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Johan Gentleman Thief High Concept: Reformed Thief trying to turn a new Leaf, Trouble: Old Habits Die Hard Skills Skills Burglary (+4) Notice (+3); Stealth (+3) Athletics (+2); Deceive (+2); Investigate (+2) Empathy (+1); Lore (+1); Rapport (+1); Resources (+1) Johan waves Marina away, "It is no problem, I am just happy I was able to utilize a few skills I learned along the way" Johan was dangerously close to lying to her. He had been cagey about what he did as a contract worker & what took him all over the world, and she had not pressed, though he suspected that she suspected. "I'm feeling hungry. There is a good Indian place a few blocks down, they are vegan if that matters, and if it does not, then I dare you to care that they are vegan after your first bite. Would you mind joining me? My treat." Johan had decided that unless something else came up he was going, but it was always nice to have company when eating. It wasn't hard to rope someone into conversation, Johan's casual nature just made it easy for people to feel comfortable around him, but he was enjoying getting to know Marina as an individual. OOC Hide this

Johan Gentleman Thief High Concept: Reformed Thief trying to turn a new Leaf, Trouble: Old Habits Die Hard Skills Skills Burglary (+4) Notice (+3); Stealth (+3) Athletics (+2); Deceive (+2); Investigate (+2) Empathy (+1); Lore (+1); Rapport (+1); Resources (+1) Johan began to see cracks in the armor. He was a hunter, but there was a great deal of reluctance. This gave Johan hope, "Sort of a 'Till Death do you Part' kind of thing. Ouch, have you considered couples therapy?" Johan said with a good deal of mirth in his voice knowing that he had just walked on sacred ground and pissed on it. "As for myself, it is not really a curse, it is more of a...family legacy." Johan waved over to the waitress & made a hand signal for an Italian Soda, and he tipped well enough that she was on it with just a few signals for the order and was quickly pouring the club soda. "Not all theriomorphs are not Loup-Garou, just like all squares are rectangles but not all rectangles are squares. The cursed ones, those that change during the full moon and then wreak havoc are rare, I have only heard of two and have been told to just...not go there." The waitress drops off the tall thin glass with a pomegranate syrup at the bottom and a heavy cream on top of the soda just on the brink of curdling, he took the glass, blew a bubble into it to force some of the syrup up before he stirred it to mix the concoction together. "Thank you love," he said as she dropped it off. "It was less discovering the ability and more, grueling study, meditation and being pushed off a tall wall to learn to fly. Our family, many generations ago, learned to shapeshift, and unlike most shifters who turn into lions, or wolves or crocodiles, they chose ravens and we have learned to perfect that one spell. And no, don't ask, I am a !@#$ teacher." OOC Hide this

Johan Gentleman Thief High Concept: Reformed Thief trying to turn a new Leaf, Trouble: Old Habits Die Hard Skills Skills Burglary (+4) Notice (+3); Stealth (+3) Athletics (+2); Deceive (+2); Investigate (+2) Empathy (+1); Lore (+1); Rapport (+1); Resources (+1) Johan nodded. Ghosts seemed to be getting around. Never had he dealt with Ectomancers before, it was quite a change from his usual cast of characters. "I get that you have the ghost of someone who pisses you off bound to you somehow. But what does it direct you to do? How have you embraced his curse? Can you find a way to turn it to your advantage? Or is he that much of a @#$% to try to get you killed?" How much of a stretch would it have been to consider his own father when he was learning to control the change? What his family did was not a curse, it was magic, but it was not magic that came easy and his father had beat it into him until he was able to change AND pull off being a raven. It was part and parcel of the family legacy and ability to do the job. Daemon was a hunter, but he was reluctant. Johan was not sure what to do with this information. OOC Hide this

Johan Gentleman Thief High Concept: Reformed Thief trying to turn a new Leaf, Trouble: Old Habits Die Hard Skills Skills Burglary (+4) Notice (+3); Stealth (+3) Athletics (+2); Deceive (+2); Investigate (+2) Empathy (+1); Lore (+1); Rapport (+1); Resources (+1) Johan's face screwed up a bit. "Mind if I ask about this curse? Or would it be better for me to live my life in blissful ignorance?" He was not sure if he could help, but helping Daemon do anything but disappear would only help Jason and Marina so he might as well give it a try. So long as he can keep from crossing into that range of outside of the law. But there was still quite a bit that he could do, as he at least understood many of the rules of the supernatural world. He set his empty cup down and leaned back in his chair. "You do not have to share if you do not want to, but I may be able to help offer a different perspective." OOC Hide this

Johan Gentleman Thief High Concept: Reformed Thief trying to turn a new Leaf, Trouble: Old Habits Die Hard Skills Skills Burglary (+4) Notice (+3); Stealth (+3) Athletics (+2); Deceive (+2); Investigate (+2) Empathy (+1); Lore (+1); Rapport (+1); Resources (+1) Johan chuckles, it's complicated seemed to be their motto. "I can see that, no worry, I have a feeling that he understands that I will not lie to you, but I will also keep in confidence what he would like me to. He is practical, at least with me." 'Ish. The way back was similar, a few more people walking the streets, so the going was a bit slower, but with the book in hand, they were able to move with determination. The buskers had moved on by the time they had gotten there, and an officer was milling about on a corner, Johan gave them a nod of the head which was returned. Had someone told Johan that he would be on good terms with the police...any police who he had not specifically bribed he would have laughed in their faces. But now. It seemed that fate decided to throw him across the divide and land firmly behind a thin blue line. OOC Hide this

Johan Gentleman Thief High Concept: Reformed Thief trying to turn a new Leaf, Trouble: Old Habits Die Hard Skills Skills Burglary (+4) Notice (+3); Stealth (+3) Athletics (+2); Deceive (+2); Investigate (+2) Empathy (+1); Lore (+1); Rapport (+1); Resources (+1) Johan thought back to a time when he was in the Caribbean, he was paid to steal a ring from a woman who had kept from his very wealthy benefactor by keeping her boat moving. Nothing that could be called a Yacht, but a smaller sail boat, usually anchored in stray harbors throughout the islands. That one was tough, but he got lucky when she went into port for supplies while he was there. "I have not had the pleasure of visiting Canada, but Antigua, I had a brief stay in Montserrat after the eruption." Johan stayed a few weeks before heading to Brazil and eventually to Peru, Avoiding quite a few borders along the way. "What kind of activities would you recommend around here? Are you in need of an accounta-bili-buddy for anything specific? " OOC Hide this

Johan Gentleman Thief High Concept: Reformed Thief trying to turn a new Leaf, Trouble: Old Habits Die Hard Skills Skills Burglary (+4) Notice (+3); Stealth (+3) Athletics (+2); Deceive (+2); Investigate (+2) Empathy (+1); Lore (+1); Rapport (+1); Resources (+1) Johan had been in worse places, one particularly unpleasant evening in the sewers under Constantinople stood out in his mind. But it was certainly not a place that he would desire to go back to any time soon. The 'gold' watch on her dresser was a Casio. Gold Plated at best, cheap polished brass at worst. Not worth the effort. "I ran across him briefly, he seemed well, he was distracted, something about a job. I did not pry." he said cautiously. Johan knew that this was a sore spot for Marina, Johan at this time seemed to be a neutral character in their soap opera. Daemon was a dangerous man, Marina and Jason were constrained by rules, the conventions of being an officer, Daemon did not. But then conventional rules did not apply to the things that he may hunt, but it left him outside of the law, and what he did was outside of the White Council. OOC Hide this

Johan Gentleman Thief High Concept: Reformed Thief trying to turn a new Leaf, Trouble: Old Habits Die Hard Skills Skills Burglary (+4) Notice (+3); Stealth (+3) Athletics (+2); Deceive (+2); Investigate (+2) Empathy (+1); Lore (+1); Rapport (+1); Resources (+1) "Si senorita," he said turning back to the bedroom before stopping and leaning against the bathroom door. a wall of bad perfume and deodorant hit him and made him take a moment to gather his senses before he was able to open the door further and look inside. He scanned the counter and a small glint caught his attention, a plastic dust cover. Johan stepped over a towel, dried into a permanent curl, and a pair of...older style...underwear before he was able to have the reflections on the dust cover to resolve into the words Wuthering Heights. A smell hit him from the toilet that he decided was just best that he did not open and was afraid to flush. He picked up the book and gently folded it closed, the spine protesting after having sat open on the count for so very long. Johan stepped outside of the bathroom and closed the door before he held up the book and said "Jackpot." OOC Hide this

Johan Gentleman Thief High Concept: Reformed Thief trying to turn a new Leaf, Trouble: Old Habits Die Hard Skills Skills Burglary (+4) Notice (+3); Stealth (+3) Athletics (+2); Deceive (+2); Investigate (+2) Empathy (+1); Lore (+1); Rapport (+1); Resources (+1) Busy? He was casing the meeting location. Exactly as Johan would do. Point for Daemon. "Yachting is hardly a thrill seeking event, unless you are faced with storms or Orca." he said sipping again at his cup. "Travel has its own perks, but America has enough land to cover many if not all types of experience. The only thing that it does not have is history. Two Hundred Years is not enough to create ruins or rich history, but it does create a wide variety of cultures and architecture." "Where did you visit? When you went outside America?" The waitress stopped by and placed the cup of coffee in front of Johan, who then pushed the porcelain cup and saucer in front of Daemon. OOC Hide this

Johan Gentleman Thief High Concept: Reformed Thief trying to turn a new Leaf, Trouble: Old Habits Die Hard Skills Skills Burglary (+4) Notice (+3); Stealth (+3) Athletics (+2); Deceive (+2); Investigate (+2) Empathy (+1); Lore (+1); Rapport (+1); Resources (+1) Johan nods to Marina, "I will check the bedroom." he says walking toward a very short hallway with two doors, one would of course be the water closet, the other her bedroom. The smell of old lady was even stronger in this room if that was possible. It was messy, much like all other aspects of her life. The easy spot of the dresser was empty of books, so he began to look around without touching anything. But that search ended quick. Johan then pulled out a pair of thin leather gloves from his jacket pockets and slid them on before gently moving clothes and other things around, lifting gently to allow things to fall back to where they went up, leaving the items back into the dust silhouette that they had been lifted from. Still nothing. Johan sighed, any further searching would leave evidence that someone had gone through searching for something. He wanted to make sure he was committed before he took that step. "No dice, any luck?" he asked from the doorway with enough volume to carry to Marina, but not so much as to announce them to the other apartments. OOC Hide this

Johan Gentleman Thief High Concept: Reformed Thief trying to turn a new Leaf, Trouble: Old Habits Die Hard Skills Skills Burglary (+4) Notice (+3); Stealth (+3) Athletics (+2); Deceive (+2); Investigate (+2) Empathy (+1); Lore (+1); Rapport (+1); Resources (+1) Johan traveled the halls listening to the inhabitants, yelling here, snoring there. The walls were not particularly thick or soundproofed. This was not an issue,he doubted that Marina would go all exited yelling, but he was not about to start making any crazy noises himself. He winced slightly at the door bell, but only slightly, then he listened, nothing, just stomping around in an apartment a few doors down. He looked across the way to see that there was light through the peep hole, they were going unobserved. When Marina asked her question he shrugged. "Yes, that is generally a well trafficked door trick, this is more straight forward." he said as he opened his wallet and pulled out a bill that was folded and pulled a paperclip off of it, then ran his hand through his hair and pulled out a bobby pin with a smile. He then bent the paperclip a bit, straitening part of it and adding a small hook at the end, then taking the bobby pin and placing it into the lock before bending it hard to create an L shape that he then used to put a small bit of pressure on the lock. He then slipped the paperclip in and raked the pins, the springs were not too bad and he did not feel any safety pins. So he, while standing up and just seemingly leaning against the door frame picked the lock. When he got a satisfying twist on the bobby pin Johan smiled and finished turning the lock to swing open the door, again motioning Marina to enter before him. OOC Hide this

Johan Gentleman Thief High Concept: Reformed Thief trying to turn a new Leaf, Trouble: Old Habits Die Hard Skills Skills Burglary (+4) Notice (+3); Stealth (+3) Athletics (+2); Deceive (+2); Investigate (+2) Empathy (+1); Lore (+1); Rapport (+1); Resources (+1) Johan nodded at her explanation, so there was a measure of control, but it was when she acted or not. Johan was glad for this, it would be a true curse if she went...to that face...whenever she saw a ghost. It was still not ideal, but manageable. Johan noticed that Marina became distracted for part of their walk and did not press the issue, he just made sure that they got there relatively close without being too close. He then took his wallet out of his jacket, a long one where the bills did not need to be folded and he set it on the ground by his foot and he watched. Within a minute a teenager burst through the door. Johan was too far away to run and grab it before it would close, but instead he just kicked his wallet by stubbing his foot down casually causing the wallet to slide across the distance and catch in the door before it closed, blocking the door from closing. Johan looked to Marina with a raised eyebrow and walked over to the door, opening it for her while retrieving his wallet. Security was always a strange thing. Very rarely was there security beyond the exterior. Once you were in the building, there seemed to be the assumption that you belonged there. And in an apartment building it was assumed that you lived there or were there to deliver something. "After you." Johan offered. OOC Hide this

Johan Gentleman Thief High Concept: Reformed Thief trying to turn a new Leaf, Trouble: Old Habits Die Hard Skills Skills Burglary (+4) Notice (+3); Stealth (+3) Athletics (+2); Deceive (+2); Investigate (+2) Empathy (+1); Lore (+1); Rapport (+1); Resources (+1) "Wow, that must make for some awkward situations, and I assume that this is not something you can control?" Johan whistled, that could certainly make interactions with those not in the know quite the experience. Johan could only wonder how many relationships and friendships that this had this destroyed. Johan tapped the crosswalk button in a shave and a haircut pattern and tapped his foot to finish the two bits. Were he alone he would consider jaywalking, but while escorting Marina he had decided to follow the law and be safe. He was not sure how Jason would skin him alive should he cause any harm to her, especially by getting her hit by a car. OOC Hide this

Johan Gentleman Thief High Concept: Reformed Thief trying to turn a new Leaf, Trouble: Old Habits Die Hard Skills Skills Burglary (+4) Notice (+3); Stealth (+3) Athletics (+2); Deceive (+2); Investigate (+2) Empathy (+1); Lore (+1); Rapport (+1); Resources (+1) Johan caught Abigail's attention and made a motion with his fingers, 1, 1. Number one, regular coffee, black, and looked back to Daemon. "Water under the bridge. I am doing alright, I am getting used to the irregular hours needed to be a translator, but I still get more than enough time for myself." he offered, he was measuring being open verses keeping information to himself. Johan only had Jason and Marina's estimations of Daemon to go on. And seeing how they have taken to him, he could only assume that they were terrible judges of character. "How about yourself? What brings you downtown?" OOC Hide this

Johan Gentleman Thief High Concept: Reformed Thief trying to turn a new Leaf, Trouble: Old Habits Die Hard Skills Skills Burglary (+4) Notice (+3); Stealth (+3) Athletics (+2); Deceive (+2); Investigate (+2) Empathy (+1); Lore (+1); Rapport (+1); Resources (+1) 10209 Flora, that was just a few blocks down. Just far enough that a bus ride would be convenient, just bad enough of a time that waiting for the bus and taking the ride would be slower than actually just walking. Even Waiting for an Uber would be slower than just walking. Johan nodded. "That is just a quick stroll, should be back with the book in no time." He said leading Marina back through the library to the street. "So how often does this happen to you?" He asked genuinely interested in the response while setting a pace that bordered between determined and casual, guiding them around obstacles such as mailboxes, stray bags of trash, people and buskers. One duo of a girl playing the guitar while a guy played an orange five gallon bucket were actually quite good, the sounds the guy was able to get from the bucket was quite astounding and Johan dropped a five dollar bill into the open guitar case as they passed without slowing down to appreciate their music. OOC Hide this