from @gravedanger: let's just say they might recognize my face. /nikita for emily
"that complicates things." emily scours the room for anything they can use, any excuse they can offer, anything that might effectively conceal the woman's face from the waves of security waiting just outside the door. they only have one exit and one option, and that puts emily and nikita through a wide room lined with marble columns and covered in highly-trained personnel. this isn't an event they can fight their way out of, either. as skilled as they are, there are too many civilians around to risk a gunfight — too many innocent lives in the way that might end up hurt if they draw too much attention.
"how good are your acting skills?" emily doesn't even ask first before he starts messing up nikita's hair. "can you cry on command? cry. i'll throw some water on your face and smear your eyeliner. we're going to have you hide your face in my shoulder and cry like someone just dumped you. be overdramatic. they won't see your face." it's all emily can think of. no wigs, no sunglasses, no extra pieces of clothing to blend in and hide her face. security will know nikita with a single glance. this is their only way. "i'll play the consoling friend. we'll come out of the restroom like you've just been sobbing, and you improv some lines about a cheating ex. sound good?" she locks their eyes and nods, encouraging. "it's the only option we have."















