The Veronica scene all seems to be hanging up around the Emperium. I do find these over-contrived scenes where everyone who is involved just happens to be in the right place at the right time pretty weak.<br/><br/>What I would like is for Ryuuji to reject Veronica as you said, Black, and Linda takes her away to contact Assad.<br/><br/>She does so and Assad, having left the Emperium speaks with her on his phone and they arrange a meeting at some neutral ground or his yacht (wherever Atlas prefers).<br/><br/>Veronica is sold on there.<br/><br/>Reyes and Assad get together to agree the onward sale.<br/><br/>This just releases everyone away from the Emperium and means Ryuuji doesn't have to juggle 3 or 4 sales/meetings in close succession.<br/><br/>Finally, and on a general note I think there's issues with your NPC Vin, fun though he was. This is Monaco and not the Bronx so could we try to create NPCs who fit into a city where the supply of labour far outweighs the jobs available and so employers would only employ the very best applicants. I think sales staff at the Emperium would be white (yes, that's racist, but almost certainly true), highly educated, and most likely even middle class with exceptional social and sales skills and impeccable manners. They can be cunning cold and cruel, even crooked in a small way, but the Emperium strikes me as the Monaco equivalent to Harrods in London (a department store for the stinking rich if you don't know it, where the pets section has £1000 pedigree Chihuaua puppies for sale) and there's beluga caviar in the cold display cabinets in the food hall.<br/><br/>Therefore I doubt the Emperium would even employ a smoker, let alone a drug-taker!<br/><br/>So can everyone please keep in mind that this is a very high-class elite society and make up suitable NPCs accordingly? Thanks!