I feel so unsure

[wounds]

Who: MANTICORE, visitors
What: Dealing with the aftermath of I Will Twist The Knife
When: December 9, evening
Where: MANTICORE penthouse
Warnings: References to I Will Twist The Knife

[It's been a few days, people have recovered. Some better off than others. And today MANTICORE is gathered to deal and talk about what happened.]

Comments

[wounds]

[Yes her.

What's with all these people worrying so much about others that they don't worry enough about themselves?]

I don't mind.

[He'll let her in.]

[twoscompany]

Thanks.

[A few moments later, she returns with her glass of water in hand.]

...This is just getting crazy.

[wounds]

[He sighs.]

Things are getting out of hand.

[And he doesn't know what to do about it.]

[twoscompany]

[She stares at her cup.]

Hey...do you know what happened at the party? I was told someone died.

[wounds]

Yes.

Santiago put her arm through Naomi's chest. [Not hard to figure out what happened from there.]

[twoscompany]

She...did, did she.

How?

[After all, if this is something Santiago is capable of doing, what's going to happen if it happens to one of them...]

[wounds]

I don't know. There wasn't any blood.

Maybe she can alter reality?

[twoscompany]

If that's the case, we're not exactly in the best position, are we?

[This isn't just worrisome. Its dangerous. Lesedi's tantrums were already a thing Garnet knew about, but this takes it to a worse level than she could have cared for it to be.

Its not just their livelihood, its their lives in her hands.]

[wounds]

I'd say we're pretty fucked.

[One toe out of line and she could murder any of them just as quickly and cleanly as Naomi.]

[twoscompany]

[She sips her drink, worry etched in her face.]

...We'll need to figure out an exit strategy, then. In case things go south.

[wounds]

We can't go through anything Virgo owned.

[twoscompany]

No...we will have to do this off the radar, somehow. If we can't get out of our contracts, of course.

[wounds]

Have any ideas?

[twoscompany]

Well, we'll need money and disguises, for one. If we need to get out of Vista City quickly, we need things that won't leave a strong paper trail.

[wounds]

We would need a lot of money in cash for that.

[twoscompany]

You're right. So we'll need to start figuring out how to set that up. Looks like we'll be using mattresses for more than sleeping, it seems.

[wounds]

Does anybody even have that much cash on hand?

[twoscompany]

...I can't say I do.

[The thought had never even occurred to her to try and save cash on hand, for all of her supposed common sense. Oops.]

[wounds]

I don't either.

Unless we stole it from that fish. Even then, it's likely not enough.

[twoscompany]

Plus, we'd just cause it to die.

[...Does she seriously...]

[wounds]

It's plastic.

[twoscompany]

...

[y u gotta do dis Genos]

[wounds]

Do you want to figure out another way of raising funds?

[twoscompany]

Maybe do concerts. Do quick, impromptu house calls, or something.

[wounds]

That's not a bad idea.