Reira Akaba (
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A useful trick to have. Tell me the location of this cafe and when you would like to meet up. I will be there.
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[The address is given- along with times when she'll be 'free'. He gets to pick one and send that back, but the point is they'll be meeting at a cafe at some point.]
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[There's no sincerity at all in it, but that's not noticeable over text. Black Hat replies back with the earliest date possible - no time like the present to begin.]
[EVENTUALLY...]
Bugger.]
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Black Hat arrives a few minutes after the scheduled time - late, but in a socially acceptable manner, and not because he hasn't quite mastered the layout of Bavan yet. And it certainly helps that the cafe population is mostly human - any monster would stick out like a sore thumb.
He's actually caught a bit off-guard by how young the girl is, despite her height. It gives him the briefest of pauses; not out of any guilt for bringing a child into this scheme, mind, but from wondering if she is up to snuff. But shortly he's sweeping over to the kelpie. Children have a unique capacity for cruelty, he's found.]
Reira, I presume?
[The accented, harsh rasp clashes with his gentlemanly appearance.]
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<BlackHat>
He takes a seat across from Reira, not bothering to order a drink. With the initial pleasantries dispensed with, he begins.]
I’d prefer to cut straight to the matter at hand. If you would…? [Black Hat gestures at the bustling cafe around them. These humans don’t need to be privy to their conversation, after all.]
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[For proof, she gives a shrill whistle- one half of a couple at a nearby table immediately remarks to the other that 'he doesn't need to be so loud,' in reply...not once looking in their direction.] No one can hear us now.
It's good to meet you. ...So, where do we start? [They're straight to business sure, but she Is new to it.]
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With the phylactery. [Black Hat leans forward and steeples his fingers in front of him.]
Obviously any lich who values their 'life' won't keep their phylactery on them. That's begging for trouble. Keep it stashed away, where no one can find it.
[And now he smiles. There's always an edge of danger to his smiles.]
But we don't need to find his hidey hole. We just need to find Aunamee - at the right time.
[He raises his eyebrow - he wants to see if Reira can follow.]
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But that is not the point. The phylactry. She knows it would be hidden. She also knows Black Hat is not likely a fool- he mentions it for a reason. Which means...] ...He needs it for something, doesn't he? ...He would have to take it with him for that- and then be vulnerable.
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He can't eat without it. He needs it to feed - find out when he feeds next, follow him, and catch him by surprise.
[Black Hat drums his fingers on the table.]
This is where you come in. I haven't been here long enough to know the man. But you... you seem quite familiar with him. [On account of, you know, him murdering you.] What kind of man is Aunamee?
[People fall into patterns without even realizing it. Knowing the quirks of a man's personality can help pinpoint his behaviors.]
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But he likes his 'image'. Or...he likes to look 'right' at least. He's a coward like that- when he killed me, he said Sorry. He didn't mean that he was sorry- he definitely wanted to do what he was doing, and wanted me to hurt. But even though no one there would believe otherwise...or even I guess be upset with him about it, he pretended that he had no choice and didn't want to do it.
I guess that means he won't eat in public though... [she mutters, furrowing her brows in thought.] ...I hate people who lie like that though...
[Just admit you like killing things, it's easier!]
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None of this crosses Black Hat's face as Reira speaks, though. No, she doesn't need to know about it at all.]
And with a mask like that he'd stick out like a sore thumb. [Not going to make it easy, are we, Aunamee? Black Hat likes a challenge.] We'll have to do some digging. No one's perfect [Except Black Hat] so he'll have left a tell of some sort. A too-perfect kidnapping, with no traces.
[He's musing out loud a bit. It might take time to find that, but they're not necessarily on a timeline at the moment.
And he certainly notes that little quip about lies. Especially how it's about direct lies.]
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....He might not eat in Bavan though. There's also Vandare. ...Or the side that lets monsters in at least. Only half of Vandare lets monsters in. [A cool challenge for Black Hat later, maybe, but hey.]