Post Co-written by Nivosity and Alasund De'astio
???, ???, and Kiriyu Asuki
It was with a mocking smile that she lifted one gloved hand towards the mask, waiting for the man to give it to her. "Ah, but En. You forget. I have no interest in feral mongrels." She flicked the fingers on her other hand in the direction of the Chariot, before turning her attention back to the other.
"It's in your interest to follow the orders given, En. That is all I expect." A small smile flickered behind the covering cloaks as he bent his head in mocking acquiescence.
She shook her head gently. "Ah, but you're completely wrong there. It's in your interest to have the student here in control of the Chariot mask." She stepped forward, and picked up the Chariot mask in one hand, and brought it closer to her body. "Hm. Thinking of it in that direction, I don't see why I should return this."
"Because you were ordered to, perhaps?" The words were a little testy for once, the man ... not annoyed, but certainly displeased. "You should know better than to disobey orders."
She answered the cloaked man with yet another soft laugh. "But this is completely in agreement with my orders. She simply said to aid the Chariot in hunting down the Emperor. But I see no Chariot here - just a cowering child."
"You bend the rules to suit your own narrow version of the world, as always, En." Shaking his head, his mind moving quickly, the man frowned. "What if I gave you ... incentive to change that interpretation of your orders?"
She smiled once, tilting her side to the side slightly. "Now, now, En, this had better be good. I have always wanted to do a little playing around with the wind myself."
"I would think that perhaps... If I offer to aid you, and do nothing to harm your efforts, but only to help them, during the .. ah, crisis, that will soon arise?" He spoke carefully, patiently. "I would even be willing to swear an oath, to such effect."
It was then that she smiled, a certain taunting smile, before tossing the mask up in the air and catching it neatly. "Are your pets really that important to you?" With a slight smirk, she pulled a white ribbon out of the air, and entwined one end of it on her wrist, throwing the other end in the direction of the other man. "You realize that consequences for breaking it, do you?"
"Very clearly." He smiled beneath the coverings. Grabbing the ribbon, he held tightly... as it entwined itself up his arm, and over his torso, the ribbon seeming to stretch as it went. It tied a huge bow before its end fluttered in front of him.
"Thou shalt not lie," she intoned in a monotone. The ribbon gleamed silver now, before the other end of the ribbon made its way into the woman's hands. "Do you swear to aid me, and do nothing to harm my efforts, especially during the," water sloshed over the broken pier, and made her next words hard to decipher, "Should you break your vow, do you realize that this... Kiriyu Asuki will be the one to shoulder the cost?"
"Yes. And thus do I swear." His voice was quiet, calm. Almost too calm. The slight smile was hidden by the folds of his cloak. "For now, and until it is done."
The woman smiled, before with a flick of her wrist, she threw the other end of the ribbon towards the Chariot. The still-silver ribbon tied itself on the wrist of the student before it faded out of sight. Turning back to the man, she tossed the mask towards him, before turning to go. "I'll be counting on your aid, En," she called over her shoulder.
Catching the mask, then passing it to Asuki, he nodded, "Just remember, En. Now I have no way to betray you. I'll be more critical on your mistakes. I can't have you make a mistake now I follow you, can I?" Laughing, the man turned, not even waiting for the other to reply, and began striding back to the cab.
The woman stopped in her tracks, before shooting another comment to the retreating man. "Ah, En, but I would so much more prefer if you would also lose the mentality that you may question me." Then, with that said, she stepped past the wreckage of the pier, "And get someone to fix this mess." Her feathered wings flapped slowly as she lifted from the ground, and started to fly across the river.
"Of course, my lady." Sarcasm tainted the words as the small group of people came in behind, having not been so fast to respond as the cloaked man to the summons. As the police began to move, the workers quickly cleaned the pier, makeshift replacements hiding the carnage that had taken place at this spot...