After Dark Subclass_Japanese In fact 'Homer' may not

In fact 'Homer' may not be a real name but a kind of nickname meaning perhaps 'the hostage' or 'the blind one'

As the noose of intrigue tightens

Alicia shoots Gabriel five times and then never speaks another word

newly sworn to the Night's Watch

After Dark Subclass_Japanese In fact 'Homer' may notThe midnight hour approaches in an almost empty all night diner. Mari sips her coffee and glances up from a book as a young man, a musician, intrudes on her solitude. Both have missed the last train home. The musician has plans to rehearse with his jazz band all night, Mari is equally unconcerned and content to read, smoke and drink coffee until dawn. They realise they've been acquainted through Eri, Mari's beautiful sister. The musician soon leaves