For Imperial Saga

[sassy_spy]

¤ número uno ¤



[Anise is undercover today, scoping out her location and getting friendly with all of the locals. Her cover? She's a flower girl of course! Her flowers are a bit outrageous in price though...]

Flowers~! Come buy some beautiful flowers from a beautiful lady♥

Hey you!

[Yes, you.]

Come buy a red rose for someone you're fond of~ They're only a Crown each♪


¤ número dos ¤




[Well....this is somewhat surprising. You come back to your room to find a certain pig-tailed girl riffling through your documents. Of course, being caught doesn't stop her as she riffles a bit more.]

Geez, you sure are careful with your paperwork, I guess it was right of me to suspect you~♪ Ah! here it is!

[Yeaaah, you were trying to keep that paper a secret right? Well she's pocketing it now.]

So do you think you can explain to the church why you're conspiring against it~?


¤ número tres ¤




[It's a quiet night and for once the Puppet Master looks deep in thought as she looks out into the moonlit garden. It's been a long day for both of you, maybe a little conversation could help lighten this somewhat dreary mood?]

Comments

[rejected_trash]

...Not everything.

[Like how she felt to hold, just as an example. It was impossible to know everything about someone whom you followed.]

Though...

[sassy_spy]

Though?

[Anise tilted her head curiously, did he know a bit more than he let on?]

[rejected_trash]

I'd like to.

[It came out barely above a whisper. He hated saying it. It implied that he allowed himself to hold his being in slightly higher regard than "failure".

Still, he couldn't help that he wanted to know about her. He felt a pull, and whether it was real or imagined, he wanted to see where it led.]

[sassy_spy]

[She blinked before softly blushing. She didn't mind sharing things, at least with him.]

I was basically sold to the church to help pay off my parents debt. I'm more lucky than most because I'm more useful with what I can do...But the church is using my parents as leverage against me to try and keep me quiet in a sense.

[rejected_trash]

[They really were as vile as he perceived them. As it was all he could think of was to put a hand on her shoulder.

He didn't pity her, it just wasn't in him too. Pity would make things better, and that was why it'd take work for her to reveal his own story.]

I would like to help.

[sassy_spy]

[A soft, somewhat bitter laugh came from her. It was hard to believe only just now someone was offering real help to her.]

Just how do you plan to help?

[rejected_trash]

[He smiled, being more cynical than happy, and squeezed her shoulder gently.]

I'm an assassin. I kill people.

[sassy_spy]

[She couldn't help but raise a brow at what she heard.]

Sync, even if you do kill the person responsible, my family and I still would owe a debt to the church...

[rejected_trash]

What I mean is...I want to help somehow, but I don't know how. What do you need?

[sassy_spy]

...

I need you you to always be my ally through thick and thin.

[rejected_trash]

[He finally smiled at that.]

You don't have to worry, I will.