oo1; voice + video

[justthedriver]

Biggest country in world I know but Initiative don't seem to bother to bring anyone else but me. Too many goddamned Americans and Japanese. [ Says the heavy Russian accent. ] And aliens. And fucking elves. [ For all the emphasis he puts on that word, he doesn't sound angry. More of a 'fuck, what the hell, man?'

... Sorry, elves. He's targeting one elf in particular and he doesn't much care if there's more of them.

Sharp snort. Sound of a lighter snapping on, and the crackling of cigarettes. Then the camera switches on.

Have a pair of heavily tattooed hands, one of them curled around a white stick. Then he tips the tablet upwards until it shows his face, and Nikolai pulls off the sunglasses. ]

You lot ever get tired of talking on this thing? Bunch of stupid questions lately. [ He takes a drag of the cigarette, and blows it at the screen. ] You've all forgotten how to fuck, or something?


[ ooc; for any character with knowledge of Russian criminals, Nikolai's hands carry tattoos that basically says he's one of the worst ones out there. Yeah.

Also, content warnings for sexual assault for the thread with Steph (controlledvariable). ]

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video;

[justthedriver]

[ Nikolai turns his head from the screen and lets out a stream of smoke, conveniently obscuring his face. ]

You know a lot about fucking for little girl.

[justthedriver]

Ah. [ He lifts his shoulders. ] You are nothing.

Very good for you to admit it.

[justthedriver]

[ Slow headtilt. ]

You don't look like girl who gets into fights easily.

video;

[justthedriver]

[ Scare tactic. Fire on skin = usually not good. ]

Think of clever question to ask then. [ Shrugs. ]

video;

[justthedriver]

[ He chuckles softly. ]

Very difficult to understand for girl who don't know fucking is. [ No, Nikolai, it's the Russian... ]

You have sex in your world, dyevochka?

[video]

[justthedriver]

[ He shrugs. ]

You get foolish answers. And more foolish questions. [ He waves a hand. ] Like one you just gave.

[justthedriver]

[ Wait- ]

Homme? [ Headtilts. ]

[justthedriver]

[ He laughs. ]

You know so much about me already?

you mean in every one. even the shitty movies pre-lotr

[justthedriver]

[ 'Daddy dearest'. 'Russian friends'. Ah. Nikolai quirks his lips up very, very slightly. His fingers open, the tips sliding against the edges of the tablet (barely within sight of the tablet) before he presses on the private button. ]

You will let me see your face, dyevochka whose father has Russian friends who tell her stories?

[ It is, despite the grammatical structure, a genuine question. ]

video;

[justthedriver]

Da. You always believe what people say instead of what you see?

[justthedriver]

Ah, thank you.

video;

[justthedriver]

You think I am talking about you, gzah?

video;

[justthedriver]

Been few weeks since I saw your face. It might have changed. Better to check, da?

[ He's not answering your question before you show him your face, Legolas! No, he doesn't miss your face. He just likes trolling you. It reminds him of good old Abax days. Any moment you're going to tell him he's weird out loud. Any moment now. ]

[hostage]

[What even just happened.]

[charming_jerk]

Same as you and everyone else here, buddy.

[solitaire]

What, big bad Russian's never heard French?

[video]

[falsehoods]

Ah, but in the moment one considers a foolish answer to a foolish question, one is able to forget their other troubles, if only briefly.

i watched hidalgo for him

[controlledvariable]

[She considers the request for a moment; despite generally being a bit terrible at secret IDs, she has tried to keep her face off the network. But it isn't a huge risk to show one man her face, and the private setting helps make the decision for her.

She switches to video, the display showing the wall behind her, and her face, which is composed into a relatively neutral expression, her hair pulled back into a braid.]

I will.

[She considers saying more, but doesn't have anything in particular that she needs to say right now, and she figures he's not gonna care much for things like pleasantries, which she can't be bothered with either when they're not necessary. If he wants her name, he can ask.]

text;

[innominata]

i am not so little

video;

[justthedriver]

You are twelve. [ Flatly. ] Not even full grown. Very little.

[ Arya in his world they sell little girls like you. You are very little and very powerless in his view. ]

[justthedriver]

Nice to know I am special. [ 8D ]

[justthedriver]

Someone like you. [ He smiles a little. ] Named Sho, with blue eyes. A very similar face.

[justthedriver]

Da. So we are agreed.

[justthedriver]

[ Shrug. ]

Russia to London. No stopover for France.

[video]

[justthedriver]

Asking stupid questions for stress relief. [ A bubble of a laugh. ] That is new.