(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/6/65/Darius_face_avatar.jpg)<br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;">Darius Fair</span></span><br/><strong>Location:</strong>Darya's yacht,<em>The Galaxy</em><br/><strong>With:</strong>His slave, Kumiko Sakamoto; a lone guest, Chun Jiao<br/><br/>As Kumiko danced with me on the area serving as a makeshift dancefloor, I noticed a pretty Asian woman in a black silk Chinese dress.  Despite looking stunningly beautiful, she seemed to be out of her element.  She seemed uncomfortable with her outfit as well as anxious about this particular setting.  I watched her approach Darya and Valentina, who were with a man with three slaves.  I would learn later that this man was Rayn Assad, a slave broker, and the one slave he was affectionate toward was his own niece, Rosalie.  The other two slaves, a redhead named Callie and an Asian named Nonami, were treated more roughly and cruelly.<br/><br/>After the woman in the black silk Chinese dress spoke with them, she went to sit alone.  I smelled an opportunity.<br/><br/>After a song, I squeezed Kumiko's hand to get her attention and looked into her eyes.  The corners of my lips turned up in a thinly veiled conspiratorial smile.<em>I have an idea.</em><br/><br/>I barely tilted my head toward the couch that the Chinese woman was sitting on.<em>Let's play with her.</em><br/><br/>I then closed my eyes and tilted my head back, enjoying the feeling of Kumiko against me while considering how we would "attack" this target we "acquired."  I led Kumiko toward the couch, lifting a hand up so she twirled around and ended up sitting on my lap.  I was sitting next to the woman and Kumiko was facing toward her a bit.<br/><br/>I turned to the woman and broke out a bit of Chinese I picked up from<em>Firefly</em>.<br/><br/><strong>"Ni hao."</strong><br/><br/>It wasn't much, it was just saying "Hello," but she seemed alone and uncomfortable and perhaps a bit of her native tongue might lift her spirits.<br/><br/>I had one hand on Kumiko's lower back and the other on her knee.<br/><br/><strong>"My name is Darius.  What's your name, and how are you?"</strong><br/><br/>I let her answer, then followed up the question.<br/><br/><strong>"This is my slave, Kumiko.  I just know she absolutely loves your outfit as much I do.  Would you be so kind as to stand up and let us get a look at it?</strong><br/><br/>I hoped I wasn't too forward and that she would be agreeable to my request.  If she did, my eyes would go up and down her body admiringly, and I would even lift a finger and twirl it around to get her to slowly spin around so Kumiko and I can see her from all angles.<br/><br/>(Edit: This post was posted before Atlas', but I edited it, then cut and pasted some of it here to take into account the actions of Rayn with Chun Jiao.)<br/>