Who:
hellsing_heir and
atrumcanis When: Late Afternoon!
Where: Tower Apartments!
Summary: Sirius goes to meet a Knight. Instead he gets a little girl.
Warnings: None so far!
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She was about to meet someone she had never met before without her butler or vampire at hand. )
The Tower Apartments were rather close, but Sirius Apparated a few blocks away, too lazy to walk the entire distance. Once he'd arrived, well--there were a few people about. Right, so, which of these people looked the most knight-ish?
None of them, really. There were a few people about, but none of them exactly said "knight". No armor, anyways--that was compulsory for a knight, wasn't it? Sirius squinted at a few likely blokes, though none of them were overly likely. Just people talking with one another, and a little girl in a skirt.
Well, perhaps this knight hadn't yet arrived. Sirius stretched his arms over his head with a yawn, kicking one of the chairs out to throw himself into it. Floppy, lazy, waiting for this knight. He wouldn't be waiting long, probably, but there was no sense in not being comfortable.
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The blond girl pushed her glasses back up her nose, eyes on the young man who had just walked by and taken a seat. He was the only one who had come by that had not entered the building, and he didn't seem to be talking to anyone... Maybe he could be Severus.
Well, only one way to find out.
The twelve year old slid off her chair, smoothing out her skirt before walking up to the other, a grin on her face. "Hey Mister!" Cheerful, nothing out of the ordinary, right? "I haven't seen you here before."
...'Just keep your cool, you can pull this off.'
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What did she want, anyways?
"I expect you haven't seen a great deal of things," he replied coolly, looking quite purposefully away from her, "titchy little thing like you. Perhaps I was hanging around here on a day that you weren't wearing those specs, or something."
Still no knights in shining armor. Probably it would have been better to be more specific, get additional details--well, he hadn't expected a whole crowd of people, had he. It hadn't seemed necessary. He yawned again and glanced back at the girl. "D'you need something, or are you just extremely chatty? If it's the latter, I'd suggest you clear off."
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"I bet you don't talk to adults like that." She remarked, rolling her eyes behind her glasses, testing the waters further without fully jumping in yet.. Really, most of her father's contacts were jerks, but Walter was the one the one who took care of dealing with them now.
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"Like what?" He smirked at her, pushing one hand through his hair. "Not everyone is quite concerned with pleasing adults, you know. But, please, if you've a lecture prepared on the subject, I would so love to hear it. I certainly haven't anything better to do."
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"I bet," Integra said slowly, shifting her weight back for a moment onto her heels. "You wouldn't talk to a Knight that way."
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That next bit did sort of get his attention--slightly. It was quite direct, anyways. Knight, eh? He raised one of his eyebrows, giving her a blank sort of stare and another smirk. "Would, actually. As I've never met one, I can only speculate, of course, but I'm sure it wouldn't be much different."
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"Well," She said good naturally, clasping her hands behind her back. "You have met one, actually." Yeah, enough of this dancing around, she wanted to go home now, and he said that he knew how to do it! The girl extended her hand to him, looking a litte bit more serious now. "Sir Integra Hellsing, pleased to meet you."
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"You're a knight," he said eventually, flatly. Another moment, just absorbing that information--and then, of course, he burst out laughing. There wasn't any way that her claim was possible. No way.
He took her hand, shaking it rather enthusiastically. "Pleased to meet you, Sir Knight, I'm Merlin himself. You can't be serious, can you--you've got to be having me on. What sort of England would have you for a knight? What would you do, kick 'em in the bloody shins?"
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"Sir Hellsing." She corrected him, annoyed. "And I would not pull one over you, believe me or otherwise." As for what she did...Well, she wasn't supposed to tell people about that.
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Honestly, how could she possibly be a knight, twiggy little thing as she was. Knight of the round tea-table, perhaps. Sirius crossed his arms over his chest and gave her a rather superior look.
"All right, Sir Singing Hell. Let's say I accept that you're the knight. What's it you're in such a hurry to do, then? It's all right if you miss your school lessons for a bit, you know; they'll understand. Don't rush off for that reason alone."
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"Because I find myself suddenly displaced in Canada in the middle of the day rather than being at home? Several reasons Severus, but if you must know I have to get take care of the estate." 'And the vampire and the organization and God knows what else.' She frowned at those thoughts, but caught herself doing it and glared back at him full force.
She hadn't quite learned to keep the emotions off of her face, yet.
"I did tell you that I would pay you, and I meant it. Do not think that promise void because of my age."
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Sirius slumped down in the chair a bit more, almost unconsciously contrasting poor posture. Merlin, more jumped-up little wealthy brats--that was just what this place needed.
"You know," he said casually, "I think I can believe that you've money to your name. I might even be able to believe that you're a knight of some sort, as bitsy as you are." Really, he should feel badly about this--but he didn't. Well, maybe a small bit of him felt badly, but that was only because of her age and the very girlishness of her. That little frown--
Ah, well, it was too late now. There was nothing else for it but to finish.
"Right. So." Sirius stood up and stretched with a huge yawn. "Par-don me. I s'ppose if it's a matter of the estate, I should be able to help you. Put your arms up."
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Integra raised her arms as high as she could, fingers reaching up toward the sky. This was...kind of strange, but oh well. "Like this?"
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He licked one finger and held it up, testing the wind. A pause, a nod, still very serious (haha, very Sirius). "Looks about.... twenty, twenty-five.... And a few--well, there's those buildings to consider--step to the right, would you? And close your eyes. Wouldn't want you to get ill, it's a bit shocking."
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"Ok!" A determined response, as the girl moved over and squeezed her eyes shut, not wanting to mess this up. Mister. Severus Snape hadn't named a price, but if he did a good job she would most certainly be sure to pay him back. She did not want to be indebted to anybody, after all.
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