...a telepathic dampener.

I must have one. I /must/ - that will show her.

( 'I hope that you negotiate civilly.' (Bahir) )

This is a pairing that I hope will bear fruit not just tonight but down the road; the two remind me of eachother, apart from Parker very much liking to be touched and Deeds liking it not at all.

( 'I meet your bloodhound, make sure the leash is tight, and find the queen errant?' (Victoria) )

Message from Linden to Shaw.

I've made the arrangement, and as you intended, she has seen through our charade. Things go according to plan.

( 'Who do you work for?' (Parker, Linden [NPC]) )

Backdated to Monday, August 14.So - this little bounty hunter is one of us, not that she's to ever know what august company she's in. Perhaps I'll have to use future conversations to pump her for information; successful or not, the experience should be more than pleasant ( Read more... )

Harper's got some sort of affection for Rossi, it looks like - I'll ask her about it when her hackles are less up. Or I won't - it frustrates me that that arrogant greaseball worms his way into my territory. What makes him so likeable? I have my flaws, perhaps, but he's no less an asshole than I am ( Read more... )

Perhaps it's petty - but I don't like the man's attitude, and I think it's important that people learn some respect. Lensherr has that going for him, at least - he's managed to convince the world at large not to mouth off to him.

( << Should we discuss this more privately? >> (Bahir) )

It bothers me how much I rely upon Bahir al-Razi; he's the strongest link in the chain, no question, but then - isn't that a paradoxical weakness all its own? And with his power - what's trust? What's reliance? What can I really believe or not believe ( Read more... )

In some things, perhaps, the bitch has the right of it - there are pieces on the board best controlled not with promises of power but by personal connection, whose loyalty rests not on their paycheck or their rise through the ranks but something ineffable and ungraspable that they wish to none-the-less claw fingers at ( Read more... )

Well, first steps towards answering some of the puzzles that present themselves to us. Setting aside the concerns about planes flying, it's people like this Ostrovsky who will be the Einsteins and the Oppenheimers for the brewing war - and I intend to own them. I intend their weapons to be deployed by my hand and for my purposes, not for that of ( Read more... )

I do enjoy Thai food - but more than that, it was Emma's company that was worthwhile. For all her frustration, she /is/ the White Queen - the only one of them all worth a damn. Every other piece on the board was made imperfectly, by some rough hand, but if Emma has a flaw it was that her creator made her too well.

( 'You have my undivided attention.' (Emma) )