Re: Cry havoc: Mission briefing
It's roughly a forty minute cab ride from the Holiday Inn - and a short jaunt from the Carlton for Janco - to Kitchener's Carvery. It appears to have been a hotel at one time, with an attached stable, whitewashed walls and ornate Victorian iron work - broekie lace to Janco - on the first floor balcony.
Inside, a curved wooden bar stretches along the left-most wall, with a dozen-plus tables scattered around two connected taprooms. It's a Monday night crowd, a few business-suited men and well-dressed women from downtown downing Gordon's Dry and water or sipping glühwein, some locals with their pints of Castle Lager. All of the guests are white, the only black face a boy carrying glasses to the kitchen to wash.
Sitting in the corner to the right is a long man in grey suit that looks like he slept in it, or perhaps didn't change after a long flight. Heavy set, short grey hair trimming a round, bluff face, he looks to be in his late forties or early fifties but still a tough customer as he sizes each of you up in turn, then calls you over by name - the picture you were asked to send with your resume now makes sense - the words drenched in an Irish brogue. "I'm Paddy Curran," he says, shaking hands with a hard grip. "Push on upstairs, private room, first doorway on the right."
Up the creaking wooden staircase to the first floor landing, the old guest rooms have become private lounges, and through the first doorway on the right a long dark wooden table surrounded by high-backed chairs comes into a view. Another man is already seated here, tall and spare with a shock of blond hair combed straight back from a widow's peak. "Piet Coetzee," he introduces himself with an Afrikaner lilt, rising as you come in. "Welcome to South Africa."
As the last of you ascends the stairs, Paddy Curran follows with a word to the barkeep and as the six of you settle around the table, a frumpy bar maid with a hairstyle ten years out of date arrives and sets a pint of golden Castle in front of each man.
OOC: Please use a color to highlight dialog - it makes it easier for me to locate in long posts. I'm reserving dark green for non-player characters and for my out-of-character notes.