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[12/21/2014 10:12:12 PM] Rycroft: So! When last we met, you guys had stopped after an eventful night. There were zombies and hardboiled exorcists.

[12/21/2014 10:14:49 PM] Josie: Josie went home with Theo and went to sleep! They were planning on working on a gadget the next morning.

[12/21/2014 10:14:56 PM] Rycroft: And vampires all over the damn place.

[12/21/2014 10:15:53 PM] Josie: Josie there are no vampires in her apartment. None.

[12/21/2014 10:17:12 PM] Ella: Ella just goes home and sleeps. All this craziness is tiring.

[12/21/2014 10:17:34 PM] Rycroft: Exausting, really!

[12/21/2014 10:20:21 PM] Rafe: Rafe, feeling the weight of anticipation feels obliged to say that he also, predictably, went to sleep at some point during the night.

[12/21/2014 10:22:19 PM] Josie: ((How many vampires did HE sleep with? >.> ))

[12/21/2014 10:22:24 PM] Rycroft: How late do you all sleep?

[12/21/2014 10:23:00 PM] Josie: Josie gets up early to help Theo do the thing.

[12/21/2014 10:24:05 PM] Rafe: Rafe will be up around 10 or earlier if someone comes-a-knocking.

[12/21/2014 10:25:07 PM] Rycroft: Huh. No one is gonna believe you as a hollywood star if you don't roll out of bed at one!

[12/21/2014 10:26:28 PM] Ella: Ella gets up around nine.

[12/21/2014 10:27:03 PM] Rafe: ((He sleeps less- has to be awake before whoever he's with wakes up and finds someone else's face laying in bed with them! lol))

[12/21/2014 10:27:39 PM] Rycroft: True! And awkward. We'll say you all meet up at around 11.

[12/21/2014 10:28:28 PM] Josie: Josie has changed into a nice suit, with a skirt this time.

[12/21/2014 10:29:18 PM] Josie: Theo's been feeding  me coffee.

[12/21/2014 10:30:02 PM] Josie: I thought I ought to warn you.

[12/21/2014 10:30:14 PM] Rafe: Cream only, I'm sure. You're sweet enough to not need the sugar.

[12/21/2014 10:30:58 PM] Josie: You and your sweet-talking.

[12/21/2014 10:31:01 PM] Josie: Josie smiles, though.

[12/21/2014 10:31:47 PM] Rafe: Rafe shrugs. "I figure I gave your new relationship enough time to ensure it's still seen as harmless fun. Hopefully."

[12/21/2014 10:32:14 PM] Rafe: Though you'll never know how many times I had to bite my tongue over the last couple of days.

[12/21/2014 10:32:50 PM] Josie: And here I thought an assortment of other attractive people would be biting your tongue for you.

[12/21/2014 10:34:33 PM] Rafe: Now that sounds like fun. Be just the thing to make LA start feeling like home.

[12/21/2014 10:35:24 PM] Josie: I'm sure we could find a pretty vampire girl or three.

[12/21/2014 10:36:03 PM] Rafe: Ah. Well, they don't *have* to be vampires. I'm still not sure where I stand with that, to be frank.

[12/21/2014 10:36:44 PM] Josie: Vampires? Oh, I'm sure you'd be delicious.

[12/21/2014 10:37:05 PM] Rycroft: The radio music cuts out, giving way to a nasally newsreader! "We interrupt our regular programming to give you an update on the murders that plagued our city last night!  Five dead at the morgue, and an additional three more victims over the course of the night!  Police are still searching for the monstrous criminal guilty of the carnage!  As of right now, though, no new victims have been discovered."

[12/21/2014 10:37:26 PM] Rafe: Rafe frowns.

[12/21/2014 10:37:39 PM] Josie: Three more. Maybe we shouldn't have slept after all.

[12/21/2014 10:37:58 PM | Edited 10:40:42 PM] Josie: Anyway, Theo doesn't mind.

[12/21/2014 10:38:11 PM] Rycroft: Well, the vampire in the warehouse told you about it.

[12/21/2014 10:38:19 PM] Rycroft: That three more bodies had been found.

[12/21/2014 10:39:19 PM] Rafe: Theo doesn't mind... eight bodies? That I'd be delicious?

[12/21/2014 10:39:25 PM] Rycroft: Theo's at work, I believe.

[12/21/2014 10:40:51 PM] Josie: Our incessant flirting, or banter, or whatever it is.

[12/21/2014 10:41:35 PM] Rafe: Oh, well that's good. I'm not sure Rafe can actually turn it off anymore.

[12/21/2014 10:42:28 PM] Rycroft: Currently, you guys are in the common area between your apartments -- there's a phone, a nice sitting area, a radio,a  kitchenette. You guys are the only occupants of this building, after all.

[12/21/2014 10:42:36 PM] Josie: Good. I think it's fun.

[12/21/2014 10:44:04 PM] Rycroft: The phone rings!

[12/21/2014 10:44:10 PM] Josie: Josie picks it up.

[12/21/2014 10:44:11 PM] Josie: Hello?

[12/21/2014 10:45:42 PM] Rycroft: "Hello, Dr. Black?  This is Mr. Benedict.

[12/21/2014 10:46:27 PM] Josie: Any news?

[12/21/2014 10:48:26 PM] Rycroft: Benedict:  Yes, none of it good. Crispin is still MIA. We have apprehended the girl and have her imprisoned. She's feral, but we're hoping we can change that.

[12/21/2014 10:49:53 PM] Josie: Will it help if we catch him?

[12/21/2014 10:50:07 PM] Rafe: That's a little good.

[12/21/2014 10:51:03 PM] Rycroft: Benedict:  Do you have the means to? We're currently dealing with another issue -- a vampire family we don't have much contact with have decided to move into LA. We turned them up when we were searching.

[12/21/2014 10:52:01 PM] Josie: We're going to try, yes.

[12/21/2014 10:52:11 PM] Rafe: Sure seem to be a lot of vampires in the area now.

[12/21/2014 10:52:14 PM] Josie: ... I hope they're cuddly.

[12/21/2014 10:52:27 PM] Rafe: Rafe grins.

[12/21/2014 10:56:12 PM] Rycroft: Benedict:  Not terribly. They call themselves the Reveniens. Not sure if they're a new bloodline taking the name of an old family, or that actual old family.

[12/21/2014 10:56:34 PM] Rycroft: Benedict:  But they already killed three of my guys.

[12/21/2014 10:56:42 PM] Rafe: ...not cuddly.

[12/21/2014 10:57:10 PM] Rycroft: Benedict:  Could have been a misunderstanding. They wanna talk, apparently.

[12/21/2014 10:57:22 PM] Josie: ... if this is going to be a war I'd consider contacting the Council for support.

[12/21/2014 10:57:36 PM] Josie: I'm not sure they'd give it to you, but you're cooperating with us and you're a known quantity.

[12/21/2014 10:57:38 PM] Rafe: If this were an action film, it'd be an ambush.

[12/21/2014 10:58:06 PM] Rycroft: Benedict:  It had occurred to me, yes.

[12/21/2014 10:59:50 PM] Rycroft: Benedict:  Anyway. What will you do if you find Crispin?

[12/21/2014 11:00:15 PM] Josie: I'd planned to turn him over to you.

[12/21/2014 11:00:29 PM] Josie: I don't think the Council particularly cares as long as the killings stop.

[12/21/2014 11:02:03 PM] Rycroft: Benedict:  Do you believe you can apparehend him?

[12/21/2014 11:03:33 PM] Josie: I'm hoping to.

[12/21/2014 11:06:54 PM] Rycroft: Benedict:  Good hunting,t hen.

[12/21/2014 11:07:41 PM] Josie: ... be careful.

[12/21/2014 11:07:44 PM] Josie: Josie hangs up.

[12/21/2014 11:08:02 PM] Rafe: So... what do you think?

[12/21/2014 11:09:29 PM] Josie: I think we'd better get going.

[12/21/2014 11:09:50 PM] Josie: Josie picks up a weird-looking object from the table; it looks like a compass with some extra pieces hanging off the sides.

[12/21/2014 11:12:54 PM] Rycroft: It points south!

[12/21/2014 11:14:37 PM] Josie: Right. Let's get moving.

[12/21/2014 11:14:41 PM] Rafe: After you!

[12/21/2014 11:14:55 PM] Josie: Josie heads out!

[12/21/2014 11:15:05 PM] Rycroft: To the Buffy mobile!

[12/21/2014 11:15:17 PM] Rafe: Rafe follows!

[12/21/2014 11:15:42 PM] Ella: Ella also follows!

[12/21/2014 11:16:16 PM] Josie: Josie starts heading south and hands the widget to Ella.

[12/21/2014 11:16:19 PM] Josie: Tell me where to go.

[12/21/2014 11:16:42 PM] Ella: Okay.

[12/21/2014 11:17:27 PM] Ella: Ella watches the thing.

[12/21/2014 11:18:12 PM] Josie: I think we did a nice job on it.

[12/21/2014 11:18:17 PM] Josie: The compass was his idea.

[12/21/2014 11:18:40 PM] Rycroft: You drive south! After you drive a ways, the needle starts moving, so you have to start trying to triangulate where exactly it's pointing -- which requires many sharp turns down alleys and streets.

[12/21/2014 11:18:55 PM] Rafe: What's it pointing to?

[12/21/2014 11:19:24 PM] Josie: The gadget Crispin made to give everyone but him the curses.

[12/21/2014 11:20:00 PM] Rafe: Huh. How'd you do that without ever having contact with it?

[12/21/2014 11:20:49 PM] Josie: Sympathetic magic.

[12/21/2014 11:21:00 PM] Josie: We had the plans for it and some of the leftover bits he didn't use.

[12/21/2014 11:21:22 PM] Rafe: Oh, right. I forgot about the plans.

[12/21/2014 11:22:32 PM] Rycroft: The compass seems to be pointing toward a very posh high-rose hotel in downtown Hollywood.

[12/21/2014 11:23:18 PM] Josie: Josie parks the car and gets out, heading into the hotel!

[12/21/2014 11:23:30 PM] Rafe: Rafe follows!

[12/21/2014 11:23:52 PM] Ella: Ella trundles along behind.

[12/21/2014 11:24:36 PM] Josie: Josie thinks at Ella: Keep telling us where to go.

[12/21/2014 11:24:56 PM] Ella: ~Sure.

[12/21/2014 11:25:03 PM] Rycroft: Roll! Everyone.

[12/21/2014 11:25:23 PM] Josie: ((7!))

[12/21/2014 11:25:46 PM] Ella: (( 5 ))

[12/21/2014 11:26:34 PM] Rafe: ((10, sorry, my tablet's dead, I moved the app on my phone, and I picked the wrong web link! lol))

[12/21/2014 11:29:23 PM] Josie: Josie frowns.

[12/21/2014 11:29:39 PM] Josie: Josie thinks at Rafe and Ella: Something feels wrong here.

[12/21/2014 11:30:04 PM] Rafe: Rafe nods.

[12/21/2014 11:30:25 PM] Ella: Ella shrugs

[12/21/2014 11:34:31 PM] Josie: Josie blinks.

[12/21/2014 11:34:44 PM] Josie: Josie thinks at both Rafe and Ella: They're all under mindmagic. Everyone here.

[12/21/2014 11:34:56 PM] Ella: ~welp.

[12/21/2014 11:35:16 PM] Josie: Josie adds: Just to pay no attention to anything strange. Even so... on this scale it's crazy to think this wouldn't be noticed.

[12/21/2014 11:35:20 PM] Rafe: ~The guy at the desk's been looking at us. Can't tell why.

[12/21/2014 11:36:36 PM] Josie: Josie also adds: I'm not going to be able to use mind magic on Crispin if he's this powerful. We're going to have to rely on that gadget we were given, the crucifix, and Ella's shadows. You should give the gadget to Rafe, probably.

[12/21/2014 11:37:04 PM] Josie: Josie thinks: That one's been magicked the most. Let's keep on with the compass.

[12/21/2014 11:38:05 PM] Rycroft: You notice that as you go back to the compass, the clerk picks up a phone and starts speaking into it!

[12/21/2014 11:38:32 PM] Rafe: Think we're about to find him, whether we want to or not.

[12/21/2014 11:38:41 PM] Josie: Josie nods.

[12/21/2014 11:38:42 PM] Josie: Good.

[12/21/2014 11:41:04 PM] Rycroft: The compass leads you upstairs!

[12/21/2014 11:41:16 PM] Josie: Let's hurry in case he's running.

[12/21/2014 11:41:30 PM] Josie: Elevator or stairs?

[12/21/2014 11:41:45 PM] Rafe: Both?

[12/21/2014 11:42:02 PM] Josie: Split up? ... I'm not sure that's a good idea.

[12/21/2014 11:42:44 PM] Rafe: Then pick one. Quickly.

[12/21/2014 11:42:53 PM] Josie: Elevator.

[12/21/2014 11:43:09 PM] Josie: This building must have fifteen or twenty floors.

[12/21/2014 11:43:14 PM] Josie: Josie heads for the elevator.

[12/21/2014 11:43:19 PM] Rafe: How do we know which floor?

[12/21/2014 11:43:29 PM] Josie: Ella has the compass, we use that.

[12/21/2014 11:44:03 PM] Rycroft: This is the 30s, and this is a very nice hotel -- there's a guy operating the Elevator.

[12/21/2014 11:44:35 PM] Josie: Top floor, please.

[12/21/2014 11:44:51 PM] Rycroft: Elevator guy:  Right away, miss!

[12/21/2014 11:47:03 PM] Rycroft: The compass indicates the top floor, of course.

[12/21/2014 11:47:20 PM] Josie: Josie thinks at Ella and Rafe: Lots of nonhuman minds up there. I wonder if he's with other vampires.

[12/21/2014 11:47:35 PM] Rafe: ~We sure this is a good idea?

[12/21/2014 11:47:53 PM] Ella: ~Nope.

[12/21/2014 11:48:01 PM] Josie: Josie thinks: of course it's not, but we can't blow up the building and he has to be stopped.

[12/21/2014 11:48:59 PM] Rycroft: Elevator guy:  20th floor!

[12/21/2014 11:49:18 PM] Josie: Josie steps out.

[12/21/2014 11:49:33 PM] Rafe: Rafe follows.

[12/21/2014 11:49:54 PM] Ella: Ella takes up the rear.

[12/21/2014 11:52:03 PM] Rycroft: Okay! This floor is mostly suites, and a small ballroom for various functions.

[12/21/2014 11:52:28 PM] Josie: Josie looks to Ella to tell her where to go!

[12/21/2014 11:52:48 PM] Ella: Ella checks the compass.

[12/21/2014 11:53:18 PM] Rycroft: You find the suite in question.

[12/21/2014 11:54:10 PM] Josie: Josie puts a hand in her pocket and knocks on the door with her other hand.

[12/21/2014 11:54:59 PM] Rafe: Rafe stands beside her with a stoic look.

[12/21/2014 11:57:04 PM] Rycroft: A man answers! He is tall, dark, and handsome. "Ahh.  The Council representatives, just in time.  Come in, please.  I am Lucius Revenien." he speaks with a slight french accent.

[12/21/2014 11:57:35 PM] Josie: Or you could send Crispin Fortunada out.

[12/21/2014 11:59:06 PM] Rycroft: Lucius:  To what end? What will you do with him? Bring him to the Benedicts? He very much does not want to go to them, and I suspect you would have a hard time convincing him.

[12/21/2014 11:59:35 PM] Josie: Well, if you want to kill him instead, I won't split any hairs.

[12:00:08 AM | Edited 12:00:14 AM] Rafe: The Fortunadas are part of the Council. *They* should have jurisdiction in this matter.

[12:00:33 AM | Edited 12:02:06 AM] Josie: It does seem to be rather a family affair.

[12:02:19 AM] Rycroft: Lucius:  Ahh, but the Council does not have jurisdiction here, do they? None of you are Fortunadas, if I am correct. Please, do come in. The sun is out and we are no real threat to you. Even if we wanted to cause you harm, and we don't.

[12:03:47 AM] Josie: Don't you really?

[12:06:03 AM] Rafe: What's this about killing some of Benedict's people? What's your beef with them if it isn't with us as well?

[12:06:49 AM] Rycroft: Lucius:  I didn't think that the Benedicts were part of the Council?

[12:07:30 AM] Rafe: Didn't say they were. I just want to know why your people are killing them and why we should trust you.

[12:08:32 AM] Rycroft: Lucius:  A misunderstanding, I believe. The Benedicts are fairly used to having the run of LA. When they ran into some of my peole, things got a bit heated. They killed five of our people, did they mention that?

[12:09:24 AM] Josie: No, but they really didn't have to.

[12:09:28 AM] Josie: Josie steps in.

[12:09:47 AM] Josie: Now, do tell us why you're protecting him. I'm quite eager to hear all about that.

[12:10:43 AM] Rycroft: There are three others in the room, another man and two women.

[12:11:51 AM] Rafe: Rafe steps in after her.

[12:11:57 AM] Rycroft: Lucius:  Because he has actually made great strides toward a cure.

[12:12:36 AM] Ella: Ella follows the others.

[12:12:45 AM] Josie: So take his research and get on with it.

[12:13:06 AM] Rafe: A cure or tranference?

[12:14:28 AM] Rycroft: Lucius:  It's not a cure yet, obviously. But he's gotten a lot closer than anyone else I know of.

[12:14:48 AM] Rycroft: Lucius:  What research? The research that's locked up in his half-mad mind?

[12:15:41 AM] Josie: Yes, it would be quite impossible for anyone at all to reach his mind.

[12:15:44 AM] Josie: Josie rolls her eyes.

[12:16:01 AM] Rycroft: Lucius:  Are you a telepath?

[12:16:30 AM] Josie: Are you a vampire?

[12:16:40 AM] Josie: I'm shocked, I tell you, shocked.

[12:16:46 AM] Rycroft: Lucius:  Interesting.

[12:19:02 AM] Rycroft: Lucius:  Perhaps you don't know this, but vampires are not telepaths. In fact, telepathy is a rare gift.

[12:19:31 AM] Josie: Except of course that every yeti on the planet has it, so it isn't.

[12:19:33 AM] Josie: At all.

[12:21:03 AM] Rycroft: Lucius:  How have I offended you, I wonder? Why do you dislike me so much? I have been very civil, I believe.

[12:21:21 AM] Ella: Ella shrugs.

[12:21:22 AM] Rycroft: Lucius:  Is it the color of my skin?

[12:21:23 AM] Josie: I don't dislike you, it's just that you're being rather an obstacle right now.

[12:21:48 AM] Josie: Josie stares at him. "*No.*"

[12:23:26 AM] Rycroft: Lucius:  Mmm. Well.

[12:23:47 AM] Josie: What are you planning to do with him, if I may ask?

[12:24:13 AM] Rafe: Rafe raises an eyebrow towards her as if a warning not to get too personal or angry

[12:24:18 AM] Josie: Allow him to continue experimenting on humans?

[12:24:53 AM] Rycroft: Lucius:  Extract what he's learned, then we'll likely turn him over to the Benedicts.

[12:25:19 AM] Rafe: You just said that's what he doesn't want. So he's just something to be used by you and discarded.

[12:25:53 AM] Josie: Rather cruel, but he did the same to quite a lot of other people.

[12:26:28 AM] Rafe: But *he* is quite likely crazy. We are not. We should be better than that.

[12:26:48 AM] Rycroft: Lucius:  So, we should turn him over to you for full rehabilitation?

[12:27:23 AM] Josie: I was going to turn him back over to the Benedicts, personally. If he's actually ill, though...

[12:27:52 AM | Edited 12:28:07 AM] Rafe: Why wouldn't we determine what the Fortunadas want to do with their own wayward son?

[12:28:51 AM] Josie: ... is he actually here, Mr. Revenien?

[12:29:29 AM] Rycroft: Lucius:  He's in the bathroom. Confined with wards.

[12:29:59 AM] Josie: I could check, if you want.

[12:30:26 AM] Rycroft: Lucius:  Check what?

[12:31:27 AM] Josie: His mind. To see if he's really mentally ill or alternately, mentally ill and a terrible person who doesn't give a damn about anybody else.

[12:33:08 AM] Josie: ... I could try to pull out any potential information about a cure, but I'm not that experienced with vampires, who are rather strongminded, and if it's very disorderly I'm not terribly accustomed to that either. Probably you'd be better off with a yeti.

[12:35:36 AM] Rycroft: The other male vampire speaks up. "That was the plan.  To hold onto him long enough to hire a yeti."

[12:37:06 AM] Josie: I'd like to see him at least, if you don't mind. Proof of good faith.

[12:37:26 AM] Rycroft: The four vampires look at each other!

[12:38:15 AM] Josie: I'll stay here and you can open the door.

[12:38:56 AM] Rycroft: They seem to reach a consensus. One of the women speak up. "All right."

[12:39:40 AM] Josie: Josie waits.

[12:43:02 AM] Rycroft: She stands up and leads Josie to the bathroom!

[12:43:09 AM] Rycroft: Also, roll.

[12:43:38 AM] Josie: ((1. Ahahahaa oh dear.))

[12:44:23 AM] Rafe: Rafe goes with her, if she's moving. Playing the role of bodyguard today!

[12:44:49 AM] Rycroft: Do you move as a cluster?

[12:45:03 AM] Josie: Josie had actually intended to stay fairly far away from the door as a sign of good faith and noninterference, but.

[12:45:48 AM] Rafe: ((Guess that's up to Ella, but Rafe figures Josie's the one in the most immediate physical danger right now, so she's the one he's closest to.))

[12:47:19 AM] Rycroft: Well, you find a guy unconscious in the bathtub! The tub itself is surrounded by sigils drawn in red.... paint? Hopefully?

[12:51:24 AM] Rycroft: The other male vampire walks up to Ella, holding out a hand to her in a friendly manner!

[12:52:03 AM] Josie: Josie eyes him.

[12:52:36 AM] Ella: Ella returns the friendly gesture.

"Hey. Haven't seen you in awhile."

[12:53:00 AM] Rafe: ...you know him?

[12:53:07 AM] Rycroft: Vampire:  Indeed. You seem like you're doing well for yourself.

[12:53:21 AM] Josie: Oh, that's who it was who tried to get you to join them.

[12:53:44 AM] Rycroft: Vampire:  I made an offer, she took another offer. no hard feelings.

[12:53:51 AM] Josie: Well. I don't know, Rafe. What do you think? Should we leave Mr. Fortunada with them?

[12:54:09 AM] Josie: It doesn't appear that they're going to let him out to terrorize the populace, and that's all that really matters to me.

[12:54:26 AM] Josie: Though it would be kinder if they gave him back to his own family afterward.

[12:54:34 AM] Rafe: Why're you asking me? I'm about the least involved person in this whole mess.

[12:54:42 AM] Josie: That's why.

[12:56:00 AM] Rafe: ...I just think he'd be better off with his own family. I don't know about the rest of it.

[12:56:10 AM] Josie: Josie nods.

[12:56:44 AM] Josie: Josie returns to the first vampire. "Would you consider giving him back to the Fortunadas after you pull the information out of his mind?"

[12:58:57 AM] Rycroft: Lucius:  Perhaps. We thought to give him to the Benedicts, then they would do what they would with him, which would probably be to turn him over to the Fortunadas. Benedicts are the dominant family here, after all. Other than a few here and there, most of the Fortunadas are very removed from this whole situation, except by virtue of bloodline.

[12:59:22 AM] Rycroft: Lucius:  We simply wanted the information first.

[1:00:08 AM] Josie: Mm. I would suggest looking elsewhere for a cure, personally.

[1:00:12 AM] Rafe: Why do I get the feeling this is going to be the cause of some family on family mob war?

[1:01:05 AM] Rycroft: Lucius:  We have been. Every family has been. For centuries.

[1:01:55 AM] Josie: Yes, but there are people whose inventions work without requiring human sacrifice.

[1:02:10 AM] Josie: Josie points to Ella's compass!

[1:02:27 AM] Rafe: Or ghost engines.

[1:02:29 AM] Rafe: Rafe makes a face.

[1:04:33 AM] Rycroft: Christoff (The other vampire who Ella knows) :  It wouldn't be a good cure if it didn't cure anything. But imagine if we could transfer it to something besides another human. A wickerman, or some other sympathetic magical recipient. Something that wouldn't necessitate another person suffer in the original curse receiver's place.

[1:07:28 AM] Josie: Honestly? I don't feel like that's possible. Properly speaking I'm a folklorist and very new to magic, but one thing I do know is that everything in magic has a cost. Somebody's going to have to pay it.

[1:07:43 AM] Josie: But I'm sure you realize that as well.

[1:08:30 AM] Josie: In any case, I think we'll leave Mr. Fortunada to you. Try and be as kind to him as you can; he's not... thinking properly right now. Maybe give him some pillows if you're just going to leave him in the tub like that.

[1:09:04 AM] Rycroft: Lucius:  I'm glad we could be reasonable about this.

[1:10:30 AM] Josie: Quite. I'm sorry I was brusque earlier; you're very good-looking and I find it unpleasant. Good luck with your inquiries.

[1:10:49 AM] Rycroft: He nods.

[1:11:09 AM] Rafe: Rafe furrows his brow slightly.

[1:11:54 AM] Josie: Don't worry, Rafe, I find you perfectly hideous.

[1:11:58 AM] Josie: Josie heads out.

[1:12:16 AM] Rycroft: You all leave!

[1:12:23 AM] Rafe: Rafe is confused. lol

[1:13:16 AM] Josie: Well. I suppose we should report back to Howard. And Mr. Benedict as well.

[1:13:47 AM] Rafe: Hope you made the right call.

[1:14:35 AM] Josie: The three of us couldn't go to battle with them, I don't think, so we didn't have much choice.