Chapter 3: Every Heart is a Revolutionary Cell

[Tuesday DeCastro]

"Its no trouble." Tuesday said, shaking his hand and then reaching into her bag and pulling out a notebook and a pen, she was always prepared.

She was somewhat relieved that he was open to personal questions and understood how to capture attention.

"Well lets start with business, we'll get to personal in a moment. Tell me about the new mines opening in Central and South America. When are the proposed opening dates?"

[Alrick Vayne - The Void]

"Global Bank would be happy to help any company regain it's footing in this world," Alrick said with a smile. "Unfortunately, due to your financial difficulties I'm afraid we cannot offer quite as premium an interest rate as we would be able to offer under normal circumstances. Of course, with what you seem to be proposing, the acquisition should more than make up for the loss, and once you've regained some footing we should be able to bring the interest to a more favorable setting."

[Hilja Kukkanen/Sasha Pisarev]

It is raining outside, but I remember that I have to mail a bill out. That means I have to go to the post office and get some stamps. I grab my rain coat and umbrella, then head outside into the rain so that this bill is not late. I already have enough credit problems.

The weather is down right nasty. I hurry to the post office as quickly as I can since I don't want it to close before I get there...

[Calithin Crest]

"We're projecting that they will be up and running in atleast 6 months... Possibly sooner. New major mines will be opening in Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Guatemala... And possibly Cuba. The situation there is a bit tumultuous at the moment, so we'll have to wait and see how it all settles before making any sort of commitment. Hopefully though."

I stare down at my drink and make a face. I push it away and when a waitress walks by I order myself a cola.

"I don't actually drink coffee, you see. I just like ordering it."

[Jack Kruschev]

Anthony gets to his house and lays on his bed. "I hate Father Manala and all his workings," He mutters...

[Bonifaz Artz-Lehrer]

Bonifaz nods then shows Alrick a figure. It is the amount that his father wants the loan for (since I am not going to guess how much it costs to buy a country.) It is a sizeable amount, but his father figured they would need that amount to bribe the Manalists and to purchase the land from farmers, the temples, and any companies that might be operating in Hungary. Fortunately, Hungary was not a well developed country and this would therefore be far easier and less noticeable than the purchase of another former country.

"I suppose the interest rate doesn't matter now. I think things are stable enough for us that we can handle that. Anyway, we have some new ideas for getting our products to more people. Things will improve."

[††Venice "Cephrien" Ashgrove††]

"The first thing that I was say is that these people are just Anti-Manalists with different beliefs.. that's why they are fighting each other.." He spoke, uncrossing arms, this time slipping them away into his pockets.

"Upon my time here, I also caught word of a seemingly more organized rebel group called "Red Infinity".. they seemed to have escaped this chaos."

[Tuesday DeCastro]

Tuesday nods, letters flowing from her pen onto her paper.

"Mexico, Guatemala, Brazil, Argentina, and hopefully Cuba." She repeats, "I assume these are very promising locations as you said they will be major mines."

She chuckles a little when he says he doesn't drink coffee, he just likes ordering it. "Well it is a little bitter for some people, but there isn't anything hipper than holding a drink with a wonderfully tongue twisting name."

[Sidapa Amparo]

"Maybe we should tell Li Violette about this." Sidapa suggests. Finally he steps out of the shade of the alley and beacons Venice to follow. "This island is swarming with rebels. If All mart really bought the island, maybe they will kick out the rebels and do something worthwhile with this place. Maybe there will be malls and hotels. This place is full of wretched Cursed. It reminds Sidapa of where he grew up." Sidapa says as he walks. He surveys the filth and poverty and is disgusted. It makes him shiver.

[Calithin Crest]

"Yeah, I'm kind of a hipster. I can't lie to you. I left my sunglasses at home... But definitely a hipster."

I drink some cola and lean back comfortably in my seat.

"But yes... We have very high expectations for these new mines. I own Brazil and some of Argentina and in the past our work there has been very fruitful. Geological predictions have been made that Mexico, Guatemala, and Cuba are virtual hotbeds of Manala crystals... And so getting our steak in those countries, so to speak, would be a very wise move. At Crest Mining we are completely dedicated to bringing the people the very highest quality product."

[Eun/Aoi Kiriyama]

As she crawl past another vent, she manage to see a blonde person in a small room. It took Eun a moment to realize that it is Linnea.

"Linnea. Are you okay?" Eun whisper almost loudly through the vent.

(Post to Linnea)

[Bambi Engel]

Bambi was, to say the least, stunned. She was used to falling, but being caught was another matter altogether. In fact, she engaged in physical touching as little as possible. Probably at the fault of her paranoia, but still... She was aware of the chain reaction she had sent off as the soft thump of each chair sounded, but only vaguely. As if the fact he had caught her didn't throw her off enough, she noted there was a blue haze around them that seemed to make her entire being tingle.

In a sort of daze, her gaze traveled from his face to the gloveless hand that he had extended in front of her. It was probably there to catch her should she fall forward. However, she lifted her own milky toned fingers to lightly touch his as if to confirm he was real. With a jerking back of her hand, she snapped out of her daze and blushed furiously. As if falling wasn't bad enough, she had upturned every chair in the room and then touched him as if he was some magical being.

"I, uhm-..." She had been blushing furiously, staring at the ground while she scolded herself, when she realized he had used her first name. Embarrassed beyond measure, Bambi brought her gaze up to his red irises. No one had ever really used her first name without a mocking tone before. "I'm... all right. Just a bit dazed... Thank you, M... Peter. I apologize profoundly, please allow me to fix the chairs-" When she tried to stand however, she found herself still a bit shakey. Probably just needed to calm down a bit...

[Linnea Korpela]

Linnea hears a voice that didn't sound familiar. She looked around the room puzzled.
"Ah yeah I'm fine," she whispers back but doesn't look up to the vent because she isn't sure where the voice is coming from.

[Tuesday DeCastro]

"Yeah, I'm feeling the hipster vibe you've got going on, Calithin." Tuesday says, a little amused. She crosses her legs in her seat, making herself comfortable, and continues writing down the important things that Calithin says.

"Being as hip as you are, I'm assuming personal appearence is highly important to you?"

[Eun/Aoi Kiriyama]

"I am glad to hear that." she reply. "Oh. I'm Eun from Sota. I am one of the desingers there."

Eun bang the vent a few times(lightly) so she can get her attention.

"So...where you in prison, Linnea?"