oo1; voice + video

[justthedriver]

Biggest country in world I know but Initiative don't seem to bother to bring anyone else but me. Too many goddamned Americans and Japanese. [ Says the heavy Russian accent. ] And aliens. And fucking elves. [ For all the emphasis he puts on that word, he doesn't sound angry. More of a 'fuck, what the hell, man?'

... Sorry, elves. He's targeting one elf in particular and he doesn't much care if there's more of them.

Sharp snort. Sound of a lighter snapping on, and the crackling of cigarettes. Then the camera switches on.

Have a pair of heavily tattooed hands, one of them curled around a white stick. Then he tips the tablet upwards until it shows his face, and Nikolai pulls off the sunglasses. ]

You lot ever get tired of talking on this thing? Bunch of stupid questions lately. [ He takes a drag of the cigarette, and blows it at the screen. ] You've all forgotten how to fuck, or something?


[ ooc; for any character with knowledge of Russian criminals, Nikolai's hands carry tattoos that basically says he's one of the worst ones out there. Yeah.

Also, content warnings for sexual assault for the thread with Steph (controlledvariable). ]

Comments

[alittlesweptup]

Lucky. Still in the business then?

[justthedriver]

[ Mildly: ] Not much business to do here.

[alittlesweptup]

Christ, isn't that the truth. As likely to go stir crazy as to be any use to these people.

[justthedriver]

[ Soft hum. ]

Bored people become bad people. [ A bit dryly. But it's true. ] But this place still quiet. Very strange.

[alittlesweptup]

Particularly given the lack of any kind of police force up until now - as if what they've got even merits the word.

Suppose it's a good thing they've pulled such an honest lot.

[justthedriver]

'Suppose'?

[alittlesweptup]

There are advantages to text; accurately conveying sarcasm isn't really one of them.

Face it mate, half the reason there isn't more chaos here is that there's nowhere to go. Boredom breeds bad behavior, but the vague possibility of legging it before you get caught is really half the gig. Kind of a lack of holes to go to ground to here. Not that you couldn't make one with a little enterprising, but-- takes infrastructure. Don't think a free agent would get too far here.

[justthedriver]

You have tried?

[alittlesweptup]

It's mostly theoretical. My work tends to be a bit more resource dependent than what Exsilium's really up to support.

[justthedriver]

So what is it you do, man from London?

encrypted

[alittlesweptup]

This and that. Hired muscle, do a lot of dealing in artifact recovery and black market trading. Or used to. Pretty much just freelance now.

You bring your business along with you?

yay encryptions!

[justthedriver]

[ Oh hey there we go! The actual reason (amongst a multitude of 'reasons') why he even made this post! ]

I don't like talking business with words on screen.

[ He taps the ash off of the cigarette. ]

[alittlesweptup]

What a coincidence, I don't like talking business where any kid with a little time on their hands can crack a basic encryption.

[justthedriver]

[ Interesting. ]

You saying you want a meeting, Charlie Cutter?

[alittlesweptup]

I'm saying it doesn't hurt. If there's anything to be done here, it's not solo work.

[justthedriver]

[ Either it's jackpot or it's a waste of time. In any case... ]

Not free tonight. [ Because he has a date with Vanadi. ] Maybe tomorrow.

[alittlesweptup]

Tomorrow then if it's convenient.

In the meantime, good luck with all the god awful Russian people seem so keen to assault you with.

[justthedriver]

[ He laughs at that. ]

My English not so good also. [ Yes, he's deliberately worsening his English. ] But they should stop trying.

Convenient to you or me?

[alittlesweptup]

English is a bastard language anyway. It's meant to be butchered.

And seems my appointment book's fairly open tomorrow.

[justthedriver]

[ Drawl: ] Very lucky.

[ Beat. ]

Where?

[alittlesweptup]

There's a pub just north of the Hold called the Bear and the Boar if you like. Though if you've a problem with it there's always the training rooms in the Hold itself; the place is a right ghost town in the late afternoon.

[justthedriver]

I like training rooms. [ Nearly idly. ] Nice big space.

[alittlesweptup]

Tomorrow then, down near boxing ring. How's 3:00pm suit you?

[justthedriver]

Not bad a time for me.

[alittlesweptup]

That's sorted then.