Re: University, by Day or night
Cool, thanks.
That wasn't really an answer to his question, but it did deserve an answer and Julio gave Billy a court smile, fangs carefully hidden. "Man who sneer at animal blood have never been forced into earth for lack." He had other questions, but the one on his mind was a fairly trivial one. "What this?" he asked holding up Billy's cell phone. He had seen other with these tablets, indeed nearly everyone seemed to have one, but the lack of a common language had restricted his curiosity.
"Yeah, that's right, we should get you a phone. It it normal these days to have one, you will stand out if you don't."
Billy pulled up next to a shop, and a short while later Julio had a magical tablet of his own. "They are very useful. You can talk to people who are far away, let me get your number..." Billy did something to his phone, swiped a finger on Julio's when it startled him with a burst of music, then pushed it up to Julio's ear and walked away, talking. "So, can you hear me?" Billy's voice was coming out of the tablet! "I can" Julio cautiously replied into his own tablet, taking Billy's nod for success. Billy walked back, smiling at Julio's obvious wonder. "You can watch videos and mpegs..." the tablet shifted with a prod of his finger to showing a view of one of the pagan Gods, Venus, in her aspect as 'Beyonce'. Not an aspect that he was familiar with, but he was no expert in the pagan gods. "... browse the Internet, um think of that as a huge library, or play games with it. This one is prepaid, so you don't have to worry about bills for the moment, but you normally pay them once a month."
Julio smiled. "You will teach me these things, yes? An excellent boon. We may now discuss your problem." He was fairly sure the Neonate had one, nobody was this helpful without wanting something.
Billy shifted uncomfortably, put on the spot, then came out with it. "There is this Ancilla, Jenny. She is pushing into my territory, and she is very good with her gun. But I saw you fight, you are better than her."
Julio nodded. "And you wish my support in this dispute, yes? Well, that is something I know well. If risk hide then still owe me one, but this I know and know well. Is fight, or before the Prince?"
"No, it will be a fight, the Prince figures if you can't defend your turf then you don't deserve it."
"Very well. Dawn is not far off. For the moment you will show me how to use this thing" he waved the phone in illustration "and then tomorrow night we will confront this Jenny."
"Wait, you want me to come along?"
Julio shook his head at the nervous Mekhet. Shadows! They always wanted the indirect path. "I will not support someone who will not support me. You come along. You fight even."
"Um, okay. but I am not very good in a fight. I mean, I can punch her maybe..."
"That not matter. You scout, you guide, you fight as may. That what count."
"Okay."
"Good. Now show me this Internet thing..."
Unless you disagree, Julio gains Computer 1 (letting him use cell phones and the Internet), and sleeps for the day. I will take up the story again the next night. We good?