1365/A Noisy Meeting

A Noisy Meeting
Date of Scene:	25 April 2020
Location:	Kaminari's Hotel Room
Synopsis:	Sally Houki meets with her prior client, the Goddess Kaminari. It goes well... for the moment.
Cast of Characters:	Sally Houki, Kaminari

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Sally Houki has posed:
The meeting was arranged through traditional layers. Despite their meeting years ago, she's never given her a direct contact for her. It's always through obfuscated, cautious layers. Secured emails just to get to burner IM accounts to chat with her and ask her to come on over, and such.

Which is why Sally Houki is now stepping off the elevator to the penthouse suite of a swank New York hotel to meet with one of her favorite clients. Hopefully she won't be in a mound of cocaine.

Again.

Kaminari has posed:
    Always the Penthouse, it's the best. Kaminari, the Goddess of Rock, is in fact not currently coked out of her mind. You can probably thank her agent for that, the poor lady who bears the cross keeping Kaminari presentable for all of the meetings in her schedule, illicit and otherwise.
    She is however drinking. There is a bottle of very expensive rum on the table next to where she is lounging in one of the large comfy penthouse chairs in a silk kimono. One hand holds a glass full of ice and expensive rum and the other hand a traditional kiseru pipe. Whether that's tobacco or opium is anyone's guess.
    "Utsumi-chan!" Kaminari grins broadly as Sally steps off the elevator waving both arms in greeting. "It's been too long, how are you? I heard you were over here now."

Sally Houki has posed:
"It me," replies Sally graciuously, not a touch of accent in her English whatsoever. She speaks like a local, easily. She moves towards Kaminari, "Oh my gosh, you're like SO FAMOUS now!" She throws her own arms wide. "Look at you! You look... great, actually!" And not buried in a pile of cocaine! This is an improvement, so far as she's concerned. She's dressed casually, of course, nothing more complicated than jerans and over-sized long, and colorful t-shirt.

Kaminari has posed:
    Kaminari takes a big swallow from her tumbler of rum before setting it aside on the table, still holding the kiseru absently with her other hand. "Yes, a lot has changed hasn't it. It's not all roses and cocaine though. I can't even walk down the street here without getting swarmed by fans. Which isn't all bad Ama-ne is probably livid at how much more popular I am than she is." she laughs, but then gets a bit more serious, "But no seriously, Utsumi-chan, I need your help. These American 'Otaku' are crazy. Do people try to sniff your hair? They tried to sniff hair it was so creepy. You do one anime opening theme and they just won't leave you alone." she sighs and takes a hit off of her kiseru, inhaling deeply.

Sally Houki has posed:
"...no?" She pulls a strand of her hair around to the front to sniff it, the wrinkles her nose. Not because it smells bawd, but because she's imagining enduring someone doing that to her. Then again, it's probably happened to at least one of her and she doesn't even know it.

It's been a while since anyone called her Utsumi, truthfully, and it feels... warming in a way. "I'm afraid I don't have access to your usual demands for product here," she admits, "I don't really get into that side of the businesses anymore, but I suspect you don't want that one right now anyway. Given the fame, I'm guessing you're more interested in the *other* service I can provide." The duplication, of course, can be useful for a celebrity of Kaminari's caliber.

Kaminari has posed:
    The talk of her 'usual demands' is waved off with the kiseru holding hand, "Utsumi-chan, I'm a rock star, I can get coke pretty easily here. It's kind of a refreshing difference from Japan really where they crack down on everything so hard. Here it seems nobody cares as long as you're famous. No no it's the other shit you do that I need that thing where another me can show up and sign autographs and attend these ridiculous fan meet and greets. Shit is driving me absolutely bonkers." Kaminari goes for the rum again, though perhaps remembering her manners even a little since Sally is technically a guest she take hold of the expensive bottle instead and holds it out towards Sally, "Drink?"

Sally Houki has posed:
"Mmn, tempting but no! I shouldn't." Drunk Sally is a /terrible/ idea and she knows it, no matter how much she could use the chance to get her drink on with all that haunts her dreams. "I figured you had plenty of ways to get what you wanted but I was like 'you know, just in case!' Annnyway," she slowly lowers herself into the seat opposite the Goddess. She places her hands on her knees and then her eyes get wide. "Oh, oh! I almost forgot! I brought you something!" She produces from her pocket a small box. She holds it out with both hands.

It can never hurt to butter up what will potentially be one of her best clients.

Kaminari has posed:
    Kaminari shrugs her shoulders and replaces the bottle back on the side table, "More for me." she says as she takes up her tumbler again, the glass frosting her grasp as she makes sure the ice inside melts as slowly as possible, and another big swallow disappears down her throat. Not that she's showing any signs of drunkeness, the unfortunate thing about divine constitution is that she's not a cheap date, a very expensive on in fact.
    Eyes track Sally's movement into the chair and then brighten at the prospect of receiving a present. "Oh! What is it? You said it wouldn't be coke, is it electric?" she seems happy, clearly not expecting a gift.

Sally Houki has posed:
"Open and see!" Sally leans over and holds it out with both hands, allowing the box to pass into Kaminari's posession to enjoy the sight. She leans back once more and eposits herself neatly into her seat, pulling her phone out to tinker with it.

From inside the box, *that song* starts playing. Raijin. The one that first penetrated the public consciousness. So, yes. That's the answer to it being electronic. Given that it won't take her very long to defeat even the tightly wraped gift wrapping, she'll find its a wrapped phone, yes. A Samsung Galaxy Z Flip folding glass smartphone.

It's nothing either of them can't afford. "I gave it a burner number but you'll want to swap it for your own service plan. I've loaded it with a whole bunch of app store games and the camera is /to die for/."

Kaminari has posed:
    The Goddess of Thunder and Noise gulps down the last of the rum in her tumbler with a clinking of ice cubes in the bottom as the glass is set aside and she uncrosses her legs so she can lean forward and accept the box. "Thank you." she holds the box in the same hand as her kiseru as she sets about trying to open it with the hand now free of the rum glass.
    When the music starts playing from within the box she nearly drops her kiseru with surprise and continues making short working of the packaging. "This is so cool! I fucking love it! It's so neat what mortals can do trapping lightning into such small devices to do all of these things. You'd think after 150 years it would get old but it totally doesn't, they just keep getting smaller and cooler!" she practices flipping it a few times, a wide grin spreading across her face, "Thank you! This is so great. I needed a new phone anyway, I kind of... overcharged my last one the other day and it exploded. Do not charge your phone with lightning when you are doing coke." Like normal people could even do that.

Sally Houki has posed:
"It has a warranty. I am not sure if explosion by lightning is covered but you'll need to find out," There's a note of humor in Sally's tone as she texts the burner number and it springs to life in Kami's hands as she plays with it. Naturally, the message tone is a peal of thunder.

"Anywaaaay! I am so happy to see you. You're going to love New York a bunch when you're not being stalked by weebs."

Kaminari has posed:
    "Most don't, unfortunately." Kaminari shrugs, it's not like she can't afford to replace the things anyway. She flips the phone closed and pockets it. "Ugh don't remind me." she makes a face when Sally brings up the weebs again, "But worship is worship in the end I guess. Anyway thanks for this, it's really great I love it. Just tell me what you need for the other thing and my agent will get it wired to whatever offshore or swiss account you want. Seriously Utsumi-chan, I'm counting on you."

Sally Houki has posed:
"I totally take bitcon too," replies Sally, cheerfully. "Your agent knows how to find me and we can do the thing anytime, though remember, you won't know what other you does, and you won't be your full stregnth afterwards. It can be pretty drainging on someone like you." She folds her hands nearly in her lap. "So just be aware of that and don't over do it!" She steeples her fingers with a cheerful smile.

Kaminari has posed:
    Kaminari's face lights up at the mention of Bitcoin, "Bitcoin is so interesting! Imagine money that exists completely as electricity! It's like using lightning for currency!" she makes another face when Sally begins describing the side effects of her power, "So it's like a bad hangover?" she asks as she pours herself another glass full of expensive. "You're sure you don't want some? This is really good."

Sally Houki has posed:
She considers for a moment, answering the prior question first.

"It's not like a hangover, no," she adds, "But it definitely won't leave you feeling your all, so don't strain yourself too much when it's being done like I said. It won't be /headachey/, at least, I can promise you that. And fiiiine, one sip," she says. Because, you know, she is not going to go about offending a Goddess who is offering her alcohol. This is her life now, weird as it may be, and it's kind of exciting!

Kaminari has posed:
    Kaminari nods thoughtfully as she listens, "I'm not sure I completely understand but no headaches sounds good and don't pick a fight with Gojira I guess. That punk owes me money." she grins and takes another of the unused tumblers from the table, the glass visibly chilling in her grasp and pours about a finger of the very expensive rum into it before holding it out for Sally to take. Whereupon she raises her own glass to clink, "To a mutually beneficial relationship. Kanpai! Bottoms up!" and her entire glass is drained of alcohol.