"Well Simon, now we are gonna ask you some questions...instead of just getting up and walking away, like both of us want to, because your first impression was for shit" Jacob said, not at all intimidated by the psuedo-mma fighter.<br/><br/>"Hey, man.....I am really sorry about that....I know, my people skills aren't by best asset but I can definitely get down with some ghosts, so come on....How about you and Rainbowbright give me another chance OK?" Simon said, giving Tori a raised eyebrow and a wink.<br/><br/>"RainbowBright here, is the Team leader, so you might want to think of a more respectful nickname for her...don't you think, there 'Simple Simon'?" Jacob said, throwing around a cruel nickname of his own.<br/><br/>Tori leaned over and whispered in Jacobs ear, although she didn't try to hard to keep her voice low as she could care less what this guy thought of her. "<span style="font-style: italic">Why are we still sitting here....this guy is a douchebag...let's go! </span>".<br/><br/>"I thought I read you were the leader?" Simon asked as he pointed the neck of his beer at Jacob.<br/><br/>"Where'd you read that Simon?" Jacob butted back in.<br/><br/>"You know....the paper....That's how I heard about PSI in the first place....That crazy shit that happened to you guys.....I said to myself, now there is a team that knows how to antagonize some pussy fucking ghosts....You know...just like me, I'm here to do two things, Chew bubble gum and kick ghost's asses, and guess what, I am almost out of bubblegum!" Simon said, thinking that it was what they wanted to hear, he let a bit smile cross his face as he thought he sounded witty.<br/><br/>"I think we're don here, Jacob, lets go walk around the city....Look Simon I don't think it's gonna work out, we appreciate everything, but I don't think you are a good fit for PSI..." Tori finally asserted herself as the team leader, and let they guy know how badly he'd interviewed. "Feel free to finish the beers, call it a consolation prize...OK.." She finished and started to get up from the table, but Jacob put his hand up, letting Simon know they needed a minute to talk in private.<br/><br/>Jacob stood up and he and Tori walked over to the bar, "Hey, you are kidding me right? That guy is a walking hard-on....Lets just go!" Tori said, frustrated a bit more than she actually wanted to be, it was most likely the hair comments, if there was one thing a woman has no sense of humor over it's a new haircut and she'd had just about as many as she could take for one day.<br/><br/>"Listen, You are right, he's an idiot, but even if we take him on, we'll still be the smallest team here, and without him, we are gonna look even punier. We can minimize his involvement, and use him for labor only, Fish is gonna need help setting up and running the Tech station anyway.....But listen, It's completely up to you, OK? You are team leader, and if he bothers you that much, then that's it....end of discussion, we won't use him. " Jacob stated his case, the truth was he didn't really like Simon at all either, but they were going to need atleast another set of hands.<br/><br/>"No....our reputation is already tarnished, I think it's a bad idea to take a chance on this Roid abuser, We can do it without him!" Tori said with finality, and Jacob thought she looked really hot when she put her foot down. He reached in and gave her a kiss. "You got it!"<br/><br/>The couple turned back to tell Simon their final answer  but the smug Tap-out shirt wearing prick was sitting up with a shit-eating-grin on his face. "OK...how about this? I do carpentry work on the side....I am a bit of a jack-of-all-trades, what can I say....But the thing is, I hang around a bunch of other carpenters and one of them, happened to mention he just got some high paying job building , like movie special effect shit for some big televised ghost competition....Turns out it's this big ghost hunting competition, and I just happen to know what all the manufactured props the competition is using to try and fool you guys....I know what they are, and how they work, and let me tell you what....some of them are so slick, if you didn't know how it worked, you might just think it was an actual supernatural event.....SO tell me,  how's that for an application perk?" Simon said, he sat back, satisfied he'd sold himself to Tori and Jacob with the hidden bit of information.<br/><br/>Jacob turned his head toward Tori, his eyebrows up, wondering what she was going to do now. But Tori still didn't look sold on the guy, so Simon added a final bit of leverage.<br/><br/>"...OR I could just tell the competition judges that PSI paid to have me come down here and sell them the information, in order to ensure their victory....I mean with you guys' shining reputation, who do you think they'd believe?" Simon finished, a big smile on his face, his finished his beer and spun the empty bottle on the table like a top. "So what's it gonna be? Am I on the team? Or Should I take a ride over to the producer's rooms and tell them how you guys got a foot up on the competition, Rainbowbright?"