Log: Ongoing

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When; June 6, noon
Rating; PG-13? R for rock and roll?
Characters; Curt Wild shiverandsing and Adrian Veidt caughtthebullet
Summary; Auction winnings and what you do with them.
Log;

Adrian is prompt and ready at the entrance to The Palace, dressed in a finely pressed slate gray suit. Oh, with an accent of gold on the buttons and a purple tie of course. How he's managed to arrange his appointments, with winnings and without, is a mystery but not something impossible for the smartest man in the world. Well, at least his world so the media says, and whatever's left of it. Something in Curt Wild stokes a rush of nostalgia in Veidt, the days of Studio 54, old friends who would probably find a spot of kindred in the young man. At the very least, he only means to get to know Curt better, to see if he lives up to his own words. However low they can strike sometimes.

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[thewildone]

"Just like that? You're offing to help me put out an album without hearing anything?"

It's anything but a no and yet Curt is wary. Day by day he's getting more used to the City being a real place and nothing should be this easy in real life--every time it seemed like it was, there was a hidden price.

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"I'll admit I have experience in the industry, enough to know I'm taking a chance on you, enough to know how to recoup," Adrian replies. "But we're in each other's company right now. If you have the means to show me what you've got then I welcome it," he raises his chin just slightly, wondering if Curt will take that opportunity. For the record--no pun intended--he has no other implications behind what it is he expects Curt to have.

[thewildone]

"It's not like I brought my guitar--" but that's a delaying tactic.

While he's already said he's better in front of an audience, it would be a lie to say he can't play for one person, especially considering he's already played for Penny--the presence of the other birthday guests feeling pretty irrelevant at the time--but impressing a pretty girl is different than impressing a powerful man. Probably. Fuck all that. He's too stubborn to back down from a challenge.

"But I think I could figure out something."

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His green gaze drifts downward to take in Curt Wild's entire form before tracking back up to his face.

"At your leisure, then," Adrian says, perfectly willing to wait until Curt can retrieve his guitar, until Curt feels ready to do it. It could take minutes, hours, days. Time is of little importance to Adrian Veidt, within reason anyway. He has long learned how to use it to his advantage.

[thewildone]

Well, that certainly looked like a t.v. eye. Without any t's involved, but same difference. Curt tries not to show any particular reaction. He wants to see if he can get the other man to make a completely unambiguous advance, with little encouragement, and he's willing to play a long game--mostly because he has a lot of time to kill.

"Let me get my gear. Or later if you want." He shrugs.

[caughtthebullet.livejournal.com]

No T here, in more than one sense. As for ambiguity, it's one of Adrian's specialties. Sometimes it gets him in trouble but it's never been a trouble to get himself out of it. In any case, he looks over the interior once then nods to Curt.

"You know where to find me," he says, putting that ball in Curt's court. But in addition, Adrian leans in as if to keep these words to themselves although the hall is empty. "I'll learn where to find you." If I have to, is the unsaid sentiment.

[thewildone]

"All right. I really need to find a couple people, get stuff together and I'll be back."

It's seems smartest to do things that way, to wait until he's not slightly wrong footed, to wait until he can make an impression. Curt smiles a little.

"Anyway, I'm not too hard to find." Which is not the same as saying where he can be found, but true enough.

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Curt's smile gains Adrian's in return. It's a way of complimenting him without actually saying he admires preparation as much as he admires the ability to pull through under pressure and without preparation at all. Ozymandias has accomplished both before with equally positive outcomes. If one were to define 'positive' as 'in Adrian's favor' anyway.

"I'll keep that in mind, and I'll keep in touch," he nods. This is true as well. Adrian doesn't necessarily require Curt tell him where he can be found. Part of the intrigue is in the mystery, part of the pleasure is one willing to be found.