Moon Over Bourbon Street<br/>Something Wicked This Way Comes<br/>Drakon, Magister Mundi<br/>Alexandra, Apostate<br/>Jack the Saxophone Player, Mortal?<br/>'Burin' Elijah Warden, Thyrsus Free Council<br/>'Vulpes' Prof. Elliot Van Graaf, Obrimos Guardian of the Veil<br/>S.J. Jones, Acanthus Free Council<br/>'Damon Jones' Tsutomu Fujimoto, Mastigos Silver Ladder<br/>'Obsidian' Reine Valentine, Moros Adamantine Arrow<br/>'Áfriorda' Elizabeth Brown, Thysus Mysterium<br/><strong>Mia Payroux, Mastigos Silver Ladder</strong><br/>August 22nd, 2005<br/>Cafe du Monde/Woldenberg Park<br/><br/>The meeting of Mia to the rest of them was a bit anti-climatic.  Resting in one hand was an unmarked Styrofoam cup while in the other was balanced a smart phone.  Fingers were quickly moving over the screen while clutching the device, the other hand eagerly bringing the cup to her lips for another sip.  The smell of coffee and alcohol hung on her lips already.  Her eyes didn’t even lift when she was brought to the others.  Instead two fingers rose from the side of her coffee as if to make a haphazard “peace” sign.  Her lips moved to give a muttering of a word though none could be blamed for not hearing her clearly.<br/><br/>“Sup?”<br/><br/>That the question was rhetorical was beyond obvious.  Her only interest seemed to be when the guy at the counter spoke, though if the words registered in her mind none could tell.<br/><br/>“Hey, hey.  Hit me with a bag and fill me up on the coffee Bob Marley.”  The cup was slide forward, her hand now free she dug around in her pocket for her purse.  A slender coin purse with the image of Hello Kitty emerged from somewhere amidst the tight confines of her clothing.  Crumbled bills were dropped for the man to collect while she waited for the piping out beignets to be delivered in their bag with powdered sugar.<br/>