Master Meets Master(Katrina/Kiss)|Rio is searching

[hiero]

Andrius suppressed the smile that wished to leap to his lips. Having tasted of both womens states he knew where this would end. He merely nodded his ascent to Katrinas tact. He might have chosen a more circumspect manner however hers seemed to bring a shift in Rio. The vampiress would willingly involve herself in a venture challenged her so that she might cull more personal esteem and regard.

Katrina had shown her the carrot while bringing her attention firmly away from the stick...

[kitty]

Katrina sat straight now leaning forward over the desk gathering several papers and stacking them. She separated the duplicates and using paper clips deftly sorted the mess of the paper work putting everything rapidly in order.

She looked up at Rionach. And a fuller smile lit her face. “I was hoping you would see the benefits my offer would give you. Of course since officially it is property belonging to the Kiss you will receive wages as well as residency at the Powhaton. Andy I am sure will arrange everything there for you. Now before I have you sign these papers after giving you the night to review them if you wish of course. We will need to Oath you before any more business can be attended to.”

“And so you know I had no intention of withholding Alice from you. I know the very thoughts you have of her I would be very remiss if I sought to soil such a union especially when you gave up your place in your former city to come after her. She must be very precious to you.”

Katrina finally opened a stray thought towards Andy. ~It is time then?~

[rionach]

Rio stood watching Katrina as she shuffled through the paperwork. She was not a fool, she had been 'alive' entirely too long to still carry any illusions of grandeur. There was always a give and take, there was always negotiations to be made and promises to be spoken, she just wondered though if there wasn't something going on behind even the behind the scenes moments like these. There were always others lurking in the shadows, plotting and planning, Rio had to wonder who was really pulling the strings on this particular theatrical performance.

"Oh I will most definitely read them over. I have to ask Katrina, because neither of us are fools. What if I had refused your offer of employment? If I after reading these papers you are consistently shuffling about the desk, I decide I want no part of the businesses?" Before Katrina or even Andrius could respond, she continued. "Do not mistake me, I shall still oath to the kiss. But I want to know the true goings on. I want to know who it really pulling the strings and why? What does it gain them? And what is the benefit to us?"

Rio turned her head and looked Andrius in the eye, "As I said I am no fool, I know there is more going on here than meets the eye. I want the truth, the whole truth." She turned her violet gaze back to the woman she would giving her oath to. "None of us are unintelligent, and neither are we lacking in common sense. I have no problem throwing my hat into the ring with the strongest power, but I would do so knowing all the information before hand, I am not one to go with the need to know mentality." There let them think on that for a moment. See if they would truly be forthcoming with any pertinent information, or if they would try to snow her.

[hiero]

Andrius projected his thoughts through the room batting aside Rios shields as if they were no more than the thinnest of silk door hangings. He allowed his presence to rest heavily upon the room. His thoughts whispered with the barely contained force of his might.

The shadows writhing, undulating to the percussion of his words punctuated his statements. " You seek to know things beyond your station. You make demands. Instead of accepting you query. That is a fine outlook but just because you seek you may not find. Take in good faith which carrot is laid before you."

Covering the small distance between them in an eye blink Andrius laid his hand upon her cheek. If not for the rustle of power trailing along behind his fingertips the motion would have seemed a caring caress. It was a promise, it was a glimpse of what she expected. Mots importantly it showed instead of told that for the hidden mountain she'd scryed was nothing more than a mote of what lay just beneath the surface.

"No one needs to know what lurks here at the edge of the map save we few friends and allies. Lest you prove you are just that no matter what you suspect decorum will be observed..."

[rionach]

Rio stood straight and tall even under the weight of Andrius's might and power, her violet eyes gleaming with knowledge and certainty now. It would seem she was correct in her assessment that Katrina was only a front to the true Master of the City.

When Andrius spoke Rio smiled a very predatory smile, taking in his words and processing them quickly, "Above my station? It would seem that you have given power, or should I say you have set up someone in a position of power that is highly above her station." She quirked a brow challenging him to argue her point, "As for my demands...I only wish to know what it is that I am agreeing to. I do not leap before I look, if I did I would not have lived as long as I have." Her eyes dared him, she was not under any assumption that he couldn't squash her like a bug, but she was fairly certain that he wouldn't. "I am no horse to be led around by the nose Andrius, no matter how tempting the carrot dangling before my eyes."

Rio let a shiver pass across her frame at his touch to her cheek, but it was in no way a shiver of fear. Rather more a shiver of evil delight, even as her eyelids slid to half mast, hooding her gaze. The touch held power within it, and that intrigued and aroused Rio, though she would hardly admit that. She was a woman who lived in her passions, feeding off lust, and there was a certain look in his eyes that told her he would be a most worthy meal.

"I can be a very great ally Andrius, and have no doubt that I will back your position. But do not toy with me as if I am only newly made. I am no fledgling to not be trusted."

[hiero]

Andrius smiled at the subtle shift in Rionach. She was certainly made of sterner stuff. It would be a shame to clean the slate of her being. She would however bend lest she break. Stepping close enough that the rustle of fabric was a roar in their ears. His eyes leaking a small ebb of power around the edges Andrius locked gazes with her.

As the shadows danced to the pulse of their exchange Andrius smile eased a bit. Rionach's langour exciting the predator within his chest. It was as if she had consigned her fate to what might come. Speaking softly so that his voice rolled across her skin as his hand once did Andrius put it as plainly as he was capable. It was a close to mercy as he could come.

"You are no fledgling. You are indeed a powerful vampire. You would be a boon to any Kiss that accepts you. My trust does not comely easy nor cheaply whether you were freshly given the night or had experienced the full grace of a millenias' dusk. Submitting to the station of the 'Recognized' Master of the City is but the first assertions of your right and 'Honor' to be here..."

Andrius allowed his words to reverberate into stillness. Rionach was no fledgling she knew intimately what was to come and how it might progress from here. Her fate was sealed to the determinations of the next few moments. Her intellect by asserting itself had locked the proceedings.

[rionach]

The rustle of cloth against cloth was almost deafening, but still she moved not a muscle. Going still in that way only very old vampires could. Her eyes not so much defiant as just unafraid, even as Andrius locked his gaze to her own. It was not so much a battle of wills as it was a testing of boundaries.

Her eyelids fluttered slightly as his voice rolled over her, caressing her skin with an even more intimate touch than his hand had. The shadows dancing at the edges of her vision only adding to the intimate feel, though the words that were parried back and forth were far from lovers titillating verbiage.

At his words Rio's hand drew up to brush an imagined piece of lint from his shoulder on a journey to return the small touch he had earlier given her. Her fingers trailed light across his jawline, "I have every intention of -submitting- to the 'Recognized' Master of the City Andrius darling." She let a bit of her own power slide into her words, "And I have no doubts that I shall gain the trust that you hold so precious, given the time. I have no intention whatsoever of doing harm to you or this Kiss. It is after all to be my home."

Rio walked a fine line, but then that was what she was known for. Walking that razor edge of a blade with nary a misstep, she had in fact become quite adept at it over her lifetime.

[hiero]

Andrius suppressed a chuckle. Rionach had found a way to maintain herself and neither bend nor break. She displayed a will worthy of the Kiss. In fact in another place she would be a Master in her own right. That could be a problem for another night for now Andrius knew how he would... broker things along.

She had twisted at the last possible moment to avoid a true show of force. The way she danced along the precipice another would give in to temptation and attempt to nudge her over the edge. It would be wasteful and folly to do so. Andrius was sure that she had secured her passage from her previous master at such a maneuver. It was apparent that she would gladly fall so long as she was able to drag whomever was the cause behind her.

He would stay his hand and give her enough room to continue her dance. It would prove interesting to watch as she negotiated her way through the long dark night. Moving blindingly fast Andrius snatched up her hand bringing it palm forward to his lips. The movement was aggressive the press of lips tender. At the touch of lips to skin Andrius shut the flow of power as easily as one flicked a light switch. Before her hand had fallen Andrius was once again at the position of his guise.

A small almost imperceptible grin upon his lips. " We raptly await your decision Katrina..."

[kitty]

Katrina had watched the interplay between Rionach and Andrius. It was everything she had expected it to be. Rio had already agreed to the terms. She had no argument and she wouldn’t be taking Katrina’s place. Though the woman was quite capable of doing just that.

Katrina looked at Andrius her entire demeanor was a blank slate a soft half smile caressed her features. “An agreement has been reached to the betterment of both parties. I see no cause for her not to join the Kiss. Unless you Doubt her Andrius. She should take the blood oath and our business will be finished”

[rionach]

Rio kept her eyes locked to Andrius, not that she didn't trust him. Alright, so she didn't completely trust him, but in time she could see a form of a relationship budding between them. As companions in immortality to say the least and perhaps even friends. Though Rio could not boast having many of those.

At Katrina's words her smile slide gracefully into place, "It would seem we have come to a mutual agreement then. Unless you -doubt- me Andrius, let us conclude what need be done." Once more there was an almost challenge in her eyes as she repeated the words spoken by Katrina.