Post by sophia rosenberg on Sept 28, 2013 23:31:22 GMT -5
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sophia's mug remains untouched when a waiter in a blue aquavit uniform comes over with a fresh pot of coffee. the man across the table accepts his refill. his bony fingers grip the handle nervously.
the old man keeps his gaze lowered, as if he is afraid that she won't like what she sees in his eyes otherwise. as if she doesn't already know. "--the entire coven?"
she's not even sure if he's doing this to be melodramatic. five is hardly what she would call a coven. for his sake, she hopes that he's only going for theatrical effect.
"i don't care how you do it, just make sure that they're evicted by the end of the week."
"any allies? hideouts? weekend schedules?"
the job really wasn't as complicated as he made it out to be. always in need of a distraction -- as if they didn't have enough on their plates. she cannot help but look at him with disapproval. she doesn't have any children, but as death, they might as well be.
"...you know our law" sophia finally raises her gaze to his, exposing her neck to him. "them or me, pick one"
without defying the dominus, one can never be free. sophia knows this a little too well. freedom is right in front of him -- take this head, and he walks free. the consequences are few for the strong -- v honors this law well.
he is mesmerized, but he makes no move. sophia hardly expected him to, but she was ready to retaliate. "the strong choose their own masters"
there's not much to say after that. the man forces his gaze over her head and gets up from his seat. her head remains firmly in place when the restaurant door swings shut.
sophia notes that he didn't pay his bill. she pulls out her phone and deducts it from his pay.
Post by Nathaniel de Boer on Sept 29, 2013 18:19:24 GMT -5
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He'd left Bau curled up on the red carpet of his private sanctum, chewing lazily on the femur bone of the vampire he'd extracted all of his current information from. All the information he had, at least, which wasn't enough to satisfy.
He wasn't interested in abiding by the supernatural politics of this city anymore than an adult was interested in being governed by the laws of the peek-a-boo games their children played, but he was interested in why they arose, and how, and what dictated their current. What was in vogue with the children this century. Ordo Dracul seemed as unceasingly dreary and boring as ever, but V was a new name, unfamiliar. And thus tantalizing.
He waited a heartbeat for the man who had been opposite Ms. Rosenberg to leave, and then stepped into the restaurant as she pulled out a phone. He breezed past the host with a brisk I'm meeting someone, and was sitting in the recently vacated chair across from Sophia within a moment.
How does one exactly get into V? he asked. I haven't really gotten an accurate answer on that front. The gentleman I asked said you had to kill a current member to get in and prove your worth, but I refuse to believe that. Utterly absurd and inefficient. Even a group that arose in response to Ordo Dracul's tedium wouldn't be that self-defeating just to prove a point.
Post by sophia rosenberg on Sept 29, 2013 18:58:46 GMT -5
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sophia supposes that it would be the height of rudeness to leave her coffee untouched for any longer. she is in no hurry to answer the man's question, not for walk-ins at least. sophia takes a sip, but she certainly does not plan to get a refill. caffiene doesn't hit her the way that it once did.
"...i can almost assure you that he was probably not a member of the recruitment office" sophia wonders which rumor mill that one came out of. she could have sworn that a half dozen resided in midtown alone. "for the record, neither am i" she slips her phone into her bag. while most wouldn't contest her decision to bring someone into the organization, sophia didn't bother with something so tiresome. her job is to quash the ambitions of the young and immortal. encouraging them was someone else's job.
she wonders what he thinks v is, if not fundamentally the same as the ordo dracul.
he doesn't sound like a prospective recruit, at any rate. insulting one's potential employers was never the way to the fast track. in theory, a meritocracy wasn't supposed to care. then again, america was also supposed to be a meritocracy. in theory.
"you will probably get better results with an appointment" sophia motions to a passing waiter for the bill. "find someone who entertains school projects"
Post by Nathaniel de Boer on Sept 29, 2013 19:47:10 GMT -5
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He made a small noise of disapproval, almost disappointment. Of course he wasn't. No one who wants the truth about anything goes to recruiting offices.
I don't particularly want an appointment, anyway. You're Death of the V coven and that's far more interesting, in theory.
Theory was rapidly failing him, sadly.
I'd like to meet your Emperor. Maybe kill him, if that's what the situation calls for.
Post by sophia rosenberg on Sept 29, 2013 20:07:03 GMT -5
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well, figures that he wouldn't be here if the man didn't marginally understand what he was getting himself into. sophia still finds it rather presumptuous for a proposer to expect accommodation. she doesn't have patience for academic interest, either. not when she's bloodying her hands every other night or so.
his next words are worthy of pause. they aren't something that someone would care to sling about carelessly. then again, sophia has met her share of boastful youths, drunk on their newfound power.
"i am sure that he would be pleased for the distraction. feel free to leave a business card"
she speaks so casually that the just-arrived waiter suspects nothing. sophia pays in cash, like she's always done.
Post by Nathaniel de Boer on Sept 29, 2013 20:12:48 GMT -5
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Leave a business card, send a messenger slave in three days to the appointed location: it's all the same. He doesn't have time for the ridiculous games these all too human children play. If he drowns this city in blood, he might douse his trail for another century or so, and have fun doing so.
Post by sophia rosenberg on Sept 29, 2013 20:54:17 GMT -5
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maybe it's because of the difference between this man and the coven member that she had just sent off, but sophia starts entertaining the idea in her head. it's not about loyalty when a challenge is at stake, the emperor had told her. as if sophia wasn't used to being abandoned for the sake of ego. as if he was going to lose.
at the same time, if she couldn't walk into her favorite salon and demand immediate service, then this man certainly didn't have the right to demand an audience with the emperor in the same day.
"...i don't have the time to escort you." sophia was almost ready to leave for midtown west when her phone started vibrating. she opens her inbox to find a single new message from the man himself.
you aren't going to midtown west anymore. come entertain me, darling
she's rescheduled two appointments to meet his 'associates' today. if they ever existed to begin with. there's nothing sophia hates as much as being toyed with.
"...come with me" sophia deletes the text and musters an expression that isn't irritation. "it seems that i can spare an hour or two"
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