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undergrounds2017-07-17 11:09 pm
bellbound) wrote in undergrounds2017-07-17 11:09 pm
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Protecting the family home
1. Don't leave your phones unlocked, kids (for Cesare)
Ever since the break-in at her flat, Samantha has added one more unpleasant trait to her many character flaws: paranoia. Mogget knows why she's so concerned. The flash drive that was stolen from her study contained incriminating evidence – not of herself, but of a certain Peter Vrinak. It was evidence that she was using to keep him on the straight and narrow and she doesn't have it any more. Vrinak has already defied her wishes by voting in favour of the summoning ban. The question is: who stole it and what are they going to do with it?
Mogget has a feeling they'll find out sooner or later. There are already signs of discontent amongst the masses if the peace protest is anything to go by. But for now, Samantha is suspicious of everyone. Everyone, including the vampire President she's sleeping with – yes, he knows about that too. Which is why on one of his visits to the Night Council HQ she asks him to sneak into Cesare's office, take a look around. Just in case.
So he does. He sneaks into the office one evening while the place is relatively quiet and takes human form to browse through the documents on Cesare's desk, searching for anything suspicious. Boring, boring, boring. The laptop is locked, he won't attempt to get into that. He's a familiar, not a hacker. But there's Cesare's phone, carelessly left on his desk, and a few quick taps gets him access to... well.
He really didn't need to see any of that.
Awful, gushing messages, terrible attempts at flirting and pictures. Pictures of a certain Lydia Bennet. He can only assume that she's trying to look enticing. Frankly, it's all in very poor taste.
Thankfully, he's interrupted by someone approaching. Mogget looks up, then hurriedly puts the phone down and transforms into his cat form, jumping up on to the seat behind the President's desk. Better not to skulk. He'll curl up on that chair in the same way that any cat curls up in any chair: like he owns it. Like he's meant to be here.
2. Don't trust sugar daddies (for Lydia)
It's unfair that he's the one to be given this task, really. Any witch could talk to her. Maybe they already have. But no, Samantha is still paranoid and thinks Cesare may be extracting Circle Daybreak secrets from Lydia as if the girl has anything but cotton wool in her head.
So it's up to him to talk to her. He sends a message ostensibly from Samantha's phone ordering her to meet him at a witch's circle in a small private park near her home. The cat drapes himself across the grass on the outer rim of the circle, turning his white belly up to the sun. Maybe she'll turn up, maybe she won't. He thinks Samantha's command will be enough to impress or scare her into coming. Either way.
3. Don't try yoga (for Desmond)
It's at the end of another coven meeting that Mogget turns up to check on Desmond. Perhaps by now he has come to see the benefits of consuming liquefied kale and contorting his body into unusual positions. Perhaps he's even learned something from that basic book of spells. Regardless, the cat slips by while the other witches are filing out and goes on a somewhat meandering route towards Desmond, unable to resist brushing his whiskers past the large exercise ball next to one of the yoga mats.
He approaches the witch. "Settling in?"
4. Don't interrupt a cat nap (open)
For the rest of the month, Mogget can be found in various locations. He's at the Magical Innovation Centre a few days after it opens, paying a visit with Samantha. The difference is, this time he's the only fae in the building. The atmosphere is notably subdued, nothing like the triumphant mood of the Centre's first opening.
Other than that, he spends an awful lot of time asleep on roofs around the Kensington area, or else in Kensington Gardens, his favourite park, soaking up the July sun. At night he hunts there too, chasing mice through the grass, or lying in wait for his prey, green eyes alight. It's all part of keeping an eye on magical activity in the area: Samantha wants him closer to home to protect the house and protect her son.
Which means if there is any magical activity nearby, he will investigate. He has to.
5. Choose your own adventure! Hit me up with your own prompt.
Ever since the break-in at her flat, Samantha has added one more unpleasant trait to her many character flaws: paranoia. Mogget knows why she's so concerned. The flash drive that was stolen from her study contained incriminating evidence – not of herself, but of a certain Peter Vrinak. It was evidence that she was using to keep him on the straight and narrow and she doesn't have it any more. Vrinak has already defied her wishes by voting in favour of the summoning ban. The question is: who stole it and what are they going to do with it?
Mogget has a feeling they'll find out sooner or later. There are already signs of discontent amongst the masses if the peace protest is anything to go by. But for now, Samantha is suspicious of everyone. Everyone, including the vampire President she's sleeping with – yes, he knows about that too. Which is why on one of his visits to the Night Council HQ she asks him to sneak into Cesare's office, take a look around. Just in case.
So he does. He sneaks into the office one evening while the place is relatively quiet and takes human form to browse through the documents on Cesare's desk, searching for anything suspicious. Boring, boring, boring. The laptop is locked, he won't attempt to get into that. He's a familiar, not a hacker. But there's Cesare's phone, carelessly left on his desk, and a few quick taps gets him access to... well.
He really didn't need to see any of that.
Awful, gushing messages, terrible attempts at flirting and pictures. Pictures of a certain Lydia Bennet. He can only assume that she's trying to look enticing. Frankly, it's all in very poor taste.
Thankfully, he's interrupted by someone approaching. Mogget looks up, then hurriedly puts the phone down and transforms into his cat form, jumping up on to the seat behind the President's desk. Better not to skulk. He'll curl up on that chair in the same way that any cat curls up in any chair: like he owns it. Like he's meant to be here.
2. Don't trust sugar daddies (for Lydia)
It's unfair that he's the one to be given this task, really. Any witch could talk to her. Maybe they already have. But no, Samantha is still paranoid and thinks Cesare may be extracting Circle Daybreak secrets from Lydia as if the girl has anything but cotton wool in her head.
So it's up to him to talk to her. He sends a message ostensibly from Samantha's phone ordering her to meet him at a witch's circle in a small private park near her home. The cat drapes himself across the grass on the outer rim of the circle, turning his white belly up to the sun. Maybe she'll turn up, maybe she won't. He thinks Samantha's command will be enough to impress or scare her into coming. Either way.
3. Don't try yoga (for Desmond)
It's at the end of another coven meeting that Mogget turns up to check on Desmond. Perhaps by now he has come to see the benefits of consuming liquefied kale and contorting his body into unusual positions. Perhaps he's even learned something from that basic book of spells. Regardless, the cat slips by while the other witches are filing out and goes on a somewhat meandering route towards Desmond, unable to resist brushing his whiskers past the large exercise ball next to one of the yoga mats.
He approaches the witch. "Settling in?"
4. Don't interrupt a cat nap (open)
For the rest of the month, Mogget can be found in various locations. He's at the Magical Innovation Centre a few days after it opens, paying a visit with Samantha. The difference is, this time he's the only fae in the building. The atmosphere is notably subdued, nothing like the triumphant mood of the Centre's first opening.
Other than that, he spends an awful lot of time asleep on roofs around the Kensington area, or else in Kensington Gardens, his favourite park, soaking up the July sun. At night he hunts there too, chasing mice through the grass, or lying in wait for his prey, green eyes alight. It's all part of keeping an eye on magical activity in the area: Samantha wants him closer to home to protect the house and protect her son.
Which means if there is any magical activity nearby, he will investigate. He has to.
5. Choose your own adventure! Hit me up with your own prompt.
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When she finds out about the messages on Cesare's phone. And she will soon, because Mogget will have to tell her.
Incidentally, he's not budging from the chair. Cats never do.
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"Is that so? And why is that?" he asks though mentally he's already dismissed the cat's claims. Cesare has been playing exceptionally fair, he thinks. He's defended Circle Daybreak and the witches at every opportunity. There is nothing for him or Samantha to be worried about.
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He imagines that the pictures will be first to spring to Cesare's mind, but if they aren't... Well, it must be something useful to know, mustn't it?
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Nevertheless, he doesn't react well. He frowns, clearly unapproving.
"So you're a spy now?"
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He says nothing else, because he's still waiting to hear what Cesare thinks is incriminating on his phone.
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"Then what do you think you've found that's so damning? Ms Okeke and I have a very good working relationship." And yes, he's still acting as if he and Samantha are just colleagues.
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"It would appear she isn't the only one." He flexes his claws, pricking the material of the chair just because he can. "What should I tell my mistress about the nature of your relationship with Lydia Bennet?"
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"Forgive me. I didn't realise we were going steady," he says wryly, deliberately using words that remind him of some American highschool movie.
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"You won't be going anywhere if she thinks you're using another witch to spy on her."
His eyes challenge Cesare to deny it. Lydia isn't the brightest, but that could make it easier to get information out of her or even to turn her against Samantha if Cesare so chose.
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"Why would I spy on a woman who works in the same building as me? And with Lydia? I'm with her because she has a great arse and she's eager to please, not because of her skills in espionage." He gives Mogget a look that shows he thinks the cat is being absolutely ridiculous.
"Shall we go talk to Ms. Okeke and sort this out? She's right down the hall..." This is all absurd to him. Is Samantha deliberately having people spy on him? Honestly, after everything he's done for her...
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The cat narrows his eyes. "You go if you wish. I've seen enough nauseating displays for today."
Witch, vampire, in the end it all comes down to the same thing. And to think that politics is decided on a whim of who can get into bed with whom. Humans never change.