<strong>Topaz - Hanger - Tagged:  Clarice, Wittner, and Henry</strong><br/><br/>Suddenly a woman's head appeared from almost no where and Topaz gave her a polite smile though the other woman looked at her strangely.  She was used to looks like that since it was not every day women went around with wings on their back.  The woman disappeared just as suddenly and Topaz heard the faint sounds of water running before the woman approached her while studying her wings intently.  Her smile became genuine as the tall woman took interest in her black wings and she swayed lightly to cause them to stretch out for her to see their movement.  If there was one thing Topaz got excited about, it was showing off her inventions.  Making something out of nothing was the only talent she had and she liked the rare praise that sometimes came with it.  "Of course you haven't met me before, I live on the other side of the canyon."  Topaz's face was flat as she stated the raw fact though her eyebrows had lowered in confusion for a moment.  This woman apparently needed to state the obvious and it was a complete waste of time.  Her eyebrows rose in surprise as the woman continued speaking not sure how to handle the new information.  "Well, I don't know who I'm here to see to be honest.  But I don't have an appointment... and despise cold showers so I will be avoiding this... Vira was it?"  She watched the woman stretch and forced a smile back onto her face as the woman introduced herself.  "It's nice to meet you, Clarice.  I'm known as Topaz and I came here to see..."<br/><br/>Topaz trailed off as a man stumbled into a nearby doorway and confusion mixed with minor disgust clear on her face.  She assumed he was trying to greet her in some manner as he spoke of being inebriated, staring at her chest, then asked why she was here and one eyebrow raised in disbelief.  Thankfully she was saved from giving a response as his attention shifted to the woman next to her.  The man was fairly vulgar towards Clarice and Topaz watched her reaction from the corner of her, almost curious to how she would handle it.  She caught sight of another man moving towards her and Clarice.  Wondering if he was going to be as vulgar or drunk as the first man she had met, she watched him snap his fingers at the man who had wanted to stare at her breasts.  He reprimanded him and ordered him to come along to start loading things into the ship.  So far she had a fairly pleasant woman, a drunk man, and some other man who appeared to be in charge.<br/><br/>A strange group of people, that Topaz had a hard time believing could make the 'ship,' as that guy had called it, fly.  She had thought to run over to the man walking up the ramp to ask him questions about the ship.  As far as she knew he would understand the most since Clarice had already told her she was just the cook, but she knew it would be impolite to Clarice, who had greeted her first.  Normally such social constructs were beneath her notice, but she had learned recently that rudeness was the quickest way to make enemies.  "Could you point me to whoever can explain to me how this ship supposedly flies... someone who is not Vira?"  She kinda hoped Clarice would not take offense to her bluntness because Topaz had tried make an effort to be polite whether the other woman knew it or not.