Her little shriek of surprise delighted em, tongues darting towards her to smell the air. Eir head cocked to the side to look her over. "What are you wearing?" ey asked, sounding faintly offended. Clothes were a bizarre enough habit without their also being... hideous. Scales and slender chains all glittered across eir torso, and the effect was such that ey looked more bare than if ey'd worn nothing at all. Still, ey made no clothes at all look fashionable and extravagant.
Tongues darted at her again as she spoke, pink eyes narrowing. "Liar," ey said matter-of-factly. It was not an accusation. Ey leaned lower and closer to see her face better, tail rearranging to bring more of it closer instead of letting it sprawl around the room – bringing Kreska with it. "Most of them made it away, you know," Grilka informed her. "They'll finish what they started, once I'm not in the way."
It couldn't really be called a threat, when Grilka hadn't threatened to do anything. A warning, maybe. But it certainly sounded threatening. Ey did not clarify what had happened to those who did not make it.
Kreska was trying not to verbalize her irritation with the voice in her ear, crossing her arms in an expression undeniably petulant. Fate was significantly overestimating the amount of power she held in this situation. Which was, she supposed, better than the alternative. Nonetheless: irritating.
But then there was the noise.
Kreska and Grilka both looked upward, then at each other – though with very different intentions. Grilka moved upward, closer to Kreska before rising up enough to investigate the ceiling. Kreska pointedly refused to look intimidated. Her leg was still trapped.
"And what is this?" Grilka asked, looking down at her.
Goddammit. "Someone doing me a favor."
Grilka did not call her on the lie, this time. "Hm." Ey pointed one talon at her, then a second to Sascha, and finally a third to the hole in the ceiling in the process of repair. "Three favors you owe me, then?" ey asked. Ey watched her to see if she'd change her mind, disavow all responsibility.
"… yeah." Kreska huffed. "Sure."
"Hmm." Ey moved lower, and with one swift motion snatched away her earpiece.
"Hey!"
Ey ignored her complaint, eyes skimming the floor until ey found her tablet. Tentacles unwound from eir tail to collect it, lifting it to one of eir hands. Earpiece in one hand and tablet in another, yet another hand tapped a red gem on eir necklace to activate a holographic display. Geometric shapes with no apparent rhyme or reason, but ey manipulated them with purpose, twisting and tapping and turning and discarding them.
The digital equivalent of a knock on Fate's walls, slender alien snippets of code that could not quite break through – but they did try. Doing considerable damage, in the meantime, corrupting data as a natural consequence of converting it to something readable by eir hardware.
There were ways to get around that, if ey was trying to be sneaky, but this time ey didn't mind leaving a trail.
Ey clicked eir teeth in irritation as ey gave up on that line of inquiry, tossing the earpiece back to Kreska but holding on to the tablet. As ey deactivated eir display, slitted pupils once again fixed on Sascha. Almost certainly related. A much easier line of inquiry to pursue.
Grilka descended on her with the speed of a strike, face brought close to hers as talons framed her face to hold her still and get a better look at her. "Careful," ey warned. "I'd hate to scratch you." Tongues nearly brushed her face as they darted at her. "Introduce yourself."
Tongues darted at her again as she spoke, pink eyes narrowing. "Liar," ey said matter-of-factly. It was not an accusation. Ey leaned lower and closer to see her face better, tail rearranging to bring more of it closer instead of letting it sprawl around the room – bringing Kreska with it. "Most of them made it away, you know," Grilka informed her. "They'll finish what they started, once I'm not in the way."
It couldn't really be called a threat, when Grilka hadn't threatened to do anything. A warning, maybe. But it certainly sounded threatening. Ey did not clarify what had happened to those who did not make it.
Kreska was trying not to verbalize her irritation with the voice in her ear, crossing her arms in an expression undeniably petulant. Fate was significantly overestimating the amount of power she held in this situation. Which was, she supposed, better than the alternative. Nonetheless: irritating.
But then there was the noise.
Kreska and Grilka both looked upward, then at each other – though with very different intentions. Grilka moved upward, closer to Kreska before rising up enough to investigate the ceiling. Kreska pointedly refused to look intimidated. Her leg was still trapped.
"And what is this?" Grilka asked, looking down at her.
Goddammit. "Someone doing me a favor."
Grilka did not call her on the lie, this time. "Hm." Ey pointed one talon at her, then a second to Sascha, and finally a third to the hole in the ceiling in the process of repair. "Three favors you owe me, then?" ey asked. Ey watched her to see if she'd change her mind, disavow all responsibility.
"… yeah." Kreska huffed. "Sure."
"Hmm." Ey moved lower, and with one swift motion snatched away her earpiece.
"Hey!"
Ey ignored her complaint, eyes skimming the floor until ey found her tablet. Tentacles unwound from eir tail to collect it, lifting it to one of eir hands. Earpiece in one hand and tablet in another, yet another hand tapped a red gem on eir necklace to activate a holographic display. Geometric shapes with no apparent rhyme or reason, but ey manipulated them with purpose, twisting and tapping and turning and discarding them.
The digital equivalent of a knock on Fate's walls, slender alien snippets of code that could not quite break through – but they did try. Doing considerable damage, in the meantime, corrupting data as a natural consequence of converting it to something readable by eir hardware.
There were ways to get around that, if ey was trying to be sneaky, but this time ey didn't mind leaving a trail.
Ey clicked eir teeth in irritation as ey gave up on that line of inquiry, tossing the earpiece back to Kreska but holding on to the tablet. As ey deactivated eir display, slitted pupils once again fixed on Sascha. Almost certainly related. A much easier line of inquiry to pursue.
Grilka descended on her with the speed of a strike, face brought close to hers as talons framed her face to hold her still and get a better look at her. "Careful," ey warned. "I'd hate to scratch you." Tongues nearly brushed her face as they darted at her. "Introduce yourself."
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