[center][img]http://i.imgur.com/hX23aho.png[/img][/center] [h2][color=aqua][center]Kanbaru Otoko[/center][/color][/h2] It had taken some time being caught amidst throngs of foot traffic, but Kanbaru had finally arrived at The Network, likely far earlier than Retsu would have intended to meet with her. She flashed her student ID to the man at the front door and made her way inside unmolested, the influence of Purple Crown Academy within the city limits showing itself in her favor on this evening. Upon entry to the club Kanbaru found her ears assaulting by the steady [i]Whoomph[/i] of some age old techno beat that seemed to be in these days, or at least that was what the club thought. The first thing she did after acclimating to the sights and sounds was finding the nearest employee and reserving a room in the back. Not to misconstrue the facts, the club catered to students so there was nothing too illicit going on, but it wasn't uncommon for friends to gather in person here, transition to DGO for an event or some such, and then conclude their evening back in reality at the club proper. A peculiar practice for a peculiar time where games where the litmus test for human potential. Kanbaru's credit card exchanged hands briefly, the mental calculation for how much this would be cutting into her bank balance already done before the card was returned. The club staffer raised four fingers before pointing towards a door leading away from the club proper, her time limit and destination now set. [color=aqua]"Oh thank the lord, free at last!"[/color] Throwing on a dramatic air, Kanbaru collapsed boneless into a posh leather couch, a worn navy that may have once been sapphire in color, while her lips curled upwards as the walls deadened the club's incessant beat. There were four more couches in a predictable color scheme arranged around a table that was similarly divided via wedges of black, blue, green, red, and white. [color=aqua]"Someone was trying way to hard with decorating this space. I mean sure, they could have gone all ten years and plastered the walls with posters, do a mural on the ceiling, and leave a Chinese checkers board on the table, but this still screams of something in the ballpark of desperate."[/color] Taking a moment to check the time, Kanbaru figured that she probably had some time before Retsu would even show up, the mob daughter likely allotting time for transit and finishing business already in progress, which she currently had none. [quote] [color=aqua]To:[/color] Dark Wraith [color=aqua]From:[/color] Broker of Fortune [color=aqua]Subject:[/color] Re: Business [color=aqua]Hey, I've gotten us a room here at the club. Sad to say there isn't a sweeper section of the room, but I figure the Black King's throne over here will suit you just fine. Anyway, shoot me a message when you get here, I'll be the catatonic one grinding a few XP on the blue couch.[/color] [/quote] With her message sent to her erstwhile employer for the evening, Kanbaru slipped the surly bonds of the mortal coil in favor of her digital persona. [h3][center]3...[/center][/h3] [h3][center]2...[/center][/h3] [h3][center]1...[/center][/h3] [h3][center]The Market is Open,[/center][/h3] [center][img]http://i.imgur.com/ihhZg00.png[/img][/center] [h3][center][color=aqua]Broker Of Fortune[/color][/center][/h3] In a refreshing change of reality, Broker of Fortune found herself outside the grand bastion of the Cobalt Bruisers, the Blue Castle. Rolling her shoulders to reacclimatize to her virtual form, she idly considered if the Blue King had given their capital a more poignant name she just couldn't recall before discarding the pointless stream of thought aside. [color=aqua]"If I'm here then the patch must be live, so..."[/color] Broker of Fortune perused her menus in search of the system she had long awaited, a goal to strive for that seemed all the more fulfilling then being involved in massacres the likes of the Black Guild's Thursday war with an Outlaw army, and let out a small cheer when her search bore fruit.[color=aqua] "Bingo, professions are live."[/color] It was an easy choice for her to make, after all, the money was in the STEM fields nowadays. [center][h3]Profession: Engineer has been unlocked. Associated Skills are now available.[/h3][/center] Feeling far more worthy of the goggles dangling around her neck now that she had her profession, Broker of Fortune approached the grand doors to her guild's sanctum. They parted with a modest push and brought her to the entry way, where she immediately found she was not alone.[color=aqua]"Ah, hello there Absinthe."[/color] The Artificer greeted as she strolled up to her and the one she could only identify as a recent recruit to the guild. Truth be told, she wasn't too familiar with Blue Guild's eccentric tanker, but she had a healthy respect for her position. She gave Blue Jester a brief wave in greeting as she stopped amidst them.[color=aqua]"I take it your new here? Well I'll parrot Absinthe here and welcome you to the Blue Guild. It's a nice operation, and if you pitch in then you'll get along great here."[/color] Broker of Fortune finished with a nod before returning her attention to Absinthe.[color=aqua]"So I'm an engineer now. If you need a hand with that project I'm ready to lend it whenever you want, though I need to get some facilities set up to start creating schematics and fabricate them. Not sure how much time I have to be online before I have to get to a meeting, but I could do with farming some mats if you are going out."[/color] [@KoL][@Lucius Cypher]