Board Thread:Role Plays/@comment-13488655-20160426221910/@comment-5999656-20160810184840

"Ehh?"

Zanipher was caught off guard by Neil's story. Along with being an influx of tons of information she hadn't been aware of prior, it clashed with what she had assumed about the old mob family. Oh man, but if most of it was true then she was going to have to rethink her strategy.

Guess I can't just walk into their office, introduce myself, and be like, "Hey I'd like to have a meeting discussing the future of Vale and Vacuo's underworlds."

"... I find it a little hard to believe that the prominent criminal faction in Vacuo is composed of mindless anthropomorphic hulks," Zan began sourly. "All joking aside," she continued, waving a hand even though she was in a phone call, "Here's my plan. I don't think anyone in the network wants to start a war they can avoid. So I'm going to get in contact with the Cardamoms the same way I'd approach any other respectable organization. Straightforward, suit-and-tie, businesslike as hell. I want to see if we can settle this diplomatically. Originally this was going to be a personal mission. Buuuut... if what you say is true, and the family regularly turns on each other, well, that's not a place I'd like to walk into alone. Get my gist, Neil?"

And then, with the slightest smile:

"Care to come along? I'm afraid if you are, you'll have to dress formally and be on your best behavior. I don't know how easy it is to trigger these guys, so we're going to have to play it careful from the get-go. Wouldn't want an underworld-on-underworld war on our hands, you know?"