> > > I'd certainly read that story.
> > I'd have to find the motivation (in the story I mean) since Liu Xi has become far too patient to hunt him down and annoy him.
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> I'm warming to the Marvellous Marv for Mayor plot possibility, and that might offer an opportunity for Yuki and Liu Xi to end up clashing with him on issues such as citizenship and required licensing of psionic abilities.
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It all depends if Marv can be that organized or if he'll stay focused on some larger goal like he usually does. Plus he really doesn't even know who Liu Xi is yet.
> > Liu Xi would take offense to being a "prop". She would also tell him there's nothing wrong with asking help from friends, especially when they're suited to it.
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> I'm not sure Vinnie is confident enough to be comfortable asking for favours from people; except in his professional work, where he becomes far more assertive when he forgets himself and get on with his cases.
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That will get him in trouble with Liu Xi too. She'd feel like he doesn't trust her enough, or believe in her enough.
> > At the same time, though, she would love to ask Chiaki to buy the entire building Vinnie lives and works in (Chiaki does invest in real estate), but she doesn't want to do that without being asked first.
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> I imagine his ultimate landlord is Boss Deadeyes.
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That's an easy one to solve. See, Chiaki doesn't handle real estate herself, she has a lawyer who does the buying for her (that way nobody knows its her and pushes up the price to compensate). Since low-end real estate isn't Vendredi's first business, he'd probably send a subordinate of his to negotiate price too. So it would end up being a deal made between two lawyers, and the big players would never really be involved.
Chiaki would probably sweeten the deal by agreeing to pay off the delinquent taxes on the property first. Vendredi would be happy to keep the tax people away, that's what got Capone busted. The only way Chiaki might have trouble is if Vendredi has bigger plans for the property - in that case, Vinnie may end up having a run-in with his thugs, who are trying to get him to move.
> > > > By the way, it looks like my last few Saving posts turned off most of the readers. It's been nearly a week and only 2 replies. I'm wondering if I should post the epilogue at all now.
> > > I'd say post it. We need the new status quo defined and I for one would be interested in seeing it.
> > It's not quite finished yet, but it is about 3/4 done.
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> Proceed.
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It would have been done except I decided to pare off one long scene as a standalone story (because it was pretty good, but didn't really fit) and because of Marvellous Marv.
