Board Thread:Role Plays/@comment-5999656-20170521035143/@comment-25389303-20170603204100

(No problem, just post when you can. I've finished school completely now so I've got all year off, so there shouldn't be any delays on my end. Don't feel rushed, though.)

Diaboli raised an eyebrow at Zanipher's rapid changes in emotion, but decided to dismiss it. No doubt she had as much on her mind as he had, and for people like them, it was rarely anything good.

"In our sphere of work, 'justice' can mean a whole lot of things," Diaboli replied with grim amusement, before leaning forward and pointing to a small area of secluded woodland at the base of the eastern mountain.

"That's where we're going. Our Huntsman - a thirty-ish man who's been using the name Gren during his time in Mistral - has set up a small lab in a cabin in the woods. As I said, he's trying to replicate my drugs."

Diaboli leant back in his seat. "And I don't deal in any of that recreational crap. We're talking about Darkening - probably one of the most dangerous psychoactive combat stimulants in Remnant. The latest version I designed is harmless to the body in the long term. But if somebody were to make it incorrectly, they can expect some serious perpetual side effects. The kind Smiler suffered from."

He drummed his fingers on the table as he thought through what could happen. "If something like that were to enter the market, demand for Darkening - original or not - would dry up completely. Nobody wants half the underworld turning psycho, after all. And nobody wants to risk taking a defective drug like that. I'd lose all my business, and my main source of finance along with it."

Diaboli abruptly rose to his feet and began moving towards the door, suddenly very irritated with the whole dilemma. He could stop this attempt easy enough, but he had a feeling things like this would end up happening more frequently if he didn't make an example out of this guy. And the more he thought about it, the sooner he wanted to get it over with.

"Give me a moment to get changed," he told Zanipher, before pointing at the door opposite the one they had entered. "If you want an extra weapon or mask or something, the armoury's right there."