Esteban Richter (badforbusiness) wrote,
@ 2011-07-22 01:55:00

All right. He'd made it New York. Gotten off the train. He wasn't going to head straight for the damn school, though. Esteban was still annoyed at his mother and uncles for sending him away. If things weren't safe, then the family -- the parts of the family worth having -- needed him there all the more. He could take correspondence courses or something. He certainly didn't need ability training -- he had it locked down just fine -- so what was the point of Xavier's except living cushily while they were in danger?

Well, Esteban was going to take advantage of being away from home before he started the cushy life. He was going to go to one of the clubs Uncle Julio had talked about. With a small C, not that Hellfire mess. Well, he assumed not, who knew what they owned?

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	weighed_down 2011-07-22 05:19 am UTC (link)
	While the club wasn't Hellfire Club affiliated, it was secretly owned by a Hellfire Club member. Edmund had become something of a silent partner to the owner after Edmund helped him with a problem involving a group of mutant gangbangers. Edmund didn't ask for a big cut, he mostly came to the place to relax. Which is what he was doing now, sitting at the bar sipping a soda. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	badforbusiness 2011-07-22 05:26 am UTC (link)
	Esteban came in and ordered a Coke with some cherry juice. He was ready to do the patented 'would you like to make something of it' look to the surrounding people, but there was no snickering. So he happily sat and listened to the music. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	weighed_down 2011-07-22 05:32 am UTC (link)
	Edmund looked at the guy who had just come in. "Not one for alcohol either?" Edmund indicated his own drink as a reference. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	badforbusiness 2011-07-22 05:36 am UTC (link)
	Esteban grins and shakes his head. "My uncle always says drinking'll be fine when I acquire a death wish or a hea-- an incredibly good metabolism, but until then I should stay on my A-game." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	weighed_down 2011-07-22 05:40 am UTC (link)
	"Your uncle sounds like a wise man. It's a good policy, especially in this town. You never know just what the hell's going to happen here." Edmund's tone was light, but the statement was based in fact. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	badforbusiness 2011-07-22 05:55 am UTC (link)
	"Oh, yeah, I've sure gotten the briefing on New York. It was a little out of date, but a lot of it seems to apply so far. Definitely a lot different than home, but some things never change." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	weighed_down 2011-07-22 06:04 am UTC (link)
	"Tell me about it. I'm a local boy and some of the stuff in this city still surprises me. Where are you from, if you don't mind my asking?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	badforbusiness 2011-07-22 06:08 am UTC (link)
	"Guadalajara," Esteban says as he sips his drink. "But two of my uncles went to school up here, so... I'm going to school up here." He's not best at hiding the fact that he's annoyed, and he knows it. "Nothing against New York, but I didn't much care for there not being any argument about it." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	weighed_down 2011-07-22 06:12 am UTC (link)
	"Ah," Edmund says nodding a little. "My old man was rich and had me go to a private school. I hated it, but I can't say the quality was bad. Family tradition?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	badforbusiness 2011-07-22 06:18 am UTC (link)
	Esteban snickers. "Sort of. My uncles are trying to start a new one to keep me away from the old family tradition, which is a business they ain't too fond of, you know?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	weighed_down 2011-07-22 06:21 am UTC (link)
	"I can understand that. It was kinda the opposite with me. I was being groomed to take over my dad's business, but circumstances forced me to go a different direction. Probably just as well," Edmund snickers. "I'd look horrible in a suit." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	badforbusiness 2011-07-22 06:28 am UTC (link)
	Esteban snickers. "Not everyone turns out like their dads. Chinga, I don't even know who mine is. Not too eager to end up in a necktie myself, though." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	weighed_down 2011-07-22 06:36 am UTC (link)
	"Sorry to hear that man. I never knew my mom, she died giving birth to me. My dad was the only parent I knew." Edmund decided to try and get off the depressing topic. "Guadalajara, huh? I went there once for work." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	badforbusiness 2011-07-22 06:40 am UTC (link)
	"It's a great city. So, you in business for shoes, electronics, or 'other'?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	weighed_down 2011-07-22 06:44 am UTC (link)
	"Nothing quite like that. I guess you could say I'm something of an informal bounty hunter." Not a complete lie. "A lady hired me to bring back her deadbeat ex-boyfriend. Dumbass ran off with some family heirlooms and went into Mexico to hide." Edmund smiled a little in satisfaction. "It didn't work." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	badforbusiness 2011-07-22 06:49 am UTC (link)
	"Eh, nothing like a job well done, right? My uncles -- the ones with the fancy American educations -- have done a little informal bounty hunting themselves. The government back home's hard pressed to get much of that stuff done formally." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	weighed_down 2011-07-22 06:55 am UTC (link)
	"Nope, only thing better is a good time with a better woman." He smiles before continuing. "Yeah, Mexico has to deal with a lot of crap so I can understand the need for guys to just go and get things done." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	badforbusiness 2011-07-22 06:59 am UTC (link)
	Esteban rolled his eye. "Totally believe you, but now I'm trying not to think of the combination of the two in regards to my uncles. They 'celebrate' pretty loudly, in that 'We'll talk about it when you're older' definition of celebrate." Pause. "And now that I've spread the pain of that too-much-information, I'm Esteban." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	weighed_down 2011-07-22 07:05 am UTC (link)
	Edmund's eyes widened a bit in comprehension. "Ah..that's okay. To each their own." Awkward. "Edmund." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	badforbusiness 2011-07-22 07:08 am UTC (link)
	"Nice to meet you, Edmund. Sorry to be weird, just never been away from home before. Gets me chatty." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	weighed_down 2011-07-22 07:12 am UTC (link)
	"Trust me, Esteban, there are things out there a helluva lot weirder than being chatty." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	badforbusiness 2011-07-22 07:24 am UTC (link)
	He chuckled. "Yeah, guess so. So, got any recommendations for a guy who doesn't want to show up for enrollment yet, Edmund?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	weighed_down 2011-07-22 07:30 am UTC (link)
	"Well that depends, what do you do for fun?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	badforbusiness 2011-07-22 07:47 am UTC (link)
	"Well... concerts, any kind of workout, watching football, cooking..." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

weighed_down
2011-07-22 07:56 am UTC (link)

"There's a good gym a couple blocks from here called 'DeSergios', just don't tell the guy that the name sounds like a pizza joint. When you say football, do you mean run into each other football or can't touch the ball with your hands football?" I know the place downtown hosts a couple concerts, think there might be one this week, though I don't remember who." Edmund raises an eyebrow in interest. "Cooking?"

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	badforbusiness 2011-07-22 08:00 am UTC (link)
	He nods appreciatively at the gym and concert suggestions. "Cooking is totally a valid hobby. Particularly when you have uncles who take you on trips and should not be allowed near a stove. Admittedly, not as useful when deciding on things to do somewhere new. And yeah, I mean real futbol, no hands." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	weighed_down 2011-07-22 08:06 am UTC (link)
	Edmund nods along before taking a look of mock annoyance. "Okay first off, you're in America. As such you need to know that calling soccer futbol here will get your ass kicked. It's one of the country's 'asshole' laws. Right up there with pointing out that Greenland's not green." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	badforbusiness 2011-07-22 08:10 am UTC (link)
	Esteban snorts. "Okay, noted, but I'd like to see them try." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	weighed_down 2011-07-22 08:15 am UTC (link)
	"Oh, and don't start using the metric system. You'll freak people the hell out with that. We Americans are an odd bunch, it's part of the charm." Edmund thinks a second. "When you say cook, you mean like professionally?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	badforbusiness 2011-07-22 08:20 am UTC (link)
	"Okay, well, my uncles explained feet. Oh, no, not at this point. But at home, we've got this itsy bitsy vegetable garden, and I've got a pretty good thing going. What about you? What are you normally into around here?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

weighed_down
2011-07-22 08:29 am UTC (link)

"I go out of town a lot, but I've only recently come back home on a more permanent basis so I haven't really developed any new hobbies. I'm a bit of a heavy metal freak, so I like to check out any bands that come into town. Plus I sometimes check out the amateur performers around the area. Sometimes I go visit a friend of mine and we do stuff, but our schedules tend not to mesh so well."

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	badforbusiness 2011-07-22 08:32 am UTC (link)
	Esteban listens politely and nods. "So tell me, Ed, are women in New York really more... 'aggressive'... than most other places, or have I been mistakenly afformed?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	weighed_down 2011-07-22 08:42 am UTC (link)
	"I wouldn't say ALL New York women are like that, but..I know a few who'd certainly qualify." He was certain somewhere Minnie's ears were burning. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	badforbusiness 2011-07-22 08:46 am UTC (link)
	Esteban chuckles. "Good to know." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	weighed_down 2011-07-22 08:50 am UTC (link)
	"The New York women I've met are very confident and comfortable with who they are and how they look. It gives them a bit more of a predatory edge when it comes to men, but they're still women. Treat them with respect, don't be a douche, and you'll be fine." Edmund assured. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	badforbusiness 2011-07-22 08:53 am UTC (link)
	"Hey, I would happily respect the heck out of any woman who didn't hear the name Richter and immediately assume that I'm either a criminal, or into dudes." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	weighed_down 2011-07-22 08:59 am UTC (link)
	"Women in New York tend to have pretty good gaydar so you should be fine in that regard." Edmund raises an eyebrow before he remembers where he heard the name Richter from. "I heard the name spoken a lot in Guadalajara. Some seriously bad people. No relation?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

badforbusiness
2011-07-22 09:11 am UTC (link)

"Plenty of relations, unfortunately, but we're still working on that." Scowls. "Well, they're still working on that. 'The' Luis Richter was my grandfather, and it didn't get any better after he was gone, 'til when I was little and Uncle Julio came back from America with some serious concerns about the family business and a gringo boyfriend who knew two hundred different ways to kill a guy with his bare hands." Esteban pauses in a 'well, that was indiscreet. oh well. No fixing it now' way and shrugs. "Yeah. So. Anyway. Eventually it was decided I should go to school in America."

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	weighed_down 2011-07-22 09:17 am UTC (link)
	"Damn, I've met plenty of guys who claimed they knew a hundred ways to kill somebody, but two hundred..that's a first." Edmund took a sip of his drink. Despite himself, the professional in him was intrigued by just how you could kill a guy 200 ways. "I take it you'd rather be back home helping your uncles?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	badforbusiness 2011-07-22 09:22 am UTC (link)
	"Well, maybe my estimate's a bit off, but Uncle Star was into some seriously weird shit before he and Uncle Julio got all Robin Hoody, and it got to the point where Uncle Julio made him stop explaining it to me." Esteban shrugged. "Yeah. Yeah, I would." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	weighed_down 2011-07-22 09:29 am UTC (link)
	"Family do a lot of things to make sure their loved ones are prepared for the world." Edmund thinks about all his dad had done to prepare Edmund for the life he'd inherit. "Still, maybe these people you're going to see can help you be better prepared for when the time comes when you can help your uncles directly." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	badforbusiness 2011-07-22 09:31 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah, here's hoping. Thanks for listening, man." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	weighed_down 2011-07-22 09:35 am UTC (link)
	"No problem, nice having a civilized conversation. Good luck, and try not to raise too much Hell your first day here. Ease into it," he said with a laugh. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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