Big Guns For Bing-Gan

[Kwokinator]

"Good evening," the waiter greeted as Bing-Gan came down the stairs. "Do you want dinner right now, or do you have other plans?"

[Corwin]

"Dinner's good," she replies with an amiable nod. "Lead on towards the dinnery goodness!"

[Kwokinator]

"This way," the waiter pointed to an empty table at the corner. "Do you want just the steamed buns and fried green beans with beef, or do you want to add more?"

[Corwin]

"I'm good with the buns," Bing-Gan says, before tapping her chin thoughtfully. "I could use some company, though. Someone who could tell me more about this town, who's who, the usual."

[Kwokinator]

"I can!" the waiter smiled brightly. "Hey, Bing Xiong!  Take over for a second!"

Leading Bing-Gan to sit at the table, he began to stare somewhat intently at her. "So, what do you want to know?"

[Corwin]

"I'm kinda interested in who the big shots here are. The good and the bad." Bing-Gan shrugs. "I'm also kinda curious about whether or not this town has any puppeteers," she adds after a moment's thought.

[Kwokinator]

"Well, unlike most towns I hear about, the officials in our town is actually good.  I hear a lot of other towns have corrupt officials, but we don't," the waiter explained. "As for the bad, Mo San Long is a big landlord around here that keeps milking people for money, especially farmers.  His rates are expensive and he keeps raising, but we need the land so we have to pay anyway."

"What else do you want to know?"

[Corwin]

"That sounds neat!" Bing-Gan exclaims. "It's a nice change of pace for me, actually. Lately, it seems that wherever I go, there are all sorts of nasty bandits and other baddies." She shakes her head. "Those people should instead get an honest job, don't you think?"

[Kwokinator]

"Bandits?" the waiter asks, alarmed. "They didn't... do... anything to you, did they?"

[Corwin]

"Nope," she answers, laughing. "I wouldn't go charging into a den of bandits, now would I?"

[Kwokinator]

"You never know," the waiter shakes his head. "I've seen some pretty brave, but silly people around."

[Corwin]

Bing-Gan shakes her head as well. "Yes, how silly of them." Giving him a smile, she says, "But, hey, you said that this town doesn't have these problems. That must be fun...."

A few moments later, she asks, "Say, what do people do for fun around these parts, you know, after work?"

[Kwokinator]

"Well, there are the usual casinos and brothels," the waiter replied. "But that's about it, really."

"There are... other, less... public activities to do at home though..." he added as an afterthought.

[Corwin]

"Huh, you don't say," Bing-Gan drawls, her eyes losing interest in the waiter and focusing on her food.

[Kwokinator]

"I'll leave you to your dinner now, miss," the waiter says as he stood up to leave.  It is company policy to not talk to customers when they're eating.