<div class="floatleft">(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/24/8a/9c/248a9c6846a134e051550feb2f5edb3e.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Valkyrie (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=337984.msg16040058#msg16040058)<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Afterlife<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Karma, Open<br/><strong>Content:</strong>Listening...<br/><hr/><hr/><br/>Taking a seat at the bar, Katya felt a smirk tugging slightly on her lips as she heard Karma get right down to business. They were soft spoken at times, strangely gentle in their work going beyond the mere delicacy of a tattoo gun - or other implements - but other times there was a sharp cadence in their tone which made Katya pause. Though they were friends for a few years now there was enough she didn't know about the ripperdoc that they couple spend a lifetime of nights chatting at Afterlife and she'd still come up empty. Part of that mystery was maybe what endeared Katya to her friend. She could appreciate secrets.<br/><br/>"Bossy tonight, aren't you?" teased Katya. She inclined her head towards the ripperdoc in a playful manner without fully turning to face her on the bar stool. Her long fingers traced around the luminescent counter top while Claire sorted out Karma's order. Then, hers.<br/><br/>"Whisky with a splash of agave," requested Kat, raising two fingers together to indicate the amount. Claire turned to pull a bottle of O'Dicking down from the shelf when the solo piped up. "And some ice." Maybe she'd swirl it around her drink a bit. Mostly though, it was for her nose. It still stung.<br/><br/>When the clear tumbler of whisky slid across the bar top it went right into Val's open appreciative hand. She took a sip and savoured it like it was real water before sliding her eyes toward Karma, ready to ask what they wanted to get up to that night. Through the din of Afterlife she heard a voice nearby, soft and clipped, from a nearby booth behind them.<br/><br/><em>"I have credible information of Maelstrom producing a new line of XBDs, ones that in theory override the safeties inherent to the machinery."</em><br/><br/>Katya's back straightened with tension. She wanted to unwind tonight but maybe that just wasn't in the cards. Her head tilted towards Karma to check if they also heard.