Snippet #1705518

The mountain moved, the way into the bar was clear. Leonidas pushed himself to his feet, screwing the cap back onto the vodka bottle.
"Guess introductions'll wait eh?"
He followed the rest in, leaning in towards the guard and thanking him, before slipping him a few bullets as he passed. The guard took them, a brief look of surprise passing over his features like a wave, only to be replaced by stony impassiveness almost instantly. Leonidas knew that he'd made a friend out of that. Not a good one, but the guard would likely have his back in the future.

"Well, Leonidas, you seem like the kinda guy a girl'd want protecting her out in those tunnels. Looks like Miss Metro over there won't have to stay behind, eh?" she chuckled a bit, before continuing; "I'm Katja..or Kat. Don't really care which."
Leonidas looked down at the young woman, and then took her hand, her grip almost as firm as his. He inclined his head politely. "Well Katja, if you needed protection you wouldn't be here. But I thank you for the sentiment at any rate."

He laughed, patting her softly on the shoulder. He liked this kid. She had a sense of humor. That would be important in the tunnels. Seating himself next to her at the edge of the table opposite the vast man with the cigar, Leonidas poured himself another shot of vodka, then poured a second into the bottle's cap, sliding that to Katja. He'd noticed her perk up when he'd offered a drink outside, and he reckoned that it would be good to begin the process of making friends with the people he'd be working with. As the 'shot' found its way infront of the woman, the man at the head of the table began to speak.

"I'd like to get this over with quickly."
Leonidas sat back in his chair and turned his eyes to the speaker, watching him intently.
"This should be interesting" he muttered to Katja.