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"So." You clap your hands to get everyone's attention. "We're going to get shitfaced. The question is: Does anyone have a specific location they want to get shitfaced at in mind?"
"We could go to one of the mines I own!"
"None that the rest of you could afford."
"I DO NOT PARTICULARLY CARE."
"U-uh, I'll go with the rest want."
Ashley and Lex are oddly quiet on what they want but you can tell by the looks on their faces that they have the same idea. "Hey. We have this new chick, yeah?" "How about we show her some true music? Some true PUNK MUSIC? We both know a cool venue nearby."
"what the fuck is punk music." You wish you could describe the level of confusion on Dasha's face.
"Hm. Anyone got any issues with that?"
Wendy and Alexis let out a disappointed sigh but they seem willing to go along. Quentin shrugs. Dasha is still beyond confused but she gives a hesitant thumbs up.
"Cool! Alright, you two. We can do to a venue as LONG as it has a bar nearby. We WILL have to make a small pitstop for Quentin's sake but sure. Let's go to a music venue this time around."
"Woo!" Ashley flashes the giddiest, most unfitting smile possible but immediately hides it under a dispassionate smirk. "I mean. Thank you, that would be nice."
"C'mon! Nicole's cool, she wouldn't have said no!"
"Haha, yeah, thank you. Very flattering." You clear your throat. "I'll need to talk to Ashley for a bit. Rest of you can go onto the train when it-" And right as you said that, the train finally arrives. Huh. Perfect timing. Your allies (sans Ashley) broad the train to wait and chat amongst each other. Now that you have some privacy, Ashley approaches you with a knowing glint in her eyes.
"So. It's about them, isn't it?"
"Yep. It just doesn't make a lick of sense to me. Why NOW? They should've known I wasn't there."
"Well, it did seem like it was sending a message, no?"
You sit down on the icy cold floor of the train platform. "No, I get that, but sending a message would be like...what. Killing one of you guys? Sending a whole squad to intimidate any shop or vendor into not selling stuff to me? Something more <span class="mu-i">subtle</span> than bombing a place or somethin'?"
"Well, think about it like this. How often have you come across one of them when they're doin' something and you interrupt their plan?" Ashley digs into her jacket pocket to pull out a cigarette (cheap brand, does nothing for your mind). She offers you one and you take it. You light both up with your FOCUSED TELEKINESIS. "They probably waited until you were gone for a reason."
"Still. Why NOW?"
"Isn't that HEAD MEETING happening soon? Like, almost two days from now? I imagine there has to be some reason they picked NOW to do it, while you were out of the picture."
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[PERSON OF INTEREST] Wait. You think you got something.
[PERSON OF INTEREST] One: A lot of the shops you know are located near or very close to your Apartment. The ones that weren't destroyed are probably closed or have moved somewhere else now.
