Factor Industries Charity Event: October 18th, 2016

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Even for Benjamin Factor, arranging this charity event had been something of a challenge. Just as he held great influence in Gateway City, Thunder Corp's influence in Locke was great as well. But with time and money, all things were indeed possible in this case, and the Memorial Dance Hall was playing host to the night's events. It was a glamorous affair: politicians, captains of business, dignitaries, and celebrities had been invited. For whatever controversy that existed, the world legitimately wanted to heal the wounds left by the invasion, and that meant there were a lot of people who wanted to use events like this to either advance that cause, or to make themselves look good.

But they weren't the only sorts of individuals who had recieved an invitation.

Benjamin Factor had also made it so the Numbered would be invited to his little party. Arrivals through the teleporter would be greeted by drivers at the community center, and the same courtesy was extended to anyone who might live in Locke. The only stipulation? Was that anyone who came make an effort to make themselves presentable. If that was a problem, or anyone arrived without knowing, they had clothes on hand for people to change into.

Indeed, it seemed that the Numbered would be well provided for tonight. That being said, their presence would get people to talk, given the presence of news crews making live coverage. Nevertheless... "getting people to talk" seemed to be exactly what Benjamin Factor wanted to happen.

[Event Links: Event Speakers | NPC Interaction | General Mingle]

Comments

[switch_over]

Rose wasn't the only one going out of her way to avoid Lily. Alexandra certainly wasn't going to speak with the Precure if she didn't have to. She was on her way to the other side of the room when she found herself face to face with Rose. Her eyes widened for just a moment, though any surprise was quickly replaced by confusion and annoyance.

"Weren't you just over there?" She's about to point to her finger toward where she came from but stops.

"And weren't you dressed dif-Oh." It suddenly dawns on her that she's likely dealing with a doppelganger, like the two she works with now.

"You're not her. My mistake."

[moonlighteclipse]

Rose groans, reaching up to rub her forehead. She's getting sick of that, but it seems to be a recurring problem.

She snorts, resuming her conquest of the buffet table.

"Took you a minute, didn't it?" she mutters, while... not really knowing who this girl is at all. "I swear, I am getting sick of people mistaking me for her tonight..."

Even if, well. Who could blame them?

Rose. Rose could.

[switch_over]

She huffs quietly at Rose's first comment, but decides not to let it bother her. There were enough reasons for the mistake that she hardly had to make a case of it. She can always find something else to grouch about.

"Could be worse, you could actually be her." She didn't know how this Lily lookalike felt about Lily, but she had no problem expressing her opinion about her.

[moonlighteclipse]

Rose gives a half-hearted snort. Honestly, the concept of such a thing hits any number of issues she doesn't want to deal with, especially in this place. So, she doesn't look back at Alexandra, and instead focuses on her food.

"I suppose. Honestly, I'd rather not even freaking think about it."

[switch_over]

Oh, it would seem that she might have hit a button there. Normally Alexandra would celebrate the situation by attempting to press that button until someone got upset, but it might make her grandfather look bad in this situation. Well that and this girl didn't seem to be a huge fan of Lily and that made her kind of alright in Alexandra's books.

"Fair enough, in any case I'm sorry for mistaking you for her." Apologizing isn't something she does often, so it doesn't come off as entirely sincere. ...But it's a start?

[moonlighteclipse]

Rose catches the lack of sincerity clearly enough. She may be a bit pig headed and stubborn, but she's perceptive enough. Still, she gives a short laugh and smirks.

"Yeah, I'm sure you are," she mutters, and then shakes her head. "So, what's your deal? Besides pissing people on the Network off."

Look. Just because she doesn't comment on it, doesn't mean she doesn't read it.

[switch_over]

She may not have fooled the girl, but she didn't piss her off. Maybe she wasn't as terrible at social interaction as everyone thought she was.

Except that probably wasn't the case.

"Oh, You noticed that? They're a little too sensitive if you ask me." And she was a bit too much of a total jerk.

"I work for Infinita Industries, I'm basically just here because my boss told so. I'd be more than happy to leave any minute now." She didn't exactly say much about herself, but more than what she normally told people on the network.

"What about you?"

[moonlighteclipse]

In truth, Rose probably just doesn't care enough. Or hasn't been given reason to, yet. Either way, she gives a bit of a snort.

"Hard not to."

She shrugs though, only sort of side eyeing the girl. "Do you, now? Well, that place is supposed to be some sorta big shot now, since the invasion." Her lips then quirk a bit. "My partner wanted to come to this, so I came with her. Kind of as simple as that."

[switch_over]

"Well, at least I made an impression." There's the faintest hint of a smile on her face, being infamous on the Network didn't seem like a bad thing.

"You could say that the invasion did take out most of the competition." Among other things, but Alexandra would rather not talk about the invasion.

"That's about as straightforward as my reason for being here. I'm guessing she happens to look like someone else from the network too?" It was a guess, but her two new coworkers happened to be doppelgangers too. It seemed like they liked to stick together.