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[deadlyjuliet]

[Paperwork paperwork paperwork OH MY GOD NO. Grell slams her hands on her writing desk and flips the journal open.]

WILLIAM. We're going out. Now. No, don't argue. We're going.

To the rest of you, is there nowhere in this little bubble for a girl to find a proper hairdresser? Honestly, what have you all been doing?

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[voice]

[deadlyjuliet]

Oh, so once is all it takes for you to give up?

[voice]

[doubleppk]

[She thinks this over for a bit.]

If the end result isn't worth it. He's not that much of a treasure. [That actually hurts her to say. Lupin...]

[voice]

[deadlyjuliet]

[Oh, Fujiko....]

Well, then you won't mind losing him. At least that's good to know.

[voice]

[doubleppk]

If I lose him, he's already gone.

[voice]

[deadlyjuliet]

[Oh, this should be fun. Her new challenge: getting Fujiko to admit her feelings. Lupin, you're more than likely about to die.]

Nfu...And the games begin.

[voice]

[doubleppk]

Games?

[Poor poor Lupin.]

[voice]

[deadlyjuliet]

Oh....Nothing.

[voice]

[doubleppk]

You sound like Lupin when you do that.

[voice]

[deadlyjuliet]

We do have quite a bit in common.

[voice]

[doubleppk]

Red, this... I'm not sure of the others though.

[voice]

[deadlyjuliet]

Then you'll have to get to know me, hm? Or perhaps you'll learn through association.

[Grell taps a finger against the journal.]

Let's see how much Monsieur Lupin likes to play...

[voice]

[doubleppk]

Very well then.

[Quietly listening, not really speaking up about Lupin's play. It's all mind-games, but Fujiko isn't sure how Grell means either.] Try him at cards and you'll get a good idea how he plays everything else.

[voice]

[deadlyjuliet]

Nfu, a gambling man is the sort who falls so easily... This should be fun.

[Her type of play is deadly, Fujiko. You might want to watch Lupin a little closer.]

[voice]

[doubleppk]

Yes he is... but I don't want him to fall that much, okay? So go easy on him.

[Just a little bit worried. She knows predatory tones when she hears it. Having been an assassin and such herself.]

[voice]

[deadlyjuliet]

You can't say you don't care and then ask me to take it easy, Fujiko-chan. It's one or the other~

[voice]

[doubleppk]

I can so. I don't have to be in love with him not to want him not to fall for much. Every time he does I get caught up in it somehow. Anything I'm planning gets shot to hell or even goes up in flames when he gets involved.

[voice]

[deadlyjuliet]

Well, anything you're planning has nothing to do with his heart, so don't worry. I'll be kind.

[voice]

[doubleppk]

[A pause, she's not sure she understood that right, clearly something is afoot, but what? Okay bluffing mode get!]

You're going to try to break his heart?

This I have to see.

[voice]

[deadlyjuliet]

Then watch the show, Fujiko-chan. I'll be sure to make it worthwhile for you.

[voice]

[doubleppk]

[... She's tempted to object. HEY. Lupin is hers to break his heart. And god knows that's probably impossible. Rejection doesn't dent him. Fujiko's near deaths didn't dent him. He thrived on betrayal. And who did Grell think she was? Stealing another woman's man just to break his heart and try to make Fujiko fix it. That was mean! Or... something. She has a million thoughts racing, but every last one of them internal, not really expressed on her face except that there are clearly a lot of cogs turning at once.]

You'd better~ He doesn't break easily you know. [There's a threat in there despite the almost honeyed tone.]