[ There's a blunt edge to her words. Emily isn't saving the bottle, exactly. She pours a fair amount into her own glass, taking a sip - and then a second, longer sip. It's swill, yes, but that's a step up from sludge. She can afford mid-shelf. (Also, she feels a bit bad about what the staff of this location is about to endure. She's learned a bit of something about collateral damage from her days pursuing that elusive Clean Hands trophy.)
Once her cheeks are fair rosy with the lingering drink, Emily unceremoniously breaks the other glass across the bartop. The biggest shard is tucked into her sleeve, where it disappears. The rest of it is just kind of, uh, left there, glinting in the neon reflected above it. ]
I left a job half-finished, and now my "benefactors" are coming to collect the rest in blood.
[ She gives him a more solid look, inscrutable. Her hair is halfway down her neck now, her fringe having grown back quickly enough, and her brows disappear stately underneath it. ]
no subject
[ There's a blunt edge to her words. Emily isn't saving the bottle, exactly. She pours a fair amount into her own glass, taking a sip - and then a second, longer sip. It's swill, yes, but that's a step up from sludge. She can afford mid-shelf. (Also, she feels a bit bad about what the staff of this location is about to endure. She's learned a bit of something about collateral damage from her days pursuing that elusive Clean Hands trophy.)
Once her cheeks are fair rosy with the lingering drink, Emily unceremoniously breaks the other glass across the bartop. The biggest shard is tucked into her sleeve, where it disappears. The rest of it is just kind of, uh, left there, glinting in the neon reflected above it. ]
I left a job half-finished, and now my "benefactors" are coming to collect the rest in blood.
[ She gives him a more solid look, inscrutable. Her hair is halfway down her neck now, her fringe having grown back quickly enough, and her brows disappear stately underneath it. ]
You should leave.