Hide and Seek

[Lucy Serrano]

Lucy asked for a difficult sense of honesty, and she knew that. Up until now, she'd believed everything the assassin had given her. When it came to information about each other, she still had something of a hold on the girl whose name she only really just received. Lucy listened expectantly as she felt herself being watched. Studied, even. Remembered.

She believed all that too. Generousity might not have been something that often plagued a killer, but it was the name of the game for the thief who gave so much away. She felt the way she genuinely smiled too. It was almost dangerous within itself.

So she dropped her eyes, staring down to the ground where they sat as her fingers ran through her hair. "Doesn't take such a huge act of kindness to get into bed with me." Lucy replied then, humour lining the natural tone she tried to find.

[Talia Bracken]

She smiled, and it seemed genuine. Talia shared it, although here was smaller. She was still surprised by the conversation that had occurred between them. Didn't mean she disliked it. But she certainly hadn't expected it when she came out to find the thief. The gaze broke and the thief looked down. It didn't take such a huge act of kindness to get into bed with her. There was humor to the tone. Talia chuckled and shook her head.

"Maybe I wanted to make sure I'd clear the bar." The joke came with a mischievous smirk. Truthfully, any thought near to that sort of play had gone from her mind the moment she had asked to know who Talia was. It was a far more personal thing than simply wanting to bed her. After she'd started talking, Talia hadn't expected much else to come from her night with her.

[Lucy Serrano]

There might have been an obvious shift in the attitude in the air, but Lucy was still Lucy. The simplest way to ease herself out of the attitude she had found was to conform to just about every humoured thought that popped into her head. It was something known about her already, she wagered, given the cycle of previous interactions.

She did have to wonder how high her standards looked. "Maybe you should stop raising it." She conceded with a shrug of her shoulders, but at least she raised her head again. At least she offered a shot of eye contact in tandem with the broad smirk she couldn't help but wear.

"I'll have to try harder next time." She added almost idly, "I'm not in the business of using favours and wins for a fuck."

[Talia Bracken]

Maybe she should stop raising it. It came with a shrug and a lift of her head. Talia only chuckled and shrugged herself. She would have to try harder next time. She wasn't in the business of using favors and wins for a fuck. Blue eyes shifted back to her. "Neither am I." It was the truth. If that had been all she'd wanted from the thief, she would've made her intentions far more clearer.

Yet that wasn't it. There was something more to the thief hat had caught Talia's eye. Even if she was easy to look at. Talia went silent for a little longer. Stared back over the waters. Then she got up and stretched. "Well, this night has definitely been an interesting one." She mused to no one in particular. Turning her head back to her, she smiled. "Thank you for that."

[Lucy Serrano]

What Lucy gathered from the exchange given was that of another mutual belief. She wasn't used to anything like this being easy; there was strain in just about every connection that grew personal. This was faster than most, and while it should have worried her, it didn't.

At least, not yet.

Without a move, Lucy watched the way this girl got up. How she worked muscles in a way evidently no one else could. At least, not tonight. She ran her tongue across her lower lip, coaxing either control or a better response than the thought readily at the forefront of her mind.

"You leaving?" She asked instead. It seemed innocent enough.

[Talia Bracken]

She felt eyes on her as she stood. Talia stole a glance at her. Noticed the way she watched. Talia smirked and stretched languidly. She hadn't realized how long she'd been sitting for. Was she leaving? The question turned blue eyes back mid stretch. It sounded innocent enough. Yet she'd seen her lick her lip. Talia doubted it was as innocent as it seemed.

"Well I thought I'd distracted you enough." It was a little teasing. There was the job at that house still, as far as it had been from her own mind. But then Talia smiled slightly and turned more completely towards the thief. "But I don't have to if there was something else you wanted?" Talia hadn't planned on leaving just yet. The conversation was too interesting for her to leave. And now that she'd asked, she was curious to see if she didn't want to part yet either. And why.

[Lucy Serrano]

Lucy knew there was a job to still be done. She knew there was a heavy price on getting it done, and the sooner it happened the better. But clearly, it wasn't the most pressing thing on Lucy's mind now that she had company. Company was the greatest distraction for work; it mightn't ever get done.

"Hate to see you go." Lucy admitted easily; honestly despite the current state they were in.

There was a bulk of imagination filtering through the thief's mind, but there was a consistent sense of unsurity. Strangers never make it easy; "Who knows when you'll be around again?"

[Talia Bracken]

She would hate to see her go. A statement so plainly honest that it made Talia pause in surprise. Although truthfully, she was in the same mindset. She was enjoying this night. The game. The chat. The company most of all. That didn't always happen. Especially with such honesty and genuine feeling from Talia. Who knew when she'd be around again? A fair point. It made an easy excuse to stay.

"You do know where to find me. At least during the day." Yet even as she said it, she was sitting back down next to her again. That didn't stop her tone from being slightly teasing and playful. "And I can clearly find you." As she'd proven at the beginning of this whole encounter. But she made herself comfortable on the ground next to her. "But alright. I'll stay." It came with a genuine smile. One that carried a bit of warmth. But it soon turned a little teasing. "The company's good at any rate."

[Lucy Serrano]

Lucy fully expected to be left on her own. She thought for sure that this girl was intensely into the chase. To keep a sense of longing - however small or however great - seemed to be the point here. She looked genuinely surprised to be joined on the ground again. She could only hope she didn't smile as openly as she believed she was.

"You can't play much during the day." Lucy reasoned. Sure, the thief could catch a drink or two and maybe if she was lucky she'd get a handful of minutes amongst all that time. "You're a bit better when you're not being stifled by a sort of... Fake life."