Board Thread:Role Plays/@comment-26104528-20150531022109/@comment-26130256-20150810155057

"I'm a magician," Azulius half-smiled as his deck of cards vanished once more. "My raison d'etere is to look the powers that be square in the eyes and tell them in no uncertain terms where to shove it." As they neared Fritz's block, he turned to his new friend once more, trying his hardest to maintain a poker face.

"But one last question.  Sorry if it feels like I'm running an interrogation.  That dame you mentioned, Estellia.  How did you meet?  Or how did you become... an item?" Now Azzie was treading on what he considered difficult ground, but his curiosity would not relent. And besides, Stahlfritz and he had just cheated death at least a dozen times today. Surely he wouldn't mind the question.

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"I always have things on my mind," Ochre explained, gesturing at the stars with his cane. "However, none of them are relevant to our topic at hand.  I've never quite mastered the art of sleeping on an airship, so I should probably return to the hotel and get a head start on tomorrow's sleep debt.  Trigo?"

"Unless there are any operators here who want to go a few rounds, I'm right behind you.  But before I forget, Mr. Flagg," he pulled a thick sheaf of Lien from his pocket with a note attached. "This needs to make it to dear Stahlfritz as a bonus for a job well done."

(Works for me.)