Board Thread:Role Plays/@comment-25924729-20160209062713/@comment-26130256-20160417000100

"He was studying business, with a minor in early modern history," Opal explaned, her eyes growing a little misty as she walked down memory lane. "You see, unlike most crime families, the Cardamoms are rather meritocratic when it comes to promotions and positions.  Sienna was part of the family, yes, but that didn't amount to a hill of beans unless he had the education and skills to back it up.  So there he was."

"There's this tea house just off the university campus.  Not the greatest quality, but for the price it was like liquid gold.  We first met waiting in line, and got to talking.  Turns out we had the opposite problems.  Sienna needed help passing basic chemistry, and I was desperate for any help I could find with history.  All those names and dates..." she shuddered before continuing.

"We began studying together at the tea house, he passed chemistry, and I managed to finish history without putting strychnine in my professor's coffee.  I suppose his lack of surprise when I joked about poisoning should have been my first clue he wasn't like most people..." Opal giggled a little more, before measuring a large sundew and recording it.