Another day, another dollar
Vendetta stalked her borders for a mere five hours when she got bored. Rose started to head in her direction. "Hey, are you bored?" she asked.
Rose blinked, "Yes."
"What'd you do today?"
"Slept, you?"
"Stole a fillet, walked in the rain only Sanguine ditched me, and slept."
"Life is sweet, huh."
"You have no idea."
"You've been mentioning Sanguine a lot since we got here, more than usual I presume?"
"So?"
"What's your feeling towards him?"
"What? I don't know, not hating each other?"
"And? What's he like?"
"Sarcastic and, I guess, sweet?"
"Ooh, you like him!"
The corners were coming, for that she was grateful. "Later, like in thirty minutes." she thought briefly as they crossed and now Anton.
"Anton, fill me in on the Larrikin thing." she said.
He frowned, "I sincerely don't know what you're talking about."
"About him, when normal."
"Why?" he devilishly asked.
"I might have my eye on someone else, I just want to know, that's all."
"Alright, then… To me, obnoxious, annoying, stupid, dimwitted, sharpest marble, etcetera, etcetera. How do you see him?"
"Idiotic, insensitive, jerky, mean - oh, and stupid."
"Great, now compare notes."
Vendetta took a few moments to register, "Ah."
"Would you?" he asked, "Dare him?
"Maybe not."
"Who's the mystery man?"
"I'm not telling."
"Tell me." he urged. "Don't make me use my gist." he tried to joke.
"Are you trying to make me laugh?" Vendetta mocked.
"Yes."
"Try again."
"Please?"
"No, Anton, you won't get a peep from me." they passed each other, "OK, fine." Vendetta sped up and reached the corner, "Never mind."
"Ha. Ha. Ha. Well played Ms. Dare."
She managed a smile, "Why, thank you, Mr. Shudder." she responded in a fake English accent, "And if I must say, that fillet was rather dashing."
"Dashing?" Anton called back.
"Yeah, you heard me." the corner came and now Sanguine. "Hey, I heard years ago, when you made your debut, no one knew who you were."
"Where's you get that from?" he asked in a familiar drawl.
She shrugged, "Actually I didn't know. So, ha."
Sanguine smirked, "Well, alright then."
Valkyrie woke at five and shrugged into her attire. She slumped to the kitchen and drank some old coffee. Then, she made her way to the door and walked to Skulduggery's Coupe.
"Morning." he cheerfully said and headed backwards off the Estate.
"Hi." Valkyrie dryly responded and put her seat back.
"Are you OK?"
"I'm so, so very tired - more than usual."
"What kept you up?"
"Gordon."
"I'm scared to know what he did." Skulduggery joked and turned off the driveway.
"We talked last night."
"What about?"
"Maladroit."
"And that caused you to not sleep?"
"No, not exactly like that. He thinks we're delaying the Maladroit case."
"We are? Why would he think that?"
"Something to do with the Vile and Darquesse, which he failed to tell me sooner."
"Oh." humor escaped his tone, not intentionally.
She shot a hard glare, he didn't look. "Does that appear to be funny?" he just knew.
"N-no, sorry." Skulduggery pulled onto the highway and continued straight.
Valkyrie made a face, then softened, "I'm sorry, Skul."
He shrugged, "Don't worry."
"What are we going to do though?" she asked, almost pleaded, "About Vile and Darquesse."
"We'll just have to wait, I guess."
"There's nothing we can do?"
"Valkyrie, like I've said before; we can't stop this."
"I know, I know. I just wished I wouldn't happen."
"Another day, another dollar."
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