The black Cadillac pulls up before the steps of city hall. Alessio opens the door, exiting first and then lending a hand to his cousin. He smiles at Natasha.

"I would appreciate it if you would take the lead. I will speak up if matters call for it... but I lack your charming disposition."  

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Natasha smiles, taking his hand and stepping out of the car. She entangles her arm with his, walking with him toward the City Hall.
"That works just fine for me dear cousin."
With her free hand, she unbuttons a button on her blouse. A little sex appeal never hurt, especially if the person she is talking with is male. And if not, oh well.

City hall usually closes shortly after dark, but when representatives from Gruppo Banco Leonardo want a meeting; they get it.

A representative for the citys planning board, a pudgy man in his early sixties with a jovial face but serious eyes will greet them. His suit is brown and his shoes are polished, there is a slight scent of dust about him.

'Hello, hello, Welcome. My name is James Killian, it really is a pleasure...'

Natasha flashes a bright smile to James, stepping forward and gracefully extending her hand to him.
"Good evening Mr. Killian. Thank you for meeting us so late. My name is Natasha Milliner and this is my cousin Alessio Giovanni. You know where we are from, so lets retire inside and get doiwn to business please."
All of this is said as her hand firmly grips his. She looks him in the eyes, waiting for eye contact to be made.

James Killian seems friendly and genuine. Probably one of those aged hippies who took to beraucracy to actually try and make a difference in the world once he got too old for smoking pot.

'Yes yes' He repeats with a smile. ' I have heard many good things and have been looking forward to this meeting.'

He has kept eye contact nearly since they came through the door. He may have glanced once or twice at Natashas cleavage, but other than that she and Alessio have his eyes.

'My office is just up the stairs here...'

"Lead the way sir," she offers him a pleased smile. She looks back to her cousin, she had planned on mindfucking this man to speed thing along, but he seems so willing. "I do so enjoy accomidating gentlemen such as yourself Mr.Killian."

Alessio follows behind the pair, smirking at the absurd man. He should be easy prey for Natasha. He hoped the meeting would be brisk.

The jovial Mr. Killian leads the Giovanni upstairs to his office. It isnt much, the only decorations seem to be a bunch of pictures of him fishing with what must be grandsons.

'I have to say, your proposals are both generous and humanitarian. Im very excited to get to work with your firm...'

Killian smiles wide and offers them both a seat as he drops down behind his desk and begins digging out files.

"As we are with you Mr. Killian," she says as she takes a seat. She folds her hands into her lap and smiles.
"So, tell me, what needs to happen for our wishes to come true, Mr.Killian?"

'Uhm..' Killian looks at Natasha kind of strangely before his face returns to a jovial smile. Surely she is just kidding with him.

'Well, Mister Giovanni here wanted to pitch the details of his proposal. If hes half as convincing in person as his paperwork was then youll have your approvals within the hour.'

"Absolutely wonderful," she might have been kidding...but she probably wasn't. She looks to her Cousin.
"Pitch away cousin dear," she offers him a gentle smile.

Alessio had been hoping to avoid this exact thing. It was hard enough suppressing the urge to cut out this slimy merdóso tongue, let alone speak to him in a genial way. Porco mondo!

He keeps the realization that he could mind fuck the man at any moment nestled in the back of his head like a security blanket.

2008-12-10 00:30:07 Alessio rolls 7 dice to Manipulation+Subterfuge 3,8,4,10,6, 8,10,4,3 (5 successes)

Alessio carefully explains in simple and easy understood words the Sanfield Rock Urban Renewal Plan. Financing from Gruppo Banco Leonardo would cover the whole of the construction and renovation. Several parks around town, landmarks, tenements and unused land would be targeted, all key locations through the city, noted as centers of poverty, crime and drug use. As these areas improve, post construction, amounts of the equity created would be siphoned to pay back the firm for the initial endorsement. [He leaves out the part where Gruppo Banco Leonardo gets tax writeoffs for all of the money spent.] He shows charts and graphs, citing long streams of numbers and occasionally throwing in a confusing industry term. All in all, the presentation last 15 minutes and 35 seconds.  

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Its one of those things that always turn out too good to be true. Killian knows this, hes seen it happen before. Every 20 years or so someone promises to clean up the crime and the drugs. They build new apartments for a few months and then usually give up and leave town.

But that possibility is not Killians department, he has to do whats best for the city and this venture is legitimate as any. By the end of the presentation Killian is filled with hope and his response is simple; He slides the contracts and a pen across the table to Alessio.

'You have our full support Mister Giovanni.'

[What Specific locations on the forum will you be attempting to reclaim? I assume ,devils playground, tent city, maybe the rape street park?...]  

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all three.

plus some various tenement housing and abandoned warehouses around town located throughout the Slums.