Alice looks at the newcomer under her hood, looking him up and down. [spoiler] I'm just going to assume you have no armor on. Sorry if I'm wrong. [/spoiler] Slim, but well built. No outward signs of being a Guardian, but she knew that from the question he just asked, he had to be at least a scholar or archivist who heard about her explorations. She turns her head, a piece of long brown hair tumbling loose to rest next to her chin. "Depends," she says playfully. "who is it that wants to know?"

[spoiler]Yeah he's wearing Civilian clothing. You can imagine him wearing anything though. [/spoiler] Instantly his insides turned to jelly, realizing that the Guardian was flirting with him. Reflecting upon himself, he wasn't too bad looking, but there was never really time for girls when he was working for the Hidden... And now that came to bite him in the ass. His sub-conscious mind began edging him on [i]Hey, wake up buddy. She's flirting with you. Say something smooth and screw the mission. [/i] [i]No, the mission is more important than your baser instincts. Anyways, there's time for picking up girls on the mission.[/i] [i]Is there? Well, forget about sounding smooth. Tell her about he message. [/i] Ginger inwardly sighed, and pointed over to a Warlock across the room. The Guardian had pulled out his ghost, and was looking at a map of Venus. "That guy. Warbuilt, an Exo Guardian fascinated with the Ahamkara. He believes that they could unlock new powers for a Guardian, as they did the Hive. My ghost just intercepted a message from Commander Zavala directed towards him." Ginger's ghost appears, and immediately begins replaying the message: [quote][i]"Guardian, this is Commander Zavala. Ikora just briefed me on your, 'hunt.' I need you to report to me as soon as you can. This concerns your interests. Zavala out."[/i][/quote] His sub-conscious still wasn't satisfied, and he felt that he needed to add "Oh, and I'm Ginger, by the way." [i]Smooth...[/i]

[i]Damn,[/i] Alice thinks. [i]he's a Guardian. All work and no play.[/i] Alice sighs. "Yes, I do know about Ahamkara's. I also know where they live." She rolls up the map then tucks it into a small tube. Then she looks up at Ginger and gives a white teeth smile. "Name's Alice. How can I help you?"

[i]Damn, she must think I'm a massive ass-wipe... You know what, screw the mission for now. I have something else that I have to do. [/i] "Actually, you can." Ginger pulls a shiny blue cube out of his pocket, instantly identifiable as glimmer. "I have 500 spare glimmer, and nothing to spend it on. Anything you'd like to drink?" [i]Hella smooth... And original. Really, you need to work on flirty talk.[/i]

Alice raises an eyebrow, then looks at the glimmer. "You keep it. If you only have 500 spare, then you need all that you can get." Alice says cheekily with a smile. "I'll get the drinks. You know, with my spare 10,000." Then Alice gets up and goes to the bar to get a drink for her and him. When she gets there, she looks back at him. [i] Cute, I kinda like that. [/i] She thinks, before turning back to the bar keeper.

[i]... Incredible. Well, somehow, you managed to -blam!- that up. [/i] With a sigh, Ginger turns around and gets up to join Alice. He saw her looking at him, but his mind was elsewhere. Rumor has it that there was another Ahamkara sighting in Venus, in a volcanic region, to boot. Was that what the Warlock had been observing on his map? Or was he making lions out of sheep? When he reached the table, he blushed a little as he sat himself on a stool near the Hunter. It was a little unseemly (if not convenient) that she was paying for his drink, but at least it meant that she liked [i]something[/i] about him. He turned to face her. "A nightclub's an odd place to read maps. What brings you here?"

"Can't a girl let her hair down for a bit without a reason of want or why?" Alice says with a wicked smile. The bar tender comes around with their drinks. Alice has a clear liquid in her glass, and she takes it down to a half before continuing. "Do you always come to bars asking women if they have a dragon hidden beneath their folds?" [i] Gotcha. [/i] Alice thinks, still with that mischievous smile on her face.

[i]Huh... Ouch. I think she's doing this on purpose...[/i] Almost at a loss for words, Ginger attempts keeps a cool composure. "I usually like to find out what they keep under there when I [i]leave[/i] the bar." [i]I suppose that's how you get out of check[/i] He picks up a glass and downs it in almost a single gulp. Clearly he's no rookie when it comes to drinking... Though he probably is a rookie in talking to women. Occasionally, he seems distracted, as if he's listening to someone else at the same time.

Alice laughs. "So that's all you came here for? A chance to see the 'hidden' prize?" Alice says with a wink, emphasizing the second last word. Alice takes a sip of her drink. [i] He has got charisma, I'll give him that. [/i]

He leans back, feigning insult as he takes a sip from the glass. "Oh, so a man can't let his hair down without a reason for where or why? Well, I'm an asset of the Hidden. Finding [i]hidden[/i] things is my job." [i]Noice. [/i]

"You're a hidden, huh?" Alice says, turning her head to look at him. "Aren't you supposed to, y'know, keep that little secret, 'hidden'?"

He laughs, and says "Oh, I have other little secrets that I'm keeping [i]hidden[/i]..." He suddenly stops laughing, and quickly backtracks, clearly embarrassed. "Oh.. I d-didn't mean it like that... That wasn't a reference... I've had a little too much to drink. Well, I'm not actually a member of the Hidden, merely an asset. A means to an end. You can know who I am, just not who I serve."

Alice chuckles. "Yeah, you have." Then Alice holds up her glass, still with some liquid left in it. "That's why you should learn to drink water." She finishes the rest of her water, then looks over her shoulder at the departing warlock. "I got to go, see ya round, okay cutie?" She winks at Ginger, then departs from the bar.

[i]... Oh...[/i] In his flustered state, Ginger barely manages to squeak out a "Bye." before she leaves. He finishes his glass, takes a look over his shoulder at her as she exits the bar after the Warlock, and turns back to the bartender frame. "Another please. Just wanna make sure that I'm still awake." [spoiler]End?[/spoiler]