<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=9013.msg321777#msg321777">Quote from: Seereous on 28-02-2007, 16:05:23</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote"><br/>He continued on for a bit, milling around for a bit, before looking across the room and making eye contact with Isis. He took in a general assessment of her, though it was the grease smear that really drew his attention.  That meant that she either had a Mech and was doing maintenance or she was a Tech. Since most of the people in the Hiring Hall were MechWarriors, he guessed that she already had a Mech and was just looking for a home. <br/><br/>He gave her a nod and started walking toward her.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Isis was listening to what was amounting to a decent offer from someone who claimed to have a unit of mercs that was about ready to leave Outreach and go out on a mission.  He was promising decent pay, skilled repair techs, and plenty of action.  He also hinted at the fact that he might even be willing to offer her a bit of "free time" in his expansive private quarters aboard the unit's jump ship, when the stress got to her.  It was right about then that she tuned him out and just stared through him.  Unfortunately, he didn't take the hint, and kept talking.<br/><br/>She glanced over his shoulder and saw a man wearing a dress uniform.  Now that was unusual, in a place like this.  She watched him for a moment, wondering if he was someone looking for a unit, or offering one.  It was then that he looked up and made eye contact with her.  She held his gaze, her expression unreadable, but her eyes were definitely not emotionless.<br/><br/>She nodded back at him as he started coming her way.  "Uh, yeah, I think I've heard enough," she told the man who was still trying to get her to sign up.  "I'll come back later if I decide to join up."  She pushed him aside and started casually making her way over to meet the man in the dress uniform halfway.