Taimanin: Tokyo Kingdom Chronicles

[Goryokaku]

Kal had landed pretty quietly unfortunately it didn't really matter, though the roof was clear for now, she pulled her six Kunai ready. Though as Almata was powering up her major mojo to blast the roof open Kal crouched down low preparing herself to enter and attack once they breached the roof. As the spell seemed to power up Kal closed her eyes, to protect her vision from any blinding light that tends to come with any sort of flashy entrances. She recognised the music that began playing as Welcome to the Jungle, she remembers hearing it once in an American apartment as she was throttling a demon that had been plaguing a town.

She was prepared to move the moment she hears the roof blow successfully she would drop in behind Jill and throw all 6 Kunai’s at any enemy in the room.(AoE attack) If the roof didn't blow like planned well she was listening for the door to roof to open if someone stepped out and they couldn't drop down the hole she would unleash her attack on who stepped through the door instead.

[exalted]

"Oh what the hell?" Jacky vented angrily before grabbing the mic, "This is exactly what I'm talking about people, the lack of basic education and organization is what is going to be our undoing. Forget nukes, chemical weapons, drug resistant plagues, your ex and war between heaven and hell, this is what is going to end us. When a company can't even give you the right goddamned name or address and a dispatcher can't write it down properly, nothing is going to get done, nothing. Not your job or my next one, because no, all us mother lovin' truckers are stuck here on a crowded street trying to figure out who dropped the soap. Say what you want about totalitarians, dictators and lizardmen from the centre of earth, at least their trains ran on time."

Throwing down the mic in disgust she tried to weave her rig down the crowded streets past the throngs of people into the alleyway behind the shopfront. Donning an old brown bomber jacket before she hopped out of the rig she headed for the restaurants back door. Zipping up the form hiding jacket, she found it was always easier when the sleazebags weren't confused on which meat she was delivering, she banged on the door. Hoping to find out if this was the right place after all and who had screwed up. She could already feel her beer time slipping away.

[KnightVanilla]

Right now what mattered was the evidence of what was occuring. Moving to intercept as she kept her hounds watching. The plan was to intercept them once they were brining the girl to the van when they got close to the van Tether would fire off his hooks to impale the truck and lock his feet into the cement. Tether should be strong enough to handle an orc head on. If anyone of them got too close he had a loud enough bark to stun. Spark would move with arrow to attack the goblins when they all got close to the truck. While Toxin cut off their escape routes with his gas spit. Toxin's priority however was to blind the driver. All that left was Lawrie to move and secure the captive. Killing all the goblins but leaving one of the abductors alive was the main goal.

[MelissaB]

Stopping her little rounds of the penthouse suite Zera turns and regards the three others in the room. "Everyone... just trust me a moment and all go into the bathroom. Going to join you in a second. Going to make this place a little extra safe." She smirks and begins creating shadows of herself around the room, all standing poised for combat, with their wrist blades out and eager for use. Once she had finished filling the room full of her shadow kin she begins pushing and pulling Doki and her allies into the bathroom, leaving 20 of her shadows sitting in wait while she gets the rest of them into the bathroom out of the way. Leaving the shadows ready to pounce and snap close the trap. Her mind not caring for the sound coming from the roof. Giving one last look at her small army of clones eager to kill she closes the door to the bathroom, making sure Yumiko, Manka and Doki are inside before locking it.


Once inside she looks at the three and smirks. "Hate to be the idiots that come in here uninvited." She chuckles darkly before she stands a little away from them ready to use her abilities to get her shadows to act.

[Meep Meepersons]

As Zera started to push everyone to the bathroom Manka gave an annoyed herumph! and stopped just before the door. "I'll stay here and block the door. I'm not gunna fit in there with all of you anyways!" She exclaims, turning to face the room as it fills with Shadows. As soon as anyone enters the room be it a door window or through the walls themselves, Manka would immediately begin to cover herself in her special Volcanic Dermis, filling the entire room with toxic gas as well as concealing everything inside it's wispy grasp. Once again taking up a defensive stance, ready for anything aimed her way

[Mark3000]

Almata, Zal, Jill, Manka, Zera & Yumiko *Edited*

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Almata Magic Roll: 7 + 5 + 1 (Speciality) = 13

As the music blars, Almata manages to blow a hole straight into the room. However none of the debris posses a threat to the people inside. With the path open, Jill and Kal descend through the dust to find themselves in the middle of the main living space. In the room the find what only be described as three demons and a shady looking human all close to the bathroom. It seemed like human was performing some kind of technique as her shadow began to shift:

Zera's Shadow Clone Roll (w/ Int bonus And diminishing returns added):(6, 4, Natural 1, 10, Natural 1, 10, 3, 5, -6, 3, 2, Natural 20, -11, -3, -10, Natural 1, Natural 20, -11, -7, -7)

Zera watches as her shadows fill the room only to see what stretching her powers to their limit has brought her. Of the 20 shadows she tries to create, only two of them are fully formed. The others are just wobbling mess. The worst ones can hardly be called clones are more like blobs. Other then the two well formed shadows, the rest dissipate. You find that you have to catch your breath after pushing your self so far.

Initative Roll (Dex):
Almata: 16 + 0 = 16
Zal: 16 + 5 = 21
Jill: 2 + 4 = 6
Manka: 19 - 5 = 14
Zera: 11 + 2 = 13
Yumiko: 17 + 0 = 17

Turn Order: Zal - Yumiko - Almata - Manka - Zera - Jill

Before Manka can wrap around Doki to protect him, Zal unleashes a wave of Kunai:

Zal Throwing Weapon's Attack roll (Dex): 6 + 5 = 11

One of them manages to graze the shoulder of the orc you presume to be the target. He seems wounded and beginning to look ill but you will have to do more to finish him

Evasion Roll (Dex):
Manka: Natural 20
Zera: 12 + 2 = 13
Yumiko: Natural 20

However the rest of your kunai miss wide as Manka, Zera and Yumiko skillfully dodge them. With the initial attack over Manka moves to protect Doki from any further harm.

Manka Uses Volcanic Dermis !
Activation roll (Con): 19 + 5 = 24

Manka's body suddenly turns a bright orange as it is covered in molten magma that suddenly cools to form a new layer of armor. As it cools a noxious gas begins to wave towards Zal and Jill. Luckily the hole in the roof helps to vent of the gas keeping it from reaching Yumiko or Zera. And thanks to the warning from before Doki is holding his breath.

Poison Resist Roll (Con):
Zal: 8 + 1 (Specialty) 9
Jill: 12 + 3 = 15

The gas has no effect on Jill but Zal begins to feel dizzy as her vision blurs (Zal is Poisoned). Once Manka's defense is up, Zera's shadow clones move in to punish the would be assassins:

Shadow Clone 1 Attacks Zal
Shadow Clone 1 Attack Roll (Str): 8 + 3 = 11
Zal's Evasion Roll (Dex): 9 + 4 (Poison)= 14, Miss!

Shadow clone 2 Attacks Jill
Shadow Clone 1 Attack Roll (Str): 17 + 3 = 20
Jill's Evasion Roll (Dex): 4 + 4 = 8, Hit!

The clones move through the gas and attack their targets. The first whizzes past Zal just missing the mark as it dissipated. The second clone get's the drop on Jill as it manages to jam one of it's wrist blades into her shoulder. Before Jill can get a good look at what hit her, the shadow disappears. As the gas disperses, Jill tries to retaliate and lets loose a kunai at the closest target which happens to be Manka.

Jill's Throwing Weapon's Attack roll (Dex): Natural 1

Blame it on faulty wiring, the dust and gas in the air or the blaring music but you just fumble the kunai. It lands on the ground with a flaccid thunk for everyone to hear. Under the snakewoman's defensive wall you can hear a bit of giggling from the Orc inside.

Combat Status:

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Almata: 3 Hits to Defeat
Zal: 3 Hits to Defeat, Poisioned (-1 Str, Dex, Int, Wis)
Jill: 2 Hits to Defeat
Manka: 3 Hits to Defeat, Volcanic Dermis Active
Zera: 3 Hits to Defeat
Yumiko: 3 Hits to Defeat

Izumi

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Mei nodded in agreement. "If there are any issues, come back quickly. I'll have one of the men wait by the stairway in case any thing happens." The blond man approached the two of them curious about what they were talking about. Mei responded back, in Russian of course and it seemed like everything was settled. You proceed to search the chapel

Search Roll (Wis): 5 - 3 = 2

Your search ends up empty handed as you aren't able to find anything. You return to the main section of the chapel to find Mei and the blond man discussing the details of the deal. They both show each other the contents of their suitcases. Then without saying a word they exchange cases and simply shake hands. Both of them with a serious expression on their face. It's then that you hear a BANG! almost like gunfire. You look to the blond man to see a hole in his head. As it bleeds, he collapses. "Boris!" His men seem to yell as they scramble. Everyone tries to find cover.

Lassie

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The scenario didn't play out as you initially intend. Once the woman was at the intersection the imps appeared. But instead of kidnapping her out right they just seemed to harass her. That's the moment when the driver of the truck steps out. He looks human and is wearing a red t-shirt and jeans. This seems to be the human male that was spotted near all the kidnappings. Once he reaches the imps and the woman he seems to challenge them to a fight to project the woman. Soon they begin to tussle with the human man looking to come out on top. The woman seemed grateful for the help and began to follow the man back to his truck. The question now is do you proceed with the plan?

Hibiki

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Charisma Roll: Natural 20

You can see Rei and Ringo both visibly blush. "I don't know about worst but that one has to be the best I've heard. Right Rei?" Ringo responded, dressed in a yellow halter top, matching skirt and purple waist scarf. "Oh umm, yea" Rei responded sheepishly, she still seemed to be in her school uniform. "If we're getting drinks, I'll have whatever your having. Looks pretty good to me" Ringo responded. Rei added her order as well " Nothing alcoholic for me, maybe just some cranberry juice". Ringo gave her friend a light pat on the back " Come on Rei, we're here to party. Live a little. Right um. I don't think we got your name."

Jacky

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You knock on the door and end up waiting a few minutes until the back door opens. Out came a red-headed woman with a cigarette in her mouth. She was in the Pooter's uniform but it looked like she was on break. She looks at you and then the truck. Then she turns back inside leaving you to wait again. It's another ten minutes until another person comes to the back door. This time it's a wolf man with dark gray fur in a tailored vest and ripped dress pants. " You the one here on the meat delivery?" the wolf man said. Looking at your face he begins to put two and two together. " Oh the name change. Yea the restaurant has been through a few changes but I did place the order" The door for the docking bay begins to open as you see two workers, an orc and a man stand ready too take the delivery off the truck.

[Goryokaku]

Kal had moved as soon as the hole had been made dropping in whilst the dust still partially hid her, the kunai in her hands were unleashed it was a shame she only managed to nick Doki, the other shot had either been dodge or miss. When the snake demon had activated her ability Kal tried to cover her mouth quickly enough but unfortunately the efforts of the gas had already got to her and were disorientating her somewhat.

She knew she didn’t have long to act as Jill landed behind her and threw her own Kunai which unfortunately landed hard into the ground, Kal decided not to say anything about it now it couldn’t be helped in a combat situation they would simply have to adapt to the situation.

”Crimson Lotus”

She spoke the name as she unleashed her ninja art throwing something into the air the room was suddenly filled with multi coloured petals that gently fell towards the ground, those petals that touched the floor or a body would shrivel to black, revealing their toxic nature.

[exalted]

"Hey, that's okay, that's alright," Jacky put on her best shit eating grin for the Wolfman, "Life'd get boring if everything stayed the same."

Taking up her clipboard, she flipped to the relevant page and handed it to the Wolf.

"Just get to sign right there and we can be on our way," She kept smiling, handing him a pen.

Once done she would tear him off his copy of the invoice and start back to the truck, genuinely smiling at the two guys who had come to help unload, shooting them a wink with her finger guns, happy someone was here to help.

[cryosabre]

Yumi covered her head and face as an explosion suddenly blew a hole in the roof above them, "What the-" her eyes opening wide as she saw two women jump through the newly created hole and release a wave of kunai at everyone in the room. Baring her teeth she deftly dodged out of the way of the weapons and hissed at the two new intruders before taking a brief moment to compose herself. "Taimanin..." she almost whispered before a wide, bloodthirsty grin came to her lips, this was what she had came to the surface for, and now that she was given the opportunity to introduce her old organization to the new her, Yumi fully intended to not waste it. "This slut is mine." Yumi said in an unusually calm tone before darting forward.

"Not a fucking chance, cutie" Yumi cackled before taking a tight grip of her kama and rushing towards the ninja who had taken a generous helping of Manka's poison and also seemed to be preparing to throw something in the air, attempting to slice into the girl with the sickle-like weapon, allowing it's mind altering runes to get to work while also attempting to throw the weighted end of the chain around the woman, hopefully entangling her and leaving her at Yumi's mercy.

[ZeroParadox]

"My names Hibiki.", he says with a short bow, " And tonight I'm drinking American whiskey. It's not palatable to everyone, but I enjoy it.". He signals for a bartender or waitress to take their orders. He then turns to Rei, "I'm curious, Rei. Why no alcohol? If it's because of the taste I can suggest something with low alcohol content but has a sweet flavor."

[FragranceofMtDew]

It had looked like Izumi was just being paranoid after all. She couldn't find a damn thing upstairs so they were in the clear. Or so she thought until Boris took a bullet to the head. "Ah, shit!" She cursed as she dove for cover behind a nearby pew.

After a bit, she would poke her head out just enough to try to get a glimpse of their assailants. She suspected they had been upstairs all along. Once she found them she would deploy a smoke bomb for cover while she rushed to them to take them out in close range with her sword.

[Mark3000]

Hibiki

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Rei looked to Ringo who seemed to wink at her as if to say Go for it Girl!. Rei then said softly "If you can recommend something sweet that would be great, I don't really what to have anything to heavy because well ...". " She doesn't want a demon to take advantage of her" Ringo interjected. Rei a little frazzled by her friend's statement adjusts her glasses. "Well we are in the Tokyo Kingdom right? Have you heard of the things these monsters do to women?" Rei asked. Ringo for her part just laughed. "I doubt you'll fine any real demons here at the Moonlight, just a bunch of pretenders."

" Ringo then turned to Hibiki. "You were talking about bad pickup lines right? Here's a good one. A few weeks ago this guy shows up with to tiny demon horns on his head. He says We Incubus has an eye for beautiful women and my eyes tell me your the most beautiful girl in here. He buys me a drink and then just leans in to kiss me. But get this, the grease and sweat in his hair causes the horns on his head to slip off. One lands on the floor, the other in MY drink. I took a look at them and they were just some cheap garbage from a costume store. Can you beleive it?" As Ringo finishes her story, one of the bartenders actually comes by to take your drink orders

Izumi

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As you hear a few more shots ring out you hear a female voice shout. "Your time has come Mei Faung! You'll pay for what you did to my family, my friends!"

Search Roll (Wis): 19 - 3 = 16

This time you are able to see the rifle perched over the second story viewing box overlook the chapel interior. You could also see the tops of someone's head, covered in white hair. Both Mei's and Boris'd men provide cover as you use your smoke bomb. Using the smoke as cover you are able to reach the second floor where you see woman looking frantically around trying get her bearings

Attack Roll: 14 + 5 + 1 (Specialty) = 20

Before the shooter can even find Izumi, she feels a blade slice into her back. The shooter falls to the ground as blood oozes from the wound. As the smoke clears you get a better look at her face. Outside the waist long white hair and green eyes, you notice how young this girl is. She was probably 19, 20 years old. "I can't believe I was beat by one of Mei's Pawns"

Jacky

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The wolf man signed the paperwork without any problems. The orc and the young man proceeded to unload their stock,

The wolf man then pulled something out of his breast pocket. " Here take theses, it's the least I can do for your troubles" . He hands Jacky a few coupons. Most of which are for free sex time with the purchase of wings, steak or pizza. "We have staff inside that specialize in pleasing other women. Drop by any time, the names Grey by the way."

The tow movers give you a wave good by as you pull away. The next stop was a sophisticated restaurant located in the Financial district. Hopefully this time the address is right.

[ZeroParadox]

Hibiki chuckles softly at Ringo's story before turning to address the bartender. He finishes the little bit of whiskey left in his glass before handing it to the server and orders, "Two more glasses of this fine American Whiskey, a shot of Lazzaroni Amaretto and glass of cranberry juice, please." After the server confirms the order he turns his attention back to the girls, "Just in case you don't like the drink, Rei. All I ask is to give it a try. Besides, you have Ringo and I watching out for you, right?", Hibiki says with a soft smile, "So, Ringo gets hit on by someone pretending to be a demon. Is this some kind of fetish?", he asks innocently, "Oh, and Rei, I'll want to hear an amusing story from you about someone who's tried a cheesy pickup line. Ringo shared so now it's your turn. Then I'll share a couple of mine. Deal?"

[exalted]

"Gee, thanks" Jacky replied to the Wolf after she flicked through the coupons, already thinking about who she could regift them to. It wasn't that she was a prude, it had just been her experience that business stopped becoming a pleasure when the two became involved.

She waved back to boys who had helped unload as she pulled back into traffic, happy that even with the stuff up from with the address she was still ahead of schedule.

[KnightVanilla]

Interesting the threat used the comfort approach. A false hero... It made her smile the hunt had yet to end knowing that if she followed them She could put an end to the operation she did just that. Even if the girl was in danger now she needed her to see what they really were before she could convince her and many others. Lawrie could feel a thrill the joy of the hunt. When demons arrived she only discovered one thing from her hunts.... They were very similar to humans... Not all were bad but not all were good. But still humans have the record for the most evil committed... And right now this false hero was proving just that. Tailing them she had her hounds keep a safe distance away so they were out of sight. Following herself to their destination she had to be sure of what threats laid for her and her hounds. The hunt was only beginning.

[FragranceofMtDew]

Izumi frowned as she saw how young the girl was. This wasn't a hit from a rival gang, just a civvie who tried to pick a fight with the wrong folks. Izumi placed her blade at the girl's throat as she spoke. "This was a big mistake girlie. If you hadn't hidden from me when I was looking around, I would have just let you go. If you hadn't killed someone important when you shot at us, I would have just killed you to spare you your fate as someone captured by the Red Mane. But this is how it went down, so things are about to get ugly..." Izumi sighed and her chain shot out, wrapping the girl up so Izumi could drag her downstairs while keeping her sword arm free.

Once downstairs Izumi yanked her shoulder forward, throwing the girl roughly at Mei's feet before retracting her chain back into her sleeve. She then pressed her foot to the girl's back, grinding it into her wound as she did so. "How did you find out about this meeting?! Who else knows?" Izumi shouts at the girl. Just because this girl wasn't with a gang didn't mean one of their rivals hadn't tried to stir shit up by telling her Mei would be here.

[Icaelus]

Eeehh..if you say so? Smoking's bad, ain't it?"
Aynn deflected Raksa's attempt at teasing easily with a sheepish smile and a shrug, moving to collapse into the soft silken pillows at Saito's side. Ah. Bliss. How long had it been since she had laid in something as soft as this? Pretty damn freaking long. She watched Saito take a puff from the device with a bored look, waiting for the two to get on their business.
Finally as if catching on from the look Aynn shot him, Saito replaced the pipe and began speaking, asking for the information he had obviously contracted Raksa for from before. Raksa turned them down with a sigh, stating that it would either cost extra or a little side job..which was a bit annoying, to be honest. It wasn't their problem that her men were incompetent enough to be killed in the line of duty. Risk came with reward and vice versa. It was the rules of the jungle that dominated this place and here Raksa was, bitching about it..
But no point calling her out on it. She had the info she needed and there wasn't much time to waste. Besides, it was basically just a little guard duty. She could smack down a couple of thugs with a flick of her cybernetic hand.
"Haaah..problems, problems. Whatever. I'm down, Saito."
Aynn folded her arms with a sigh, reluctantly giving her agreement. She shot Raksa an annoyed look, her lilac eyes narrowing.
"I sincerely hope you aren't trying to pull anything here. For both our sakes. I'd like to maintain some civility on our first meeting."
The words were polite along with her tone, but a skilled conversationalist like Raksa would've undoubtedly picked up on the hidden threatening undertone. No matter. Just a little warning that the Taimanin were not to be crossed.

[Mark3000]

Aynn

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Raksa raised her eyebrow and gave a simple hum at Aynn's veiled threat. "As would I. Don't worry, it's just some local punks that thing they can do what they want. They shouldn't be much hassle for trained fighters such as yourselves" She laid back and pointed towards one of the booths. Unlike the other ones, there was a lot of noise coming from it. Saito got up and brushed himself off. "Welp, let's get to business then.

The two of you approach the booth and over hear a bit of their conversation.
"No one can mess with Big Bubba, with him we own these streets!"
"Yea man, we sent those Tiger Claw jokers packing"
"Yo! Watch out world the Screw Crew is coming through"

You soon see the belly dancer in red that guided you in pass the group. Suddenly a hand came out and pulled her into the booth "Hey baby, you've been so good to us we're gonna let you join us". You soon arrive to see who has been causing so much trouble. You see four humans dressed in what can only be described as punk rock attire. In the middle of the group you see a orc with a large pot belly.

Saito cleared his throat to get their attention. "Hey you got a problem pops!" The pucks in the booth said as all of them turned towards Saito and Aynn, the hostess then punches the guy who grabbed her and walks away to the safety of Raksa's booth.

Izumi

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You bring the girl downstairs. "Well done Izumi, I knew I could count on you" Mei said. The girl grimaced as you throw her to the ground and questioned her:

Intimidation Roll (Cha): 19 - 4 = 15

While didn't day anything but called out to skinny bold man in the suit. "Aleski, you said that you would help me kill Mei Feung if I killed Boris. We had a deal!" Both the Russian and Red Mane guards turned to Aleski. "I-It's now what you think. I had to because. Because....." He pauses before pulling out and aims it at Mei. "Get back, unless you want to be the one responsible for the death of the Red Mane's Number 2!"

Lassie

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Tracking Roll (Wis): 14 + 2 + 1 = 17

You successfully follow the truck through the streets. It appears to stop for a moment only to start up again. Following it leads you to an abandoned warehouse surrounded by a concrete wall. The truck passes through an open gate that doesn't seem operational. You see him move to the back of the warehouse. It reaches the loading area where two demons meet him. The first looks like an incubus with two short horns and a spaded tail. Beside him is a tall ogre.

Spot Check (Wis): 15 + 2 + 1 = 18

As you watch them, you see the ogre grab the woman while the incubus hands the man an envelop. The lot that you first thought was empty actually has two or three hounds milling about. Any normal person would assume them to be strays. But it's obvious they are actually guard dogs. You soon see the truck leave the complex. Now do you go after the driver or raid the warehouse?

Hibiki

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Yea, some people are into the whole demon thing, right Rei?" Ringo said nudging her friend "Knock it off Ringo, I was just joking" Rei replied

It didn't take long for your drinks to arrive. Both the girls took a sip and smiled. "You were right this was really good" Rei said as she took another sip. Ringo appeared to show less restraint, taking a large gulp of the whisky. "You have pretty good taste Hibiki." Ringo remarked "Hey Rei, tell him about the guy who tried to pick you up". "Um sure" Rei said. " It was on my was to Cram school, I was going to be late so I took a shortcut through an alley. I ran into this person with really short red hair. He started to speak but I couldn't understand what he was saying because of his accent. I think he was trying to say What's a pretty thing like you doing out here?. But it sounded likeUats a itty ting ike ue woing at hur. So I just walked away. Sorry if it's not as exciting as Ringo's" You could see Ringo laughing hysterically. "Well it cracks me up each time I hear it. Now Hibiki you have to hold up your end of the bargain.

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Jacky

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You reach your next destination with out much hassle as well. The restaurant in question this time is called the Vendetta. It seems this time to paperwork is correct. Just as you arrive you see a second truck pull into the docking area. They seem to be unloading BDSM Equipment. Harnesses, Stockades even a demonic looking Iron Maiden. If you remember correctly, the restaurant was a sort of diner theater. But instead of a play, they would put on hardcore BDSM show. They would even get the audience to participate as either the master or slave. The driver from the second truck sees you drive in as she waits to sign off on her order.

[exalted]

Jacky rolled her eyes as she saw what was being unloaded from the other track in mirrors as she backed in. There had always been something about these places that had stuck in her craw, they were dishonest. This place was really no different than any other brothel or sex club, but they tried to hide it behind a thin vineer of exclusivity and class. This way the rich perverts could indulge themselves without the plebs below knowing. Jacky doubted she could even afford an entree at this place. At least Pooters was honest about what it was and didn't overcharge, hell, they probably had better wings as well.

Shaking it off, she made sure her grin was still in place before climbing out of the rig. Strolling over to her sister from another mister, she flipped through her clipboard to right page, ready to get out of here and get to beer. Glancing briefly as all the things being unloaded, she was suddenly very happy she stuck to refrigerated transport.

[ZeroParadox]

"A deal is a deal.", Hibiki concedes with a smile, "Okay, this one got a chuckle out of the girl I tried it on, but not much else.", he says as he swipes a finger along the cold glass of cranberry juice, collecting the moisture that has condensed on it. Then he touches the cuff of his sleeve and and Ringo's halter top on the shoulder with the dampened finger before saying, "We should go back to my place and get out of these wet clothes before we end up catching a cold." Hopefully she finds it more amusing than the last girl did. Hibiki muses as he recalls the memory with a mental chuckle.

"And for the second, as promised.", Hibiki announces and turns to Rei. He pulls out some bills worth maybe 200 euro and places it on the table. "This one actually got me slapped when I tried it so, try to be gentle with me Rei. At the very least you'll be able to share this story with your friends.", he says kindly and gives her a wink, "I'll bet I can kiss you on the lips without touching you." He'll then slowly lean closer and tenderly kisses Rei on the lips, ending it shortly if he senses she's uncomfortable. But if she seems to enjoy it he'll happily deepen the kiss.

Either way, after the kiss he'll pass her the bills with a smile and say, "Looks like I lost, but it was worth it!"