Chapter 121: Stoking a Fire

• "How are the boarders with the Skull freaks?" Martinez addressed his lieutenants that were standing around his desk. Though they were gangsters, Martinez liked to have things be more professional and orderly than most. One such thing of order were the weekly meetings with all his lieutenants if they were available to attend. Most of these meetings took place on the topmost floor’s main office of the National Bank.
• The National Bank's main office had a such spectacular view that made these mostly mundane meetings tolerable. From the lieutenant's point of view, the vast open desert and towering cliffside landscapes were sprawled out in view from the 180° windows; of which took up all the wall space behind the Mad Dogs Boss. Each window was joined together by an ultra-thin, ultra-strong adhesive. Creating a beautiful, almost seamless, landscape view through the windows all around. This let them look at something other than a blank wall if the meetings had nothing to do with them and zone out for a while.
• "Things have gone mostly quiet." Hugo replied. "After their initial incursion, there has been no other follow up attacks. Additionally, their scouts and patrols haven't changed routes or in numbers. It's very odd that they would attack, lose, and then do absolutely nothing."