Theo lookes back through the rear window of the Speeder. She does look marvelous, he thinks again and grinnes. Sometimes he can't stop wondering that he ended up commanding such a beauty like the Reverie. He sighes and turnes around while he is being carried away by the taxi from the mooring docks of Curacao Main Port. His destination is Vice City, just as Caitlyn has suggested.
It has been way to long for shoreleave for his crew as well as him. And since the last destination of the Reverie had been Cortez, he simply ordered a longer stop, mucht to everybodys surprise and pleasure. While the ship is being groomed up by the cleaning crew of the Port, everybody spreads out for some r&r.
Theobald Franklin just leanes back to enjoy the setting sun, when the driver announces their arrival. Stepping out he turnes around. So, Vice City. What did Cait say? A red door somewhere at the port? He startes looking around, but with a demanor as if he knows exactly where he is going. It takes him much longer to find the red door, snuck up in a shady corner of a dark alley. The light bar above the door flickeres. The whole scenery might be out of a bad movie. Theo walks up to the door and knocks. Only seconds later the door creakes open and a Big Guy sneeres down on him. Theo being not a short man either feels a little bit intimitated but only for a second. The Big Guy waits expectantly.
Theo swallows and says with a firm voice: "Long live Dionysus!" The Big Guy grunts, nods and steps aside, opening the door fully. Theo steps inside and behid him the Big Guy clanks the door shut. He points without another word to the stairs leading downward. Theo steps down and gradually the light becomes brighter and warmer, giving way to a very comfortable and cosy bar, decorated partially with OS&C branding. The sharp smell of cigars and alcohol mixes with aromatic food, making it meorable and pleasing.
Theo looks around and sees three familiar persons, their voices familiar to him.
"Whatever you drink, I take the same as you," he says loud and clear for them to notice, as he suddenly arrives at their table, stopping behind one of the free chairs.
"Theo?..!" Jack roars clearly giving away that they have probably been here the longest ... "Great to see you! Cait just asked me about how things are going with ONE" ... Jack grins ... "But let's face it, if anyone here at the table wanted to hear about logistics, trade profits and the raising costs of H-fuel, you'd have applied for my position" ... Jack laughs wholeheartedly ... "So what is new on the Reverie?"
Theobald Franklin sits down and grinnes. Before he starts talking he takes a big draw from the beer that somebody just positioned directly infront of him. He exhales: "Ah, nothing special at the moment. Flying the standard routes through Liberty, Rheinland, Kusari at the moment, you know. Everything is fine more or less. Now she gets a thourough scrubbing by the port cleaning crew. Needs it desperatly. The last group of so called 'VIP's' has been a messy lot. My own staff nearly quited after the farewell party they had in one of the halls."
He shakes his head in disbelief and takes a nother big gulp, draining the glass to one third: "But the biggest thing is that I still haven't decided who should replace Mathew. It works for now without him, but I need a new first maat soon. I just haven't found anybody with his qualities on board."
He drains the glass completly and thumps it down.
"Theobald Franklin nice to meet you in Person" Cait Looks at the Tall Libertonian he Looks not that bad if some Preferd Men "So you search for a First Officer, well I am afraid I can't help you in this case. even though I have some Competent Personal, well let's say they would stod out too much in that Flying Palace of yours. at the Velvet their Part of the Atmosphere but at the Reverie, there might be out off Place" She takes a Drag from the Cigar and puts a finger under her Chin as she Thinks. "but Maybe maybe I have a Spot where you Cann look, there is this OS&C Club Steph and I were at, on our Last Date in Manhattan the Manger there was an Old Friend of her. and He seemed like he would be interested in Walking between the Stars again so maybe a Candidate for you" she Takes a Sipp of her Rum and Looked at her Friend
Theobald orders a second beer with a wave of his hand and a look to the bar. Altough he doesn't like smoking, here somehow it doesn't bother him. But he would never touch a cigar himself.
"The pleasure is mine, Caitlyn Cross," he says, looking at Cait and smiles. He then frowns a bit: "Hmm, I don't think I know the club you have in mind, but thats not a surprise, since I rarly leave the ship when I am at Manhatten. I have spend there enough time." One can see his mood darken a bit as he falls silent. Then his new beer arrives and he brightens up and takes a sip.
Cait Finishes the Cigar "so that's enough for the Next Year and well the Club on Manhattan is even troughed it is on of ours more a Secret Tipp than one of those Socialite Meeting Points with Paparzzo Sieging the Gates it is not that Secret like this here but more a Spot for the Average Local" Cait took her Comm Device and types some Commands "so I send you the Address if you interested give it a Try it was a Nice Evening there and Conrad the Manager was a Nice Fellow. plus you Would give me some Bonus Points with Steph as he Is an old Friend of her they made the OS&C Training Program together" Cait noticed the Change in his mood even though it lasted only for some Seconds "and who knows maybe you meet someone there that makes the Evening more Enjoyable" she winked at him and take the Food Menue as her Stumic growls
"Holy shit" Jack yells ... "have you seen the telly? Civil war in Rheinland, right, hopefully that won't be the end of Baden-Baden" ... Jack looks around at the others around the table unsure of what to say ... After a while he says rather quietly "Well Sirius seems to be taking a turn away from stability and what's good for business"
Cait Sits down as she Came back from the Evacuation of her Crews Family from Rheinland "yea I was there and evacuated the Families of my Crew it was Chaos I say you Military everywhere and you doesn't really know who was on which side the Families of my Crew are Safe now on the Velvet and we wait to receive the Paperwork for the Samson Resort I Bought from Jonathan but at the Moment it is total Chaos also I made some Plans for an Evacuation of Baden Baden trough Discrete Ways if Necessary we should take a Loock in this if it comes to the Worst" she Takes the Rum in one Shot that's was what she needed right now
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