Bittersweet Candy Bowl

Michelle walks in just in time to see Dani and Autumn arguing, but only caught the end of it.

I wonder what the problem might be…

She moves over to a corner, observing, waiting for people to arrive.

*manuvers through the crowd trying to find Paula*
ugh! she’s gotta be here somewhere

Adam was feeling uncomfortable. Now that she was closer, he could see how stunning she was. “A beuatiful journalist,” he thought. “What a dangerous combination…”

Adam tried to stay poised and proper. He smiled at her, hoping she’d leave after.

*Autumn smiled sweetly and snuffed out her smoke as she scooted a little closer to Adam.*

Now I have a feeling you feel a little nervous with me sniffing around. *She nodded her head towards Stu and smiled.* And maybe you have a reason to worry and maybe you don’t, but I propose you at least get to know a girl a bit before judging her.

Adam didn’t say anything. He could tell this girl was a smooth talker and got whatever she wanted. He scolded himself, telling himself not to fall victim to her charm.

*Quickly seeing that her charms weren’t going to work on this particular fellow, she leaned back against the seat she was in and sighed.* Well this is an interesting fellow to say the least. *She thought quietly to herself as she summed the cat up with her eyes. She cracked a smile as she continued to talk.*

The quiet type, eh? That’s a rarity in this town, to say the least. I’ll take it that you’re not one for much small talk?

Adam simply cocked his eyebrow and smirked.

*Autumn laughed loudly and smiled at his response.*

Alright then, at least let me buy you a drink for that rousing conversation. She signaled the barkeep.* Two beers sir!

Adam was concerned. This woman could possibly be trying to get him drunk in order to get close to Stu or in order to get info out of him. However, he accepted the drink anyways. Luckily, Adam knew how to hold his drink.

Here ya go.
*Hands them drinks*

*Autumn smiled at the Bartender in return as she passed Adam his drink. She noticed him trying to look stone-faced and couldn’t help but smile.*

You know that you can lighten up, it won’t kill you. After all we’re all here for fun, right?

Adam nodded his head in reply, as if to say that his job is a full time one. He quickly downed his drink and then signaled for the bartender to bring another two. He then reached into the pocket to try and find some money.

(Dahahaha redundant Commie is redundant. I’ll need to head to bed soon, sorry I wasn’t on much today. Things got kinda busy.)

*Autumn gently patted Adam’s hand and smiled.* Don’t worry, I got this one.

(Kay I’m off to bed. Night all!)

(We’re eleven players? That is a better turnout than I had expected. ^_^

I’ll start the murders now, just so that we’re started proper. You may still join in as Tex, Alexis or Justine if you want to, but the game is running.)

{THE ITALIAN JOB}

Tex leant back on the counter, relaxing in the dank smoke while sipping from a glass with unspeakable contents. As he stretches, he notices something in the corner of his eye. Something big and bleak…

He bows down to get a closer look. A stocky figure is stowed beneath the desk, lying discarded as though it was a used cigarette - or rather, a faulty chesterfield. Tex takes notice of the man’s grubby clothes, dark hair, and… the decidedly fatal bullet wounds to his chest. Raphael Greco’s dirty shirt is now stained with more than filth…

“Hey, Duke? Duke?” shouted Tex through the din of conversation. “You might wanna take a look at this…”

*Fell asleep at his table*


(Sorry,couldnt think up of anything else atm its really early and i need time for my brain to start working correctly)

(That’s quite all right, dear. ^_^)

*is staring at the sleeping Miller as she notices the commotion by the counter*

Oh? I wonder what those two are up to…

*laughs and blows a cloud of smoke as she walks towards them*

Hello, boys. If you don’t mind me asking… what is going on? Oh? Raphael? So it is! You’d better pull him out from there, it’s unclassy.

*Is dreaming about justine as he sleeps somewhat soundfully*

(adventureshipping ftw)

*Autumn slowly stirs as commotion begins to break through her thin wall of sleep. She notices immediately that she feels rather warm where ever she is and opens her eyes to see Adam sleeping peacefully beside her. Apparently the two of them had fallen asleep while drinking last night, resting on each others shoulders. She smiles as she waits a moment before sitting up, seeing if the cat will wake up on his own and give him a good fright.*

(Admittedly my participation in this MMG with likely be scattered, but I will join in when I can)

*Looks up at the call and heads over to see tex*

“Hmm? What is it Tex? Something… Jesus Christ! Is that Raphael? The hell happened here?”

*Autumn bent her ears back at Duke’s sudden out break and leaded off Adam. She trotted over to the small crowd gathering and a small grin stretched across her face when she saw the body.* I was looking for a scoop but this has to be the one of the century. I can have any job in the city I want if I break this case! *She quickly whipped the smile off her face before anyone could spot it and frowned. *

Is that man dead? *She asked as she let fake fright seep into her voice.*

*Looks at the body in shock, before composing himself and putting on a mean face*

“Of course he’s bleedin’ dead. He’s shot in the chest, I don’t think you can get any more dead… Who the hell are you anyways?”

*Stuart had sort of been ignoring everyone as he concentrated more on his writings then anyything else, that is until he’s hears the The Duke yelling and walks over to him*
Why are you yelling so loud, did they run out of your favourite drink?
Seriously why are you yell…
Oh god what’s happened to this man?

Adam woke up with a fright due to all the yelling. He then realized that he had falled asleep. He walked over to where The Duke and Stuart were standing. There was a dead man there, Raphael, if Adam remembered correctly. Adam then scoleded himself for falling asleep. If he had been more vigilant, he probably would have seen what had happened.

Adam pushed past the other spectators and went to inspect the body.

*Autumn turned to Duke with a grin and a tip of her hat.*

How do ya do? My name is Autumn and that’s all you need to know right now, Handsome.

*Moves aside so that Adam can pass to inspect the body
“Autumn? Never seen you around these parts before, watch yourself, and you can take that as a warning not a threat, the body should be a warning enough though.”

*Turn to Stuart*
“I have absolutely no idea, Tex found him and he was already shot by then I would imagine from his reaction. I would imagine someone had a grudge… He was an avid gambler wasn’t he? Likely money issues.”

*Autumn smiled coyly at Duke.* Well thanks for the warning Handsome, but don’t worry about little ole me, I can take care of myself. *She slid pass Duke and joined Adam in inspecting the body.*

Hey there Mr. Quiet, see anything interesting?

Dear god Raphael! it cant be, you old batasrd! You finaly cashed in your chips, i….need to sit down ,yes

*nearly spilling his drink sits down on the floor after discovering the others around the grisly scene*

Adam glared at the stunning journalist, not wishing to divulge any details..He wasn’t an expert when it came to crime scene investigation, but he could tell that this was no accident.


For a moment, it seemed like Adam mouthed the word “murder”.

(He was shot in the chest, of course you have to assume murder!)

*Stuart grabs the nearest drink he could see and chugs it down as he continues to simply stare at the body*
Jeez grudge or not this isn’t something I would of wanted to see.
Hell even to a guy like him.
Hmm this sounds like a good story for a movie. Maybe I should stick around a little longer then I planned*

(Too late to edit now!)

*Orders a stiff drink and goes to sit down*

“Geez, such a horrible thing to happen. I don’t know why everyone’s getting so excited about it though, should be used to it if you’ve lived in the bad parts of town long enough.”

(I lost my internet connection for about three hours. Hee, this is good, folks. ^_^)

*looks at Tex*

Hey, you, pick up that poor bugger. Did any of you do this?

*blows a cloud of smoke, looking thoroughly uninterested*

Adam glared at The Duke. He has had several run-ins with him and he usually gets along with him, but this time was different. Adam was disgusted with The Duke’s behavior. Adam believed that it doesn’t matter how many times one sees death, life is a valuable thing and the loss of one is a tragic event.

*Looks at Paula with a mix of shock and annoyance*
Of course I wouldn’t be the one to do it.
I’m just a film-maker like I’d want to kill someone.
Besides…
*He puts his arm around Adam’s shoulder and almost smirks*
Even if I did I’d get him to do the dirty work.

Adam had an expression on his face that could only be best described by the following emoticon:

(-__-)

*Getting to his feet and faceing the rest of the crowd*

Who the hell did this? He was my partener! My freind! we were a comedy duo, not a one man show! alright who did that bastard owe mney too!?! which one of you crumb bums did him in?

“Definately don’t look at me for this, I wouldn’t kill anyone. As I said, you’re probably looking for someone he had gambling debts with.”

(Hmm, somewhat ninja’d there with the debts part.)

I’ll look at anyone here! do you know how many wives and daughters he carried on with! Hell he beat my record, It could be more than money!

Well, it must be someone here. Look, he’s been shot only recently. The blood is still wet.

Ah, good, Tex. Put him in a black plastic bag and we’ll deal with him later.

*Finally free of his slumber he looks over to the group near the bar and rubs his eyes*

Ah…i must’ve fallen asleep,Most likely because this place was SO boring at the time.

I Wonder what’s happening now?? There seems to be alot of commotion.

*He couldnt help but think all this slightly outloud as he stood up and walked over to the group* Greetings everyone,I apologize if my falling asleep bothered anyone,But you could’ve woken me up at anytime you know! *he says all this without even noticing the body*

(I hope none of this is is out of context,oh wow ninja’d big time&hellip

So far, there were three people that Adam didn’t quite trust regarding this case. There was the journalist, but that was mostly because of his experience with dealing with the media during Stu’s drunken escapades. There was Duke, with is indifference towards the dead Raphael. And then there was Paula. It was no secret that she was easy. After all, she was considered the town’s harlot. Is it possible that she had been with Raphael one night? It wouldn’t be suprising since Adam himself had seen her with Jesse, and they tend to get around to the same tail eventually. But that made no sense then. What would Paula’s motivation behind murdering Raphael be? Did he have some sort of information on her?


Whatever the reason, the way she had Tex dispose of his body made him uneasy.

*notices the silent one glaring at her*

What’s that? Oh, don’t be stupid. I didn’t do this. In my line of work, you learn to be calm in the face of tragedy…

*laughs*

Besides, he wasn’t any good, anyway.

(I hate this character already. ^_^)

*me gags a bit as he watches the body in it’s black bagging and grabs a nother drink, same as the first he quickly drinks it*
Uhh could we please get rid of him in some more better looking way?
No offence but hanging around dead bodies only works for me when they’re fakes.
And aren’t… still… bleeding slightly.

Throw him in the garbage bin, you mean? Hah! What good would that be? We need him around if we want to find who did this.

*stares at Jesse*

But, I’m sure we won’t need to look for long…

*hoarse laughter*

*stares back*

My career is ruined without that whoreson around to keep this thing going, i might of given whm a good smack now and then when he let his purse get to loose, but i wouldent go that far!

Isn’t that just so. Oh well, we’ll have to see…

*Stuart notices Jesse started to break-up and walks up to him and gives a rather pointless reassuring pat on the back*
Well whoever did it I’m sure things can work out if you just try.
Hey. Maybe I could put in a good word for you when I make my next film.
You seem the sort who an act.

Uh Body? What body might you all be talking about..? *Still unaware of what happened he noticed that they seemed to be ignoring him though*

Heh,Well i guess i’ll just have to talk to a different group. *He looked around the room and noticed only a few other people were around* Well darn,i guess ya’ll is the only ones here. *he smiled as he looked around,still wondering what they’re talking about*