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She comes bearing gifts. Some of Nina's favorite red on the table and holding out a book to Diedre with half a tempered smirk. You have quite the secret collection by the way. It was a little tricky to find the next one with it being out of print.

"You have me for a week. No phone." No interruptions.

fluster meme // Accepting @sionisassistant won

It was hard to find Danielle Li outside of her office or Roman's club in her private booth, much less so casually on their couch. It IS a surprise. One that already had the taller henchgirls cocking their head curiously. The bottle on the table is a nice offering. It never lasts long here.

The other offered present makes Diedre's jaw drop a little, tinting her cheeks as she processed the offering. Later, she'll think to scold Nina for spilling about the collection under her bed, but for now she was too stunned to think about it. As it was, Nina was chuckling at the small mass market, and looping an arm around Dee's waist. It's cut off by the single bomb sentence that just dropped.

The room stilled for a solid three seconds. No sassy quips, no more laughing. Just quietly processing.

"Holy shit," Nina breathed. Her voice cracked on the second word. Her cheeks were already blooming red, pupils blown wide like she’d been sucker-punched. “You’re being for real?”

Workaholic, distant tease, Danielle Li was offering them a week of straight time. No phones, no running off, probably too much take-out food, and anything they wanted.

“I’m so serious,” Diedre finally managed, voice rougher than usual. She took one step toward Li, then another, like she was afraid the floor might vanish if she moved too fast. “If I hear that phone go off, Roman better be fucking dying. Otherwise whoever called is going to wish they were.”

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while Mary finds Li incredibly entertaining she doesn't show it if any of her own henchmen are around. she doesn't even particularly like having Miriam interact with Li beyond what's necessary — Roman has his standards of behaviour and she has hers, and the thought of those lines getting blurred stresses her out

Li is the only one besides Roman that Mary genuinely trusts to keep the dogs under control. like she's still staying on the opposite end of the room, don't get me wrong, but she won't straight up leave

using Li as her go between to Roman when she's off her meds and not well softens the sense of humiliation that comes hand in hand with it. she knows he'll find out almost immediately, but it makes things easier all the same

Height comparison || Accepting

     ❝ — What do you mean, HE’S BUSY ?? He was the one who told me to be here at 5 !! ❞    The angry movements he did as he yelled at the assistant were almost comical, like an angry bird bickering at someone.

What are Query and Echo made of? // Accepting! @sionisassistant

"City this city that. You know what wanting Gotham gets you? Attention." Eyes that spotted you everywhere. People that got on edge every time you walk in a room. Yes, it's a kind of power. Fear, is a powerful motivator.

But you know what else is? Honey. When you're so unremarkably sweet that they never notice what you're doing. When people will cash in favors and spill their secrets because you're just so easy to talk to. When you have the freedom to largely walk around unnoticed.

It's hypocritical of her to even ask, really; as Mary's eyes flick between Li and the pink-streaked morning sky out the window, she's barely slept herself. But she wears it better, and it makes all the difference.

"Roman got locked up?" she asks, a too-amused, too-smug grin flashing across her face. The thought of his rage, the idea of some two-bit cops fresh out of the academy and full of the fire of justice coming up against Roman Sionis in the middle of the night. Like fucking Vesuvius.