part 27

(continuing from iku and Anna talking)

iku: (“Why’s that briefcase so important, like, what intel is in it?“)

Anna: (“Dirt on the city officials, I have a slight feeling that I’ll need it to get things done.“)

Anna: (sips “Oh right, and there’s some money in there, the important part for you.”)

iku: (“Early birthday present? Aww you shouldn’t have.“)

Anna: (“Shut up, I’ll get you something nice.“)

Anna: (“I just can’t figure out who they’ll send to protect it, I saw chat logs of some high ranking merc or some dumbasses, so you might get a good whoopin’.”)

iku: (“I’ll make them beg either way.“)

Anna: (“Sure you will.“)

Anna drinks the last of it from the bottle.

iku: (“You want some more? Or maybe you shouldn’t drink more?“)

Anna: (“I really want some drinks, but like, not alcohol. Yknow like, I can feel it hitting me.”)

iku: (“Coke, or like water?“)

Anna: (“Coke’s good.”)

iku: (“Oi! Pretty Boy!“)

Adam gets up and walks to iku.

Adam: (“Yes ma’am?”)

iku: (“Can you get us a big bottle of coke, it’s in the back. Oh and some new glasses, i think our hag had a bit much to drink.“)

Anna: (“Fuck you iku.“)

Adam keeps a poker face at this exchange between iku and Anna but clearly he finds it funny.

Adam: (“Right away ma’am.“)

Adam takes the two glasses and the empty bottle.

Anna: (“Why you keep calling me a hag? I’m not even old!”)

iku: (“You’re the oldest amongst us. The night shift I mean.“)

Anna: (“I don’t even work for you, I contract you.”)

iku: (“I mean you hang around a lot, the people here are used to you.“)

Anna: (“Yeah and they still call me creepy.”)

iku: (“Hey, you should be proud of it. Looks can give someone a lot of authority.“)

Anna: (“Yeah and I look like a shady fucking person instead of a elegant nice-but-firm woman.”)

iku: (“Hey you still look elegant, and nice!“)

Anna: (“The only reason why people aren’t afraid of me like you is because I’m short.”)

iku pats Anna’s back.

iku: (“Hey come on, you’re giving yourself too much shit. You’re fine the way you are. I’m sorry for calling you a hag, okay?“)

Anna: (“Yeah it’s whatever.“)

Adam arrives with a bottle of coke and two glasses, he sets them down and pours into them.

Adam: (“Bottle stays?”)

iku: (“Yeah. Thanks.“)

Adam: (“Anytime ma’am.“)

They talk for a bit longer and then eventually people start to leave.

Anna: (“Shit I don’t think I can make it home, can I crash here?”)

iku: (“Sure, I’ll get you an empty room.”)

iku takes Anna to the empty room and both head off for the day. The next day Anna knocks on iku’s door.

Anna: (“You up?”)

iku: (“Yeah, come in.“)

Anna enters and sits down infront of iku, she’s having breakfast.

iku: (“D’you have a good sleep?“)

Anna: (“Yeah it was great, I don’t think I was as drunk as exhausted, maybe that’s why it hit me so much harder.”)

iku: (“Yeah well I run a great hotel.“)

Anna: (“M-hmmm.”)

iku: (“Yeah actually, I wanna have some pools on the roof.“)

Anna: (“Like ones that go down into the roof?”)

iku: (“Yeah there’s plenty of space, and I already have some stuff there, like chairs and tables.“)

Anna: (“Why do you need more pools anyway?”)

iku: (“So I can charge more? Oh and have pools that I and maybe you can use too. Make it a more VIP thing. I mean can you imagine me wearing a bikini in the pool downstairs? People would be all over me.“)

Anna: (“Right, So how’s it coming along?”)

iku: (“I’m talking to a contractor, making plans first before I go get any permit.“)