06-16-2015, 09:33 AM
Tony could virtually see the tension in the air as the one displaying his power like a body-builder displayed his muscles confronted them. With a gleam of a smile he sat back and watched the scene play out between the two strangers.
Veso and Hans were duly surprised, but they wouldn't do anything rash when they saw him. Dan had called it his 'crocodile smile'.
"Be careful of that smile,"
the dark man would say, his accent thickening. "It is the smile of a man who puts his hand in the jaws of a crocodile looking for gold."
For a long time he had them all convinced it was a proverb of his people, but when Yuri had asked, he flashed his white teeth and said. "My people are not all ancient. We have imaginations, just like your frozen men."
Apparently the two were acquainted, but it did not seem they were on friendly terms. Not that the abrasive one seemed like he would be on good terms with anyone. If he were reborn, it would be as a porcupine.
The development had lightened his mood. A chance meeting with two mysterious strangers with an equally mysterious relationship, and Tony was in the middle of it.
It felt just like the old days, when life was one ongoing intrigue.
Thus his smile widened as both men turned to him. It was equal parts innocent and welcoming with the gleam of humour shining in his eyes.
"I don't come here often, more's to pity"
he nodded to Enzo's earlier question before this Sebastian had heeded his call. "Nor the Manifesto. It is a special occasion tonight. A celebration."
the diffusion was as smooth as Enzo's wine.
"Sebastian was it?"
he continued, turning his eye on the one who still held the power. "You seem...tense... Please, sit. You are in good company. You look like you could use a drink."
"Unless,"
he added to both men, who seemed uncomfortable, even hostile towards each other, "there is some problem?"
No doubt there was. Tony counted on it.
It was not every day he encountered another of his kind in such interesting circumstances.
Veso and Hans were duly surprised, but they wouldn't do anything rash when they saw him. Dan had called it his 'crocodile smile'.
"Be careful of that smile,"
the dark man would say, his accent thickening. "It is the smile of a man who puts his hand in the jaws of a crocodile looking for gold."
For a long time he had them all convinced it was a proverb of his people, but when Yuri had asked, he flashed his white teeth and said. "My people are not all ancient. We have imaginations, just like your frozen men."
Apparently the two were acquainted, but it did not seem they were on friendly terms. Not that the abrasive one seemed like he would be on good terms with anyone. If he were reborn, it would be as a porcupine.
The development had lightened his mood. A chance meeting with two mysterious strangers with an equally mysterious relationship, and Tony was in the middle of it.
It felt just like the old days, when life was one ongoing intrigue.
Thus his smile widened as both men turned to him. It was equal parts innocent and welcoming with the gleam of humour shining in his eyes.
"I don't come here often, more's to pity"
he nodded to Enzo's earlier question before this Sebastian had heeded his call. "Nor the Manifesto. It is a special occasion tonight. A celebration."
the diffusion was as smooth as Enzo's wine.
"Sebastian was it?"
he continued, turning his eye on the one who still held the power. "You seem...tense... Please, sit. You are in good company. You look like you could use a drink."
"Unless,"
he added to both men, who seemed uncomfortable, even hostile towards each other, "there is some problem?"
No doubt there was. Tony counted on it.
It was not every day he encountered another of his kind in such interesting circumstances.