<strong>Hero Points:</strong>1 (Ghost-Signal)<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=309959.msg15056555#msg15056555">Quote from: GunmetalDreamer on 03-09-2019, 09:45:48</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">"Besides, the missus looks fast with those nice, long legs.  I figured I should slow her down with a full belly before I try to make my escape." she added with an impish smile.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Harry laughed. "You're so funny. Can we keep her, darling?"<br/><br/>"Well, maybe for the day," Alejandra answered. "We were going to restock at Yellow Brick Row before the next week starts up. I'm sure we can find something there for you!"<br/><br/>Another text, this time from Esther:<br/><br/>Lol you're going to give Mark a new fetish. If u4 free a new Nintendo Switch model's coming out today. Maybe we can go to Atlas Mall early b4 the lines get too long?<br/><br/><em>Up to Dizzy if she goes by herself or with Harry and Alejandra. Conversations involving their presence will be in green.</em><br/><br/><hr/><br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 24pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: impact;"><strong>Atlas Mall</strong></span></span><br/><br/>(https://i.imgur.com/B3cSewz.png?1)</div><br/>Yellow Brick Row's bustling shopping center never seemed to hit the economic recession, although even that seems to be catching up. Many stores were just barely saved from going out of business before the Grant-MarsTech merger poured more money into the dying businesses. It was enough that nobody complained...much. The place was even more packed than usual on the weekend, as it was quite apparent that more than a few families and independent millennials were lining up at the local game stores (Atlas Mall had several of them) with the breakfast shift in the food court more than happy to cater to those too hungry to wait in line.<br/><br/><em>"If anyone asks, you're our cousin and we're shopping together," Harry said to Dizzy as they entered the mall.<br/><br/>"What if someone she recognizes sees us?" Alejandra asked.<br/><br/>"Good point. Er, any ideas, Dizzy?"</em><br/><br/>Esther (https://i.imgur.com/xi8BX5B.jpg?1) could be found within one of the lines snaking all the way out of the nearby GameStop (I'm just outside the door! :O Ugh, there's a screaming kid, I'm glad I have earbuds.) while Amy (https://i.pinimg.com/originals/5f/76/48/5f76484a395af908b5dad46ca9f47eb1.jpg) was taking orders behind the counter at Villa Pizza.<br/><br/>The crowd parted reluctantly as a group of uniformed figures made their way through. "Outta the way, Brande Management coming through!"<br/><br/>(https://i.imgur.com/ObXtv81.png)<br/><br/>It's been decades since Emerald City had anything close to a superpowered battle, much less a more mundane shooting, but the super-science energy barrier was not excessive at all for Brande Management. A businessman (or perhaps accountant) of some sort was clearly their charge, his fine suit and briefcase at odds with the armed men and women surrounding him. A conglomerate whose largest holdings are in security, they're the only remaining competition of note against Grant Conglomerates, but their sense of "home-bound loyalty" did not extend to their people skills after being in MarsTech's shadow for so long.<br/><br/>"Outta the way, firehair!" the lead woman called out to Dizzy as they continued, with her (and any of her friends/fuckbuddies) between them and where they were trying to get. Wherever they were going, it was likely somewhere inside the mall and rather important.<br/><br/><em>Unless Dizzy wants to make a scene or try something I presume they'll brusquely pass.</em><br/><br/>"Brande Management," Esther sneered as their now-parted line reformed. "Still acting like they own most of the place."<br/><br/><em>"Oh, I don't recognize you two," Esther said to Harry and Alejandra. "Take it you're Dizzy's aunt and uncle?"<br/><br/>"T-that's right!" Harry said. "Figured we could check out the sales around here."</em>