perenawska (perenawska) wrote,
@ 2009-12-14 23:58:00

Today was a rare day off for Irina and so of course she spent it at the Winter Guard's headquarters practicing her fighting skills and opening some portals to other dimensions. It had been awhile since she had time to just open some random portals to see where they lead, let alone time off in general. Guarding the Tsar and his fiancee was a round the clock full time job. Today it was Zemlya's turn to guard the future tsarina, giving Irina a much needed day off.

She took a deep breath and a new portal started to form.

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	perenawska 2009-12-15 05:30 am UTC (link)
	Irina pulled open and draw and pulled out a pack of cigarettes. She tossed them to him. They were Anton's emergency pack, but this counted as an emergency, sort of. She'd replace them before Anton even noticed they were gone. "This does not sound good," she said. "You are fortunate. It is only mid-December." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

vicious_cycle
2009-12-15 05:33 am UTC (link)

He catches the pack and draws out a cigarette, summoning the ring of hellfire around his hand again to light it. Like the coffee, he takes a long draw first before focusing on anything else.
"Its definitely not good. I tried to object, and ended up banished to one of apparently an awful lot of hells out there for the trouble. Apparently only for a month and change, but that was plenty."

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	perenawska 2009-12-15 05:42 am UTC (link)
	"There are a lot of not so pleasant dimensions out there." She had accidentally stumbled upon enough of them. She frowned. "What are you going to do?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	vicious_cycle 2009-12-15 05:47 am UTC (link)
	"I'm still working on that. I've only been free for a few minutes, and haven't had anything but fried hellbugs and boiled swampwater in a month. I know that they can't act directly or they'll bring other gods down on them, so Pluto's agent is around somewhere." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	perenawska 2009-12-15 05:49 am UTC (link)
	The microwave dinged and she removed the bowl of pasta. A fork was dug out of a drawer and she set both on the table in front of him. "Finding these agents would be the wise thing to do." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	vicious_cycle 2009-12-15 05:52 am UTC (link)
	He digs in like the cheap pasta was a king's feast. Apparently it is better than swamp bugs. "I was supposed to be Mephisto's agent. It didn't go well for either of us. And then even once we find him or her, there's still dealing with some pretty considerable power behind them." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	perenawska 2009-12-15 05:55 am UTC (link)
	Irina thought about it for a few moments. "The Winter Guard cannot get involved for many reasons. We would need help, but who do we ask?" Somewhere in the span of those few short moments she had decided to help him. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	vicious_cycle 2009-12-15 06:00 am UTC (link)
	He's somewhat surprised by the switch to 'we', but he doesn't mind that much. "Good question. I know the plot has something to do with dopplegangers, so the list of trustworthy people goes down a long way." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	perenawska 2009-12-15 06:05 am UTC (link)
	"That is the hard part," she said. "Who do we trust? The answer is not a simple one." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	vicious_cycle 2009-12-15 06:07 am UTC (link)
	"Good question, to which I don't have a good answer. I might be able to do some research on it, and Pluto, if you can get us around to a few bookstores and provide a few bucks for the right books. I have the know how, but being in dimensional exile doesn't pay well." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	perenawska 2009-12-15 06:08 am UTC (link)
	"Getting around is the easy part," she said with a smile. "When you are finished we can get started. But now you eat and I must tell my superiors that I need some time away from the Winter Guard." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	vicious_cycle 2009-12-15 06:13 am UTC (link)
	"Take your time, my vices have been kicking my ass for a month now, got some serious debt to pay down here. When you're ready, and possibly out of coffee, we can get moving." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	perenawska 2009-12-15 06:14 am UTC (link)
	Irina nodded. "Okay. Just...don't leave this room." She paused before going. "You never told me your name." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	vicious_cycle 2009-12-15 06:15 am UTC (link)
	"Nicholas, Nicholas Salem. Nice to meet you. And don't worry, I'm not going anywhere. At least til there's no more coffee." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	perenawska 2009-12-15 06:16 am UTC (link)
	Irina nodded and then left to go see about getting a leave of absence. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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