Androids and Akhmatova

[Kaschei]

Kaschei sees a small insect on his desk. The think was buzzing around earlier. Annoyed, he gets some bug spray and sprays it. When it won't die, he crushes it with a newspaper.

"Now, that's better....where was I?"

[Virgil- The Prophet]

Behind Shard someone speaks in a loud voice: "Billy Badass has a little place in the Burbs?" Virgil, a grin on his lips, much liek Shard's, stands in the center of the street, watching the other man. "Going to ruin some good stories that way."

[Ruth]

"Sanity is overrated."

I am getting ancy. I decide to stand and pace around the room a bit. I can't stand doomsayers. I should just try to do this alone. If he is to scared...

"Listen, if you care so much about your reputation, then by all means, you don't have to come. I wouldn't want to be a part of others thinking poorly of you for trying something that they wouldn't."

[Ezra Weil]

"No, I said I would do this and I will, if nothing more it is a matter of keeping my word."

He looks out at the gloomy city and the fortress like building of the International HQ.

"Erika is in Lady Violet's office most likely. We can at best gather information on how they plan to use her. Now, I am going to go inside the building, and have about a half an hour where I can not be detected. You....well you can wait across the street of the HQ in a cafe and wait for me."

[Shard]

Shard walked under the street light. His eyes were still darkened, but they weren't glowing.
He slowly turned to the man that said something that he wasn't too familiar with. "....No! I don't have any change! Get outta here you lazy bum!" He shouted.

[Ruth]

"What?! You want me to wait across the street? I don't even get to go in? No way! This was my idea in the first place, I am not going to just sit by and sip on an espresso as you get to go in and actually do something!"

I am getting quite worked up, and my voice has raised to a fevered pitch. What in the world? How can he think that I will just wait?

[Kuni]

Kuni decides it's time to go back to the human world, she wanted to get back to the Green Party. Since she was back into her old self, she smiles as she's transported to the human world.

She flys through the forest, and comes to the tree where the Green Party HQ was. She finds no one there.

"Umm..."

(( I think this is right. ))

[Cynthia]

Walking down the streets of St. Petersburg, Cynthia sees if there's anybody wealthy she can pick up. Interestingly enough, they were the ones who were the easiest to manipulate.

[Ezra Weil]

"Yes, I was suggesting that." He turns his lean frame towards the window once again and tries to think of something she can do without getting in his way.

"Maybe you can sit in the lobby then. Have you ever been arested or engaged in rebelious activity? Prior to today of course...."

[Ruth]

"No, I've never been arrested."

I am so ticked off. Wait in the lobby! Wait in the cafe! Why didn't I just wait in Germany?!

[Ezra Weil]

"Well that is somewhat helpful. It is more likely that you can just wait in the lobby un noticed if you are just some obscure Christian. As long as you are quiet and don't start praying or trying to prostheletize people it should be fine." Ezra replies, he starts to walk towards the door.

"We will enter together, though I will be invisible by then. I will simply go upstairs to Violet's office and we can at least find out what they are doing with Zwei. Once I have accomplished this, we will leave the building. In the mean time, as not to look suspicious, you can fill out an application for a janitorial job."

[Ruth]

"Fine."

I am not enthused about this plan. He gets to sneak around the building and I get to fill out paperwork... whoo hoo!

Begrudgingly, I will go.

[Ezra Weil]

"Then that's the plan. Should anything go wrong, well, you should leave as quickly as you can and take a teleportation booth back to Germany. And not that you would, but don't worry about me." He states as he leaves the hotel and leads her towards the international HQ.

[Ruth]

This guy definitly needs to aim at having better people skills... heck! What am I talking about? I have terrible people skills.

We enter the headquarters, although at this point he has disappeared. I feel very alone as I walk through the door, even though I know he is there. I walk up to the front desk and ask if there are any jobs open in the... eh... janitorial department. The woman smiles and hands me a large stack of papers to fill out and directs me to a hard, blue, plastic chair on the other side of the lobby.

Resigned to my duty, I sit and start to fill out the papers. This is so lame.

[Mikhael Nadyezhda (Mischa)]

I claw my way up the tree, and regain my composure. I have no idea how long I've been here, all I know is that I need to leave. I take a deep breath, and go for a long walk. I somehow end up at a teleportation booth, and type in a random number.

I leave, not really knowing where I am. Lighting up a cigarette, I look for the nearest bar. I see one not too far off.

Everyone's speaking in an English accent, which at least gives me more of a hint is to where I am.

I sit down and order a drink.