I watch Ashlee get up and run away. I'm not done with her but Mi Sun has my interest now. I'm glad that the noise is so high, I lean in close to Mi Sun.
"I'm sorry he got hurt, and that it hurt you, but Jace broke his own arm. No one asked him to…
It’s more a rhetorical device aimed at Ashlee. But it certainly wouldn’t hurt to have Mi Sun back me on this. I’m not sure if Ashlee is really ignorant, or if she is just being evasive.
I look back to Mi Sun, subjecting her to the same look and r…
I purse my lips a moment, lift my brows thoughtfully. I look at Mi Sun.
"Are you imagining things, Mi Sun? It didn't sound like you were imagining things." I say, ignoring Ashlee's attempt to change the subject.
I look back at Ashlee with that …
It's not that he isn't tempted. You are something of a force to be reckoned with, personality-wise. You're like your father that way.
However you are you, and he is himself. And you are in front of subordinates and in public.
I think we need to te…
What Mi-Sun says catches my attention, of course. Hard to avoid it. I sit down immediately behind them and lean in myself to catch Ashlee's answer.
This isn't the first strange thing we've seen from Ashlee either. Then there's my own strangeness.…
His eyebrow raises in amusement before you feign the swoon and, exactly as you predicted, Xuan, Mykki catches you. He's solid. You can feel the hard chest against your arm and his well-muscled arms hold you with little effort.
"Princess?" He says …
"Indeed. I think we must assume some connection until proven otherwise. I have no idea to what extent we've been infiltrated."
"Very well, Captain. I'm giving you special access as my personal agent. If anyone should question you, have them run th…
I stand a moment, detached as I take it in. The box is still in my hand. I see Bea. I should probably go and sit there. I see Nadja and I clench my jaw.
I look away, up towards the players. They look... good. In their element. So... physical. I me…
Xir rage hangs in the air like heat. You can see xir jaw clenched, eyes widened. Push xir a little bit more and violence is probable.
“I will have what is mine! Xie tried to throw me a away but I will prove that I am xir true legacy, and Varix wi…
I stand when she does. It’s an automatic reaction.
There is a curious dip in my stomach but at the same time my jaw clenches. My voice stays cool. I glance away.
“Of course, Ma’am. I understand. Duty calls.” It feels like a rock I throw at her …
I'm feeling more... Mixed up, I guess, than I expected. First there is the extraordinary lengths she went to to give me the things I asked for. Then I feel her connect and I don't know what to do about it and by the time I am able to sort out any …
Mykki bows again. His demeanor sincere.
“It is with deepest regret, your Imperial Highness, that I must inform you that my master’s orders in this matter are to detain any and all persons involved, however peripherally, for questioning. I have no …
Shkia’s eyes go a little wide. Are you really talking to who she thinks your are talking to?
There is a pause.
“Of course, Captain. I will deploy Kali and some of my security personnel to help immediately, and make sure local authorities make …
I reach out and gently touch the ring, remembering it on Dad’s finger. It was one of those things I fixated on when I was little. When both the ring and his hand looked so big. How can it be so small now?
The shampoo. I glance up at the Commandant…
I relax when she puts me at east and follow her to the table, sitting down in front of the box, glancing at it curiously. A few other items?
With a glance at the Commandant I open the box and look inside.
“Yes, Sai. Give us a moment.”
When you look at her again, Shika speaks. “Dispatch says that bus wasn’t supposed to be there. We were assigned that call. They don’t know who they were, either. They had a ghosted transponder for a bus from across to…
Vyvyan raises an eyebrow as if surprised at your outburst, but xir eyes are full of malice.
"What do you know of my rewards in life, you ignorant child?" Xie hisses. "They made you to replace me. Varix... xie made me what I am, and then cast me…
Mykendo “Charming Mykki” Kinjo raises an eyebrow at your pretense, then smiles that sweet smile of his, the one that put him on the tabloid cover with you.
“And here I was sure my insignificance would obscure my identity in your most exalted memor…
The corporal has to watch. Make sure you wash everywhere. When I glimpse Tek’s face he shows nothing but clinical detachment, but I don’t remember feeling this naked the last time I did this. Then there are the cuts, scabbed over and healing now, bu…
I go back to my seat glaring daggers at anyone who dares to look at me.
I sit, pick up my Navi and pretend to read while I fume and wait until it time to see the Commandant.
I continue to stand a moment, staring holes into Nadja, an icy fire welling up in my chest, a mirror for my anger. Power. Excited power, hungry power, wanting to devour.
I chuckle without mirth. Then laugh. The sound is rich and dark in my ears. I…
Well what I don't see is someone who has Nadja's 'wiles.' That's for sure. I'm not ugly, but when the others look at me they see a watcher, a traitor, waiting to betray them to the adults. Who really wants to get close to that? Tabitha is nice enou…
The slink drops out of my walk almost immediately when I'm out the door. And I feel kind of stupid for doing it. What was it for? Some kind of strange challenge to Nadja's "charms?" I need a token on her. We'll see how charming Mark finds her then.
…
The cat is never really away, Bea. I should know.
Still the commandant approved my efforts. And they need reinforcement.
Nadja didn’t really rise to the bait. The way she leans back and shrugs. She has her wiles, hm? Well.
I stand tucking my …