A Little Day Drinking

[Nesrin Aziz]

Visual effects were what she was curious about. Nesrin had seen the video, of course – not that she admitted as much. She was just steering the conversation into a direction that sparked her interest. It wasn’t that she didn’t trust Wicked’s capabilities, or the rather loose deal they had just made, but they were talking about the m’Antinomian here – something she was beginning to realise might be more than a bunch of nerds in their basements. So, if there was, say, a way to obscure or change an aspect of her appearance that actually confused facial recognition. Well, that would be useful for all sorts of things. But she already knew Nox wasn’t going to be able to teach her any of that. And apparently Anna was new to her abilities.

She leaned over to watch the video Cade shared anyway, as curious as if she hadn’t ever seen it. What he said about someone changing the narrative made her smile, since she had insight he lacked. Was this cute little paediatrician really ready for the kind of life he was poking around in? Probably not.

A while later Elyse made to leave, and Nesrin bid her a farewell along with the others. She’d stay a while longer, enough to finish the drink, but she wondered if Anna might appreciate time to chat with Cade alone.

“I should probably go,” she said eventually. “Need to start looking for a new place, and see about getting this guy fixed.” She patted the bag by her feet, which housed the ruined laptop. Neither of those things were strictly true, but as Elyse helpfully pointed out, who really knew with Nesrin. She stood to retrieve her hoodie and pulled it over her head. The coffee smell was pungent, but at least it was dry. “Thank you for the rescue. You guys made a shitty day a little brighter.” Nesrin was blessed with one of those light up the face smiles, and she gave one now as she heaved the bag strap onto her shoulder.

”Hopefully I’ll see you around Kallisti, Anna. Either way I still owe you that dance.” She grinned, waved her goodbyes to Cade too, and slipped out the door.

[[Nesrin would have stayed and chatted for a while before she excused herself, so just assume that happened lol]]