The Big Easy is a city with many stories and many secrets ... here are a sampling of them ...<br/><br/><br/>The stormy weather of the last few days has left most people feeling unsettled and out of sorts. With the recent history of REALLY BAD weather, maybe the people here pay that little bit more attention to it than most would. At any rate, the weather forecasters seem to have been taken by surprise at the sudden blowup of squals, though they say it will only last a few more days at the most. Most sensible people try to keep out of it as much as possible. What does that say about those who don't?<br/><br/>Iris and Antonio: Your (separate) sources in the city have both informed you about something a little odd going on. A handfull of goblin warriors, fae of the Wild Hunt, have been seen in and around the city, apparently searching for someone, or something. Fae in the city is odd enough, but when they do show up they tend to be Summer or Winter court. The footmen of the Wild Hunt are another matter altogether. Both of you have tracked their movements to the French Quarter, and it's twisting backstreets.<br/><br/>Mica, you've been contacted by an individual calling himself Mr Johnson, who wishes to talk to you about the possibility of retrieving a certain item, missing for quite some time, and rumoured to have recently surface in a select market. The meeting has been arranged at a rather secluded Italian resteraunt, Giovannis, nestled deep in the back streets of the French Quarter. Your appointment if for 8pm.<br/><br/>Taylor and Junior, having run into each other earlier in the day, have been simply hanging out, taking it easy and trying to avoid any bathrobe wearing loonies with pointy objects and bad dispositions. Checking out the tourists is a much better way of enjoying the day. However, the day is wearing on, and the weather isn't really suitable for hanging out on the streets.<br/><br/>Allen .. you've had a feeling that the storm is portentous, though you're not entirely sure of what. Whatever the reason for it though, it's been making you feel uneasy, which is why you're now out on the streets, rather than doing something more enjoyable. You don't have a clear idea of where you're going, or what you'll find there, but your instincts are pulling you along regardless.<br/><br/>((OOC - those out on the streets have the option to bump into any of the others. ))