Board Thread:Role Plays/@comment-25389303-20160708180726/@comment-5999656-20160712184122

"No, I don't think you'll be able to come over tonight. Sorry, Fen," Zanipher finished replying to phone call from her younger sister. Ever since they'd met, it had become customary for Fen to drop by the Syndicate building to meet with Zanipher for introductory lessons to the criminal arts. Mostly though, they just hung out and tried to catch up on the fact that they hadn't known of each other's existence until both of them were practically adults.

A beeping from her monitor alerted her to an approaching person from her hallway. At the same time, her speaker connected to the front desk buzzed.

"Madam, Hector Mettal has returned."

Zanipher stood up and walked over, opening the door before Hector had gotten close enough to knock.

"Come in, Hector," she said. She didn't look directly at him, instead reaching into a drawer and pulling out a rectangular slip of paper. She went up to the older man and handed it to him.

"Your paycheck. I added a 10,000 lien bonus for the loss of your men. I hope it can cover a little for their families." She motioned towards a meeting table on the left-hand side.

"Please, sit."

Zanipher took the plush armchair opposite where she wanted Hector to sit. Only when she had clasped her hands together and rested her chin on them did she look at Hector straight on.

"I apologize for leaving you behind. Having assumed that you'd already been compromised, I'd thought it very prudent to leave before any more of our people were killed." She left out the part about her suspicions that the only reason he'd been able to return was because he had been allowed to by his adversary.

"Several of the Dragons are on edge. It's been a long time since we were attacked by a faction, and I'm being pushed to find out as much about them as I can. If you could provide to me as much as you know about them, it'd be immensely valuable. This is our only option for avoiding total war, so believe me, I need to know as much as I can."