Sapphy
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Post by Sapphy on Oct 12, 2011 7:49:44 GMT -5
"No thank you," she said, giving the cookies a mere glance. "Nice to meet you both," she said, nodding to Risk and Script. She smiled widely, but it looked tired.
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Post by Script on Oct 12, 2011 8:55:50 GMT -5
Script bit her lip. The girl looked, well...terrible. "Hi, nice to meet you." She sent her a smile, then glanced at Goblin, squeezing his hand. "So...hail, hail, the gang's all here..."
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Wraith
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Post by Wraith on Oct 12, 2011 9:03:44 GMT -5
"Not...quite," said a voice from the shadows.
Goblin jumped again and turned toward the familiar voice fast enough to give him a whiplash. "Goddamn it, Clara, how long have you been there?"
"Long enough," Wraith said, emerging from the shadows and settling herself on the floor beside his crate. "I was spying on Risk." She glanced at him. "It's not that I still don't trust you, it's just that I no longer know what else to do with my free time."
Goblin rolled his eyes at her. "And you're here because...?"
She rolled hers right back. "Oh, it's not like you helped me out with my diabolical plan or anything." She crossed her arms. "At the very least, I'll be around at the end when it all falls apart and there's no one else left to run in and save you." She made herself comfortable, then finally looked up to face the whole group. "Hi," she said, suddenly shy, and looked at the floor.
Goblin gave her a silent look that lasted about ten seconds, then addressed the group. "So...anyone else ever heard of Monk Eastman?"
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Post by Script on Oct 12, 2011 9:06:08 GMT -5
Script sighed. "Here, Wraith, eat a cookie." She handed her one, then settled in for what was sure to be a complete hot mess.
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Post by Wraith on Oct 12, 2011 9:16:50 GMT -5
"Thanks," Wraith whispered, taking one and savoring a couple bites before she glanced at her brother. "I have a feeling no one's heard of Monk Eastman but you and Risk, so you might as well get on with it."
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Goblin
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Post by Goblin on Oct 12, 2011 9:25:14 GMT -5
He nodded, pondering where to start. "So...he's the leader of this gang in Five Points." He hadn't remembered Monk's name when Risk first mentioned it, but it had eventually rung a bell, and the details were coming back to him now. "People call 'em the Eastman Gang, or the Allen Street Cadets. They run a lot of brothels, but they're also involved in stealing, gambling, and opium...and a lot of 'em get hired out as thugs." He glanced at Risk to make sure this all sounded right. "Anyway, Risk and I found out that they're the ones keeping the Refuge open, paying off or threatening anyone who gets in the way. So we just have to figure out why...and how to stop them."
And God knew the wheels in his head were already turning as he tried to work out the answers to those questions.
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Sapphy
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Post by Sapphy on Oct 12, 2011 9:41:13 GMT -5
"...How do you propose we do that?" Sapphy asked. She had no tone in her voice, so this wasn't said bitterly or harshly. It made her sound more hopeless than anything.
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Goblin
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Post by Goblin on Oct 12, 2011 10:02:00 GMT -5
He had an idea. It was unspeakably dangerous, yet it was the only thing that made any sense. "Well...that kind of depends on how much Risk here is willing to do 'just for the heck of it'," he said, raising an eyebrow at Risk. What he had in mind was a perfectly reasonable job for an undercover cop, but the more he thought about it, the more it seemed to require one of the girls. And that didn't sit well with him at all. But they were here because they chose to be, and if you wanted to make a solid plan, you didn't waste resources.
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Post by Script on Oct 12, 2011 10:14:41 GMT -5
Script didn't exactly like the look Goblin had in his eyes. "Well...what do you want him to do..?"
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Goblin
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Post by Goblin on Oct 12, 2011 18:22:41 GMT -5
"Go undercover," Goblin said simply with a note of irony. He was pretty sure Risk would know exactly what he meant.
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Post by Script on Oct 12, 2011 18:43:05 GMT -5
Script bit her bottom lip. "So, if Risk's going under cover...what are the rest of us doing?" She now understood why Wraith was always so annoyed by his habit of only giving bits and pieces of a plan at a time. Not knowing what was happening made her nervous.
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Goblin
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Post by Goblin on Oct 12, 2011 18:56:52 GMT -5
"Still working on that," he admitted, waiting for Risk's answer.
"He makes this stuff up as he goes along," Wraith stage-whispered.
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Post by Risk on Oct 12, 2011 20:34:18 GMT -5
"Figure the ins and outs," finally said Risk. "It'd be less suspicious if one of you came with me... as if I'm recruiting or somethin'. I haven't seen in Eastman in years, so I better come back with something worthwhile. We'll get acquainted with everything, see what they're really doing... and figure it out from there."
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Post by Goblin on Oct 12, 2011 20:39:31 GMT -5
"Makes sense," Goblin agreed. "Except that I'm, uh...gonna have to be somewhere else." And it wasn't going to be any more fun than Risk's job, that was for sure. "So if either of you thinks you can can act like you wanna join a gang...?" He looked at Script and Sapphy, selfishly praying that Sapphy would volunteer. Because he needed backup too, and if Script had to be in danger, he at least wanted her to be in danger with him.
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Post by Script on Oct 12, 2011 20:48:51 GMT -5
Script raised her eyebrows. "A gang? I don't think they'll buy it if you take me. I'm like the opposite of a gang member!" She looked over at Goblin, a little horrified of the idea. "They'd make us in ten seconds."
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