Crimson Soudoyer

[Raven]

Ryan laughed. "So I've heard. Should we bring this to the bar, see if we can share?" he asked.

[Gifted]

Melody shrugged and nodded. Sounded like a plan.

[Raven]

Ryan carried the food to the bar, heading inside and setting it down, sitting next to Melody. Several Advocates came up, either to get pizza or to welcome Melody back, seeing as she was now the sole survivor of the clubhouse fire as far as everyone was concerned.

[Gifted]

Melody seemed to enjoy all the attention, smiling and greeting just enough people that they understood she wasn't able to talk like before. Still, she did her best to reassure the other Advocates that she was alright.
Vincent obviously caught what was going on and slipped Melody a free drink partway through the night. "Glad to see you're ok."

[Raven]

Ryan nodded appreciatively to Vincent, making sure to chat easily with everyone who stopped by so the pressure was taken off Melody. He also made sure she had plenty of time to eat, and after people had time to see she was okay and she had time to interact with everyone. "Let me know when you're ready to go," he said.

[Gifted]

Melody nodded and had quite a good night. It was only when the bar started to become less crowded that her anxious air started to come back and she got up after a little while.

[Raven]

Ryan got up to follow her, excusing them from anyone who was left, walking with her outside. "How are you doing?" he asked.

[Gifted]

Melody gave him a thumbs up sign, not being able to explain even if she wanted too.

[Raven]

"Let's find somewhere to relax, huh?" Ryan asked. "I'll tell you about my plan."

[Gifted]

Melody nodded. She headed out to the bar and around to the tiny suburbs. A lot of these houses had small backyards that backed onto the woods, with a high fence to keep out any wild Ursaring digging through their garbage. Melody sat with her back to one of these fences, finding it the safest and most comfortable place to hide as no one ever really checked directly on the other side of their privacy fence. She looked at him expectantly.

[Raven]

Ryan sat next to her, his posture relaxed, even though he must have been hungry by now. "I want to get more of the cash flow away from the Scarboroughs," the Devil explained. "And the more we have to work with, the more freedom we have."

[Gifted]

She nodded. That made sense. So he wanted to steal a front business somehow or something?

[Raven]

"So I'm thinking we get a group together, get a few more masks like mine, so we can't be specifically targeted, and take a few of the people they aren't going to do well without hostage," Ryan said. "We can make it happen in one of the buildings on their side, so we don't have to arrange to get them there, we just have to hold the building."

[Gifted]

A grin spread over Melody's face and she nodded energetically. "Where?" She asked curiously.

[Raven]

"I'm not sure yet. I was planning on doing it at the bar, but with such short notice, we ended up burning that down instead," Ryan said. "I'll find somewhere, though."