tushanshu_logs | Do You Walk in the Shadow of Men...

Characters: Valdis and open
Date: The Month of May
Location: Throughout Keeliai
Situation: Various
Warnings/Rating: In Headers

Moving out of the hotel didn’t take long. Valdis hired a few kedan to help her move her things to the small house near the former palace gardens. It was a comfortable enough space, moreso because Wan had built it. She wasn’t entirely certain why she had waited so long to move here, but perhaps she had just needed time to let go of Anton. The house needed a bit of work after having sat empty for so long, but not much and nothing she wasn’t willing to do. Valdis was capable of creating things, not just destroying them.

The KPD hasn’t let up on patrols and she’s renewed the watches on the water sources. She now had thirty-seven officers and the support of the Justice Guild, a far cry from where she had started almost a year ago. The addition of four Kirin to the KPD resources had been a bright spot, but now Valdis had to find a caretaker for them. She hoped that the four mounts could help reduce response times to crisis as well as aid in crowd control should something arise. Allying with the Guild of Justice and Arbitration had been a wise move as it seemed to calm things down a bit and give both parties a more stabilizing structure. Now she could hunt...

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Of course Chat comes in. Of course he does. He's never been the best at standing back, even when it's in his best interest to do so. Especially now. He's angry- truly angry, and enters the office with an uncharacteristic scowl on his face.

"That was stupid," look, not even a hello, his belt-tail flicks in his irritation. "I mean, what was even the point of that? Just to try to make you look bad?"

Valdis looks up, slightly startled by the angry whirlwind that had just entered her office. She takes a breath and quickly regains composure.

"You don't reach my position without making a few enemies, Chat."

But she did appreciate the anger on her behalf, it did soothe her ruffled feathers a bit.

There is certainly a lot of anger on her behalf here. He paces the room, waving his arms animatedly as he speaks. He's really found a place for himself here, and people he trusts and cares about a great deal. He's surprised himself, by the anger that swells in him with the knowledge that someone deliberately set out to hurt one of these people.

"So? That doesn't give anyone the right to go on the network and spread lies. Like...like they were deliberately trying to set people on you. What do they think they would have achieved with that? Putting you out of commission? It wouldn't have made the city any safer. It would've made everything a hundred times worse."

Her eyes follow him as he paces, but in contrast, her hands are folded on the desk and she is quite calm as she listens.

"Chat, they weren't wrong," She says softly, "I knew about the potential for an attack on the water. I had two cultists in my grasp and I let them go. In addition, my sword is dangerous for anyone else to handle. So those weren't lies, they just weren't the whole truth..."

Chat was right though, whoever had done it had wanted to damage her reputation, perhaps even the reputation of the KPD and if the kedan didn't trust the KPD, then the cultists could gain the upper hand.

He does at least stop the pacing for a moment, arms folded, tail still flicking.

"So what if they weren't lies. It wasn't like you would have actually gone out of your way to hurt anyone, which is what...whoever this is was clearly aiming for. It was an attempt to stir things up, when everything is already bad enough."

He exhales, running a hand through his hair.

"You know, they wouldn't even give me proof when I asked them. Said they had nothing. They just did it to harm you. This. And I don't know why."

"Is it really so hard for you to imagine that some might simply want disorder?"

You sweet, innocent boy. Attacking the KPD in such a manner could definitely cause that. She had tried to sabotage the Snakes more than once, and she had sabotaged countless others in her lifetimes. It wasn't hard for her to imagine the reasons.

"I clearly have enemies, but they can't hurt me the way they might others, so this is their tactic. Both myself, and the KPD, will be fine."

"All the villains I fought usually fought with a purpose," you can tell he's serious- he could have turned that into a cat pun and he didn't. "Usually motivated by revenge, yes, but there was always a person they were driving themselves towards."

Even Papillon WANTED something in his attacks on Paris. No oe did anything just for the hell of it.

"Are you sure?" he looks over and there's genuine concern in his eyes. "If you need to lay low for a while, my place is always open to you. Everyone might know Chat Noir works here, but almost no one knows Adrien works here. It'd be a safe place, if you needed it."

"I appreciate the offer, Chat," she says, her tone soft, "but I will be fine."

She was probably more dangerous than her accuser and she would know ahead of time if she was in danger from other sources. Though if one of those sources was the kedan, well, there wasn't much she could do about that.

"I'll keep it mind though," she smiled, "You know, if I have to go on the run."

"If you're sure."

He offers her a small smile, a genuine one. At least, for now, a little tenseness slipping out of him.

"Sure. We can get you a fancy hoodie and everything. Real deep cover."

"Sounds good to me," Valdis laughs, "I have plenty of tricks too, but I'm sure you have some good ones as well."

The joking seems to help the boy chill, so despite certain plans, it can't do much harm.

"I really do. I always have a trick or tow under my paws. Part of the whole secret identity-shtick."

He pauses.

"Well. For those who can't cheat and read minds, anyway."

Valdis tipped her head, one brow arched in amusement, "I can't actually read minds, Chat."

Souls on the other hand.

He waves his hand, giving a soft huff of amusement.

"Close enough. But still, most people can't do that, thankfully....even if some people figured it out by themselves."

"True, I am rather unique, but don't go telling people I can read minds, it will scare them."

And she didn't need any more problems.

He laughs softly, raising his hands in mock surrender.

"Don't worry, Boss Lady. I won't say a word."

"Thank you, Chat."

For a brief moment, Valdis considered telling him of her plans, but in the long run, it was better if no one knew.

"Was there anything else?"

"Any time."

He smiles, giving a little bow. Probably for the best that he's in the dark.

"That's it, just wanted to make sure you were okay."

She smiles back.

"I'm fine, it will take more than a bit of anonymous bullying to get me down."

"That's the spirit," he grins. "Make sure they know who they're dealing with."

With a salute, he heads to the door.

"But if you need me for anything, you know how to get hold of me. Never hesitate to ask."

"I won't," she says as he heads for the door.

The boy is too sweet to be caught up in all this craziness, she would have to do her best to make sure he didn't get hurt...

Do You Walk in the Shadow of Men...

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