Curacao business

[Thyrzul]

News spread quickly around here. - he thought once they left the flock of reporters behind themselves. Henri looked at the woman during her confession and when Janice finished, he looked in front of himself, diving into thoughts. - Hmm, early afternoon might even be better, that way we have more time without the meeting spanning too much into the night. And a little break from everydays' rush won't hurt. - He noticed the assistant waiting for an answer, so he replied. - Oh, how astute! - he smiled, - Oui, bien sur, why not?

The next 25 minutes passed quickly. Of course it did, you won't feel how fast time passes if you have a decent chat partner. Henri got to know a lot of things about the place, Las Aves, Curacao, the new developments of Orbital Spa and Cruise. During their journey Henri spotted a huge silverish, coin-like skyscraper raising above it's surroundings in the distance. Janice informed him that it's the brand new headquarters of the company, the Orbital Tower Center, where they'll meet tomorrow. He was about to ask one more thing, but then they arrived in front of the majestic hotel Kura Hulanda was. It was time to say goodbye... for now.

It was a real pleasure to meet you. - You as well, Mademoiselle Stodden. - he replied and turned to the door to exit the limo, but was interrupted. - Oh... Mr. Croix!? I know that may sound a bit weird, but... just in case you have nothing to do later... In an hour, I'll go out to the Maravillas del Estanque bar. Is only five minutes away from here so... if you like Blue Curacao cocktails, come there and maybe... we can continue our conversation. Otherwise, see you tomorrow at the Orbital Tower Center and don't forget: 2 pm o'clock, okay!? - Sounds good, I think I'll be there. Until then, au revoir, Mademoiselle. - he said, and turned to the hotel representative, who greeted him, closed the door of the limo and escorted Henri into the hotel while the Aero left the site behind them.

The representative, certain Josh Heffner, escorted to the suite Janice was talking about to Henri. On the way they talked about the hotel, the services it provides, wellness, swimming pools, sauna, all the kind of stuff a regular spa hotel would offer as well... only in bigger and better. And the beach was only a few minutes of walking away from here, no wonder Kura Hulanda was a seven star hotel. They arrived to the Penthouse suite and thus finishingtheir conversation they said good bye to eachother. - Feel free to contact the reception in case you are in need of something, Mr Croix. - said Heffner. - Oui, I will. Au revoir. - the rep went on his way and Henri stepped into the suite. Looked at his WristPad, the time was 6.35 pm SMT. - Okay, so a bit less than an hour I have. let's see what this suite offers.

It was certainly not what he got used to live in during his past years. Obviously a paramilitary movement such as The Council could afford luxuries to nowhere near this extent. He was on a business trip anyways, not on vacation, but hey, as long as he kept that in mind, it's all fine.

At first look however everything, walls, furnitures were bland, same coloured, which color changed throughout the colors of the rainbow, only a few things retained their original colors, like the flower in the vase, or small things of mostly decorative purpose. And a remote control. One line of text swept across the walls regularly however. "Please choose theme." He stepped to the remote controller, it was a mere touchscreen, flickering into life as he got it into his hands, offering the themes upon startup. - Okay, let's see. "Tron". What's this? Okay, "Light or Dark". Dark. "Primary color". Let's see light blue. - after finishing setting the theme he pressed "Apply". The room turned black, a moment later the furnitures, corners, the sheet on his bed acquired a light-bluish lining, providing the only lightsource in the whole suite, apart from the screen of the remote control. - Hmm, not bad. Let's see something else. - Upon searching he came across a lot of different themes, "Antique", "Aqua", "Borderworlds" ... "MLP". This one picked his interest, willing to explore what's behind these three letters he chosen it and set it's settings, pressed "Apply", and... faced the results. In all of a sudden the room turned into the brightest and girliest pink you can ever imagine, with light blue and yellow coloured furnitures and glitters all across the bed. - Sacre merde! Hell no! - he said out loud, almost shouting in surprise and quickly went to look for a theme which suits him better than... this. His final choice was a bright sand-like yellow with (slightly deep) red outlines on the furnitures and patterns on the wall. - Well, that's better.

The suite consisted of a huge foreroom from where the rest opened. This room was the center, and thus been furnitured to serve as a place to center the activity at. Sofas and armchairs around a table in a semi-circle, giving room to the holovision set up at the opposite wall. Henri discovered that the projectors can be relocated with the remote control in order to adjust the dimensions of the holo if needed. He turned it on, only to catch the end of the latest news of OS&C, followed by a booze commercial. - I hope the press won't interfere with our business. - There was also a bathroom with both a shower and an aesthetically designed bathtube in the corner, both big enough for at least two people. Henri grinned at the notion. Of course the bedroom had a double bed. Apart from that there were massive wardrobes sunk into the walls as well as the bedroom had it's own holovision, and a neural net access point in the corner. Decoration across the suite were mostly flowers, holo sculptures and holo-images on the walls set by the theme. The suite was supplied enough that Henri did not need his luggages at least until the next day.

By the time he went through all of this, it was already quarter past seven. Oh well, the Maravillas del Estanque was just five minutes away... but where??? Henri quickly went on the Neural Net to find out, in two minutes he had a map and a route downloaded into his own WristPad. In five minutes he prepared himself, chosen a suit from one of the wardrobes, then went on his way to the bar. Upon getting there he did not find Janice at first, no wonder, the bar was quite crowded. As he was wearing clothes matching local fashion, he blended in well. He was trying to spot her for a minute, then decided to head to the counter to see what's there to drink.

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