[color=fff200]"The order said to rip your lashes out, Ryan. That's what the order said, and it's not as bad as losing a tooth or a nail. It's your call to make. I think you're risking your neck for nothing. And maybe you're not the only one who gets punished by your mistake - what about Thr- ah, Riley and Somi? Funeral home maintenance bills and some kind of big transfer to the Velskaya Corporation. Sounds like you two might know something about this. I found mine too, and Somi's. This King sure did some research before he went after us, didn't he."[/color]

Ryan hated to admit it, but the blond man was right - he'd have to let these guys rip his eyelashes out, and while it sucked he couldn't have them cut instead, it was indeed better than losing a tooth or nail. Still, Ryan was quick to notice that the blond man still refrained from giving out his name, and still had possession of the blade of glass. Ryan didn't feel comfortable pushing the issue of names when he didn't have a weapon, so he'd settle for simply using the blond man moniker. Still, Ryan wasn't sure why the blond felt the need to conceal his identity. It wasn't like the King didn't know everything about them already...

Why was Ryan humoring this? He had been calling the Kidnapper a King when in reality he was just a kidnapper. Did they call themself that in orer to appear more intimidating, or to try and elicit a specific emotion from his victims?

It didn't really matter. Ryan was going to have his eyelashes plucked, and that was going to sting like a bitch. Even if it's better than a tooth or nail, it still wasn't something to be happy about. Riley at least was willing to reintroduce themselves - she was pretty creepy, but all things considered, Ryan had some habits others would call psychotic, so he had no place saying that about someone else.

At least, that's how he felt until Riley pulled a knife on him.

[b]"So, shall we now begin the game?"[/b]

Ryan took a step back and had to restrain himself from cursing out the kid in front of him. He understood being nervous in a situation like this, but this kid almost seemed like they were threatening him. This was the first time Ryan had been held at knifepoint, even if this wasn't really direct and more implicating than anything else. He chose to handle the situation calmly, and diffuse Riley before she stabbed him in the throat.

[color=a36209]"Sure thing, but you should probably put the knife down first - you guys are right, my eyebrows need to be plucked, not cut."[/color]

Ryan walked forwards and gingerly kneeled on the disgusting floor, allowing Riley to have a much better vantage point for ripping out his follicles. 

[color=a36209]"Please try to be quick - the less time we spend doing this, the more time we have to find the 'King.'"[/color]

Ryan wanted to finish as fast as possible - this was going to hurt no matter what, so finishing fast and giving him time to nurse his wounds would be the best. He had tried to buy time at first, but he had to settle for having Somi wait for a while to eat the various parts. They needed time to investigate the situation on the Kidnapper and introduce each other, so this was probably for the best. Whatever happened, Ryan was hoping to get out of here as fast as possible.