Board Thread:Role Plays/@comment-5999656-20170521035143/@comment-5999656-20170526041931

(Hey, I'm really sorry about the delay. I flew back to Philadelphia yesterday morning and it took me a while to settle down. Anyway, I shouldn't take more than a day to post in the future, since I really appreciate your punctuality when RPing.)

Platinum stepped quickly behind her Diaboli. Her pace wasn't the only thing quickening, though. Her heart began to race as the precariousness of her situation began to dawn on her. She was walking a literal tightrope here, and a single misspoken word or Freudian slip would cost her the ruse, or, even worse, make her a target of Mistral's notorious underworld. As these feelings swelled within her, Platinum was beginning to regret her hasty decision.

God, what the hell am I doing?

Too late to go back now, she realized. Platinum took a hard swallow as Diaboli turned around, but mostly kept her unsuspecting facade intact. She cocked her head at the vague phrases dropped by the passing trio of delinquents, but their comments weren't clear enough for her to properly process. All she was aware of was how strikingly the man before her matched the one in the case file. It had to be him.

She lingered at the mouth of the alleyway even when Diaboli stepped in, so she was still visible to the passerby on the streets. She mirrored his pose when he spoke to her, a subtle attempt to establish rapport. If she was going to make it any farther in this investigation, it was going to take the full extent of her smooth talking skills to keep herself afloat.

"The existence of the Dragons has been common knowledge for some time, Mr. Galloway," Platinum said casually. So much was true. Beyond that... she was just making conjectures without solid evidence. But she had to keep talking. A long silence stretched as Platinum wrestled with maintaining the act of ignorance versus zoning straight in based on her deductions.

"I was hoping that as a detective you might know something about those two. After all, you spoke to a gym employee and four Hunters-in-training regarding the matter. Your interviewing style was very direct, if I recall correctly," she said.

"I've got significant evidence to suggest Suzhen was coerced into joining the Dragons by Hei'An. Would you happen to know anything about Hei'An which would suggest the probability of this kind of behavior?"

At this point Platinum wasn't sure if she was deep undercover or just plain bullshitting everything. Her point was to get an incriminating response from Diaboli.

Meanwhile, Zanipher leaned against the wall just a few feet from the Huntress. So focused Platinum was on keeping up the act, that she missed Zanipher's presence entirely.

Hearing Platinum's speech made Zan positively itch to burst in and confront the younger girl for the absolute lies she was spouting. That would be dramatic for sure, but... maybe too dramatic. The last thing she needed was for her quarry to make a run for it. At the same time, she was curious to hear Diaboli's response to these subtle digs. Jumping in on her own would be stealing his thunder completely.

She wanted to hear how Diaboli would deflect Platinum. Besides, if her Mistralian counterpart stumbled just once, that would be her cue to slide in and steal the show.