[center][h1][color=ed1c24]SCARLET SHADOW
红色阴影[/color][/h1][/center]


The master thief had arched her right eyebrow as she listened to the voice on the other end of the phone. [i]Astra? King of the Shadow Knights? Sounds like some kind of after dark frat boy club or a death metal band.[/i] She held her tongue though as she heard her mysterious host out.

So the man who had been waiting on her was in fact a lackey. Probably the one who had planted the note for her too. For something as simple as luring a mark to a location for an unexpected meeting one operative was enough. Unless circumstances suggested otherwise of course. 

Scarlet Shadow resisted releasing a sigh of relief when the mystery man on the other side of the phone had said it was hers “if we have a deal”. In truth she had been a little scant on jobs lately and whoever this mysterious Astra was sounded like maybe the type who could land her some high level money. After all his agent had known where to plant a note to lure her, he had snuck into this heavily secured museum himself, and patiently awaited his target and left no traces of a prior intruder. It was clear this Astra could afford the best, he or his little association. 

She imagined the diadem was in this “Chrono’s” possession. If not then his superior would have it. Scarlet hoped it to be the former. She didn’t like the idea of meeting this Astra or working on his behalf empty handed and relying on him to fork over the prize. But if she had to, she had to. 

She crossed her arms and after a second said, “Alright, I don’t know who you are but if your offering high profit work I’m interested in speaking further. That is after I have the diadem in my hand.”