Board Thread:Role Plays/@comment-5999656-20170521035143/@comment-25389303-20170526132237

(No problem. I just have a lot of free time)

Diaboli's eyes narrowed as he turned Platinum's words over in his mind, looking for a deeper meaning or motivation behind them. She continued to refer to him by his one-time alias, which made him curious. Either she wasn't sure that he was actually the person she thought he was, or she was worried about what he might do if she confronted him directly. The possibility of her being ignorant completely of his identity was not one he considered to be very likely.

"The way you speak," Diaboli eventually replied, in a slow, analysing voice. "The words you use. They seem unnatural."

He pushed himself off the wall with his back and advanced several steps, leaning forward until he was staring directly into her eyes - searching for any hint of uncertainty behind them.

"Like you're reading them off a script..." he wondered aloud, tilting his head to the side as he pondered the many questions racing through his mind. After several moments of thoughtful silence, he rose back up to his full height and frowned.

"If I give you any information, I can be confirmed guilty," he eventually decided, still speaking his thoughts aloud. "If I deny all knowledge, I look equally suspicious. How very clever of you. Unfortunately, I am not a member of the Nine Dragons, nor am I under their employ. If you were hoping that I somehow know something about your friend, I'm going to have to disappoint you."

Diaboli began idly wrapping his scarf around his hand. "But from the sounds of it, this Suzhen person is old enough to make her own decisions - decisions that she must make for herself, and not ones which you should make for her. If it's any consolation, the fact that you chose me, of all people, to interrogate for information indicates she's much safer with the Dragons than she is with you."

With that, Diaboli stepped back and turned towards the street, unravelling the length of scarf around his arm and throwing it back over his shoulder.

"Now, as fun as this was, I have a lot of work to do, and this is becoming a huge waste of my time. Can we wrap this up?"

(I think it would be nice to keep Zan out of the conversation for now, and have her meet Diaboli without Platinum first)