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Line 22: A smartly suited man wearing amber-colored tactical shades with a pocket full of business cards that merely say "Consultant", [[A Face Full of Blades|briefly reflects upon his life and career]] as he visits the ''[[Cracked Canopy]]'' in the lull between the lunch rush and happy hour. Approaching the bar, the Consultant sits down two seats from an another exceedingly uneasy patron and focuses his attention upon the bar's infamous Memory Wall after ordering a [[Timbiqui Pale]]. A smartly suited man wearing amber-colored tactical shades with a pocket full of business cards that merely say "Consultant", [[A Face Full of Blades|briefly reflects upon his life and career]] as he visits the ''[[Cracked Canopy]]'' in the lull between the lunch rush and happy hour. Approaching the bar, the Consultant sits down two seats from an another exceedingly uneasy patron and focuses his attention upon the bar's infamous Memory Wall after ordering a [[Timbiqui Pale]]. − Commenting at the incongruity of a torn half of a Jack of Spades playing card next to a [[Blue Star of Kerensky]], the junior part-time barman Jonathan eagerly begins to relate its history to the Consultant and the other patron, a story that the more seasoned Leo or Sedge would never tell so freely. Of a game of [[Free Worlds League Showdown]] between Mikhail Webb, Jake Fabian and [[Kincaid Stables]] owner Everett Kincaid. Betting with nothing to lose, Webb is able to bluff and convince Fabian to fold despite a better hand, an impressed Kincaid giving Webb Fabian's spot in an upcoming match and triggering a rivalry between both [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarriors]] over the fateful Jack of Spades upon which the game turned. + Commenting at the incongruity of a torn half of a Jack of Spades playing card next to a [[Blue Star of Kerensky]], the junior part-time barman Jonathan eagerly begins to relate its history to the Consultant and the other patron, a story that the more seasoned Leo or Sledge would never tell so freely. Of a game of [[Free Worlds League Showdown]] between Mikhail Webb, Jake Fabian and [[Kincaid Stables]] owner Everett Kincaid. Betting with nothing to lose, Webb is able to bluff and convince Fabian to fold despite a better hand, an impressed Kincaid giving Webb Fabian's spot in an upcoming match and triggering a rivalry between both [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarriors]] over the fateful Jack of Spades upon which the game turned. When the now frightened patron attempts to leave, the Consultant insists he stay as he presses Jonathan to continue. The barman begins to discuss the card's history [[Operation SHOWTIME|during the Word of Blake occupation]], still traded back and forth between Webb and Fabian even as one or both joined the Blakists, before being used as a key to secure a debt with the ''[[yakuza]]''. Fabian eventually reappeared after the dust settled with a slot with [[Lion Stables]], paying for a round of drinks with half the Jack of Spades. Despite the rules against pro-Blakist items on the Wall, lack of confirmed knowledge about either man's loyalties have kept it there. When the now frightened patron attempts to leave, the Consultant insists he stay as he presses Jonathan to continue. The barman begins to discuss the card's history [[Operation SHOWTIME|during the Word of Blake occupation]], still traded back and forth between Webb and Fabian even as one or both joined the Blakists, before being used as a key to secure a debt with the ''[[yakuza]]''. Fabian eventually reappeared after the dust settled with a slot with [[Lion Stables]], paying for a round of drinks with half the Jack of Spades. Despite the rules against pro-Blakist items on the Wall, lack of confirmed knowledge about either man's loyalties have kept it there. Line 41:
Line 41: * [[Natasha Kerensky]] (mentioned) * [[Natasha Kerensky]] (mentioned) * [[Leopold Sullivan|Leo Sullivan]] (mentioned) * [[Leopold Sullivan|Leo Sullivan]] (mentioned) − * [[Sedge]] (mentioned) * [[Jerome Blake]] (mentioned) * [[Jerome Blake]] (mentioned)
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A smartly suited man wearing amber-colored tactical shades with a pocket full of business cards that merely say "Consultant", [[A Face Full of Blades|briefly reflects upon his life and career]] as he visits the ''[[Cracked Canopy]]'' in the lull between the lunch rush and happy hour. Approaching the bar, the Consultant sits down two seats from an another exceedingly uneasy patron and focuses his attention upon the bar's infamous Memory Wall after ordering a [[Timbiqui Pale]]. | A smartly suited man wearing amber-colored tactical shades with a pocket full of business cards that merely say "Consultant", [[A Face Full of Blades|briefly reflects upon his life and career]] as he visits the ''[[Cracked Canopy]]'' in the lull between the lunch rush and happy hour. Approaching the bar, the Consultant sits down two seats from an another exceedingly uneasy patron and focuses his attention upon the bar's infamous Memory Wall after ordering a [[Timbiqui Pale]]. | ||
| − | Commenting at the incongruity of a torn half of a Jack of Spades playing card next to a [[Blue Star of Kerensky]], the junior part-time barman Jonathan eagerly begins to relate its history to the Consultant and the other patron, a story that the more seasoned Leo or | + | Commenting at the incongruity of a torn half of a Jack of Spades playing card next to a [[Blue Star of Kerensky]], the junior part-time barman Jonathan eagerly begins to relate its history to the Consultant and the other patron, a story that the more seasoned Leo or Sledge would never tell so freely. Of a game of [[Free Worlds League Showdown]] between Mikhail Webb, Jake Fabian and [[Kincaid Stables]] owner Everett Kincaid. Betting with nothing to lose, Webb is able to bluff and convince Fabian to fold despite a better hand, an impressed Kincaid giving Webb Fabian's spot in an upcoming match and triggering a rivalry between both [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarriors]] over the fateful Jack of Spades upon which the game turned. |
When the now frightened patron attempts to leave, the Consultant insists he stay as he presses Jonathan to continue. The barman begins to discuss the card's history [[Operation SHOWTIME|during the Word of Blake occupation]], still traded back and forth between Webb and Fabian even as one or both joined the Blakists, before being used as a key to secure a debt with the ''[[yakuza]]''. Fabian eventually reappeared after the dust settled with a slot with [[Lion Stables]], paying for a round of drinks with half the Jack of Spades. Despite the rules against pro-Blakist items on the Wall, lack of confirmed knowledge about either man's loyalties have kept it there. | When the now frightened patron attempts to leave, the Consultant insists he stay as he presses Jonathan to continue. The barman begins to discuss the card's history [[Operation SHOWTIME|during the Word of Blake occupation]], still traded back and forth between Webb and Fabian even as one or both joined the Blakists, before being used as a key to secure a debt with the ''[[yakuza]]''. Fabian eventually reappeared after the dust settled with a slot with [[Lion Stables]], paying for a round of drinks with half the Jack of Spades. Despite the rules against pro-Blakist items on the Wall, lack of confirmed knowledge about either man's loyalties have kept it there. | ||
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* [[Natasha Kerensky]] (mentioned) | * [[Natasha Kerensky]] (mentioned) | ||
* [[Leopold Sullivan|Leo Sullivan]] (mentioned) | * [[Leopold Sullivan|Leo Sullivan]] (mentioned) | ||
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* [[Jerome Blake]] (mentioned) | * [[Jerome Blake]] (mentioned) | ||