Board Thread:Role Plays/@comment-5999656-20170630021617/@comment-5999656-20170730223358

(Sorry about the delay. All my writing energy has been directed at my latest fic, but I'll always be sure to reply within 5 days)

Lustra looked back and forth at the two local Huntresses. While Kerria's behavior had been offputting, to say the least, now that the two of them were officially on board Lustra was confident that they could make better progress on their joint expedition.

"Nice to meet you, Sanuye, Kerria," she said, nodding in turn at both of them. "I'm glad we ironed things out. I'm sure with your expertise we'll be able to make some real advances on the Qing." Lustra let her disguise fall again before addressing Sanuye. No need to tire out her time limit before it was necessary.

"I'm working with a graduated team from Shade. If you don't mind, I think our best move for now is to introduce you two to my squad. Since it'll be suspicious if we leave together, I'll give you my number and our meeting place before I go out first." Lustra slid out her Scroll and displayed her number, and then an address on the screen.

She made sure the redhead had the numbers down before she pocketed her device again. Lustra paused, trying to find the words for what she was about to say.

"You were both frank with me, which I appreciate. I'd like to be the same with both of you. Getting information on the Qing like this might require us to fight with them at some point, or more than once. While my group will return to Vacuo to deal with our own problems, I don't want to create difficulty for you guys by exposing you two as enemies of a very extensive and organized crime network. As a result, I'm going to communicate with you guys as much as possible on how we can both achieve our goals in a satisfactory way."

Lustra knew her words were coming off as careful, almost orchestrated. But seeing as that was also the way in which Sanuye chose to speak, she figured it wasn't of great importance.

"You guys don't have to tell me everything. I just need to establish some level of trust before we go into the lion's den," Lustra continued. "Lions, because tigers are solitary predators," she said, directing this snarky quip at Kerria.

"But trust is something we can work out in short order. If you haven't got any other questions, shall we regroup at the botanical garden north of here?"