Private Finished Nice to Meat You

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"Mr. Hatsu would be more accurate, but I would prefer to be called Konpeitō or Kon."

Kon took the phone number with a smile, then grew a large pair of white, feathery wings. He wouldn't be able to fly with them immediately, but after taking a bite from the harpy wing, he would be in the air soon enough.

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The two men met up two hours later after a conversation had on Kon's burner phone. This time, Konpeitō took on a different appearance. That of a man of similar height to him of six-two and of a slimmer build. He heavily pushed Gyres to meet up at a location he picked out. This heightened the safety of meeting with such a suspicious man. Though Kon was already certain he was safe. Amongst other things, he had a note in his bedroom that if someone found the note he was in danger, and he sent a message to his roommate that he was meeting up with a potential business partner for TWIS.

With all the preparations he made, Kon couldn't ignore that he was letting his curiosity get the best of his judgment. But he went this far. Go big or go home.

And home he did not go. He showed up at the meeting space just as expected. A bar hidden within the less pleasant side of MCI. Nothing too seedy, but it wasn't where the best people walked about. That was why it was perfect. Barely anyone was inside.

When Konpeitō saw Gyres, he waved him over to his booth. A cat-like smile showed who he truly was before returning to his blank, tired expression.

"Gyres. I'm happy to see you made it." His voice didn't hold any of its usual enthusiasm. Its pitch was also slightly higher, making him more androgynous than before.

Kon was happy Gyres recognized him immediately. It made things easier. Too bad the bar was getting busier. As long as people kept talking and focusing on their own conversations, Kon would feel the need to move elsewhere or end this interaction here.

Once they were both seated, Kon straightened up his back and prepared to jump right to the point. "I thought it would be for the best depending on what you wanted to talk to me about. And please, refer to me as Jaime when I'm like this. Now, why were you so interested in me?"

Kon continued to stare at the men with immense disinterest. If this was a casual conversation, he would agree with Gyres. He loved the interesting. He adored them. According to his therapist, he somewhat fetishized them, though he didn't agree with that perception.

But that wasn't the conversation Kon was interested in having.

"Get to the point. I asked a question and you are taking too long to answer."

"I'm always forward. It's one of my defining characteristics," he replied bluntly. If someone couldn't take how blunt and open he could be, then that was a sign that they weren't worth dealing with.

"I did that kind of work very rarely and picked up some skills needed for it along the way. But I would be stupid to not ask what information you want, how you plan on using it, and what I get out of all of this."

His dad didn't care how the information was used, but that's because he was confident in his anonymity and didn't care about doing illegal jobs. Konpeitō was still unsure about what he wanted to do. He liked what he did before, but it wasn't something he could do now. At least, not yet. There were safer alternatives.

Right. Money was involved. Something Konpeitō loved. If he could, he would kill for money. It took everything in Kon's power to keep both his face straight and his shape-shifting from blatantly showing his emotions. This form of his shape-shifting made having a poker face harder than he expected.

It didn't sound like a bad deal. Even better, Kon has shape-shifting down to a DNA level pinned down. He could hide his identity. Konpeitō had met Gyres at a store and had a quick conversation with him. Jaime was the information broker. And he had burner phones and knew how to wipe information off of his devices. It might be harder with all these electrokinetic people around, but he was confident in his ability to hide. Gyres was the one actually giving the information in the end. Really, that's why Kon was getting more money. He gathered the information and gave it to Gyres, and all Gyres had to do was link himself to the information by selling it.

"So I give the information to you, and you sell it? How do I guarantee you're giving me the proper amount of money? You could easily say you got a hundred dollars when you actually got two hundred, then give me 60 dollars. And what if I decide I'm not interested in this deal, either now or down the line?"