#*finger guns

@grace-of-gotham​ + Talia al Ghul

Some people truly were a bad omen, a great signifier that whatever the status quo was, whatever stillness was had it all was about to be disrupted. She was a shadow, the last thing you would never see when she needed to be. But infiltration wasn’t always about not being seen, sometimes it was about blending in, sometimes it was to halt everyone at their tracks and take notice.

In a city of Gotham where everyone had a secret, to be obvious and in the center of attention was to be the least interesting for inspection. With long dark hair that cascaded, lips ruby red and a dress that hugged the right curves and offered the sight of a long lean muscled leg she wore the most dangerous weapon she possessed.

To give away the promise of more but deny anything more until every whim was obeyed.

Sure, one could simply snag Grace away, intimidate her and see if she would break but Talia simply did not wish to break her. Or to scare her. It was to see her in her natural habitat, to evaluate her personage and find some pressured buttons to push and see if the sweet bleeding heart of a girl did not hide some dark socks in those thrift shop goodie-two shoes of hers.

“You bore me with such a tedious attempt at dissuading me from my choice.”

On such a desk was Grace’s university file and when you were playing the CEO of a 6.7 billion dollar pharmaceutical company to be made to feel a conversation was a waste of time was to lose investment.

A game she played so many times, a master puppeteer, a chess player setting the board with sights of the opposing Queen.

Mrs Al -Shaheed

“Doctor-” she corrected.

Grace is a talented girl but she is only a third year student, a more seasoned doctor would be more equipted to-

“Lie to me and hide any shady little secrets while each word out of their mouth made me hear your voice” Talia interrupted.

“I do not negotiate doctor, you wish for my research and financial backing you will provide me with everything I require to evaluate whether your hospital is worth even a consideration. Leviathan will not associate with anything less than organizations that have a pristine spotless track record and Gotham has a bad reputation. I have decided that a young duckling simply will not know either what you hide and as you insist that I require an attache to abide with data protection laws and OCR and HIPAA regulations you will either provide me with the resource I requested or all you will have out of me will be this cheap coffee conversation”

She was difficult to please, she targeted those weak to her pressure, eager to please her just to keep her attention.

Thus one of the attending doctors, Doctor Reid would simply inform Grace’s attending physician that Grace was chosen for an assignment.

“Do everything she asks, secure this deal and it will look very favorably on your record. After all we are all a team, we have to work together and God knows we need the extra funding Grace” said doctor who had never spoken to her before informed.

One of Talia’s bracelets was worth more than Grace’s entire student loan, it was the point. The excess wealth on display, to accent the difference in social standing.

Time for one little duckling to scrub up, little did she know she was stepping less into a babysitting role and more into the nest of a viper.

“Pleasure to make your acquaintance, I am doctor Zahra al Shaheed. Begin by giving me a tour of your long term care wings please, these are my assistants their names matter not to you they shan’t be accompany us long as they shall be working with the hospital’s HR department. Do introduce yourself, what field will you specialize in? Interesting choice to live in Crime Alley but I suppose real estate is limited currently, I had to rent an office across from the cinema myself”

Cheap.

She looked at her hair, the nails, the shoes.

i like how just as u sent this it seems my queue posted a meme