Nodoka made her way through the entryway and into the Needle itself, noting a group of rather outlandish characters.  Okay, they were at a Sukie Redflower premier.  Outlandish characters were everywhere.  But Nodoka knew outlandish, and<em>outlandish</em>.  The stripper with the shifting hair and glowing body; the 'rabbit' that was built like a brick; the rather attractive elf pair - one male and one female - who had joined them...and the other girl.  Yeah.  Nodoka could spot a runner a mile away.  It wasn't hard to do, considering that as a Shadowrider, she got around in the community quite a bit.  She took the elevator after the group, arriving at the top and coming towards the dark-haired, rather pale man (Nodoka's mind briefly considered HMHVV) and the rest of the crew.  Nodoka caught the end of the little dialogue between the 'rabbit' and the Johnson.  "So it does, sir," she stated to the man in the black suit.  "But even Sukie has to have somethin' in mahnd when she goes a-callin'.  And Ah can't imagine that you'd have called all little old us for just a chat..."