Her feathers unruffled a bit at the sight, a hand effortlessly catching the bag's strap to sling over her shoulder.
"Shit... Weren't kiddin'..."
She murmured to herself as she inpected the bills within for authenticity. Satisfied, she dug the burner out of her cleavage -
He waits a few seconds after she holsters her firearm then eventually let's her wrist free.
"Aiight, let's roll." He cocks his head toward the exit, expecting her to follow.
"Give me the deets of your guy, and hop into the passenger seat."
He click the button on his car keys--
"Well, consider the fact that if you refuse...I plan on making your life especially harder."
He gives a half smirk, more sarcastic and matter-of-fact than anything else.
"And trust me, this isn't a standoff- that gun ain't as much of an equalizer as you think it is."
"They say chivalry is dead, but I can still make your night.
Help me help you, tell me now and you'll get what your guy owes you and more.
Or, you can walk home with nothing except a headache and an empty wallet."
"C'mon now, I listed what I had n' I know ya didn't hear me say vodka. Brandy'll have t'do, aight?"
She offered an arm and her shoulders to help hold him steady.
"Oh, but it does make a difference to you, honey. Because I don't have any time to waste, so either you tell me what I want to know now, or I make sure your check comes up short.
Make a choice."
"Makes no difference t'me. I got my target, I get my money, I go 'bout my business. Want my employer's contacts? Ya can have 'em soon as money's done wirin'."
He stares half unamused and half unthreatened...although maybe those are both close enough to be the same thing.
"Sweetheart, you have no idea what you're up against. If I can't get to my target then that just leaves your employer."
Her gun dropped of course, right into her other hand. A soft chuckle on her lips as she pressed the barrel into his stomach.
"S'all this? If ya wanted t'hold my hand, all ya had t'do was ask, handsome."
His eyes widen, He swings the arm his sword is in, not to maim but to try and throw off the trajectory of her shot. But his ears could hear the rending of flesh through the loud pops from the gun shots.
Too late...
"Fuck."
He complains, turning back to face her.
--
His head cants back in response, eyebrow raised too.
"I'm not asking, lady. Stand down."
He spoke more out of courtesy, he could see it in her eyes as well as the tone of her voice; pure ambivalence. He expected he might have to make a move- sooner than her.
Mira merely smiled and canted her head. There was no warmth in it, nothing to show she really cared about what this man had to say.
"That's jus' too bad."
@BluntsOrBullets
Blade narrows his eyes on the other, shaking his head to encourage a different course of action from the merc.
"My mark. And I need them alive."