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Charlot nodded. "I'll see what I can do about relocating you to someplace more comfortable. Miss Kelsey will stay with you in the meantime." she replied, nodding over at the other woman.
She nodded back and watched as Charlemagne walked back out the door. "I'll keep the room locked so you won't have to worry about anyone else walking in" she said as the door shut behind her with an audible click.

Kelsey stood from her seat and walked over towards the desk to clean up the broken syringes.

Kelsey pulled open draws, pulling out towels, dustpan, and a small sheet of flexible cardboard to scoop the glass around with. She mopped up what she could of the liquid, then shifted the broken glass into the pan. She tossed both the towel and the glass in the garbage next to the desk, then went about fixing up new syringes.
Might as well do something while she waited. And there really wasn't much to talk about with the other woman unless she was the one to initiate a conversation. She appeared to be trying to keep herself calm, and Kelsey didn't want to disturb that.



/// Hm...how long do you think it would take Reaper to get to the city? ///

/// Alright, then he would probably just be getting there by now. Should X make him go nutsy...or should there be something else that slows him down? ///

// That would be fun. Reaper: "Ohthankgodyourback! Quick, you've gotta...you've...you...y.......you're not him, are you?"
X: "......alright. I quit. Vacation time." //

ENTER Xion & Gold Star from NEW YORK CITY
ENTER Edel & Nostalgia from AUDRA A.



Charlemagne, meanwhile, was making her way down the lit halls towards the security room with her attention mostly on her notes. This was going to be a rather delicate situation to handle. They couldn't have the woman destroying anything, or killing them with an ability she couldn't control. Which meant they couldn't threaten her life, or do anything upsetting. It would probably be a good idea to get her completely out of the building as well. Find an old building that wouldn't matter if she damaged. Perhaps one of the warehouses in San Fransisco might be good. No one's been around there in quite some time. She'd have to try and convince Allure that it would be better not to harm Black Cat. Anything Rapture wanted would be out of the question unless it were to simply threaten Reaper with.
...hm. As for that little problem...


Glancing up from her notes, she found Xion and yet another teenager in a costume standing in the middle of the hall. The girl's eyes were rather hazy, and it wasn't hard to guess that Xion had possessed her.
Why he would do something like that so quickly though...she wasn't sure.

"Back already?" Charlot asked, glancing back up at him.

He hesitated a moment. "There's a bit of a problem." he replied, nervousness lingering in his tone.
"I'll say." a woman's voice purred behind him. Not one he recognized.

Edel was standing in the center of he hallway, her arms crossed gently over her diaphragm. A younger woman was standing beside her. Dark, wavy hair curtained over one side of her face, a dark Victorian style dress, and a dark eye staring very curiously at Xion.

"I believe that we need to have a nice....long...talk. Natalie dear, go on ahead and pick out whatever doll you would like." Edel said, not moving her gaze away from Charlot.

Natalie looked up at her. "Even the ones that are still off limits?" she asked quietly.

"No, sweetie. I need to have a talk with them. If you come across any of their experiments that you like, you may have them." she replied, a smile curling around her face. "If I'm not mistaken, they can't do very much with them anyway. Oh, and take this imitation with you." she said, looking over at Xion. "I believe he knows the room they're keeping Black Cat. I want her released, and left alone. She's leaving with us."

"And if he's bad?"

"If he's bad, then you're more than welcome to add him to your collection." Edel replied. "He can't touch you, so don't worry about it."

Natalie nodded, then walked over towards Xion.

"Xion...just take her straight there. It'll be...quicker." Charlot said.

Xion glanced over at her, then down at the girl. ...who was still eyeing him like an expensive toy inside a store window. With a small sigh, the two disappeared to go straight inside the room Cat was in.

Once they were gone, Charlot looked over to Edel, her face a bit weary. "Your son?" she asked.

Edel nodded. "I realize that you had little to do with it. You're much smarter and gentler about handing such things. And...you know better." she said, then her tone dropped a bit. "But you still had a part in it. So you'll need to be included with my little talk. You worked for Richard for quite some time, so you at least have some idea of how I work. The lab rats on the other hand, I assume know nothing of how I do business. I'm afraid I'm going to have to explain it to them in great detail." she said, then smiled a bit. Her tone polite once more...though there was still a chill of ice behind it. "Now then. If you would be so kind as to round the others up. I'm sure you don't want me doing it."

Charlot nodded, then walked with Edel down the hall. Elizabeth followed close behind.

Cat looked up. "Take me? Take me where, exactly?" Then she frowned at the girl. "Who are you, anyway?"

Cat immediately slid to her feet, clutching the blanket around her as best she could. Her cheeks were a bit pink, but her expression was calm. "Well. This has been fun. Make sure to tell your boss I said goodbye."

((That was... surprisingly painless.))