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What Has Science Wrought; Rio
Topic Started: Jun 24 2012, 01:15 PM (613 Views)
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Harkens struggled a bit to think of the right words to describe
"Kinda like Vegas' little brother. Still, good money for those in the right business. And my family was part of The Business."

Moving up on the line, he continued by saying,
"I'm guessing you can take a hint."
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"So...right. Got it. They start young in Reno, I take it?" Rio asked. She hooked her thumbs in the bottom of her vest, and kept Harkens in the corner of her eye, trying to seem a little disinterested.

She began to glance over the options. Yogurt...she couldn't remember ever having yogurt. That had bacteria in it, right? But not like sickness-making bacteria. More like the kind that made sure your digestion worked right. But did that survive the freezing process?

This wasn't at all relevant, and she had been eating a lot of ice cream lately. Chocolate seemed like a good choice. Or something chocolate related.
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"Well, my family started me young. Made sure that I learned anything that could be useful. Chemistry, languages for diplomacy (IE why I can talk to you now) and how to control... Stock."

As he moved to the counter, Harkens turned to her and asked,
"So what flavors do you want? I'll have strawberry, thank you."
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"Chocolate," Rio said, "You seem to have a faculty with languages. Your Japanese is better than my English. Were you taught early?"

She followed along, but lagged a bit, allowing him to handle the purchase. That mention of "Stock" bugged her a bit. She would have to come back to it, later. Did it refer to narcotics, or something else?
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"Meh. Like I said, I started early. Dad wanted someone who could do business with other families who happens to be loyal. There were Yakuza, Mafiya, Triads, Cartels. Sometimes I even forget what language I'm supposed to be using. Erm, Spasibo."

Taking the Yogurt cups, Harkens nodded at the cashier and handed the chocolate to Rio.

"That's part of the reason why I'm here. That and I spun a globe and threw a stilleto at a globe."
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"I imagine that you probably hit the ocean a few times on your way here," Rio said. This was getting a bit much, though it was still interesting. Didn't anyone around here have a normal childhood?

She took a spoonful of the chocolate and ate it, inverting the spoon in her mouth to make sure she had gotten all of it.

"So you were raised in the desert as the...what? The heir of a criminal empire? Why did you give it up, exactly?"
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"Yeah, funny thing. I didn't."

Twirling the spoon between his fingers, Harkens elaborated on the events.
"See, there were crimefighters back from where I came from. They tangled a bit with my family. Hell, one of them cracked my skull so hard that I needed a plate. Long story short, they won in the end so I had to skip town. Somewhere far as hell. Don't think they'll track me here but there can always be contrivances..."
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Rio put the spoon back in the yogurt, and leaned back.

"So you're on the lam and...what? fate? led you here?"

She took off her hat and set it in her lap, revealing the horrible and most likely permanent case of hat-head that she had. She ran her fingers through her hair and took another spoonful of yogurt.

"I gotta say, it's an amazing story, Harkens. But what are your plans, now?"
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Plans? What plans?
"Plans include staying alive and starting anew. Or something like that. Can't say I really want to return and bring fire and ice and rage upon them. Not worth it. No..."

Taking a large scoop of his yogurt, Harkens popped it in his mouth as he considered his options. Chances are that he could go back and there was a chance that he could succeed. Still, the risk just didn't seem to be worth it. That and if he had interest, this town was one of greater opportunities.

Seeing Rio's hair like that, Harkens smiled a bit. Something about it felt kinda charming to him. Nonetheless, he dug into his coat pocket and pulled out a comb.
"Good to know I keep convenient devices on my person. If you need it..."
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Rio looked at the comb. What was he implying, exactly? Did he mean...? Oh, god, she hadn't thought it was that bad, but it was. It was exactly that bad.

Dohohohohoho.

Shut up.

She took the offered comb, cleaned it on the hem of her shirt, and then ran over her hair a couple of times.

"So...you're just hiding out, and enjoying life? Huh."

He'd had an odd run, thus far. Maybe that explained it. Most people their age had ambitions and plans. College, professional life, that sort of thing.

"On a different subject, I don't suppose I'm ever going to hear what the 'S' stands for, am I?"
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