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Letta smiles, tipping the fedora a bit more towards Sammy, before pointing around the room. "Well, worst case, she's just not very good. I could easily do this on my own, just won't make as much money, won't have as many hands. More hands, more money. Well, that, and it makes us look like a group. More power. Did you want anything to drink? Eat? I don't want to leave anything here, so have whatever you want." All of the drinks that don't need to be refrigerated all the time seem to be sitting around the apartment, with a lot of variety of sodas and other drinks.

Letta pulled her hair up, quickly running around the apartment trying to get her place to not look like she enjoys the mess she makes. She mutters, finishing up her new look by putting on a baby blue fedora, which she tilts over her eyes a bit. The rest of her outfit matches the fedora, a suit with a skirt tailored to her shape, which couldn't possibly be tied back to her in any way. Oh well, she'll have enough money that she'll be able to buy a thousand of these. She slides a pair of sunglasses off of her dresser, and over her eyes. She stands up, waiting at the door, muttering some more. "They said they'd be here. What's taking them so long?" Letta starts pacing a bit, worried that something might be going wrong at the moment.

So, who wants to start part 2 of this? Should I go ahead or? :D

I'm good for same thread. I'm thinking her place is probably right off the Boardwalk anyways. As for time, well, let's say it's soon. No more than an hour or two until plan-time. Just enough to get Letta into her "criminal alter-ego". Which is to say, she's changing her clothes and wearing a hat that covers her face a bit. :D

"Alright, then, gimme some napkins or something. Write the address down. Even if some cops get a hold of it, it's not like they'll be able to do much." Letta laughs, a bit unusually for a normal young woman. "Let's just say I'm going to have a nice coming-out party. I'll need some time to get ready, all of that. Still.." Letta shrugs, writing down the address for her soon-to-be-former place for both Lenny and Sammy. She gives a big smile to both of them, as she walks by, back out of the place, and back to her place. She still made mental notes about the two of them, and didn't quite trust them. Still, Sammy did have a point. Even if someone did find them, they'd only have the very small amount of time to find them.

"Well, of course, Lenny. We should probably find a nicer, quieter place to meet up since we're going to be talking some more..complicated business. Anyone got a room around here? I'd hate to have to call my uncle over something like this. And I doubt this place has a standing reservation for the Mob." Letta shrugs, looking over at Sammy. "You got a place around here? I mean, I've got a place, but it's not exactly any place nice. Might be room for three of us, if one of us sits on the bed. It's a..temporary place, for sure." Letta smiles, giving the place a look over once again, waiting for an answer from either one of them.

If Letta knew, she wouldn't bring it up anyways. But I'm pretty sure she just knows better than to mess with security anyways. :D

Letta laughs, looking over the two men again, before calming herself down. "I'm sorry, I guess I'm used to locals. Williams is my mother's maiden name. I'm actually part Italian. My dad's technically a member of the Tonifanni family. He's no mook, but we do get some privileges. And growing up, I heard a lot. Everyone thought it wasn't my place, but girls tend to blend in pretty well in the Mob. Plus, well, the government's a pain." Letta looks over at the acts that are showing up in the next week. "Might be fakes. Wouldn't surprise me. Or they're just throwing money at them. That works too. Either way, they're making money off the names, at least."

Letta smiles a bit, followed by a shake of her head. "I'll take that as a compliment, Sammy. But no, I'm not one of his new talents. He and I were making some arrangements, in fact, for me to meet one of his...talents, I guess." Letta keeps smiling, but gives Sammy another quick look-over, before extending her hand. "Violetta Williams. You from around here, Sammy? If you were, you'd know that the biggest kind of security that a casino could have is protection from the Freedom City Mob. Well, not for the short term, but for the long term. Those mooks are relentless, like pitbulls." Letta points around to the various tables, then smiles when her finger comes pointing back at Lenny. "Notice how Lenny here's probably the most ridiculously dressed guy in the place. Shows a low mob presence, if I have to guess. Not that the mob's not cutting something from the place, but just saying..This place is relatively mob-free. By casino standards."

Letta notices the man coming up to the two of them, and she stops talking for the moment. The man didn't exactly seem like the type to be easily scared off or who responds well to being talked down to. Letta just smiles over at the man, then points to the backpack. "Still, just a little unusual for a guy to carry a bag into a casino. And not have security jump all over them or something for it. It does stand out a bit." Letta shrugs, looking back over at Lenny. "But, I bet Lenny here doesn't mean anything by it. Just making chatter, right?"

Alright, sorry for being a little slow with the posting, this week's been more Midterm Fun Time. Should hopefully have something up by tonight, but worst case, by the end of the weekend.

Letta smiled towards Lenny, looking down at her watch for a second, then down over the bar. She noticed the new guy at the end of the bar, giving him a quick look-over, before turning her attention back to Lenny. "Well, if she's gonna show up here dressed like she's gonna rob the joint, no deal. Need someone who can fit in at the moment. She's just quiet, not.. ya know, anti-social? As in, says weird stuff for no reason, and all of that, right?" She continues to sip her drink, now trying to check out how things look from the bar. Not that this was exactly going to be a hard job, but it would be the hardest thing she's done yet. She's just trying to avoid silly mistakes. "If she is what I'm looking for, though, we might be able to work something out, Lenny. Do you get your cut before or after?" Letta looked down the bar again, at the man standing there with his drink giving herself and Lenny a look, then paused for a second. "..That guy looks a little uncomfortable, doesn't he? Maybe? Not that I'm gonna judge, but."

I'm okay with it either way.

"You might be.. You might be. Do you have a card? Perhaps a room somewhere on the Walk?" Letta couldn't help but smile. Not exactly a comforting smile, but one that says things seem to be going her way at the moment. Of course, she might run this guy's name through her usual snitch lists and whatever. She doesn't trust the guy, but he seems to not exactly be the one to trust, anyways. "Plus, what sort of talents are we talking about here? I mean, I don't.." Letta looks over at the dealer, then points towards the bar. "Cash me out. We can keep talking at the bar, Lenny."

"Miss? Do I look that old?" Letta laughs, holding up her drink. "Violetta Williams. Letta for short. So, Lenny, what brings you to The Golden Calf? Not exactly the kind of action that most people from AC are looking for. This place is kinda small time. I heard the mob's not even bothering with it." She smiles, a bit too knowing about this sort of thing for someone who's just supposed to be a native. "I mean, unless you spent all your money on the trip."

"Juicy Fruit? Nah, I'll pass on the gum. That drink, though.." Letta smiles back over at Lenny, waiting until one of the waitresses moves over to the pair of them. She pauses for a moment, seeming to think about what she's going to get. "I'll have a kamikaze, Grey Goose and on the rocks, not too much ice. You want anything too?" She points a finger over towards the man, looking down at her cards, shaking her head. "Another 14. You guys aren't settin' me up, are ya? Hit me." The dealer drops a face card, and Letta makes a bit of a face. Disappointed, she looks back over to Lenny, and shrugs. "At least I get a free drink, right?"

Sorry back. This week went by pretty fast. I'll probably have something out this afternoon-early eveningish.

Letta stared back down at her hands, pointing to the cards, then shrugging quickly. She couldn't control the cards, but she could control how to play them. She looked like one of the most cautious blackjack players in the history of gambling with how she played. "Not bad. Not bad at all. Probably a little better now. Maybe you could bring me some better cards.." She smiled over towards Lenny, then looked back towards the cards and the casino. She wasn't quite sure what this guy was up to, but it was better than looking like she was alone. At best, he knew who she was, and what she was up to. At worst, he's a patsy for when the cops come asking questions about any of this. It's a win-win for her.

Sounds good. I dunno how much posting I'll be doing in the next few days, but I'll catch up quick, if I have to. Weekend 7:30am tests are not going to be fun. :(

Well, Capricia wouldn't exactly do strong background checks or anything, so she could be willing to hire someone like that. Hmm, well, if you want to talk details, she could tell him to meet her outside on the boardwalk, unless he's not really known without a mask on, then probably in the casino. Basically, PM me if you wanna talk about details, or just keep them here. :)

Interaction would be great, actually. Sort of what I was expecting to begin with, rather than out-and-out combat or anything.

Hmm. Well, I'm not really looking for a hero right now. I was mostly curious about how to go about it, should I want to later on. And making sure I'm not being rude or not following rules by simply PMing specific people about certain ideas/etc.

Hello! Being new around here, I guess I should introduce myself. I'm known on the internet as thelazyblank, or Blank for short. I've been a rabid MnMite since about a year and a half ago, except it's hard to find games online. I also play some MMOs (City of Heroes, especially), and do all sorts of nerd things. Currently, I'm going back to school to try and become a teacher (High School Biology). I've just started this term, but hope to finish in the next year or two. I don't know what else to put here. :)

Now what? Should I just keep posting various stages of this planning until I get bored and want to run the actual robbery? Do other people tend to join in if/when they want to, or should I be asking other people if they want in? Not that I necessarily want hero attention in the first heist, but I guess I just want to see how things are supposed to go here.

Mainly for symmetry, but this is supposed to be an attempt at a mostly-open starting thread. Obviously, any sort of criminal plans will happen later in the thread, when she's had a chance to case the joint. There's still no connection between Letta and her villain persona, but people in the know might be able to connect Letta to the Freedom City Mob.