Maria Helena Grayson (crossbow_bat) wrote in dc_nextgen,
@ 2013-04-24 18:01:00

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The Calm Before the Storm (Open)
Maria finished up the report she was working on and shut down her computer. Another day working at Wayne Enterprise was over. It was time to go grab a bite to eat and then down the costume. Night was coming to Gotham and that meant its criminal element would come out. Maria grabbed her purse and coat and headed out of the building.

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	Re: At the pizza place anti_venom 2013-04-26 01:28 am UTC (link)
	Tomas nods, digging out some money, since he offered to treat. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: At the pizza place crossbow_bat 2013-04-26 01:31 am UTC (link)
	Maria grabbed the cash and went to the counter to order for her and Thomas. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: At the pizza place cantkeepmeout 2013-04-26 01:39 am UTC (link)
	Thomas shrugs and lets them figure out the money thing, not really caring enough to do the expected posturing with back and forth insisting on paying. Guy had invited them to sit and was Maria's...whatever, so he'd let it be her call. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: At the pizza place anti_venom 2013-04-26 03:47 am UTC (link)
	Tomas did offer, and doesn't seem to think its any particularly big deal. While Maria is gone, he turns to Thomas. "The two of you work together?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: At the pizza place cantkeepmeout 2013-04-26 01:17 pm UTC (link)
	Thomas seemed amused at the question. "Not really, same building is all." But he doesn't elaborate further. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: At the pizza place anti_venom 2013-04-26 08:25 pm UTC (link)
	"Fair enough. How do you know each other then? I don't think she mentioned you during her run down of the local who's who." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

Re: At the pizza place

cantkeepmeout
2013-04-26 10:03 pm UTC (link)

The amusement doesn't leave. With another, less self-assured man, this would be more fun. But it's been entertaining enough anyway. "Mmm, no she wouldn't have told you," he chuckled slightly. "Not exactly topics to encourage when meeting...people you don't find boring." He smirked slightly and then took his time putting the menu on the side before explaining.

"Family."

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	Re: At the pizza place crossbow_bat 2013-04-26 10:35 pm UTC (link)
	"And he actually admits it," Maria said and pinched his cheek after coming back to the table. Their order was in and now they just had to wait. Maria slid into her chair. "Cousins," she explained to Tomas. Actually Maria was Thomas' niece, but that would be too hard to explain to people. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: At the pizza place anti_venom 2013-04-26 10:37 pm UTC (link)
	"Ahhh, ok. Still putting names to faces around here, since I think I'll be staying a while." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

Re: At the pizza place

cantkeepmeout
2013-04-28 12:59 am UTC (link)

"And it's clear why one wouldn't want to admit it usually," he deadpans with a very unamused face as she pinches his cheek.

He usually just stuck with 'family' because cousins wasn't quite accurate but alternate universe uncle was even odder.

"In the city or the area in general?" Because the guy was clearly from farther away than the next city over. "Surprising move though."

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	Re: At the pizza place crossbow_bat 2013-04-28 01:01 am UTC (link)
	"But you adore me," Maria said to Thomas. "Oh?" she said with a raised brow. "Awhile as in a few months, or on a more permanent basis?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: At the pizza place anti_venom 2013-04-28 07:06 am UTC (link)
	"I travel a lot on business, but considering at least renting something, or maybe getting a little condo or townhouse out a little ways to come back to now and then. I could use a haunt on the east coast here." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: At the pizza place cantkeepmeout 2013-04-28 06:24 pm UTC (link)
	"I must, given how I put up with you," he shot back at Maria with a roll of his eyes. "Gotham is an interesting choice of an east coast base for most, unless they have specific business in Gotham itself. Property prices are high despite everything." Especially downtown of course, apparently crime didn't make Gotham any less expensive a place to live. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: At the pizza place crossbow_bat 2013-04-28 07:14 pm UTC (link)
	"I am a ray of sunshine in your otherwise humdrum life," Maria told Thomas with a large grin. "Most go for Metropolis," Maria added. "Less crime, but the real estate is a little higher. Though Gotham has its own unique charms." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: At the pizza place anti_venom 2013-04-28 10:39 pm UTC (link)
	"Not too worried about the real estate. I have enough resources to be attending the local high ticket charity events, after all. I like the scenery, and Gotham just has a certain intrigue to it that bright, shiny Metropolis doesn't have." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: At the pizza place cantkeepmeout 2013-04-28 10:50 pm UTC (link)
	"I need to get better curtains then." "So what is it you do then?" He was curious, but agreed on the Gotham having something that Metropolis certainly lacked. That city was just too damn bright according to him. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: At the pizza place crossbow_bat 2013-04-28 11:00 pm UTC (link)
	Metropolis had its own charms. It just happened to wear blue and red. Their food was delivered and Maria happily dug into her pizza. She wanted to hear Tomas' answer to why he was in Gotham. Not that she was complaining that he was in Gotham. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

Re: At the pizza place

anti_venom
2013-04-29 02:27 am UTC (link)

"Export markets. Mostly working with maquiladoras... purchasing American and Canadian raw materials and selling them to Mexican manufacturers of specialty parts. Mostly for the Automotive and Aeronautics markets. So I spend a lot of time traveling and working with various companies who do import-export, and working with various car and aeronautics companies. Including a few here. This isn't a bad base to work out of in the US, plenty of flights to Detroit, Metropolis, Seattle, LA and Star City."

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	Re: At the pizza place cantkeepmeout 2013-05-01 05:40 am UTC (link)
	"Must've started early if you're already in a position like that," he remarked. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: At the pizza place crossbow_bat 2013-05-01 10:37 pm UTC (link)
	"Or he's just ambitious and goes after what he wants," Maria said with a smile directed at Tomas. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: At the pizza place anti_venom 2013-05-01 11:02 pm UTC (link)
	"Something like that, yes. It also helps that I'm more or less following the family business." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: At the pizza place cantkeepmeout 2013-05-02 12:31 am UTC (link)
	"He'd still need to start relatively early," he responds to Maria. Then to Tomas, "Ah, did they work for the same company?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: At the pizza place anti_venom 2013-05-02 01:12 am UTC (link)
	"Many of the same companies, yes." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: At the pizza place crossbow_bat 2013-05-02 05:50 pm UTC (link)
	"Well, I for one am glad you'll be in town. It'll definitely make Gotham more interesting." Not that Gotham really needed anything to make it more interesting, but more interesting out of costume was good. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: At the pizza place cantkeepmeout 2013-05-02 11:33 pm UTC (link)
	Thomas nodded briefly at Tomas' response and dug into his pizza some more. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)