Gathering Post - Christmas Eve Party

[londoncallingmods]

Merry Christmas!

You are invited to celebrate the season with Finlay Flynn and Willy Silver.

 

When: Christmas Eve (5pm – Midnight)

Where: Making the Modern World - The Science Museum

RSVP: By Email (SBMNGR@ldnmgmt893.co.uk) Before 19/12

 

Upon entry you'll be given a ticket for one free drink. All drinks after that are 5 each. There will also be a free buffet in the dining area.

 

Dress code: Casual, but tidy please!

 

Raffle: Come wearing a festive sweater and you will automatically be entered into a raffle to win a 65 inch TV.

 

Donate: Bring three tins of canned food to be donated to the local food bank, and receive an extra drink ticket.

Look forward to: A live DJ, live music, an appearance by Santa, gift bags with deluxe swag, and the company of old and new friends!

 

(OTA! Happy holidays! If you know Fin, Willy, Phouka, or Winter, feel free to assume they gave you an invite. If not, you can say your pup got an invite through a friend of a friend, someone who knows someone, ect. It IS invite over (no gate crashing pups please, Fin's a giver and would want everyone to feel included), but the pups hosting the party are pretty active and I believe they know almost everyone in the game. And the people they don't know surely know people who do. Even if you only met them once, you got an invite somehow! This gathering post is open all week, and beyond!)

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[london_spy]

"A friend of theirs, actually," Danny replied, not offering Hex's name.

"You?" he asked.

[0_0_7]

"Also through a friend of theirs. Thomas Schofield, do you know him?" he asked. Not that he didn't already know of Danny and Hex's friendship.

[london_spy]

"Thomas? Oh, you mean Hex," he realized, relaxing slightly. If he was friends with Hex, maybe this was the bloke he'd spoken to. The one who'd been unable to help. "He's- He's my mate too, actually. Are you- Are you the one he went to? About... About, um-"

He hesitated, not sure how to put it delicately.

"...Did he talk to you about Alex?" he asked finally.

[0_0_7]

So Hex had told Danny about his meeting with Q. He wondered just how much he'd told him.

"No," he replied and tilted his head. "Alex?"

He didn't play dumb terribly well but he was quite skilled at bluffing and hiding his tells. He was a liar at heart, though, and only one man on earth ever got caught him in honesty.

[london_spy]

Danny's guard was up again in an instant, and he shook his head. "Never mind. Must have you confused with someone else," he said, taking his drink and moving to leave.

[0_0_7]

"I'm sorry I'm not who you thought," he said, taking in everything about the young man. Clearly perceptive, brighter than Bond had expected. Guarded and nervous...it might be hard to get close enough to make this look like a suicide...

[london_spy]

"I don't think you are," Danny replied bluntly, taking another drink, then growing bolder. "Are you capable of emotion even? Sometimes I wonder if my Alex was the only one of you who had a heart."

[0_0_7]

"Only one of..." he replied, then took his martini and sipped it. "I think you'd be surprised at how many people do have emotions, Mr. Holt."

May as well do away with the ruse of ignorance.

"...But you're right. I'm not sorry."

[london_spy]

Danny bristled at that, but stood his ground.

"So what do you want? Are you going to threaten me?" he asked, looking around at the crowd, then returning his gaze to Mr. Bond. "Bit public for that, isn't it?"

[0_0_7]

"I don't make threats. I'm here for a Christmas party," Bond replied and that much was the truth. If he'd known Dany would be there he may have been more prepared.

And really, letting the young man know he was here and letting him assume who he worked for was quite enough of a threat in itself.

[london_spy]

Danny took another step back, fighting the urge to touch what hung around his neck.

"Right, of course. Well, enjoy yourself then, hmm?" he said, memorizing the man's face, then turning away to go find Scotty or Hex.

[0_0_7]

Bond watched him go and let him. He needed to look into Danny Holt more and get to know him. Now that he'd shown his hand and had lost the elements of secrecy and surprise he knew he was going to have to come at Danny sideways to complete his mission. But Bond was patient and they ween't on a time table. And M had told him plainly they needed to surveil him more to find out just what he had so they'd know how to handle this situation.