[Sodium_noir] Hell is Other People

[Josh]

  Allen Bradley, Marguerite Sinclair, Mara Ravenclaw, Christine McAbee, Sandra Scotland
  A Pair of Mortals, a Vampire, a Mage, and a Bastet
  Sinclair Mansion
  1 – 3 AM


  “Let me commend you on a fabulous celebration Lady Sinclair,” she says.  “This place is magnificent.”  Sandra plays interceptor for Christine as she looks to gain the attention of the Hostess and the gentleman accompanying her.
   
  “You look like you need a cup of coffee.” Mara says.  “Do you want to try to track one down?”  Hopefully, the now irascible Christine would interpret that as their more common “do we need to talk in private?” rather than as an attack “you look like shit”.
   
  The air around the small group about the stair suddenly grew very prickly.  “I believe I saw the espresso near the Monet,” Bradley said, reading the look in Christine’s eyes and casually throwing out a direction before she could answer.  Some would call it dirty pool, others a tactical redeployment.  Bradley thought of it more as diffusing a potential land mine before it could go off.
   
  Leaving Mara and Christine to their own devices, he subtly moved back and to the side, including Sandra in his and Lady Sinclair’s conversation and resigning himself to small talk.  “It really is an enchanting place.  I always find something new every time I come to one of these little get-togethers.”  Bradley paused and snatched a glass of champagne from a passing server before directing his next question to Lady Sinclair.  “Didn’t you mention something about changing the landscaping near the back patio?”
   
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