Characters involved are: Melaine (RED), Rico (ORANGE),
Logged by Rico

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Nortune, A-Block Wildcat Bar
This is the main part of the Wildcat Bar. The bar itself is here, and several fine tables and chairs lie before it. A broken down jukebox stands besides the bar, in fine condition but set with only one, broken disc. The entire area seems to have a soft aura of community that really isn't found anywhere else in Nortune. A <doorway> leads out, and more of the Bar stands to the <north>.
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Melaine
Melaine (OOC) one thing...my computer does crash a lot... If I dissapear, I'll be back soon. ^^*
Rico (OOC) nods ^^.
Rico (OOC) asks, "do you wish to start, or will I?"
Melaine (OOC) asks, "Either way...but..where's the rest of your desc?"
Rico (OOC) explains that he is currently training kislev soldiers in return for his pseudo-freedom
Rico (OOC) looks at himself. Eeee. Will fix that later, when his other computer stops being crappy. Sorry X_x.
Rico (OOC) will start, then.
It is more and more of a reptitive and sorry existence, this freedom. It is so easy to slip into a state of having nothing to achieve, of having nothing to fight against but the inadequacies of the next batch of recruits, and then after them, more fresh faces to...educate...into shape. Rico lounges in a rather prominent booth of the bar, reading his hammer-perscribed newspaper, as usual, having finished his meal, settling down for a few drinks before whatever else happens this evening. Bored, he flicks randomly. For all that keeping up to date is important, it isn't hard to make it a chore. He stretches, hard to do at his size, but loos around the bar, every line of his face describing an utter,absoloute boredom.
"Yeah, one more bud..." says a feminine voice from a stool at the bar. "I swear, I can pay ya. Do I -look- like I'd skip out on a bill?" reluctantly, the man behind the counter slides another dirty glass, filled with some brown liquid that might possibly be beer..if you used a little imagination, and perhaps quite a lot of ignorance for the small particles of God knows what floating in it. , down to the demi-human femme. She wraps a furry hand around the glass tightly, lifting it to lips..but not before a small hiccup escapes them. "Thanks mac.." She says quietly as she takes a quick drink. Her head turns to the left, one good eye peering over to the rather large demi-human, beast of a man as he in turn has just begun eyeing around the bar. Wait..that face is familiar...who could it be?
Rico continues his circumnavigation of the bar, nodding to one or two who seem nodworthy, and barely registering the girl at the bar. Yawn. Hm. She was just a little different-looking, this one. But, that was no more unusual than the largeish community of demi-humans living round about. Not that there was a community. A lot of them kept much to themselves, as Rico might. Still, the yawn, stretch, and nodding exercise done, he returns the the paper. If anyone needed him, they would probably ask. Or be afraid to. It didn't really bother him either way.
Melaine raises her glass to her lips once more. Mmm. Sweet intoxification, how I missed thee. She eyes that large man off in the booth for just a minute more, before shrugging it off. "Feh.." she says, registering her apathy with all nearby. still.."Curiosity killed the cat.." She comments to herself, as she stands and stretches herself out. This is one feline who's curiosity would definitely get the better of her. The bartender eyes the woman distatefully, and just as she's about to step away, he rather..imaginitvely...words a reminder to pay the bill. Turning her head back to him, she just nods, and pulls a few coins from her pcket and hucks them in his direction. Eh, he picks them up, he doesn't. Doesn't matter to her. That having been cleared up, Melaine takes a few steps towards the greenish demi-human. "You." she states, "are familiar...have I seen you before?.."
Didn't they have an action figure of him at some stage? Rico smirks at this, very slightly. Any number of people could have seen him before. Far be it from Rico to blow his own trumpet on the matter, though. "Probably. I've beaten a few people up in my time.". He smiles at this, one of his better lines, but a little overused at this stage. "...sorry." He smiles, extending a hand. "Rico Banderas. People call me -Champ-.". It is pprobably no longer so accurate a title, but perhaps still fitting. And, it has stuck.
A slow smile spreads across her face, revealing longer canines than seen on most people. "Well, Mr. Banderas.." She says, taking his hand in her own, much smaller one. "It's nice to meet you...So -you're- the champ I've heard about.." Realization dawning on her face. Hey...this guy could be good for a coin or two.. "I'm Melaine...Melaine Ramurd...but I don't suppose people call me anything.." She says...if one thought about it long enough..one might suppose she almost said that in what might be called a seductive tone.. And that liar...people call her all sorts of things! Thief, villian..and a few nastier ones..
Rico was accustomed to being called no end of things, really. Never to his face, unsurprisingly enough. "Well, I guess you don't have a name for yourself yet, then. That's good.". Names are powerful things, in such an intimate setting as a crowded city. They form the basis for people's viewpoint of you, a foundation for your personality as percieved for others. "Names...well, let's say that once you got a name round here, it sticks.". He smiles. Best to be polite and helpful, at least for now. To be a demi-human, you need resolve, and wits. Rico knows better then to trust this person straight off.
Melaine has connected.
Rico (OOC) says, "X_x"
Melaine has disconnected.
Rico (OOC) asks, "need a repose?"
Rico (OOC) ahems.
Melaine chuckles softly, and leans against the side of the booth. Perhaps just a little too much of her hip pushed out, and bending down so her shirt falls down just a millimeter or so too far.. Hey! A girl's gotta do, what a girl's gotta do. Steal it, or seduce it, or take it...do what you gotta to get your money. "C'mon now..with a name like 'Champ', what're you complaining about?.." She turns her eye toa nearby chair, and grabs the leg of it by curling her foot around it, and pulls it over. "I trust you don't mind if I have a seat, Mr. Banderas?.."
Melaine (OOC) :aplogizes! Typing up the pose.. @_x
Rico (OOC) grins ^^. No problem.
Rico smiles, almost genuinely now. "No, not at all.". Hell, if she wants to talk, he's not in the business of being actively antisocial. And, if she wants to play like that, well, he isn't going to complain. "You new around here? Not sure if I've seen you before.". No, not a lot passes Rico by, at least in the confines of the city. Most of the fresh faces he sees trudging through the gates are in the training field within a couple of days. This one...I dunno. Doesn't seem like the order-taking type. "Well, -Champ- sorta goes back to when I actually was one. Which I ain't any more. It's kinda like being called Tiny, or somethin' else that doesn't fit. I'm too used to it, though".
Melaine grins as she settles herself down on the chair. Of course, sitting in her own style though. She swings the chair around, and sits down so that her front presses against the back of the chair, her legs curled around it. With just the hint of a purr, she says "Well..I can ahrdly imagine -you- being called Tiny!" She grins, eyeing him over once more. "I'm sort of new around here...I suppose you could say that I'm taking a visit home.." Her tail flicks, and she reaches out an arm, and subsequently, a hand to pat Rico's newspaper. "Well now, where'd you get this? Haven't seen any news stands set up nearby.."
Rico blinks. "Item store, just down the way. You'll probably see the signs. I try to keep up with what's going on, but it can be a pain.". Especially if you regard it as being more then a little unnecessary, it is easy to be a pain. "You grew up here? I didn't know that many...you know...actually came from here.". He generally indicates the pair's demihumanity somehow, and goes on. "Any particular reason? Other places get boring?". Quite the conversationalist he is today, but this girl seems to be interested in what he has to say, for some reason. Which, for reasons instilled into him since childhood, makes him just a little suspicious.
And he probably has good reason to be suspiscious of her too...though she -is- growing to somewhat like this big lug.. At least it's something to keep her entertained for the moment. She grins "Yeah...not many of 'us' from here.. And I'm here just because I happened to take a turn one day..kept walking, and ended up in Nortune..figured I might as well check and see if the prison was doing the same..." explains the feline femme. "Good thing I did too. I wander around, have a few drinks..and I just -happen- to bump into one of those big, handsome battling celebrity's!" She moves her hand from his newspaper to give his hand a quick bat from her palm before withdrawing it..throwing in a playful wink for good measure. She sure is friendly.. o.O
Rico (OOC) blinks. X_x
Rico (OOC) sweatdrops.
Melaine (OOC) hmms? ^-^
Melaine (OOC) says, "Heh..don't sweat it..she's not -that- loose..she's just trying to seduce a few drinks, or maybe slip into his wallet. ;)"
Hm. Well, this is more then a little strange and alien. Someone...hitting on him? At least, that's what he thinks it is. To someone as imposing as Rico, being hit on is something you hear about from other, more accessible battlers. Or 'Pretty Boys' as he liked to call them. He usually fixed them right up. "er, that is, uh, thanks. I think". ... ... ... Way to be lost for words there, Rico... ... ... "Uh, can I get you a drink or something? I'm, uh getting another, so, um, care to join me?". How...unlike Rico, as the words grate against his teeth. It just seemed...obligatory. Rico is -the- big lug.
Rico (OOC) gathered that, all right ^^.
Payoff time! Finally, some drinks she doesn't have to pay for! "Why, yes! I think that would be just -wonderful-.." She says, purring slightly. Hell, if she can get drinks...let's keep the act up! Maybe some cash can come out of this as well, who knows. "Maybe a few in you would loosen you up as well...seems like the cat's got your tongue.." She adds with a giggle. Hah! Isn't she funny? Funny like a screen door on a submarine, maybe. "I mean, you act like you've never had a one-eyed, demi-human girl compliment ya before!"
Melaine (OOC) says, "Feh. >.<"
Rico (OOC) patpats.
You say, "you get that last pose?"
Melaine (OOC) did not. x.x
Rico smiles, quite involountarily. "Actually, now that you mention it, I don't think I've had the pleasure.", he nods to the barman, who begins preparing drinks for them, and looks back. He no less then cringes at the pun. "Cat got my tongue? Let's hope not." He smiles, something he has grown more accustomed to recently, but still there is the niggling thought in the back of his mind. Still it is put away for now, as the drinks arrive, and he nods his thanks to the barman. No money is exchanged, for now. Rico's credit is always good, and his hands stay above the table, still on the paper, which he has just about given up reading.
Rico (OOC) grins.
Melaine raises an eyebrow, "Oh, you haven't? I find it hard to believe..you must have all the girls demi-human, or otherwise, swarming after you.." She locks her eyes, er..eye, with him, not looking at the drink as she picks it up. Noticing the lack of coinage exchanged, Melaine tilts her head slightly. "Good credit, eh? In a place like this, I'll bet that's a virtue hard to come by.."
Melaine has disconnected.
Melaine has connected.
Melaine (OOC) whines! "It wasn't me! It was AOL!" ;-;
Rico takes the flattery. He had become kind of used to ignoring it in his days as the actual champ, when he had those moochers hanging around him. Champ this, champ that. He was just Rico, not some kind of superhuman. "Oh yeah. I'm beating them off with a stick, here...". He motions around the bar, and the legions of invisible screaming fangirls silently scream. "And credit? Well, let's just say I'm not going anywhwre in a hurry." He taps the bomb collar pointedly. "This baby means I can't really run off on my own without.well, y'know.". That, and Rico was getting paid quite handsomely at this stage as a drill instructor. But that was coincidental, really.
Rico (OOC) kicks AOL, the spawn of satan-like stuff.
Rico (OOC) needs to go in the next half-hour or so. No need to rush, just bear it in mind ^^.
Melaine nods, noticing the collar for the first time. For a moment, she actually gains a look of seriousness. All the flirting, and playfullyness gone..just for a moment though. "Yeah...I know all about those.." And then, slowly, she returns to 'herself'. "Well...you can have me as a fangirl for as long as I'm here." She grins. Might as well keep this going, though she -is- laying it on a little thick. "Hey...by the way..I hear you guys clear out sewers for money around her...Is that really true?" She inquires, leaning forward with genuine curiosity.
Melaine (OOC) says, "Pooh...I'm having fun. ;)"
Rico (OOC) sorries. Can continue tomorrow, if you wish ^^.
Melaine (OOC) says, "Sure. ;) She'll worm her way into his bedroom, then grab the wallet, and run off cackling. ;)"
Rico (OOC) says, "..."
Rico (OOC) says, "You wish..."
Melaine (OOC) says, "hey, it was just a thought. ;)"
Rico (OOC) thinks that's an okay Idea, actually ^^. We'll see.
Rico (OOC) poses.
Melaine (OOC) says, "Good plan. :)"
Rico ...refuses to blush. Nope. Not ever. What colour would he turn? Well, Melaine will probably never know, because he manages to restrain himself. "Uh, thanks. I think. Yeah, people can make an okay living out of beating up on sewer monsters. You just head over to 'B-Info' with proof you killed some monsters, and they hand over cash. Probably saves people from killing each other out of boredom.". Which was so painfully true. Some of the prisoners in that place were the type for it. "You thinking of doing that?".
Melaine shrugs her right shoulder. "Eh..I need a way of finding some travel money.." But stealing is soo much easier.. "That's only half of it though..the other half was pure curiosity. What sorta things grow down there anyway? I mean..in a -sewer-...if nothing else, those monster's must stink a hundred times worse than the average ones.."
Rico grins. "Yeah, you got that right. Some really ugly fellas down there. Can get really nasty on you too, if you're straying from the usual grounds. If you go looking for big guys you'l find them. You stick near the entrance, and you can get some smaller ones, can build up a good income fairly quickly. That is, after you cover your laundry bill.". He smiles. it had gotten a bit hairy, in the literal and non-literal sense, down there a couple of times for him, even. "You thinkin' of leavin'? I don't blame ya.".
Melaine has disconnected.
Melaine has connected.
Melaine (OOC) asks, "how much time ya got left?"
Rico (OOC) says, "maybe one more pose from each of us."
Melaine (OOC) can pose out, if you want.. "Y'kknow..be chased out by the barman for giving him counterfeit? ";)
Rico (OOC) does not mind continuing tomorrow, if you wish ^^.
Melaine (OOC) asks, "Nah...I'll pose out..then just meet up with him again?"
Rico (OOC) nods, then.
Melaine (OOC) asks, "Mind if I use a few choice swear words?"
Rico (OOC) says, "If it will help ^^."
"Hey you!" The barman bellows, causing Melaine to turn around, gesturing inquisitively to herself. "Me?" she asks, playing the innocent young waif. In response, the bartender shouts "Yeah! What the hell you tryin' to do, bitch?! Pawnin' off some counterfeit crap on me. Either pay up, or get back here and start scrubbin' dishes!" The poor man looks as though his head is about to explode. Melaine doesn't like those choices though, and quickly stands. "Well...that's my cue...see ya 'round, handsome.." She says, leaning forward in an attempt to give him a kiss on the cheek. Hey, if you're playing the part, play it -well-. She shoulda been an actress. One more yell from the bartender shakes the Wildcat, "C'mon, git your ass over here!!" "Ah, go to hell!" Shouts Melaine in response, as she bolts for the door.
Rico (OOC) laughs. ^^.
Melaine (OOC) says, "I'm proud of that one. ^^"
Rico (OOC) nodnods. Leave it at that?
Melaine (OOC) says, "We can, it's fine with me. :)"
Rico (OOC) nods, then. Thaks for the RP. Must do it again sometime ^^.
Melaine (OOC) hugs. "Whoo. That was really fun. I really enjoyed myself, we do hafta go and do that again. :)"
Rico (OOC) must be off, then. Waves.