↪︎ There was another press forward on Zani’s end to finish off the scuttle. Her shield lodged into the floor as she took fire one final time. Each shot ricocheting off the shield till it vanished before her very arm in a blinding flash. ⇅

“𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘐 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘸 𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘰 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵.“

↪︎ The wish for a quiet life.. or at least a day off. It all seems so unobtainable sometimes..

↪︎ Resonators were adept. Skilled in combat and it allowed them to do things that the average person can’t. In moments like this, being able to dodge a bullet was possible due to certain factors in their world. Yet, when Jiaying moved. She could hardly keep track. ⇅

↪︎ The moment the trigger was pressed, her horns seemed to flicker with a glowing yellow hue. One that probably would’ve spelled trouble had this actually gone a different way. Then she spoke, telling others to stand down and that color began to settle. ⇅

↪︎ Those tired eyes seemed to glow with the hue of the magic and her own gentle shock. There aren’t many things that can surprise her but this is one moment where Jiaying manages to get some true emotion out of her. ↪︎ It doesn’t last long however. ⇅

“𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦, 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘦.“ ↪︎ It’s a soft laughing plead. Unserious but still hoping she’s joking as well. “𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦.“ ↪︎ Even if technically speaking, she is currently in a precinct.. ⇅

“𝘏𝘮𝘮?“ ↪︎ There’s a soft tilt of the head, not having expected him to pick the same but just something in the lines of an alcoholic drink. But she had her partly pegged, it’s no fun to drink alone so it was nice to be joined in the matter. “𝘐 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯.” ⇅

↪︎ It was rather nice to get out in such a way with someone else. The restaurant they entered seemed casual enough as well. Despite its late night atmosphere, the tables had some guests dining. The food from eyesight looked rather pleasing as well. ⇅

↪︎ The day has come and gone. The small breath she could take in between those hours of the meeting wasn’t one that came with ease. More under cover Fractcidus had snuck into the city, some attempting to hinder the meeting. While most were stopped, it was hard to tell if each was genuine. ⇅

↪︎ Be wary now. She’s not exactly gentle when it comes to Echoes.

“𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘴 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵..“ ↪︎ She still needs to get used to the idea that others might not exactly know much about their world.. “𝘌𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳. 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴. 𝘏𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘌𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦.“ ↪︎ A casual tease as she stands up. ⇅

↪︎ She continued to lean on her shield. Listening to the story. How her situation is so dire. She’d recently dealt with something like that herself. People in the Montelli family being nothing more than rats. Pushing agendas that backfired and made people lose their lives. ⇅

ㅤㅤ ㅤㅤ𑣲☾ 𝗬𝗼𝘂 who shine, I stand beside you. ㅤㅤ𑣲☾ solo ( ... .ᐣ ) “𝘈𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦'𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥.” ㅤㅤ written for #BYJNWEEK2026 #BayoJeanneWeek2026 day 2: variants ㅤㅤ

“𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘦? 𝘠𝘦𝘴?“ ↪︎ At least it seemed the meal got them in better spirits. Best to actually stick to that promise then. “𝘐 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘥?“ ↪︎ A casual crossing to the cities edge. A quiet restaurant where the two won’t be interrupted.

↪︎ Even behind those tired eyes. There was the faintest disappointment at the vanishing of the ears and all. Her eyes sitting on the now missing portion before clearing her throat. “𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘸 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴, 𝘴𝘰 𝘐𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘸 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴.“ ⇅

↪︎ Zani listened in a small silence. The echo carrying away the paperwork and leaving the two. “𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘰 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶.“ ↪︎ Assisting the people was what the echoes of the city were for. Big fluffy teddy bears, puppet bunnies. There was no shortage. ⇅

↪︎ There was the gentlest of buzzes. Whatever this is, she’d probably done it a plentiful amount of times and practiced it even more. An eye would slit open, a small peak upon hearing her begin to talk but no movement of the lips. “𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴?“ ↪︎ She spoke aloud. ⇅

“𝘈𝘳𝘬?“ ↪︎ There’s a soft tilt of the head. Though she tenses at the phone being shown. A re-approach from her end of the holographic shield. “𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘐 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶.“ “𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘴𝘺𝘭𝘶𝘮, 𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩.“ ⇅

“𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺? 𝘚𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴.“ ↪︎ She’s found herself lucky enough to have some down time. A hand softly places upon her own hip. “𝘐𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴. 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺. 𝘐𝘭𝘭 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳 𝘶𝘱 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘯.“ “𝘈 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘳𝘶𝘯 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴.“ ⇅

“𝘏𝘮𝘮,“ ↪︎ She’d look around a bit perplexed but her gaze settled once more “𝘚𝘢𝘥𝘭𝘺, 𝘐 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳, 𝘴𝘰 𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘥.“ ↪︎ A casual but playful attitude taken while arms interlock over one another. “𝘊𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘦 𝘡𝘢𝘯𝘪.“

“𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘈𝘭𝘱𝘩𝘢.“ ↪︎ Even if they’ve only just met, and with them meeting when she was on the clock, she already finds herself acting so casual with him. “𝘋𝘰𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘐 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴, ’𝘬𝘢𝘺?“ ↪︎ Hearing the fact about the hotpot is a surprise. ⇅

↪︎ Eyes flick on it and him. A soft sigh, perhaps a bit too trusting but she sips at it to be given a rather refreshing taste. “𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭..“ ↪︎ The edge of the cup presses to her lips once more leaving a faint mark up as she takes another drink. “𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘧 𝘣𝘢𝘥 𝘈𝘭𝘱𝘩𝘢. 𝘔𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧?“ ⇅

↪︎ Unknowing of the awkward tension the other party seemed to have, once all the paper were filled in, she patted her cheeks softly to give herself a wake up call. “𝘙𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵. 𝘈𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭? 𝘚𝘢𝘧𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘙𝘢𝘨𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺.“ ⇅

“𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘣𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯.“ ↪︎ She’d chuckle lightly. “𝘜𝘴𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘐 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘵, 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺. 𝘓𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘪𝘧 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩.“ ↪︎ She’d push up once more with a groan from sore muscles. “𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭, 𝘐𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵..“ ⇅

“𝘛𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘶𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢 𝘣𝘪𝘵.“ ↪︎ Even if physically fit, those dark eye-bags can’t hide her exhaustion. “𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘢 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵? 𝘞𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘦.“ ↪︎ At least that’s the feel the person before her gave but it’s easy to tell it’s a simple jest.

↪︎ There’s a jolt on her end as well at the noise and movement. She hadn’t expected to fall asleep but what’s done is done. Sitting up in her chair, she stretches out for a moment. A casual slide of the pen and papers. ↪︎ Clearly not exactly ready to speak, she agrees with a nod of the head.

“𝘞𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵.“ ↪︎ She’d nod in reply, a chomp or two more given and the energy drink downed back. ↪︎ A shake of the body at the sudden sugar intake. “𝘔𝘮, 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳. 𝘐𝘧 𝘸𝘦 𝘳𝘶𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘯.“ ⇅

“𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘪𝘴𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦, 𝘴𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘦 𝘶𝘱. 𝘐𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳.“ ↪︎ It’s a colorful looking drink, that’s for sure. Maybe she should be a little cautious however.. a soft swirl in her hand watching it change colors. “𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘵..?“

↪︎ Such an early start to her morning.. she hasn’t even been allowed an energy drink yet.

↪︎ Realizing she’d come on a bit strong herself, her gaze loosened its grip, a gentle shift till the small nibbles. With the bunny aspects it actually looked quite.. adorable. ↪︎ A soft sigh escaped her, a scoop of her next slice and bite down. ⇅

↪︎ It takes some time, but eventually she’s out like a light. Zani’s eyes roll towards her from the other end of her table. It’s lucky she chose this room it seems. ↪︎ She watches her sleep soundly. No emotional response behind it but just simply watching. ⇅

“𝘐 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘙𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘢.“ ↪︎ The paperwork work be gathered, set into a capsule and scooped up by a winged echo. Such things should probably catch his eye but she treated it like it was another day. ⇅

⠀⠀ ◂ 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 ▸ ⠀⠀ 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬, ⠀⠀ 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴. ⠀⠀ #SeductiveSunday

𝘏𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯, 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶?“ ↪︎ She casually toyed on the idea. Everyone wants something though, stardom just doesn’t seem to be his. It makes her wonder momentarily as she typed away ↪︎ Paperwork began to fly out of a printer nearby. “𝘔𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺. 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘣𝘺 𝘭𝘢𝘸𝘴.“ ⇅

↪︎ The paperwork was abundant. Probably overwhelming to the exhausted bunny. Zani, knowing how it is for one to work through the different types of exhaustions sighed. ↪︎ A slow slump into her seat. “𝘐 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘸.. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵“ ⇅

↪︎ How was she even supposed to take her own slice after seeing a literal war crime committed in front of her. “𝘔𝘪𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘰..“ ↪︎ She couldn’t restrain her distress. To see her delicacy treated such way was heart wrenching. “𝘓𝘦𝘵𝘴.. 𝘓𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯.“ ⇅

“𝘖𝘩-𝘩𝘰..“ ↪︎ A soft laugh left her but it was almost defeated as it escaped her. “𝘋𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦. 𝘐𝘮 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘰𝘯 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘣𝘶𝘵..“ ↪︎ Her head would shift, horns giving a quick glowing hue of yellow to show a hint of regeneration to her energy. ⇅

“𝘊𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘦? 𝘕𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮.“ ↪︎ Just as quickly the door shut. A pinch of the forehead. Curse her ability to be so casual with others at times. All she’s doing is adding extra paperwork and reports to be piled up later. ↪︎ At least it’s on the clock. So she sighs as her heels tap the floor. ⇅

“𝘏𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦?“ ↪︎ It’s a genuine question. Even an eyebrow raised his way. “𝘐𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘴𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘧𝘧. 𝘐𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘢 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘰𝘯, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺.“ ↪︎ She chuckles softly, tacking a few items on her monitor. ⇅

⠀⠀ ㋛ ⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯ I think to save myself the effort of having to edit images every so often, I’ll just be doing it for starters and important moments. It’ll let me get to replies faster anyway.

↪︎ A sudden charge forth. She was in front of her in less than a second but there was no strike. Only a passive tap to the forehead. Gentle in its playful manner as she smiled down at her. “𝘛𝘢𝘨.“

“𝘏𝘮𝘮? 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶?“ ↪︎ She added on playfully. Not exactly wanting to pass all the exhaustive thoughts of how tired she is or wishing she were asleep. ↪︎ The terminal on the other end blinked blue a few times before settling on a solid color. ⇅

↪︎ She seemed satisfied with the answer. Whether it was the correct answer or even what she was hoping for didn’t seem to visibly show. ↪︎ A turn of the heel was given, the two finally allowed to head into a building. Chic in its design. People working behind desks even at this time of night. ⇅

“𝘊𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩.“ ↪︎ She cut in short. The shield would active, its heavy weight cracking the floor below her feet and creating an ethereal barrier that expanded a few feet. ↪︎ Enough to cut the blast short in her direction should it go off.. ⇅

↪︎ Her lips parted. A question that probably could’ve ruined the professional aspect this outing was supposed to be carrying. ↪︎ If it was a later addition.. did that mean its display was purposeful..? ↪︎ Then the question. ⇅

↪︎ It’s probably as good an answer as she’s potentially going to get. And considering how smoothly everything is going, she’s willing to accept that answer for the time being. “𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯. 𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺. 𝘉𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘪𝘯-“ ⇅

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