<span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: times new roman;"><strong>Cafe next door to Book Revue<br/>Financial District/Downtown<br/>Wednesday Night -- November 10, 2010</strong><br/>Fate Turner (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=105330.msg4630243#msg4630243) -- Heading over to Devil Bat Cave...</span><br/><br/><em>Something bad is going down at Simon's Bull.</em><br/><br/>Fate looked curiously over her cup at the other woman. She'd broken her silence with just one pert sentence and immediately her attention was back on her phone. Phones, the damn things were getting more and more hi-tech by the day. More and more people seemed to have their noses in one, heck, she'd even started getting a few requests for e-books! Not that that was ever going to happen, she'd rather go out of business than see the world forget the touch of paper and the smell of ink.<br/><br/>She exchanged a glance with Mark, mouthing the question 'Who's that?' only to receive a shrug in response. To Alice, she replied casually, it almost seemed as if she were still chatting with Mark actually. "Something's always going down at Simon's Bull. The place is like a watering hole for shady characters, I wouldn't be surprised if the cops had a patrol there on a regular basis. Just to nab them a few drunks or speeding tickets maybe." Mark nodded along enthusiastically, as if on cue.<br/><br/>Crossing over to the table the reporter occupied, she rested her hand on the chair across from her. "You don't mind do you?" She waited for Alice's consent before she pulled out the chair and plopped down. Cupping her chin in hand, her eyes glanced over the other woman, lingering on her phone for a bit. She seemed  to be staring intently at the pictures on the screen, and Fate found herself wondering what they were. Now that she was actually sitting here, she realized that she had no idea what to say.<br/><br/>Just as she was about to blurt out some lame line along the lines of 'Hi, who're you?', the wail of sirens pierced the silence as yet another fleet of patrol cars sped by. "What the heck is going<em>on</em>over there? Someone's gonna get in an accident soon..." She muttered disapprovingly as she watched the flashing lights speed by on the wet roads. Suddenly she straightened up.<br/><br/>Calling over the Mark, she grinned. "Hey Mark, you still wanna drive me home?" He brightened considerably. "Definitely! Just let me finish closing up shop." She watched as he bustled behind the counter, scrubbing the place down with new vigor and rushing back and forth. Chuckling lightly, she turned to Alice. "So, what about you? Wanna come along? We're heading to Devil Bat Cave. Aren't you curious about what's going on over there that's got the cops all riled up?"