Arriving at the mask station at the same time as Violet and Darya was a tall slender woman with thick wavy auburn hair. Her modest curves testing the craftsmanship of the luxurious silken dark red dress she wore. Brilliant hues of gold and purple rippled through the fabric that revealed more skin than it concealed. Expensive golden jewellery adorned her exposed flesh, red gems to match her attire, so bulky and excessive its only purpose to flaunt her wealth.

With an ease of familiarity she placed three slender fingers down onto previously unnoticed panels. There was a faint hum and a small flash of light and as she lift her hand, on each soft finger tip was a near translucent flexible chip.

"[b]Required. No, and with a face like that hun, I wouldn't hide it if I were you. That is of course unless you er planning to get up to a little mischief later on.[/b]"

Her voice was not as smooth or sweet as her appearance and held a tint of outer-world inflection. As she spoke she placed each soft chip around her head. The first her forehead, the second her temple and the third her throat.

She gave a cheeky wink and then suddenly a white mask materialised over her face, a hologram, a rabbit, complete with a button nose and tall ears. It concealed all but her green eyes and full red lips, just like a physical mask might. Except, as she gave Darya a playful smile, the ears responded by twitching along happily.

[b]"If you, uh, get let off your leash any time. Well, just you follow the white rabbit."[/b]

-

Meanwhile, Violet's HUD was not giving her good news. The Mishima Motors partnership, what should have been a simple and easy deal previously settled, was now being further postponed, by a whole month. This setback was going to impact a string of time sensitive plans and projects causing a cascade of delays and costs. 

But the HUD could only relay so much information, and soon, once the doors all closed, the ability to communicate off-ship would become limited and undoubtedly monitored. If Violet wanted to get to the bottom of this, she would have to act soon.


[@Ponn][@Expendable]