[color=1a7b30][center]Arthur[/center][/color]

Arthur paced alone as he waited, he knew it wouldn't be long before the others arrived, and yet the minutes still felt like sandpaper on his mind. In truth he was not worried about the outcome, it was more the audacity of this little stunt that these interlopers were pulling. Still, he had an operation to run and a response to formulate. However saying it like that simplified the matter to an almost absurd degree, something deep in Arthur’s gut told him that this annexation of the rose garden was merely the beginning of something bigger, a way to test the waters as it were. It was almost like watching someone set up a chessboard when you weren't looking. 

But that is precisely why he had called the two assassins, he needed a way to probe back, and the two were more subtle than most. Arthur sighed to himself, a hollow sound from behind his mask as he looked over a map of the first sector, subtlety would be key here. And yet the sound of two voices filtered in from behind the door, causing Arthur to turn and stalk silently over to the door. [color=1a7b30][i]”ah idle small talk”[/i][/color] he thought to himself, a grin forming. Waiting till there was a break in the conversation, the Doctor turned the handle on the door and let it slowly open as he turned and walked back to where the map sat on a table in the middle of the room. 

The room was almost dominated by the map filled table, a couple chairs were dotted here and there and a small table with dark colored alcohol stood in a corner , the lighting was fairly decent and the air smelled of the myriad of flowers that not only populated the shop around the room, but also sat in vases in the room itself (A vase for each member of Belladonna’s namesake). Waiting only a short bit before speaking up, Arthur would fix his eyes on the door and the two assassins. [color=1a7b30]“Come in. Come in.”[/color] his voice having an almost pleasant ring to it, as if the grin beneath the mask colored his speech [color=1a7b30]“Make yourselves at home, grab a drink and a chair if you want. Oh but do close the door. We have some business to discuss.”[/color]  

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