"You what?!" Emma yelped at nowhere near an appropriate indoor voice, half-standing in shock. She immediately thumped back down, glancing around and looking abashed, cheeks tinting slightly pink. "You what?" she hissed a much more reasonable volume. "Why the f... Who th... You..."
She stopped, rubbing her face. "Why in god's name did you drag me into this fucking m--" She stopped again, just as abruptly, as the wheels in her head spun to catch up with the shock he'd delivered her.
"Because you're blackmailing them, and I was there," she said slowly, voice for his ears alone. "I saw you, and we work together. I could have ID'd you, or worse, I could have been a dumbass that would have left a trail right to me, and then sold you out for leniency once I realized they wanted someone blackmailing them and not me. You had to make sure we were in the same boat, and also that I wasn't a complete idiot." She rubbed her face. "Which is... warranted. Clearly."
She sat back in her chair, sighing the sigh of the perpetually exhausted. "Fuck. Goddamnit. Fuck." She didn't appreciate this one bit, but she couldn't really fault his logic. She would have done the exact same thing if she was in his shoes. That didn't mean she liked it, but at least it meant he wasn't an idiot. She eyed him sourly. "I'm still upset," she informed him, despite the fact she sounded and looked considerably more resigned than upset. "...Glad to know I'm not the reason they found out, though," she admitted grumpily.
"Alright. Okay." She straightened in her seat. "You're blackmailing them. I don't expect you to tell me the why, although I'm real fucking curious, I'll admit. I'm assuming you've done this before? Please say yes. So the weak leak is arguably me. Or us, anyway. The concept of us as a thing that exists in the eyes of our bosses. Regardless of whether or not we had anything to do with each other, they sure think we do now, which means denying it more it will just dig me deeper into this pit." She sighed. "So we should... work on a story? Make sure we're on the same page? Then I sit back, let you do your thing, and neither of us face any consequences for the super illegal thing we both did."
She stopped, rubbing her face. "Why in god's name did you drag me into this fucking m--" She stopped again, just as abruptly, as the wheels in her head spun to catch up with the shock he'd delivered her.
"Because you're blackmailing them, and I was there," she said slowly, voice for his ears alone. "I saw you, and we work together. I could have ID'd you, or worse, I could have been a dumbass that would have left a trail right to me, and then sold you out for leniency once I realized they wanted someone blackmailing them and not me. You had to make sure we were in the same boat, and also that I wasn't a complete idiot." She rubbed her face. "Which is... warranted. Clearly."
She sat back in her chair, sighing the sigh of the perpetually exhausted. "Fuck. Goddamnit. Fuck." She didn't appreciate this one bit, but she couldn't really fault his logic. She would have done the exact same thing if she was in his shoes. That didn't mean she liked it, but at least it meant he wasn't an idiot. She eyed him sourly. "I'm still upset," she informed him, despite the fact she sounded and looked considerably more resigned than upset. "...Glad to know I'm not the reason they found out, though," she admitted grumpily.
"Alright. Okay." She straightened in her seat. "You're blackmailing them. I don't expect you to tell me the why, although I'm real fucking curious, I'll admit. I'm assuming you've done this before? Please say yes. So the weak leak is arguably me. Or us, anyway. The concept of us as a thing that exists in the eyes of our bosses. Regardless of whether or not we had anything to do with each other, they sure think we do now, which means denying it more it will just dig me deeper into this pit." She sighed. "So we should... work on a story? Make sure we're on the same page? Then I sit back, let you do your thing, and neither of us face any consequences for the super illegal thing we both did."
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Security Breach [Closed] - by SolitareLee - 05-13-2017, 04:50 PM
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RE: Security Breach [Closed] - by megs - 05-15-2017, 10:15 PM
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RE: Security Breach [Closed] - by saronym - 05-16-2017, 10:11 PM
RE: Security Breach [Closed] - by megs - 05-16-2017, 10:35 PM
RE: Security Breach [Closed] - by SolitareLee - 05-17-2017, 02:18 AM
RE: Security Breach [Closed] - by saronym - 05-18-2017, 01:30 AM
RE: Security Breach [Closed] - by megs - 05-18-2017, 10:47 AM
RE: Security Breach [Closed] - by SolitareLee - 05-18-2017, 12:15 PM
RE: Security Breach [Closed] - by saronym - 05-22-2017, 07:02 PM
RE: Security Breach [Closed] - by megs - 05-22-2017, 07:31 PM
RE: Security Breach [Closed] - by SolitareLee - 05-22-2017, 08:08 PM
RE: Security Breach [Closed] - by saronym - 05-23-2017, 09:33 PM
RE: Security Breach [Closed] - by megs - 05-24-2017, 12:49 PM
RE: Security Breach [Closed] - by SolitareLee - 05-24-2017, 02:03 PM
RE: Security Breach [Closed] - by saronym - 05-27-2017, 06:46 PM
RE: Security Breach [Closed] - by megs - 05-29-2017, 02:38 PM
RE: Security Breach [Closed] - by SolitareLee - 05-30-2017, 09:09 PM
RE: Security Breach [Closed] - by saronym - 06-01-2017, 07:04 PM
RE: Security Breach [Closed] - by SolitareLee - 06-04-2017, 09:24 AM
RE: Security Breach [Closed] - by saronym - 06-11-2017, 09:11 PM
RE: Security Breach [Closed] - by SolitareLee - 06-11-2017, 10:18 PM
RE: Security Breach [Closed] - by saronym - 06-22-2017, 04:51 PM
RE: Security Breach [Closed] - by SolitareLee - 06-22-2017, 05:15 PM
RE: Security Breach [Closed] - by saronym - 06-24-2017, 02:19 AM
RE: Security Breach [Closed] - by SolitareLee - 06-24-2017, 01:04 PM
RE: Security Breach [Closed] - by saronym - 06-25-2017, 06:33 PM
RE: Security Breach [Closed] - by SolitareLee - 06-25-2017, 07:00 PM
RE: Security Breach [Closed] - by saronym - 06-25-2017, 11:09 PM
RE: Security Breach [Closed] - by SolitareLee - 06-25-2017, 11:42 PM
RE: Security Breach [Closed] - by saronym - 06-26-2017, 09:57 PM
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