IC Inbox: Duplicity

[singinghuntress]

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[goneforawalk]

[ oh no a glare, whatever will he do. ]

Relying on others so much is an inherent weakness, anyway. Stand on your own two feet if you want to get anywhere.

Will I ever stop being annoyed with you? That's a good thing to question.

[ he smiles again. she used the proper term. ]

I won't sugar coat it, you're absolutely right. But you have no choice in the matter, and we're your best options.

[singinghuntress]

I stood on my own to become zhe best sniper und huntress I can be. I did zhat on my own.

[And she was proud of that fact and it showed.]

Hopefully I'll get an answer to zhat question zome day.

[See? She's learning.]

Zhere is alvays another choice. I could refuse to contract vith eizher of you und take my chances.

[goneforawalk]

And you fell in with the world's greatest monsters to do it.

[ bored, like he doesn't care. ]

Certainly, we'll find out.

If you're willing to take a risk that big... I mean, we do protect what's ours, but if you want to make the wrong decision I won't stop you.

[singinghuntress]

I did vat I zhought I had to.

[She looked annoyed for a moment before shoving it away.]

I haf no doubt about zhat.

[Theres a moment's pause before she looks a bit defeated.]

How vill I know I'm signing up for protection und not unending torture?

[goneforawalk]

Wasn't that the excuse the caught nazis used after the war ended? They thought they had to? It didn't do them any good either.

[ he shrugs. ]

You don't. But not signing is worse.

[singinghuntress]

Vas it? I missed zhose trials. Zhe vatican vas nice to us.

[She sounded faintly amused but, then again.. That was the past now wasn't it?]

So says you.

[And yet...]

It's still debatable... but, I can at least get more done vith a dominant zhan vithout.

[goneforawalk]

And yet all the Vatican's help couldn't win you any wars.

[ :) ]

Think of it this way. You know what you're getting with us, and you know what you have to do to maintain it.

[singinghuntress]

[She rolls her eyes slightly.Okay, he might have a point.]

Fair enough. I mean, you can't be any vorse zhan any of Dok's experiments und I'm vell avare of how you operate.

I mean..corpse in zhe laboratory. He vas creepy. You're just terrifying.

[goneforawalk]

[ HE'S WONDERED ABOUT THIS FOR EIGHTY YEARS RIP ]

... About the corpse. I've always wondered who it was. It had to be someone in particular, a run of the mill vampire couldn't have produced what Millennium was pumping out.

[singinghuntress]

[She pauses for a moment and looks uneasy.]

From vat I know..she vasn't.

[Is she fidgeting? Definitely and being very interested in the books in front of her.]

[goneforawalk]

She?

[ he leans forward, interested. ]

Who was she, then? Who sired her?

[singinghuntress]

[And her fidgeting was getting worse. Was she rearranging the same three titles? Yes, yes she was.]

Vell...

[She went silent for several long minutes.]

From vat I gazhered from conversations... you did.

[goneforawalk]

[ there's a long moment that draws on. he's silent, and he looks suddenly uneasy. ]

What was her name.

[ it's flat, blunt. ]

[singinghuntress]

[More silence as she finally gave up on the books and leaned back against the counter.]

Mina.

Zhat vas vat vas written in her files und vat Dok used to create us.

[goneforawalk]

[ he sits, staring blankly, and for a moment it looks like he hasn't even registered it. like he's practically catatonic. then his hand slowly moves and he flicks off the video feed. ]

this conversation is over

[singinghuntress]

[She's quietly watching him as he seemed to not exactly take that well. Somehow, she had a feeling that might be the case....

And very much not surprised when he hangs up on her. Rip's just going to let this be for now.]