#fenixtj

Am looking at map of Tijuana.

I don't -see- Mexicali but maybe I should look at a map of Concordia.

It looks like the only thing north of TJ is San Diego.....

(Resuming IC) "I'm not sure how I'd be welcome in Quezon's court" He admits "But i suppose I could NOT explode the place if you ever needed a message sent"

Jess nods. "It's just an idea."

"I'm actually flattered. Though maybe I could talk to the baron closest to the border? Smaller stakes"

"Do you know him?"

"He owes me fifty bucks"

"That's a yes, then. Well.... tell me about him?"

"Sure, he plays too recklessly when he should fold. Sometimes it pays off for him, you know one lucky card can change the whole hand but he takes too many risks tobe a consisitent winner. He's a lot more cautious on the sports bets but even there, sometimes he can't help putting al ittle on the underdog."

"Sidhe?"

"No it's a him" Deadpan

Eyebrow.

"Yes, he's a sidhe" Amused

"Thank you. House?"

"Fiona, the whole Duchy is littered with them" He answers "He's a wilder, I couldn't tell you if he was seelie or unseelie. I know he enjoys gambling but he prefers it iwth friends and those he knows. I did a tattoo for him. It was of a bare braested centauress winking."

"Wow. Ok. Good to know."

"Happy to help"

"I actually have met and fought a few nobles in my travels... before I came here. There's a Gwydion who I'm sure if he ever sees me again will try to cut me in half. "

"Is that a real danger?"

"Not really. He has a sword. I have a gun"

"I meant, is it likely he'll see you? Here?"

"No. That was my time in Maine"

She nods. "You really have traveled."

"I suppose so, " he says "When I found Tijuana, well, I nearly died, but I kind of fell in love with the city. It's chaos, but it's also got grit."

"I had to look for the beauty here." she confesses quietly.

"You have a gift for finding it then nurturing it" He says putting his hand over hers and looking at her eyes "Sometimes you show me things I've missed and I've been here so much longer than you. A gift"

Blush.

"It's hard. If you're not into tourists getting mugged, drug dealers ready to shoot each other, honest men constantly panicking on how to feed their familiies, well...it can seem hopeless. "

"Our job is to find the hope."

"Sometimes I think it's more than your job.. I think it's your passion. You are a creature of duty, I know. but I notice the pleasure in your eyes when you pull someone from a pit of despair"

"That's just.... being decent."

"You'd be surprised how many people struggle with that " A brow

"Maybe not."

"then you know that the word 'just' may not be the best descriptor"

Jessica has finished her meal. "It should be."

"Yes. I suppose it should. " He says "YOu know what's a great way to distract yourself from thinking about Samhain?"

"Hmm?"

"Sex with your loved one. No one ever thought black cats and Jack O Lanterns in the throes of passion." A beat "Well, maybe some sluagh"

Blush.

"It's only after breakfast."

"Great way to burn off calories too" He offers his hand

"I probably have duties to get to....."

"It's the holday day.. you'd just get in the way of the staff who are already following the plans you set up a week ago" A counter

Having won the debate, he guides her along to the boudoir

Jessica is lead there......

And, while one mustn't let him use it as an excuse too oftne, it does take her mind off samhain

(End Scene)