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« Dec 10, 2015 17:25:24 GMT -6 via mobile »
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Zoharin Cross. Sand ability. Recently kidnapped. Twin sister to Taner Cross. Child of Aaliyah. Intelligence.

And apparently, she could play the piano.

Venus had crossed off a single name on her list, having spoken with one other, and planned to find Bee eventually. The others, she wanted to read up on first. Zora had such an interesting name... She was one of the first.

The Intel specialist had wandered until she found the room with the piano, assuming the girl would be there.

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« Dec 10, 2015 17:30:29 GMT -6 »
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And indeed she was!

She had been spending a lot of time here lately, since she hadn't brought her keyboard from home. As Venus found herself closing in on the common area, she would hear the girl before she sees her, turning out a somber melody on the keys.

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« Dec 10, 2015 17:34:02 GMT -6 via mobile »
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Following the music wasn't a challenge. She entered the common room without a noise and stood there for a while, just watching the girl play. She thought she knew the music, but she could have been mistaken.

In fact, she probably was.

Still, in was a nice sound to listen to. She didn't bother interrupting it, waiting until the song came to an end to speak up from her place mostly hidden.

"Agent Cross? Beautiful playing."

She would approach, and nothing - not the seven obsidian knives on her belt or the boots she wore, nor the heart in her chest - made even the slightest of noise. She offered a smile, instead.

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« Dec 10, 2015 20:07:49 GMT -6 »
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Zora is typically a very alert person, but when it comes to music, she has the tendency to zone out a little. As such, she's not too surprised when the woman sneaks up on her, at least after the initial jump and mis-stroke on the keys, at least.

"O-oh!" She'd say, looking over in the woman's direction. "Sorry I didn't..."

She furrows her brow at the new arrival. "You're very quiet."

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« Dec 10, 2015 22:14:08 GMT -6 via mobile »
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"Very," she assured the girl, standing a few feet away from her. She didn't want to invade her personal space.

"And you play very well. What was that?" Meaning the name of the song.

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"Thank you," she'll say, somewhat demurely. "I'm not sure, to be honest. Some old track I found when I was younger. A... goal to aspire to, if you will."

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« Dec 10, 2015 23:46:02 GMT -6 via mobile »
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"You're talented," she appraised with a smile.

She kept quiet, wondering if the girl was going to talk to her or if she was going to have to start it.

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"I've been at it for a while," she'll admit, looking over the keys at her.

"I'm sorry, I... don't think I know you, Miss...?"

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« Dec 11, 2015 0:51:48 GMT -6 via mobile »
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"Agent Venus Campbell," she said with an affirmative nod. "Intelligence Specialist, transferred from Paradigm DC."

She didn't extend a hand for a shake. Instead, she offered an edged smile, crossing her arms over her chest.

"I've come to help with the other Intel agents."

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« Dec 11, 2015 0:56:32 GMT -6 »
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"Oh, I see," she says, straightening a bit.

"I take it that's why you're here, Agent Campbell?"

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"That's correct. I figured I would come to meet the agents I will be training before I throw them into some weighted battle."

She tried to lighten the mood, but light moods weren't her speciality. She was used to dealing with everything in a totally different way.

One that usually revolved around the numerous blades beneath her clothes.

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« Dec 11, 2015 1:13:23 GMT -6 »
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"Weighted battle?"

She quirks an eyebrow. "Like you want me to put dumbbells in my pants or something?"

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"No. I'm going to want to fight you, and then test you on your observation. Probably in ways you won't like."

She placed a hand on her hip to emphasize the knives she wore there.

"It seems observation and subtly are two things most junior agents are lacking in these days."

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"All due respect, Agent, a lot of Junior Agents are punks with powers who think they're hot shit because of them," she'll say, standing up from the piano bench.

"And that sounds way more interesting than dumbbells in the pants," she'll say, finally a bit of a grin cracking her lips.

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« Dec 11, 2015 1:30:17 GMT -6 via mobile »
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Venus actually laughed at that. The mixture of formality and casual conversation, the truth behind the statement, it's delivery... She loved it.

She might actually get along with this one.

"Unlike most trainers who might work with you on strictly defending yourself, I am a bit more focused on getting in and out of a situation, undetected and victorious. As Intelligence, we should be fully aware of the situations we get into, on our own as well as with the others on the field with us."

She offered the girl a smile, a genuine one this time, and placed her hand on her hip, cocking it out. The blades bounced slightly but remained completely silent.

"For example. My standard first question. Without looking now, how many blades do I have on my belt?"

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« Dec 11, 2015 1:33:17 GMT -6 »
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"Eight," she'll reply, without hesitation.

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« Dec 11, 2015 1:35:23 GMT -6 via mobile »
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A look of surprise touched the woman's face. That confidence.

"Explain your answer."

There were seven visible obsidian blades, but... there were other blades, just around her belt, and if she saw even one of those... she would have successfully impressed her.

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« Dec 11, 2015 1:40:16 GMT -6 »
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"Seven visible blades, that much is obvious."

She'll glance down towards her belt once more. "But any agent worth their salt knows better than to have all their cards on the table, so to speak. So I wagered you have a hidden blade on your belt as well. Something small on the inside, maybe."

She looks down a little more. "That's disregarding the boot-knives, too, though."

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.....
Oh yes.
She was going to like this girl.

"I keep the seven on my belt, but the rest on my legs, in my boots and..." Just for show, because she liked her, she held an arm up then thrust it down, and a blade slid out of its holster and down, where she grabbed the hilt. "In my sleeves."

Holding it up, she showed the glittering obsidian blade, a porous metal that could easily be soaked in poisons, to the agent.

"Your mother taught you well. I think we will get along just fine."

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She nodded in assent.

"I don't think she wanted us to be here in the first place, but since we insisted on going, she made damn sure we went prepared."

She tilted her head slightly as she took in the blade's craftsmanship. "I guess that explains the sleeves on the outfit," she remarks, at length, with a shy, if not slightly challenging, smile.

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"It's easier to creep in darkness if you're not pale," she said simply. Her skin, what little of it could be seen, showed how rarely she was in the sun. "Being quiet" silent "does no good when people can still SEE you."

Of course, she had a solution for that, as well, but she wasn't here to show herself off.

"Why were you so insistent, then?"

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"An individual with extraordinary abilities has a responsibility to utilize those abilities towards a greater good," she says, almost a little too practiced.

"My... brother was the more insistent one," she'll admit, at length. She doesn't speak of this often, but there's a comfortableness with Agent Campbell, and she DID show Zora her knife, after all.

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"So you came for your brother," she said, rolling up her sleeve with one hand. Zora would see another, identical knife on the other side of her arm, strapped in by a pressure release contraption. She replaced her knife, flushed against her skin, and rolled her sleeve down.

"Taner Cross, correct?" She had done her research. The Cross siblings had so many mysteries floating around them... Their father's name was redacted from their files, they didn't seem to have much reason to be at Paradigm... and Zora, in particular, looked like she might not want to be there in the first place.

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"After a fashion," she'll answer, after a longer pause than she would've liked.

"He's smart, and dedicated, but reckless. Mom would never forgive herself if he got hurt out there." She offers Agent Campbell a morose smile.

"She's lost so much already..."

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That smile. There was something deeper, there. Something that Zora wasn't telling her. With Jack still fresh on her mind, and what he had said... Could it be? A brow cocked.

"What's broken Aaliyah's heart?" She asked, but made no move to comfort the girl. She looked so much more like her mother, but... those eyes.

Her fingers twitched towards her phone, wondering if she could access files, or if there were any files to access. "Your father, I'm assuming? His passing... It must have hurt her."

Of course, she was bluffing, but telling that Venus Campbell was bluffing was almost impossible. There was a reason she was a spy.

"It must still hurt, even after all this time."

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