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She gave Marcus's middle a squeeze as she heard his words to you

She walks beside Marcus as you lead us to the buggy

"Well that is very convenient Mr. Jenkins."

She chuckles softly at your words

"A nice buggy ride on a night like this sounds like just the thing anyway.

Nightlife
He sits quietly. Watching your eyes as you relay three separate stories about your insane and hilarious drunk adventures. So caught up in the sound of your voice that he misses the third shot that was poured for him.

Australia was a terrifying place. Irvine's never docked there, but he's heard horror stories about spider-snakes and shark-hawks. Obviously, those are made up...but the terror still radiates outward from The Land Down Under.

He glances down at your shoes when you tell the tale of the Faux Psychic and The Blasted Sailor. It makes him laugh. Checking his own head for a hat and then the front of his coat and shirt for any markings of The Zantetsuken...

"What ship do I sail on, Vesper?" He can't remember if he ever told you the name of vessel.

But the final story. You stripping in a bar to quell a gang war...that makes him lean back and blink. Reaching over to take that third shot of whiskey. And steal a 'fry' from your poutine that was just delivered from the other side of the truck.

"That good huh?" He smirks. "Makes me want to start a gang war right now."

A moment to consider what story to tell you. There were many, but most of them lacked the whimsy of your own tales. None were really amusing or light-hearted. Save one...

"I stabbed my brother-in-law in the hand at a port bar in Anchorage."

He chuckles.

"My niece was being born and he was a nervous wreck in the hospital waiting room. The doctor said we had at least a day before she would be born, so I took him to a bar to get the edge off."

"A few drinks later, he's still nervous. Won't shut up about how he's going to be a terrible father, he doesn't know what to do, yadda blah blah blah. I asked him...'Do you want me to take your mind off of all of it?' He said 'yes'. So I stabbed him through the hand with my combat knife. Missed the bones. Clean through. Pinned him to the bar."

"I told him...'If your kid is the most important thing in the world to you, you'll pull that knife right out and go back to the hospital. You won't think about the pain. You won't think getting about revenge on me. You'll just do it."

Irvine reaches for his fourth shot and downs it.

"And that's what he did."

He wishes Echo was here for that story. Turns out Uncle Irvine can be a lot worse.

Congratulations!

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(Sorry that was to you)

Condolences on Your loss Sir

~ healing energies and Hugss ongoing….

spent

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Bank Manager Sam Jenkins

He had to chuckle a little as you mention renting a buggy. shaking his head a little.

"Mr. Wade, round these parts we don't rent buggies, no need to, I have one we can use."

and with that he leads you both toward the side alley where there it sits his own black buggy. not fancy but not dull neither.

"Now ifn youall will just climb on in there Ill Make sure Old Betterbud is hooked up and we can head on out, its not that far but just a smidge further then my old legs can get up to tonight."

*Opens a coke zero and put in some ear buds*

Main Cafe
She sits up a little taller, her brow knitting in surprise as it's not her sister's voice.

"Hey Mei. It's Thomas," he says.

Mei's heart picks up, "Is Aya okay?"

There's a pause and she hears what sounds like her sister's voice as if through a tin can on a string, and then Thomas answers, "Listen.... Mei..."

Another pause, that's definitely her sister in the background.

Thomas continues, "...Aya and I decided to take a few days away. We just thought we should tell you."

The server sets her drinks in front of her all in a line. Water, whiskey, wine. No coffee. She mouths 'thank you,' and then talks into her phone, "That's not ideal, but Ben's with Mom, right?"

Again, her sister's voice and Mei asks, "Am I on speakerphone? Is Aya there?"

She can hear the loud clatter that is someone's hand clamping on the phone rather than hitting mute, and then absolute dead air that tells her they found the little microphone and tapped it.

She reaches for her water, fingertips brushing against the side of the glass as she steers then on to the whiskey instead. She tosses it back and it takes her breath away just as Thomas comes back on the line.

That is good news. Continued vibes for healing and good outcome.

Main Street
Marcus turned towards Mr. Jenkins and gave him a curious look before saying, "Let's not pass up this opportunity, shall we? I've heard great things about this place and I'm eager to check it out. Do you happen to know if it's a long way from here? If it is, we could always rent a buggy to get there."

She looks at you again as you massage the shoulder. A little concerned. She is going to fuss over you a little once you and she get home. Just a little. She can't help it.

"We'll figure it out."

She had been feeling restless lately. Now it seemed like the other shoe had dropped. Still, there was nothing good about this. She opened a star portal to a random place. She would open another one from there to the apartment she shared with you. Just an extra step to avoid being followed. And then she would head home with you for the night.

I'm so very sorry for your loss

I prey the string bonds you enjoyed in life help you focus on smiling n good times you shared
may Jesus bring peace to you, your brother, b your families b friends

"Well, I guess we just do what we can to let him know he's got another enemy."

She grins briefly before looking around as well, then back to you.

"I'm not either. Almost looks like some kind of shadow travel. I'm not really familiar with it though."

she nods and reaches back to massage at her shoulder lightly where she landed on it earlier. Then looks to you.

"Yeah, let's go. We've done what we can do here."

nor is hers. but we do what we can with what we have

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The excitement was palpable when she heard your words

"We were on our way to see you anyway, so I say lets go see it now since we are all together."

She looks at Marcus almost bouncing on her feet

"I don't either."

She looks around again. Frowning

"I don't think we're going to find him again tonight. I'm not familiar with however he's traveling."

She doesn't like just letting it go. This guy was scary.

"Let's go home, I guess. We can maybe try to figure out who to reach out to later."

She is trying to think. Her network isn't what it used to be.

And she might have seen him fight in the day too. She'll be embarrassed when she realizes.

Inside the Great Hall
~speaking with the new scribe about tomorrow's agenda and then nodding~

For now, I think I shall retire.

~a few more morsels of fruit before pushing the tray aside~

See that isnt wasted.

~spoke to teeza then.. there were perks to working in the hall, and perhaps the girls diet was one of those~

~the Lady gathered her robes and the small group of guards that surrounded her swept out of the hall, disappearing elsewhere~

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