15613/Cats And Corner Stores

Cats And Corner Stores
Date of Scene:	14 August 2023
Location:	Midtown - Gotham City
Synopsis:	Selina and Talia rob a late night convenience store.
Cast of Characters:	Talia al Ghul, Selina Kyle

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Talia al Ghul has posed:
It's a late night over on a rooftop by a local Gotham Quick Stop. The type of place that normally has two hooligans in front trying to strong-arm and sell weed or things to anyone in the area and that smell bdaly enough most people take them up on it.
    Tonight, for whatever reason, Talia Al Ghul is waiting on top of the building with some.. Whatevers purchased from the store for dinner for herself and her companion.

Selina Kyle has posed:
Catwoman sits beside Talia, black upon black upon black. They're sharing a bag of chips along with a couple of sodas. Selina is sitting on the edge of the roof's ledge, lightly swinging her feet.

"So you're sure this friend of yours knows about the meeting?" she asks, after they kill about half the bag. There's an unopened bag waiting.

Talia al Ghul has posed:
Talia al Ghul would nod lightly, "I would presume so. If not.. Then we'll just have to make a bit of noise to ensure it. The two of us will stand out and sooner or later soemone will report it. If not.. Then we have these lovely reprocessed meat deep fried things and soda to satiate ourselves on."

Selina Kyle has posed:
Selina Kyle wrinkles her nose as she looks over to the bag. "You -had- to get the pork rinds, didn't you?" she offers. "And in case you hadn't noticed, I'm a cat. Cats don't make noise." All the same, she agreed to this plan earlier in the evening and she'll see it through. "Just out of curiosity, how much noise are we talking here?"

Talia al Ghul has posed:
Talia al Ghul would sigh, "Oh.. Just do something liek watch out for the next idiot that goes to rob a cash register of the twenty dollras late night and has a tommygun and a zoot suita nd stop them." Because that was a regular Gotham thing.
    "And you've been a cat enough times you know sometimes that the best way to get in somewhere is to make alot of noise. So where's the fun if one doesn't vary your routine? If not, then we have these /deliscious/ non-edibles to sustain us."

Selina Kyle has posed:
Selina Kyle crosses her ankles, gesturing off-handedly as she replies. "Oh I can -make- noise, that's not a problem. I was just curious whether you were talking 'knocking over a dumpster', 'car alarm', or 'explosion'. Just for scale." She shrugs, then adds. "Or for variety's sake, we can rob the store ourselves."

Talia al Ghul has posed:
Talia al Ghul would shake her head, "Oh, I'd presume to rob the store but I don't want to hit your reputation. You shouldn't be turning over corner places. Also I'm no tsure it has anything to steal from the way it works." She would needle back. "I'm sure we should get our visitor relatively shortly. They like to sleep late and get to bed early."

Selina Kyle has posed:
Selina Kyle tilts her head, the goggles pushed up over her cowl so that her eyes are exposed. "So... too early to break into the pork rinds? I've never held up a convenience store with a whip before. Not saying it couldn't be done, of course. It just doesn't work the same way as waving a gun around."

Talia al Ghul has posed:
Talia al Ghul would nod over, "Well yes. If you want to, by all means I'll back you up. I"m sure if you have a webpage it will get quite a lot of likes and interest in you if that's your type. A nd let's enjoy the pork rinds while they're hot. i'll treat you out to somewhere to drink after if you're that type of girl."

Selina Kyle has posed:
Selina Kyle flashes a red-lipped grin and lowers her goggles. Touching one of the buttons on the side, she switches the night vision on. "Can't believe I'm knocking over a convenience store..." she mutters, uncoiling the whip. Lashing out, it loops around the Quik Mart sign and she swings gracefully down to the pavement. A deft flick of her wrist and the whip unwraps.

Talia al Ghul has posed:
Talia al Ghul would let out a sigh and go to slide on down, "I never said you had to.." B ut she's immediately going to break into laughter while sliding down. And so the two women dressed in skintight leather carrying multiple hundred thousands of dollars worth of highly specialized, customized suits.. Go in to the late night Quick Mart.

Selina Kyle has posed:
Catwoman saunters in first, the whip draped loosely over one shoulder and trailing behind her. She -works- the walk, and even with the practical-soled boots it's a very distracting look.

"Mmmmmm." she purrs, sauntering right up to the counter. "Good evening, young man. This is a stick-up. Just open the register, keep your finger away from the silent alarm, and nobody gets hurt." She gestures with a wickedly-clawed finger.

Talia al Ghul has posed:
And there is Talia going in right next to her. For the two different women, their different sizes.. They might as well be twins in exact posture and performance. Everyone is just staring over at the two, including the slack jawed guy running the counter, in a nametag that reads Dante.

"... Sure." He says over in a completely calm voice. "Would you like fries wiht that?" He goes to hold his hands away from the register.

The few other late night workers are staring over as well. Quite.. Entranced.

Selina Kyle has posed:
Catwoman tilts her head, letting out a long, slow sigh. "Listen... Dante... maybe you didn't understand the request. My friend and I happen to be a little light on cash tonight, and you're going to help us out." She lowers her hand to the counter and slowly flexes her fingers. The claws deeply score the wood, making a low squealing sound.

The hop is faster than it has any right to be, and before the others can react to the scratches she is up in Dante's grill and has him pinned against the cigarette rack.

Talia al Ghul has posed:
Dante goes to let out a yelp over as a girl over wearing another worker outfit gives him a glare of 'we are totally breaking up' if Selina had to translate it. "All we got is twenty bucks! I haven't eveng otten my paystub yet!" He gestures wildly over at the register..

Where another worker is just staring over at Selina wiht a total southern california gaze. "Dude. Like, whoa." He would try to push down on the button to open the register. "Like, totally."

Talia is going to take out the cameras, one by one. Strangely enough, no one is raising phones to record.

Selina Kyle has posed:
Catwoman tsks and shakes her head to Dante, fingers splayed and palm against his chest. Just like she held it on the counter a moment ago.

"Slow down, now. I'm not after -your- money, I just want the register opened."

The other worker pushes the button to open the register and she releases Dante. "See? That wasn't so hard, now."

Stepping over to the register, she looks at the drawer and asks Talia. "So how much do you think? Fifty? A hundred?" There is a lot more there, of course.

Talia al Ghul has posed:
Talia al Ghul would look over at Selina and would tap at her cheek, "I'll split down the middle and say seventy." She would go to lean over Selina's shoulder, going to stretch out languidly against her, a hand going to rub over Selina's shoulder over as the dude behind the counter at the register goes to fiddle with it.

"Tubular, like whoa dudette." They're both off over as the cash register opens. Three fives, two very badly folded and crinkled ones, and a wide variety of coins. Talia makes a face. And let sout a sigh while pouting.

Selina Kyle has posed:
"Leave the ones. We don't know where they've been." Catwoman offers. Actually she's got a pretty decent idea... which is why she won't be touching them, not even with gloves.

"Slow night?" she asks, turning her head to regard Talia with a curious head-tilt and a 'see, this is why I never do this' kind of smirk.

Talia al Ghul has posed:
Talia makes an identical look of amusementa nd disgust over as dante goes tos peak up in lieu of 'Dude'. "No, this is about average really." He would make sure to keep his hands up and over in the air. "Least we're not the Kwik Stop. They got that creepy guy that steals all the corn dogs every day."

Even as the money is handed over. Talia would look over at Selina, "So shall we take some to go?"

Selina Kyle has posed:
Selina Kyle is very careful not to touch the ones, but plucks up some of the other bills almost at random. "There we go. We're hardened criminals now." she deadpans. Looking over to Dante, she head-shakes. "Seriously? He steals all the corn dogs every day? That's just all kind of wrong."

Talia al Ghul has posed:
Dante nods, "Yeah. Gets beat up by some local vigilante, given to the cops.. Next day is out, hitting the place again. has a little hamster wiht a mask on it too. I'd say that I admire his work ethic.. But corn dogs?" Much less how someone affords bail day after day..

Selina Kyle has posed:
Selina Kyle plants her hands on her hips and turns more fully towards Talia. "What kind of local vigilante?" she asks, speaking to the room rather than anyone specifically. "Just so we know who to watch out for, of course."

Talia al Ghul has posed:
Dante would shrug, "Dunno, out in New York. I hear stories from the place in the Bronx. They get all kinds of weirdos there. I think that the shifts in Bludhaven have it safer." Talia would give a low sweep of the place.
    "But, hey, who am I to judge. And, uh.. Would you like something to go?"

Selina Kyle has posed:
Selina Kyle looks over at Talia when the 'to go' offer is made. "Well the corn dogs are probably fresh." she muses, thoughtfully. "I'll take a slushee to go. Trying to lay off the corn dogs, myself."

Talia al Ghul has posed:
As the two women go to get themselevs a row of corn dogs, fries, slurpees and some other things.. The bell at teh door chimes, and the person they're waiting to meet/ambush walks in.. Then stares over at the two women, loaded over with greasy junk food, the cash register open.. And there's some stares thrown all ways - from the 'contact' that they've been waiting to beat up all night, the remainder of teh staff at the store.. And Talia and Selina, arms piled high with late night snacks.
    OH yes, this eve will never be spoken of again.