upthedose:
@novose
Valentine considered herself a rather nocturnal being, mostly because whatever activity she was up to was best conducted under dark lighting and the fewer witnesses people around, the better.
“You’re far too pretty to be lurking around in shady places like this.”
When she spotted a younger girl in one of the ‘dodgier’ parts of the City, her curiosity was peaked and her mood instantly perked up. With a ‘medical waste’ bag in one of her hands and the other placed on her hip as she continued.
“Care to share what you’re doing? I don’t want to have to pry it from you, after all.” a dry laugh followed.
She meant the ‘Pry’ part quite literally.
FROZEN ♡ in her tracks, she pauses for a moment to catch her breath. She didn’t expect that she’d be spotted; surely, that was her mistake, for she dresses nothing like an ordinary citizen, much less one of an underground mob network. She has no other excuse than being overcome with curiosity that got the best of her, but... curiosity really did kill the cat.
At least her demure appearance is a cover that her witness has already bought into. All she has to do is act as if she had no intention of spying, her loitering a complete accident. Right?
♡ “Apologies,” she says, turning to look the girl in the... eye. Her one visible eye. “I am just lost. I was trying to find my way back to--” Ah, what was the less expensive accommodation again? “Hummingbird, but I am still new to the city. I did not think I would be intruding...”