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[code]1pm. South Side, By the River[/code][/right][hr]
Getting nearly killed at work had its benefits: namely, getting off early. After a short nap, Vin had enough energy to go back out on some personal business.

They were investigating rumours of a medium offering to summon loved one’s ghosts.

Eerily similar to what their mom had done… Something Loni could do too. Vin knew it definitely wasn’t her, but she [i]was[/i] part of the reason they were investigating. If Loni somehow caught wind of these rumours she’d freak out. Vin didn’t want that. She could barely deal with the Black Lux they had. So they had to squash them.

The question was con artist, or genuine Black Lux user?

The latter was more interesting, and came with a secondary motivation: get rid of the competition. 

The location of this ‘medium’ was an abandoned warehouse just off the river. Calling it a warehouse now was generous, with Nyrah the ravager taking it and its neighbours out. A small section of this one survived, and the broken walls of that section had been ‘rebuilt’ with wood. 

It was a smart location. Along the river front was a neutral area. No gangs ran it… at least, not this section. There was too much of a risk when the North Side might be able to see. Not that they needed another excuse to want to bulldoze the lower district… 

Didn’t matter to them that it wasn’t a Hollow area. That hadn’t stopped them before. They’d spent their whole life beating up people with little care for what gang owned where. Who would come after them now? 

Vin narrowed their eyes as they rounded a corridor onto the ‘waterfront.’ It wasn’t as quiet as they’d hoped: people trying to fish in the river, others doing questionable business behind half destroyed warehouses. Well, whatever. Everyone knew to look the other way here. 

There were even more people hanging outside the warehouse hideout of the ‘medium.’ About five lining the wall. At a glance Vin could tell they were all [i]sad[/i]. People with very little in their lives. The kind they could easily ignore.

“Oy. Ain’t you see there’s a line? Mystic Melinda don’t take line skippers.”

Vin was stopped from immediately entering by a burly arm. They didn’t bother hiding their snicker at the name. Mystic Melinda? Seriously. Fucking hell. Could’ve at least gone with Mystic Mel, to make it just a little less shit.

They slowly turned to face the bouncer- nothing more than a hired thug glowering at them. For a moment, Green Lux sparked underneath their skin… but they stopped themselves. There were too many people around. If any were One-Eye open they’d have to deal with that. Worse, one might have a fucking beast person fetish!

They couldn’t deal with that again. 

Vin stared at the man, then smiled. [color=51684c]”Ain’t obvious, is it?”[/color]

Before there could be a response or a fist for talking shit, they stepped out of arm's reach and made their way back past those five people waiting. They settled in at the back, pulling out a cigarette and lighting them. 

[color=51684c][i]Two in one day… Loni’s gonna kill me.[/i][/color]

It was frustrating they had to wait, but whatever. They had time to kill.