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Post by Shehrazad on Sept 28, 2009 22:50:34 GMT 1
(The image is on my other PC so I'll edit it in tomorrow morning.)
After a fifteen minute walk, Simeon and Zachary, led by Klara, found the warehouse. It was quite an ordinary-looking affair. It looked rather modern, and a couple of trucks were parked outside. The only thing that might be construed as strange was the general lack of activity around the warehouse. A couple of security guards were on duty, but they didn't seem to be very concerned about random people staking out the place. They were playing chess.
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Post by Zachary on Sept 29, 2009 5:27:42 GMT 1
Zachary felt almost shame towards the guards. How could they slack so much when on the job. Then he turned to look at Simeon. "Sir? What is the plan?" he asked the Strider.
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Post by Simeon on Sept 29, 2009 13:46:30 GMT 1
Simeon gave the building a once over, then looked back at Klara. “Not a very busy place. What hours did he work?” As he waited for her reply he looked back at the building looking for any other security that might be about, cameras, dogs….maybe the place was a front for some other sort of shady business.
“We do nothing at the moment Zach. This merely a scouting thing at the moment.” He was still watching the building looking for signs that may indicate what the place contained or if it was affiliated with another business, or even merely a leased building.
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Post by Shehrazad on Oct 2, 2009 10:22:35 GMT 1
"He worked all the time," Klara said. "I hardly ever saw him anymore, he was never home."
Despite being a foreigner, Simeon had spent enough time in Berlin to notice Kniesel warehouses across the country. Kniesel leased warehouses for several purposes, to different clients. Zachary was unaware of this, and the word Kniesel meant nothing to him, except that it was probably a surname. There didn't seem to be any tight security besides the two rather incompetent guards, but Simeon and Zachary weren't close enough to make out cameras from this distance.
(Sorry had to edit that, mixed up your streetwise scores )
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Post by Simeon on Oct 2, 2009 15:05:10 GMT 1
Nodding to Klara as she spoke Simeon noted what he could. Then glancing over at Klara. "Hand me your cigarettes....I have an idea." It was a simple one, and he was sure she'd figure it out, after all it was how she walked up to Zachary.
Once he has the pack, he tucks it into his pocket, taking one out in his fingers. "Be right back you two. Sit tight." Stepping away from the spot they were he crossed the street and as he got closer to the chess playing guards he took out his lighter and fiddled with it, 'attempting' to light his cigarette. Finally in feigned exasperation he tosses it aside and walks towards the guards with a purpose. "Excuse me...but do either of you have a light? Mine seems to have quite." As he smiled congenially as he showed the unlit cigarette in his hand. while he waits for a reply, he will make note of any security they might have missed from across the way.
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Post by Zachary on Oct 2, 2009 15:31:13 GMT 1
Zachary watches Simeon leave and groans. But it is not his place to complain. A white he simply stands there watching what Simeon is doing, but then he starts to feel he should atleast try to figure out the girl. "How do you know him?" Zachary says to Clara and looks at Simeon.
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Post by Shehrazad on Oct 2, 2009 19:42:14 GMT 1
"We were in the same Kumpania," Klara said. "That's... family. How do you know him?"
The guards only seemed to notice Simeon after he'd walked right up to them. One of them looked through his pockets for a lighter and lit Simeon's cigarette. "Sure," he said. Simeon could see no other guards from here. He can't see any workers either. The warehouse did have security camera near each of the two entrances though.
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Post by Zachary on Oct 2, 2009 20:39:53 GMT 1
" Kumpania? What is that?" Zachary asked and looked confused. At Klara's question he shrugged. " Throught our mutual job" he said, he was not sure how much the girl knew what he and Simeon were, but carefulness was always good.
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Post by Shehrazad on Oct 3, 2009 11:52:13 GMT 1
(We'll get another post in while Simeon walks all the way to the building's entrance.)
Klara looked up at Zachary, a little puzzled wondering if he was dim or just not paying attention. "We are kin," she repeated. She had to laugh at the thought of Simeon having a job. Of course, since Zachary was a terrible liar, she didn't believe it anyway. |"I remember Simeon as a troubadour, a talesinger," she laughed. "Jobs are not his thing... not our thing."
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Post by Zachary on Oct 3, 2009 12:16:04 GMT 1
Zachary's eyes widened and then he seemed calmer. " Aren't those jobs too? It is not like he sits on his butt all day. I and Simeon work together now, because that building needed to be checked" Zachary said, still vary of outsiders hearing them speak. " I'm a.. killer, assasin if you want to soften it, people order me and I kill" he said calmly, but in a quiet voice.
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Post by Simeon on Oct 3, 2009 12:47:19 GMT 1
“Thanks mate.” Taking a deep drag he sighed in contentment. “That hits the spot. Damn things will kill me someday.’ It was an old joke, so common to cigarette smokers, but one that always seem to get people to laugh anyway. He hoped this was one of those time. “Not a busy place.” He said as he gestured towards the warehouse. Pity. Was lookin’ for some work.”
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Post by Shehrazad on Oct 3, 2009 13:12:09 GMT 1
Klara almost laughed, but then looked at Zachary and realised he was actually serious. "You're not joking..." she said slowly. Zachary couldn't even have guessed whether it was fear or just disbelief, or she just thought the strange young man was a little off his head.
The man who had given Simeon the lighter laughed at the joke. "You got any experience?" he asked. "It's not a great job, but it pays and you get to carry a gun sometimes. You could check at the agency, they must have some job openings." He looked at his friend, who seemed less friendly and chatty. "Do you have the agency's card on you?" he asked. "Here you go," the other man handed Simeon a card that said Securitas with a local number and address.
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Post by Zachary on Oct 3, 2009 13:17:26 GMT 1
Zachary shook his head. " What I am can be called warrior, but that changes little what I do" he said, then appeared confused. "You didn't know? I.. I am sorry for scaring you" Zachary said, little worried.
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Post by Simeon on Oct 3, 2009 13:36:50 GMT 1
Taking the card, Simeon looked at it and nodded. “An what about this place?” And he nodded towards the warehouse. “ Don’t want to limit my options and a bit of honest hard work never hurt any one.” Knowing that jobs were scarce, he knew it was a very believable comment. He tucked the card into a pocket, it would more than likely come in handy at some point. Though not for a job, at least not this one. There was still a bit too much Rom in him and the idea of petty theft was not immoral to them, it was at times a way of life. Simeon had another idea for a potential job.
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Post by Shehrazad on Oct 3, 2009 20:53:03 GMT 1
Klara didn't look frightened. She continued to watch Zachary however. "So... who tells you to kill people?" she asked. "Aren't you a little young for such a job. Are you even eighteen yet?"
The guard gave a shrug. "You'd have to talk to the guy who hired us from the agency," he said. "But if you ask me, hauling stuff around it a backbreaking job. I used to work at the post office myself when I was younger. Wouldn't do it again though. Security pays more too."
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