say my name and every color illuminates

[hejhej]

Who: Lisbeth, Nill, and Claire
When: Friday morning, 9/7
Where: Nill's new apartment on Factory Drive in Sector 4
Summary: Claire wants to meet with Nill to discuss including her in their operations. Will he meet the elusive wasp? Maybe. If Lisbeth feels like it.
Warnings: Cursing, discussing adult themes

[She's sitting in Nill's kitchen, itching for a cigarette, but she'd yet to ask if it was okay to do so in her apartment. Her phone was open as she looks at a new message to Claire. It contains Nill's address. She was still considering leading him there or talking with Nill and delivering the conversation to him. Did she want him to see her face or keep him in the dark?

Lisbeth hits send and the message goes through:]

303 Factory Drive
Apt #1, Sector 4

Let me know when you arrive. She has to bring you up herself.

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[reassures]

[Nill has probably already explained that she can at least talk to people with her telepathy, now that Lisbeth is here in person. She hasn't said much with it, granted, but she should know that Nill can hear things too, from their conversation before.

The apartment is very sparsely furnished. There's a couch, somewhere, and a set of stairs leading up to something that's mean to be a bedroom, but otherwise the building is big and empty, and most definitely booby-trapped. Thankfully Nill had been here enough times before Shika left to know how to get past them or deactivate them.

The kitchen is pretty nice though, all things considered, and Nill is currently looking through her fridge. She's only wearing a sundress, and her feet are bare, but her hair is in ribbons, so today is a better day than she's had lately. It still looks like she hasn't really slept in awhile, though.]

I can make him see someone else's face, if you'd like. But I don't think he'd appreciate that very much.

[Not to mention she'd need to do it constantly from then on whenever they met up. It seemed like a hassle. She closes the fridge, and sets out two beers. If Lisbeth doesn't want hers, Nill will probably drink it herself.]

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[Lisbeth did notice how weary she looked when she visited her not too long ago, but didn't comment on it. She looks up from her phone when she hears Nill's voice. It'd been strange the first time she used her telepathy instead of her phone to text. She had a pretty voice, though.

She grabs the beer and twists off the cap.]

No, it's fine. I'll figure something out.

[reassures]

Let me know if you change your mind.

[She twists off the cap to her beer as well, and takes a healthy swig from it. Beer wasn't her ideal choice in drinks, but it was easier these days than spiking her coffee was.]

You can smoke, if you'd like. The boy who lived here before smoked a lot. [It's doubtful Uryuu let him smoke inside, of course, but Nill didn't really care. It probably smells way more like pot in here than tobacco anyway.]

[vinovidivici]

[ Factory Drive isn't far from Sector 4 and he knows the streets well. It isn't long before a message gets sent to Lisbeth's NV: ] I'm here. Could you let her know.

[ After giving the message a moment to go through he rings the bell to apartment nuber one and takes a step back into the street, looking up to try and scry which window might hide a familiar blonde head or, more intriguingly, the less familiar form of the mysterious Wasp. ]

[hejhej]

[She doesn't need any more encouragement. Lisbeth takes out her cigarettes and lights one before her NV buzzes. She simply moves her hand and glances down at the message.]

He's downstairs.

[reassures]

[He probably won't be able to see anything. It's easy for Nill to keep up base hallucinations for a building that she knows as well as she does, and she's long since learned that privacy is too valuable a resource.

Nill watches Lisbeth though, and almost lifts a hand to take the cigarette from her, but then her NV buzzes and she places it back down on the table. She nods to Lisbeth, and then stands from her seat, heading out of the kitchen.

It takes maybe five minutes for her to take down the appropriate traps, and then the door is open and Nill peeks out at Claire. She doesn't look surprised at all to see him, and she steps aside quickly to let him inside. The apartment looks nothing like her room in the boarding house (if he ever caught glimpses of that), save for the plants and flowers in random places throughout the place.]

[vinovidivici]

[ By the time she gets down he's taken to leaning against the doorway instead of watching the inscrutable windows. At Nill's invitation he grins at her and ducks inside, more or less like he would do seeing her around the boarding house. ] How're you keeping, Nill?

[ He doesn't know about her telepathy or whether she has her NV to hand, but he's too used to conversing with Chane through gestures and looks to see the problem there. ]

[reassures]

[Nill lifts a hand, palm out flat, and tilts it from side to side. So-so, really. She liked to think the fact that she was getting involved in criminal activities was a fair indicator of how she was doing, but that wasn't necessarily true. It never seemed to be the case for Claire, anyway.

She kind of liked that he never seemed to need the NV to get what she meant, though. She'd only ever known one other person like that. Nill locks up though, taking a minute or two to put wires and other such things back where they were meant to be, before gesturing for Claire to follow her into the kitchen.]

[vinovidivici]

Yeah, I getcha. [ A chuckle. He can appreciate an answer like that under the circumstances. ] To be honest I assumed business like this wouldn't usually be your shtick...

[ While she sets the traps back up he hovers nearby on the verge of asking her to explain them to him - when she almost turns and sees him he feigns disinterest and examines the plants instead. One item of business at a time, that's the way to go.

He follows her towards the kitchen, keeping alert for any sounds or signs of the third party to the meeting. It had crossed his mind that Wasp might be like the AutoResponder, a presence in the NVs or literally part of the furniture. If that's the case he doesn't want to show up his ignorance by asking where they are. ]

[reassures]

[Nill shrugs. Four months ago, it wouldn't have been her shtick. Nill had spent the better part of three years (long before she ever got here) trying to keep as low a profile as humanly possible, but she was done with that. She had nothing to keep her quiet anymore.

If she was going to keep staying here, those monsters were going to watch her drag them all into the grave with her.

Her wings flutter a little though, almost amused.]

He thinks you're a computer program.

[Claire won't hear her, but Lisbeth will. Nill just goes into the kitchen and takes her seat at the table again, pointing to the fridge. If Claire would like a beer, he can help himself. Morning? Psh. She hardly sleeps, so it makes no difference to her.]

[hejhej]

[As soon as Nill had opened the door to let Claire in, Lisbeth got up from the kitchen table, taking her beer and cigarette with her. She went into the nearest bathroom and continued drinking and smoking there. Lisbeth hears Nill's comment and she smiles as she exhales smoke into the air. Some people would claim the same thing, considering how she managed her emotions and everything else.]

[vinovidivici]

[ Claire follows Nill's finger and goes to the fridge but makes a face at the contents. It's too early in the day for that!

He shuts the fridge door and leans back on it, tilting his head at Nill. ] Do you smoke?

[reassures]

The one he's talking about is very emotional.

[Not a very good comparison, really, but she thinks it's kind of amusing nonetheless.

Wow. He must keep better hours than her. Nill takes a swig from her beer, and then lifts her hand to tilt it from side to side again. Yes and no, really. The important thing was what she smoked, which was pretty far from tobacco, but she could smoke cigarettes without much problem. Her lungs were, unfortunately, rather black.]

Are you going to come out, or would you rather I handled this on my own?

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[Lisbeth had actually been using the bathroom when Nill called out to her. She pulls up her pants and flushes the toilet before washing her hands.]

Yeah sure. I'm on my way out.

[She dries her hands before grabbing her beer and cigarette. Lisbeth then casually walks out of the bathroom and makes her way back to the kitchen. Lisbeth then exhales smoke, leaning against the kitchen's entrance way.]

[vinovidivici]

[ Claire quirks an eyebrow at Nill. Well, whatever he smells doesn't fit with that answer, he knows that much. He's about to comment on it when the toilet flushes and he looks up at the door.

It takes a couple of seconds to take in the figure - the piercings and grungy hair. Not what he imagined Wasp's identity would hide, but now he's seen her it just clicks. He shrugs against the fridge, grinning. ] Looks like the gang's all here.

[reassures]

[Nill's cheeks go slightly red, and her wings flutter once, flustered. She hadn't realized Lisbeth was in there to actually use the bathroom, she just thought she was undecided.

She looks up at Lisbeth when she finally comes in, and then at Claire. The gang, huh... she supposed it was true, now.]

[hejhej]

[Sorry, Nill. Beer just goes right through her. But she isn't one for pleasantries and instead of introducing herself by her real name to Claire, she moves over to a chair and sits down in it.]

Nill is ready to do whatever it takes to get these bastards.

[vinovidivici]

[ Claire watches Lisbeth as she talks. He trusts her judgement - but not enough to put them all at risk based on that alone. Stone-faced he turns to Nill. ]

What happened to old-fashioned leaving it to the professionals, huh? You've already been getting our services pro bono - you're not satisfied with that?

[reassures]

[Nill sets her hands on top of each other in front of her, peering at them for a moment, before she looks up to meet Claire's gave head on. Her expression is set, determined, and maybe even a little angry. Not at him specifically, though.

There's no point in hiding it anymore, so when she 'talks' this time, it's to both of them.]

It isn't that I'm not satisfied with it. You've done a wonderful job.

However-- the hunters took two people very precious to me, one in the first hunt, and one in the second. They took me, as well, and it's the second time I and one other person have been dragged into something like that.

The person who was in the hunt with me the first time is the reason that I got out alive - and he's gone now. It isn't about being dissatisfied with what you've done at all.

[As she talks, her wings flare out a little behind her; an unconscious gesture.]

It's about doing what he would have done, and making them pay for making his last few months full of nothing but misery and anger.

[No one was ever going to come after her or hers ever again.]

[hejhej]

[Lisbeth is quiet the entire time Nill speaks. It all makes sense. It was for those same reasons that Lisbeth herself was doing this. Normally she wouldn't have bothered, but she felt like it was a personal affront.]

You won't be satisfied until you see their blood on your hands.

[vinovidivici]

[ It's clear why Lisbeth let her get his close - her devotion and dedication are unwavering. There's no room for Claire to think about it being a shame that someone so young would turn to killing out of revenge. She's made her choice.

He keeps his thoughts and his surprise at hearing her voice well hidden - at least Chane prepared him for the telepathy. He's still pokerfaced when he speaks: ] I don't want some amateur runnin' around and messing up everything we've been working on. [ A grim smile. ] So I guess you'd better work with us.

[reassures]

[It's probably better that she doesn't tell him she can hear most surface thoughts whether she wants to or not then, huh. She knows she should be better about telling people, but she's so used to hiding it that when she does talk, it's usually without thinking that maybe she should warn people.

Nill thinks to smile in return, but it doesn't seem appropriate. Not for something like this. If nothing else, though, she sounds grateful.]

I won't let you down.

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[Lisbeth listens to the exchange between Nill and Claire. She blinks slowly before starting their official business.]

It'd be unsafe to meet here, though, in case one of us is caught. I also don't want it in the house with Jesse.

[not that she didn't trust him - he was just distant after the first killing which she wasn't a part of. she told him it would just be a one time thing.] We'll have to keep moving around.