Editing Adventures of Dash Karp and Cat Flynn
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− | She, too, helped herself to a cigarette, casting a mild lifted brow his way when he almost spoke of the item in cruder terms, amusement in blue eyes though she did not comment aloud on that. "Come up with it? Well, it is a bit like eavesdropping on a nearby conversation I suppose. I just deliver the message | + | She, too, helped herself to a cigarette, casting a mild lifted brow his way when he almost spoke of the item in cruder terms, amusement in blue eyes though she did not comment aloud on that. "Come up with it? Well, it is a bit |
− | + | CatarinaFlynn: like eavesdropping on a nearby conversation I suppose. I just deliver the message ::a small shrug was seen, absolutely at ease about her skills:: do you really think he will send us both to fetch it? ::a nervous draw of teeth along | |
− | + | CatarinaFlynn: lower lip revealed her concern, tied to his comment about Lorenzo and the dusky man:: do you know what the darker skinned man, Arnav, is doing here? Do you know Magdalena? ::glances now and again at the door, then seeking a clock, | |
− | + | CatarinaFlynn: Nervous was one word for it:/d | |
− | + | Dash Karp: I blew a couple of smoke rings, then began a different sort of search of the room. There were no windows, but there was a bar and I set my cigarette in an ashtray. "I'm hoping I can get Lorenzo to let you be sent back to Applewhite | |
− | + | Dash Karp: while I go to Atlantic City and come up with some story to explain why it wasn't there," because I truly did not believe it would be found. "Want a drink, Catarina?" I was already pouring myself a stiff scotch without ice since no | |
− | + | Dash Karp: ice was present. "I never seen Maggy or Arnj before, but my gut tells me their shadey." My gut was also a bit less certain of Gladys now as well, but that was another issue. After a snort of the scotch, I took up the cigarette | |
− | + | Dash Karp: once again. "So what conversation were you eavesdropping on?" () | |
− | + | CatarinaFlynn: ::she frowned, a hand going to a curve of hip, well displayed in the style of dress:: and if I do not want to go to Applewhite, the man I have never met? ::she nodded, the same hand shifting to slide through black hair:: yes | |
− | + | CatarinaFlynn: please :;and she was pacing some, smoke exhaled smoothly as she did so:: shady does not quite seem to sum it up, hm? ::his last question drew a glance of blue gaze:: Khazzan was speaking to me, I relayed his message to the group. | |
− | + | CatarinaFlynn: ::she chuckled:: it used to startle me when others could not see or hear some things, but I have grown used to it I suppose. /d | |
− | + | Dash Karp: I poured just a finger's worth of scotch into a tumbler for her and carried it over to her. "I apologize, Catarina. That was rather presumptuous of me. Once I get you out of here, you are, of course, free to go where you like." I | |
− | + | Dash Karp: then took a step, doing my damndest not to leer or stare. That little number Lorenzo chose for her was rather fetching and more than just pulled it off. "However, please remember there is still an offer on the table for the Irish | |
− | I poured just a finger's worth of scotch into a tumbler for her and carried it over to her. "I apologize, Catarina. That was rather presumptuous of me. Once I get you out of here, you are, of course, free to go where you like." I then took a step, doing my damndest not to leer or stare. That little number Lorenzo chose for her was rather fetching and | + | Dash Karp: Crown Jewels that Applewhite would like to discuss with you. But if Lorenzo comes through with the five large he promised," I shrugged, "that's sure enough to set a lady like you up in tarot cards for a good while." I took another |
− | + | Dash Karp: hit off the cigarette then snuffed it out in the ashtray. "So Khazzan actually spoke to you?" Uh huh. "What exactly did he say to you? How does it work? How did he come all the way here?" Even if I was giving her the benefit of the | |
− | + | Dash Karp: doubt - which I wasn't quite there yet - these were legitimate questions. () | |
− | + | CatarinaFlynn: ::she took the drink, meeting his gaze as she lifted it to her lips and swallowed some:: a lady like me, hm? ::again, it was amusement that danced in blue depths:: has it truly never occurred to you that | |
− | + | CatarinaFlynn: it is you I wish to stay with? ::she almost managed not to blush, but failed as she turned to pace:: I have not forgotten, and hope you recall that I have not agreed to sell or give anything to your friend. ::she took another small | |
− | + | CatarinaFlynn: sip:: so this Explorer's Club is sort of a money club, hm? ::his questions about Khazzan were not ignored, she simply needed to figure how to explain something that even among her own people was hard to fathom:: he did, as far as I | |
− | + | CatarinaFlynn: could tell from the energy. The fact that I held and fed his skull helped hone in on him, so to speak/d | |
− | + | Dash Karp: Fed his skull? I wasn't even going there. "I think it would have been even more presumptuous if such a thing had indeed occurred to me," I chuckled and swallowed back the rest of my scotch and set the empty tumbler on the bar. "I | |
− | + | Dash Karp: just wanted to remind you that there was an offer there. An offer you need do nothing about, Catarina." Now why would she want to with me? Well, not that it was unusual, but I had certainly not meant to lead her on. "The energy, you | |
− | + | Dash Karp: say?" Applewhite would be fascinated with the gypsy girl, and while I did hope she would agree to meet with him, if she chose otherwise, I would absolutely see to her wishes. "Catarina, I really don't undrstand that sort of thing. I | |
− | + | Dash Karp: prefer to deal with what I can see and touch. Feankly, this whole set up here and Lorenzo and the other..." I shook my head, "I'm not too comfortable with at all." I would rather be running from a tribe of angry pygmies. "So please | |
− | Fed his skull? I wasn't even going there. "I think it would have been even more presumptuous if such a thing had indeed occurred to me," I chuckled and swallowed back the rest of my scotch and set the empty tumbler on the bar. "I just wanted to remind you that there was an offer there. An offer you need do nothing about, Catarina." Now why would she want to | + | Dash Karp: forgive my skepticism." I poured a bit more scotch into my tumbler and added some soda water to cut it a bit. "In any case, I usually work alone. It would be safer if you didn't go to Atlantic City with me." () |
− | + | CatarinaFlynn: ::she was quiet for a long moment as she went to sit on the couch again, ankles crossing demurely though that only added to the way the dress hugged her body:: it would only be presumptuous if it were untrue. In this case, it would | |
− | + | CatarinaFlynn: have been prescient ::and she quirked a smile, despite her job on stage she was anything but adroit at flirting, not when it was for real. A secxuctive smile under the spotlight was easy, required nothing. She nodded softly, | |
− | + | CatarinaFlynn: throwing back the rest of her drink and extending the glass his way:: another please? ::she watched him, he was certainly easy to watch and she shifted some, her voice soft and smooth:: anything but skepticism is generally either | |
− | + | CatarinaFlynn: someone who is desparate, whether for information or to impress me is irrelevant :;and she laughed some, leaning back:: and I usually do not spend my days being kidnapped...twice...meeting lunatics and being threatened with death, | |
− | + | CatarinaFlynn: or worse. ::she grinned some:: safer does not seem to be a choice here, other than what I have seen, which is that I am safer with you than without you. /d | |
− | + | Dash Karp: She quirked a smile and I quirked a brow. But I did manage to pour a bit more scotch into her tumbler. "Take it easy with that stuff. You might need your wits about you at dinner." I set the bottle down and gave her a look and | |
− | + | Dash Karp: considered the pros and cons of taking her with me to Atlantic City. Another wild goose chase, I was sure.. "There's a lot of bad men in that shore town, Catarina. If I can get you to Applewhite's chateau, you'll be safer there than | |
− | + | Dash Karp: you would anywhere, believe me. Plus I jus' ain't useta takin' dames wit' me on cases, ya see?" I was practicing already for conversations with Jumpin' Joe Harrigan, who owned and operated Cleopatra's Barge. Harrigan seemed like a | |
− | + | Dash Karp: likable fellow. Rather disarming in a way that could make you forget he was | |
− | + | Dash Karp: a criminal. While Cleopatra's Barge was an above board and legit night club, Harrigan also owned several other speak easies as well where the booze flowed and the women showed! () | |
− | + | CatarinaFlynn: ::she took the drink and leaned back, accentuating the line of her body in the stunning blue:: I got the impression that the dames in your life are more of a dame in every town, no? ::not upset by that, just acknowledging what it | |
− | + | CatarinaFlynn: seemed was the case:: and if you do not think bad men lurk around most corners, well, actually, I don;t suppose you have to worry about that much. ::she pursed her lips some, considering her next words:: if my going with would | |
− | + | CatarinaFlynn: impede your ability to work the dames, then I suppose that is how it must be. I do think, however, that I would be helpful. ::as she spoke there came a pounding on the bolted door and a rattle of the door handle::/d | |
− | + | Dash Karp: It was generally more than one dame in every town, but I felt no need to brag. "It has nothing to do with the dames and everything to do woth the work," and I could hear my words coming out a bit clipped. I decided to slip the | |
− | + | Dash Karp: cigarette case in my pocket, not knowing if any smokes would be available at dinner. "How do you think you would be helpful, Catarina? You going to get the ghosts to give you passwords? Or do you plan to dance for Harrigan and | |
− | + | Dash Karp: distract him while I purloin the statuette and make good my escape?" I smiled, hoping the smile would less the sarcasm that was perhaps sharper than it deserved to be. Just then, there was a knock at the door, but before I could | |
− | + | Dash Karp: even ask who it was, the door swung inward to reveal the twins, Alice and Carol, standing in the | |
− | + | Dash Karp: hallway. "Oh my, you both look..." Alice started, but Carold finished, "....deliciously wondrful." The twins smiled to each other and I nodded. "Very well, ladies...lead on." I offered my arm to Cat so that I might escort her | |
− | + | Dash Karp: properly. () | |
− | It was generally more than one dame in every town, but I felt no need to brag. "It has nothing to do with the dames and everything to do woth the work," and I could hear my words coming out a bit clipped. I decided to slip the cigarette case in my pocket, not knowing if any smokes would be available at dinner. "How do you think you would be helpful, Catarina? You going to get the ghosts to give you passwords? Or do you plan to dance for Harrigan and distract him while I purloin the statuette and make good my escape?" I smiled, hoping the smile would | + | CatarinaFlynn: ::His words were unexpectedly harsh and she could feel her cheeks heat as color spread. She felt her body tense, sitting up as the unexpectedness of his reply hit home. She was embarassed and that was something she was not used to |
− | + | CatarinaFlynn: feeling really. The smile did not ease the sharp ache of realizing she had been wrong, apparently. Too often the target of glances and whispers and snide laughter, his tone brought that back home and she could feel the stage smile | |
− | + | CatarinaFlynn: replace the genuine one:: think nothing of it ::the opening of the door brought her to her feet smoothly, gaze shifting to the twins. If she was discomfitted by their admiring tone it did not show:: dinner sounds like a wonderful | |
− | + | CatarinaFlynn: plan ::she would rather have walked on her own, but she took his arm in a featherlight touch, it would take someone who knew her well or looked carefully to know how she really felt about all of this::/d | |
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− | His words were unexpectedly harsh and she could feel her cheeks heat as color spread. She felt her body tense, sitting up as the unexpectedness of his reply hit home. She was embarassed and that was something she was not used to feeling really. The smile did not ease the sharp ache of realizing she had been wrong, apparently. Too often the target of glances and whispers and snide laughter, his tone brought that back home and she could feel the stage smile replace the genuine one | ||
== Chapter 11 "Dinner Dates" == | == Chapter 11 "Dinner Dates" == |