[RHat]

"Yes, but perhaps we should take advantage of the quiet for the time being.  The rest of the team can be a little bit...  Difficult."  He shook his head, and took a pack of cards out of his jacket pocket.  "Care for a few hands?"

[Mystalya]

She smiles and gives a genuine laugh. "Late to their own job, eh? Perhaps they don't need the money..." She shakes her head in amusement, eyeing the cards in his hands. This gentleman would be an interesting teammate, that was for sure, but he was still a stranger to her. She crosses her arms and gives a sidelong smirk.

"I typically avoid playing cards with strange men. Perhaps you could at least tell me your name?"

[RHat]

"Name's Jimmy.  Yours?"

[Mystalya]

"Sonir." She replies, extending a hand in greeting. "I have to ask...what did you mean by "difficult?"

[RHat]

Jimmy took the offered handshake.  "Basically?  Aside from us, there's four others.  Two of them seem to have some experience, but they've got serious attitude issues; those two go by Three-Star and Marduk, and starboy's very insistent on being addressed by that name in that specific form.  I think I've got them settled out for now, but they're both the sort to take just about anything the wrong way and react just a bit more strongly than they should.  Doesn't help that something about Marduk actively interferes with magic - if you've got anything going on by way of that, you'll want to keep some distance from him."  He started shuffling the cards.

"The other two go by Tink and Draco, and seem to be pretty green.  Tink seems to be our tech guy, and he can do some pretty slick work when it comes to modding out gear."  He slowly withdrew his new piece, took the bullets out of the cylinder, and passed it over.  "Has a bit of a...  Unique look to it, but I tested it on a friend's range; works beautifully.  To say he hasn't got much for social graces, though, would be a very serious understatement.  Draco's the spellslinger, but we're gonna have to be a bit careful with him; he's a drake, and doesn't seem to get the idea of keeping a lower profile - it was a bit of an argument just to get him to agree to carry a pistol."

[Mystalya]

She slowly nods during each description, making a special mental footnote about Marduk. "Six people? This is the largest team I've ever worked with honestly." She eyes his revolver as he passes it over to her. She takes it, studying the various modifications. "Starboy?" she gives a smile and laughs. "Not exactly the most intimidating name but I can work with it."

She moves towards some nearby storage crates and takes a seat, crossing her legs and easily twirling his gun around her forefinger. "It seems we're going to be here for a bit. Had I known they would all be this late I would have gone out for breakfast instead." She shakes her head then meets his eyes once more. "I've never met a drake. Is he friendly? Social graces seem to be your domain obviously..." She gives a wry smile then continues. "But even so, he can't be so...brazen, can he?"

[umraefein]

Draco roars up to the hanger on his bike, noting the two vehicles already there. He swings his legs off, and hustles over to the entrance to get out of the rain. Looking inside, he sees Jimmy chatting up an unknown woman. Stepping into the room, he dropped his bag on the ground by way of announcement. "Hola. Who's the new face?"

[RHat]

"Not as yet, no, it's just an attitude thing."  Jimmy noticed Draco walking in.  "Ah, seems we have some company.  Sonir, Draco.  Draco, Sonir."  Jimmy started dealing cards.  "So, now that you know what they all do, what is it you bring to the table?"  He arched an eyebrow and held the moment, returning her gaze, as if to imply that he meant "besides the obvious".

[Mystalya]

Her eyes flick over to the new arrival and she stands promptly, adopting a much less relaxed posture. She gives a nod of greeting and accepts Jimmy's introduction.

"If you need anything by the way of breaking and entering then I have you covered. Shadowing targets, fieldcraft and the like." She turns to Jimmy and hands his gun to him.  "I suppose you'll want this back, no? ...Oh, you might want this as well." The Ace of Spades from the deck appears between her fingers in her opposite hand and she smiles.

[RHat]

"...  Okay, you and I play with AR cards from now on."  He chuckled a bit as he loaded the rounds back into his weapon.  "Alright, so we've got a spellslinger, a drone-running tech gnome, myself, two drek's-hit-the-fan guys, and a spy...  Certainly gives us something to work with.  How much have you been told about the job?"

[Mystalya]

She shakes her head. "Not as much as I would like. I was actually hoping you might be able to shed some light on that for me?" Her eyes flick between the two men and she sits back down in her relaxed posture.

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[RHat]

"Client wants us to clear the way for her people to renovate this arcology.  There's gangs and such in the area that need to be pacified in one form or another; could be something more serious in there, too.  Here, I'll forward the data we've found to you..."  He sent along the text file Tink had dug up.

[Mystalya]

She nods and peers at her comm as the file arrives. "That doesn't seem so bad. Of course, it never does, does it?" She grins then glances back up at Jimmy. "How much was this client looking at compensating you guys for this? I was told "worth my while". I'm certainly hoping I wasn't misled... I do hate wasting my time.

[RHat]

"Well, you should have been forwarded your share of the advance.  Talked them up to 6000 per day per person, 5 days pay minimum, and half of that minimum up front."

[Mystalya]

She seems engrossed in her comm as he speaks, reading the entirety of the text file. "Well...I'll just need to have a chat with Steelfish about that....because...."

She trails off and her face visibly falls as she continues reading the text. She continues reading in silence until she finishes and she immediately glances up at Jimmy.

"....We're not going in here are we?"