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November 23, 1998 |
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Yosannah and Merlin are in the middle of a trump conversation.
The image of Yosannah smirks, "Then it's off to the Web"
The image of Merlin wrinkles his nose. "I don't want to run into mother again."
The image of yosannah repeats the word. "Mother? You sound like the guy from Psycho, dude. Come on, you can't hide from people for ever. It's childish and it ruins my good time."
The image of Merlin shakes his head. "No, I think I'm going to pass on this one."
The image of Yosannah says, "Then you have to decide, because you're shooting down my ideas." She crosses her arms.
The image of Merlin chuckles. "Damn. Okay, we could have a drink at your inn. Or we could go sailing in the rain."
The image of Yosannah says, "Or, I could introduce you to Stone..."
The image of Merlin says, "Hey, didn't he want me to trump him or something?"
The image of Yosannah sighs, "Are you dressed and ready and stuff?"
The image of Merlin says, "Yea. Why are you sighing?"
The image of Yosannay says, "Because I thought my memory was bad."
The image of Merlin shrugs. "I was probably blowing him off."
The image of Yosannah smiles, "How rude. Well..hmmm. He's not here. Lemme pull you through."
The image of Merlin says, "How rude? Hey, he was the one who had the gall to *summon* me. Talk about rude. Of course I was going to blow him off."
The image of yosannah smirks, "Men..."
Merlin grasps her hand and she pulls him through.
Gideon Club Study...
Yosannah's auburn hair is full and cut short enough to hang just above her shoulders. The pants to her silk black suit flare over her heeled shoes. Her Jacket v's at her neck and is belted at her waist while resting nicely over her hips. Her nails are glossed and a black and silver ring adorns her left ring finger.
He smiles. "That's a really nice outfit."
She shrugs and looks around. "Dead. Typical.... huh?"
Merlin says "Your clothes, dear. I'm complimenting your clothes, catch up."
She turns back to him. You say "Oh!" She
smiles, "Work clothes... thanks."
"You look very professional."
She smiles and averts the conversation, "Yeah, well... This is it."
"So what is...this?"
She looks around in distaste, "The Gideon Club." She shakes her head, "Dump if you ask me... I used to live here." She wrinkles her nose.
"Gideon Club?"
She shrugs and nods, "Yeah. Gideon."
Merlin goes, "Ahh," even though he obviously has no idea what that means.
She holds up her hand, "Don't ask. I don't know what it means. We can go anywhere you want though. I just thought he might show up."
"Well. What's near here?"
She points out into the lobby, "I live up the street, silly." She adds, "We're in Elbridge."
"Aha. So should we go back to your place?"
"Is that a pick-up line?"
He says "You're awful."
She smiles.
Merlin walks over and wraps an arm around her, "Your place, then. We can have a drink and stare at the jukebox until it plays something we like."
Yosannah reaches into her pocket, "Race you there..."
Webber's Wayside Inn..
Merlin arrives after Yo at Webbers, "You cheated."
She hops behind the bar, "I'm tricky tricky... But you don't have to play coy with me... I know you let me win."
Kitsune comes in from outside and waves halfheartedly to Yosannah as Yo and Merlin are sitting at the bar in 'IDLE' chat.
Yosannah glances over her shoulder as Kit arrives and studies her, "Hey, Kit! Man, what happened to your ah..face Ouch. You okay?"
Kitsune touches her face, "This, oh, just ran into the wrong end of a demon."
Yosannah raises and eyebrow at Kit's nonchalant reply.
"Demon huh. I don't suppose you instigated or nothing."
Kitsune smiles brightly, "She didn't LOOK like a demon when I through the drink in her face. How was I to know?" she protests.
Yosannah laughs, "You got in a Web brawl, huh?"
Kitsune nods and grins. "Bitch ripped my clothes in front of everybody, too."
Yosannah smiles, "You remind me of an old friend of mine. She used to get in Web brawls three times a week... and twice on Sundays."
Merlin stirs, his eyes refocusing. He looks around, surprised to see someone else.
Kitsune kriks her neck from side to side. "Yeah, who?"
Yosannah turns her head to regard Merlin, "Ah, her name was Mariko..." Yosannah observes Merle's expression and offers, "Oh, Kitsune. This is a Merlin."
Merlin smiles. "Merle Corey."
Kitsune offers her hand to Merlin, "Chairoi Kitsune. Merlin, like in the autoshop?"
Merlin says "Autoshop? No, definitely not." He shakes Kitsune's hand.. "Closer to the wizard, but not really."
Kitsune says "Okay."
Yosannah mumbles, "..autoshop.."
Kitsune says "Yeah, I heard Mariko was something of a violent woman."
Merlin finds his beer bottle empty, and helps himself to another one from the cooler.
"Ah. I didn't think... well.. I guess it would depend on who you talked to. We were ah. Well, we were friends I guess."
Merlin goes back to where he was sitting.
Kitsune shrugs, "Yeah, well, that was what the people who liked Mom said about her." Kit sticks her hands in her pockets.
Yosannah nods, "Yeah, well, she..." She pauses and bites her lip. "What?"
Merlin says "Who's that?"
Yosannah glances sidelong at Merlin, "Mariko. I think."
Merlin says "Oh, sorry. I didn't put two and two together."
Yosannah seems puzzled, "That's okay. I'm not sure I'm putting it together either."
Kitsune nods, "Yeah. It's puzzling."
"Kit, who told you that she was your mom? I didn't even know she had kids... you'd think that'd be something someone would tell you about."
Kitsune says "You would think, huh. You would also think that some woman who got into such serious trouble over slights to her honor, and her fierce emotions, would like, not leave her kid to be raised by a zaibatsu school for assassins."
Yosannah forces a smile, "No, actually, the part about the assassins sounds a lot like her.. actually."
Kitsune says "I know she was an assassin, but damn."
Merlin makes a couple of cheese and cracker sandwiches.
Yosannah glances over at Merlin and smirks. "So.. who told you about your mom?"
Yosannah returns her attention to Kit.
Kitsune says "Some woman named Danyea told me stuff about the Mariko she new, which jived with information I knew. I put 2 and 2 together."
Yosannah nods, "So, whatcha gonna do now... you staying here for a while. I got room you know."
Kitsune says "I've got places to stay, thanks. Or do you mean tonight?"
Yosannah nods, "Whatever you need, Kit. You're welcome you know. It might be a good idea, considering your current state."
Kitsune plops down on a seat. "So, what did you think of her?"
Yosannah snags a cheese-which from Merlin's hand and pops it into her mouth. "I liked her very much. She was one of the first people I got to know when I first got to this place."
Kitsune says "But what was she like?"
Yosannah shrugs, "She was a bitch." Yosannah nods and smiles, "And I adored her her from the get-go."
Kitsune laughs. "All I have are a few news clips, some photos, an old guitar, and this t-shirt I'm wearing."
Yosannah nods, "I don't suppose you found the ship?"
Merlin makes two more cheese-whiches, one of which he puts in front of Yosannah, and the other he eats.
Yosannah smiles at Merlin, "Very funny."
Kitsune says "What ship?"
Yosannah turns back toward Kitsune, "The ship... ah. I can't remember the name of the damn thing. The last time she and I spoke we were getting ready to ah," She clears her throat, "go to Mars. It was supposed to take us there."
Yosannah nudges Merlin, "Bet you've never been to Mars."
Merlin says "I've heard of it. A number of individuals find the place fascinating. Including my uncle Benedict."
Yosannah nods, "He's your uncle? Interesting."
Merlin says "Corwin is my father. Julian, Eric, Gerard, Benedict, Caine, Brand,Random, Bleys, Finndo and Osric are all my uncles. As is Dalt, though he's more my generation, really. So when you hear those names, now you'll know."
Yosannah nods, "You realize that I'll never remember all that shit."
Merlin says "Learn it, memorize it, love it."
Yosannah rolls her eyes. "Sure. Whatever." She smirks, "You want another cheese-it?"
Kitsune says "A space ship?"
Merlin pushes away his empty beer bottle and reaches for Yosannah's bottle of Merlot. "Refill mine while your at it?"
She nods at Kit, "I sorta. I mean. I don't know how the damn thing was supposed to work. We never made it that far... They killed her the following day."
Kit seems a little choked up.
Merlin pours himself a glass, and refills Yo's. "Thanks." She motions at the bottle, "you want some, Kit?"
Merlin says "There's just about a glass left."
Kitsune looks for a glass, then just reaches for the bottle. "Who killed her?"
Yosannah bites at her lip as she tries to recall. "Ah.. some guy named ah.. Lary, Lando. Leland maybe? I wasn't there when it happed." She gulps her wine, "Stone was though."
Merlin says "I'll find another bottle."
Yosannah 's gaze follows Merlin, "They're pretty much all together in the same spot... down there."
Merlin goes where Yo suggests, and returns with another bottle of merlot. "You like Merlot? Lots of my customers think it's too dry."
Kitsune says "I think it just isn't very good. Most vintners don't do it well,and it comes off somewhat vinegary. I think, anyways."
Merlin says "It's...I dunno. Pretty good. It's not Bayle's Best, but it's not Bayle's Piss either."
Yosannah laughs. "I've come to realize that Merlin will drink just about anything."
Merlin nods. "That's a fair assessment."
Kitsune says "So, I gotta ship laying around somewhere."
Yosannah sets the bottle back on the bartop and nods, "Sure do. I couldn't give you the slightest clue as to where it is though...." She turns back toward Kit, "Hey, but the last time I was on it was at the port down in Dover." Yosannah blurts out "Star of Shang hoy.. or shang something." She snaps her fingers and spills some of the wine in her other hand, "Maybe that was the name of it."
Merlin finds a towel, rather quick despite the casualness of it, and wipes the bar where the wine spilled.
Yosannah regards Merlin, "Oh, shit. Did I do that... damnit."
Merlin says "No big, I think I got it before it spilled onto your shirt."
Yosannah sets her glass down on the bar, "That's why I keep you around... I knew you had some practical purpose, Merle." She nods at Kitsune, "Yeah. I think it was something like that. Though not exactly."
Kitsune says "I lived in Shanghai for a while."
Yosannah points at Kitsune, "THAT's it. Shanghai."
Merlin says "Really? I thought it was my eyes, too."
Kitsune says "Okay, what do I do with a space ship?"
Merlin says "Fly in space?"
Kitsune polishes off the bottle in front of her. Kitsune says "So much for the appetizer."
Yosannah smiles "Okay. I'm gonna refill my glass and head upstairs to my desk. I've got some studying to do," She tops off her glass, "And it's get'n late."
Merlin nods. "Late? It's...well, at home it's about 8. What time is it here?"
"Eleven something."
Merlin says "Ahh. Yea, I guess a bit lateish."
Yosannah smirks, "You gonna stay the night, Kit?" She gathers up the left-over cheese and crackers.
Kitsune nods, "I think so, as long as the booze is free and plentiful."
Yosannah laughs, "Not as a general rule, No. But for you, why the hell not."
Kitsune wanders around behind the bar, "Let's see what's available."
Yosannah smirks and yawns, "I find you drunk on the floor in your own vomit tomorrow morning, I'm leaving you there. Have a good night." She turns to go upstairs, "Oh, Kit. The loft and the room right at the top of the stairs are open. Night."
Kitsune says "Okay, thanks, Yosannah." Kitsune pulls out several bottle of hard liquor, "Wanna party, Merle?"
Merlin pushes his wineglass aside, "Sorry, I'm off too. Take care." He follows Yosannah up the stairs.