Nix huffed and drummed the tips of her fingers on the table, the sound of her gloves striking heavy wood and crinkled paper the only noise in the dark room. With a sweeping motion, she smoothed over the paper, hands gliding over intricate lines, numbers and frantically scribbled notes. It was a plan, of sorts. Unfinished, unfulfilled and hopelessly futile, at least alone. A frown crept across her features as her eyes darted from point to point, her mind working furiously through the options, the possibilities... and all the ways this daring undertaking could go horribly wrong.
She usually worked alone but even she could recognise that she needed a team.
She patted down her clothing, trying to remember what pocket she'd stored her cell phone in, and started dialling numbers.
"Heey guv, you- ah, right busy huh? Well. Enjoy the festival."
"Kaz! Personal time? Yeah yeah, say hi to the missus for me."
"Mate I- ah, you're already on another job? And you didn't cut me in? As rude as that is, I'll still wish ya the best."
And this continued for quite some time, until she settled on one last number, her final and least desired option. With a sigh, she hit dial and raised her phone to her ear one last time.
"Darlin', look, I know we don't see eye to eye and quite honestly it's a bloody surprise that you actually picked up, but you know I wouldn't bother you from your fancy scientist cover but... well, it's a big deal. One your actual employers might be interested in. Except, well, my usual contacts are busy, something about a goddamn festival goin' on in Aldrect so - as outright insultin' as that is - I need people. That's why I need your help. You got a lot of bloody help when your little mishap caused the skies to go grey."
Nix sharply drew breath, as she let her words sink in, steeling herself for whatever retribution came next but... there was none. Instead, the one on the other indicated for Nix to continue.
"Look. It's... you remember that kerfuffle at the festival last year, right? That big bleedin' lizard? ... Now now, don't you get hysterical, it's not like I'm about to send these guys on any sort of skeevy illegal heist, okay? This is totally above board, very safe. Nothing your boss wouldn't approve of.
All they gotta do is go into the sewers, I nip in and grab the secret sauce that our little dodgy scientist was playing with and then... well, I take it your boss wants this thing locked up?"
There was a noise of affirmation on the phone. Nix sighed and pinched the bridge of her nose. So much for actually profiting off this heist but when you made a deal with this particular benefactor, you never were going to win.
"Alright. You do your thing luvvie, you know where to send 'em."
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You could have been at the festival. You could have been doing the smart thing and enjoying your day. Instead, you were... here, in a dark room, staring at an ancient map, whilst some hooded rogue paced in front of you and eyed off you and other various figures that had been pulled in for the same reasons as you. Maybe you owed someone a favour or money, maybe a shady employer had sent you on a job, maybe you just liked skeevy illegal heists. But you were here, it was dark and this woman in front of you was maybe just scaring you slightly with her coarse mannerisms and blatant disregard for a proper lighting and aesthetics.
"Right. I don't know how you got here, don't want to know. But sunshine, I got two rules if you wanna get paid, okay? A. You work for me, so do what I say to the letter and B, you've never heard of me, alright?" Nix declared, meandering over and placing a finger on the page. "We keep this simple, okay? You breach the sewers here. There's an opening in the wall here, you can't miss it. Follow it down through to this... research facility here." She jabbed a finger at each spot on the blueprints, before resting on a final room. "Then, once you get here, grab whatever's in the containment unit, bring it back to me, and we'll be laughin'. Got it?"
Golden Thread Roleplay Event
Event Guide
- For this event, over the next four weeks you will be given a roleplay prompt that you must respond to.
- If you complete all four weeks, you will be eligible for a special prize.
Rules
- Threads must contain a minimum of 5 posts (7 posts for cooperative roleplays) per week to qualify for a prize.
- All threads for this event must have been started on or after the 29th of May
- You are restricted to one roleplay thread for the entire event.
- Pick your character/s carefully, though there is no limit on characters involved! This is an evolving roleplay prompt.
- Due to these roleplays being Event Roleplays, they cannot be used for Hunts and must have a minimum of 100 words.
- If you fall behind one week, you will not be eligible for that prize. You must also summarize the previous week's prompt in 1-2 posts.
- Please sign up here to participate and roleplay your sign up. You must sign up with the pets you intend to use. Sign ups close at 11:59pm Friday 28th May.
- All threads must be posted in Aldrect.
- Sign ups are important because I will be PMing you a new prompt every Saturday. Please do not start your thread until after you've received your first prompt.
Event Guide
- For this event, over the next four weeks you will be given a roleplay prompt that you must respond to.
- If you complete all four weeks, you will be eligible for a special prize.
Rules
- Threads must contain a minimum of 5 posts (7 posts for cooperative roleplays) per week to qualify for a prize.
- All threads for this event must have been started on or after the 29th of May
- You are restricted to one roleplay thread for the entire event.
- Pick your character/s carefully, though there is no limit on characters involved! This is an evolving roleplay prompt.
- Due to these roleplays being Event Roleplays, they cannot be used for Hunts and must have a minimum of 100 words.
- If you fall behind one week, you will not be eligible for that prize. You must also summarize the previous week's prompt in 1-2 posts.
- Please sign up here to participate and roleplay your sign up. You must sign up with the pets you intend to use. Sign ups close at 11:59pm Friday 28th May.
- All threads must be posted in Aldrect.
- Sign ups are important because I will be PMing you a new prompt every Saturday. Please do not start your thread until after you've received your first prompt.