[M] Crystal Pointe City (Open) IC

[Storm]

As Jen takes note of the Nina heading across the crowded room, mentally tries to place her off the re-con packet she had been given. Only recalls that she is with the City which would work out excellent assuming she mostly is heading over to speak with Terra. Stands and makes her way toward another corner of the room to allow Nina continue to Terra.

Having reached the restroom area, quickly scans the area and it seems free for now. She enters the mens room she caught briefly Martin entering mere moments ago. She approaches him as he is drying his hands. Words need not be spoken as they entwine in each other's arms, he finally whispering "I was so worried, I so miss and so love you..." she returning words of love and leaning in pressing her lips softly to his, Martin returning a soft and tender kiss.

She then reaches in her hand bag whispering with a soft smile on her lips, her eyes lovingly fixed to his "We both have had long nights, here, let me..." removing a thin breath spray tube. He smiles leaning down allowing her to spray several squirts into his mouth. As his breathing labors while the fast acting nerve toxin robs him of his life, his love blinds him on the fact that this woman before him has just ended his life. He tries to speak yet the toxin has already removed that ability, she embraces him cupping his mouth as she lowers him to the floor while his last moments of life slip away. Softly whispers "I really did care, why did you have to remember me..." returning the toxin spray back into her hand bag. With this job, she knew the rep Terra's father had and should she get caught, she was not going to be tortured in the way Terra's fathers associates are infamous for, she would end her own life. Unless a very detailed autopsy was done, the toxin would make death appear a heart attack, as she positions Martin with his hands to his chest to give the appearance that he was grasping his chest in pain. She steps over Martin's body whispering "You will be the newest face to haunt my sleep dear man." and cracks the door ensuring no one is looking and slips out and back within the other guests on her way back to the couch Terra and by now, Nina should be at.

[Anastasia]

Nina had reached the other side of the room as one of the two she was headed right for quickly disappeared. The face had meant nothing to her, for all she knew, she could have seen it a hundred times and it meant absolutely nothing. Nina would stop short in front of Terra. Her eyes fixating on the girl. "Ms. Marino, it's an absolute pleasure." Her smile widened, as her grip on the champagne flute tightened.

If one looked closely enough you could tell she was nervous, she absolutely knew who she was dealing with, there was no doubt about it at all. "Though, I can't imagine your father knows that you're here..." Her tone was playful at best, and slightly antagonizing at worst. She was truly curious as the usual motley crew of those assigned to watch her were seemingly absent. It was a rather peculiar situation, running a finger of her free hand through her long hair she nodded politely.

It was a moment like this would seem to last forever, waiting for a remark to be made, for some sort of action to transpire, everyone needed an escape, it was only a party like this that a man could die, and it would take time for someone to notice. It would be many minutes before someone would quietly remark on the death that had just occurred. It could have been a scream or a series of highly politicized whispers that would send the message from one end of the room to the other, ultimately it would make no difference at all.

[Storm]

Making her way back through the crowd, expecting in a few moments, news of Martin would spread and reach Terra. Moves close as Nina is running her hand through her hair giving the impression she had not noticed her earlier allowing a "Wow, this place really is nothing like I've ever..." stopping giving the appearance of being surprised at Nina being there "... oh, like so sorry, didn't realize you were talking..." even though she was fully aware Terra had not replied yet having kept hard focus to ensure at least Terra and Nina would not know where she came from. Extends her hand to Nina "Hi, name's Jenny, Jen's cool too, you know..." nearly slips by saying Terra's name remembering the woman had not yet mentioned her name nor any guests have mentioned her name so as to be overheard. Immediately tries to recover "... now I feel a klutz, I don't recall your name..." looking to Terra trying for force an expression of embarrassment before continuing to Nina "anyway, you know her too? I think she is just the coolest.". Eyes shift between Nina and Terra for any facial expressions of suspicion or that they may not believe her act.

[Tazzlez60]

Terra raises an eyebrow to Jen, slightly embarrassed by her comment, however, strangely flattered. She smiled at Nina, "Well, I'm sorta surprised that everyone remembers me." She tried to hide the fact that she knew everyone remembered her because of her father, and this annoyed her. She looked to Jen and gave her a reassuring look, "Nah, don't sweat it. You weren't interrupting. Oh, sorry. Yeah, the name's Terra. Terra Marino. I can't believe I didn't mention it to you." There was an obvious reason. She didn't want people to know who she was, she was slowly getting more attention as her father was becoming more known, it was one of the main reasons she was trying so desperately to avoid him.

She quickly returned to her conversation with Nina, "No, my father doesn't know I'm here... Is that an issue, miss?" She would say, slightly annoyed at her comment, however she would keep her cool. She didn't want to draw attention to herself.

Suddenly, a man about Terra's age approached her, he seemed rather alarmed. Terra took this as a warning and walked up to him, "What's up, Trev?" she asked as casually as she could, keeping a hand to her thigh where she kept her knife. Trev looked at her as if he were in shock, "There's a dead guy in the bathroom! No one knows what happened!" He looked around nervously before turning back to her, whispering, "If there's a spy here, we're all going down..." Terra's eyes widened with shock. Someone in here could be looking for her. Before she could have time to escape, another guy came up to her with an slightly less alarmed appearance than Trevor, "Relax, it was just a heart attack... None of us will get done for this, there's no spy." He says with a reassuring smile.

Terra was very hesitant to believe this and looked over to Jen, a worried look on her face. "I think I should be going..." She looks over to Nina, kinda worried about her. Maybe what Trev said was the truth, maybe there was someone sneaking around under her nose. Maybe they were after her... This lady did seem pretty shady, maybe it was her. She shot an apologetic smile towards Jen and disappeared through the doorway of the room.

[Anastasia]

Her eyes were fixed on Terra, perhaps she hadn't recognized her, and she nodded lightly smiling following the conversation. Nina turned her head toward the second voice in her ear, that of Jen, she looks down at Jen's extended hand and shakes her head slightly, eventually moving to shake it.

"The only thing stranger about you not remembering me, is that I don't know who you are, and I know everyone."

It was a true fact, though it was a city, all of the big players were known to her, or so she had thought.

"My name is Nina Christensen, City Council."

That charming smile of hers widened, not entirely fake, but mostly political.

It was just then that two suited men came up behind her, one whispered quietly into her ear, and she would nod affirmatively, turning around as Terra had begun to walk away.

"Oh, and Ms. Marino, it appears that death becomes you."

A small giggle escaped her pallid lips, she quickly turned back to Jen.

"Be careful, in company like that. Or you might just end up like that man in the bathroom... a shame isn't it? So young for...a heart attack."

The tone in her voice was heavily sarcastic, essentially admitting that she didn't believe that for a second, it seemed so much more sketchy than it was. She instantly thought of Terra's father, and shook her head.

"Perhaps it is time we leave, no?" she said to Jen, smiling ever so softly."

[Storm]

Jen looks to Terra as she moves to the club's exit. Yes, they have discovered dear Martin, a little sooner than she had anticipated. With Terra's men telling her about the body as well as Nina's men informing her, she stores this information for reference as she continues looking for an avenue to get at Terra's Father.

She goes through the motion of dropping her jaw letting out a gasp. If nothing, she could put on a convincing gasp, she simply mimics those she is about ready to fire into when they realize this dear trusted friend is ending their life. She mutters out in a rehearsed shaky tone "s.. ssome ... one ... Died?". Looks to Nina a moment figuring that she should be able to find Terra again, this council woman seems to be in the know about her target. Perhaps she could learn some information from this one. "Mmm my name.. *gulps* is Jennifer. I wish we would have met ... under better circumstances Council Woman Christensen". Walks keeping pace with Nina for the moment offering "I am new in town, sorry for not knowing who you were. You mentioned something about Terra's Father? What should a new girl in your town know about them?"

[Storm]

David has been mixing with the guests having spotted Nina entering earlier, figuring he might get some lead of some kind tagging close to her. As he had been moving close to her as she were speaking to Jen and Terra, closes the gap offering in a friendly tone "Nina, you certainly know how to throw a party. You said something about heart attack? Is this another death by natural causes ... if you consider AK47 fire to be natural?" Looks to Jen for a brief moment "Hi Jennifer, my name is Dave, local busy buddy." Cocks his head to one side getting a look upon his face "...New girl here? You seem..." stops before saying that she looks familiar ... but under these circumstances doesn't.

Removes a digital camera from his pocket "Nina, you look stunning as usual. How about one for a PR peice..." widening the zoom so as to get Jen in the picture "...smile and say re-election".

[Anastasia]

Noticing that the young woman had continued to speak to her, she looked down for a few moments, taking the time to think of the man who just died.

"Oh Martin... He never could stay out of trouble."

She spoke softly, the words barely escaping her lips, with several moments paused, she seemed back in the present moment, entirely un-phased by the events which had transpired.

"Oh, you don't say... I knew there was a reason I didn't recognize you, how could I have, and so new in town, you've already landed yourself with the quite the crowd."

It was a comment like that, that when made at the right time was meant to deflect suspicion from her own character, and once more, with a little digging this could be discovered. She walked briskly along side Jen as people seemed to rush out around them, two suited men following closely behind them. Their faces unchanging, the pointless sunglasses merely reflecting your own image back at you. She saw a figure with a signature camera from the corner of her eye, they would soon come face to face with him.

"I know quite little about Terra, the girl you were with. But I do know that her father is feared by many in this town, especially the politician. They say that even the mayor is in his pocket. If you want to slip by quietly and unnoticed in a city like this, a girl would do best to stay away from her and her family. You wouldn't want to end up like that poor man in the bathroom, now would you?"

She stopped to notice David and smiled widely at him, she would move in closer to him and kiss him along side the cheeks in the typical European fashion.

"David, how lovely to see you! I didn't know you were still crashing parties these days. They tell me that my dear Martin had a heart attack, can you believe it? So young and healthy..."

There was a deep sarcasm in her voice. One that would ring out for miles around if enough people had been listening. And of course she would jump at the opportunity to take a photo, she smiled widely.

"Though we do have business to discuss, David, if you wouldn't mind meeting later... I think it's to your advantage."

She smirked and let out a small laugh.

In the past there had been speculation that she, Nina, and the other councilmen were all indeed well paid under the table to guarantee that votes would go the way the Marino family wanted them to go. While none of it had ever been proven, who was to say that it wasn't true?

As they reached the outside and the street, a town car had pulled up, the driver getting out would move over to her side and open the door for the councilwoman. Nina nodded politely, flashing her smile once again, stray stands of long blonde hair flying over her shoulder as she stepped into the vehicle.

[Storm]

David smiles to Nina "You know N that I'm always at your disposal, still got my unlisted number on file? Give me a ring when you want and I'll hop right over" before snapping a quick pic of Nina with Jen in the corner of the frame. With luck, he could cut and process this for any known people he has on file.

[Storm]

Jen follows Nina having made effort to keep out of David's shot, she after all was aware of this man, She would be known to him as Marcy - though never formally met, David was doing a piece on one of her targets she later put down.

She followed Nina putting on the frightened girl persona figuring she might fall in luck and learn the location of were Nina's father relaxed with minimal security. The employer failed to note that there was suspicion that the council was not a source she would want to obtain information. She slides into the town car holding her hands together offering "I've never been around when people have died." Ponders how well she knew Martin and how much he may have spoken of her Terri persona. This too would be important to know.