Jaded Thief

Hey there. My name is Emerald Sustrai. It's nice to meet you, I guess. Just please tell me you're not nearly as annoying as my partner. ~Canon-Divergent Indie Emerald RP Blog. Semi-selective~ ~Please Read the Rules~

[kaleanarratoi]

infinitamcaedes:

“If we wait until Hazel is gone, it’d be easy.  Watts would never take notice of us no matter what we’re doing and Tyrian is too obsessed with his goddess to look away for a moment.  The Grimm are dumb and we could easily hoof it to the coast and find a way back to civilization.”

“But that’s just a theory.”

—♗— ”You’ve thought about this a lot, haven’t you?” She was honestly a little surprised. Given his penchant for genocide, she figured he’d be on board with them as long as it wasn’t him they were killing. Then again, she also knew him to have some form of a heart in there somewhere. “But the second Cinder finds us missing we’ll have every Grimm on Remnant after us. And I don’t know about you, but I can’t kill that many Grimm in one go.”

[infinitamcaedes-blog]

thieving-emerald:

—♗— “Yeah. They don’t care because we’re doing what they want. The second that stops being the case, all bets are  off.” Emerald really didn’t want to see what would happen to the two of them if that….thing decided that she and Mercury were fully expended resources. “You know,” she began after a moment of silence. “There was a time where I was debating on asking you to leave with me. Just-…go.”

Mercury thought for a long time before responding.  His posture was as non-committal as ever, belying no underlying emotion.  His face remained as placid as a pond on a calm winter day.

“You wouldn’t need to ask,” he finally began, “You know I’m all yours.”

[kaleanarratoi]

—♗— Did-... did he just? No, nevermind. She finally stilled her arms, allowing them to fold in front of her chest. “I’d still want to leave, except....” She glanced around, as if afraid of the very shadows in the room. “I don’t think we actually could.”

[infinitamcaedes-blog]

thieving-emerald:

—♗— “Well when you’re dealing with walls that have more ears than you do, you tend to keep unpopular opinions to yourself as much as possible.” She did not want to be on the receiving end of a chat with Watts or Cinder.  And please keep Tyrian 56684189138742687.7 feet away from her at all times please and thank you. The gentle touch from her partner was appreciated, however little it did to ease her nerves. Hands came up to rub at her arms as her eyes closed in an attempt to stifle her growing worry. These were not emotions she needed to be having in this house of all places. And yet it seemed to ooze from the very building. Eugh.

“I don’t think most of the people here care about what we do.  It’s like we’re beneath them.”

Mercury spat the word beneath.

“I’m beginning to think they’re not that dissimilar from the common chaff they claim to be so superior to.  They disgust me for how little they can see it.”

His voice turned to a growl as he vented his frustrations with the leadership of Cinder and her posse.  And that thing that lorded over them all.  It was all disgusting.  And pointless.

[kaleanarratoi]

—♗— “Yeah. They don’t care because we’re doing what they want. The second that stops being the case, all bets are  off.” Emerald really didn’t want to see what would happen to the two of them if that....thing decided that she and Mercury were fully expended resources. “You know,” she began after a moment of silence. “There was a time where I was debating on asking you to leave with me. Just-...go.”

[infinitamcaedes-blog]

thieving-emerald:

—♗— That was putting it mildly. She leaned her head against his hand, looking for any modicum of comfort that she could find in his touch. “I’ve been doubting things since Vale. I knew I was in over my head but this-….” She gestured vaguely around the pair with a sigh. She could find the right words for just how wrong this all felt.

“Is a new low.  I know.  It’s just taken this long for you to admit it.”

Mercury caressed her face with a gentle touch, a far cry from his usual rough and tumble behavior.

[kaleanarratoi]

—♗— “Well when you’re dealing with walls that have more ears than you do, you tend to keep unpopular opinions to yourself as much as possible.” She did not want to be on the receiving end of a chat with Watts or Cinder.  And please keep Tyrian 56684189138742687.7 feet away from her at all times please and thank you. The gentle touch from her partner was appreciated, however little it did to ease her nerves. Hands came up to rub at her arms as her eyes closed in an attempt to stifle her growing worry. These were not emotions she needed to be having in this house of all places. And yet it seemed to ooze from the very building. Eugh.

[infinitamcaedes-blog]

thieving-emerald:

—♗— “I dunno. This place…these people…” She shook her head. “I just feels like we shouldn’t be here.”

“Since when did we care what we should or shouldn’t do?  We shouldn’t have killed Tukson, something I pointed out when you suggested it, but we still did it; and I was right, Cinder was pissed.”

Mercury cupped Emerald’s face with one gloved hand.

“You’re having doubts, then, I take it?”

[kaleanarratoi]

—♗— That was putting it mildly. She leaned her head against his hand, looking for any modicum of comfort that she could find in his touch. “I’ve been doubting things since Vale. I knew I was in over my head but this-....” She gestured vaguely around the pair with a sigh. She could find the right words for just how wrong this all felt.

[kaleanarratoi]

infinitamcaedes:

“I expected my dad to kill me.  This is a step up from that.  Not a huge one, but still a step.”

—♗— “I dunno. This place...these people...” She shook her head. “I just feels like we shouldn’t be here.”

[kaleanarratoi]

—♗— “Ever wonder how we wound up here?”

[infinitamcaedes-blog]

“Nah.”

[kaleanarratoi]

—♗— “What, you expected to wind up working for the Goddess of the Grimm?”

[kaleanarratoi]

—♗— “Ever wonder how we wound up here?”

[bxysxfremnant]

“Cause you told me to.”

[kaleanarratoi]

—♗— “Since when has that ever mattered?”

[bxysxfremnant]

“Oh. You told me to fuck off and I did.”

[kaleanarratoi]

—♗— “I gathered. Why?”

[bxysxfremnant]

“I’m acting weird? How so?”

[kaleanarratoi]

—♗— “Try borderline ignoring me. What did I do?”

[bxysxfremnant]

“Hmm…did you say something?”

[kaleanarratoi]

—♗— “You’ve been acting weird. What gives?”

[kaleanarratoi]

—♗— “You.”

@bxysxfremnant

[basmakimusa-blog]

“Not that I’m sure I should tell you, but, my brother and I are out here looking for our teammate.” She explained, leaning against a nearby wall. “He ran off before the chaos started, after he got accused of murdering our team leader…” She trailed off, green eyes looking over Emerald before narrowing. “You and your friends wouldn’t have had anything to do with that, would you?” It was a small chance but it had happened around the same time as everything else did.

[kaleanarratoi]

—♗— “You know, I’d be offended by that, but given what we’ve done it’s a fairly valid question.” A pause. “So allow me to answer it with one of my own. If the destruction of the Kingdom is what we were after, do you honestly think we’d stop and bother to kill off some random little kid?”

[basmakimusa-blog]

“Well fine, if you feel like cheating.” She scoffed before running straight towards the building. For a moment she ran up the wall before gravity forced her to grab onto the siding of the building and use her muscles to haul herself up through the window. “I don’t mean to brag but I’m kinda a parkour master.” She grinned, brushing imaginary dust off her shoulder.

[kaleanarratoi]

—♗— “Wonderful. That’s all I needed. Another one.” With a harsh sigh, Emerald sat in the window, carmine gaze swaying this way and that. She had to keep an eye out for Mercury. When he showed up, she had a decision to make. Until then... “So what are you doing way the hell out here, anyway?”

[basmakimusa-blog]

“Hmm, a little high. Sure you can get up there without help?” She asked, stringing her bo back into the holder on her back. “If not I’m sure I can throw you a rope or something once I get up there.” She may have sounded cocky but it wasn’t without good reason.

[kaleanarratoi]

—♗— With a silent roll of her eyes, Emerald scanned the area once before making her way to the bottom of the building. Looking around, she spotted a piece of rebar that looked sturdy enough. So she looped her fang around it, and hauled herself to the second floor. Lazy, but effective. She wanted to have strength left to fight if need be.

[basmakimusa-blog]

“I’m a Huntress. I’m not afraid of Grimm.” She narrowed her eyes but then hesitated. “However…you do have a point. Hiding might suit us both at the moment.”

[kaleanarratoi]

—♗— If this bitch wasn’t even slightly afraid, then she was a moron. Despite that, carmine eyes immediately glanced around, looking for a suitable perch. “There.” She motioned to a second story window that was ajar. Emerald knew she could get up to it with little issue. And judging by the hole in the first floor, the second floor was more or less cut off from the ground.