Intro, overly long.

[city_sinner]

I'd not been to the Nightside before, but I thought it couldn't really be all that different from anywhere else I've been. After all, there's nowhere that can possibly be more of an assault to the senses than Nuovo Rio Grande, right? Wrong. I stepped through the door in the back of the upscale restaurant, the door with the notice saying 'staff only

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[tommyhook]

Thommy sizes up the tourist as she walks in, a wide grin on his little face. Looks like a right mark, sure enough. He winks at her from across the room, tilting his wide brimmed hat in acknowledgment, the long feather brushing the back of his neck.

[city_sinner]

I can feel the interested edges of his aura brushing mine, and look over at him. Well. There's a species I haven't come across. He looks human enough, if you ignore the teeth glinting sharply between his lips, but the aura says otherwise. I smile back, cautiously. No point antagonising it, whatever it is.

[tommyhook]

Thommy raises his glass to her in greeting.

[city_sinner]

I shrug, mentally, and tip my bottle to him in an idle salute. Human or no, a friendly face is a friendly face, even if it comes with a smile like a shark's.