"You think I get to play favourites? I really wish I did"
In which the Viper of Ketterdam is dragged into a horrible plan, intending to kidnap a saint herself. And in which everything that can go wrong, does go wrong.
[TOLYAYULBATAAR X OC]
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Diena had heard and seen a lot of things in her life. She had been a part of those things. Her lists of crimes were very long
Gang Affiliation, manipulation, blackmailing, extortion, breaking and entering, petty theft, aid and abetting, organised crime, gambling, assault, battery, accomplice to a murder...illegal abilities.
The list could go on and on. Attempting to kidnap a Saint would go right to the top in a matter of seconds.
She wasn't the religious sort, but she knew people who were. People who wouldn't think the same of her if she did go through with it. People that may not feel the same about her if she went through with it.
She didn't need the Saints she had her own, her mother being one of her Saints.
Leaving the Barrel after years of staking her claim, building her business, expanding her territory and grasp. Leaving it now would be a risky move. She trusted her Sea Snakes, she knew that they wouldn't let anything happen. But it was still a risky gamble, she wouldn't be there to protect her people. They could take care themselves, but who knows what would happen if the Snake left the Hide.
And if there was something in the world that Diena hated it was a unclear hand, a risky move that she couldn't predict...a hand that she couldn't control.
Diena found calmness in sitting on rooftops overlooking the city she now called her home. She loved her home farm back in Noyvi Zem but this was where she belonged, where she thrived. Looking down at her hand she saw the gem on her finger turn from blue to purple.
Jesper was close.
"Aha! Found you."
Diena looked back and saw Jesper walking slowly and carefully walking down the roof she was sitting on to get to her, "You always do, Rabbit."
Jesper nodded as he sat next to her, "Only because I know you like to perch." He looked over the edge but quickly moved back again, "How on Earth are you not scared of being up here?"
Diena smiled, "I like high ground, knowing what's going on. Who's around. You can see the whole town from up here."
"Still? It's a bit high. Boss says you're coming on the job?" Jesper asked and Diena noticed that he looked pleased about it, maybe part of him didn't want to leave her alone again
