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Emily blinked again, and let him lead her back into the room. A little unwillingly though... when she closed the door behind him, her hand remained gripped on the handle after it had shut. It took a tug at her arm to make her let go of the handle and move farther into the room.


Natalia blinked herself, then looked over at Savage a bit questionably. "Is she... going to stay this time?" she asked, still using hero own language so that the girl couldn't understand them.

Natalia smiled at whatever response Vandal had given her. Emily looked between the two, but she couldn't tell what they had said. Natalia looked a little happier whatever it was. The other woman moved towards them, smiling the entire time. Then she took Emily's other hand and pulled her closer into the room.

"So you aren't going to run off again." she said in English. "Good. You are always standing like statue outside of Cobblepot's office. Never really looking anyone's way." she said, then smiled more. "I have been vanting to spend a little personal time vit you. No vork... no talking about vat de boss vants... just us."

Emily blinked again, and looked confused. Very confused.

”You don't believe me?” Natalia asked with a small grin.

”I find it hard to believe.” Emily replied, drawing her hand away from the other woman. ”You have made no motion that would make me believe it's true before. You haven't even hinted that you wanted to spend time with me. Let alone... what I think you're implying.”

Natalia grinned and gently let her fingers curl around one of the blonde locks of hair that was hanging from Emily's shoulders. ”I knew how you vould react.” she replied. ”Ze guards at ze England castle relax more zen you do. You vould have ignored me or found some other bit of work to keep you company.” she said, then looked up at her. ”You are a very attractive voman. And you never talk to ze girls up here. You do to ze vons zat are lower on de totem pole here... but not to ze vons on you level. I don't have many girls to make friends vit here. Ze don't like me or are dead.”

Emily frowned, then just stared at the other woman. 'Friend'... that was certainly a plus in her line of work. But it was only if the other woman was serious about it. Natalia was in Cobblepot's office more than any of the other girls, and she was always on his 'clean-up' duty. Emily was just an enforcer. While she crippled and left a message, Natalia killed and left no evidence. If she could get closer to other opporations or events...

She paused a moment longer, then turned and glanced back at Vandal. ”Well... be that as it may... I'm certainly not going to do anything in front of a guest.”

”And vy not? I doubt he vill mind. And ve can finally have some personal time to get to know each other better vithout you vorrying about work.” Natalia said with a grin.

Emily looked back at her, her face turning red again, then looked back at Savage.



// Good place to pause if you want to have him move a bit. //

Emily blushed a little more and glanced away. "I've.... never had this sort of attention before..." she admitted in French. Which was true... but she was also just trying to work her nerves up at this point. Just... a little bit of time to get herself prepared for what she needed to do to get close to someone who was in Cobblepot's top ranks. "It's embarrassing..."

Emily glanced back up at Vandal, and let her gaze linger on him for a moment. Then she let it fall away.

”If it still bothers you zat he is here, I know a vay for it to feel a little more... private.” Natalia offered, grinning.

Emily let her gaze wander back up to Natalia, her blush becoming slightly darker. Natalia's grin grew a little wider, figuring that it was the fact that Vandal would be in the room that was bothering the other woman. Natalia took the other woman's hands again, and began leading her deeper into the room, away from Vandal.

“Come, I vill show you another room here. Then it vill be just the two of us. You von't have to worry about him watching or feeling embarrassed in front of him. Vill that make you feel better?” she asked.

Emily glanced awkwardly back at Vandal, then shyly turned back around and nodded her head yes towards Natalia.

“Then come. I vill take you to my more private room. Just de two of us. No men to see. Though he vill be right outside should he need anything.” Natalia said, then began leading Emily towards the closet that she had motioned earlier to Savage.

Emily followed, and watched as Natalia opened the set of closet doors. Her eyes widened, and she blushed a little at some of the things that were in the closet, and quickly averted her gaze. Natalia glanced back, then grinned a little bit. ”Some men come here enough zat they get tired of seeing us in ze uniform.” she said, turning her attention back to the closet. She pulled out a maid outfit, then three others that were too close together to recognize, then began feeling around in the back of the closet. ”And ze are paying customers...”

”And this is why I stand outside of the office and take files back and forth all day...” Emily muttered to herself in French, STILL not looking at what all was in the closet.

Soon there was a loud click, and then a metalic creaking sound. Emily turned her attention back to the closet, and watched as the back wall opened up. Natalia took some more outfits down from the rack, then stepped aside to let Emily walk through the hidden doorway and into the other room. ”After you...”

Emily blinked a moment, then took a deep breath and moved past her to walk inside. As she disappered inside, and out of view, she began speaking in French again. Something about suddenly wishing she had the nerve to be in front of Vandal with all of this. Then... something about a bed and mirrors on the walls being tacky.

Natalia didn't understand her of course. ”I'm sure you'll get comfortable once you sit down and try to relax. I'm sure my bedroom is a little... interesting... but it's private.” she said, then began hanging the outfits back up on the rack.

When she was done, she turned and gave Vandal a wicked little smile. ”And.... I'm sure YOU will find the table right there.... most interesting.” she said to Vandal in the language only he would understand... motioning towards a table close to the wall next to her.

Sitting against the wall was a large sofa. In front of that was a large metallic table... quite different from the 'icey' tables that was found all about the Lounge. Across from that was a very comfortable looking chair, facing both the table and the large empty wall.

”You can play with that...” she continued, then grabbed a pair of handcuffs that was hanging off of a police costume still in the closet. ”While I play with this...”

And with that... Natalia closed the doors to the closet and vanished inside. The metallic creaking rang out again, and the door was quite clearly closed and locked.

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The table, once properly inspected, had a few secret compartments under, and in the rim of the table. Both only accessible if you were sitting in the chair facing the wall. There, one could find a remote control and a small key pad that pulled out of the side. There was no computer in the room, or tv, or anything that the machines could have possibly been used for.

One button, looked as though it rang for assistance from an employee. Another button seemed as though it called straight to the desk or someone to speak to in person. Another button looked as though it operated or granted access to other pieces of technology in the room. From some of the buttons it looked as though there were channels or a computer system of some kind in the room. Figuring that bunch of buttons would probably take an owners manual... something Natalia didn't grant Vandal before leaving. But... for those familiar with surveillance... it looked as though the keypad helped to control a few different video screens. It was a good guess that the room was under surveillance, as well as the bedroom. Natalia wouldn't be above blackmailing someone...

The remote control... however... was much more interesting. The largest button on the remote was red and had a black widow symbol on it in black ink, with red “spider legs” curling across the remote from the button. Below that button, was a smaller button with a speaker symbol below it. Next to that, was a button with a camera symbol under it. Next to that, looked like a tv or computer screen. And below that were two lights. The green light was dim, and had an 'unlock' symbol under it. The red light, glowing brightly, had a “locked” symbol under it.

Further inspection of the underside of the table would reveal a note. Instructions for the remote.

I'm sure you can guess what most of the buttons are for.. the note began. Sound, or leave the room sound proofed and have a silent show. Camera or video feeding straight to the flip screen in the table... you'll need the keypad to open the computer. Or... if you want a full show and don't care who walks in... you'll want to press my little button. If the light's red, you'll just have to watch. If it turns green... the door's open...”

The spider button, once pressed, revealed one of the reasons there wasn't much effort put into making the other door close. The wall Savage faced... the one where the other room should be... slid back, revealing a large one-way viewable wall of glass. Much like in so many interrogation rooms.

The glass, from what Emily would see, would only be one large mirror hanging from the wall. Nothing conspicuous...seeing as how each wall had a large mirror. They looked as though they were meant to make the small room look larger, as well as give Natalia full view of herself while she dressed. For Vandal, the mirrors granted him almost every view of the room that their was. There was another closet on the other side of the room, as well as another door that likely served as a bathroom. It certainly looked like Natalia lived in the room judging by a few small piles of clothing that sat on the floor next to the bed, as well as a few paper schedules and photographs that were taped to the wall behind the bed. There was probably a secondary entrance to the room.

Natalia was standing in front of the glass, undoing her braid while Emily sat on the bed, looking around. Natalia glanced up at the window and looked into the other room. She grinned, winked, then turned and moved to sit down on the bed next to Emily.

"I'm still not sure I'm comfortable with this." Emily said as the sound was turned on from the other room.

"Oh? There is really no need to feel so akvard, darling." Natalia said, brushing some of the hair off Emily's shoulder. "It is just us. Novon can hear or see." she said, then moved her fingers up to the other woman's ear. "And... zer is no need to vorry about work while you are here." she said, taking Emily's earpiece out of her ear and lying it on the table across from them.

Emily tensed up a little as Natalia pulled the earpiece from her, and kept her eyes on where the other woman placed it. "I've never done this... sort of thing before. I'm... I appreciate the attention, but I'm not sure that I..." she began awkwardly.

"But you're not sure you vant to go through with this?" Natalia asked, looking back at her with a smile.

"I know how you behave most of the time." Emily began. "I really don't think I could handle half of the things you enjoy doing."

"Zat is for the experienced. I don't expect to get to do such things vit you." she purred, then leaned in close, whispering into her ear. "Yet anyway...."

Emily felt her lips graze across the side of her neck, and she jumped up and away from the woman by reflex. She blushed slightly, then moved away from the bed, crossing her arms under her bosom.

Natalia just smiled wider at this. "My my... you are a little sheltered, aren't you?"

Emily was quiet for a moment, walking towards the window with a very contemplative look on her face, now that her back was away from Natalia. Her eyes scanned the edges of the window where it met the wall... as though she were looking to see how it was sitting on the wall. With all the mirrors in the room.... she wanted to be sure it was an actual mirror. Natalia had them well disguised though... and she was fooled.

Emily looked up at her reflection, unknowingly at Vandal. The expression on her face was... far from the shy woman she was pretending to be. "You want to be friends...?" she asked.

"Of course... I don't have anvone up here to 'hang out vith'. To talk to, to gossip with, to... have fun with."

".....and you like to do things I would be very uncomfortable with."

"Yes, but-"

"You like to dominate and be in full control." Emily continued. "You say you want to spend time with me... but I know better than that with you. You want to have your fun with someone who's not comfortable with the idea. You want to see me squirm, then break my reputation of being the 'good girl'. Or hold it over me so that I do whatever you want from now on in fear of you bragging about what you did in here with me." she continued, her eyes falling onto the pair of handcuffs Natalia had brought into the room with them.

Natalia didn't answer her. She looked... a bit surprised that Emily had come to that conclusion, but the expression melted into a smile again soon enough. "I can't say that ze idea isn't a turn on..." she purred. "But... I am more interested in getting you over your little phobia of physical interaction dat you seem to have."

Emily looked back at her reflection, then looked at the rest of the room through the reflective glass. Her expression calculating. Evaluating the room. Then she frowned some. "I know a good way to help with that... but your room is far too dangerous for it." she muttered.

Natalia perked up a bit, then stood from the bed and moved towards her. "Oh? And vat would that be?"

Emily looked back towards her reflection. "....I don't really want to go through with what you want... but... I'll admit that it would be nice to have someone to talk to while I spend hours upon hours on this floor." she began. "You... want to do this... and you really don't take no for an answer." she said, then turned to face the other woman. "So... why don't we make a little deal."

"Oh?"

"You win... you get me to submit... you can have your way. I win... I tire you out or get you to submit... we let things be with just the little tussle and go about our day." Emily replied.

Natalia paused for a beat, then smiled. "You vant to wressel for it?"

”Yes.” Emily continued. ”The way you act sometimes... I would guess that fighting would make you just as happy as having your way. You win... I'll comply with what you want. I win... we leave it at the fight and go about the rest of our day.”

Natalia smiled. ”Alright. Vat are de rules.”

”No biting.” Emily replied instantly. ”I don't care if Cobblepot has an antidote for your poison here... I don't to go through that. And I doubt I'll be working much with an amputation or deformity.”

Natalia chuckled. ”Of course... Zat vould end things too quickly anyway. If zats the case though... no breaking bones either. I know zat is von of your signature moves as vell.”

”Fair enough.” Emily replied. ”... might as well add no hair pulling. It's cliché and an armature move.”

Natalia chuckled again. ”Of course... vouldn't vant to do anything degrading to your level of abilities.” she said. ”Is zat all? Everything else is fair game?”

”First one who can't fight back or gives up looses.” Emily replied.

Natalia smiled. ”Fair enough...” she purred, then began walking up to Emily.

The blonde woman frowned, and began walking to the side and away from her. THAT was an old tactic... she wasn't going to just let her walk up to her like that after she basically started the fight. Unfortunately that didn't help much either... Natalia still managed to throw the first punch.

The darker woman's leg sprang up, aimed at the woman's face. Unfortunately.... she found herself on the ground the moment after she felt her leg make contact.

Emily's arm had come up in a flash; blocking the kick and wrapping around the leg in one swift motion. Emily's own leg shot out, knocking Natalia's other leg out from under her. She spun Natalia while she was suspended, causing the woman to land on her side once she hit the ground. With one leg planted firmly against Natalia's downed leg, Emily ensured that the woman couldn't knock her off of her feet. Her arm kept her second let held up in the air tightly against Emily's side.

Natalia blinked, and found very quickly that she had only her arms to use at this point. The way her legs were positioned and pinned, she had very limited mobility or ability to get up. She'd never seen Emily in action... but she was beginning to understand why Cobblepot used her to take care of difficult customers and business deals.

Emily looked down at her. The look on her face, and the way she held her self now made it clear that she'd been trained for this sort of thing. Natalia shifted her body on the floor, then used what strength she had from her current position to yank her leg back, basically pulling Emily forward.

Instead of falling forward as Natalia had planned, Emily used the move to lunge forward. She curled, rolled once she hit the ground... with Natalia's leg still held tightly by her arm... and within a matter of moments had the woman pinned again. This time with Natalia curled nearly over top of herself; her legs and lower half bent over top of her. They were pinned in Emily's arms, while her legs were pinning Natalia's arms to the floor.

Natalia grumbled something in her own language. It sounded like she was just angry... but she was really apologizing to Vandal. Saying something about this being embarrassing and she'd have to step it up a bit...