Smoke Gets in your Eyes starring Misaki Mae and Chelle Takeiro (Double XP)

The level of pleasure Misaki took from the room could only be measured in small glimpses as the shadows moved around Misaki's every step in a black pencil dress. Her hair rolled up into curls, keeping her hair just below her cheek with full body. After leaving behind a trail of perfume to intoxicate the room behind her, Misaki stepped up to the platform with her fox skin around her neck. "Yes, that little nerd needs our help."

Misaki stepped forward with everyone of her heel clicks striking the marble floor like high keys on a piano. Information gathered through her network spoke about a man with the suitable gift of performing time travel. By what means he did or for what purposes did not matter. What mattered was his cooperation with her, and his exclusiveness against any other onlookers. He began a conversation with two women who stepped up from the audience to speak with the half crazed man. One voice rose above the other. It did not sound sound and sweet like the little elf, or proud and boisterous like the angel; it must belong to the demon she met. The one she parleyed with earlier.

The closer Misaki strode towards the stage, the more her appearance faded from sight. Invisibility took her away from the crowd, only to appear on the stage behind the man, securing one of the bracelets around her wrist. "I'll take one science little man." After the lock of the gauntlet Misaki looked to Chelle. "Boo, you whore. And you're little friend too." A snarl rose from the foxes snout in the scientists face. "Maybe your little friend should do us all a favor and use one of those knives to help make sure you don't have any hands to put those bracelets on." Little did Misaki know how great an insult she unleashed.

Something about the woman in front of her swam against Misaki's current. Her voice screeched out a memory, but Misaki did not know the face. Some interloper in the past perhaps? Perhaps. But, what would she know of plans. Nothing but futility. "Oh, little, tall woman, you are so foolish in your zeal. Your lips can barely open large enough to expel the drivel of words seeping out. Maybe we don't do as much botox next time. Some cultures find wrinkles and age lines beautiful. Maybe you go there."

"Calm down little one. You're getting too excited. I just mean to take a visit with this man on his adventures. Why don't you go find a corner to bang your head against for a few minutes." Misaki never meant for her comment to be taken literally, but would not mind if her intention found itself fulfilled. "As for you..." A dark nail ran across the man's chest. "How about we see what this machine of yours can do. I am all for a change of time, and don't worry about those pesky people in the past. They won't know what hit them."

Perfume built up around Misaki like a cloud, giving off an intoxicating aroma. Her dark eyes drawn with contour lines to pull the corners of her eyes even further. Deep red indentions along the crevices of her lips held deep secrets. Dark secrets. Longing secrets. "Come now, little man. I don't have all the time in the world, but it seems you might have a solution to that."

The intention of Misaki's words never gave quite the satisfaction of watching Anna carry out her orders. "Well, this is something interesting. Dear, would you mind escorting this scientist somewhere safe? I would like to speak with him later and do not want anyone else to bother him." So, the other other woman did not appreciate what Misaki hoped to achieve, but the fox did not concern herself with the demands of the chicken. "Don't worry. You barely understood what was put before you in the first place. You can go back to your cocktails and trading of your goods for their attention and never even know what you missed."

Darkness would begin to form around Misaki and the others with the bracelets, giving an unintentional transition from the party to- well another party. Or at least the theme of the environment came across in a festive manner, until a man with a cylindrical cone began yelling. Knowing something out of the ordinary shifted in the setting, Misaki would just leave Chelle to deal with the misunderstandings and improper trespassing. Once Misaki captured the scientist, she could just leave Chelle and her friend in the past and eliminate a witness to her crime. It would be like stealing a death ray and then beating the hero to death with it. Perfect, but not greatly efficient, possibly more satisfying though.

The only problem with Misaki's plan would come up as she grabbed for Anna by mistake and pulled her off towards a side room to begin her mistake, wandering into a smoke heavy stage of a library. "Now, we talk about getting back to the-" Misaki projected her nail in anger. "You're of no use to me! Tell me why I shouldn't cut you to pieces right now!"