♦♦ 21st Contract

[mortemscintilla]

[ Just the most withering stare. ]

This isn't funny.

And I don't like cookies that much.

.................Do I?

(♥ Tabloid Trash Article: The Rise & Fall Of a Star ♥)

[ OOC: The link takes you to another journal, as the article is long and full of crack. Lots of crack. None of the fodder is meant to be taken seriously. But if any aspects are offensive, PM me and I'll add a warning or something :| ]

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[mortemscintilla]

[ He purses his lips, a brief uncertainty shuttering across his face. ]

I met her in the City. During a visitor weekend. She claimed to be someone I knew, two years into my future. [ There's a trace of wryness as he says Future. ]

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[moonlitrequiem]

[That might explain why Yin's never heard of her.]

Most seem to forget about the curses once they're over. This will likely get the same treatment, along with most of what else is running today. [It's a fact. She's noticed how people handle them in general, and they're pretty good at dismissing them.]

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[mortemscintilla]

[ A brief nod. ]

Their self-involvement works in our favor -- here and back home. [ Who has the time or interest to read between the lines, after all? ]

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[moonlitrequiem]

[She nods again. Most people don't. They'll be too busy consumed by their own cursed articles or information, or just simply not care and brush it off as a curse. Anyone else can likely be dealt with - not her area.]

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[mortemscintilla]

[ Not her area, no. But he's about to delve into a certain area that is. ]

I noticed you speaking to that lunatic vampire. [ Yes, that is disapproval in his tone. Don't engage crazies, Yin. ]

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[moonlitrequiem]

[She can hear it. She nods once more, though, she might appear to be slouching a little more than usual. Maybe.]

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[mortemscintilla]

[ Tsk, Yin. He's being cautionary, not scolding. Granted, with Hei, it's hard to tell the difference. ]

Monitoring people like him goes with the territory. But avoid him as much as possible otherwise. Even shutting your Network device is acceptable. [ He's already taken a shine to July. Hei would rather Yin not fall into his radar too. ]

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[moonlitrequiem]

[She's just concerned it's an issue for him. Hei has other worries. Oops...she's a Doll. Guess she's not supposed to be worried about that, either.]

I will end the conversation.

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[mortemscintilla]

[ He'd go further into the art of evasion, double-speak and dissembling. But there are certain things a Doll, even one as unique as Yin, would find beyond her capacity to absorb. ]

[ Instead, ]

I'll be over later with a microprocessor-based tracker for you. Something to slip into your hair-ribbon or collar. [ That way, if she meets Karl again, he'll be right there listening. ]

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[moonlitrequiem]

[He's right. For Yin, that would simply be too much. It's better for her to cease communications. Although, she did tell him where she worked, before. He's never come around, far as she knows, so it might be unnecessary. Still, she will do as Hei wants.]

[She nods.]

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[mortemscintilla]

[ The problem with psychotic killers is that they're more prone to impulse than to calculation. It'd be too premeditated to show up at Yin's workplace. Someone like Karl is more likely to attack her on the way home, in a secluded location, on pure whim. ]

[ But Hei doesn't say that. ]

[ He just ends the connection. Expect him to drop by later with a pretty bugged hairbow. ]

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[moonlitrequiem]

[She will wear it. Even if it clashes with her wardrobe. Which, as it consists of a lot of black, it likely won't.]

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[mortemscintilla]

[ It won't. ]

[ Aesthetics are a thing with him. ]

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[moonlitrequiem]

[It will fit right in. And give her some color.]