prove her innocence (part one)
large emotional Lictor.
little spunky Lictor.ā
at her own shock, her own surprise ā¦ he too reflects a similar expression upon those once-stoic features, his jaw gaping as he stares over at her. why, surely, another Lictor could have prevented the astonishment she appears to present before him ā¦ surely!
ā pimp?Ā such a ā¦ vulgar and disturbing adjective, my dear Jeanette. why, I merely sought to enhance the inter-clan relations between ourselves and those so often deemed as ā¦ lower-class!Ā we have had quite enough of dealing with the Toreador and Tremere. it is well past time for us to extend a reach to the Gangrel and Brujah; to embrace those common Camarilla ties between us before the Sabbat claim us whole. would you not agree ā¦ my dear clansmate, my fellow Lictor? ā
what a prickly position heās put his dear Jeanette in :: and those dark pupils of his remain fixed upon her as he gauges her response, knowing a false move to the inch right or left could prove her undoing for the next thousand years. after all, this was no mere Newborn that sheād opted to trifle with ā¦ and he fully expected the evidence she had possession over since he had provided her the name sheād so sought in her own investigations.
ā ā¦ and your resources, Ms. Mandel?Ā what did you find of the evidence i so kindly provided you in your own investigations? ā
ahh, so this is a game well-played. perhaps she has underestimated him as a lovestruck, foolhardy Ventrue who made the fatal mistake of loving a Toreador. she had believed him to be witless based on such a decision, not capable of the logic or apathy required from their bloodline... but she has just been outmaneuvered and left off balance. he could not possibly be as emotionalĀ as she once believed. or perhaps, even more interestingly, his emotions enhance his work instead of impede it. the man before her gets more and more interesting with every moment.
āvery well. it seems i have no choice or i may just begin a whole dispute to be cleaned up with the Brujah. i will meet Mr. Medina for... a hunt, i suppose, at whatever location you have agreed upon with him. after all, i would hate to be the reason of weakened Camarilla tiesĀ in New York, my clansmate.ā
even as her displeasure showed in the slight curl of her lip, there was a tinge of respect in her gaze as she looked upon him. Jeanette is now fully aware of Lucās competency and will no longer believe him incapable of doing his job.Ā she still believes him biased for his wife, of course, but she does not think him blind to that bias or incapable of overcoming it.Ā
āi do not have the physical pieces of evidence available to me at the moment, and itās too close to morning to ask for them now. i will have them first thing in the evening tomorrow. however, i can send you the crime scene photos for review before sunrise. if you have anything youād like for me to test, that will need to be given to me on the morrow as well.ā now her gaze sharpened and she was back to being ice and coldness.Ā ādo not think iāve forgotten that you too claimed to have evidence i did not. i expect that evidence to be logged tomorrow and for us to fully integrate our investigations. is that understood?ā
LUCāS CURRENT WILLPOWER: (5)
Itās close to sunrise now, he has two options:
(1) Use all the remaining willpower to stay awake late enough to receive news on Eveās well-being from Hepzibah.
(2)Ā Use all the remaining willpower to stay awake late enough to review the crime scene photos.
