2nd Heart - A Moment's Rest

[stronguponme.livejournal.com]

[And here comes Jackie, popping into the Plane and, for a moment, looking rather flustered and perhaps even a little frustrated. In his right hand is a steel fold up chair, and his left hand is just idly twitching by it's own accord. He takes a few steps forward and opens the chair up with a snap, then promptly drops it in front of him. After staring at it for a moment, he sits down and leans forward, taking one long deep breath. Taking a few and holding it in, he leans back and tilts his head upwards, staring straight up and breathes out slowly.]

Better. Much better.

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[buckingbronco.livejournal.com]

[Ah. Dino had been pretty sure this guy wasn't talking about anything legal, but it's nice to have confirmation]

I don't blame you for not wanting to get into that. Drugs are more trouble than they're worth. Too much temptation and it tends to made the cops more tenacious when they're involved.

[stronguponme.livejournal.com]

[Nods.]

I've got no interest in them or their revenue. But the cops want a cut. They're pushing on some of my weaker links to start up drug operations again.

And that leads us to here and now.

[buckingbronco.livejournal.com]

Corrupt cops...that's always trouble. [Has no love for corrupt cops, even if he has to deal with them once in a while] Sounds like the best you can hope for is that this gets taken care of quickly.

[stronguponme.livejournal.com]

[A slight frown] It will. One way or another, it will.

[buckingbronco.livejournal.com]

You think you'll be okay when the fighting starts?

[stronguponme.livejournal.com]

[A grim smile]

I know I will.

[buckingbronco.livejournal.com]

You're that confident?

[stronguponme.livejournal.com]

[The smile fades away]

When it starts, everyone save for me is as good as dead. This isn't me stroking my ego, or an incredible level of confidence in my skills...

This is something I know from experience.

[buckingbronco.livejournal.com]

[You get a measured look Jackie. Dino is remembering Contractors and everything he has seen them do.] You must be really...skilled.

[stronguponme.livejournal.com]

[A moment] You could say that.