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Val, who had never even kissed a boy who was currently alive...or at least who was currently both alive and still human...was sympathetic, and her expression would show it. Everyone thought vysstichi girls were easy too, no matter what the facts were. She had to admit that Nikki's admission was a bit of a surprise to her, but the more she thought about it, the less strange it actually sounded. Nikki was a tease, to be sure, but in some ways it was as hard to know what was actually going on in her head as it was with her much more taciturn sister.
Nonetheless, she returned Nikki's slightly mischievous expression with one of her own. Then she scanned the room. There was certainly no shortage of available targets. Tall legionnaires out for a darkening of carousing, artists, students, and even members of the minor nobility were scattered around the Crown. For a moment, she almost felt dizzy.
At length, her eyes settled on a man, possibly in his mid-20s, at a table near the center of the room. He was dressed very nicely, in a manner that meant he was probably some noble's son or a relative of one of the more prosperous merchants. He had fairly long, sandy hair, and strong, slightly square features. He was currently engaged in conversation with a lean, slightly nervous-looking man whose fingers were drumming on what appeared to be the case of a violin or something similar. Frankly, Val thought this second man was more interesting, even if he wasn't as conventionally handsome as the first.
"Them," Val said, with the barest nod of her head in that direction. "Let's see if you can get anything out...out of them. Me, I wouldn't even...even talk to them, probably, not under normal circumstances, but I want to see if your...not inconsiderable charms can keep us from lightening our purses any further."
She leaned forward a little in her chair, hardly even sure what to expect. She almost expected Nikki to cast some sort of spell -- although, if the truth were to be known, Val was actually the one with that talent, though it wasn't well-enough developed to be of much use in this instance.
OOC: No worries. And ooohh...exciting!
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