No, it isn’t.

Redemption was chosen. And I wasn’t a murderer. Besides, Best Damn Informant In Town was a poor-man’s lie detector test, not a problem. I was tempted to get the other too, use Informant to get her alone and then slide into that cunt…but I’d hold off for now.

I chose it even as she came out of the back and took a moment to make herself even more presentable, then joined me.

“They’ll be out in a few minutes. So, how’d you get knocked out by Harley Quinn?”

I laughed. “No, no, Asa broke me of the habit of just talking about myself on dates. How’ve you been?”

“Come on, it’s interesting stuff.”

I shuddered. “Nope, learned my lesson. Let’s talk about you--”

“Compromise, what did Asa do to get you to stop telling stories on dates?”

“You don’t want to know!” I teased.

“I do.”

“Are you sure, I wouldn’t want to talk about my ex, not exactly first date material…sorry, tell me, is this a date?”

“Of course!” I thought that was a lie, which meant I got nothing--stupid, should have phrased it as ‘tell me this is a date,’ then the act would have been enough…I needed to be more careful.

I grinned. “Well, tell you what, I’ll reverse it, I’ll get you to tell me about yourself, rather than stop.”

She smirked. “I’d like to see you try.”

“Then you give me permission?”

“Sure,” she glanced around, the place was mostly empty, the bartender was chatting with the one patron at the other end of the bar. But if I were to like, start spanking her, there’d be witnesses.

“Well then, Kat--oh, shit, I’m sorry, I can’t remember if you preferred Katie or Kat? I remember you had a strong preference, but I can’t remember which. Tell me I got it right?”

There was a moment of hesitation I would have missed if I hadn’t been watching for it, “Of course you did. That’s so sweet, remembering after a year, when we only had two dates.” +10 SP (Kat nee Katie: +13)

Shit, she really hated that nickname.

“Well, you were pretty hard to forget, even with Asa as competition. So, let’s start easy. What’s your favorite food, Kat? Tell me it’s burgers and I’m psychic!”

She smirked, “It’s burgers and you’re psychic.” +3 SP (Kat: +16)

“Really? Tell me the truth.”

“No, not really.”

I just kept looking at her.

“It’s stuffed peppers. How’s the food at Arkham?”

I smiled and moved around the table to sit next to her. “Now, that’s not about you,” I ran a finger up her bare leg, towards her panties.

She shuddered, eyes wide as she glanced around. We were good, the table was between us and the bartender. “How in the world would that make you stop talking about yourself?”

“You know, you may be right, I may I’m doing this backwards. Oh, well, maybe I’m trying to get you to ask me more questions about myself.”

“I was already--”

And then I flicked her clit through her panties and she jumped like she’d been shocked. “Or maybe there’s a second part to this. Though as you can imagine, this is a lot easier with a tablecloth. But back to you, what do you do when you aren’t here?”

We passed a minute or two like that, then she decided to try again, but taking an angle. She went on the offensive. “So, why did you choose Asa over me? She’s hot, but so am I.”

I nodded. “Wait, do you know Asa? Didn’t think you two ever met?”

There was a moment of hesitation as she came up with an excuse, again I’d have missed it. She wasn’t actually great at this now that I knew what to look for.

“After she visited you at the precinct, it was the talk of the bar. No one could believe you pulled a hot piece of Asian ass like that.”

“I pulled you!”

“She’s more exotic.”

“She’s from three blocks away!”

“Still. Why’d you choose her?”

“Look, it’s a bit embarrassing…”

“C’mon, tell me.”

“Are you sure? You have to promise not to hold it against me.”

“I promise,” lie, no points.

“Well…okay, god, this is so shallow, but on our second date…”

“Yes?”

“I was embarrassed by how fast I came when you gave me that blowjob. And I didn’t even reciprocate. That was a dick move. So…forgive me?”

She laughed, “Sure, forgiven for leaving because I was too good at sucking dick. Sounds like something that punished itself.” +2 SP (Kat: +18)

“Not really, Asa’s got the world’s tightest a--shit, I’m sorry. I shouldn’t be talking about my ex’s sexual prowess on our date. Tell me I haven’t ruined it?”

”You haven’t ruined it. I mean, I’m not thrilled to be your second choice.” +4 SP (Kat: +22)

“I’d say you were my final choice.”

“Smooth.”

“As your tongue. That sounded better in my head. Tell me that wasn’t too crude?”

“It wasn’t too crude,” +3 SP (Kat: +25) she slid close to me, “and you never got to try my ass, so you can’t really compare, yet.”

I heard the service bell ring and she pulled away. I cursed to myself. One more point and I’d have had done it while she was getting the food. I tried one last thing, “Hurry back!”

She winked at me and nodded. +1 SP (Kat: +26)

I flicked open her checkpoints.

Oopsie: She dropped the ball with you last time. As well as information about Arkham, she wants to know more about how she lost you, especially since you lied and claimed that it was her sexual skills, which are one of her primary weapons. Anything connected to that will have massively increased interest and you’ll be able to push way further for that information than you otherwise would.

Just As Good As Asa: Kat can be bullied into almost any sexual act and many other acts, by comparing her negatively to Asa. This will only be effective if it is either true, or she believes you lie. This will not assist you in being believable.

Whore Whisperer: A whore only trusts another whore is a famous saying. It is not precisely true, but if Kat vouches for you, other whores will trust you far more than they otherwise would.

I only had a moment to choose.