OOC: Lion! Don't read this yet until I edit it DX
*punts him away*
OK you can look BUT I KNOW YOU READ IT TOO EARLY, YOU CHEATER
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Renna Cartiste was doing quite well for herself by now. She had many correspondence and patrons, and thusly, a lot of money flowing in. A lot of men, very stressed from the war, needed to focus their efforts elsewhere, and a kindred spirit like Renna was the perfect remedy for the war time woes. She had dukes and soldiers all ready to pay her handsomely, and she only smiled sweetly in reply and obliged.
In truth, she felt bad for a lot of them, and was happy to be their supporting figure. She didn't even necessarily have to have sex with them. Just her sweetness was enough for a lot of them-
but then again, almost all of her patrons were men. And well..
Men mostly thought with their dicks.
"Well, they do," Jinai agreed, and Renna had to laugh.
"Well, yeah, they do," Renna said with a roll of her eyes. "But it's interesting to be seen as a symbol of comfort, not just sex."
Jinai thought it over before giving a shrug.
"I'm just glad that whole ordeal with the Christy's is over."
Renna's eyes lit up at that as she looked over at Jinai with a playfully, pretend leer.
"Ah, but I think he still pines for Lady Thames," Renna said with a waggle of her brows.
Jinai rolled her eyes.
"He just needed a good fuck."
"And you gave it to him."
"Yeah, good thing it was enough to impact him so that he changed his focus away from you. He seems to have all but dropped any suspicions...." and as she was thinking over it, she looked Renna over. "You know you have to be more careful."
Renna paused, her smile beginning to fade as she set down the cookie she had been biting into and nodded slowly towards Jinia.
"I know..."
"You've got a lot of information for us that we can use to help protect a lot of mages... and also to skirt around future attacks. You can't just use your powers openly. You have to ensure you're one hundred percent alone."
Renna, growing nervous, wrung her handa nd began to pace. "I know I know but..."
"If you get caught... think of the consequences. Not only on yourself.. but I know you've got that young duke's boy you've been pining over." Renna whirled around, her face falling at Jinai's words. "And if you want to protect him and yourself, you really need to redouble your efforts to remain discrete."
Renna nodded before turning back to Jinai.
"Well, what about you?"
Jinai raised a single brow.
"What about me?"
"Your face... it's plastered all over the cities now."
Jinai rolled her eyes. "Yeah, that was one big mistake I'll never make again," she grumbled. "But I've been fine. It's been years since those were placed up. I think most have forgotten about me."
Renna kicked her feet idly from where she sat as she sucked in on her lower lip, chewing on it.
"You know that thing with you and Lord Christy?"
"Yeah?"
Renna went silent a moment.
"I think you've made an impression on Jude Armand."
"Jude?" she made a face, then laughed. "Yeah, we fooled around a lot. I think he enjoyed the sex."
Renna laughed lightly. "I think he enjoyed more than that."
And Jinai caught the look Renna was giving her, but she turned away and shrugged it off and rubbed lightly at her shoulder.
"He's... a nice guy."
"And?" Renna said, flopping down onto her belly upon her bed as she kicked her legs up behind her. "Just nice?"
Jinai caught the look in Renna's too blue of eyes and rolled her own green ones.
"Nice, a good lay, and I'll admit it.. we had some fun." Renna's grin grew and Jinai cut her a look. "But it's not like that, Renna."
"Oh, sure it isn't," the girl said, wrinkling her nose. "After you left, he confronted me you know."
Jinai went quiet at that.
"Yeah?"
Renna nodded her head. "Yeah." And then there was silence again.
"What for?"
Renna shrugged, resting her hands against her cheeks as she looked over at Jinai. "To warn me about Lord Christy, though I told him you had gotten to me first."
Jinai smirked at that. "Oh, is that so?"
"Yep, and then he proceeded to go into great detail about your time together..."
"Oh really.. and what did he say?" Jinai, by now, had gotten to her feet and was looking around Renna's room. This was her second house, for she loved her garden apartment here in Uthlyn and her town home in Reajh was just a bit too... close to the danger zone for her own comfort, so for the past few months, Renna had remained here. It also gave her a bit more freedom and time to see a certain Oakley Brennick on the side....
"Quite a lot actually..." Renna said with a playfully mean grin, but before Jinai had a chance to inquire further, there was a knock at the door.
Renna peeked her head up, and when her servant came by to tell her who was there, she gasped and slapped a hand over her lips.
"Jude Armand is here!" And then judging by the look on Jinai's face, she suddenly reached out and snatched onto her wrist. "And just where do you think you're going!?" she asked.
Jinai gave a pull at her wrist.
"Anywhere but here."
"Oh?" Renna laughed evilly and held on more tightly to Jinai's wrist. "I don't think so. When was the last time you saw him, anyway? He'd probably love to see you again!"
Jinai continued to pull on her wrist, growing irritated.
"Since the last time we fucked," she growled. "Let go for my wrist, Renna. I doubt he'd want to see me when I left him high and dry.."
But before she had a chance to protest, Renna called after her servant, "Let him in, Leesta! Let Mr. Armand in! ANd tell him to come right on up to my room! I've got a present for him!"
And as she laughed, Jinai's eyes went wild as she yanked her wrist away and made a line for the window. Gasping, Renna dashed after her.
"No! Don't leave! Come on, Jinai! At least say hello! I think he could use it-"
"LOOK, RENNA!" Jinai turned around, growling right into her face as she yanked her arm, once again from Renna's grip. "You might think this is cute, but let me tell you, Jude Armand and I.."
But she didn't get a chance to finish her thought as the door creaked open...
and there he was.