Botan smiled sweetly as a waiter offered her champagne. She took a flute just to be polite and not arouse suspicion. As soon as the man turned around, however, she dumped the contents of the glass into a potted plant. This had been her routine all night. After all, it would be strange if she, a party goer at a black tie affair, didn't have anything
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"I thought you did," she said lowly, hooking her arm in his so she would look like a flirting young socialite.
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Botan's momentary embarrassment was quelled by Tidus' discovery. Of course. Unless the guy had some really great wine collection, it was unlikely the guards would be there for nothing.
"I think our host wouldn't mind, sweetheart," she said calmly, tilting her head. Already, she was calculating a plan.
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And if he had left Botan, his current companion, alone, was because of this mission they had to carry out together. The young ninja had thought that he had seen the suspect, and had gone to search for him without warning Botan, but when he catched up, Brett realized that he had made a mistake and went back.
"Sorry. Thought I saw him."
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"I guess it wasn't, then?" She sighed. While she expected great things, they just weren't in sync yet.
"We need to keep our eyes out for where it looks like he would keep something. Something valuable. It might even be guarded."
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"But that might make it look more... exposed. It might be guarded, but not exposed to the public, if you get what I mean."
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She momentarily searched the crowd, only to see the heads of a few stern looking men in sunglasses turned their way. Crap.
Smoothly, she wrapped an arm around him and leaned in.
"They're looking at us. Act natural," she whispered into his ear. That way, they wouldn't appear to be anything more than a couple.
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