Jack Schmidt (Sep 3, 2011 3:05:18 PM)
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Inez Archuleta (Sep 3, 2011 3:05:29 PM)
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Inez Archuleta (Sep 3, 2011 3:07:28 PM)
*Once again Inez meets Jack at the door, rather expectant, and wearing a gauzy summer dress that falls barely to mid-thigh. Leaning up to kiss him in greeting, albeit just a friendly one, she steps aside to make room for his entry, smiling brightly*
Jack Schmidt (Sep 3, 2011 3:08:00 PM)
*Smiles a bit at the kiss and walks in, looking around* What's up?
Inez Archuleta (Sep 3, 2011 3:11:05 PM)
If your company is not enough, perhaps I wished to ask about my little project? *She asks, all innocence* But as it happens, it was your company, mostly. Come in, and be comfortable! I made lemonade, just now. Squeezed myself. Would you like some?
Jack Schmidt (Sep 3, 2011 3:11:50 PM)
*Looks her over some, thinking about her squeezing thing* Yeah... sure, why not.
Inez Archuleta (Sep 3, 2011 3:14:33 PM)
This way. *She saunters towards the kitchen then, barefoot, her heinie twitching invitingly as she walks* How is the work you do, by the way? *Calling over her shoulder as she leads him into a cool, modern kitchen, the air conditioning effectively banishing the oppressive New Orleans humidity* I was pleased to hear that an ally of mine has decided to negotiate payment to you, if that is acceptable? *Once there she takes the pitcher from the fridge, and frosted glasses from the freezer, having to bend delightfully to do so, then filling them with ice before pouring*
Jack Schmidt (Sep 3, 2011 3:16:33 PM)
It takes time... *He's watching her tushy as they walk along, she would catch him when she glanced back. He frowns abit* An ally of yours? Who's that?
Inez Archuleta (Sep 3, 2011 3:21:50 PM)
His name is Sergei. I met him recently. *A hint of a smile when she catches him looking* I'm flattered. And he mentioned he had dealings with you, and offered to assume the burden for me. After the other Elohim I have met of late, it was a refreshing change. Most are much less friendly, and far from helpful.
Jack Schmidt (Sep 3, 2011 3:22:27 PM)
*Frowns more* Oh.... him.
Jack Schmidt (Sep 3, 2011 3:22:47 PM)
I would rather deal with you actually.
Inez Archuleta (Sep 3, 2011 3:23:23 PM)
And yet I would rather it be he who pays. *Handing him a drink* Particularly since you made it clear I had little of interest to you.
Jack Schmidt (Sep 3, 2011 3:24:05 PM)
*Frowns and looks thoughtful, taking a sip of his drink*
Inez Archuleta (Sep 3, 2011 3:27:39 PM)
You do not like him? *She asks, or more accurately observes, upon spotting his expression*
Jack Schmidt (Sep 3, 2011 3:28:01 PM)
No, not really... apparently you do though.
Inez Archuleta (Sep 3, 2011 3:29:19 PM)
Why should I not? He is generous, and unlike most of our kind, he treats me as though I have worth. *Said with a subtle toss of her head* Most of the others see me as nothing.
Inez Archuleta (Sep 3, 2011 3:29:56 PM)
I am not nothing, Jack.
Jack Schmidt (Sep 3, 2011 3:33:26 PM)
Of course not.
Inez Archuleta (Sep 3, 2011 3:36:38 PM)
(Lag-beast attack! Run for cover!)
Jack Schmidt (Sep 3, 2011 3:36:46 PM)
((Nooooo!))
Jack Schmidt (Sep 3, 2011 3:37:06 PM)
*Looks her over some more seeming unpleased with talk about Sergei*
Inez Archuleta (Sep 3, 2011 3:40:53 PM)
Well, many treat me as if I am nothing. That Lawyer, who wishes to cheat on his wife with me but talks down to me as if I am an imbecile. Alex Browning. Amos. I could go on.
Jack Schmidt (Sep 3, 2011 3:41:50 PM)
Well... I enjoy yer company... So until ya piss me off yer better than nothin' in my book.
Inez Archuleta (Sep 3, 2011 3:42:42 PM)
Such a flatterer. *She says wryly, sipping from the heavily sweating glass* I am sure you have a reputation as a Don Juan with such honeyed words.
Jack Schmidt (Sep 3, 2011 3:43:30 PM)
Well, ya give good head anyway. *Shrugs* Bet ya got some other skills that could endear ya to me. *Drinks more of the lemonade*
Inez Archuleta (Sep 3, 2011 3:44:10 PM)
*She eyes him* I may even do so again one day, if you manage not to talk me out of it. But that I offer freely. I am not a whore.
Jack Schmidt (Sep 3, 2011 3:44:48 PM)
*Nods* What Lores ya got? Maybe you can teach me somethin' in exchange for what I'm making ya.
Inez Archuleta (Sep 3, 2011 3:45:51 PM)
Only longing. Which I use exceptionally well. But Sergei has your marker, and he has agreed to call it for me. I do not see why I need offer more than that.
Jack Schmidt (Sep 3, 2011 3:47:02 PM)
You didn't exactly clear that with me though. Besides he already had me make an item for him... I do not owe him another weapon.
Jack Schmidt (Sep 3, 2011 3:49:37 PM)
But... if you teach me the basics of your Lore and have Sergei give up the "other" item I owe him and you have a deal.
Inez Archuleta (Sep 3, 2011 3:51:08 PM)
*She shrugs* He says you does. I assume you two can work it out. As I recall, you had no interest in what I could offer beyond money.
Inez Archuleta (Sep 3, 2011 3:53:17 PM)
*Her eyes narrow* I am certain that would be an extraordinary deal for you. Lore, as you say, and getting out of a debt owed another who you do not like. But in any event, it is outside of my power to promise such a thing, even if I would.
Jack Schmidt (Sep 3, 2011 3:55:01 PM)
Why's that?
Inez Archuleta (Sep 3, 2011 3:59:01 PM)
Because it is not a fair price. Certainly not to me, not to my ally either.
Jack Schmidt (Sep 3, 2011 4:01:01 PM)
I'm not dealing with Sergei to make an item for you.
Jack Schmidt (Sep 3, 2011 4:01:13 PM)
I've already come to terms on my deal with him.
Inez Archuleta (Sep 3, 2011 4:04:42 PM)
You would not come to terms with me either, when I offered you whatever you wished. *She says sadly* Instead you made it clear you did not value what I can offer. Whatever is between you and Sergei over this mortal you value is your business. I do not deal in threats. If your displeasure with him is such that you will not accept making something for me, who presumably you do not dislike so much, and so avoid giving him another of your useful items for him to profit by, then you seem to be cutting your nose to spite yourself to me.
Jack Schmidt (Sep 3, 2011 4:05:59 PM)
I don't owe him a weapon.
Inez Archuleta (Sep 3, 2011 4:07:36 PM)
You seem awfully adamant on this, but it's all the same in then end. *She shrugs* Then you refuse, and he will offer me something else to cement our alliance.
Jack Schmidt (Sep 3, 2011 4:13:38 PM)
Yes, I suppose so. *Frowns* I don't owe him a weapon and that's what you want me to make for you.
Jack Schmidt (Sep 3, 2011 4:14:07 PM)
I don't want anything else from Sergei because he's an asshole I want little to do with anymore and keeps pulling shit like this.
Jack Schmidt (Sep 3, 2011 4:14:25 PM)
I'll make your fucking gun... but I'll make it for YOU not HIM.
Inez Archuleta (Sep 3, 2011 4:17:55 PM)
Then as I say, it is between you. And you are not welcome to swear at me, I have done nothing to merit it. Indeed I would have said I have been quite good to you. But if my alliance with him displeases you, it might have been better had you not turned down the same prospects with me. *She says coolly* I have no one else, I was dismissed as being unworthy of the court's respect, and now I am seemingly drawn into a squabble between two boys that I did not ask for. Whatever your grudge, leave it between the two of you, please. It does not please me to be lectured.
Jack Schmidt (Sep 3, 2011 4:19:42 PM)
Sergei was just trying to impress you with his false power over me.
Jack Schmidt (Sep 3, 2011 4:20:13 PM)
I'm not gonna let him do that... you are more than welcome to make a deal with me for your gun... but that deal is between you and me.
Jack Schmidt (Sep 3, 2011 4:20:40 PM)
What /can/ you give me for the gun?
Inez Archuleta (Sep 3, 2011 4:20:41 PM)
I made every offer I had.
Inez Archuleta (Sep 3, 2011 4:21:11 PM)
You found them not to your taste. I have nothing new. And I grow tired of feeling that I am without value.
Jack Schmidt (Sep 3, 2011 4:21:12 PM)
((I don't remember her offers, I would appreciate if she made them again IC. Sorry for the bad memory.))
Inez Archuleta (Sep 3, 2011 4:21:33 PM)
(Say so IC then. Because this is a really, really sore spot.)
Jack Schmidt (Sep 3, 2011 4:21:49 PM)
Tell me again, I don't remember what all you offered.
Inez Archuleta (Sep 3, 2011 4:22:14 PM)
*Her eyes flash at that* Then clearly it was of as little value as you told m then.
Jack Schmidt (Sep 3, 2011 4:22:56 PM)
You gotta admit you distracted me partway through our talks.
Inez Archuleta (Sep 3, 2011 4:23:32 PM)
Only after you refused me, and would not even answer my last request, which was to simply name a price.
Jack Schmidt (Sep 3, 2011 4:24:26 PM)
You wouldn't accept any price I named. Only thing I remember you offering was some favors from random mortals I don't even know.
Inez Archuleta (Sep 3, 2011 4:25:05 PM)
I have nothing more. Not the kind of money you seem to command, no power over other Elohim, you saw no value in lliance with me, what influence I do possess did not intrigue you, and I will not be a pawn between you two.
Inez Archuleta (Sep 3, 2011 4:25:28 PM)
You mean service from ANY mortal you cared to name! *She shoots back*
Jack Schmidt (Sep 3, 2011 4:26:01 PM)
You never really offered an alliance.
Inez Archuleta (Sep 3, 2011 4:26:48 PM)
Only in exactly those words. *She says, setting down her glass* Your memory is very selective. You simply saw nothing of value in it, clearly.
Jack Schmidt (Sep 3, 2011 4:28:00 PM)
What would an alliance include?
Inez Archuleta (Sep 3, 2011 4:29:05 PM)
What does it ever include? Looking out for one another's interests? I am not aware of any subtler expectations among our kind in this city.
Jack Schmidt (Sep 3, 2011 4:32:04 PM)
I'd be interested in that... but it seems like something I shouldn't hafta buy with an item.
Inez Archuleta (Sep 3, 2011 4:34:08 PM)
And it seems to me that what is such a simple thing for one with the power is not something I should have to buy with my dignity. I don't enjoy having to beg, just to have an ugly little item that might save me from the threats I receive from almost every Elohim I have encountered -- direct, or just observing how helpless I am, and how easily they could overcome me. I don't enjoy feeling threatened. I don't like being afraid.
Jack Schmidt (Sep 3, 2011 4:37:50 PM)
I've offered you the same sorts of terms as I have others... *Shrugs* I dunno what other terms to make.
Inez Archuleta (Sep 3, 2011 4:39:17 PM)
You have not, actually. I asked you what your terms would be. you never once answered, until this afternoon, when your terms were that I screw over the one member of my people who has offered me his support.
Jack Schmidt (Sep 3, 2011 4:40:04 PM)
I never asked you to make any move against Sergei.
Inez Archuleta (Sep 3, 2011 4:41:08 PM)
Denying him whatever debt you legitimately owe him would be as hostile an act as putting a bullet in this mortal you have between you. Not that you need fear that, I have no gun.
Jack Schmidt (Sep 3, 2011 4:42:58 PM)
I Don't owe him a gun.
Jack Schmidt (Sep 3, 2011 4:43:10 PM)
I'm not going to make you a gun for him, when I don't owe him a gun.
Inez Archuleta (Sep 3, 2011 4:43:14 PM)
And I don't care what you do or don't owe him.
Jack Schmidt (Sep 3, 2011 4:43:36 PM)
Then why do you want me to make a gun for you and say he owes me for it?
Inez Archuleta (Sep 3, 2011 4:45:03 PM)
I dropped that long ago, when you "explained" that those were not the terms between you. You are the one who keeps bringing it up. You have a problem with him, stop lecturing ME. You're not going to make one for me either, which I care slightly more about, but I'll just have to find someone else, or accept my fate when the one going about killing Elohim picks me.
Jack Schmidt (Sep 3, 2011 4:46:34 PM)
*Sets the glass down* I told you I'd make it for you if we can come to an agreement on the cost. Dunno why yer gettin' so pissy with me over it. And YER the one that brought it back up by saying that I made ya stab Sergei in the back.
Inez Archuleta (Sep 3, 2011 4:47:28 PM)
No, I brought up that your alternate "terms," the only ones you have mentioned in all the tiems I have asked, was that I fuck Sergei out of something that is none of my business.
Jack Schmidt (Sep 3, 2011 4:49:48 PM)
I offered to do it for money but you don't have enough. I offered to do it for a Lore and Sergei's other item, but that's too much.
Inez Archuleta (Sep 3, 2011 4:50:20 PM)
I will not bargain Sergei's item.
Inez Archuleta (Sep 3, 2011 4:50:44 PM)
And the last time I offered you my Lore, you could not have been less interested.
Inez Archuleta (Sep 3, 2011 4:51:04 PM)
So once again, I am confronted by the realization that I am of no value to you.
Inez Archuleta (Sep 3, 2011 4:51:57 PM)
I think I have had to face this enough. I will struggle to find people not so wealthy and sought after as yourself, to whom I am valueless.
Jack Schmidt (Sep 3, 2011 4:54:00 PM)
Teach me your Lore and help me out with little things from time to time and I'll make it for ya. That sound good?
Inez Archuleta (Sep 3, 2011 4:57:13 PM)
So long as these favors do not involve crossing my allies, such as they may be. *She shrugs, all the joy gone from her expression* Fine, I will teach you what I know, even if it means nothing to you and everything to me.
Jack Schmidt (Sep 3, 2011 4:58:08 PM)
Yer very dramatic... but fine... we got a deal. Offers his hand.
Inez Archuleta (Sep 3, 2011 4:58:43 PM)
*She takes it*
Jack Schmidt (Sep 3, 2011 4:59:41 PM)
*Shakes it*
Jack Schmidt (Sep 3, 2011 4:59:52 PM)
Alright... well... guess I'll see ya around then.
Inez Archuleta (Sep 3, 2011 5:00:09 PM)
When you wish. *She says quietly*
Jack Schmidt (Sep 3, 2011 5:07:53 PM)
*Looks at her a minute then steps over and hugs her close* Stop bein' so down on yerself. Wouldn't be here if I didn't think you were worth it.
Inez Archuleta (Sep 3, 2011 5:08:25 PM)
You have a funny way of showing it. *She says, stiffening before she relents and allows the hug*
Jack Schmidt (Sep 3, 2011 5:10:01 PM)
Well... I'm an asshole.
Jack Schmidt (Sep 3, 2011 5:10:09 PM)
*Shrugs and lets her go.
Jack Schmidt (Sep 3, 2011 5:10:12 PM)
*
Inez Archuleta (Sep 3, 2011 5:10:27 PM)
*She doesn't argue. Perhaps exhausted with arguments*
Jack Schmidt (Sep 3, 2011 5:13:44 PM)
*Gives her a kiss on the cheek* Lemme know when ya want me ta come fer another visit.
Jack Schmidt (Sep 3, 2011 5:13:49 PM)
*Turns to head out*
Inez Archuleta (Sep 3, 2011 5:18:36 PM)
(Lag)
Inez Archuleta (Sep 3, 2011 5:19:28 PM)
(*Points to PMs*)
Jack Schmidt (Sep 3, 2011 5:22:59 PM)
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