[Zul]
"You be sweet," she purrs to the bouncer as she passes close to him, "and I
just might be yours for free."
She nods as Aldrand sits down. "Yeah, I can be a real pain in the ass, can't
I?" She lowers her voice. "Look, I know I got a little bit of whatcha might
call poor impulse control, but I ain't stupid. I know I'm on your boss's
list, up? That's why I'm here. I wanna to whatever I can to make things
right."
"Right now, I've got a couple of tips to help you guys get to the bottom of
this fire. Not much, but something to go on. But hell, I know that's not
enough to get me off probation. So, he wants to tax me, he's got something
he wants done he don't wanna use his own people, you just tell me, and I'm
there. I'll just say this: I'm worth a lot more to him walking and talking
than I am face-down in the river."
>From: Tim
>Reply-To: kalyr+calbeyn@phoenyx.net
>To: kalyr@phoenyx.net
>Subject: Kalyr: 91a - The Docker's Armpit
>Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 17:40:37 CDT
>
>Zul winks and smiles at the leering bouncer on the way in.
>
>"How much", he asks, "Or are you just a tease?".
>
>After ordering a beer, she takes a seat at a table near Aldrand's --
>close enough to hear, but not in a sneaky way. Hard for a woman to be
>unobtrusive in this place, anyway. She's not the only woman here, she
>spots a couple of the working girls, Yula, who usually works the
>docks, and Zaskavine, who Zul had always understood hung out in the
>taverns of the upper end of town. There are also one or two
>companions or associates of mercenaries, who looks as vicious as the
>men. Zul gets some looks, from the women as well as the men.
>
>The beer is sour and watery.
>
>It's not long before she catches Aldrand's eye. She raises her glass
>and grins, but Aldrand doesn't seem particularly pleased to see her.
>Eventually he whispers a word in the ear of one of his companions, and
>makes his way over to her table.
>
>"So, like a bad coin, you're back", he says.
>
>--
>Tim Hall
>Weblog: http://www.kalyr.com/weblog
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