Should've breathed more fire on the mutant question. He's investigating Emma's problems? Shit. Definitely more fire, to distract him from that topic, but I wasn't prepared ( Read more... )

Oh, she was a mutant, all right, but not one I would have bothered trying to recruit, even if I'd been in the mood. So blithe and bonny, soaking up the rain as if it were Heaven's gentle tears - give me a break. I hope she ran all the way home, away from the scary bad man.

Ha. More than one way to cheer me up, by God.

( 'Huh?' [Averillix] )

He's taking his punishment well. Good. Shouldn't be a problem going forward, and I won't treat him any differently. Give him that much dignity; he's earned it ( Read more... )

I don't know if this is irony, karma, or just ridiculous timing. Should fire off an email about it:
Dear Emma ( Read more... )

Good, that's done. I hope the photos turn out well. Zoom lenses can be so finicky.

( 'All yours.' [Adel, Dorian, NPC goons (spoofed)] )

The cogs are turning. Everything is proceeding as it should.

There are days when this job is a pleasure.

( 'He is useful, even while crippled.' [Sal] )

He took it better than I had expected. I might have been proud of him for that reaction if he hadn't been stupid enough to call this whole mess down on himself ( Read more... )

So much to catch up on. Probably startled Johnson out of five years of his life by insisting on seeing the security logs for myself. Too damned bad, Black Pawn. Besides, spot inspections never killed anyone ( Read more... )

Encrypted email to Emma Frost:

Need to see you at your earliest convenience. My turn for a response to recent insults and injuries.

( 'Sacrifice the pawn to no purpose other than the monarch's whimsy?' [Percy] )

[OOC: set the evening of Thursday, May 4.]

They never did show up. The fundraiser was a success (what was it for, again? Something medical, social, political? Oh, who the hell cares), but the al-Razi twins' spywork was a failure because they did not show upI'll call Percy in the morning to find out why, and Emma . . . well, I wouldn't want to be ( Read more... )