(3:07:30 AM) Earthflame: It's the day after the incident at the prison, and Ivory has found herself back in Kervras... And someone is following her. It wasn't sure at first, a prickling at her neck of someone watching her... But now she's sure. A woman with long, dark hair, sunglasses and a drab suit is tailing her. She isn't bad, doing a decent job of not being obvious... But Enforcer training includes dealing with
(3:07:30 AM) Earthflame: tails.
(3:08:16 AM) ***Ivory frowns...and quietly leads her on a bit of a path, making sure that she's being followed...traveling a few less traveled paths...
(3:08:49 AM) Earthflame: She keeps up with Ivory... It doesn't seem like she realises she's been made...
(3:10:31 AM) ***Ivory idly wanders into an alleyway...and vanishes into the shadows. Time to slip behind her pursuer.
(3:11:06 AM) Earthflame: The woman walks in... And then pauses, blinking around. "Damnit, where'd she go?" The voice is faintly familiar, although masked behind an accent... She takes a few quickened steps, looking around for her...
(3:13:59 AM) ***Ivory appears behind her. "Who would you be looking for?~"
(3:15:13 AM) Earthflame: She yelps and spins around... But rather than running, she sighs in relief. "Ivory! I'm so glad, I thought I'd lost you. Uh-" She pauses, and reaches up to tug off the wig, revealing short blonde hair and blue eyes... Pinijenn is apparently not bad with disguises.
(3:17:18 AM) Ivory: "And why were you following me?~" She smiles, clearly amused.
(3:18:10 AM) Earthflame: "I wanted to talk where we'd not be overheard... And... I kinda wanted to see how well I'd do... I mean, up against an actual Enforcer..."
(3:22:05 AM) Ivory: "Provisional...but yes." She nods. "The disguise is good but you need to predict my movements more. You're directly following, when a few times you could have taken another path and still shadowed me." She smiles.
(3:22:07 AM) Ivory:  "Like with this alleyway, you could have cut through those shops. I'd have not seen you going down the alleyway but there isn't anywhere I could go that couldn't be seen from the other side."
(3:23:14 AM) Earthflame: "...Right." She looks a bit crestfallen, but nods. "That makes a lot of sense... I mean, we're not exactly Trained to do this... I'm just trying to learn, because..." She glances at Ivory. "...She didn't tell me everything, but Saezhi told me something was going on... And I wanted to talk to her but she said it wasn't safe, so I thought I'd talk to you... I think I can help!" She sounds... Very
(3:23:14 AM) Earthflame: excited.
(3:24:42 AM) Ivory: "Oh, yes?~" She steps a bit further into the alleyway to make sure they are both out of sight.
(3:26:49 AM) Earthflame: She nods, and starts to babble... The girl has been doing work. She noticed some of the odd financial stuff in the Archerien and has been trying to investigate, by... Keeping tabs on Enforcers Simca and Trabant, as well as Wallace and the Hyperionites. She's got lots of observations, little pieces here and there, but... For all the effort it must have cost her, her investigation has one
(3:26:49 AM) Earthflame: fundamental flaw- She never even suspected her own people might be involved. The naivete of an amateur.
(3:27:32 AM) ***Ivory nods. "Interesting...how much has Saezhi told you?"
(3:28:57 AM) Earthflame: "Nothing, yet... Like I said, she couldn't talk safely then..."
(3:29:45 AM) Ivory: "Alright." Ivory gives a warm smile. "I can't say anything in public but...I'll organise a place we can talk, alright?"
(3:30:28 AM) Earthflame: "Sure! That's great!" She bobs up and down excitedly.
(3:31:10 AM) ***Ivory smiles. She HAS worked out a talking place for Saezhi and her before...
(3:32:25 AM) Earthflame: "It's... It's really nice to be working with an actual Enforcer."
(3:33:11 AM) Ivory: "Well, you're more enthusiastic about it than most are. Most people don't particularly like me here~"
(3:35:44 AM) Earthflame: She blushes. "...I grew up watching TV dramas about Enforcers. I.... Kinda always wanted to be one. But I didn't get in, so I joined the Archerien instead. Which is still great!" She adds the last bit a second later, trying not to put down her current position Too much.
(3:36:52 AM) Ivory: "...what happened to not allow you in?"
(3:38:54 AM) Earthflame: "I just got rejected... Alier sponsored my application, one of the few nice things she's ever done for me... But I just wasn't good enough. My weak magic probably didn't help."
(3:41:33 AM) Ivory: "...weak magic shouldn't be a major factor."
(3:42:00 AM) Earthflame: "It's what stopped me being an air mage." She shrugs. "It was years ago, now... I'm over it."
(3:42:06 AM) Earthflame: Ivory can tell she's not Completely over it.
(3:43:58 AM) ***Ivory frowns...and reaches out, putting a hand on her shoulder. "If it helps, I made it to enforcer...and I can't fly at all. Not even in a helicoptor. I'll look into your application, see what could help a future one~"
(3:44:37 AM) Earthflame: "...I mean, it's quite late. If I've started with the Archerien... And, I mean... We're already short staffed as it is..." It's clear she's tempted, though...
(3:46:37 AM) Ivory: "Still, it couldn't hurt to know the reason~"
(3:48:08 AM) Earthflame: "Well... If you could find out, it'd be nice to know... I did wonder if Alier kept it from me, to try and spare me..."
(3:49:15 AM) ***Ivory gives her shoulder a squeeze. "I'll find out...and organize a private meeting to talk about important things, alright?"
(3:49:49 AM) Earthflame: "Sure... Thanks, Ivory." She nods again. "It's nice getting to work with an Actual Enforcer... I was so disappointed with the other two, when I met them..."
(3:50:14 AM) Ivory: "Were they asleep or eating at the time?" She chuckles
(3:50:27 AM) Earthflame: "...Yeah."
(3:50:47 AM) Ivory: "That sounds like them." She nods.
(3:53:58 AM) ***Ivory organises the planned meeting with Saezhi and Pinijenn...and starts going through the enforcer records of the application. The enforcers take endless notes, there wouldn't be a rejection without a stated reason...
(3:58:03 AM) Earthflame: ...And she finds no evidence the application ever existed.
(3:59:13 AM) ***Ivory frowns. That...can't be right. There should have been something, you can't just make a file vanish like that. She searches from the reccomendation...that would have been important to record. Or anything from the woman in question.
(4:01:26 AM) Earthflame: As far as Ivory can tell, Alier never recommended anyone for the Enforcers.
(4:02:29 AM) Ivory: ...has Alier written ANYTHING to the enforcers?
(4:02:47 AM) Earthflame: ...Apart from bills, nothing Ivory can tell.
(4:03:12 AM) Earthflame: A few angry and demanding letters on keeping custody of Mearan Alesbury...
(4:03:51 AM) ***Ivory checks for any other requests to join the enforcers from more or less anyone on this planet.
(4:05:02 AM) Earthflame: There are a couple, some even successful... But they were all made independently. Alier's never recommended anyone, even stating in responses to questions about talented students at the academy that she didn't consider any to be suitable.
(4:07:50 AM) Ivory: ...well, lovely. Ivory puts the results of these searches in a file. She wants to have proof that she looked and found nothing...along with Alier's comments when asked. Saezhi...might not like hearing about this.
(3:26:58 AM) Earthflame: Once a limited series of events, Hyperion's parties have apparently been Very popular... A breath of fresh air on the old world. It's why the disused warehouse is looking less and less like that and more and more like a club themed on a disused warehouse, with structural reinforcements, improvements and permanent fixtures being added...
(3:27:49 AM) ***Ivory is not remotely surprised. That likely got Aphrodite nearly as excited as the outfits.
(3:29:21 AM) Earthflame: More permanent staff, too, which is likely a nice little extra for local employment statistics... She notices two faintly familiar young men, guys she remembers seeing outside the closed gift shop near the Maze of the Mind, and the ruined Visitors Center near the Endless Caves. Well, at least they've found some work, even if it's only part time....
(3:35:30 AM) ***Ivory checks her schedule...how long until she meets someone. Likely Aphrodite first...
(3:38:24 AM) Earthflame: ...The temporary trailer around the back has been replaced with a full sized administrative annex. Storage cupboards, a small office, a locked room with scan-blocking material in the walls... And of course, Aphrodite's wardrobe, the grinning woman opening the door and gesturing to Ivory. "Oh, I'm So glad you came back~"
(3:39:09 AM) Ivory: "You make that sound very worrying." Says the enforcer in simple jeans and a t-shirt right now. She smiles though.
(3:39:52 AM) Earthflame: "I don't know what you mean~" She laughs, extending a hand to Ivory. "So... What are you feeling, this evening? Starting to develop your own tastes?~"
(3:40:33 AM) Ivory: "I couldn't possibly be as tasteless as you in outfit choices." Her smile turns a bit teasing.
(3:40:53 AM) Earthflame: "...Ohh, you're in That kind of mood, are you?~" Her eyes gleam..
(3:41:56 AM) Ivory: "And what kind of mood would that be?~"
(3:43:11 AM) Earthflame: "The kind where you push me... Just to see what would happen...~"
(3:44:13 AM) Ivory: "I'll admit, I'm a little curious...and saezhi is visiting and I'll admit, putting her off balance would be fun after how she treated us when we first met."
(3:45:44 AM) Earthflame: "...Ohh~" Aphrodite grins. "Well... We'll have to see what I can do~"
(3:50:37 AM) Ivory: "It will take more than that to scare an enforcer."
(3:54:49 AM) Earthflame: What she ends up in is... Well.. Aphrodite. Her hair styled in formal Hyperionese curls, her top half covered by a 'toga' of a clinging black material that barely feels like wearing anything at all, only hanging an inch or so down her thighs.... And then absolutely nothing but long, pale leg, all the way down to a pair of heels that push even Ivory's exceptional balance to its limit... Did she
(3:54:49 AM) Earthflame: take 'off balance' literally?
(3:55:50 AM) ***Ivory is...a bit shocked by this but keeps her face straight. "I suppose it will do~" she teases.
(3:56:24 AM) Earthflame: "Ohh?~" Aphrodite grins. "Are you saying I need to go further, next time?~"
(3:57:37 AM) ***Ivory rolls her eyes at the hyperion woman. "I don't really plan to dress how you did last time."
(3:59:57 AM) Earthflame: "Are you sure? You'd look good in it~"
(4:00:06 AM) Earthflame: "I do still have that droneswarm available~"
(4:01:12 AM) Ivory: "I'll pass...for one, I can't take a droneswarm with me when I step through the shadows."
(4:01:52 AM) Earthflame: "...I'll work on that~" Aphrodite grins, giving Ivory a hug and laughing. "You look wonderful, dear~" Aphrodite did her makeup, too... Making her look dark and austere.
(4:02:28 AM) ***Ivory chuckles. "Thank you. I'll assume you're an expert and not just some made cloth conservation fanatic~"
(4:03:14 AM) Earthflame: She rolls her eyes, giving Ivory a pat on the rear before turning away. "Hurry along now dear... I believe you have a date~"
(4:04:55 AM) Ivory: "That's one way of putting it." She smirks...and, just to mess with Aphrodite, blows her a kiss and walks off with a sway in her hips...
(4:06:22 AM) Earthflame: She doesn't need to look back to know Aphrodite is watching her with a broad smile... And then it's across the way and into the warehouse, where the music is pumping in between those odd zones of deadened sounds... Aphrodite recommended a particularly strong one they could use for their meeting.
(4:08:30 AM) ***Ivory watching and listening as she joins the crowd, waiting for a sign the others have arrived...
(4:10:07 AM) Earthflame: She sees Pini first, the tiny blonde wearing... Red Neon. That's it. Thick neon tubes wrap around her body, enough for a pretense of modesty... But only a pretense. That girl would make Aphrodite blush.
(4:10:40 AM) ***Ivory makes a note to shove the two of them at each other to talk fashion some time.
(4:15:27 AM) ***Ivory gives her a wave
(4:19:39 AM) Earthflame: ...She must have dressed Saezhi, too. A high, tight collar of black latex flows down over her chest, ending just beneath her breasts, going all the way down both arms with only the fingers free from the gloves. Between there and her waist, there's nothing.... But similarly styled leggings, sitting extremely low on her hips, make up the bottom end, descending into a pair of rather tall heels
(4:19:39 AM) Earthflame: that seem to be part of the garment. The large, completely uncovered gap shows off a lot of impressive musculature... Ivory sees Saezhi stare daggers at a giggling Pini.
(4:21:29 AM) ***Ivory grins at both of them, giving a wave and a gesture to the deadened sound area...
(4:22:30 AM) Earthflame: "Hi Ivory~" Pini grins, giving her a side-hug as they bump into each other, Saezhi blushing just a bit. "Hello..." The usually composed girl seems Very out of her element...
(4:23:26 AM) ***Ivory decides to mess with them a bit and the normally reserved enforcer gives them both a hug. "Great to see you~"
(4:25:44 AM) Earthflame: Pini giggles and hugs close- How much has she already had to drink?- while Saezhi freeze for a moment before hugs back, blushing. "Yeah... I guess I couldn't avoid it forever..." Pini grins. "Oh, come on, it's gonna be great~!"
(4:26:35 AM) Ivory: "So, do you want to discuss things before or after we provide some cover for the talk?"
(4:28:17 AM) Earthflame: Saezhi ponders a moment- And Pini cuts in. "After! Fun first~"
(4:28:39 AM) ***Ivory nods. "Sounds good...I don't think there will be much mood afterwards."
(4:35:04 AM) Earthflame: Pini throws herself into it... And after a drink and the first round of dancing, Saezhi actually seems to be getting a feel for it... Something's taking her out of it, though. Moments here and there where she suddenly tenses up, at one point leaving a dance floor for one of the quiet zones...
(4:36:36 AM) ***Ivory keeping up the dancing along with the pair...though she does follow Saezhi when she leaves for a quiet zone. "Are you alright?"
(4:37:53 AM) Earthflame: "Fine." She answers a bit too quickly, shaking her head. "I just... Haven't done anything like this in a long time..."
(4:38:51 AM) ***Ivory frowns...and puts a hand on her shoulder.
(4:39:13 AM) Earthflame: She sighs, leaning into it a bit. "...Not since the last Tenvalanv."
(4:39:46 AM) Ivory: "I'm sorry." She sighs.
(4:46:38 AM) Earthflame: "I'm fine." She doesn't sound fine. "Just realising that I... Never really processed it.... I just started working and didn't stop."
(4:47:45 AM) Ivory: "I did tell you something like that." However, she does pull the girl into a one-armed hug.
(4:48:36 AM) Earthflame: "...There's a difference between being told it and realising it." She leans into it more, closing her eyes. "...Thanks."
(4:49:00 AM) Ivory: "What are friends for?" She chuckles.
(4:49:55 AM) Earthflame: ...Her expression turns dark for a moment, and she shakes her head, trying a weak smile.
(4:50:32 AM) Ivory: "Bad wording?"
(4:51:08 AM) Earthflame: "...Not all friends live up to your hopes."
(4:51:34 AM) Ivory: "Sorry." She shakes her head.
(4:56:12 AM) Earthflame: "You've got nothing to be sorry for, Ivory..." She stretches. "...Let's have another drink so I can try to forget this ridiculous outfit..."
(4:56:36 AM) Ivory: "If it helps, you look good in it." She leads on towards the bar.
(4:57:51 AM) Earthflame: Blushing a bit at that. "Thanks... You too..."
(4:58:10 AM) Ivory: "I think I only barely count as in this one."
(5:02:02 AM) Earthflame: "...Aphrodite dressed you?" she shakes her head. "I'm not sure whether she's better or worse than Pini, I mean..." She gestures at herself. "Who'd even think up something like this?"
(5:03:11 AM) Ivory: "I've seen a few places like it...but not many. Mostly on Mid-Childa."
(5:04:08 AM) Earthflame: "And people say Belkans are decadent..." She shakes her head.
(5:04:36 AM) Ivory: "...and they're not?~" She smirks
(5:04:55 AM) Earthflame: "...Not All of us are. Some of us have jobs."
(5:07:04 AM) Ivory: "Maybe you need more decadence. You've got too much job."
(5:07:56 AM) Earthflame: "I'm trying, but..." She shakes her head. "There's so much.... And I've not been sleeping well, lately. I'll wake up face down on my desk in the middle of the afternoon..."
(5:09:40 AM) Ivory: "...I'll see what I can do to help cut down your paperwork. Enforcers know a lot of red tape tricks."
(5:10:40 AM) Earthflame: "I'm getting a lot of help, but it just... Never seems like enough." she shakes her head. "No annoying work stuff. I'm here to try to have a bit of fun... And I have to admit it's kinda working."
(5:11:37 AM) Ivory: "Good, we've got important things to talk about later...but for now, fun."
(5:43:09 AM) Earthflame: Another drink, and back to the dance floor... Ivory getting a lot of curious looks, partying with Saezhi... People whispering that she'd been seen sneaking off with the Rouanez not long ago... Speculating if she has a thing for Belkan heiresses~
(5:44:23 AM) ***Ivory rolls her eyes and ignoring it. She's not going to worry about it.
(5:45:21 AM) Earthflame: It's surprisingly tiring work, Pini leaning on Saezhi, although grinning like an idiot, when they finally peel off into the deadened area... Like one of many groups of people taking time to cool off...
(5:46:05 AM) ***Ivory smiles at them. "Have fun?"
(5:46:32 AM) Earthflame: "Hell... Yeah~" Pini sighs happily, while Saezhi smiles softly. "...More than I expected."
(5:46:56 AM) Ivory: "I'm glad...as I'm afraid the next part won't be much fun."
(5:49:45 AM) Earthflame: Saezhi nods. "Let's hear it."
(5:52:13 AM) Ivory: "...your application to join the enforcers Pini? It never reached us."
(5:53:04 AM) Earthflame: She pauses, raising a hand, mouth opening, and then closing again... Taking a breath before trying to speak. "W-what?"
(5:53:54 AM) Ivory: "We never recieved it...in fact, we've never recieved any that didn't come independently, without the government remaining completely uninvolved."
(5:55:32 AM) Earthflame: Pini just... Freezes up. Her usual vibrant movements going completely dead, as she stares into nothing. Saezhi just looks shocked. "But... How is that possible? Mom told me she put it through personally..."
(5:56:32 AM) Ivory: "We have mentions from your mother...but not for Pini. Only for when we, specificially, asked about someone." She frowns. "She always reccomended not."
(5:58:40 AM) Earthflame: ...What follows proves just how good the noise cancelling is, nobody outside the three seeming to react. It's surprising a woman that small can *make* that much noise, as well as showing an excellent vocabulary for curses. "-LYING TREACHEROUS BACKSTABBING BITCH." She stops, not because she's ran out of anger or material, but because she's out of breath. Saezhi just looks stunned, struggling to
(5:58:40 AM) Earthflame: wrap her head around it. "But... She Told me... Why would she lie?"
(5:59:50 AM) Ivory: "...I can't say for certain, but I have a theory. If you are alright with me saying it?"
(6:00:08 AM) Earthflame: Saezhi nods, tight lipped, Pini still breathing hard, not able to speak yeat.
(6:00:11 AM) Earthflame: *yet
(6:02:39 AM) Ivory: "Pini is skilled and she's smart...with a reccomendation, I'm pretty sure she would have been accepted." Ivory frowns. "And that would have deprived the local forces of a valuable member."
(6:03:05 AM) Earthflame: Saezhi's shoulders fall, and she shakes her head. "...Yeah. That sounds like mum..."
(6:03:37 AM) Earthflame: Pini stands back up... No longer looking angry... Just looking sad, as tears start to bead at the corners of her eyes. "I trusted her... She Promised..."
(6:04:40 AM) ***Ivory pauses...and wraps her arms around Pini. "I'm so sorry...I wish I'd had better news for you."
(6:05:52 AM) Earthflame: Saezhi steps in, hugging the smaller girl too... She can't actually reach either shoulder to cry on, but she just cries anyway. Saezhi speaks softly. "I... I knew she would do a lot, for Maeziou... I never thought she'd lie to me, to my friends..."
(6:08:25 AM) Ivory: "I really wish I had better news...for either of you. I brought copies of the search data...if you wanted some evidence." She sighs. "I was a bit afraid you'd tell me to take a hike after I told you that."
(6:10:02 AM) Earthflame: "...I know you well enough, Ivory, to know you wouldn't make this kind of claim over nothing... I'll look over the evidence myself, but..." She sighs. "...I wanted to believe she wouldn't go that far. I Did believe it."
(6:12:18 AM) Ivory: "And I'll admit, I'm not sure how much further she'd go. I won't say she's part of any conspiricy...but I'll admit, I could very much see her being willing to double charge the TSAB for a lot of things."
(6:13:06 AM) Earthflame: The breath catches in Saezhi's throat... But she nods, with a grimace. "...She's got the power to do it. She personally handles most of our negotiations with the TSAB..."
(6:13:36 AM) Earthflame: "And..." She gives Ivory a sideways glance. "I'm not... Entirely innocent in that regard..."
(6:14:43 AM) Ivory: "...yes?"
(6:14:53 AM) Earthflame: "...Have you seen Pini's big chopper?"
(6:15:12 AM) ***Ivory nods quietly
(6:16:07 AM) Earthflame: Pini blinks up from her tears. "Wait... What about my bird?" Saezhi bites her lip. "...the TSAB was selling off a lot of older models. My mom somehow managed to get us assigned one, and... Told me to keep it grounded... But always report a number of flying hours... And an invoice for fuel and maintenance costs."
(6:16:40 AM) ***Ivory drops her face into her hands.
(6:17:51 AM) Earthflame: Pini stares up at Saezhi in shock. "But... But you." Saezhi winces. "I'm sorry, Pini. Mum said..." She pauses and sighs. "...She said a lot of things."
(6:18:55 AM) Ivory: "...is there anything else you've been doing?"
(6:19:48 AM) Earthflame: "...Everything she told me. Which was everything we could do that was technically legal... More or less... We've been strapped for cash for... Well. Forever." She bites her lip. "...We needed everything we could get."
(6:20:45 AM) Ivory: "How much is there?"
(6:21:13 AM) Earthflame: "...Just the stuff I know about adds up to about three times our official budget."
(6:22:25 AM) ***Ivory winces
(6:22:58 AM) Earthflame: "...It's not That much, in the grand scheme of things..." Saezhi says, her heart not exactly in it... Like repeating what she's been told as reassurance, that they were doing the right thing...
(6:25:28 AM) Ivory: "Three times the budget? I guess it wouldn't be too much of a stretch to say I'm just short of twenty one feet tall." Ivory sounds a bit grumpy.
(6:27:13 AM) Earthflame: "...It was necessary. When our latest review came up, mom presented an... Idealised account of the Archerien's capabilities..." She looks away. "...It was necessary, to maintain our independence... Then we needed to find ways to pay for the stuff we were claiming we were capable of..."
(6:29:05 AM) Ivory: "...you know what? I came here thinking that I was going to make you angry and I was feeling miserable over that fact but...I guess I put too much stock in Belkan honor." She sounds angry...but also hurt.
(6:29:41 AM) Earthflame: Saezhi recoils as if struck, stepping back a bit. "I... I trusted her. She told me it was the right thing to do. We didn't Hurt anybody..."
(6:33:51 AM) Ivory: "No, you just were claiming to be the police here while engaged in fraud, embezzlement, and money laundering. Saint dammit...I thought that you were so overworked you didn't know anything about what I've been investigating!"
(6:36:57 AM) Earthflame: "I didn't! I mean... I didn't think this was involved!" She straightens up a bit, starting to get louder. "I didn't have the luxury of taking it easy! If we didn't do this, we'd have lost everything! We had to do everything we could... To get through this... To stay independent Maeziou, and not just another TSAB puppet!" She falters a bit. "...I just thought it was to make ends meet. That we'd
(6:36:57 AM) Earthflame: keep ourselves going until we were making money again, and then... We'd pay it back..." Even she seems to know that last part is weak.
(6:37:53 AM) Ivory: "How? Just leaving big bags on money with 'Stolen TSAB money' written on them?"
(6:39:07 AM) Earthflame: "...She said she had a plan..."
(6:40:38 AM) Ivory: "...Plina would have been accepted as an enforcer...but I'm not sure you had the honor or sense of justice to manage it if you'd ever tried."
(6:41:30 AM) Ivory: *Pini
(6:42:42 AM) Earthflame: Saezhi just stares, gritting her teeth.... And then blinks in surprise at the thudding of feet that fades quickly... Pini, tears streaming down her face, just running away. Saezhi glances between her and Ivory, looking completely lost... Pride and shame warring inside her, the necessity of what she did despite knowing it was wrong....
(6:43:06 AM) Ivory: "...oh saint..."
(6:45:01 AM) Earthflame: ...Saezhi's voice is quiet, when she speaks, but there's a soft menace to it. A bite, a vitriol that wasn't there before. "...What would You know about Any of this, Ivory? About Family, about Responsibility, about Loyalty... You act all high and mighty, but you came from Nothing... You have no Idea what I've been through, what we've had to do... What this has cost us..."
(6:47:55 AM) Ivory: "Yes...I have come from nothing. Which means every single thing I achieved, I earned." Her own voice is acidic. "I didn't hide it behind lies to myself that I was doing it for my family. I didn't cheat people. I had nothing, so I needed to work to get it. Screw nobility. Simply by having family at all you had more than I ever had."
(6:49:15 AM) Earthflame: Her face twists, controrts, words forming and then not being spoken... Finally just turning and storming off.
(6:49:46 AM) ***Ivory turns and stomps off herself.