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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hurtoc" data-source="post: 924489" data-attributes="member: 3893">Continued...[Iron Jaw]As the men appear Iron Jaw is quick to act, he drops his bags to the ground and pulls his own knife.  It is a sleek black switch blad and as it clicks open you get the idea he has used it before.  His posture changes as he bends his knees and raises the knife in front of him, " You may get that bag boy, but you're gonna bleed for it...."  The look on his face matches the hardness in his voice.... OOC: 14 is my init[Phil]Phil had expected Boston Harbor to have a few rats.  Opium smokers, derelict foreign sailors trying to jump ship, and just plain salty old drunks.  But toughs in suits hadn't been on his short list of cheap hoods. His brown eyes flash as the big revolver comes out of his overcoat pocket.  They search the mug of the mouthy guy in front.  The sound of a hammer cocking all the way back will make most ordinary rats flinch, but if the crook knows how to throw a knife, then it's more like an invitation.  What color rat does he have here?  Phil is about to find out quick. Phil hopes that these guys are Boston "paesanos" of some of his familiar New York Mafiosi.  He scans their faces for a family resemblence.  They don't impress Phil as bright enough to dream up many capers on their own, so a detective's job is to jump in and start detecting. "Keep your paws where I can see 'em!  And tell me where you got the big idea." ---------------------------------------------OOC:  Initiative = 14   This is an Intimidation attempt;  but if we have any knife-throwers in the crowd,  the fireworks will begin!  If the crooks panic and break-off running, then I won't pursue; rather, I'll look toward the street to make CERTAIN no back-up men with Tommy guns are standing on the running boards of a passing car.   <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":-)" title="Smile    :-)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":-)" />[Riley]Riley steps back, sheilding Alice as best he can, but letting the other two step forward.  He decides not to say anything, seeing that the situation is well in hand from the other two, and being more of a scholarly sort.  He reaches into the pocket of his overcoat, fingering the pen-knife that is there just in case... OOC: Init = 9</blockquote>

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