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<blockquote data-quote="Rybaer" data-source="post: 1487603" data-attributes="member: 118">Rikko's, Northbrook, Coast City Maggie takes her seat.&nbsp; &quot;Flattery and apologies,&quot; she says with a grin.&nbsp; &quot;You should know by now that neither will work on me.&nbsp; Of course, you're welcome to keep trying with the flattery.&quot;She flips through the menu, mostly an eclectic mix of African and seafood dishes.&nbsp; &quot;No, haven't eaten here before, but I've heard good things.&quot;Lunches are ordered and Maggie and Steven exchange more idle chit chat through their meals.&nbsp; Once both are near complete, Maggie pauses to talk shop.&quot;Well, I heard back from the publisher,&quot; she says.&nbsp; &quot;They liked the proposal for your book and are keen to get an outline.&nbsp; Sounds like they're pretty well committed to getting a contract signed in the next month or so.&nbsp; Can you try to get the outline wrapped up by the end of the month?&quot;Steve nods affirmitively, chewing the last of his meal.&quot;I've got one other thing that just came up this morning,&quot; she says.&nbsp; &quot;It's a really short notice deal, but I thought you might be interested due to...well...the nature of the engagement.&nbsp; Lady by the name of Sandra Poynter from the Coast City Metahuman Rights Foundation called to see if you could fill in as the keynote speaker at a conference tomorrow night.&nbsp; The topic of the conference is something about dealing with metahumans in the workplace.&nbsp; Should be lots of business and government leaders attending.&quot;I guess they'd originally had that public hero from Boston...The Patriot, isn't it?...scheduled to speak, but he had to bail out last minute.&nbsp; Coast City has no public metahumans who would fit the bill, so she decided to try to find someone local who was charming and positive enough to set a good tone for the conference.&nbsp; I'm sure she knows nothing about you...meta-wise...and I certainly didn't say anything.&quot;Like I said, it's short notice, but I also figured it'd be right up your alley,&quot; she says, pausing to sip her wine.&nbsp; &quot;She needs an answer this afternoon.&nbsp; What'cha think?&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rybaer, post: 1487603, member: 118"] Rikko's, Northbrook, Coast City Maggie takes her seat. "Flattery and apologies," she says with a grin. "You should know by now that neither will work on me. Of course, you're welcome to keep trying with the flattery." She flips through the menu, mostly an eclectic mix of African and seafood dishes. "No, haven't eaten here before, but I've heard good things." Lunches are ordered and Maggie and Steven exchange more idle chit chat through their meals. Once both are near complete, Maggie pauses to talk shop. "Well, I heard back from the publisher," she says. "They liked the proposal for your book and are keen to get an outline. Sounds like they're pretty well committed to getting a contract signed in the next month or so. Can you try to get the outline wrapped up by the end of the month?" Steve nods affirmitively, chewing the last of his meal. "I've got one other thing that just came up this morning," she says. "It's a really short notice deal, but I thought you might be interested due to...well...the nature of the engagement. Lady by the name of Sandra Poynter from the Coast City Metahuman Rights Foundation called to see if you could fill in as the keynote speaker at a conference tomorrow night. The topic of the conference is something about dealing with metahumans in the workplace. Should be lots of business and government leaders attending. "I guess they'd originally had that public hero from Boston...The Patriot, isn't it?...scheduled to speak, but he had to bail out last minute. Coast City has no public metahumans who would fit the bill, so she decided to try to find someone local who was charming and positive enough to set a good tone for the conference. I'm sure she knows nothing about you...meta-wise...and I certainly didn't say anything. "Like I said, it's short notice, but I also figured it'd be right up your alley," she says, pausing to sip her wine. "She needs an answer this afternoon. What'cha think?" [/QUOTE]

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