Always Looking For a Story

For once, it was looking like a slow news week in Manta Carlos. After the excitement caused by the Gods at Carpe Noctem, things were starting to slow down, and Natalie found herself with little to do. Her investigation into the Volkov's held her interest so far, but she had hit a snag, and she wasn't going to get paid for things she was planning to write. Partly to make some extra cash and partly to keep herself entertained, she'd agreed to write an article for the MC Print about the recent sudden changes to the local Oricenta population. Not the most exciting work, but it would help pay the bills for the time being.

Besides, even if it didn't interest her too much, this was Manta Carlos. There was always a story to find.

In an effort to make things more interesting for herself, she decided to reach out to one Arida Leizu, calling her agent earlier in the day to arrange for an interview at a cafe. While there were likely less high profile Oricenta who would have been easier to arrange a meeting with, she had an ulterior motive for calling out the actress specifically. Her association with Theía Modeling connected her to a great deal of the city's entertainment industry, and she didn't want to pass up a chance to poke her nose into that world. If she was going to find some interesting tidbits in this story, she figured there was a good chance she'd find it there.

Even if it wasn't stuff she could use in an article without making her look like a tabloid journalist, poking her nose into some celebrity gossip would at least keep her entertained.

The meeting had been arranged to take place in the afternoon, Nat herself had arrived early. She sat at a shaded table outside the cafe itself, hot cup of coffee in hand as she calmly waited for the interviewee to arrive.

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Natalie spotted her subject for the day at the door, taking those few seconds of indecision as she stood there to quickly size her up. Someone seemed a little unsure of herself, Nat just figured she probably didn't have too much experience with the press just yet.

If she was at all bothered by her sitting down without an introduction, she didn't show any sign of it on her face. She simply kept a friendly smile on her face, watching the woman make herself comfortable. She quirked an eyebrow up as she started pulling out the fruits. She thought they might have something to eat and drink while they were here, but she didn't expect her to bring her own.

"Oh, not at all, I only arrived a little while ago." She said. "I appreciate you meeting me here on such short notice, Mrs Leizu."

She offered a hand for her to shake, her cat ears twitching a little bit as she focused her attention on her.

"I'm Natalie Kurono, with the Print. I don't want to take up too much of your time here, I'm sure you're quite busy after all, but would you maybe want to have a quick bite before I take your statement?" She added with a slight, playful smirk. "Just so we can get comfortable, of course."

"Oh, it's fine. I'm ready to go right now." She rested back in her chair, one leg folded over the other as she pulled her own pen and pad from her pocket. She had her own little recorders for interviews like this, but sometimes she preferred to do things the old-fashioned way.

"So, as you know, I ask you to come out here to discuss the recent changes to the Manta Carlos' Oricenta population." She began. "For our readers that are a little more unfamiliar with your species, could you give us a brief overview of why the changes occurred?"

She started on topic, figuring she'd give Ade a chance to settle in. Hopefully, if she got a little more comfortable and relaxed, Nat would be able to needle her for more information.

Natalie nodded along as she spoke, writing down small notes on the details. Her memory was pretty good, she didn't need to write all of it down, just enough to remind her of everything later.

"Interesting." She noted, leaning forward in her chair. While Nat was only really interested in the journalistic sense, this was still all new information to her. She wasn't particularly informed on the Oricenta species, and with how naturally curious she was, she did want to commit some of this to memory. "Does this Ilada often make changes like this? Is there any sort of record about how your species appeared in the past?"

She waited a little before speaking again, not wanting to bombard her with too many questions. "How do members of your species generally feel about them? Is it an inconvenience?"