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Ryusui|GM: The scene is a little cafe a short distance from Melissa's apartment - which I'm going to presume for the time being continues to be the gang's base of operations 😉
Casper: (Well first, we gotta establish what the actual Crew dynamic is.)
Ryusui|GM: <@!Casper>, Eli ( <@Reality Glitch> ), the two of you and anyone else who wants to get involved in this scene are sitting across from a rather worn-out looking skunk in thick glasses, a faded jacket, and a "Star Wars" shirt that has to be actual 1977-vintage.
Ryusui|GM: <@!Casper>, you've never heard of him before, but Eli, you know this man to be Jason Spiegel, an obscure but impactful comic author and artist.
Ryusui|GM: He doesn't meet either of your gazes. Truth be told, he seems a little intimidated by you, Casper.
Ryusui|GM: (for now, Casper, I'm thinking the five of you aren't so much a proper Leverage crew as you keep in touch and sometimes some member of the group comes across a potential case, at which point the gang comes together. But you're free to play it however you see fit 😉 )
Casper: I lean over to Eli and whisper; “Why am I here? I agreed to be the ‘brain’ for your operations, not to interact with... questionable persons.”
Ryusui|GM: ( <@Reality Glitch>, this is your chance to inform <@!Casper> he's in the presence of a god XD)
Casper: (Yeah, I’m the Mastermind, but a Face, I am not. XD)
Casper: (At least, not at the start.)
Reality Glitch: My brow furrows at Casper's insult to to Spiegel's prestige. I pop back into an enthusiastic demeanor as I explain, "This is Jason Spiegel. They made W-Mutant." while gesturing towards them.
Casper: “Is that a weapon.”
Ryusui|GM: Jason's eyes light up the moment you say that. "Finally, someone else who believes me. After the court case I...oh god." He looks at you like he's been adrift at sea for the longest and you're the first bit of land he's spotted, Eli.
Reality Glitch: ((Oops! I thought that was one of the ones they already made.))
Ryusui|GM: He turns his attention to you, Casper, and stammers, "I-it's a comic. A popular one." He's not sure how much of the explanation you're willing to suffer through.
Ryusui|GM: (no, you got the right idea! XD)
Casper: “Ah.”
Reality Glitch: I turn back to Spiegel, "You said 'theft'?"
Ryusui|GM: "S-s-so." He clears his throat. "I wrote the first issue about 10 years ago. It was gonna be an indie thing, no real mainstream exposure. Then a friend of mine, Alan Stevenson, he sees my work, tells me he can help me get into the big leagues, 'kay? So I end up writing a few issues, he takes it to WC Comics, and next thing I know it takes off. And things are good at first, y'know? He keeps writing me checks for my work, I think my moment in the sun's finally come." He rubs his brow. "I should've checked the credits."
Reality Glitch: My ears are drooping as they continue.
Ryusui|GM: He pauses and continues: "Every last issue I wrote - every single one - got credited to him. People were calling him the virtuoso comic artist. And...that wasn't so bad, I guess? I mean, look at me; you think I can handle being in the limelight?" He gives a nervous chuckle. "But then he stops coming by. Stops checking in on new issues, stops...writing checks. I can't get in touch with him. And it turns out...W-Mutants is still going, still under his name, but he's got someone else writing and drawing it. You know what he did to my characters?" He looks on the verge of tears, and you totally know where he's coming from, Eli; Quantum's brutal death at the hands of Coldsnap in Issue #55 definitely didn't sit well with a lot of fans.
Reality Glitch: My brow is furrowed again as I simply nod.
Ryusui|GM: "I tried to take him to court, but his lawyers...they're savages. They took apart all my claims. Said I didn't have any proof W-Mutants was ever my work. And now..." He passes a flyer across the table: Santa Francisca Comic-Con is starting in a few days, as you well know, Eli. "...now he's talking about making a big announcement at SFCC. I know what he's doing. He's trying to sell the film rights. The film rights to my work. My characters."
Ryusui|GM: He puts his face in his hands.
Casper: “I’ll be honest; I won’t pretend to be passionate about comics. I do know what it’s like to lose your life’s work to someone who doesn’t deserve it.”
Reality Glitch: I'm beginning to growl at this point; barely keeping myself to a low volume.
Ryusui|GM: "So you'll help me, then? Your friend here said you could."
Casper: “... Affirmative. This does seem to fall under the guidelines the others set for me. What is the objective, precisely?”
Ryusui|GM: He takes a sip of some heavily creamed-and-sugared coffee; the way his hands are shaking, he nearly dumps his cup all over his shirt. "All I want here is a little vindication. For Alan to own up that it's me who made W-Mutants, and not him. Failing that...I want you to torpedo whatever deal he's got. Even if I can't get my characters back, I do not want Stevenson taking them any further away. Do you know what Hollywood does to comic books?" He returns to open weeping.
Reality Glitch: "Revengers XVII was terrible."
Casper: “Orders confirmed. Expect a bill, assuming we do not succeed in taking your payment from the target on top of our primary objective.” I get up and salute. “I assume Eli will keep in contact.”
Reality Glitch: I look at the scary bird half-confused; though, that's more due to not being a aware of my facial expression than the conversation. I give a small nod in understanding.
Ryusui|GM: ( so, <@&466676711379959808>, shall we skip back to the apartment and get into the nitty-gritty of how you're going to take this jerk Stevenson down? :3 )
Casper: (Yeah.)
Ryusui|GM: Okay, <@!Casper>, <@!Susan>, <@!Michael>, <@!Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla>, Eli (<@Reality Glitch>)! You're back at the apartment; Eli's got the projector up and running.
Ryusui|GM: The world knows Alan Stevenson as a famous comic book author. Rumor has it, though, that he's a serial plagiarist - though his lawyers are good enough to keep the frequent accusations at bay. Spiegel isn't the only person with a grievance against this guy.
Ryusui|GM: Like Spiegel said, he brought in another artist when the publisher decided they wanted to take W-Mutants in a different, darker and edgier directive rather than try to convince Spiegel to change his story (because he knew he'd never budge). This has been his MO for the entire run of W-Mutants and numerous spinoffs. It all traces back to Spiegel's cast of characters but Stevenson has brought in various artists and authors and claimed the credit in each and every case.
Casper: (Ah, there goes that angle.)
Ryusui|GM: (what angle?)
Casper: (I was thinking that cutting ties with Spiegel was a strange move.)
Reality Glitch: I try to walk the others through the slide show, but I keep getting so upset, that I eventually just let the others poke through it on their own.
Casper: (Figured that there was an interesting story behind the new artist, but never mind, I guess.)
Ryusui|GM: If he has an obvious weakness, it's that he buys into his own hype. He legit thinks he's a master of the art of comic books. He also owns a gallery of art by "other" famous comic artists.
Susan: "W-Mutants, huh? Gotta admit, I was always more of a BN comics fan," Susan said. She has a sketchpad, with a half-finished sketch of the owl statue. Half a dozen failed sketches are scattered around the wastebasket.
Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla: "Huh, this one seems to be heavy on our boy." Brambille notes. "Alright, let see what else is there on this one, seems like a cheese mine."
Casper: “Eli, if you can pull yourself together, I want you looking into Spiegel’s claims of Stevenson looking to sell film rights. That could be an angle we could exploit.”
Reality Glitch: "Already did. That's how I found out."
Reality Glitch: I'm too angry to even look in their general direction at this point.
Casper: “Do you already have a list of prospects? I’ve been reading up on more traditional cons, and the Origami Patron seems like a promising angle.”
Reality Glitch: ((Don't know what that is.))
Casper: (Can I describe it, assuming the characters are familiar with any BS fictional con name I come up with?)
Ryusui|GM: (he's just making up a name for the potential con the gang is running)
Reality Glitch: "Wuh....?"
Ryusui|GM: <@Reality Glitch>: What you found out, specifically, is that there's nothing in stone yet even though Stevenson is making a big deal of his impending announcement. It looks like three studios - Milestone Productions, Artisan Films, and Cosmic Entertainment are all ready to offer bids, however.
Michael: Eatting popcorn all the while "Reclaiming any sort of IP, I'd like to point out that people in this kind of work or nortoriously vicious about holding about holding on to stuff like this."
Michael: "Like, they would copyright a birthday song because they can. If they haven't even done negotiations, well, sounds like something we might try and get a hand in."
Susan: "I'm thinking we might need to try and turn the public on Stevenson. If we can generate enough outrage, we might be able to kill the deal," Susan says.
Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla: "Then we will need some leaked emails or making some mess in his name!"
Ryusui|GM: Oughtta point out that if you can get the truth out about Stevenson's plagiarism that'll probably do it XD
Michael: "I guess that could work, but if getting dirt on him was easy, we wouldn't be here. Then again, those other people aren't exactly us."
Susan: "Failing that, we can try to convince the studios that there is outrage, trick them into issuing an apology that names Spiegel as the originator of the works," Susan says.
Casper: “Essentially, I was thinking we would throw our hat into the ring as a fictional competitor, make him sell the rights to this fictional competitor, ask for “expensive materials,” in this case the material in his private gallery for “reference,” maybe even produce something that looks vaguely like a teaser to seal the deal. Then, just like the paper castle that was built to fool the patron in the story this con is based off of, it’ll all disappear.”
Ryusui|GM: (so in other words, convince him you're a legit player in all this, and in the process of "sealing the deal," make him turn over the proof that he's not the real creator of the W-Mutants?)
Reality Glitch: I blink at the scary bird a couple time, then turn away again. "Need to start watching anime again."
Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla: Melissa takes a moment to process that plan "...Damn, that's delightfully scary, I may love that but how do you think we can prove we are worth it?"
Casper: “We don’t have to, if we’re the only option left.”
Reality Glitch: I crack into a predatory grin at the nice mouse's inquiry. "I can do that."
Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla: "....Correct me, that's Devilish, Delightfully Devilish, Casper." Melissa gives a thumbs up "I vouch for that."
Reality Glitch: I turn away again with a scowl at my poor timing leading me to be ignored.
Michael: "I'd like to point out, these people are like sharks. Hey Eli, you're the expert, on a scale of no to yes, how much would you kill for W-Mutants if you could, if you were a publisher?"
Ryusui|GM: (XD)
Ryusui|GM: ("on a scale from no to yes..." XD)
Reality Glitch: "Mmmm.... IT'S A TRAP!"
Reality Glitch: "Question is trap!"
Ryusui|GM: (XD XD XD)
Ryusui|GM: (of course i cannot help but imagine Eli spinning around in whatever chair he's sitting in as he says that)
Reality Glitch: ((I'm standing, but yes.))
Ryusui|GM: So <@!Casper>, you sound like you have a specific plan in mind for eliminating the competition. How do you wanna play this?
Michael: "Just give a damn answer. I mean, if they though the deal was bad then we could chase them off... but this comic sounds like hot stuff."
Michael: "And I don't think we want to trash it, any more then it is at least. I f we are trying to get it back."
Reality Glitch: I close my eyes tight as I try to think of something, "Mmmm.... Figuratively kill, yes."
Michael: "So... odds are there will be atleast someone willing to risk it, we just need to look like the best option to this guy, like we can rake it in like nothing else."
Casper: “We use part of Susan’s idea, and simply convince the other buyers it’s not in their best interest. Maybe imply that at least part of it is something that isn’t Stevenson’s to sell, even if it’s not Spielberg we’re using for this.”
Reality Glitch: "Spiegel."
Michael: "And Or, convice them we can do Stevenson's "own works" justice that no one else can."
Casper: “Which of you is good at starting rumors? If we can convince people that Stevenson is working behind his company’s back...”
Reality Glitch: "Spielberg made Extra Stellar."
Ryusui|GM: (i love this whole thing where Eli is like "oh yes i personally would literally kill to own the franchise but i don't think that answer would fly in this company")
Casper: “Wait, no, a rumor will reach back to Stevenson and the company he works for. Either way, we need to convince them that going along with him will legally blow up in their faces.”
Michael: (To be fair, Michael probably wouldn't care.)
Reality Glitch: ((No; the answer was: "I'd never literally kill, but otherwise, yes."))
Ryusui|GM: (XD)
Susan: "I can help with wording a warning," Susan says, "I might need Eli's help getting it in front of upper management."
Reality Glitch: "Yes."
Ryusui|GM: Bear in mind, Casper, you already have an angle you can play. The very one which started all this.
Michael: "I'm still of the mind that, if we can convince them we have the Best Lead Animator, or whatever you think would be best, we could try and lock down a deal. This guy, again seems real excited to sell."
Ryusui|GM: You could totally play both angles. Play up your scam company as the best thing since sliced bread, whilst muddying the waters with allegations that make the legit competition reluctant to place their bids.
Reality Glitch: My hand shoots straight up like a kindergartener's; "I have one already!"
Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla: "Oh my, I could help with spreading rumors If Eli breifes me on stores! maybe I even get to read one of this comics as a bonus!"
Reality Glitch: I rush over to grab my laptop back and dig through some of the oldest files still on the harddrive. I eventually pull up a 60-second clip of full animation made solely from the art from the comics; like the one's Mages of the Seaboard uses for their Space: the Convergence card game.
Ryusui|GM: It's some good stuff, <@&466676711379959808>. Really professional-looking. If Eli hadn't basically just told you he made it himself you'd all think it was an official promotional clip.
Michael: "Huh.... I was thinking more Studio Gabliy, or what ever their called, but that will do it."
Ryusui|GM: (all right, if you spend a Plot Point right now everyone gets that as a W-Mutants Promo Clip D8 asset)
Reality Glitch: ((I want to say this world's Gibly is called Studio Gibraltar.))
Ryusui|GM: (XD)
Susan: Susan looks up from her sketchpad over at Eli's work. "Wow. Nice animation," She says.
Casper: “So, are all operants ready to introduce Nemo Animations to the world?”
Ryusui|GM: (yesssss)
Reality Glitch: ((Nemo?))
Melissa "Baillie" Brambilla: "Damn. Hell yeah, Count me in this venture, Capt'n!"
Reality Glitch: ((I don't get it.))
Casper: (Animated fish reference. Also the Greek word for “Nobody” that Odysseus used to make the Cyclops look like an idiot.)
Ryusui|GM: (and Little Nemo, an obscure but awesome animated film from the late '80s-early '90s)
Ryusui|GM: (which was based off a comic strip from the early 20th century)
Michael: "As long as it doesn't involve getting stuffed in to a submarine like a fish in a tin."
Ryusui|GM: (And the con is on! What are you folks doing first? :3)
Ryusui|GM: (is the plan still both to make a whammy bid and dissuade the other bidders?)
Casper: (I think we need to introduce Studio Nemo first, before we start making the offers evaporate.)
Ryusui|GM: (sounds good to me. How do you folks want this to go down? :3)
Casper: “We need to introduce ourselves first either way. Susan, can you be the face to Eli’s talent?”
Casper: “Although, Eli will also likely need to be present.”
Reality Glitch: I become very visibly uncomfortable at that request.
Casper: (Corporate face, he meant.)
Susan: "Can do!" Susan says, "I think I can handle most of the talking. I'm just going to need you to say a bunch of big words when I ask you to."
Reality Glitch: ((I don't know that, yet.))
Ryusui|GM: (so shall we move on to Phase 1 of the con proper? :3)
Casper: “It’s settled then. Eli goes to Stevenson under an assumed identity, and Susan will be doing the same, acting as his corporate representative or assistant. Whichever you think is more convincing.”
(Yeah.)
Reality Glitch: "Do I need a better disguise?" I pull up on the collar of my seamless trench coat in embarrassment. It's the one I always where out in public so as to remain anonymous and unidentifiable.
Reality Glitch: This isn't to mention my very unique body type.
Susan: "I definitely want to go in as sales. And do you have a striped button-down shirt? We want to sell you as a developer, not a hacker," Susan says.
Ryusui|GM: Comic-Con's not for a few more days but Stevenson can be found on the convention site, supervising the construction of WC's massive theater booth. It shouldn't be difficult to find him and present him your offer 😉
Reality Glitch: "Those always make me itchy."
Ryusui|GM: Okay, so the two of you are on site now. ( I'll let you both come up with whatever pseudonyms you like, but <@Reality Glitch>, if you're coming up blank, I had the idea of "Chuck Avery" 😉 )
Reality Glitch: ((Why that?))
Ryusui|GM: (you're an animator, right? Chuck Jones and Tex Avery XD)
Reality Glitch: ((Looney Toons, right?))
Ryusui|GM: (more than that, but yeah, famous animators XD)
Reality Glitch: ((I (the player) am not an animator, though.))
Ryusui|GM: (i know, the point is you need a pseudonym for this; i was suggesting one)
Ryusui|GM: (Eli's not a fulltime animator obvs but he needs to pretend to be one for this con XD)
Reality Glitch: ((Yup.))
Reality Glitch: ((I'll let you know what I have when I need it.))
Ryusui|GM: Stevenson is yelling at a worker who's raising a heavy piece of lighting equipment. "And don't screw it up like the last guy! The spotlight was six feet behind cue!" He takes a sip from a cup in his hand and sputters. "What the...this isn't organic chai!" He raises the cup angrily as if he's about to throw it at the hapless gofer who brought it. "I can taste the difference, you know! Go back and get me another! Get two!"
Ryusui|GM: Other than the tantrum, he looks less like he works in comic books and more like a Silicon Valley venture capitalist: well dressed from top to bottom; small, fashionable glasses. The only hint of who he claims to be is that he's wearing a tiny little pin of Mighty Chop on his lapel.
Reality Glitch: Just the noise level alone is enough to get me sweating bullets.
Reality Glitch: ((What species is Alan?))
Ryusui|GM: (He's a greyhound. The gofer, incidentally, is a gopher. XD)
Reality Glitch: ((I got that last part.))
Ryusui|GM: (XD)
Ryusui|GM: (i mean, a "gofer" is basically a guy whose job is to "go for" coffee and whatever else the guy he's assigned to asks; he just happens to also literally be a gopher XD)
Reality Glitch: ((Oh.))
Reality Glitch: ((Nice pun.))
Reality Glitch: ((Aggresko levels of word-play there.))
Susan: Susan steps up to the booth, shaking her head disapprovingly at the poor assistant. "Ugh, cheap tea. If you don't go all out, why bother, right?" Susan says. She holds out a hand to Stevenson, "Hi, I'm Emilia Scale. I'm from Nemo Animations, and I have a big wad of venture capital cash to spend."
Ryusui|GM: "Oh, right! Nemo Animations! You know, I'm a big fan of that thing you did with the...with the, uh...well, you know!" He's in full schmooze mode. He's certain if you're right here in front of him then he must have heard of you somewhere. "You gonna have a booth here at Comic-Con? Oh, pardon me for not introducing myself first," he adds, with flagrantly false modesty. "I'm Alan Stevenson; you might've heard of me?"
Reality Glitch: I'm fallowing right behind Sand Shrew, decked out in 1990's geek chic; still visibly uncomfortable with all the stimuli. My sheer size, however, leaves me towering over both of them.
Ryusui|GM: (dammit i forgot to ask you to roll for a Face Action XD)
Ryusui|GM: (let's do that real quick, see how impressed he is)
Reality Glitch: I'm a good head taller than most mastiffs.
Ryusui|GM: !roll 1d6, 1d6
DiscoDude: <@Ryusui|GM> rolled 1d6 for 3 [1d6 = 3] and 1d6 for 4 [1d6 = 4]
Susan: !roll 1d10, 1d8
DiscoDude: <@Susan> rolled 1d10 for 1 [1d10 = 1] and 1d8 for 5 [1d8 = 5]
Susan: (Well)
Ryusui|GM: (oof)
Ryusui|GM: (well, let's add a Not Sure I Remember You D6 complication to things)
Ryusui|GM: (plus side, you get a Plot Point!)
Ryusui|GM: He can't help but glance now and again at Eli, as if worried he might be here for a shakedown.
Reality Glitch: ((Remember, I look just as nervous as them; if not more so.))
Ryusui|GM: (he sees you're huge first and foremost XD)
Susan: "Heh. I'm not surprised you haven't heard of us. We just formed two years ago. Posted a ten-minute video on Viewtube, and then in comes Sillicon Valley money for, ahem, a much larger project," Susan says, "Such as yours, Mr. Stevenson's. Rumor has it you're looking to bring W-Mutant to the big screen. When you see what we can produce, you're going to have second thoughts about licensing to the big studios."
Ryusui|GM: Stevenson rubs his chin, looking at the both of you appraisingly. "And who's this," he says, breaking out into a dumb grin as he indicates Eli. "Is he gonna break my legs if I turn you down?" he laughs.
Reality Glitch: "Chuck Avery!" I blurt out; unable to contain by distress.
Reality Glitch: "Animator!"
Susan: "Oh Chuck?" Susan says, laughing. She gives Eli a little shove, "He may be big in size, but he's even bigger in animation talent."
Reality Glitch: "Why is it so loud in here!?"
Ryusui|GM: He gives you both a "I'll believe it when I see it" look. "I, uh, I presume you have something to show?"
Susan: "Oh, we did not come empty-handed," Susan says, "Come on, show him your work, Chuck!"
Reality Glitch: I pull back my sleeve to reveal the smart phone I always have strapped to my wrist and aim the built-in projector at the ground to show the old animated comic trailer.
Ryusui|GM: (man, i'm trying to figure out how to work this XD)
Ryusui|GM: (like obvs this is where that asset should come into play)
Reality Glitch: ((Sorry.))
Ryusui|GM: (no, no, this is GOOD!)
Ryusui|GM: (i'm just saying "i want to make one of you roll to impress him" but i'm not sure what to suggest here XD)
Ryusui|GM: (what the hey. Eli! Gimme a Hacker + Willpower roll.)
Ryusui|GM: !roll 1d6, 1d6, 1d6
DiscoDude: <@Ryusui|GM> rolled 1d6 for 3 [1d6 = 3]; 1d6 for 1 [1d6 = 1]; and 1d6 for 2 [1d6 = 2]
Ryusui|GM: (SHHHHHAHAHAHAHA)
Ryusui|GM: (gimme that roll anyway. Also add in the d8 for the Asset.)
Casper: (You also roll three dice?)
Casper: (Oh, right, the complication.)
Ryusui|GM: (oh, OH. you're right; i shoulda just rolled two, one for the complication, one "free" die)
Reality Glitch: !roll 1d10, 1d8, 1d8
DiscoDude: <@Reality Glitch> rolled 1d10 for 3 [1d10 = 3]; 1d8 for 6 [1d8 = 6]; and 1d8 for 6 [1d8 = 6]
Ryusui|GM: (still i'm gonna let this break go in your favor)
Reality Glitch: ((But you did roll three.))
Ryusui|GM: His eyes go wide and his nose twitches as he watches. He's clearly impressed. He's totally taken in by your work.
Ryusui|GM: "I like it," he says, "but can you deliver a full-length motion picture in time for the holiday season?"
Reality Glitch: "Mmm... Not on my ownnnnnn."
Susan: Susan looks at Eli, with her finger on her mouth. "Oh. At least, not with the assets we have right now, he means," Susan says, "Our proprietary tools can interpolate drawn images into animations. The comics help, but to be sure we can produce the full movie on time and budget, we're going to need to scan in some of the original drafts of the illustrations. Those sketches can really tell our software a lot about what a character's joints are like."
Ryusui|GM: "In-ter-e-sting. Well, we'll have to keep in touch," he says, smirking before he turns back to yell at the workman: "I can see you up there!" He turns back to you two again: "Look, we are definitely going to have to talk about this in a couple years once the W-Mutants Cinematic Universe takes off - nothing sells merch like a show for the kiddies - but I'm talking with studios right now to make a real movie. A live action one. In all honesty, if you were the only deal on the table, I'd be asking you where I can sign right now, but..." He looks back and forth. "A cartoon movie just isn't what the diehard fans are looking for right now, you get me?" And he goes back to terrorizing the workmen.
Ryusui|GM: The important thing is, you've definitely set the hook here. Phase 1 successful!
Casper: (It’s getting a little late now.)
Ryusui|GM: (yeah. I'm thinking this is a good place to wrap up, if everyone else agrees?)
Susan: (Works for me!)
Reality Glitch: ((👍))
Ryusui|GM: (last lines?)
Reality Glitch: Once we're well out of site of Alan, I start scratching up a storm up I finally just give up and remove the shirt entirely, walking the rest of the way back to the card bare-chested and panting.
((Probably looks even more intimidating.))
Reality Glitch: ((Though, tall, not necessarily wide.))
Ryusui|GM: (XD)
Ryusui|GM: (anyone else? <@&466676711379959808>?)
Reality Glitch: ((Nothing kids would be scared of, that's for sure.))
Michael: Sure, now seems a good a time as any to call it a day.
Casper: (Nope.)
Susan: "Well, can't say I'm not disappointed, Mr. Stevenson," Susan says, "But if you end up changing your mind, here's my card."
Ryusui|GM: Stevenson pockets your card, almost absent-mindedly.
Ryusui|GM: (and with that I think it's time to...)
Ryusui|GM: !end
