Double EP!

[onlyneed1shot]

There are certain principles involved with Mardi Gras-type events, and Camille Montes is well aware of them. She also has no fundamental problem with them (not to mention a sneaking suspicion that her father’s family would disown her for being so unBolivian if she did have problems with partying). No, what she has problem with is that whoever it is

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[mr_v_and_mr_c]

(Let me see . . . which one of them would cope better?)

[onlyneed1shot]

[OoC: To be honest, both would cope fine. They are both tough, brave women - Camille a spy, Esfir a military pilot. However, because of that, they aren't the kind to sit and take threats lightly. So, while I don't mind who you tag, please keep in mind that it may be a short thread, depending on how it plays out? Also, I'm about to call it a night, and may not get to tag back until tomorrow].

[mr_v_and_mr_c]

"This place is hopelessly fond of Mardi Gras, isn't it?"

Says the rather creepy fellow sitting nearby.

[onlyneed1shot]

Camille glances up at that.

"I've seen worse."

[mr_v_and_mr_c]

"In New Orleans, perhaps. It's the forcing-random-people-to-wear-equally-random-costumes that I like, though."

"It's funny when they fall over 'cause they're suddenly wearing heels."

[onlyneed1shot]

"Clearly, you've never been to Brazil."

[mr_v_and_mr_c]

"Not since before the Aztec Empire." Croup laughs. "No Mardi Gras then."

"I liked the sacrifices, Mr. Croup,," mutters Vandemar.

"So did I, Mr. Vandemar, so did I. That's beside the point, however, and anyway that's not Brazil. It's Mexico."

[onlyneed1shot]

Camille's eyes narrow slightly.

"Which isn't in South America," she points out.

[mr_v_and_mr_c]

"No, but it's close. And the Aztec Empire was rather large, you know."

"All those beautiful corpses . . . Ought to get some of those obsidian knives some time, Mr. Croup."

"Oh, I know. Excellent things, weren't they? It's been too long since I held a still-beating heart in my hand."

[onlyneed1shot]

Ignoring the comment regarding beating hearts (because, really, what else is she supposed to do with it?),

"They weren't anywhere near Brazil. There are about..." She runs through a map in her head, "four, five countries between them, including about half of Central America and all of Columbia.""

[mr_v_and_mr_c]

"Small ones, though, at least compared to the two countries we are speaking of."

[onlyneed1shot]

"But we aren't talking about countries. You were talking about an empire which was only ever a collection of city-states bound under the rule of three other ones. It wasn't a country."

[mr_v_and_mr_c]

"Well, Mexico and Brazil." Croup shrugs. "Mexico was more fun back then, though. So was Brazil, for that matter."

"I like piranhas \," adds Vandemar, helpfully.

[onlyneed1shot]

"Mexico and Brazil didn't exist, then."

Beat.

"Do you? Not many people do."

[mr_v_and_mr_c]

"Not with those names. The areas did, though. And Mexico City isn't nearly as fun as Tenochtitlan was."

"Yeah. It's funny to drop someone into the water, watch them flail."

[onlyneed1shot]

Suddenly, she smiles.

"You've never actually dropped a live person into the water around piranhas, have you?"