Recruit Me... Or Else! (Vi)

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Snooping about wasn't Kira's usual method of going about things, but it certainly wasn't beneath her. It had been her plan to do a bit of snooping around Club Indigo, but she had greatly underestimated the establishment. It was crowded, noisy, and not-at-all good place for any kind of snooping. Too many doors, so little time... What was a lone girl to do? Amidst the lights and sound and throngs of people having a good time... all wanted to do was join them. 

No! No! The task at hand "Ruins everything!" Kira said through gritted teeth. She had followed -from a stupid distance- a young man who had come and gone from Club Indigo a few times since he was excused from Hogwarts after the kidnapping. The young man's name was Alucard, and he had been a fellow Slytherin; however, he'd never been available to talk while still in school. She'd always wanted to talk to someone so openly masochistic... it sounded fun, though she'd never actually try it herself.

He was fairly poetic too... strange boy. Either way, he had been amongst the many kidnapped students, and thus he had to know something! Those masked people knew something that Kira didn't and it bugged her. It made her jealous that they had managed to infect so much of the Hogwarts campus with fear! That was Kira's dream! Not theirs! Could it also be theirs? That is why she wanted information. Any bit counted as closer to getting her own mask someday.

Looking about herself once more, she took in the amount of doors and hallways leading to different parts of the club. "I'll never find anyone in here. This suc-." Kira's eyes then found the bar. 

"-ooh? Hello." She said, turning cartoonishly toward the bar. "Ah-Ha! This place won't shut up about making people happy. Let's see what I can get away wit-I-I-I totally mean, let's see how happy I can be? Yes! That's it!" 

@vi

(come at me)

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Viovinnia was seriously not one for clubs. She had really only come into Club Indigo tonight because ever since meeting Dustin, she had been trying a lot more to get out in hopes of seeing him. It was only an accident that she had ended up in this club. Vi had entered and after a moment of looking around at the people inside, she had decided that this was not the place for her. But, since she was already there she approached the bar and ordered a sparkling water with lemon. Vi wasn't a drinker. She had much more important things to focus on, such as her training in fighting or her schoolwork. She didn't believe in wasting her time on drinking.

The bartender set her glass of water down and Vi sipped gingerly upon it. She let out a small sigh, thinking to herself how she had to make this visit quick as she couldn't stand the music they were playing in the club. That was when she heard someone to her left seemingly speaking to themself? Viovinnia raised an eyebrow at the girl, finding her pink hair quite the sight. She recognized her... Vi felt like she had seen her around the common room once or twice, but had never spoken to her. Vi continued to simply stare at the girl, eyebrow still raised, as she made her way to the bar. Vi was very unabashed in the way she would often stare. But many times, that was how she got people to speak first. Vi was never one to break the ice.

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Fingers drumming on the bar's hard-wooden surface, Kira mused quietly to herself, "Oh what to get? What to get?" Kira's thoughts immediately began to buzz about.



'Ooo! Do that Muggle Movie thing and lean back on the bar, scanning the crowd before ordering something simple, but high-maintenance!' she thought. Eyes closing slightly, she turned herself away from the bar to survey the crowd. Turning to her right, her eyes came to rest on someone nearby who was staring intently right back at her. Kira recognized the girl from the Slytherin Commons as the younger Nott sibling and that was enough for her to connect a few dots. Kira paused for a long, mildly awkward moment to gather her composure and then smiled. Viovinnia was no push-over, nor was she some goodie-goodie either. Not with a brother like Theo. 


"Viovinnia Nott." she said, fully facing the intense pair of eyes that had probably been watching her for longer than either wanted to acknowledge. Kira spoke quickly and to her point. "You, bright eyes, are able to help me. I want information. You're a Nott. So is your brother. Been watching the people who were taken back in April. Injuries all over, but so many disappeared. Tsk. Tsk. You Notts are tough cookies. Tougher than a dozen goons in masks, I'd wager. Heh. You know what I mean, Vi. Now, I wouldn't ever dream of talking so loosely about such conspiracies, eh-heh, but you're too close to the answers that I want for me to pass you by. Want to tell me what you know and how I can get closer to those masked wannabe's?" Kira's smile grew a little darker. 

@vi

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Vi continued to look at the pink haired girl as she moved closer and as she did, Vi realized that she did recognize her from the Slytherin Common Room. During the few short months that Viovinnia had spent at Hogwarts, she had socialized with very few people. She spoke with her brother when he was around, River at their weekly lunches, and toward the end of the year found interest in hanging about Ondina and Lucy Weasley as well as Theodosia. But she had never spoken to this pink haired girl before.

Viovinnia was also not one to ever remember names of those she did not speak to so when the pink haired girl finally approached her and said Vi's name, Vi raised an eyebrow at her. The girl spoke fast and had a lot to say, evidently. Vi continued to just look at her, eyebrow still raised, until she had finished. So she was asking Vi for information? On the Purifiers? This seemed odd to Vi. Never had she seen someone so blatantly approach another person asking for information in such a way. Vi let out an amused, sarcastic huff and turned back to her water to take a sip. After a long, silent moment, Vi now wore a somewhat amused look on her face as she turned to look back at the girl.

"You think that, because I'm a Nott, I should know about these 'masked wannabes'?" Vi inquired, her tone amused yet harsh. It seemed utterly suspicious for this pink haired girl to ask such a thing in such a crowded place. Vi had been part of the Purifiers when Elaine was at the school, but since the rest of them flying the coop - Vi had heard nothing. Who was to say that this girl wasn't a spy for the Order or that group that James Potter and Abigail Shacklebolt had started? "What makes you think these people are 'wannabes'?" Vi asked, tilting her head slightly to the side, curiously. Such information wasn't just given away to anyone who asked. If Vi didn't know a person that well, she wasn't going to just lay down and submit like a dog. Like the girl said, the Notts were tough cookies. And they were also hard to get information out of.

"What's your name again?"

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The dour-faced Viovinnia's comments were amazingly practiced. The intonation alone was enough to make Kira's smile that much more sinister. No matter what she thought of Kira, Kira liked her style. The truth was, Vi's comments had little to no effect. Why should they? When she had stopped her answer to ask another question, it was clear that Vi didn't even know Kira's name. 

"I bet that bugs you, Vi." Kira said casually, slowly tilting her head. "And No-frickin' duh. It would be uncharacteristic of a Nott to not know something like that. Unless you don't, of course... which makes this a real double-whammy for you." Kira chuckled. "High-Society types these days. Sheesh." 

Kira laughed aloud. "They are totally wannabes until they can prove that they are more than just bullies. That makes them no better than me. Fear has a face, unless it's trying to sell you something. Give me five minutes with any one of them and I'll decide if they're worth my time. I'm high in the societies too, ya know. I just don't like to revel in it. Unless I get to use their low income as a punch line... hehe." Kira stretched her shoulder, cracking her neck loudly in the process. Maybe this girl wasn't a part of the masked people's scheme? Maybe she didn't actually know what was going on. Maybe she wasn't worth the time to pester? Ah well. She still could bully with the best of them. 

"You really don't know my name, do you?" Kira leered, laughing briefly in the moment. "Well... If you're going to fake being so shallow, what would you like to know about me? I've got nothing to hide unless I want it to be." 

@vi