Once I'm done changing, Billie brings me over to the office for my certification that makes me officially considered a Nightingale. We walk into the office and a person, who I'm assuming is the boss of this place, tells me to come forward. "Ms.Danton, is that right?" He asks. "Yes sir." I say, standing straight up. "We are here to officiate you as a Nightingale. Billie is your manager and you work under her and I, understand?" He says. "Yes sir." I say again. He gestures something to Billie and it was a navy blue dry fit t-shirt. "This is the official color for all Nightingale assassins. If you aren't in your uniform, which will be provided shortly, or if you are training, you will wear this t-shirt." He says and I take the shirt, thanking Billie. I take off my shirt and slip the navy blue one on quickly. "All Nightingale assassins have to be branded with a symbol. It represents how they have passed the test and are officially a Nightingale assassin." He says and he gestures something to a girl besides him. She pulls out a burning hot emblem and walks over to me. It was supposed to be glowing red but this time it glowed...blue? She walks over to me and I pull up the sleeve of my right shirt, exposing my shoulder. She presses the metal against my skin and I cry out softly in pain. "Ugh" I groan as she takes the metal off of my skin. I look over to see the symbol that was burned into my skin.
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It was glowing a blue haze which I thought was weird. "The last and final step to initiating you is to put a drop of your blood and a drop of your masters blood into this." He says holding out a illusion locket that was attached to a rope which I assumed I had to wear around my neck. It was a wood capsule that opened up to reveal two little compartments to hold the blood. He instructed me to hold out my hand and he placed the tiny locket gently onto my hand. I turned to Billie and she took out her pocket knife, instructing that I go first. I slit my thumb and two drops of blood fall into my little compartment. I hand the locket to Billie and she does the same, making a slit in her thumb and letting two drops of blood fall. "Billie, can you lead Ms.Danton to your shared sleeping quarters?" He says to her and she nods. "Welcome, Nightingale." He says and I nod, slipping the illusion locket around my neck.
Billie leads me down a hallway and opens the door. In there there are two beds, one on either side of the room. On her side there was red lights and black bedsheets and on my side there was navy blue bedsheets and nothing else there. "You're going to be staying with me for...ever" she says, putting some things away. "I have a question...actually two questions" I say. "Shoot" she replies but turns around "don't actually shoot me tho" and I smile. "I wasn't actually going to shoot you. My first question, why are you my master and not whoever that was" I question. "Well, I've been doing this since I was little, and I'm in a higher ranking than most people, so...I get to recruit one person in the span of this 'career'" She says in air quotes. "And I decided to choose you" She finishes and lays down on her bed.
"Okay, and I have another question" I say, taking off my shoes. She nods and I continue "Can I keep this?" I ask, holding out the metal capsule that was a compact staff. She looks my direction and nods "you handled it well in testing." I smile and put it on my nightstand, finally laying down on my bed. Once my body sinks into the mattress, I let out a groan. "Fuck. This is so comfortable" I whisper, cuddling into my bedsheets. "I'll give you a tour of the place tomorrow and the next day we're going to go on your first real life mission" Billie says and I look at her. "Seriously? No training? Nothing?" I ask. "Oh yeah, I need to give you your uniform" She says and she walks out of the room. I get under the covers and await her return.
"Ryann...Ryann wake up" Billie says, softly shaking me. "What day is it?" I ask. "Still the same day of your testing." She whispers, now pulling the covers off of me. "Ugh, how long has it been" I groan, getting up. "Hour and a half" she says. "I got your uniform" and she puts her hand out, silently asking me to take it. I do and she leads me down the hallway, our hands still connected.
She opens this vault looking thing and she pulls me in. "This is your uniform. It's a more modern version of everyone's here." She says and I look at it in awe.
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(Not my drawing) "Whoah Billie." I say, touching the fabric. "But why white?" I ask, looking at her. "It looks cool" she shrugs and I agree. "Put it on, we're going to see how you can fight with your uniform on." She says and I slip it on. "Whoah, this fits perfectly" I say and I flip out the hidden blade. "Come on" She says, pulling me out of the room.
We walk to the training place and she guides me towards a human dummy. "Okay, try attacking it any way." She says and I stand ready. I flip out the hidden blade and I slice the torso and the neck. I then take out the army knife and stab the dummy, the stuffing coming out of it. I continue to slice and stab until the dummy was cut up into pieces on the ground. I put away the knife and the hidden blade before kicking the stuffing on the ground. I hear Billie slow clap and I turn around and flip her off, earning a small laugh form her. Another dummy is put in front of me and I don't use my weapons this time. I kicked and hit the dummy until once again, the thing was shredded into pieces. I look behind me and Billie doesn't clap, she just looks at me in awe. "You shredded that dummy in less than 5 minutes." She says. "Woah" and I just smile. "I guess you like it?" She asks, turning her heel and walking towards the living space. "Yeah, it's amazing." I say and we walk into our shared room. I take it off and place it in its compartment. "Tomorrow I'll show you around and tell you about the mission that you'll be going on the next day. Okay?" She asks, sharpening her blade. "Yeah, But will you go on it with me?" I ask, opening up the compact metal staff and playing with it. "Yep. Definitely." She says and I smile. Why am I actually starting to like this girl? She fucking kidnapped me. What the hell. I yawn as I get under the covers once more, my eyelids start to get heavy and my mind becomes groggy with sleep. "Goodnight Ryann." Billie says. It warms my heart just a tiny bit to hear her say that. "Goodnight Billie." I say, my eyes closing and sleep overcoming my body.
