Clubbin' (Open)

Friday and Saturday Nights were loved by all... but particularly by Kassie Strorm. Not that they were anything different than the other days of the week... but they had a certain... vibe or something about them.

Tonight, Kassie decided to head to one of her favourite places on mid/lower level Coruscant. It was a hot clubbin' spot called the Dancing Lekku.

She went up to the front door and waited in line. Tonight she was wearing hip-riding tight pants, a belly-button showing tanktop, a light blue sweater that was currently unzipped. Her hair was up in a bun, with various clips keeping it neat, yet sexy looking. Her bright greeny-bluey eyes shone as she heard the music blare from inside.

As she came to the front of the line, the bouncer nodded to her. His dark complexion and bald head looked quiet good with his white tanktop, shorts and rippling muscles along his arms and legs. He wore a leather jacket over it, keeping his weapons hidden. " 'nother cool night Kassie?" He asked, his deep voice getting a lot of attention.

"Yep." Kassie grinned at him. "When do you get off?"

"Eleven, they replace me with another guy, so maybe we could have a chat over a drink or something later on."

Kassie shrugged. "Maybe. C'ya later Bane." She went into the club, immediately getting into the grove of the music and atmosphere around her.

She smiled, nodding to a few people she knew as she headed over to the bar. She ordered a Kashyyykian blue moon. A light Kashyyyk ale with some blue muja juice mixed with it.

She sipped it and looked around. A few guys looked glanced at her, and she managed a smile at the cute ones.

After she was finished her drink, she went out onto the dance floor to get into the vibe.

"Look, all jI'm sssajyjing jisss that jif jyou don't ... don't pajy up, the Sssectorrr Rrrangerrrsss wjill take jyourrr... ljicenssse awajy." Blue eyes drifted down and stared at the glass in hand that held about an ounce of a murky green liquid. "Whaddjidjya sajy that thjisss grrro'jirrram drrrjink wasss agajin?"

The bartender wiped out another glass, and sighed, turning away from the Cizerack female who'd decided to grace his bar with his presence. It wasn't his club of course, he was just an employee. The female hadn't started blathering on about the Sector Rangers until he'd cut her off. First it had been threats if he didn't pour her another drink, and then it had turned into somehow he was going to lose his license if he didn't pick up her considerable tab. No fear in that, the Rangers patrolled the hyperspace lanes, not Coruscant, and so had no control over the club's license whatsoever.

None of this seemed to matter to Saarrreeaa Meorrrei. The bartender turned his back on her, and a hyu-mann with short blond hair bopped up to the bar, her body moving to the music. Saa blinked, the female seemed to blur around the edges to the beat of the music. It really was quite fascinating.

Saa caught the tail end of the exchange between the girl and the bartender, and reached out to grab his arm when the girl left the bar. He was stopped in his tracks, her arm a great deal stronger than his was. "jI want one of thossse. A... Kassshjyjy- Kassshjy...jy... Frrrell jI can't prrronounce jit!"

The bartender narrowed his eyes, and spoke over the music. "Look, you've had too much already, I think you should lea-"

"NO!" Saa released him and pounded her fist into the bartop, rattling all the glassware and cracking the durawood finish. "No jI am not done drrrjinkjing." The bartender seemed to be waving at her, and she hesitated before tenetively waving back. jI am ssso confusssed. jIsss thjisss a wajy of hyu-mann fljirrrtjing?

Two large beings stepped up beside her, and Saa twisted her head around to look at them. As she did so her stool swiveled, and she turned to face them. They were large, well-proportioned males, in black leather. One had a scar, the other didn't seem hyu-mann but then, neither were Cizerack males, and as such couldn't possibly worship a female in the way they were meant to be. Saa winked at them. "Arrre jyou gojing to asssk me to dance?"

"No, we're asking you to leave." One took her arm, helping her off of her stool.

"Leave? Arrre we gojing to jyourrr place... orrr mjine?" Saa flirted as she lurched against one of them, her platinum locks getting tangled on the buttons of his leather jacket. "jI can take jyou both..." she appraised them drunkenly, and then amended, "But prrrobabljy not at once..."

Kassie hadn't heard the other girl ask her about her drink because of the pounding music in her ears. After she had danced a bit, eyeing cuties all the while... she came back to the bar. She saw Saa and frowned slightly at the two men. "Ok guys, she's a little disorientated. Just let her be for a bit..." She sat down next to her.

"Who're you?" They questioned, their brows furrowed.

"I'm a friend of Bane's."

Since they knew Bane, they shrugged and slowly moved off, keeping their gaces on Kassie and Saa.

The two men who'd taken her arms released her and it took a minute for Saa to realize that the blond hyu-mann had asked them to. The Cizerack female glared at the woman. "jIf jyou want sssome malesss ...get jyourrr own."

Then she hiccupped.

Kassie shrugged sheepishly and grinned, showing her neat white teeth. "I don't want to take away your males. They just looked like they were bothering you. I could probably get any cutey in here anyway." She glanced around, catching the gazes of a few cute guys.

She looked back at the Cizerack female. "So what were you drinking earlier anyway?" She asked curiously. Either this female had a low tolerance, or she had drank something strong. Very strong.

She turned back to the bar, and waved expansively at the wall that was decorated with bottles of every size, shape and color. "jI had sssome of that... " She sighed, and rested her head on her hand.

The bartender shook his head, and turned to Kassie. "She had three Randomized Correllian Eye-Blasters, and I don't know how many of the jello shots she got into. Thought it was food, and you know how Cizerack tend to eat." He frowned, "Look, I was trying to get her thrown out, I don't know what you were thinking, but the last thing we need is a beligerant drunken Cizerack in the place."

Saa hissed angrily at the rude male who was talking over her head, but got distracted by the way the dance lights were refracting off of the bottles of liquor on the wall.

Yurza tracked the Cizerack until the young woman got the bouncers off of her. There was something oddly familiar about her, but he counldn't put his finger quite on it. He moved towards the bar and caught the drinks the cat woman had had and smiled to himself. Such a shame. I thought she would be able to hold more than that, he thought as he called the bartender over to order his own drink. "I'll take an eyeblaster, and don't waste any room in there. The more whiskey the better."

Kassie looked at the bartender and nodded. "I know, it'll be ok. Once she's calmed down, she should be ok."

She sighed and shook her head, laughing softly. "Just take it easy. Not even I can handle all that."

She saw a cute guy sit down near them and smiled slightly to herself. "Hey, I haven't seen you here before. You new on Coruscant?" She asked, putting a stray strand of blonde hair behind her ear.

Redic had just gotten some leave time after his parttaking in the last Naval Action against the Imperials. He was looking to relax a little and get some of that tension out of him. Taking part in a battle and loosing people he had known had made him think about getting out more. He needed to get some air and not be cramped up on his ship. Redic had just been promoted Captain and his XO had invited him to this hot club. Never having been to one, Redic agreed as an excuse to get out and have some fun before he was deployed again.

Their Naval ranks and IDs got them into the Club quickly and since they were still technically on duty, both wore their neat and clean Naval uniforms. According to Naval regulations, both were clean shaven and had their hair perfect. The moment they got to the club, Redic was impressed with it. The place was well kept and looked very stylish. As they both entered the club, the music reached their ears and redic smiled. He was glad it was good music and not some of the other trash he had heard.

As they walked gracefully through the club, people started to turn and look at them. It wasn't everyday that military personel in full dress uniform came into the club. Girls were smiling that them both, while guys were starting to look angry, as if Redic and his XO Tyler were stealing away their ladies. They both made their way to the bar, but along the way Tyler noticed a girl looking at him and smiled at Redic.

"See you later Captain." Tyler grinned and ran off.

Redic smiled and shook his head in amuzment. He went over to the bar and got some juice, instead of the heavy stuff. He had never enjoyed drinking alcohol and plus he was on duty. As he sat there he looked over and saw one of the cutest girls he'd even seen, Kassie. She was talking to some other guys so Redic frowned and continued to look around the place. His foot tapped on the floor in rythem with the music.

Yurza was startled by the girl's voice. He hadn't been expecting her to come over and talk to him. "I manage to swing by here every once in awhile. Excuse me, but have we met before? There is something vaguely familiar about you, but I can't seem to place the face."

Kassie nodded. "Yeah, it's a cool place." She frowned slightly. "I don't believe so... I might have, but I think I would've remembered you... I'm usually good placing people I've met before."

She looked along the bar at Redic and managed a smile at him, as she caught his gaze for a moment.

Yurza shook his head. He was certain he had seen her before. Oh well the memory would come back sooner or later. He glanced around and noticed all the guysstaring at the young lady. "You seem to be pretty popular. The name is Yurza by the way."

Redic saw Kassie smile and smiled back. He turned to the bar and asked the person to deliver a drink of Kassie's choice to her.

"Excuse me man, that gentleman said that the next drink you want is on him. He also asks if you would care to join him for dinner, althought he sees that you are busy and is sorry for destirbing you."

He had wanted to say that all himself, but felt like he would be interupting Kassie's conversation. Redic sat and waited for a reply. He really wanted to get to know that lady.

Kassie smiled and shrugged. "It's all in how you present yourself. If you show confidence and a friendliness towards everyone, they'll really grasp onto that and recognize that. I'm Kassie."

She looked from Yurza to one of the bartenders who delievered the notice and nodded. "Thank him from me. I would love to have dinner with him, but maybe a little later. I'm not hungry yet. Maybe after a bit of dancing I'll be hungry."

She looked down along the bar and smiled at Redic. She then mouthed a 'thankyou' at him.

She got up as another quick song began. She looked to Yurza and grinned. She then turned and moved onto the dance floor, moving her hips and upper body to the beat.

For a reason he couldn't explain, Yurza stood up and followed the girls, his body starting to feel the beat to the music and move in time with it.

Redic smiled back at Kassie and thought about her comment for a bit. In his mind it seemed as though she was asking him to go and dance. But what if she wasn't? Redic thought about it and smiled to himself, it didn't really matter since he would be gone tomorrow, back on duty.

Redic got up and went along with the two. He started dancing to the music as best he could, getting come clues from the other dancers and making up some of his own moves. Since he wasn't really into clubs, he didn't know how to dance in this style. He gave it his all though and danced closer and closer to Kassie.

He could see that she really knew how to dance and he couldn't stop smiling at her. "Your a really good dancer." He said to her as he got close enough, "You also look very beautiful tonight if you don't mind me saying so."

Redic smiled and got closer and closer as the dancing went on.

"What's your name ma'am? I'm Redic, Redic Scott."

Kassie smiled, seeing Yurza. She smiled at him, then smiled over at Redic. As he danced closer, she could see he was new at this. But from looking around, she could tell that it wasn't an uncommon thing.

Kassie grinned as some of the strobe lights flashed over their heads, making their faces appear blue, pink, green, orange and an entire spectrum of colours. "Thanks. My name's Kassie."

Yurza shook his head, trying to figure out what he was doing. This was not common behavior for him, but he seen that girl somewhere before and he was going to make sure he remembered. For some reason, however, the music and the girl's body movement was just so intoxicating that he couldn't stop staring at her, or this new person she seemed to have picked up.

Kassie recognized this song and continued dancing to it, her hips swaying the beat exactly at the keypoints in the song. She looked over at Yurza and smiled.

"You've got stars shooting across your eyes." She commented lightly, continuing to dance. "You ok?"

"I dont know...this isn't really like me, and I don't know why I am out here on the dance floor. I can't even dance, I mean look at me!"

Kassie smiled and took his hand, bringing him to dance near her. "It's ok, you can only get better with practice." She smiled and laughed lightly. "It's fun."

Yurza moved closer to the woman, and suddenly he could smell the perfume she was wearing even better than before. What are you doing Yurza? This isn't you, the Dark Jedi apprentice thought, but he couldn't help himself. He could feel the warmth of her body next to his and he was getting drunk, just off the Force signature. His body loosened up and began to sway more freely and actually in time with the music.

Kassie smiled. In the back of her mind, she could feel her mind tingle with something. She had never felt anything like it. It felt so... strange. As if she was open to another sense. She ignored it for now though. She was having a fun time.

"So where are you from?" She asked.

Yurza moved in a slow cirlce around the girl as he danced. "Me? I'm from a planet that I'd rather not name. For now though I live with my master on her planet."

"Master?" Kassie raised an eyebrow at him. "You mean you're an apprentice or something?"

She smiled slightly, continuing to dance.

"Yes I am," he said before almost losing his balance and nearly falling over. Luckily, he was fast enough to put his hand down and turn the fall into a backflip. A second later he would have been th laughing stock of the entire club, but fortunate for them, he was quick.

Kassie didn't know how she did it, but she could see his falling motion and then watched as it was turned into a backwards flip. Luckily there had been enough room and he had landed it just fine.

"Whoa! That was amazing... You should make that into a dance move." She smiled.

"I couldn't dance properly, if I tried, so there is no way I am going to try and make that into a dance move." But even as he said it, Yurza was already thinking of the possibilities.

"Practice makes perfect." Kassie shrugged. "Besides, just because you may not be good at dancing in the ways that others dance, doesn't mean you're not good at it. Make up your own." She grinned.

"I have never tried, so I wouldn't know where to begin," Yurza said as he weaved his hands through the air, his feet shuffling on the floor.

"When I try to make up new moves, I usually try to borrow a bit of one from others and then add my own idea to it to make it creative and interesting."

Kassie grinned and laughed lightly at him dance. "That's a good start."

"Add ideas, huh?" Yurza looked around and saw others moving thier arms and hands in different directions and had an idea. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a green and red glowrod. He put one in each hand, and listening to the music, he began to twirl them faster and faster, until the were a blur in his hands. Looks like lightsaber training did more than just make one good at combat. He reached out with the Force and pulled two more out, this time blue and purple and they began tiwrling and spinning around his body in time with the music.

Kassie raised an eyebrow at him. She curiously watched as he pulled out two glowrods, a red and a green one.

As he began twirling them around, faster than the average eye could see, she was taken aback. This guy was obviously good with tricks or something. She had never seen anything like it.

"Wow... Where'd you learn that?" She asked, clearly impressed.

"My master taught me. I also use the same movement for lightsaber skills," the man said as he tossed up the green glowrod, spun around and caught it behid his back. "You know, this dancing thing really isn't that hard."

"Lightsaber?" Kassie arched an eyebrow once more. "You're a Jedi or something? Wow... that's cool."

She nodded. "Once you know the beat it isn't, you're right. Just practice and a bit of creativity."

Yurza cocked his head to the side and nearly lost his concentration. "I am no Jedi, nor will I ever be!"

He looked at the girl for another moment before looking at the two free floating glowrods and saw they were spinnin uncontrollably. He slowed them down and then turned back to the girl. "I am sorry for my outbreak. It was uncalled for and rude, but I ask you never to confuse me with the Jedi again."

Kassie stopped dancing for a moment. "Oh.. I-I'm sorry..." She was at a loss for words. She hadn't meant offending him or anything.

She swallowed. "I-I'm sorry I offended you. It's just that here on Coruscant, there's mostly Jedi. I don't know of many other force users that reside on Coruscant." She sighed. "But personally, most of the Jedi are kinda stuck up and arrogant, going on about "keeping the galaxy safe". They never seem to calm down or have fun. Not like you're doing anyway."

"Well that is the Jedi way. Again I apologize. You see technically I am a Jedi, but not the kind you think about. I am called a Dark Jedi. And you are right Jedi are the predominate Force users here. I'm just here on a little business and pleasure for right now. In a day or two I will be returning to my master's planet and back to my training," he said as he tried to continue to keep the glowrods in motion, but it was becoming more and more taxing.

"Dark Jedi? Hmm... that sounds kinda sexy." Kassie grinned for a moment, then sighed."It seems most teachers usually try to take away leisure time and activities." She said, remembering her homeschooling and times at a boarding school with a personal tutor.

"Depends on the teacher and subject. Take my master for example. Even though the work is hard, it is still fun and exciting. Sometimes she even gives me little missions like this to take care. And in between her teachings and my training, I can pretty much do whatever it is that I like."

"So what's your mission this time?" Kassie asked curiously. Then, realizing what she said, she shook her head. "I'm sorry, you don't have to answer that if it's private. I'll understand."

"Well I can tell yo parts of it. Basically I'm here to pick up a few things, cause a little havoc, and as always I am looking for someone to turn. Sorry it is vague, bu I don't want any nosey people going and reporting me. It'll jus make getting off planet that much harder."

Kassie nodded. "Of course, I wouldn't want you to put yourself in danger just because of my curious nature."

Her mind twitched slightly, wondering why she felt so at ease with Yurza, despite the fact that he was a Dark Jedi. When she had been training as a young girl in the lessons of self defense, her trainer had informed her that she had acquired impressive reflexes. He wasn't sure where she had gotten them, but perhaps it had been from her parents.

Kassie hadn't thought that was possible though. Her mother had disappeared when Kassie was younger and her father was a business man in Upper Coruscant, dealing with the markets and Upper class people.

But whatever the case had been, she had never felt comfortable around Jedi whenever they came over to speak with her father. She was surprised that she felt more comfortable with ones that seemed more attuned to the dark, but for now, she pushed that thought away from her mind and focused back on Yurza as she continued dancing.

"I wouldn't worry about that if I were you. I can handle just about anything this planet's law enforcement agencies could throw at me. I'm keeping quiet more for your safety. This way even if someone does snitch to say I am here and they connect you with me, you are not a liability. If you are not a liability then nothing will happen to you."

Kassie bit her lip slightly. "Well, I wouldn't want to get in the way, you're right. But it's so busy in here, even if someone who's after you comes in here, it's not as if they'd be able to point you out amongst all these people. Especially with the dark lighting." She gestured to the dark lights and strobe lights that shone everywhere every few seconds.

Yurza lifted the glowrods he still had out for a moment. "Maybe he wouldn't be able to see me, but how many people in here do you think could do this? And like you said, Jedi don't come here often."

Kassie bit her lip. Yurza may have a point there... from what he said, she had never seen anyone do that before. It was pretty impressive. And she had noticed others watch him when he had first started too.

She shrugged. "Well... not a lot, but there may be a few others, circus preformers or something."

Yurza made a face at the mention of the circus. "Ugh...the only thing I can honestly say unnerves me would have to be the circus."

Kassie laughed lightly at the expression apon his face at the mere mention of the circus. "Yes, I agree. Some of the tricks and magic they have is kinda strange."

She shook her head, smiling slightly.

"I don't think strange even begins to descibe them."

Kassie shrugged. "There's a lot of strange things in the galaxy. Some that we can't even begin or want to describe."

She swallowed, her throat getting a bit dry. "I'm getting a little thirsty. I think I'll go get a water or something."

She stopped dancing and moved her way through the crowd easily and went over to the bar. She took an empty seat and asked for a cold bottled mineral water.

Yurza snatched the two glowrods out of the air and pocketed all four of them. He followed Kassie to the bar. "Please allow me. Anything you want, on my tab."

"Thanks. That's nice of you." Kassie smiled at him as she waited for the water.

The bartender slid the bottle across the bar to her. "There you go little lady. One cold water."

Kassie thanked him and uncapped it. She sipped it slowly and looked over at Yurza. "So when do you have to go back to work?"

((brb, i'll be back. have to restart my comp.))

"Technically, I am always at work, but I don't have to report back to my master until two days from now."

"Life offers so little time for leisure time." Kassie remarked lightly as she sipped her water again.

"It depends on you liesure."

Kassie smiled, setting her bottle down on the bar. She glanced over at Yurza. "I suppose you're right."

"Which bring us to the question of what are your leisures?"

Kassie smiled. "Well I mostly like to hang out in places like this, meeting new people and talking with old friends. I'm alright at computer hacking, but I like socializing more."

She shrugged. "I'm a social butterfly, I have to admit." She sipped her water.

"Sounds interesting. I never really was the social type, but others have been telling me to get out more, so that is why I am here tonight."

Kassie smiled. "Well I'm glad they, whoever "they" are told you to get out. It's good to get out and meet new people."

"Yes I must admit it is more exciting than what I would normally be doing now."

"And what is that?" Kassie asked. "Or would that make me a possible liability?"

"Oh no. My usual activities while I'm on Coruscant merely involve walking the streets and sometimes looking in a few choice shops."

"Ah... yes. Window shopping can be intersting sometimes."

"Well I wouldn't exactly call it window shopping, as the stuff I look for can't exactly be displayed."

"The black market you mean?" Kassie raised an eyebrow.

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Redic smiled at Kassie, "Nice to meet you Kassie."

He hoped to talk to her more, but she soon turned away and seemed a lot more interested in the other guy. Redic frowned a little and danced a little bit more near the two, but he could see that she didn't even look his way anymore and it seemed like she really didn't want anything to do with him.

Redic backed away from them and said, "See you later then." With that he quickly tooked a few steps back and turned around. He disappeared easily and was soon making his way to the bar. As he did, he smiled to be polite and danced with a few of the other girls in the club.

As he danced and got closer to the bar he kept thing what he was doing there. He would gone soon anyways and who knows when he would be back, if he ever came back. Even if he found a girl here, nothing would likely happen from it. He wasn't someone to do a one night stand, but what sane woman would wait 6 months of more for him to come back to her after a tour of duty. That same woman would have to live day in and day out, wondering if he was alive and if he would ever come home.

He got to the bar and sat down on one of the chairs. Ordering a cold water he just sat there facing away from the dancing crowd hoping this XO would get done soon so they could leave. He saw Kassie get back to the bar, but didn't really look over at her. She had seemed like a nice girl, but she hadn't really given him a chance. Redic shrugged and looked away.

"Yes and no. Some of the stuff can be bought legally, but a majority...well let's just say you don't want to get caught with it."

Kassie nodded at Yurza. "I know what you mean. Some of the computer stuff and few other training items would make awkward situations if caught on hand."

She looked over at Redic. "Hey Redic." She flashed him a smile. "Have you tried the Kashyyykian blue moon here?"

"I never really thought about computers as that type of products."

Kassie smirked slightly over at Yurza. "A lot of people wouldn't. But some components are. Especially if the Security forces are trying to cut down on people hacking their systems." She paused. "Not that I do that..."

Redic looked over when he heard her say hello. He wondered why she was talking to him again, maybe she just wanted to be nice. He formed a smile and waved a little, "Hi Kassie, having fun?"

He listened to the two talk and smiled to himself. He could have them both arrested, but he didn't feel like doing anything. They weren't causing any harm that he knew about, so it didn;t concern him. Plus he was learning that the girl had some secrets about her and that intrigued him.

Yurza could feel the suble changes in the Force as she denied hacking computers. "Sure you don't."

Kassie made a face and managed a smirk afterwards. "Well I do, just not on security or important computers or networks."

"Hey whatever works. Actually, you know you might be able to help me with something. That is if you wouldn't mind."

Redic sits there and sips his drink as the two talk. Looking at his Chrono he notices that he only had an hour before he has to go.

Kassie raised an eyebrow at Yurza. "And what would that something involve?"

She turned to a bartender, she asked for a small scrap of durasheet and a pen. She then penned in her neatest handwriting.

Redic,

Sorry I couldn't have time for dinner tonight. But maybe we could get together another time and talk over a drink or something.

~Kassie

She handed it to the bartender who then delievered it over to Redic. "There you go sir." Then he went back to serving the bar.

"Well I am thinking about going on a little...shall we say hunting exploration and I need a list of some Jedi Padawans and their normal day to day activities."

Redic looked at the paper and sighed. He had one more day of leave left.

He wrote back to her,
Kassie, I only have a day more of leave, so if it can't be tomorrow, we might not see each other again. You may contact me though on my private comm link. The number is below.

Redic wrote the number down and sent the paper back to Kassie.

Kassie recieved the paper and penned down her neat reply just under what he had written.

Well, we can try and keep in touch. It was nice meeting you.

She sent it back to him and turned to the dance floor to watch some of the dancers.

Redic smiled and nodded at her. He stood up and saw his XO flirting around with a bunch of girls. Shaking his head Redic went over there and introduced himself. He told a little joke and then told them all that they had to leave.

His XO frowned but knew it was true. Saying goodbye, both of them left the club.

Yurza watched Kassie write on a peice of paper and then turn around to watch the dancers. "So are you intersted in my offer? I can make it worth your wild"

Kassie watched Redic leave and nodded a goodbye to him just before he exited the club.

She turned back to Yurza. "It depends on the terms and of what you're offering," she told him.

"Just get me a few names. A thousand credits for each name you can get. I'll provide you with protection and a place to work your magic and no one knows it is me you are getting the names for," Yurza said as he turned to the bar and ordered some Blue Moon Juice.

Kassie frowned slightly. "A thousand each...? Fsh, I not an amateur you know." She shook her head. "It's much harder than you think. You have to fake id's, get access to networks, bypass firewalls and other viruses and such. No, I'll take five thousand each."

She knew from some past experiences that possible employers sometimes got ticked off as she raised the price. But she couldn't help it. If they wanted the information, they would have to pay the price for the labor that was required to get it.

Yurza sighed. That was pushing his budget. He just couldn't afford it. He had to buy some time for some money. "Two thousand now and if you get the job done another thousand then."

Kassie sighed. She gazed Yurza in the eye, seeing if he was telling the truth. She was usually pretty good at reading people since she was always socializing and she could tell that he was conveying the truth. "Alright, I'll do it."

"Good." Yurza looked at his watch and then back up to Kassie. "Well I've only got a few hours left before my next meeting with a few clients. Would you care to join me for a bite to eat?"

Kassie smiled and shrugged. It wouldn't hurt I guess. She thought to herself. "Sure."

"Excellent," Yurza said with a smile. "Any place particular or just a random diner?"

Kassie smiled back at him and shrugged. "It doesn't really matter to me."

"Very well then, I have the perfect place in mind. If you would," Yurza said as he held out his arm like the gentleman he wasn't.

Kassie eyed Yurza carefully. Since she socialized around a lot of people daily, she had gotten the ability to read people very well. The way that Yurza carried this simple gesture out indicated that he wasn't usually used to doing this. She ignored that for now and smiled.

She got up from her chair and slipped her arm around his.

Yurza flipped a few coins onto the bar to take care of his tab and the lady's and walked through the crowd.

"Any special appetite you have tonight?" He asked as they reached the front of the club.

"Nothing in particular..." Kassie said as she walked with Yurza to the front of the club. She nodded goodbye to a few of the employees she knew as she went.

"But what did you have in mind?"

"Just a little place a few blocks away I know. Original place. They cook your food in front of you while you wait. Very interesting, thelove to preform tricks."

Kassie nodded. "I think I've been past there. I've never been inside, but it sounds interesting."

"Oh it is lovely. Very fun and expensive, but definitely worth it."

Kassie smiled. "Well if you find it good, then I suppose I'll find it good as well."