practically hugged her from behind with a whimsical hum. " Ah my lille song bird. I've been waiting to see you~"

blinks in surprise but otherwise turns to face her as if nothing had happened. "I am sorry if I was any trouble."

snuggled her contently as she was in a good mood today, " Nej~ You've been proven to be quite helpful. Soren has told me what happened."

had been worried about how Dorthe would react... "I am glad that I could help, then."

patted her on the head, " Now lets have a seat in my office alright~?"

nods slowly and stands up, taking cautious steps as she walks.

tugged the other along to her office. It was down quite a long hallway.

struggles a little to keep pace with Dorthe but manages to keep from showing that she was in some pain.

glanced as she caught sight of it and just picked the other up and carried her over to the office, plopping the other down carefully in the comfy couch. " There we go~"

blinks once and looks around, a little embarrassed at needing help.

didn't care or bother much for the matter. She hummed contently, sitting next to the other. " So, you feeling alright or are you still healing up>"

shrugs. "I am healing." She still had a bandage over her broken nose.

nods, able to see such an obvious injury. " Want to tell me how you managed to get captured?"

..."One of the Italians managed to talk me into performing at a neutral bar. I'd been avoiding the Italians but I thought it would be safe."

wrinkled her nose but nodded. " Alright. Did you notice anything suspicious at the neutral bar?"

"Well I walked on stage and was grabbed and beaten up. Does that count?"

shook her head, " Then it wasn't a neutral bar then."

nods. "The Italians probably bought them out or turned them against us."

smirks, " Yeah don't worry. We gave them a freight the other day about letting my family get kidnapped." She paused. " Next, I want to know about the mafia leader, what as he like?"

rolls her eyes. "He seems rather foolish. Anyone else would have killed me no matter what they got in exchange. The only time I really saw him or heard him, he took a picture and then cleaned some blood off me-

and gave me water."

smiles, " I had a feeling he would be like that so I sent Soren just in case. Seeing what he wants isn't much we can put up with it for now."

tilts her head. "What did he want?"

shrugs, " Simple and lame stuff. Whatever." She didn't seem even affected by it. " I do want to meet him in person though for fun~"

smirks faintly. "That would be interesting."

stretches, " I am bored and found it hilarious to put Soren in a dress. I might end up having him do that again for jokes."

nods. "It was rather entertaining. He walked surprisingly well in the heels."

smiles, " Lets have a nice quiet party and invite dear Lovino then." She thought the idea would be so much fun.

hums under her breath. "How do you think we can get him to the party?"

chuckles, " We don't need to if he's already there." She was hinting to something.

smiles faintly. "That is convenient. Anything I will need to do to help prepare?"

shrugs, " Maybe dress up Soren better next time like make up."

nods. "I'm surprised that the Italians actually thought he was you."

chuckles, " I found it fun. So why not do it again and play a prank on him

?"

starts to smirk faintly. "I've heard the Italian has a weakness for women... And Soren told me once that he was a little envious of my manipulating men. Maybe we could get two birds with one stone."

nods slowly, " Do what you want with him then. I'm sure you want to make up for your accident."

nods slowly and pauses for a moment. "I... I am not sure that I will be able to keep doing my job for the family after this. I am sure that they will tell the other families that I am not to be trusted. I-

do anything I can to help you but continuing to sing and gather information may not be an option."

pouts, " And just when I thought I had my hopes high on you. We're not doing anything dangerous but it'll mean saving you was pretty pointless then huh?"

sighs faintly. "Rescuing me was pointless and I am surprised that you did. I am still willing to work and I will do anything I can to support the family. If there is anything you ever need me to do, I will not-

hesitate. I owe you and Soren my life and I will do anything I can to repay that."

hums, " How about just having fun with a harmless prank~? I'll be around and no one gets hurt."

shrugs. "If that is what you would like me to do."

smiles and pats the other on the back, " Then I'll let you be in charge of the party. All I'm going to do is show up and provide you with the resources."

hums under her breath. "And what are we going to do with Lovino after the party? We may need to be careful, the ones slated to take over after him are not as foolish."

shook her head, " Nej. I'm not that sort of person. I just want to surprise him in a fun way."

raises an eyebrow. "So what exactly do you want me to do? Kidnap him and throw an actual party?"

chuckles, " If you want go ahead. But you can be polite and send a party invitation."

stares at her, not really understanding the point of this party. "Why are we doing this?"

shrugs, " 'Cause I'm bored."

...sighs faintly. "I'm sure we can find something more interesting to do than teasing the Italian."

shook her head, " I was also tempted to propose a joint operation or two seeing both of the families do have something in common."

stares at her. "You want to be their ally?"

shrugs, " Maaaybe."

stays stoic. "Then I will make sure that the party will be impressive." She wasn't about to admit that she didn't like the idea of being their ally or throwing a party for her kidnappers.

nods, " Like I said. Do what you like." She figured the prank was worth the fin.

fun*

nods and moves to stand. "Is that all?"

shakes her head, " Nej but if you want to leave feel free to. I eas wondering if you were hungry or not."

settles back down. "What else did you wish to discuss then?" Her tone had turned colder than usual.

smiles just normally, her expression changing in response." Ah. Nothing but you don't seem appealing to talk to anymore." She got up slowly

nods slowly and looks away, regretting her change. "I am sorry." She knew that her job rested on keeping Dorthe happy with her.

wrinkled her nose as she waved her off, easily moody knowing her personality. " Yeah whatever. Off you go. I have other important stuff to do."

blinks before slowly standing up. She starts to say something but decides against it and simply nods before walking towards the door, feeling upset now.

escorted her to the door. She knew there was things the other didn't agree with but she had expected that and didn't find a point in investing in something that was going to be detrimental to her.

knew the Italians would be a good ally which is why she started gathering information on them in the first place but now she couldn't help but feel a little upset about it. She turns to face her before she-

leaves. "I always trust you completely and you will always have my utmost dedication."

((And the Lovino thread is the party thread when you are ready o w o ))

((Yaaay parteh time))