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 2013-05-02 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)

	Re: At the pizza place cantkeepmeout 2013-05-04 01:47 am UTC (link)
	"She deserves the tormenting," he smirks back at Maria. "And are your sisters in the same business or here in town with you?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: At the pizza place anti_venom 2013-05-04 03:38 am UTC (link)
	"They help out from time to time, or help keep me from getting too bored on business trips. I think they're currently in DC though." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: At the pizza place crossbow_bat 2013-05-04 09:05 pm UTC (link)
	"I so do not," Maria countered. "It's good that you get to see them. Some people go years without seeing siblings." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: At the pizza place cantkeepmeout 2013-05-04 09:39 pm UTC (link)
	He found it interesting that the man wasn't sure but didn't comment on it. "There would be none if you didn't," he teased Maria. "Yes, some do without good reason," he nodded. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: At the pizza place anti_venom 2013-05-04 09:49 pm UTC (link)
	He grins at Maria. "I'm inclined to believe him. Someone has to keep you on your toes." He shrugs at the rest of mention of family. "For work, we travel a lot. We keep in touch, but don't necessarily always keep close tabs. We get along well enough when we do catch up with one another, though." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: At the pizza place crossbow_bat 2013-05-05 09:55 am UTC (link)
	"I don't need someone to keep me on my toes. I find enough entertainment and interesting things on my own." "I'd love to meet your sisters one day," she said to Tomas. "I'm sure they have some interesting stories about you to tell." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: At the pizza place cantkeepmeout 2013-05-05 08:11 pm UTC (link)
	"That'd hardly be fair if you did, after all, I haven't told him any of my interesting stories about you," he smirked and pointed out. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: At the pizza place anti_venom 2013-05-05 10:16 pm UTC (link)
	"I'm sure there'll be opportunities. I'd love to hear interesting stories about Maria. And I'll introduce you to my sisters one of these days, should they come into town." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: At the pizza place crossbow_bat 2013-05-09 12:15 am UTC (link)
	"You don't need to hear stories about me," she said with a grin. "Besides, Thomas exaggerates." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: At the pizza place cantkeepmeout 2013-05-09 02:28 am UTC (link)
	"Hardly. And anyway, for stories about her I need to understate things otherwise people would think I'm making it up," he smirks at her. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: At the pizza place anti_venom 2013-05-09 04:02 am UTC (link)
	"See, I'll just listen to both versions of events, and average it out." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)