Sprace: Nero

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Guess I'll bring drinks to your place then.

[Their little routine from the wizard manor can continue!]

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Bring a nice red.

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I'll see what's available. Be there in 10.

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[ He's here and waiting for Brad to arrive. ]

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[Bradley does arrive within 10 minutes, carrying a bottle of red wine and two glasses. He grins when he gets closer.]

We gotta take these back to get more, but that's a fair tradeoff.

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Fair enough.

[He'll close the door once Bradley is in.

There's the desks and Nero takes a seat on one of them.]

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[Bradley leans against the wall next to the desk as he pours a glass for Nero, which he then offers up.]

I found out some info from the suit-guys.

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[He takes the glass and waits for Bradley to pour another before he drinks.]

Yeah? What'd you learn?

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[He'll pour himself a glass and then set the bottle down on the table.]

Apparently we all signed contracts to be here. So we're good and stuck until the contract runs out.

[A contract is a kind of promise, after all.]

They're trying to say we did it willingly, but there's no way either of us would do that.

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Yeah, I saw that contract too. Doesn't make sense for either of us.

Eight weeks of workin' here? Why would we agree to that?

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Dunno. Maybe there's some reward in there that we both really wanted.

[Like the strength to kill a few specific wizards.]

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I didn't see anything like that in there. Just payment.

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That could be part of the "payment".

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[ Takes a sip. ]

Sounds like it's just money. You wanna follow up on that?

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Yeah, I'll go bug one of 'em in private about it.

[The rest of the crew does not need to know about their revenge plot. For now, he will sippy his wine.]

There's a guy here with a tattoo on his neck. I don't get a good feeling from him.

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I'll leave that to you. Need me to ask anything?

Tattoo on his neck? Don't think I've met 'em yet.

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Just get to know 'em I guess. Doesn't hurt to be on their good side for now.

He's really perceptive, and he kinda has the feeling that the other Northern Wizards have. You know, that feeling.

[So descriptive. But Nero was born in the North, maybe he knows.]

Just something to keep an eye on.

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Yeah, sure. [ It's so easy to settle into this sort of rhythm. Orders given and received. ] I've got an in with Thebe. They're the one that mixes drinks.

"That feeling". Looking at people like they're prey?

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[Oh good, the barkeep is always a good in. Bradley nods.]

For a moment I saw it there. I'm gonna keep talkin' to him to find out more about him, but be careful.

[All it takes is one unhinged person for Violence to happen, and Bradley knows this because he is indeed an unhinged person.]

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[ Nero knows what Northeners are like, he used to be one of them. He also couldn't stand it up there and moved to somewhere way less crazy. ]

I'll keep it in mind. Keep me posted.

[ Another slow sip of wine. ]

From what it sounds like, that Sora lady is a head of a school and a protector of a world. She's about as suspicious as Faust would be in a place like this.

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Yeah, I got that feeling from her too, ike she carries the weight of the world on her shoulders.

[Then he remembers something and grins.]

Tiny rockstar is kinda like you.

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[ A nod from him, yeah. That's the exact kind of energy Sora's got. ]

You mean Kazuki?

I dunno, he doesn't like bein' bossed around. [ Nero "Don't make me decide" Turner. ]

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Yeah, him. And you can be just like that too sometimes, you know.

[Not as often as Kazuki, but sometimes.]

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[ A laugh, warm and affectionate. It's just the two of them in this room, he doesn't have any reason to keep his walls up. ]

You're the most stubborn guy I know.

[ Which is somehow as annoying as it is comforting. ]

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[Awww, Bradley loves seeing this side of Nero. He's usually smiling, but this one is a warm one.]

Guilty as charged.

[He's leaning in a bit to bump shoulders with Nero. These are his favorite kind of nights.]