#corleoniszodiacus

[geminope]

[sms][gemini]: how're my two favorite ladies? not missing me too much, i hope.

[Text - Lion-O] Puss in boots! Where’ve you been? 

[Text - Lion-O] We miss you so goddamn much. 

[Text - Lion-O] Half thought you were dead, but then we remembered you probably have at least 3 lives left. 

[cancerouspoison]

It was unexpected, but the more she thought about it the more it did make sense. 

She was a creature of wealth, born and groomed and primped and primed for this sort of affair. She could blend in with the debutantes and heiresses like she belonged because she did belong. She wouldn't call any attention to Lionel while he did his part and she could cause a perfectly adequate distraction with her own brand of havoc. 

The ring on her finger was more than just a gorgeous ruby. 

Her arm was folded around Leo's easily, fitting next to him like she belonged. "Positively lovely," she said airily, looking about. "It's been absolutely ages since I've been to a gala this elegant." 

She wore a red dress, over the shoulder and asymmetrical but simple and her hair was swept up in a french twist, a few choice curls framing her face. 

Leaning more into him, Lailani dropped her voice low so only he could hear it. "Do you see him?" The mark; the one who someone hated enough to hire Leo to kill him. She wasn't in it for the flair, the drama -- but she could appreciate another artist at his work. 

[geminope]

✉✘☠❤♣

Send ✉ for an 2 AM text

[Text - Me-Ouch] Hey kitty kitty, u awake? Papa kicked us out ‘cause we made waffles. Can we crash at ur place? We’ll bring waffles

Send ✘ for an unsent text

[Text - Me-Ouch] Sometimes we wonder if this is really such a good place for us to be, if we really ought to be doing this… do you ever have second thoughts about all of… this?

Send ☠ for a threatening message

[Text - Me-Ouch] Ok, listen up Simba - you fucking breath in Aries’ general direction again and we will make sure every fucking minute of your life from that point on will be living hell. Ask Falcon. We’re fucking champions at that. Don’t fuck with Aries. 

Send ❤ for a lusty/loving/affectionate message

[Text - Me-Ouch] You know, for someone who’s cold and cruel and dead inside you’re pretty fuckin’ soft and fluffy. Don’t worry, we won’t tell anyone your secret <3 Love you Kitty Cat. 

Send ♣ for a drunk message

[Text - Me-Ouch] u  r th fckn hottest old guy weve evrr met. srsly, 16 is th ageof cnsent here so u dtf? 

[geminope]

"Shit." 

"Fuck." 

So maybe they messed up a little. They were kids, though, that was expected. Except... fucking up in this line of work tended to lead to an early death. Sixteen was way, way too early to die. They at least wanted to be legal before they bit it. 

The job they took was intended for Scorpio; they got the message and never relayed it to their red haired teacher -- why bother her with such a silly thing when they could do it? So they gathered their weapons, all blades and knives for Ini and guns and bullets for Gem, and set off.

They realized very, very quickly why it was meant for Scorpio. 

The target was a member of the Red Room, whatever the fuck that was, but he was like, 90 years old. Really, it should have been as easy as going in, unplugging his life support, and bouncing before they were seen. In reality, though it turned into a shit show very, very quickly. 

Apparently the Red Room had great retirement benefits, like swarms of armed guards and dogs that were totally not adorable like Aries. They were really, hilariously, repulsively unprepared for this. 

"We gotta call Scorpio."

"No, no fuck that!" Right now the twins were huddled in a dank little cave, but they could hear those fucking dogs and those Russian soldiers looking for them. "She'll kill us more painfully than they will."

"Then Falcon!" Gem hissed, her hand pressing to her arm. A through-and-through, nothing terribly bad but it hurt like hell and made her voice waver. 

"No, fuck that he'll be on Scor's side!" Ini busied herself by checking Gem's injury over, her own voice faltering. She reached for the phone as Gem pulled it out. "No, they'll both slaughter us!" 

"I know, I know, trust me." She scrolled through the names listed, trying to find one. Cancer wouldn't help them, Libra was out, Taurus was too goddamn scary. Leo. She hit dial and held the phone up to her ear. Ini pressed close so she could hear. 

It rang several times before it was picked up. 

"Hey, kitty cat!" She forced cheer into her voice while trying to remain somewhat quiet, but it sounded more on the manic side than chipper. "Funny thing happened. How, ah.. busy are you right now?" 

[geminope]

[sms][gemini]: neither. [sms][gemini]: it was virgo who mentioned you'd gone missing, but-- [sms][gemini]: i took it upon myself. [sms][gemini]: can i assume that you're alive, well, and still have all your appendages and extremities attached?

Gem raised a brow and nudged Ini with her foot. Her sister groaned and pulled herself up, resting her head heavily on Gem’s shoulder. 

“Whaat?" 

“Blondie is checking up on us.”

“Ohhh, gimme.”

[Text - Me-Ouch] We’re in one piece and doing fantabulous, thank you for being such a sweetie. But please, please, please don’t tell Virgo or Scor you heard from us.

[Text - Me-Ouch] Well, Virg more than Scor, but they’re like super weirdly attached so anything you tell her he’ll know. Their codependency makes us look healthy. 

[Text - Me-Ouch] But don’t tell that asshole anything about us plzkthnx

“You should have ignored him, he probably told them right away.”

“Nah, he didn't. Stop being a pessimist.”

[geminope]

[sms][gemini]: are you doing all right, ladies?

;;

Gem was the one who turned the phone on — Ini could hold a grudge for months, years if Gem let her — and was scrolling through the many missed calls and unanswered texts they had accrued during their little disappearing act. 

One caught her eye and she frowned. “Ini.”

“Mmmwha’zzit?" Ini cracked an eye and looked over, disinterested. 

“Ah -- nothing. Go back to sleep." 

[Text - Me-Ouch] Was it Virgo or Scor who asked you to check up on us?