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Post by Mohinder Suresh on Mar 23, 2009 16:39:07 GMT -5
Mohinder thanked the cashier over the massive bag of pocorn in his hands. Then he checked his watch.
It was rather difficult to check where one was headed while walking as quickly as possible and balancing an overflowing bag of popcorn. This is the excuse Mohinder gives himself for not seeing the young woman until it was too late.
((Historical innaccuracy? What historical innaccuracy?))
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Lara Croft
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Post by Lara Croft on Mar 23, 2009 16:44:39 GMT -5
Lara had come to Paris with a specific goal in mind, but she had decided to stay around and enjoy it for some time before she actually began to work. For the work she was planning, she'd already dressed in her classic and comfortable adventuring uniform, serviceable everywhere from the Himalayas to Mexican rainforests, protecting her from heat, cold and with her own speed, bullets.
However, it did not have something to stop her from becoming distracted by the ornate interior of the opera, and this was why she was not looking in front of her as usual when she proceeded to collide, head on, with a gent carrying a large load of popcorn, which she promptly found scattered all over the floor and her.
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Post by Mohinder Suresh on Mar 23, 2009 16:50:08 GMT -5
Mohinder stood petrified with embarrassment for far too long before rushing to apologise. At the last minute, he coked down the urge to humiliate himself further by trying to brush the kernals off her, and settled for dusting himself off.
"I am so, so sorry. So sorry. Oh dear. So sorry. Ah - it could have been worse?"
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Post by Lara Croft on Mar 23, 2009 16:52:58 GMT -5
Lara was, naturally startled, which was not normally a good thing when one was obviously armed and especially with her reputation. However, on seeing the actual cause, she merely sighed in mild irritation, and brushed as many kernels as she could off of here,even shaking a few out of her hair.
"Oh, I'm quite sure it could have," she replied, her voice drily accented as ever. "You could have been carrying a drink. Nonetheless, don't worry. I think this ranks rather low on the level of threats that I'm likely to face here."
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Post by Mohinder Suresh on Mar 23, 2009 17:01:43 GMT -5
Mohinder chuckled humourlessly. "Yes, well. Embarrassing as this is, it's the best disaster I've had in years, too."
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Post by Lara Croft on Mar 23, 2009 18:06:22 GMT -5
Crouching to remove some loose pieces from her socks, Lara raised one eyebrow. "Oh? I do suppose you must have had quite a lot of adventures, then." She rather doubted that they were as dangerous as her own.
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Post by Mohinder Suresh on Mar 24, 2009 7:45:04 GMT -5
He shrugged. He half wanted to go into detail just to wipe that condescension off her face, but this was supposed to be a nice evening. No need to spoil it by thinking of unpleasant things.
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Post by Lara Croft on Mar 24, 2009 7:55:03 GMT -5
It wasn't that Lara tried to be condescending. It was just perhaps something in her aura after all the things she'd been through and managed to come out on top of. As she was, at the moment, rather bored, she decided not to leave just yet (she had merely been looking at the decorations, and anyway, she didn't want to check her guns). "I hear that there are many to be found even in this city," she persisted, resettling her spectacles. "Which is why I'm going into the underworld later. If you're at all interested in such things."
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Post by Mohinder Suresh on Mar 24, 2009 7:58:00 GMT -5
He raised his eyebrows. "The underworld? Is that with or without the capital letter?" His voice betrayed only curiosity.
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Post by Lara Croft on Mar 24, 2009 7:59:42 GMT -5
Lara chuckled. "I meant the catacombs, so metaphorically both, but in reality the miniscule. ...This time."
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Post by Mohinder Suresh on Mar 24, 2009 13:20:18 GMT -5
"Ah. Well, it sounds quite fascinating. I'm a geneticist, myself - rather more well versed in the mysteries of the human body than those of history - but I never turn down a chance to learn something new. Are you looking for anything in particular, or just whatever you can find?"
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Post by Lara Croft on Mar 25, 2009 21:19:37 GMT -5
"Ah, geneticism, a fine work as well; I've known a few." She nodded, thinking back to several fancy parties where she'd be introduced. "That's a fine attitude, as well," she added approvingly, resettling her spectacles and adjusting her pack strap.
"Nothing terribly concrete, I'm afraid. It's just the rumours, I've heard; what it is, I hope to discover."
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Post by "Kink" on Mar 26, 2009 2:49:53 GMT -5
A side door marked "Employees Only" smacked open with a bang. From within came the acrid smell of something burning and a very frazzled looking young Asian woman. Her blue hair stuck out at odd angles and her mostly leather clothing seemed singed. "Mother Fragging... Mages..." She muttered angrily to herself. "Couldn't POSSIBLY mention the FRAGGING WIZWORM! When I get back that little hooper is gonna be in some deep Drek..." The woman's strange use of vocabulary and expletives took second place only when compared to her extremely out of place appearance. 1900's Paris was not exactly a compatible image with this odd punk woman. After a moment of observation Kink quirked an eyebrow. "Where the hell am I?" She said looking about in confusion.
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Post by Mohinder Suresh on Mar 26, 2009 14:34:45 GMT -5
"You're in the Opera House," Mohinder informed her, the other woman's comment forgotten already in the wake of a spectacle. He tried to peer around the newcomer to see what was going on. "Is everything quite alright in there?"
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