Malia (Vanessa) 3:30 pm She was walking down a deserted street. Rain was pouring down from the dark clouds above, and the hood of her cloak hid most of her features. Only the tip of her nose peeked out from the shadow, and a faint glitter revealed where her eyes were. Her steps were self-confident and fast. Never did she lose her sense of direction. When reaching a small square with a well in its middle, she sank back into the shadows between two houses and waited. It was the right time and the right place for the meeting.
Stitch 3:34 pm A dark trenchcoat shrouded his features, the collar pulled up to form a make-shift mask around his lower face. A cloud of smoke drifted from the mask, the dim glow of a small cigarette pulsing from the shadows. He stepped quickly, moving through the darkened streets, purposeful and methodical in his steps. There was a place to be, things to do, and a rainstorm to get away from. He hated rain. It practically rendered his smoking habit useless, as even now, the one he was attempting to puff on was growing damp. Darn thing. With a slight snarl, he pulled up short, stopping right beside the well. Lifting his hands from the pockets of the trenchcoat, he brought them up to cup the cigarette, attempting to shield it from the rain. It still had a few good puffs left.
Malia (Vanessa) 3:44 pm A smile formed in the shadows as she watched him emerging. Even from the distance she could see the cigarette between his lips. Whenever she saw him, he was smoking. Somehow that image caused her to grow interested in tobacco herself. But she preferred watching and observing, not acting. However, after a while she left the shadows and walked over to him. “Did you do what we discussed? What did you find out?” she asked in a whisper. There was nobody else around, but she knew that one couldn’t count on first impressions.
Stitch 3:50 pm "Do you have an umbrella?" He barely even waited for her to finish speaking before he growled his question, shuffling back and forth from one boot to the other while he glowered at her. Dark eyes scanned her figure, and then he sighed, shaking his head. "No, no, of course you don't. You like the rain. You likely did a rain dance before you left. You know I hate it. Is that why you summoned it?" The accussations came quick and sharp, a single finger jabbing at her. Waiting just a brief second for her response, he shrugged, then went back to serious mode. He was an odd man. It was hard to tell if he was teasing, or if he actually blamed her for the rain. "I did, yeah. I have his schedule for the rest of the year. Everywhere he'll be, when he'll be there, and most of the time, what he'll be doing."
Malia (Vanessa) 3:59 pm She grinned and her eyes glittered under the hood. Raising a hand, she plucked the cigarette from his lips and threw it in the darkness of the well. “Smoking is unhealthy. They will detect you easily when you start coughing.” Whether or not he was teasing her, that was her response. She had always been the one with the secrets which probably came from their individual roles. Plus, she enjoyed annoying him. Then she leaned back and folded her arms in front of her chest. “We’ll have to go over the details, I suppose. And I need to find someone who can provide me with a pendant for the necklace... by next week. It’s getting hot.”
Stitch 4:03 pm "I don't cough. Only wimps cough. I suck down the smoke and exhale it like a mighty fire dragon. That doesn't include coughing." He scowled at her from behind the collar of his now-soaking trenchcoat, lowering both hands to plunge them back into his pockets. He shuffled from foot to foot for a second, then paused, glancing down. Shuffling around in his pokect for a moment, he then pulled his hand out just to feel around on the inside of his coat, loosening a few buttons to give him the room to do so. After a bit, he produced a wide-brimmed black hat, which had likely been there to add to his mysterious outfit. He stared at it a bit, tilting his head to the side. "Huh. I was wondering where that was. Must have gotten stuck to the side in the laundry. Or something." His eyes gleaming, he plopped the hat onto his head, tugging the brim down to shroud his face even further. Now he really looked like a cliche dark detective. "What details? I already have the details worked out. You think too much. And how does one go about getting a pendant for your fancy little doo-dad?"
Malia (Vanessa) 4:14 pm She laughed and then watched the mysterious appearance of the hat, not really interested in it. He probably tried to annoy her back anyway. When he insulted one of her tools, though, anger tinged her voice. “My ‘fancy little doo-dad’ will save us if the plan fails! I assume you do not want to end up in a cell without any cigarettes or worse, with a rope around your throat! So if you don’t have any suggestions, I’ll contact my sponsor”, she hissed. Extending a finger, she pointed towards his chest. Was she threatening him? “You know what? I don’t care about you one bit, but if they catch me, we’ll both be dead before the sun rises the next time. What’s so hard to understand about that?” |