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Characters: Tatiana and Matilda
Content: Matilda gets herself into a bit of trouble, and Tatiana is there to rescue her.
Setting: Slummier sections of Melior
Time: Afternoon
Warnings: Tatiana kicking some ass? Perhaps!

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Tatiana grimaced as she stepped outside once again and was momentarily blinded by the sunlight. The tailor's shop she had been in was so poorly lit that it was a wonder that the small man who labored there could see the clothing well enough to repair it. Still, she knew from experience that the man did quality work, and some of her uniforms were looking somewhat...ratty. She herself was useless with a needle, so she was forced to pay out of her own pocket to have them repaired. All in all, a nuisance

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It was a different world. She could almost keep one foot in each--the sudden fade to dirt and mud, and the sudden appearance of clean and well kept stone. She crossed the division, feeling a strange twist in her stomach and stopped there for a moment, looking at all that was before her. It was worse than it had appeared above. Not many, but she could see that some of that houses were barely holding themselves together.

This was like...

This was like Vohemar.Perhaps even worse. Matilda had come from a very privileged family so she knew her home was infinitely better than this mess. What was this? She looked behind her to see the glamourous Melior and then looked ahead again. How could two so very different places exist within the same city

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Tatiana followed the girl into the slums, keeping a short distance behind her. She didn't want to interfere unless she had to; what Matilda did on her own time was her business. However, the girl didn't seem to recognize the potential danger.

Danger like the teenaged hoodlums who had just accosted her. From her distance, Tatiana couldn't make out what they were saying, but if the hand on her wrist wasn't sufficient to guess their intention, the way they shoved her against the wall was certainly unambiguous.

Tatiana covered the ground between them quickly, striding forward purposefully until she was right behind them. She clapped a hand on the apparent ringleader's shoulder to get his attention and said, with as much steel in her voice as she could muster:

"Release her immediately."

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Matilda closed her eyes tightly, bracing for the impact of a hit but it never came.

A familiar voice reached her ears instead, and she hesitantly opened up one eye. Her attacker was no longer looking at her, but over his shoulder. Matilda's eyes followed his line of view and she was surprised to see...Tatiana there. Where had she come from? Her body tensed, she knew Tatiana was a capable woman. She had to be if she was part of the Victoria II, after all, but she was still one person against three others if they decided not to let things go smoothly.

And from the looks of it, they wouldn't.

No, no. She isn't alone. Get yourself together.He kept her to the wall with one hand a turned his body slightly towards Tatiana. His comrades came up to stand on either side of him