Experiments to chaos

Chapter 17- one last test

The cold swirls of the air bristled past Elisabeth's hair as she walked down the street. Only moments ago did she hold a vulnerable redhead in her grasp and now she left him to be someone else's problem. She would've loved to stay and chat longer but she had so much more to do and she wasn't even half way done. Chuuya was her first appointment and now it's onto her next. The first step of her plan was planted with Chuuya and that was a discreet success; though Dazai would not figure it out until far too late and by then what she had done would have irreversible consequences for Chuuya and/or her (depending if things go to plan). However, to ensure her first step could ever come into action, she'll need to make her next appointment a success as well- which shouldn't be too hard. Her next appointment was also planting her next step to her plan so it was indeed vital to get right. The next part was essential for her endgame and was sure to cause an awful lot of chaos so it was very important, yet Elisabeth wasn't acting a single bit worried.

Calm. Elisabeth was completely and utterly calm. Her mind was at peace; there wasn't an ounce of fear or stress, despite the great importance her following task held. She wasn't concerned at all. Elisabeth was walking down the street with full confidence in herself and her actions to come. Although a lot was riding on this next task, she was certain things would all go according to plan so why would she need to be worried? In actuality, the young french girl was pretty excited for what was to come; her heart just skipped a beat at the thought of what she was going to do- it was that exhilarating. She had been so desperate to do this little experiment that it had taken all her will power to force herself to wait for the opportune moment. If she had done it too early and it failed, all her later plans would fall through but if she had done it too early and it succeeded, her opennents would have had plenty of time to figure out what she did and come up with a countermeasure- which would also cause her later plans to fall through as well. After much thinking, it had become blatantly obvious that she needed to wait...and wait she did. She had spent every blinking moment going over every section of her plan in immense detail, making sure everything was perfect to the T and that of course included this significant step. Elisabeth had spent many hours going over it, sorting out every flaw and problem until they were all erased. This meant that in reality it wasn't that she wasn't worried but she had already striked out any issue that could've caused concern. Henceforth she had nothing to fear so was as calm as ever.

Feeling filled with incredible confidence, the crazed women continued on her journey through the city. The evening sun had already retreated below the horizon and the cold air was seeming to only grow in power, but none of that bothered her one bit. Nothing in the world could put out the fire of excitement that was growing in her heart and all Elisabeth could do was laugh at the universe's pitiful attempts. She just quietly laughed as the wind bit at her and she just resumed walking down the street. As she walked, the fire within her grew to encapsulate her body with the warmth of her excitement, which in turn frightened off any intruding monsters of air that had remained. No longer having to deal with the nuisance of the cold, she walked even more peacefully than before. Her journey wasn't a difficult one, though her destination's location (Port Mafia territory) may make it seem otherwise. It was probably due to the fact that she had walked this route multiple times in preparation (and to suppress her urge to to do the experiment early) that it felt like such a breeze. No one had been alerted when she stepped into their territory, not even once, and that wasn't different this time. Elisabeth just strolled into the territory with ease and her once laughing face shifted into a menacing smile as she stared up at the apartment complex.

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Expertly, the tools were moved inside the lock. Each pin was moved carefully and with perfect precision, whilst not making a single sound. Everything was done as quiet as a mouse in the middle of the night, a single sound was still not made. In this silence a pin could've been dropped and it would've been heard by the whole world, but that was how it had to be. Elisabeth's heart was quietly racing and a few drops of sweat were fleeing in a panicked rage down her face. Her eyes were open wide focused completely on the lock and the task at hand, meanwhile her ears were pricked up to hear any incoming sound to know when to hide. Currently, she was at the most riskiest part of her plan where she could easily be spotted. Through all her planning there was nothing she could do to prevent this situation, all she could do was practice and hopefully that would be enough. The job of picking the lock wasn't a tricky one but the fact that if she messed up it was the end was starting to get to her. Fortunately, through the stressful struggle she remained completely focused and in control; in attempts to soothe her mind she had repeated the idea that: if somehow she did slip up,she'd use that bright old brain of hers to solve the problem so she shouldn't need to worry, and it worked. As the seconds ticked on and she progressed with the lock, her stress started to fade and the tension in her body evaporated. By the time she was down to the last pin her heart rate had regulated and she was back to the calm, menacing Elisabeth everyone feared.