Chapter 7:A Beauty That's Thin, White, and Rich

[Dinari Dollar]

Dinari refocuses his attention on Alexei, since he has been a little distracted by everything going on around him. He pulls his chair up to the table to focus on more serious matters.

"I trust the mafia more than the Manalists. As long as Cuba remains profitable for me, I really don't care what goes on there." Dinari admits. "I don't like to make big deals out of things. I think the thing that worries me the most about Cuba is the rebels that fled and the potential of Manalist intervention." He states in his business tone.

[Malak Al-Dabaran]

Malak and Tuesday arrive at the hospital and go to Horacio's room. They find him alone and resting. He looks in bad shape but for some reason all of the nurses are afraid to treat him. Something happened to a nurse yesterday, which has scared the others away.

"He looks in bad shape. He might not even survive. I wonder if he is the one." Malak says as he looks at the strange, beat up man.

[Lucio De Saldanha]

Lucio sleeps outside of Linnea's gallery. When morning rolls around, he scours the garbage outside of her house for some food. He finds a half eaten bagel which he nibbles in the alleyway between her gallery and a neighboring apartment building. He will have to find work again. Maybe he could go to Cuba or maybe he could try to find his comrades in Helsinki, even though they are not very wealthy themselves. He sits on the ground wondering what he will do today to improve his situation.

[Horacio Hatfield]

Horacio stirs for a moment. He is in a lot of pain and afraid. He looks at the blury faces of Tuesday and Malak. He coughs a little and reaches his hand out to them.

"Pleased.. to ...meet you...Horacio Hatfield.." He says hoarsely.

"You should...go....dangerous...here..."

[Momo Kurokawa]

To Azure

When Momo returns to Japan, the first thing she does is give Azure a call. She leaves him a nasty message:

"This is Momo Kurokawa, I hired you to deliver a box of cookies to Calithin Crest. You have two days to get those cookies to his office in London or I will dispatch one of my arachnoid robots after you." She says in this message.

With this little piece of business complete, she hangs up the phone and gets to work.

[Malak Al-Dabaran]

"So you are Horacio. We were looking for you. We are from a newspaper and wanted to do an interview. What exactly happened back there? There was some sort of massacre. We didn't even see what happened." Malak explains. He is worried and wonders how unsafe it is to be there with Horacio.

[Tristan Tuzanic]

(To Charon)

When Rose didn't hear Tristan, he felt upset, but, it didn't matter. He still had Nadya to talk to. "Well darlin', I've got some work to do. You can come along if you want. But, you know, it's really up to you." Tristan says to his elven companion.

With that, he heads to Charon's house. He takes of his jacket so he looks more ordinary. He is wearing a band t shirt underneith and looks like any ordinary guy. Maybe even a rebel. He rings the doorbell to Charon's home and waits for someone to answer.

[Horacio Hatfield]

"I don't know. Maybe they were with the Invisible Hand." Horacio replies to Malak.

"I am sorry that I am in ...no condition for an interview. In fact, I feel like I should rest. I am very sore." Horacio admits. He closes his eyes and takes a deep breath.

[Malak Al-Dabaran]

"It think it is dangerous to keep him here. Let's just put him in a wheel chair and take him somewhere safe." Malak decides. He helps Horacio in a wheel chair and without Tuesdays's approval, he starts wheeling Horacio down the hall. Nurses or doctors don't bother to stop them since Horacio has brought them nothing but trouble.

Malak and Tuesday manage to get Horacio outside, but once they are out there, Malak isn't sure where to take him. He notices the same teleportation booth that they took to get there.

"Maybe we should just teleport back to London for now until we can come up with a better plan and know that Horacio is safe."

After making this suggestion, he wheels Horacio to the teleporter and punches in the code for their newspaper's HQ in London. In a moment's time, they are back in London. Horacio, however, seems in very tough shape.

[Horacio Hatfield]

"Thank you friends." Horacio says before dozing off in the wheelchair. He is relieved to have been brought to safety. However, he worries about his job at the Allmart garment factory. He needs money and can't afford to lose his job. For now, he rests, figuring that he can address those worries later when he is feeling better.

[Toolah "Tuvi" Renee]

"I just don't like the way the Mafia went about getting into Cuba, Dinari." Tuvi confesses. She won't mention she dislikes Alexei's looks at her. "But if you don't mind Dinari, I don't mind."

[Jumala Keitoleinen]

Not sure if you saw this, so I will repost. To Gabriel



Keitoleinen never heard back from Eun, so, he decides that he will leave a message for Gabriel. When he calls Sota's lab, Gabriel has already gone home for the day. Thus, he calls Gabriel's home number and leaves him the following message:

"Hello Gabriel, Crest Mining is interested in some cheap androids. I was thinking that we have some older Creditor Models in storage right now. Maybe you could reprogram them so we can sell them to Crest Mining. Basicly, Calthin Crest wants androids which can do mining work for him because of the dangers and health risks involved with Manala Crystal mining. They won't replace regular workers, but, they will be used to suplement the existing work force." Keitoleinen explains. Having left this message, Keitoleinen decides that maybe he should check up on his secretary, Linnea.

He leaves his mansion and starts walking toward her gallery.

[Dinari Dollar]

"Well, I guess...I don't know. The Mafia and American business used to get along in Cuba long ago. I think it could work again. I am not sure how, but maybe we could make something work. I think...I would be most impressed if the mafia helped to snuff out those remaining rebels." Dinari replies to Tuvi.

"I think they are a bigger threat to stability there than the mafia."

[Tuesday DeCastro]

Tuesday was struck by how beat up Horacio was. She felt awful for the strange looking man, but they had found who they were looking for.

She followed just slightly behind Malak as he took Horacio out of the hospital, uttering no protest. It probobly wasn't safe for them to be there, let alone Horacio.

Once they arrive at the HQ, Tuesday looks to Malak as Horacio rests. "That was...insane." She says, shaking her head a bit. "I can't believe it just happened."

She lifted her shoulders just slightly and dropped them. "What do we do now?"

[Malak Al-Dabaran]

"We'll let Horacio rest for now." Malak suggests. He takes a seat on an old chair by a large book shelf or revolutionary literature. The space is small and features an office, a meeting room, upstairs with bedrooms, a small library, and computers. "Let's try to make sense of this. So...people started falling...as if shot, which they were. We did not see the shooters or the person who hurt Horacio. Maybe they were hiding." He states.