She steps away from the party and on to the balcony for some fresh air. The socializing necessary for these events had always been difficult for her, and even now she still needed to get away from some of the people inside. She leans against the railing to stare up at swiftly turning to night sky.
Some on else was out there too, someone she hadn't noticed when she'd come out. He had light hair, that looked pure white, and wore a jacket of the same color. His outfit didn't look like he had come from the party, with a tee shirt and headphones.
He took a long drag of the cigarette he was smoking and turned to her with a smile. "Want one?" He asked, offering the pack to her, leaning against the railing.
"I don't smoke." She told him, which was true enough. "Those things will kill you, you know." She pointed out, though the stranger probably knew that already. It was a common enough fact. Perhaps there was a better place to avoid social interactions.
"Everything kills you, your highness." He told her with another blow on the cigarette. "Mine just happens to take a quicker form than the usual." The noise from the party drifted towards them through the walls.
"Why did you call me your highness?" She asked him, and he laughed.
"Well, you know what everyone calls you, don't you? The little Nasod Queen? I believe it's supposed to be a play off of your last name." He tells her. "You call a queen your highness." He's wrong, of course, you call a queen your majesty, but she lets it slide.
He gives her a smile, one that's kind of flirtatious and kind of looks like he's hiding something. It reminds her that she doesn't know who he is, after all.
"So who are you?" She asks him with what might just be her greatest tact yet. "You don't quite seemed dressed for this affair, and I don't recognize you from anywhere." He gives her this smiling laugh that could have been fine, but slightly unsettles her.
"You can call me Add, your highness. And you're right; I didn't come here for the party. I sneaked up here just to talk to you, Eve. May I call you Eve?" She backed away from him slightly, and considered calling for one of her bodyguards. "Don't worry, I'm not here to hurt you or to take you."
"Then what do you want, Add?"
"Nasod Technologies has become rather large under you, and it has quite a few bits of research locked away inside. I need some of it for a project I'm working on, and I'd like you to give it to me." He took another drag of his cigarette, keeping the same relaxed pose.
"Now why would I do that?" She asked him, thinking it over. Nasod did have many research projects going on, but most of them were public, save for a few about her robot designs and the things that didn't work out as they were planned. What did this Add want?
"I want you to give it to me, but I don't need it. If I break in, people are bound to get hurt, and it's probable I'd end up selling off some of the secrets I don't need. Besides, I'd love to get to know you a little better, your highness.
"I'm not handing over any of Nasod Technology's research, and I'm definitely not handing it over to you. Get out of here before I call one of my bodyguards." He laughed, and leaned in far too close.
"It doesn't matter, your highness, I'll get what I want." He told her in a voice that was softer, and then he leaned in and kissed her. She tried to push him off, and when he finally ended it he gave her that infuriating smirk and jumped off of the balcony. All that remained was the pack of cigarettes he had offered to her.
She watched as he walked away on the lawn, and started to contact one of her assistants. She needed to figure out just who this 'Add' was before everything he said came true.