|Chantico> ...
9:36 PM Kara ground her teeth in frustration as the boy neatly sidestepped her question.
9:38 PM "Well I'm new in town, and this is the one nice spot I've found. It's not exactly the nicest outside," She gestured to the window. "So I came here as a refuge from the weather, and for a bite to eat."
9:39 PM "Also sit." She gestured to the empty seat the boy had yet to sit down in. "You're making me feel awkward."
9:39 PM ||
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9:42 PM L<Lurks|GM> JustLurking ..
9:43 PM "Ah, sorry." The boy pulls the chair out and takes a seat.
9:43 PM "This is one of the best spots in town, you know?" He smiles, taking a bite out of his salad.
9:44 PM "Some say that there's a tinker preparing the food here or something. Really good stuff."||
<Mari|Chantico> ...
6:27 PM Kara puts her coffee down. She doesn't like the idea of a tinker preparing her food... she's never heard of a cape who didn't hurt people in some capacity. She picked it back up after a moment of contemplation, though. Where else was she going to get something to eat this good?
6:28 PM "I didn't know that. I'd guessed this was the best place in town, but not from experience. This was just the first place I stumbled into, and it's REALLY good."
6:28 PM She peered at him some more.
6:29 PM "You didn't answer my question before. What do you do for a living." Kara wasn't going to let him just avoid her curiosity.
6:29 PM ||
6:29 PM L<Lurks|GM> JustLurking ...
6:30 PM ((Soc))
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6:34 PM M<Mari|Chantico> $roll 1d6 "Social"
6:34 PM A<[ATM]> Mari|Chantico ""Social"" [3]  = 3
6:36 PM L<Lurks|GM> JustLurking The man sighs and takes another bite of his salad.
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6:36 PM L<Lurks|GM> JustLurking "Trust me. It's nothing of worth."
6:37 PM York smiles. "At least, nothing that would be of interest to someone like you."||
6:40 PM M<Mari|Chantico> Kara chuckles. "And what kind of person would "Someone like me" be, anyways?" She asks playfully, trying NOT to sound like she's digging for more information, which she is
6:40 PM ||
6:40 PM L<Lurks|GM> JustLurking ...
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6:43 PM L<Lurks|GM> JustLurking "A lady such as you with such refined taste, of course." York shines a vulpine grin at Kara. "Why would you entrench yourself in the business of scoundrels like me?"
6:43 PM Lid → LidIsAFK
6:44 PM L<Lurks|GM> JustLurking ||
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6:46 PM M<Mari|Chantico> ...
6:47 PM Kara laughed, more than she had before, a longer, more honest laugh. Maybe if she asked him about something else he'd let something slip... "So why'd you come sit over here, anyways?" She could guess the obvious answer, but needed him to talk, and a little flattery never hurt anyone.
6:47 PM ||
6:47 PM L<Lurks|GM> JustLurking ...
6:48 PM "Why, I need /someone/ to talk to in this wretched town, don't I?"
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6:50 PM L<Lurks|GM> JustLurking "Lunch is quite dreary without a partner." He purposefully plays up the stuck-up nobleman accent. "Why, where would there be better company than with you?"||
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6:51 PM M<Mari|Chantico> ...
6:53 PM This guy was quite the charmer, or at least he thought he was. "So, if you can't tell me what you do for a living, what would you like to talk about?" She finished up her coffee, and set it down, letting her hand rest for a moment before bringing it up to play idly with her long black hair. As she did, she momentarily brushed the small steel clip in her
6:53 PM hair, and focused for a brief moment to see what steel the man was carrying on his person.
6:53 PM ||
6:54 PM L<Lurks|GM> JustLurking ...
6:55 PM Her eyes widen as she sees all the weaponry hidden on York's body. Two knives hidden in the sleeves, a foldable glaive in the small of his back, and a plethora of miniature throwing weapons under his vest.
7:03 PM York smiles. "Well, how's about your day so far?"||
7:03 PM M<Mari|Chantico> ..
7:03 PM M
7:03 PM .*
7:05 PM Kara tries hard to hide her reaction, but her eyes still bug out a little from the living arsenal contained on the man sitting across from her. Trying to stay casual, she answers "Well, um, not the best. It's pretty rainy, so I've had to stay in all day, I'm not even able to go out apartment hunting since I don't have an umbrella."
7:05 PM She smiles awkwardly. "I guess I'll just have to hope for the weather to improve."
7:05 PM ||
7:08 PM L<Lurks|GM> JustLurking ..
7:11 PM "There's a new apartment building just down the road. Bit pricy, though." York gazes out the window. "As tempted as I am to buy an apartment over there, I prefer my old one. It's just so cozy."||
7:16 PM M<Mari|Chantico> ...
7:17 PM "How much is "a bit pricy?" I don't exactly have much in the way of money." And by that, she meant she was broke. She wondered how vulnerable the landlord of the building would be to blackmail...
7:17 PM ||
7:17 PM L<Lurks|GM> JustLurking ...
7:19 PM "A good $800 a month."
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7:20 PM L<Lurks|GM> JustLurking "I mean, I usually earn five times that much in a week, but really, who needs an apartment like that in Miller's Creek of all places?" York rolls his eyes. "They're probably going to be bankrupt by the end of the year."||
7:21 PM M<Mari|Chantico> ...
7:21 PM Kara blinked.
7:21 PM "Wait why? Is someone buying up the buildings or something?"
7:21 PM She didn't get what he was saying, but if it was a physical threat, that she could solve. She was very good at solving physical threats.
7:21 PM ||
7:22 PM L<Lurks|GM> JustLurking ...
7:23 PM "Nope, just stupid people doing stupid things." York sighs, exasperated. "Rent around here is a bit cheaper than most other places... with Monolith and everything."
7:24 PM "What the idiots are doing is that they are building high rise apartments in areas where they are simply not needed."||
7:25 PM M<Mari|Chantico> ...
7:26 PM Kara moved up in her seat. "Who's Monolith? They a super-villain team or something?" She hadn't done much research before coming into town, and the only bit she'd seen on the news about capes had referred to a tinker group, white-something or other.
7:26 PM ||
7:26 PM L<Lurks|GM> JustLurking ...
7:27 PM "Well, they're more than that."
7:28 PM "You know how usually cities only have a bunch of gangs vying for power?"||
7:30 PM M<Mari|Chantico> ...
7:30 PM "Well yeah."
7:31 PM "Lots of chaos, usually curtailed by the PRT if they're effective. If not, then even more chaos."
7:32 PM Kara thought for a few moments. Was the man an enforcer for one of the gangs? It'd explain the weapons... and the fat  paycheque he purportedly earned.
7:32 PM "Also tend to be pretty lucrative."
7:32 PM ||
7:32 PM L<Lurks|GM> JustLurking ...
7:33 PM "Well, here in Miller's Creek, there's only one major gang, though they do not like to be called as such."
7:34 PM "They've wiped out any other competition in the city quickly and efficiently."||
7:34 PM M<Mari|Chantico> ...
7:35 PM "And who're they? What do you call them if they're not a gang?" She stared at him. DEFINITELY an enforcer for this gang... She edged back in her seat a bit, and moved her bag to be within arms reach.
7:35 PM ||
7:36 PM L<Lurks|GM> JustLurking ...
7:37 PM "They're a criminal syndicate. They control every aspect of the city's underworld from drug deals to assassinations."
7:38 PM "A real scary bunch." York leans back in his seat. "It would probably be for the best if you just stayed away from any Monolith controlled areas of the city."||
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7:42 PM M<Mari|Chantico> ...
7:44 PM "That sounds like a challenge." Kara smiled. Now she had something to do. Bust open this gang, or die trying.  "I'm not just a pretty face you know. A girl's gotta know how to defend herself." She mentioned in a sing-song voice, trying to pique his curiosity, or at least just scare him.
7:44 PM ||
7:45 PM L<Lurks|GM> JustLurking ...
7:45 PM ((Soc))
7:46 PM M<Mari|Chantico> $roll 1d6
7:46 PM A<[ATM]> Mari|Chantico [3]  = 3
7:46 PM L<Lurks|GM> JustLurking ...
7:47 PM "I'm sure you do." York says idly. "I'm sure you didn't come here for pleasure."||
7:53 PM M<Mari|Chantico> ...
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8:05 PM M<Mari|Chantico> "So are you a part of this... what did you call it... Monolith?" Time to throw a guess out there, screw it. Go big or go home, like her... father always said? mother? She couldn't remember... It didn't matter they were all gone anyways.
8:05 PM ||
8:05 PM L<Lurks|GM> JustLurking ...
8:07 PM "Where did you get that?" York looks quizzically at Kara, a mix of disgust and surprise on his face. "They're a bunch of assholes suppressing the city."
8:07 PM "Why the hell would I want to join them?"
8:08 PM You aren't the only one the notice York's outburst. The entire room has fallen silent.
8:08 PM York glances awkwardly around the room.
8:08 PM "Sorry."||
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8:37 PM <Mari|Chantico> ...
8:38 PM Kara smiled. "Just messing with you, darling. So if you're not with them, and you hate them so much, what are you going to do to stop them?" She poked York in the chest. "If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem."
8:38 PM ||
8:39 PM L<Lurks|GM> JustLurking ...
8:40 PM "Well, what do you think I can do?" York shrugged. "You're asking someone to topple the strongest criminal organization in town. It's not going to happen."||
8:41 PM M<Mari|Chantico> ...
8:43 PM Kara smiled, and leaned in towards York, whispering to him. "You have an arsenal on you that says otherwise." Pulling back, she continued speaking, before pausing to examine his reaction. "I'm quite... capable, like I said. I think that you and me, working together could accomplish quite a lot."
8:43 PM ||
8:43 PM L<Lurks|GM> JustLurking ...
8:44 PM ((Soc))
8:44 PM M<Mari|Chantico> $roll 1d6 "social"
8:44 PM A<[ATM]> Mari|Chantico ""social"" [1]  = 1
8:45 PM L<Lurks|GM> JustLurking "I think I'd prefer to work alone." York whispers, leaning in close. "You see, the thing is, I fly solo."||
8:48 PM M<Mari|Chantico> ...
8:50 PM "Doing what? You just said you didn't plan to take down Monolith, and you're definitely not teamed up with them. So what. Exactly. Do. You. Do?" She punctuates each word with a click of her nail on the table, and glares at him. "My help might be more valuable then you think."
8:50 PM ||
8:51 PM L<Lurks|GM> JustLurking ((Soc))
8:51 PM M<Mari|Chantico> $roll 1d6 "Social."
8:51 PM A<[ATM]> Mari|Chantico ""Social."" [4]  = 4
8:51 PM L<Lurks|GM> JustLurking ...
8:52 PM ((Brb))
<Lurks|GM> JustLurking "I am a purveyor of secrets." York smiles. "That is all you need and will know."||
1:56 PM M<Mari|Chantico> ...
1:59 PM Kara clicked her tongue in distaste.
2:00 PM "You are the single most vague man I have had the displeasure of meeting."
2:01 PM She shifted back down in her seat, and pulled out the book she had been reading.
2:01 PM It was a pretty good Sci-fi. A little dry, but not overly so. Lots of violence too.
2:01 PM ||
2:02 PM L<Lurks|GM> JustLurking ...
2:07 PM York continues digging into his salad. Outside, the rain poured gently, tiny streams forming and quickly flowing towards a storm sewer.
2:09 PM A small crowd of college students rushed into a building nearby, their shoes clicking on the damp pavement of the streets.
2:09 PM The sky was lit a peachy orange by the evening sky, the sun just beginning to crawl below the horizon.||
2:11 PM M<Mari|Chantico> ...
2:12 PM Scowling, Kara picked up her bag, and made to leave, standing up and pushing in her chair. If she couldn't get any information out of this tool, she had better things to do.
2:13 PM ||
2:14 PM L<Lurks|GM> JustLurking ...
2:14 PM York doesn't even bother to say a goodbye.
2:14 PM Opening her umbrella, Kara begins to make her way down the street.||
2:15 PM M<Mari|Chantico> ...
2:19 PM $roll 1d6+1 "know"
2:19 PM A<[ATM]> Mari|Chantico ""know"" [1] +1 = 2
2:23 PM M<Mari|Chantico> Kara, heading off to the part of town she had heard Whitewater (Was that it?) was known to frequent, hummed merrily as she walked, adjusting her umbrella carefully to avoid getting wet, as the feedback from her power was quite annoying when it was rainy.
2:23 PM ||
2:31 PM L<Lurks|GM> JustLurking ...
2:32 PM The river was overflowing at the moment, the sandbanks submerged under feet of water. In the distance, Kara saw her destination. The old watermill. Whitewater's place of dealing.
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2:34 PM ||
2:34 PM M<Mari|Chantico> ...
2:39 PM Bending down and touching the wet sand of the riverbank, Kara focused for a moment, and feeling that explosive rush that always came with using her power, teleported forwards, quickly repeating the action a few times, and soon she was standing at the foot of the building, several plumes of sand and water settling behind her. "I suppose I don't need to
2:39 PM knock."
2:39 PM ||
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2:59 PM L<Lurks|GM> JustLurking ...
3:02 PM The abandoned watermill stood in all of its dilapidated glory. Inside, lights shone faintly.
3:03 PM Muffled voices could be heard from the interior of the building.||
3:05 PM M<Mari|Chantico> ...
3:05 PM "Hello!" Kara called out, smiling happily.
3:06 PM "Are you going to come out or do I have to come in there?"
3:06 PM L<Lurks|GM> JustLurking ...
3:07 PM M<Mari|Chantico> "I come in peace." She added as an afterthought, only then realizing how her actions could be interpreted. ||
3:07 PM L<Lurks|GM> JustLurking ((Ah, sorry))
3:07 PM ...
3:08 PM "Come in." A voice like a bassoon flows out melodiously from the watermill. "We were expecting guests, anyways."||
3:09 PM M<Mari|Chantico> ...
3:10 PM Stowing her umbrella, Kara walked into the mill. As she did, she fiddled with the clip in her hair, in case she could spot any traps that way (or weapons pointed at her.)
3:10 PM ||
3:13 PM L<Lurks|GM> JustLurking ...
3:13 PM Inside, a hulking suit of armor raised something to its head.
3:13 PM Other than that, there was nothing of note.
3:14 PM Pushing the door open slightly, Kara walked in.
3:14 PM Inside, the suit of armor sat on a couch, and was sipping a tiny cup of tea.
3:14 PM A fire roared in the hearth.||
3:15 PM M<Mari|Chantico> ...
3:15 PM "Hullo there. I'm Kara."
3:22 PM She paused for a moment, trying to remember the name she had picked after half an hour in an internet cafe
3:22 PM "Or you can call me Chantico, if you prefer to use an alias."
3:23 PM She brought up her hand and waved, before waiting for the armoured goliath's response.
3:23 PM ||
3:23 PM L<Lurks|GM> JustLurking ...
3:23 PM "Well, you can call me Catamaran. Cat, for short." The armor extends a massive armored finger.
3:24 PM "Welcome to our base of operations."||
3:24 PM M<Mari|Chantico> ...
3:25 PM "You guys ARE Whitewater, right? I don't have the wrong address?" She smiled, and walked in further, closer to the fire.
3:25 PM "How much would a custom-made sword cost me?"
3:25 PM ||
3:26 PM L<Lurks|GM> JustLurking ...
3:28 PM "Well, what would you like for the sword?" The armor takes the cup of tea and pours it down its mouthpiece. "Electric, vibrating..." The armor goes off into a long list of qualities, rambling on for at least a minute.||
3:29 PM M<Mari|Chantico> ...
3:31 PM "I'd like it to be light enough for me to wield effectively, long enough so that I can tag people who are trying to move out of combat with me, and cut people up the same way my machete does."
3:31 PM She rummaged through her bag, pulling out her machete, and holding it up for the armored man to see.
3:32 PM "Oh, and in terms of the actual kind of sword, a great-sword. Two-hander."
3:32 PM ||
3:33 PM L<Lurks|GM> JustLurking ...
3:34 PM "That'll cost us quite a bit to make." Cat sighs. "Pocket dimension tech is hard to come by nowadays after Blackout killed Temperance." The armor gazes off wistfully. "She was such a sweet soul, too..."||
3:36 PM <Mari|Chantico> ...
3:36 PM "Well, incidentally, I'm super broke."
3:36 PM "Not a dollar to my name."
3:36 PM "So I've got a deal for you. You give me a mission, a quest, whatever."
3:37 PM She waved around with her machete, as if to elaborate on her speaking.
3:37 PM "I'll go do it, and you'll have a sword waiting for me when I get back."
3:38 PM ||
3:38 PM L<Lurks|GM> JustLurking ((Soc))
3:38 PM M<Mari|Chantico> $roll 1d6
3:38 PM A<[ATM]> Mari|Chantico [6]  = 6
3:39 PM L<Lurks|GM> JustLurking Catamaran pauses for a bit, and takes another sip of his tea.
3:39 PM "I'll have to discuss it with my associates."||
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3:44 PM M<Mari|Chantico> ...
3:44 PM "Well alrighty then." She fiddled with her bag, pulling out a piece of paper.
3:44 PM "Here's my number. Let me know who you want dead."
3:45 PM She placed the paper on the couch, and turning around, headed out of the mill.
3:45 PM That had gone rather well, she thought.
3:45 PM ||
3:46 PM L<Lurks|GM> JustLurking ...
3:47 PM "Goodbye. I'll call you when I've got a job for you. Goodbye, Chantico."||