you still owe me a round

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Sabin sat back in his recliner after finishing a phone call with his mother. Things we as they alway were, his father was still doing what was asked of him to move up. he was second scion.

"damn such high goals " sabin really wanted to take over for his father so he could offically retire. the life he led was just begining to take a toll on his body. he really had to find a way, but if he was to come within a thousand yards of the sect. they would spot him as the lepar he was.

Sabin switched phones. and dialed Heiro.

"yo heiro you still alive? haven't heard from you since we got our asses kicked by the skulk. if your still alive why don't we go have a drink you name the place and time."

[Hieronymous Banks-Walker]

"Hey Sabe, I wouldn't say we got our asses kicked to loudly. There might be one or two Skulk that would agree with you. But yeah that sounds like a plan. I could use a couple of stiff belts." Hiero laughed into the phone.

"You know I hear that the Green Dolphin has a good jazz set most nights. Or do you wanna hit a few dives and lounge around with the better halves?" Hierp would wait and spring Kasha and Ryssa on Sabe making it a night of things. He was of a mind to ring up Rachel as well as he owed her a round or three for her help. He had to admit to himself he would love to have a night out carousing now that things were settling down into an easy swing.

"Better yet you choose one I'll choose the other..."

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“Maybe, but then again only us and them really know what happened. So let them think we got owned. It works in my favor. So..Yea. I defiantly could use a few, after the few weeks that I had. How did you know i picked up an add on to my nest, She is a nice enough person, just a bit on the omega side.”

Sabin laughed an easy laugh that came with familiarity. In Sabin mind he knew that he cemented a friendship as well as bonded with Hiero like a brother.

“Word on the street by the way is that you being seen with some pretty attractive women. I don’t know if it’s business, but if it’s not then you shouldn’t be so greedy. Ah well I guess that is our lot, I do all the hard work and you have all the fun and the great looking women.”

Sabin thought about it, for a few seconds. Putting his feet on the desk and adjusting his earpiece. As he thought about where would be the best place to go.

“if it is just the two of us then why don’t we start off at mother’s too, then work our way down. If the women folk are with us, Then let start off at mother’s.”

[Hieronymous Banks-Walker]

Choking away the memory of Rayvan. While it had been some time the wound was deeper than he would let on. Forcing a chuckle to his lips Hiero bantered back.

"You see and thats why you should never pick up any thing off the street. All lies lies I tell you. I have been down right monastic as of late. Really do tell Your little nest is growing by leaps and bounds. Whatever happened with the body builder who was at your flat when I picked up my bike? He still around or did you send him scurrying off?"

Hiero took a mental count of how rare snake lycanthropes were and the fact that Sabin's nest was already three strong. That placed him in the top fifty percent of the largest nests he'd ever heard of.

"Oh you know what that would be a good idea, I was actually thinking of ambushing you with a gaggle of ladies to begin with. I figure we could all get together and let our hair down. You know a few drinks a few laughs and all the stick we can stand? Which one has the table I forget?"

It felt great bantering with Sabin he hadn't had a chance to truly thank him. He hoped the joy in his voice was clue enough...

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“Mother’s the original has the…table. The keep it covered so much that I don’t think it’s useable but heck we can just do what every ever stick wielder would find someplace to go have a few rounds.”

Sabin thought for a few seconds.

“You know if stick is a priority then we can go to D&B’s it’s only a stone’s throw from their and it has all the other prereq’s they have drink albeit watered down food also water down and atmosphere also watered down.”

Sabin joked naturally with Heiro, for whatever reason it came easy when he dealt with someone he cared with. For as much time he spent with Heiro rather chasing the cue ball or fighting for his life he knew that the nest would always back up the lions and vice versa.

“We can start early and finish before the sun came up. You let me know when you want to start. So who is on the roster of attendees or is that to be named later.”

[Hieronymous Banks-Walker]

Hearing the good cheer in Sabin's voice Hiero couldn't help but smile.

"Alright, well lets start at Mother's and wander a bit..." Hiero thought of a few places he'd like to hit. Settling on a rough approximate of a plan Hiero considered what Sabin was really asking.

"Hmm, lets each agree to try and bring at least one new person." Hiero already had considered how to form the request to Rachel, Kasha, and Ryssa. He wasn't sure if they'd all accept but he would give it a shot.

Meant he more than likely wouldn't be taking his bike but he could go without at least temporarily...

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“sounds like a plan Hiero.”
Sabin couldn’t wait to see his friend. They had been quite since the incident at the skulk home.
Well that meant that he could introduce hype to the few people that he shared more than a business relationship with.

“I’ll call my second and see if she is willing to hang out with us.”

Sabin thought about how to phrase the next question.

“So Hiero how are thing with the pride. “

If the intel was to be believed then a new lion had just come into town and Hiero had made no mention of it. maybe he wanted to spring it on Sabin. On a different level whispers that the lions and the wolves had been in talks as well.

[Hieronymous Banks-Walker]

Though Sabin couldn't see his face Hiero raised a brow in response to Sabins question. News traveled that he knew but the speed was sometimes staggering. Coughing as a space filler Hiero shifted right into a laugh.

"Who else knows whats going on with my little kitties?"

The question was light and jokey in phrasing though not in substance. Hiero while nowhere near as paranoid as Sabin was somehow even less pleased with news traveling. He had learned the hard way more than once knowing what is known and how it was known could win more wars than any fists or claws.

"Oh by the way Z called she still gushes over your saving her bacon a few weeks back. I think you have a fan."

Hiero hadn't forgot Sabins quiet heroism. He owed the snake o numerous accounts and would stand with the man on almost any front.

"Your Second? Was that the meat-head that was hanging around your flat Neal something or other. I thought you would have imported a stronger snake to hold things down for you as he was leaking all over me when I met him..."

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Sabin listened to Hiero and thought allowing his mind to wander a bit.

“as to who else knows about the pride that I am unsure of. I only need information to stay ahead of the curve. Not all of us has claws.”

Sabin poked fun at Hiero’s beast, Until he mentioned Neil.

“Actually while Neil is a good soldier he is so not second in command. No this new snake hit town she leaks like a sieve but I think she could be the friendly face of the nest, nothing like a pretty face to keep tension down”

Sabin was never sure what to tell Heiro of his past he did not want to scare his only friend away.

“He is currently trying to extract some of my weaker members from my old nest, Those and the ones willing to go. As far a Z is concerned, you can tell her she is very welcome. Anytime. ”

Hearing that he was appreciated from someone made Sabin smile on the inside, he long learned when to express emotion and when to suppress.