Observation

by **Atropha** » Fri Jun 10, 2011 9:34 pm

She nods and stands up.

by **Order** » Fri Jun 10, 2011 9:49 pm

He took her out of the room.

I should be out hunting the enemy, not playing bellhop.

by **Atropha** » Sat Jun 11, 2011 5:39 pm

Later that day...

Atropha was being escorted out of the heavily guarded room the General had talked to her in. She no longer had the inhibitor-cuffs on, but she didn't look too pleased.

by **Order** » Sat Jun 11, 2011 5:46 pm

Croyden was there waiting for her.

"What? Did you expect pleasantries?"

by **Atropha** » Sat Jun 11, 2011 5:49 pm

"Right. And a complimentary gift basket." she says, swallowing the 'Shut up' she wants to add.

by **Order** » Sat Jun 11, 2011 6:19 pm

"Anyway... Now that you've sung for the General, it's back to your cage to sing for me," he smirked, grabbing her ass as he stepped beside her.

by **Atropha** » Sat Jun 11, 2011 6:40 pm

Atropha snapped around and in one fluid motion slapped him across face, leaving behind four lines from her claws.

"Touch me again and I rip off your hand." she hisses.

by **Order** » Sat Jun 11, 2011 7:00 pm

"The General wouldn't appreciate that," he said smugly.

by **Atropha** » Sat Jun 11, 2011 7:06 pm

"I would worry more about how useful you'd still be around here."

by **Order** » Sat Jun 11, 2011 7:35 pm

"Useful enough to make the rest of your life hell."

by **Atropha** » Sat Jun 11, 2011 7:41 pm

Atropha leans in until her head is next to Nick's and hisses into his ear.

"Maybe you should start wondering what was said behind closed doors before making threats. Lay one finger on me and you will regret it."

by **Order** » Sat Jun 11, 2011 7:53 pm

He sneered and harrumphed, but backed off.

Bitch.

by **Atropha** » Sat Jun 11, 2011 7:57 pm

A smiles a little bit smugly as she starts walking again, though she doesn't want to push him too much after such a close call.

by **Order** » Sat Jun 11, 2011 8:10 pm

He followed silently.

Enjoy his favor while it lasts.

by **Atropha** » Sun Jun 12, 2011 1:46 pm

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A couple of days later Atropha is sitting in her room. And a rather luxurious one at that, though the reinforced bars in front of the windows are quick to remind anyone of the amount of trust put into her. To avoid being driven insane by the boredom she has a little black book open, trying to stare down a particular page that is filled with scribbles and crossed out notes. After a while of tapping her pen against the page she lets out a frustrated yell and hurls the pen across the room.

by **Hellsmith** » Sun Jun 12, 2011 9:38 pm

"Now now," a female voice came from a speaker in the ceiling, "we can't have nice things if we don't treat them well."

by **Atropha** » Sun Jun 12, 2011 9:41 pm

The small book in her hand is snapped shut the moment the speakers turn on.

"I feel truly sorry for you if you consider a pencil something special."

Whoever the hell you are.

by **Hellsmith** » Sun Jun 12, 2011 9:43 pm

"Are you not happy with what the General has provided you?"

by **Atropha** » Sun Jun 12, 2011 9:44 pm

"Oh no, I am thrilled. The bars on the window are a nice touch. Real subtle."

by **Hellsmith** » Sun Jun 12, 2011 9:48 pm

"Keep talking like that, and people will start to think you didn't want to be here after all."

"Besides, how did you put it? Oh, yes."

A recording played.

"it can be rather... unsafe out there"

by **Atropha** » Sun Jun 12, 2011 9:56 pm

"Oh I'm supposed to lie down and take it then? Maybe from the blond goon out there?"

by **Hellsmith** » Sun Jun 12, 2011 9:58 pm

"Just realize what we're doing for your safety."

by **Atropha** » Sun Jun 12, 2011 10:02 pm

"Oh don't get me wrong, I am thankful. That just doesn't mean I need to put up with everything or pretend that those bars are there to keep things out."

by **Hellsmith** » Sun Jun 12, 2011 10:07 pm

"Oh, then you've got us. Might as well just remove those."

And, impossibly enough, the bars did move out of the way, flowing like wax until they were just a metal frame around the windows.

"But why stop there? I could remove this entire wall, and put a blinking set of runway lights to guide whoever you're running from."

The bars reshaped back into their original configuration.

by **Atropha** » Mon Jun 13, 2011 7:22 am

Atropha eyed the flowing and twisting metal curiously.

"So now 'seeking shelter' becomes 'on the run'? You have a vivid imagination... Deirdre." she adds after a moment of closing her eyes, head slightly tilted to one side.

by **Hellsmith** » Mon Jun 13, 2011 9:11 am

"I don't know what you've heard, but Deirdre was a long time ago."

by **Atropha** » Mon Jun 13, 2011 9:16 am

"We can't deny where we came from, but what name, pray tell, do you prefer these days then?"

by **Hellsmith** » Mon Jun 13, 2011 9:20 am

"Right now? By the graces of the good general and his need for security, I'm this very facility. Every inch of it, and I was aware of you before you even entered."

"But if you simply must give me a name, call me Hellsmith. I'll certainly be fashioning a clever enough one for you if you try to double-cross the General."

by **Atropha** » Mon Jun 13, 2011 9:40 am

"Ah, there we go with the threats again. I was starting to miss them."

by **Hellsmith** » Mon Jun 13, 2011 9:44 am

"Perhaps I didn't want you getting any ideas that you might ply me until I'm sympathetic to your plight. For the duration of your stay here I am your plight. I can make it heaven, or I can make it... well, we've been over that."

"But if you please the General, it can get better."

by **Atropha** » Mon Jun 13, 2011 10:02 am

"Lovely. Even the building mistrusts me." she mumbles.

"Listen, I am sure you get your fair share of idiots thinking they're clever and they can outsmart everyone but even if I was that deluded I'd have nothing to gain from that."

by **Hellsmith** » Mon Jun 13, 2011 10:07 am

"As long as we have that understanding. You had to realize we're not all Agent Croyden here."

by **Atropha** » Mon Jun 13, 2011 10:23 am

"As evidenced by the fact that this operation hasn't fallen apart yet." she says flatly.

"I realize trust is hard to come by but as I told the General, it is something you will have to offer me should you want me to be of any use. Because your outward dormancy is causing things to stir."

by **Hellsmith** » Mon Jun 13, 2011 10:29 am

"Yes, I'm certain they'd all like to know what his next move is, wouldn't they?"

"But then again, you're all about next moves, aren't you?"

by **Atropha** » Mon Jun 13, 2011 10:33 am

"So he told you then, hasn't he."

"It doesn't take a genius to know that they're anxious. But it takes me to tell you that it would be wise to send someone to pay a visit to a certain well connected person."

by **Hellsmith** » Mon Jun 13, 2011 10:47 am

"Oh, he didn't have to. It's all so easy to appear knowledgeable when you can be fairly certain no one has noticed that you start to react a split-second before an action has taken place, isn't it?"

by **Atropha** » Mon Jun 13, 2011 10:50 am

"Aren't we ever so clever. Call it cheating if you want but that doesn't change the fact that it's knowledge nonetheless."

by **Hellsmith** » Mon Jun 13, 2011 10:54 am

"And you needn't worry. I'm in no hurry to spread gossip about our latest guest to the hoi polloi."

"Should your little gift bear fruit though? Oh, I think we'll get along just fine..."

by **Atropha** » Mon Jun 13, 2011 11:04 am

"Go on and put me to the test then. Send someone to her stuffy place where plans are made and secrets shared before an unfortunate alliance is formed."

by **Hellsmith** » Mon Jun 13, 2011 10:17 pm

"Not for me to decide, is it? No, I'm just the incentive."

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