[There is a room, with the door slightly open. A voice, female, is speaking on the other side. If one opens that door they will behold this scene: Cross, slouched on a large, comfortable, and to some denizens of the DR familiar, armchair. Her coat off and draped across the back, her blouse half buttoned and her hair a wild mess. The rest of the ( Read more... )

[Merry Christmas. Cross has decided to spend hers with a bottle of wine and a cigarette, as always.]

Merry Christmas- [not really. one wrong word and someone's going to get slapped]- anyone want to tell me where I am?

[It's been a rough month for everyone hasn't it? The recent murders have reminded Cross of something. Something that has her sitting at a desk of all things, an untouched wine glass by her elbow. Her hands are steepled in front of her lips, and her eyes are fixed stonily on a blank sheet of paper ( Read more... )

[Two women lounge on a very comfortable looking red couch. On one end of the couch, sprawled comfortably, is General Cross, in a loosely tied yukata. There are scars visible where flesh is revealed that her coat would usually cover, and also a nicely tantalizing bit of cleavage. Her red hair is wet and tied in a loose ponytail, and she smokes a ( Read more... )

[Why if it isn't General Cross, sitting nonchalantly. She looks distinctly pleased with herself. And that grin can't be a good sign.]

Alright my idiot apprentices. It's about time for some real training.

[She has a table with a map to Tyki Dragon's lair and a number of different lists, all detailing items in his hoard ( Read more... )

[Following the Countess's attack on Hevleska's chamber, and everything she'd observed up to now--or maybe just because she feels like it, it's not like you'd get a straight answer if you asked--Cross has found one of the better equipped alchemy labs ( Read more... )

[Cross has arrived. And she's looking around. Fortunately? she's arrived in a room with a bar and a wonderful selection of alcohol, so she's grabbed a bottle of damn fine wine and settled herself where she can drink and look out into a courtyard. Which does not resemble any courtyard in the Order, just like this room does not resemble any room in ( Read more... )