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 2013-04-28 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)

	Re: At the pizza place anti_venom 2013-05-03 05:16 am UTC (link)
	"I appreciate it. I'll try and live up to the promise of keeping things more interesting then." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: At the pizza place crossbow_bat 2013-05-03 09:44 pm UTC (link)
	"I have complete faith in your abilities," she said with a big smile. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: At the pizza place cantkeepmeout 2013-05-03 10:41 pm UTC (link)
	Cue eye roll at his 'cousin'. Because it was totally warranted here. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: At the pizza place anti_venom 2013-05-03 10:45 pm UTC (link)
	Tomas shrugs at the eye roll. He's at least trying to make a reasonable impression in general. "So, I know a bit about Maria - what exactly is it you do?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: At the pizza place cantkeepmeout 2013-05-03 11:14 pm UTC (link)
	"Work at the same place, different department, and I've got university most days though it's pretty much done for the academic year." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: At the pizza place anti_venom 2013-05-03 11:24 pm UTC (link)
	"Yeah, I knew about the same place, but what is it you do there? And what are you studying?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: At the pizza place cantkeepmeout 2013-05-03 11:27 pm UTC (link)
	"On a day to day basis? A lot of headdesking. Mostly in the R&D division right now. And business for studies," he said simply. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: At the pizza place crossbow_bat 2013-05-03 11:30 pm UTC (link)
	"He excels at tormenting me," Maria teased. "Thankfully I can torment him right back." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: At the pizza place anti_venom 2013-05-03 11:38 pm UTC (link)
	"You sound almost more like siblings." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: At the pizza place crossbow_bat 2013-05-03 11:41 pm UTC (link)
	"Probably because we're both only children and we never got to do it when we were young. Do you have any siblings?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: At the pizza place anti_venom 2013-05-03 11:55 pm UTC (link)
	"A sister and an adopted sister, yes." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)