Matriarch Kiri Kiri listened attentively to Irma before speaking.
"The Gen'an Sisterhood's main focus is the cardamine trade, but we also have an expanding share in the black market weapons trade. We can also offer combat support when needed. I appreciate the offer of the Lane Hackers and I will certainly remember your services should we need them. We will do what is in our abilities to support our allies.
Ryu received the sake, offering the server a smile and first ensured that the guests around him received their cups first before finally collecting his and thanking Saitou for ordering the beverage. "Are you siblings or close friends?" Ryu asked Hachiro and Chika.
"Oh little lady, for a tough bird you can't surely be that naive?" Moka jested. He then tells her to follow the Rogue he just dispatched to collect her drinks.
Meanwhile, Hank is busy getting getting himself acquainted with the ladies - entirely distracted from Moka's order to find the Hackers.
Hank makes his way around the gathering and spies a Kusarian looking lady standing next to
Kiri, they appeared to be in quite the discussion. He over heard the name Irma and assumed this was the woman's name. He waited on
baited breathe that she may pass a glance over him.
Saitō shook the Outcast's hand and smiled, the gesture an attempt to make him feel less out of place in his foreign surroundings. She pushed one of the Sake cups towards him.
"I am Saitō, of the Blood Dragons." as she spoke she pushed the remaining cups to the others at the table, took her own and turned to Yume. "I'm not familiar. Mr Torres seemed quite interested in what was going on, perhaps he knows something?" she suggested, reading his reaction intently.
Rina
Rina didn't seemed to concerned with trying to remember if they had formally met before. She didn't have the best memory, but she spent so much time away from home it would be a miracle if anybody remembered her. "I'll make sure to get you in contact with him before the festival is over then." She seemed unprepared for the following questions. Benito Contari? With the Council? Too much to keep up with. "No, signora, I-" she stopped suddenly. Merda, I never introduced myself.
She started to panic, trying to figure out how to save the situation without making the faux pas too obvious. She gave a small sigh, feigning that she was dropping a formal facade. "Eh, please, I only use my Contari affiliation for official business. I haven't been involved with the Council for years, and haven't been a spokesperson for the Contari family since the conflict. It's just Como these days, but Rina is fine since it is a festival." She paused for a moment. Did she just pull that off? It sounded awkward but Rina was never the one in charge of diplomacy. She was so caught up in antagonizing the former Ghost that she forgot her manners.
"I'm here because a Chrysanthemum that I worked with until recently invited me, but she seems a little occupied at the moment." She motions to Chika, currently involved with a group of Dragons. "I'm mostly here for enjoyment, but I wouldn't mind reaffirming my good relationship with our sisters in Kusari."
Chika/Hachiro"It is nice to meet you both, Okamura-san, Saito-san." Chika sat down after the introductions. At the arrival of the sake, Hachiro signaled that he still had his cup from earlier, diverting the cup meant for him to Yume. Chika, still under the influence of her earlier binge drinking, didn't recoil at the question that would normally wound her. "No, he is just my cousin. Although my father often treats him like he is my brother, ne, Yattsu?" Hachiro retorted. "I am related to Chika through my mother. Though I usually associate more with her side of the family than my father's. But I will not judge you for your opinions on any shogunate. We all have our drama, I'm sure you have your reasons." Chika downed her cup, setting it on the table for Hachiro to refill.
Hemlocke had been in the hanger awhile, a few rogues had picked a fight with him leaving several corpses stuffed in the back of a Bactrian, he decided to take some bourbon from the cargo hold that had been missed, bringing it down through the main hall, glancing around at everyone before walking back into the bar, eyes set on Moka and Dixon as he came over, placing both bottles down, leaning on the counter with a neutral look. "I fear my earlier transgressions may have been in bad taste, hope this lightens the mood a bit, Dixon, Moka." He gave Moka a smirk. "By the way i'm pretty sure Hank is checking out women instead of doing what you told him, that's the only time I see him separated from you is when you tell him to do something. Sound about right?" Hemlocke cracked one of the bottles and poured two mugs for Moka and Dixon, instead of shots before walking out to go find Hank again, walking up behind him, looking over his shoulder directly at Irma and grinned before smacking him really hard in the back of the head to the point he almost fell forward off his balance then stared down at the man with a murderous look in his eyes. "Careful, that woman will gouge your eyes out if she catches you staring. Go do what Moka told you to do, Hank."
Irma is visibly pleased when the talk of Cardamine is brought up. She is starting to really like the Matriarch and proceeds to speak very happily, though not to much to break her composure.
"Its amazing you brought up Cardamine and your abmition to start trading it. The Lane Hackers are always in need of it and should you bring Transports to Leiden Base in Galileo with it, you will find good pay for your efforts and the forging of a closer bond with us. Deliveries of one transport a month (or more at your own discretion) would show your dedication to freeing the minds of people here in Liberty. If you accept this please report all deliveries to Leiden Base in a transmission directed to me. Is there something we can offer you in return aside from the payments you will already receive for your shipments and the forging a closer bond? I feel we are off to a great start."
Irma is very optimistic in her tone as she hopes the Gen'an Matriarch accepts this offer.
His grimaced face turned from the bar toward Yoko, his ears pricked at the comment, his head slightly tilted.
“And I had expected you to be more at ease". He looked down at the table and exhaled. Relaxing, he brought his elbows to the table, resting his chin on an upturned fist. He looked calmly at Yoko, his jaw pressed shut by the weight of his head. The position and its effect on his expression were none too professional. “But, hopefully, there'll be cause for visits without the remainder of the carrion, right?”, his head bobbing up and down as he spoke.
“Anyway”, he said, crossing his arms on the shabby table and looking aside to take in the bar once more - “I don't know if there's much I'd get out of this lot. Wolfgang has his tasking under control, presumably". One of his cheeks pulls tight. “And I don't quite have the intel for any plays, as yet”. His eyes widen and briefly dart toward Yoko. “Nothing I'm telling you about right now, that is”. He looks back towards the bar and relaxes again. “There are some interesting enough people, mind. I'll talk with any of them who aren't so repulsive as to outweigh their worth". He smiles wryly. “So, a handful perhaps.”
The smile softens, and he turns to look at Yoko once more. “Can I get you anything to drink, Kayabuki-san?”
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