{Continued from Leonne's Penthouse Apartment}

Arriving once more from her penthouse, Leonne walked into her bar and smirked at the results. The bar brawl didn't appear to even have existed, thanks to C-sec, and by now all of her defensive measures were restocked. The krogan and human bouncers were in place and armed, and the Asari and human dancers were in their own places once more. The servers and bartenders, including Krissy, were back on the job, and more patrons had made their way to the bar.

"Krissy, I take it zat everyzing went well?" Leonne asked her favorite employee.

"Yes Mistress Leonne." Krissy replied with a smile as she fixed a drink for a customer "Everything was removed or refilled as necessary."

"Tres bien!" Leonne said with a smile "I'm glad to see zat everyzing is back to normal again... 'ow are ze dancers?"

"Um..." Krissy began, a little nervous "I think the Asari received too much stimulant..."

"Oh? Zat sounds like a good zing; zey'll be on top of zeir game tonight." Leonne said with a chuckle "If zere's a problem, I'll take care of it myself."

Leonne decided to stick around in the bar for a bit, opting to have Krissy serve her some of her favorite wine, though she already had had a glass back at her penthouse.

Taql Starkiller walked into Chora's Den with a look of disgust as he saw the surroundings. He wanted to wash his hands he felt so dirty in this place. He sighed. "The things I do for the council and C-Sec." Taql walked up to bar and leaned on it trying to act like a customer. He called for a drink and waited for it. 'Now where could that girl be?' Taql thought as he scanned over the room and searched for the owner of the bar.

Ethan requested for a pick up from one of his fellow Espada agents. Before he had a chance to schedule a rendezvous, the other agent told him to wait at Chora's Den and hung up. Ethan was forced to go back to Chora's Den.

He put on a hood and tried to conceal himself.A hooded person wasn't very suspicious in Chora's Den. He entered the club and sat at the bar next to a krogan. Ethan was surprised to see that the club showed no signs of a fight. The owner definetly did a good job with this place.

Ethan spotted the owner in the same spot as last time. She was standing at the bar. Ethan never got her name. He couldn't ask her directly so he nudged the krogan next to him.

"Hey buddy. Do me a favor and ask that hotty over there for her name. I'll pay you." Ethan asked as politely as he could.

Taql recieved the nudge and looked back with a rather aggitated look. He saw no real threat from the man and no need to exert himself here in the Den so he decided to do as he was told. "Excuse me miss." Taql said yelling at the woman over the loud music. "If I may ask what is your name?" He then waited for an answer and continued waiting for his drink.

Walking into the Den, Tyrus was greeted with the sound of a Krogan asking Leonne Rousseau for her name.

"Well, now I have seen everything." Tyrus chuckled. Then he noticed Ethan next to the Krogan, looking a little shocked. Still chuckling, he made his way over.

Ethan was waiting for the beautiful woman to tell the krogan her name. Ethan saw Tyrus in the corner of his eye. He grabbed Tyrus.

"Give me a minute. I'm trying to find out this girl's name. I know what you are thinking, "Ethan why not ask her name yourself", but I kinda trashed the place earlier and almost killed a bunch of her guards. I don't think she will appreciate me coming back. I can't help it though. I think I'm in love." Ethan said in one breath.

Ethan started to breathe hard in order to catch his breath.

Leonne was, quite honestly, shocked at what was happening. A krogan, that wasn't one of her bouncers, was talking to her openly... and asking for her name!

'I knew I looked good... but I didn't think I looked that good...' Leonne mused in her head as a smirk passed across her face.

"My name is Leonne Rousseau." Leonne told the Krogan "Would you care for a drink Monsieur..."

Leonne intentionally left the phrase open, hinting that the Krogan should give her his name.

Taql nodded at the girl, who apparently was french given her accent and he then smiled at her. "The name is Taql, Taql Starkiller. I am here on buisness of my own and yes to answer your last question, I would like a drink." Taql looked back at the man who had asked him to ask the girl for her name. "There I did my job now back off from me if you would. I don't enjoy men hanging around me." The Krogan said as he turned back at the girl. "So I assume you are of French decent, if you don't mind me asking of course." Taql said trying to sound as polite as possible to the woman.

Ethan heard the heavenly name of the owner, Leonne Rousseau.

"There I did my job now back off from me if you would. I don't enjoy men hanging around me. So I assume you are of French decent, if you don't mind me asking of course."

Ethan was shocked that the krogan started talking to her. Ethan tapped the krogan again and whispered, "Hey you stay away from her and for your information I don't hang around men."

Tyrus was quite amused at the younger agent's infatuation. Although as far as he could tell, by human standards Ethan had good taste.

Things however, were taking a turn for the worst as Ethan started prodding Taql. Tyrus groaned. Damn youth and testosterone. Deciding to nip things in the bud, Tyrus grabbed Ethan by the scruff his hood and dragged him over to Leonne.

"Ah, Ms. Rousseau. Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Tyrus Melcinus, a weapons merchant and procurer of expensive hardware. I believe my associate here had caused a disturbance in your fine establishment. It isn't his fault, however, as I requested some certain items that were rightfully mine. I take full responsibility for the damage and am more than glad to pay for any costs incurred."

He turned to look at Ethan. "Ethan here is somewhat youthful and quite energetic. He has a penchant for the more physical activities so I hope you can forgive him despite these flaws. The man, however is quite capable, which is why I employ him on matters of sensitivity. "

Tyrus said to Ethan, "Ethan, here's payment for your last assignment. Please treat Ms. Rousseau with a few drinks as part of an apology on my behalf. I'll be sitting over there to work on my stock list."

Dropping some credits into Ethan's hand, Tyrus walked off and sat at a corner table, watching the ensuing fireworks.

'My, my... I believe I've become quite the center of attention.' Leonne thought with amusement as she watched the display before her unfold.

"Hm... who to start wiz..." Leonne muttered amusedly to herself as she looked between Taql and Ethan, aka. 'the bastard who has no idea who he's dealing with'.

"Well, I guess I should go in order to be fair." Leonne said to the two men "So Taql, I 'ave to say zat I am impressed wiz your knowledge of 'uman accents. I was actually born in Paris, ze capital of France. I must also say zat it is quite ze 'onor to meet ze first Krogan Spectre, but please keep your actions in 'ere to a fairly low level of destruction si vous plait."

She then rounded on the now not hooded figure of Ethan, whom she smirked at.

"And my dear Ezan (remember, she prounces th as z, except in Earth), I never really got ze chance to zank you for what you did earlier. It's been a while since I've 'ad to break up such a large bar fight. Now then... Krissy?"

"Yes, Mistress Leonne?" Krissy asked from her place behind the bar.

"Get ze Spectre whatever 'e wants, and put it on ze Council's tab. Allow Ezan to 'ave a drink as well, but I'll pay for zat one. And send A'sela wiz a special brew for Tyrus over zere."

"Got it ma'am!" Krissy responded as she went about filling the orders.

Taql smiled and nodded his head at Leonne. "Well I have studied alot of species since becoming a Spectre. It comes with the job." He then looked over to the young barkeep. "I would like a regular beer please." He said as the young girl went to fetch it. "Don't worry by the way, I have no quarrel in mind for anyone in here so your bar shall remain in it's repaired state Leonne." Taql said as he smiled to the woman and recieved his drink.

Ethan couldn't believe that Tyrus did that. He always did stuff like that to Ethan. Ethan decided that he might as well enjoy it. He never turned down a free drink.

"I'll have a beer as well." Ethan told the bartender. The bartender gave Ethan his drink and he drank it down in one gulp. He got out of his seat and almost fell down. He forgot that when he drank he got drunk right away.

"It's cool to meet the first krogan spectre." Ethan said with a slurred tone.

I'm sorry that I am crashing this party, but the two of us have things to do. Let's go Tyrus." Ethan said with a serious tone. He began to walk away almost accidentally knocking drinks out of a waitresses hand. Ethan turned around.

"Tyrus...do me a favor and give her my number...thanks." Ethan said with a slurred speech again. He left the club and waited for Tyrus.

Tyrus facepalmed at the drunken Ethan as he stumbled his way out of the club. Either he was good actor or the poor kid couldn't handle his liquor.

Tyrus made his way back to the bar. "My apologies yet again, Ms. Rousseau. I'm afraid I'll have to take, what is that human word... raincheck? on your drink? No matter. I do hope we can do business later. Unfortunately, I am quite busy these days but Ethan should be available most times. Here is his contact number. I'm sure the two of you will get along famously."

Handing over Ethan's number, Tyrus walked out of Chora's Den after Ethan.

"I'm glad you don't 'ave any plans to destroy my ba-" Leonne began to say to Taql, but she was distracted by the site of Ethan getting smashed after one beer.

It was... mildly amusing to say the least, and Leonne had to struggle to not laugh as he nearly knocked over the drink for Tyrus in A'sela's hand. Luckily, he made it to the door and out of it after asking Tyrus a question, to which the Turian seemed to be royally embarrassed.

The embarrassment, and honesty in his apology, was apparent when he came up to her, apologized for Ethan's actions, gave her Ethan's number, and bid his leave.

"Zank you for ze number Tyrus, and let me know when you are in 'ere next so I can get you zat free drink...maybe two." Leonne told Tyrus before and as he left before turning back to Taql "Can you believe zat man, Ezan, I mean? 'e got drunk off of a 'uman beer! I can drink some of ze strongest krogan liquor and not get zat drunk, and never zat quickly!"

Taql watched as the man called Ethan looked as if he had just left a Krogan drinking party after one beer. He laughed out loud not really caring if he heard it. He looked back at Leonne and smiled. "Well obviously the boy talks a rather big game but he doesn't have the drinking prowess to back it up." Taql took a drink from his beer and looked back up at Leonne. "Listen Leonne I need to ask you something. One of my old friends in the mercenary buisness tells me you have some pretty good connections with some high end crime lords around the Citadel. I was wondering if you can help me out." Taql said with a serious look on his face.

Tyrus had followed Ethan out of the bar. Ethan kept walking like he was drunk. When they got far enough, Ethan grabbed Tyrus.

"Embarass me like that again and I will kill you." Ethan said. Ethan's face was completely serious and his right pupil changed color from his normal blue to red. The color went back to blue and Ethan let go of Tyrus.

"Thanks for helping me out back there. Oh yeah I got that piece of the bomb that we need to analyze." Ethan said like everything was okay.

Tyrus smirked at the Ethan's attempt to intimidate him. Anyone else would be frightened but Tyrus had been playing the spy game far longer than Ethan had. Then he frowned, remembering the psychological report on Ethan.

"Thanks for helping me out back there. Oh yeah I got that piece of the bomb that we need to analyze." Ethan said like everything was okay.

"This is your op, Ethan. I've got the facilities to analyse it but you've got priority. I can take that off your hands and run the scans or you can do it yourself. Your call."

((OOC: I may not be in tomorrow. If you need to, use the backroom of Tyrus's store for analysis. The assistant will recognise you.))

"...excuse moi?" Leonne asked Taql, sounding somewhat incredulous "You 'eard from a friend zat I 'ave connections to 'igh-end crime lords? 'oever told you zat 'as no idea what ze are talking about!"

Her omnitool dinged as her upload of the data from the disk she obtained from Ethan finished, but she wasn't focused on that at the time.

"I 'ave information regarding anyzing on ze Citadel, and quite a bit going on away from it as well. I can get you information on everyzing from a person's location to Spectre reports and crime lord logs, given enough time. I 'ave no 'connections' to ze crime lords; I'm not in line wiz ze Shadowbroker. 'owever..."

Leonne drew her HWMP from the holster behind her, which took a little bit of time given that it had a silencer at the end of the barrel… and she didn’t want to put the Krogan Spectre on edge. She spun it around in her hand a bit, then offered the handle to Taql as she held the barrel.

"Zis particular piece was a special order, along wiz a few ozers I keep in case of an emergency, and cost quite ze pretty penny. Ze man 'o got it for me 'ad no idea 'o it was zat was buying it; I bought it anonymously in case somezing like zis situation came up. Chances are, zis is ze link you speak of. I don't want trouble now, and I'll take care of ze various 'channels' on my own. 'owever, I will give you ze name of ze man 'o got zis for me.” Leonne said with a smirk “You’ve met ‘im razer recently actually… I currently owe ‘im a drink ‘ere after ‘e left wiz ‘is drunk friend not too long ago.”

Taql took the gun and examined it. It was definately a high end gun that most black market owners would have trouble tracking down. He wasn't surprised however, given Leonne's record with such things as firearms. He knew that she had some bigger guns then this and he smiled at the thought. He handed it back to her and took another drink from his beer. "I know that you can find the guy I am looking for Leonne. My friend trusts your abilites enough so why can't I?" Taql said smiling rather slyly. "The guy I am looking for is on Ilos last time I was told. He is a black market opperative and mostly puts his sales on scientific things such as bio weapons, biotics, even cures as far as I know." Taql said, hoping that Leonne got his vibe.

"Cures, you say?" Leonne said with a smirk "I wonder what kind of 'cures' would interest a Krogan Spectre? No matter, give me a minute, I 'ave a pretty good idea 'o you are talking about."

She brought up her omnitool again, and with practiced ease she began to access her own personal, and secure database wirelessly. Screen after screen flashed across her omnitool, and with a speed few could imagine using on an omnitool, she went through seven separate security protocols, each with at least two different complex encryptions, and each with countless passwords that were never the same. However, after a minute she was into her database, and a few searches later landed her with a name.

"I believe zis is ze guy you are looking for." Leonne finally said after a moment of reading "A Salarian scientist; known expert on biochemical manipulation and gene zerapy. 'is father was also a scientist in zose areas, as was 'is grandfazer. Interestingly enough, 'is granfazer was linked to ze creation of ze genophage... zough I 'ave no idea 'ow zat could be useful information..."

She smirked at the Krogan, hoping he took the hint.

"'is name is Nethus Deias, and 'e remains on Ilos as of... five minutes ago." Leonne finished "Now... I believe you owe me somezing..."

The Krogan looked up and smirked, yet rolled his eyes, as he got the hint as to what she wanted from him. He took one last gulp from his drink and got up from the bar.

"Well I suppose that I do owe you one for handing me this infromation. I suppose that I can run one favor and only one. Remember Leonne, I am on a rather tight leash on time." The Krogan said as he looked Leonne in the eye.

Taql then worked on his omni tool and was sending a message to Risana, his ships personnal VI. It read, "Risana, look up this Nethus Deias for me will you? I want to know if what this girl says is true." He then shut it down as soon as the message was sent as to not cause suspicion from Leonne.

Isaac Crawford kicked open the door to the bar in an angry fashion. After all, he had every right to be angry. His relationship with Melissa Rockwell at the base had ended with her falling for another man... so, just like old times, Isaac found himself at Chora's Den, in a pathetic attempt to drown out his thoughts.

"This is fanfuckingtastic," Isaac said, fuming loudly, before somewhat calming down. He groaned in an irritated fashion, and leaned against the wall.

He looked at the dancer, with no sign of interest on his face. She wasn't the one he came here for. But rather than leaving, he just eyed the bar for a little while, wondering if taking a drink would be a good idea or a bad one.

"Well, luckily for you, zere is a favor zat I 'ave zat isn't too difficult on a tight leash." Leonne said, taking a sip of the wine she had that had been neglected for a bit "Zere is a certain... piece of equipment in ze works zat I 'ave 'ad my eye on for a while. It's supposed to be razer 'ush 'ush, but let's pretend zat it's not for a moment. It's a specialized kinetic barrier emitter zat is portable and is being produced by Serrice Council. It's an interesting little device, and it would cost a fair amount of credits, yet ze only way for me to get it is to eizer buy a, most likely shoddy, prototype on ze black market, or become a Spectre and buy it myself."

Leonne let out a sigh, which was forced for emphasis.

"Unfortunately, it appears zat boz of zese options are impossible. If someone were to give it to me zough..." Leonne said, smirking at Taql "...I would gladly reimburse zem, possibly wiz a bit extra."

Taql let out a sigh and rolled his eyes. He had done this so many times before and now he was gonna have to do it again. He looked up at Leonne and smiled a fake smile.

"Ok I will see what I can do. Once I get it I will go ahead and come back here and give it to you. I should be back in a little bit so keep this seat saved for me." The krogan then smiled and began on his way out.

Taql looked around and saw a transporter he could use and moved up to it. He clicked in the area for the local weapon shop and waited to arrive at his location.

((Continued in Melcinus Weapons and Equipment (Store), Arms and Armour Merchant))

Leonne was smiling widely as she watched Taql leave, knowing that she'd have a new 'toy' soon enough. With that, she turned back to the bar, and wen back to her expensive wine... until she heard a rather loud exclamation from a voice she thought was familiar. Turning around, she was surprised to see a certain man, who's name she recalled as being Isaac, whom she had met and effectively pissed of countless times on Ordo two years ago after finally getting her name cleared.

'I'll bet he'll be overjoyed to see me...' She thought to herself as she caught one of her server's that was walking by.

"Tell zat man over zere," Leonne said as she pointed subtly to Isaac "Zat a beautiful blonde would like to speak to 'im at ze bar."

The human server nodded and headed off to do as asked, and Leonne was smiling as she went back to her wine.

((continued from C-Sec))
Kage walked up to the bar looking very aggitated

"get me something to drink, anything"

he slamed his head on the bar and mutterd to himself

Isaac sighed before straightening up from the wall and walking toward the exit. He was about to step through the automatic doors until a voice beckoned him from behind.

"Sir? The tall man?" the voice asked. It took Isaac a little while to realize that it was him the voice was referring to.

Isaac spun around on one heel and sighed, a little annoyed. He eyed the human server with an extent of closeness that had to be uncomfortable to the server. "What do you want?" Isaac asked, harshly.

"That woman over there wants to speak with you," the server said, pointing toward the direction of an attractive blonde woman.

Isaac just shrugged. "I'd hate to keep her waiting," Isaac replied, in a sarcastic tone. He walked over to the blonde woman and sighed.

"Do I know you?" he asked, in an irritated tone.

Taql walked back into the Den and looked around to see if he could find his seat. Of course it was empty so he began walking to it and sat down when he reached it. He looked around to see if he could find Leonne. He then saw her in close to the same spot she was when he had left. He began calling to her, trying to be audible over the music. "Leonne! Can you come over here real quick?" Taql questioned her as loud as possible.

Leonne did indeed hear Taql, but she also heard Isaac at about the same time. She brought her omnitool up rather quickly, sending a message to Taql stating for him to hand the emitter to Krissy, the bartender, for she was busy and couldn't come over, knowing he was in quite the hurry. She also made a note to send a direct deposit of credits to Taql's personal account, though she would never state how she found out where it was or how she could do it so easily. After that, she shut her omnitool off and turned around in her seat, glass of wine in hand.

"Well, well, Isaac. I am 'urt zat you can't remember my name." Leonne said, feigning a hurt tone "After all ze fun we 'ad on Ordo, you can't remember my name?"

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Neovgre had followed the Spectre to Chora's Den, but knew that she could go no further until the Krogan left. So, she decided to move towards the medical den, making sure to be inconspicuous while remaining within eye-shot of the transport system and of the only exit to Chora's Den.

Taql suddenly looked at his omni tool as he saw that he recieved a new message. It told him to hand the emitter to the bar keep called Krissy. He called her over and handed it without saying a word.

"Give that to Leonne. This makes the two of us even." Taql said as he began walking out of the Den. "Also thank her for her help if you can. Saved me alot of trouble." He then began walking out the Den. He stopped out near the entrance and began going through his omni tool seeing if Risana had sent him any information on Nethus Deias.

Isaac rubbed his head. He remembered the girl, all right. "Right, right. The French girl, with the everlasting smirk," he replied. "Leonne."

Before he spoke again, he narrowed his eyebrows. "Right, so... what is it you wanted to talk about? 'Cause if you just wanted to reminisce about one of the worst days of my life, then I'll be pretty pissed," he said.

He brushed some dust off of his shoulder and gazed down to Leonne, waiting for her response.

Kage sighed as he was ignored

"damn it i need something to drink"

he tried to wave over the bar keep again, hopeing that once he was drunk the next day would come fast and he might have something to investigate back at C-Sec

Leonne couldn't help but chuckle at Isaac's response; he hadn't changed at all it seemed.

"No, I didn't want to reminisce about painful memories." Leonne said with a her 'everlasting smirk' "I was simply wondering if you would enjoy somezing, or somezings to drink. It's on ze 'ouse of course, since it is my bar."

Leonne brought the wine to her lips, but didn't take a sip yet.

"Consider it a small payback for ze shit I put you zrough on Ordo, and as a way to deal wiz your... obvious irritation." she finally said, finishing off her statement with the last of the wine in her glass.

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Neovgre noticed the Krogan she was trailing out of the corner of her eye, making note of the fact that he was distracted for the moment. It was a perfect opportunity to deal with him... but it was also too public to the best idea. So, she opted to see where he was headed, hoping to catch him in a better location.

Dante entered the bar and began to look around for a peaceful place to sit when his eyes came across Issac sitting at a table with a girl, Dante knew the girl from somewhere, but where? Just then he remebered the girl from the mission on Ordo awhile back.

It had been two years and Dante was more mature, but still a cocky-ass, Kane's Fist was over with after the Human Civil War, and Dante was now a highly paid Merc with money coming out his ass.

Dante walked over by the table and took a seat by Issac "care if I sit here" he asked "Its been awhile Issac, I see you have new girlfriend, I guess the aseri dancers arn't doing it for ya?" Dante made a grin then looked over at Leonne "how are you holding up frenchy?"

Kage smiled as a bartender finally showed up

"give me anything, i just wanna get drunk right now"

gets his drinks from the bartender and begins to drink slowly getting less and less in control of himself as he drank

"things have been too damn calm here, maybe i should transphere to someplace where i can actuilly do something"

"Hey, you see that guy over there?" Isaac said to Dante, in an exaggerated happy tone. "Go bug him!"

Isaac sighed, forcing himself to calm down a little. "Look. My girlfriend kinda... well... isn't my girlfriend anymore. Understand?" Isaac said, his eyebrows still narrowed. "I'm not in a good mood. "

Isaac then turned to Leonne. "And as for you," Isaac said, a rare hint of a smile showing on the corners of his mouth. "Is this some kinda scheme to get me drunk so I'd tell you secrets?" He asked, his hint of a smile quickly fading into a dead serious expression.

Taql looked through his messages and decided that he might as well just go see if Risana was doing as he told her to. He then made his was to the docking bay and hoped to see that Risana found some new information regarding the scientist.

((continued in docking bay))

Leonne let out a chuckle.

"I'm doing quite well actually, Dante." Leonne said happily "Ze Alliance compensated me for ze wrongful pursuit for six years, and I currently own ze bar you are sitting in. Please drink as much as you want this round, but ze dancers come at no discount, I'm afraid."

Laughing lightly, she then decided a refill on her own glass of wine, but it would have to wait for Krissy to get back to her.

"As for you, Isaac, why would I get you drunk to steal you secrets? If I wanted zem, I'd do somzing much more subtle, such as interrogate anyone you've dealt wiz... or read all of your personal, and personel, files. So please, 'ave a drink, it is on ze 'ouse after all."

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Neovgre saw the Krogan get into the transport, and after a moment she began to follow the Krogan, making sure to not seem suspicious as she entered another transport and followed him throughout the Citadel.

{Continued wherever Taql heads, most likely the Docking Bay}

"Seducing me would've been so much funner," Issac said, shaking his head. "But what the Hell. I have nothing to hide, right?" Isaac looked to Dante, and gulped. He figured Dante knew the terrible series of events that kicked off two years ago, and wasn't sure if he could trust him enough not to tell anyone.

He scratched his head. He has been sober for six months now, due to very hard effort and self control. Then again, that was when he was with Melissa.

"What the Hell, I'll have a drink."