nothing more than a killer

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Insistence || Ray Wedding || Shay & Thereze || V8 W1 || Friday Evening

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She hummed, looking at Shay with an entertained and somewhat impressed expression. Thereze didn’t doubt it. “I imagine you could give even Jacob a run for his money if it came down to who can read Robert best,” she commented easily. After all, Robert was always a wild card, and yet here he was, getting married. 

She shrugged at Shay, grinning small. The woman was bold. She liked that. “Anytime. If the situation is appealing enough, I’ll likely help you out. For the fun of it.” When she glanced away, again, she saw Jacob by himself. Thereze nodded to Shay. “If you’ll excuse me….It was very enlightening to finally meet you.”

[shaywardley]

Shay smirked at Thereze’s comment. “Oh, I definitely can. Actually, I’m pretty sure I have a couple of times, but–” She shrugged nonchalantly, grinning a little deviously. “I can’t remember and I’m not gonna brag about it…yet.” Shay’s eyes followed her when she noticed Jacob, then nodded back at her. “Of course. And definitely wait to hear from me. My life is far from boring, so I’m sure something will appeal to your interest.”

She smiled again, giving another nod. “Oh, I couldn’t agree more. It was nice to finally meet you.” And also very informative, to say the least. Whatever Robert had said about Thereze before, he was wrong. Or at least he’d been wrong about the bad stuff she remembered him saying.

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Insistence || Ray Wedding || Shay & Thereze || V8 W1 || Friday Evening

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Thereze shrugged with a somewhat admiring look. No, it was always good to make new friends for a rainy day. “I suspect Robert might already have an idea, but then he’s never easy to read and keeps his cards close to the chest, doesn’t he?” She mused lightly.

She considered Shay’s words with a small, almost conspiratorial grin, before pondering the question. What to say? What she actually looked for might not be along the lines of what Shay was thinking, but she was feeling unusually friendly this moment. Thereze pursed her lips. “Small party, but interesting bunch. None outside of the obvious candidates in the wedding party are predictably non-threatening. No weapons, either,” she added with a smirk.

“Three here are likely to be stumbling out if they keep drinking at this rate. But weddings are meant to be enjoyed.” She gestured at Shay then with her own barely touched glass. “Bold choice with the dress. That blue sash. It’s lovely.”

[shaywardley]

“Well, yes he does keep most ideas to himself, but sometimes he’s easy to read.” Shay muttered, leaning in a little closer to whisper at her. “You just have to know what to look for when it comes to Robert. Though sometimes I’m really bad at reading him.” She shrugged nonchalantly, not really concerned with it at the moment. That was something to worry about another day.

As Thereze started listing off all her observations about the wedding crowd, Shay raised an eyebrow, finding herself more and more intrigued. “Hmm…that’s interesting. And thank you, for the dress compliment I mean.” Shay paused a moment, thinking. “I might need you for your ability, can I call you if that happens?” Shay didn’t even bother being sly about it beause what was the point in that?

[therezethecutter]

She hummed, looking at Shay with an entertained and somewhat impressed expression. Thereze didn’t doubt it. “I imagine you could give even Jacob a run for his money if it came down to who can read Robert best,” she commented easily. After all, Robert was always a wild card, and yet here he was, getting married. 

She shrugged at Shay, grinning small. The woman was bold. She liked that. “Anytime. If the situation is appealing enough, I’ll likely help you out. For the fun of it.” When she glanced away, again, she saw Jacob by himself. Thereze nodded to Shay. “If you’ll excuse me....It was very enlightening to finally meet you.”

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Hush Hush || Jenny & Thereze || V8 W3 || Monday Morning

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She smirked again. They both had their advantages; Thereze didn’t foresee them having any problems keeping track of Shelby until they either found something, or caught him in a slip-up. She was personally itching for the later; it would be much more fun. “Perfect plan,” she said almost happily. 

“Trade off every other day?” She proposed to Jenny before standing. Thereze slung her back on her shoulder, shoving her hands into her jacket pockets. “I’ll start now; I may already know where he will be today. No time like the present,” she commented with a bit of a wicked look. This was already more intriguing than any of the freelance stuff of the past month. She thrived on purpose, and this was a good one.

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Jenny nodded in response. “Yeah, every other day sounds good and if we find out something ever more useful and important, we can just call each other.” Then she could get in touch with Micah to keep him in the loop, if he didn’t already know. “And yeah, that sounds good too. That’ll give me time to go talk to my contact about what I’ve learned.”

She smiled one more time and shook Thereze’s hand before scampering off to possibly meet Micah. Or maybe Porter, if Micah wasn’t available, though Jenny was sure he would be after what she’d texted him.

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Hush Hush || Jenny & Thereze || V8 W3 || Monday Morning

[invisichick-blog]

Jenny nodded enthusiastically at Thereze’s words. “Of course, of course. I’m sure we can get someone on that, and if not, I’ll just do it myself. It’ll be especially easy with my ability.” She winked at her with a grin playing across her features. 

At Thereze’s suggestion, Jenny smiled even wider and nodded her head. “If you wanna start keeping an eye on him now, that’d be great. We can trade off until we get some official information on him, which will hopefully be soon and in abundance.” With Micah’s ability and this new lead, Jenny was sure he’d be able to pull up some small detail if not a lot more. Truthfully, Jenny just wanted more to go off of than the few details they had now, which was basically nothing.

[therezethecutter]

She smirked again. They both had their advantages; Thereze didn’t foresee them having any problems keeping track of Shelby until they either found something, or caught him in a slip-up. She was personally itching for the later; it would be much more fun. “Perfect plan,” she said almost happily. 

“Trade off every other day?” She proposed to Jenny before standing. Thereze slung her back on her shoulder, shoving her hands into her jacket pockets. “I’ll start now; I may already know where he will be today. No time like the present,” she commented with a bit of a wicked look. This was already more intriguing than any of the freelance stuff of the past month. She thrived on purpose, and this was a good one.

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Insistence || Ray Wedding || Shay & Thereze || V8 W1 || Friday Evening

[shaywardley]

Shay raised her eyebrows at Thereze’s answer. “I asked mostly out of curiosity, but also in case I wanna ask for help later. One never knows when they might need something.” She winked at her and grinned a bit. “And of course, it’ll be confidential, though I can’t promise that Robert won’t find out in his own ways if he doesn’t already know.”

“As for the jobs, I’m not that surprised, especially when it comes to Albert.” He was a vicious, insane man and probably had her doing tons of awful, dirty work. “And I agree about our interests possibly being aligned, but I guess we’ll find out later how much so.” Shay smiled a bit wider and glanced around the room towards Robert, who seemed to be occupied talking with someone else. 

“Also, you’re ability sounds pretty awesome.” She looked back at Thereze, her eyes twinkling a little bit. “What does it say about me? Or some of the other guests? That’s probably the better question.”

[therezethecutter]

Thereze shrugged with a somewhat admiring look. No, it was always good to make new friends for a rainy day. “I suspect Robert might already have an idea, but then he’s never easy to read and keeps his cards close to the chest, doesn’t he?” She mused lightly.

She considered Shay’s words with a small, almost conspiratorial grin, before pondering the question. What to say? What she actually looked for might not be along the lines of what Shay was thinking, but she was feeling unusually friendly this moment. Thereze pursed her lips. “Small party, but interesting bunch. None outside of the obvious candidates in the wedding party are predictably non-threatening. No weapons, either,” she added with a smirk.

“Three here are likely to be stumbling out if they keep drinking at this rate. But weddings are meant to be enjoyed.” She gestured at Shay then with her own barely touched glass. “Bold choice with the dress. That blue sash. It’s lovely.”

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Hush Hush || Jenny & Thereze || V8 W3 || Monday Morning

[invisichick-blog]

Jenny almost giggled excitedly at Thereze’s remark but held it back. That wasn’t something she really did anyway. “Damn…” The news that they’d found almost the same things was disappointing, to say the least. Jenny was hoping Thereze had found more than her, or at least, something different. However, when the other woman mentioned Senator Shelby, Jenny couldn’t help but get extremely excited.

“REALLY?!” She almost squeaked out the words. “I think that might help us a lot, actually. I have a guy who can probably pull up a lot of information just with that knowledge.” Jenny exclaimed, almost slurring her words together. This was fantastic news and almost had her jumping for joy. But she knew better than to get all flustered too soon. If it turned out o be a bust, they’d be right back at square one with no information.

She handed Thereze the tablet back and pulled out her phone, sending Micah a quick text message. “If we’re really lucky, maybe he’ll also be able to tell us who Charlie is. That would really help a lot and then we could start pinpointing where their location is and who they’re meeting up with.”

[therezethecutter]

Thereze smirked easily again at Jenny’s excitement. Realistically she doubted they were much more than ankle deep in uncovering all they would need to know about this organization before taking it down. But, having someone else seeing promise in a lead too was gratifying.

“Wonderful.” She closed the tablet cover and held it idly on her lap. “If they could, that would be a sort of miracle. But whatever your friend finds, it might be smart to start keeping an eye on the Senator as soon as possible. Maybe catch any odd habits, or places he goes.” Ultimately she didn’t think it would be all that likely that any digital or paper trail would be easily found. 

If he was involved with The Hunters, then he would be like the rest and keep his actions discreet. But that would mean face to face meetings. And she was a good hunter all by herself. She raised an eyebrow and then shrugged at Jenny. “I don’t have anything better to do, while you work with your contacts,” she offered.

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Hush Hush || Jenny & Thereze || V8 W3 || Monday Morning

[invisichick-blog]

After receiving Thereze’s message, they two of them decided to meet in Central Park. Jenny grabbed the few things she’d written down and stuff them in her pocket. Luckily, her shop wasn’t too far from where they were meeting, so it only took her a couple minutes to get there, minus the stop at the waffle stand.

“That–” Jenny muttered, eyeing Thereze out of the corner of her peripheral as a smirk spread across her lips. “–sounds a little dirty. You might want to be more specific next time.” That probably wasn’t the most appropriate thing to say in their meeting, but her head had been in the gutter all morning. “Anyway–”

She pulled out the few pieces of paper and handed them over to Thereze. “There’s not much. I do know that the head’s name is Charlie, but hadn’t gotten their last name yet. Still working on that. And they’ve only used computers or technology once or twice. Everything else seems to be paper, which just makes things harder for us.”

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Thereze smirked wide. “Hm, maybe. Though it is broad daylight, in a park, and your mind that went there,” she pointed out, almost wanting to laugh. In hindsight, Jenny had a point. However, her mind quickly shifted back to business when she spied the papers. She traded the tablet for them, shuffling through the papers as she listened. 

Eventually, Thereze sighed. “I came across almost all of the same things you did, apparently. However they communicate is either through this Charlie or one individual at a time, like a peer to peer system. That’s all that makes sense. But, there was something else,” she nodded at Jenny before looking away. She tucked a strand of hair behind her ear. 

“The timing of this registration introduction seem suspicious to you?...The man spearheading it. Senator Shelby. His bank accounts have deposits suspicious aligned around the dates of the last couple incidents they’ve been exploiting. Granted, they are not his official accounts. The connection was buried well...but maybe you can look into it more than me,” Thereze suggested. She’d exhausted most of her resources already, but with a new place to look, she didn’t know what Jenny still had up her sleeve.

[gadgetdaily-blog]

[indvsalce-deactivated20161211]

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Insistence || Ray Wedding || Shay & Thereze || V8 W1 || Friday Evening

[shaywardley]

Shay snickered back at Thereze, holding back a laugh. She clearly looked surprised, even if i was just a little. “Oh yeah, he has.” When Thereze mentioned Continuance, the look on Shay’s face flickered a little, but then she grinned again. “I’ll take that as a compliment, thanks.” She muttered. “Being a pain in Albert’s side can only be a good thing.” Unless you were on his experiment table, though even seeing the man frustrated from that point of view was a win.

“Anyway, thanks for coming. Maybe I’ll see more of you around after this.” She waggled her brows, a little hopeful of that statement. “By the way, Jacob never told me, what did you do for them? What’s your ability?” 

[therezethecutter]

She and Jacob could talk of it from a distanced perspective now, but doing that with someone else was refreshing too. At least she didn’t appear to have put her foot in her mouth completely. That would’ve been a pain. “Maybe. Our interests are bound to be more aligned,” she replied.

The follow-up was expected then and Thereze smiled easily, a bit entertained then. It had been a while since anyone asked that, and even longer since she felt like answering. “I killed people,” she told Shay easily, then shrugged. “Some recon jobs, then a myriad of similar things for Albert specifically....The ability is harder to explain.” She paused. “Think quantity. Mostly I have intuition for mechanical devices, and observing people. How many are in a crowd, what person looks more inclined to be armed, that sort of thing.”

“I trust this’ll be kept in confidence, of course,” she added. “So, asking for curiosity or a set purpose?” Thereze raised an eyebrow as she asked.

[booksquoteslove]

‘I’m not going to die,’ she said. 'Not till I’ve seen it.’ 'Seen what?’ Her smile widened. 'Everything.’

V.E. Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic (via booksquoteslove)

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Mirrors || Ray Wedding || Meredith & Thereze || V8 W1 || Friday Evening

[illusioncreation]

“Oh, that’s nice,” Meredith said, stepping back from the sink. “I think I may have met him earlier. I have no idea, honestly,” She admitted. She was pretty sure she had said hi to at least the entire wedding party. There were only about fifteen of them max, at any rate.

“Uh, friend of a friend. Though, as it turns out, I met Shay earlier this year at the school… I’m the, uh, librarian there.” She shared. “Didn’t know her by name though. Or that she was getting married… are you close with them, or just Jacob?”

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“If you encountered a social butterfly that attempted terrible jokes with a dry charm, then you’ve met him already,” Thereze shared. The surest clue in this sort of setting. She smirked not unkindly at Meredith, looking more intrigued. “Librarian, that’s a unique connection.”

“Shay and Robert have a way of accidentally pulling people into this world, don’t they,” she commented more to herself as she washed her hands. All she’d heard of Shay, the two were just alike. “No, only Jacob. I am just like you, really; along for the champagne and interesting company.” Thereze dried her hands and smiled as she headed for the door. “Nice to make your acquaintance.”

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Hush Hush || Jenny & Thereze || V8 W3 || Monday Morning

@invisichick

Thereze had spent the better part of a week building a file of her own on the The Hunters. There were quite a few of them at least partially known to the world of criminals but far more rumored about. The tentacles of that organization reached much farther than she expected, leaving her more than a little miffed. She’d underestimated that. One of her few mistakes.

Having gotten in contact with Jenny yesterday and arranging a meeting, she sat now in the quiet patch of Central Park, waiting. Her posture was relaxed but in reality Thereze couldn’t stop scanning people walking past from behind her sunglasses. Continuance employees at least had a look about them. What indications did the Hunters give? 

She was still pondering that when Jenny walked up the path. Thereze gave no indication of recognizing her until Jenny was next to the bench, and then she nodded. “Show me yours, I’ll show you mine?” She pulled out a tablet.

[therezethecutter]

Insistence || Ray Wedding || Shay & Thereze || V8 W1 || Friday Evening

[shaywardley]

Shay turned away from the group of well wishers, a huge grin still planted on her face. Some people were getting drunk already and it was fantastic. She got to see a new side to some of them and laugh at the rest. All in all, it was a spectacular evening and she couldn’t have wished for better.

“Oh, thank you!” She couldn’t help but laugh and reach out to shake the other woman’s hand. When Thereze mentioned who she was, Shay’s jaw dropped slightly and she got a little more excited. “OH, OH! You’re with Jacob! He’s told me so much about you. Or rather, about you. Not really sure about it being a lot, but it’s so nice to finally meet you.”

[therezethecutter]

Thereze had been a little hesitant -- these were Jacob’s friends, not hers -- but the excitement surprised her. A lot. “He has?” She hid the laughing smirk behind the glass as she took another sip. Surreptitiously, she glanced around for Jacob to try to send him a warning look. Unfortunately, he was turned away from her, so she looked back to Shay. 

“It is nice to meet you too finally. Jacob’s told me some about you some, as well, but I’ll admit I know of you more from Continuance; before. A real thorn in Albert’s side. Well, a puzzle, but that was the same thing to him.” She smiled at Shay. “I bring that up as a compliment, honestly.”

[juliajonesofrps-deactivated2019]

Julia Jones in Longmire

[the-fashion-fantasy]

fashion / hipster / grunge

[wwd]

Toms Goes Barefoot Again

Julia Jones